Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Kin"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Kin \Kin\, a.
Of the same nature or kind; kinder. ``Kin to the king.''
--Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

kin \kin\ [Of Low German origin; cf. G. -chen, LG. -- ken.]
A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Kin \Kin\, n. (Mus.)
A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from
five to twenty-five silken strings. --Riemann.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Kin \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. ? to be born, Skr. jan
to beget. ?. Cf. {Kind}, {King}, {Gender} kind, {Nation}.]
1. Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by
birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance,
as of those having common descent.

2. Relatives; persons of the same family or race.

The father, mother, and the kinbeside. --Dryden.

You are of kin, and so a friend to their persons.
--Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Kin \Kin\, n. Also Kine \Kine\ [Gr. ? to move.] (Physics)
The unit velocity in the C.G.S. system -- a velocity of one
centimeter per second.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

kin
adj : related by blood [syn: {akin(p)}, {blood-related}, {cognate},
{consanguine}, {consanguineous}, {kin(p)}]
n 1: a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin";
"he's family" [syn: {kinsperson}, {family}]
2: group of people related by blood or marriage [syn: {kin
group}, {kinship group}, {kindred}, {clan}, {tribe}]


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