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-kin \-kin\ (-k[i^]n) suff. [Of Low German origin; cf. G. -chen,
LG. -- ken.]
A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.
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Kin \Kin\ (k[i^]n), n. (Mus.)
A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from
five to twenty-five silken strings. --Riemann.
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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. 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\ (k[i^]n), n. Also Kine \Kine\ (k[imac]n). [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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