KIN
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Traducere: română
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Kin (kĭn), n. (Mus.) A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings. Riemann.
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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.
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2. Relatives; persons of the same family or race.
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The father, mother, and the kin beside.
Dryden.
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You are of kin, and so a friend to their persons.
Bacon.
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{ Kin (kĭn), n. Also Kine (k&ī;n) }. [Gr. kinei^n to move.] (Physics) The unit velocity in the C. G. S. system -- a velocity of one centimeter per second.
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Kin, a. Of the same nature or kind; kinder. “Kin to the king.” Shak.
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