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Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin. Like her, of equal kindred to the throne. Dryden.

Not kindred; not of the same kin. [Obs.] Rowe. -- Un*kin"dred*ly, a.

An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to descendant. Ayliffe.

an, esp. an astrologer; -- so called among the Eastern nations, because astrology and the kindred arts were much cultivated by the Chaldeans.

Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side.

Relationship by blood; descent from the same original; kindred. As by our cognation to the body of the first Adam. Jer. Taylor.

e deceased into one mass, and sharing it equaly with others who are of the same degree of kindred.

Partaking of the same nature; allied by natural characteristics; kindred; sympathetic.

e; companionship; confederation; association; intimacy. A friendly consociation with your kindred elements. Warburton.

Collateral relationship or kindred by blood; consanguinity. Burrill.

of one's birth, permanent residence, or citizenship. Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred. Gen. xxxxii. 9. I might have learned this by my last exile, that change of countries cannot change my state. Stirling. Many a famous realm And country, whereof here needs no account Milton.

ut; to apportion; to allot. She did distribute her goods to all them that were nearest of kindred. Judith xvi. 24.

The theory that the functions of living organisms are dependent upon electricity or a kindred force.

Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the father of a family. Go ! and pretennd your family is young. Pope.

A combination of kindred to avenge injuries or affronts, done or offered to any of their blood, on the offender and all his race.

Kindred; stock; race. He is our brother and our flesh. Gen. xxxvii. 27.

grammar of geography. Comparative grammar, the science which determines the relations of kindred languages by examining and comparing their grammatical forms. -- Grammar school. (a) A school, usually endowed, in which Latin and Greek grammar are taught, as also other studies preparatory to colleges or universities; a…

An association of men belonging to the same class, or engaged in kindred pursuits, formed for mutual aid and protection; a business fraternity or corporation; as, the Stationers' Guild; the Ironmongers' Guild. They were originally licensed by the government, and endowed with special privileges and authority.…

of the hand, between the open position and the first shift, in playing on the violin and kindred instruments. See Shift. -- Half step (Mus.), a semitone; the smallest difference of pitch or interval, used in music. -- Half tide, the time or state of the tide equally distant from ebb and flood. -- Half time, half th…

f the armorial bearings of persons privileged to bear them, as well as of genealogies and kindred subjects; -- called also College of Arms.