{ Kin (kĭn), n. Also
Kine (kīn) }. [Gr. kinei^n to move.]
(Physics)The unit velocity in the C.G.S. system -- a
velocity of one centimeter per second.
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 (kĭn), n.(Mus.)A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from
five to twenty-five silken strings.Riemann.