kit
kit (kit) , transitive verb
To cut. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
kit , noun
[See Kitten.]
A kitten.
Collocations (1)
Kit fox (Zoology) , a small burrowing fox (Vulpes velox), inhabiting the region of the Rocky Mountains. It is brownish gray, reddish on the breast and flanks, and white below. Called also swift fox.
Kit , noun
[Gf. Anglo-Saxon cytere harp, Latin cithara. Compare Guitar.]
A small violin.
A dancing master's kit.
Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance.
Kit , noun
[Compare Dutch kit a large bottle, OD. kitte beaker, decanter.]
1.
A large bottle.
2.
A wooden tub or pail, smaller at the top than at the bottom; as, a kit of butter, or of mackerel. — Wright
3.
A straw or rush basket for fish; also, any kind of basket. [Provincial English] — Halliwell
4.
A box for working implements.
5.
A collection of tools or other objects to be used for a specific purpose, often contained in a box which may be carried conveniently; a working outfit, as of a workman, a soldier, and the like; as, a plumber's kit; a doctor's kit; a cosmetic kit; a first-aid kit.
6.
A group of separate parts, things, or individuals; -- used with whole, and generally contemptuously; as, the whole kit of them; the whole kit and kaboodle.