GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 4 definitions

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   Kin , n. (Mus.) A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings.
   Riemann.
   
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   Kin, n. [OE. kin, cun, AS. cynn kin, kind, race, people; akin to cennan to beget, D. kunne sex, OS. & OHG. kunni kin, race, Icel. kyn, Goth. kuni, G. & D. kind a child, L. genus kind, race, L. gignere to beget, Gr. γίγνεσθαι to be born, Skr. jan to beget.  √44.  Cf. Kind, King, Gender kind, Nation.]
   Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
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   Relatives; persons of the same family or race.
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   The father, mother, and the kin beside.
   Dryden.
   
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   You are of kin, and so a friend to their persons.
   Bacon.
   
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   { Kin , n. Also Kine  }. [Gr. κινεῖν to move.] (Physics) The unit velocity in the C. G. S. system -- a velocity of one centimeter per second.
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   Kin, a. Of the same nature or kind; kinder. “Kin to the king.”  
   Shak.
   
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