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Pronunciation : Kit
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To cut. [Obs.] Chaucer.

t. [imp. Kitte.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Kit
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Kitten.]
Definition : Defn: A kitten. Kit fox (Zo?l.), 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Kit
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Gf. AS. cytere harp, L. cithara. Cf. Guitar.]
Definition : Defn: A small violin. "A dancing master's kit." Grew. Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance. Dickens.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Kit
Part of Speech : m.
Etymology : [Cf. D. kit a large bottle, OD. kitte beaker, decanter.]
Definition : 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. straw or rush basket for fish; also, any kind of basket. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

4. A box for working implements; hence, a working outfit, as of a workman, a soldier, and the like.

5. A group of separate parts, things, or individuals; -- used with whole, and generally contemptuously; as, the whole kit of them.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913