KIN

n. a.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.

2.
n.

A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings. Riemann.

3.
n.

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

4.
n.

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.

5.
a.

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

6.
a.

A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.

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