{ Kin (k&ibreve;n),
n. Also
Kin , a. Of the same nature or kind; kinder. "Kin to the king."
Shak.
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. √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.
2.
Relatives; persons of the same family or race.
The father, mother, and the kin beside.
Dryden.
You are of kin, and so a friend to their persons.
Bacon.
Kin (k&ibreve;n),
n. (Mus.)
A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings. Riemann.
-kin (-k&ibreve;n). [Of Low German
origin; cf. G. - chen,
LG. -- ken.]
A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.
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