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Kin : adj : related by blood [syn: akin(p), blood-related, cognate,
consanguine, consanguineous, kin(p)]
(noun)
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]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Kin : \Kin\, a.
Of the same nature or kind; kinder. ``Kin to the king.''
--Shak.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Kin : \kin\ [Of Low German origin; cf. G. -chen, LG. -- ken.]
A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Kin : \Kin\, n. (Mus.)
A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from
five to twenty-five silken strings. --Riemann.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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