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A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings. --Riemann. [1913 Webster]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. gi`gnesqai to be born,
Skr. jan to beget. [root]44. 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.
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2. 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 Kin (ki^n), n. Also Kine Kine (kimacn). [Gr. kinei^n
to move.] (Physics)
The unit velocity in the C. G. S. system -- a velocity of one
centimeter per second.
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Kin Kin, a.
Of the same nature or kind; kinder. ``Kin to the king.
--Shak.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English