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noun

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

Kin n.

Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.

Relatives; persons of the same family or race. "The father, mother, and the kin beside." "You are of kin, and so a friend to their persons."

Kine, Kin n. (Physics) The unit velocity in the C. G. S. system a velocity of one centimeter per second.

adjective

Kin adj. Of the same nature or kind; kinder. "Kin to the king."

suffix

-kin suff. A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.

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Etymology of 'Kin'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Kin" Quotes from Famous Books

... spouting oaths. At the other table sat together at an end three men whom by a number of tokens might be robbers of the mountains. They sat quiet, indifferent to the noise, talking low among themselves in a tongue of their own, kin enough to the soldiery not to fear them. The opposite end of the long table was given to a group to which I now joined myself. Here sat two Franciscan friars, and a man who seemed a lawyer; and one ...

— 1492 • Mary Johnston

... but Georgie said there were neighbours not far off, and she was a master hand for squirrels. I was glad to get sight of the sea again, and to smell the first stray whiff of salt air that blew in to meet us as we crossed the marshes. I think the life in me must be next of kin to the life of the sea, for it is drawn toward it strangely, as a little drop of quicksilver grows uneasy just out of reach of a ...

— An Arrow in a Sunbeam - and Other Tales • Various

... the hooded moon Put in thy heart, my shyly sweet, Of Love in ancient plenilune, Glory and stars beneath his feet— A sage that is but kith and kin With the ...

— Chamber Music • James Joyce

... differences of opinion arise within the family circle. But our idealists have persistently overlooked this handicap. They cling tenaciously to the notion that it is easier to be friendly with your relations than with your friends; and that in dealing with your own kin, tact may be economized. "Blood is thicker than water," we proclaim to one another across the sea; "and we can therefore afford to be as rude to one another as we please." This principle suits the Briton admirably, because he belongs to the elder and more thick-skinned branch of ...

— Getting Together • Ian Hay

... Huns, who, according to the Saga, were everywhere victorious, until Attila, weary of warfare, settled down in Hungary, taking to wife the beautiful Burgundian princess Ildico, whose father he had slain. This princess, resenting the murder of her kin and wishing to avenge it, took advantage of the king's state of intoxication upon his wedding night to secure possession of the divine sword, with which she slew him in his bed, once more fulfilling the prophecy uttered ...

— Myths of the Norsemen - From the Eddas and Sagas • H. A. Guerber

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