Hypertext Webster Gateway: "kith"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Kith \Kith\ (k[i^]th), n. [OE. kith, cu[eth], AS.
c[=y][eth][eth]e, c[=y][eth], native land, fr. c[=u][eth]
known. [root]45. See {Uncouth}, {Can}, and cf. {Kythe}.]
Acquaintance; kindred.
And my near kith for that will sore me shend. --W.
Browne.
The sage of his kith and the hamlet. --Longfellow.
{Kith and kin}, kindred more or less remote.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
kith
n : your friends and acquaintances; "all his kith and kin"
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