kinen.1
/kʌɪn/, U.S. /kaɪn/ Archaic plural of cow n.1 (see cow n.1 1b β); occasionally attributive and in other combinations, as kine-killing, kine-pox.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > cow > [noun] > collective or female cattle
kine1800
she-stuff1898
1800 B. Waterhouse (title) A prospect of exterminating the small-pox; being the history of the..kine-pox, commonly called the cow-pox.
1894 Daily News 23 Apr. 3/5 The kine-killing practice of the Mohammedans at their festivals.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
kinen.2
/kʌɪn/, U.S. /kaɪn/ Linguistics.
An isolable element of body movement or gesture made in non-vocal communication. Also attributive.
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the mind > language > linguistics > other schools of linguistics > [noun] > study of gesture > unit of gesture
kine1952
kineme1952
1952 R. L. Birdwhistell Introd. Kinesics (U.S. Dept. State, Foreign Service Inst.) 15 Most users of kinesic material will not be able to record and analyze every kine played by the actor in any given situation.
1955 Etc.: Rev. Gen. Semantics XIII. i. 13 The least isolated particle with discriminational meaning we call a kine.
1965 C. E. Osgood & T. A. Sebeok Psycholinguistics iv. 84 A particular motion or posture of a given part of the organism (facial or bodily) is called a kine (equivalent to phone).
1965 C. E. Osgood & T. A. Sebeok Psycholinguistics iv. 85 Various ‘minimal pairs’ of kine patterns (for example, variations in eyebrow position with the rest of the facial pattern constant).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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also refers to : † kine-comb. form1
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