kitn.1
/kɪt/, U.S. /kɪt/ 1.
a. A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves; in different localities applied to vessels of various sizes, with or without a lid, and usually having a handle or handles; as, a small open tub with one or two of the staves fashioned into handles, used for holding water or ‘washing up’; a deeper vessel with a lid used as a milking-pail; a tub- or pail-shaped vessel, often with a lid, used for holding or carrying milk, butter, fish, or other commodities; whence, by extension, sometimes, a square box used for the same purpose.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > tub > [noun]
mealeOE
standa1275
collockc1310
kimnel1335
tub1392
kit14..
kiver1407
cowpe1483
trendle1493
boyne1532
bowie1538
runge1574
standfat1593
turnel1688
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 696/14 Hoc multrum, a kytt.
c1485 Inventory in J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) 371 j kitt cum cooperculo.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xviii. 168 Thai strak his hed of, and syne it Thai haf gert saltit in-till a kyt [v.r. kitt], And send it syne in-till Ingland.
1565 Inv. in Trans. Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archæol. Soc. 10 31 In the brew howse A Leade, a mashe fat... Two Kytts.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Miiiv/1 Kit, a litle vessel, cantharus..fidelia.
1633 in W. Cramond Ann. Banff (1891) I. 71 Paid for three Kittis of Salmound.
1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved ix. 56 As a man doth with a hand-scoop, pail, or kit, cast water out of a ditch.
1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 27 A Kit or milking Pail..with two Ears and a Cover.
1701 C. Wooley Two Years Jrnl. N.-Y. 82 I..ordered him to fetch a kit full of water and discharge it at them.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 28 The following articles formed our morning's repast: one kit of boiled eggs; a second, full of butter; a third, full of cream.
1795 J. Richardson in J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth (1799) 378 Salmon was..preserved in vinegar, and packed up in small wooden vessels called kits.
1802 J. Mawe Mineral. of Derbyshire Gloss. Kit, a wood vessel of any size.
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Kit, properly a covered milking-pail with two handles, but often applied to a small pail of any sort.
1832–53 Whistle-Binkie 3rd Ser. 114 We've kits fu' o' butter—we've cogs fu' o' brose.
1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Butter kits, square boxes used for conveying butter to market in a wallet on horseback.
1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 72 Samples of Red Herrings in kits.
1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield Kit or Kitty,..a wooden tub with one handle, in which..grinders cool their knives, saws, etc.
b. A kind of basket, esp. one made of straw or rushes for holding fish. Also in extended use, and, by metonymy, the contents of a kit, used as a measure of weight.
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the world > food and drink > food > container for food > [noun] > basket > for fish
swill1352
junketa1382
fish-leepc1440
weel?a1475
hask1579
swad1602
roaring1615
rope basket1811
kit1847
cawl1865
roarer1887
fish-basket1955
1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words
1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 20 Crabs are sold by the ‘kit’ (a long shallow basket) and by the score.
1906 Daily Chron. 12 Apr. 6/3 One vessel alone brought in a thousand kits of fish.
1934 ‘Taffrail’ Seventy North ix. 185 20,000 to 25,000 ‘kits’ of fish, each weighing ten stone might be landed from the trawlers—say 125 to 150 tons.
1935 ‘L. Luard’ Conquering Seas ii. 20 Within two hours of berthing, with a full two thousand kit aboard..over a hundred tons of fish.
1961 Guardian 18 Jan. 9/2 He was pushing a barrow on the fish dock, wheeling aluminium ‘kits’ which, when full, each contain 10 stone of fish.
2.
a. A collection of articles (called articles of kit) forming part of the equipment of a soldier, and carried in a valise or knapsack; also, the valise containing these, or this with its contents; sometimes = outfit, ‘turn-out’, uniform.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > [noun] > equipment of a man or horse
attire1250
habiliment1490
mounting1699
kit1785
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific people > for members of a body or association > naval, military, etc. > types of
regimentals1728
undress1748
regiments1759
regimental1764
dress uniform1774
kit1785
roast beef coat1802
butternut1810
frock-uniform1810
fatigue-dress1834
fatigue1836
fatigue-uniform1836
shirtsleeve order1854
grey1862
scarlet runnerc1864
square-rig1875
rig of the day1877
swagger-dress1901
trench coat1914
hospital blue1919
romper1922
suntan1937
battle-dress1938
army greens1945
mess kit1953
tiger suit1970
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) The kit is likewise the whole of a soldier's necessaries, the contents of his knapsack.
1813 R. Wilson Private Diary II. 18 Considering that we were conspicuous à cheval, and in glittering kits, it is wonderful that no marksman fired with unerring aim.
1820 J. W. Croker in Croker Papers 16 June (1884) I Several [soldiers]..removed their kits from the barracks.
1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxvi. 255 His kit is as simple as a subaltern's.
1868 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army ⁋602 c The Articles of Kit to be worn and carried in the different orders.
1870 Illustr. London News 29 Oct. 446 They came without muskets or kits, but the officers had their swords.
b. A collection of personal effects or necessaries, esp. as packed up for travelling.
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the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > personal or movable property > personal belongings > portable
harnessc1330
baggagec1430
truss1587
luggage1596
traps1813
kit1834
swag1853
society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > equipment for a journey > baggage
trousseauc1230
harnessc1330
fardel1388
flittinga1400
stuff?a1400
baggagec1430
trussellc1440
carriagec1450
trussagec1500
traffic1538
trussery1548
traffe1566
sumpture1567
truss1587
needment1590
luggage1596
sumptery1620
piece1809
traps1813
roll-up1831
dunnage1834
kit1834
way baggage1836
swag1853
drum1861
swag bag1892
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xiv. 215 I hardly need say that my lord's kit was valuable; and what was better, they exactly fitted me.
1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xvi. 160 The widow and Laura..set about the preparation for Pen's kit, and filled trunks with his books and linen.
1862 F. Hall tr. N. N. Gore Rational Refut. Hindu Philos. Syst. 107 He thereupon dressed, tied up his kit, and set off.
1866 D. Livingstone 21 Sept. in Last Jrnls. (1874) I. v. 111 I sent a man to carry his kit for him.
c. The outfit of tools required by a workman, esp. a shoemaker.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > [noun] > set of
set1669
companion1843
kit1845
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > equipment or materials for
grindery1805
finding1822
shoe findings1836
kit1845
furnishings1892
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Kit,..the stool on which a cobbler works.]
1845 S. Judd Margaret i. iii. 12 The workshop..contained a loom, a kit where the father of Margaret sometimes made shoes.
1858 M. Porteous Real Souter Johnny (ed. 2) 10 The Souter..Liv'd wi' his kit, And made gude shoon.
1881 Pharmaceut. Jrnl. & Trans. 20 Aug. 165/1 The kit of tools for a nipple maker consists of a small slanting ‘case’, in which are places for a certain number of nipple formers.
1885 Harper's Mag. Jan. 282/2 The laster is about the only shoemaker left who can still talk..of his ‘kit’.
d. A set or outfit of tools, equipment, etc.; spec., a collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble. Also figurative and attributive.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking > a device or contrivance > set of
companion1843
kit1859
battery1885
instrumentarium1893
1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 48 Kit..the implements of a burglar.
1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 277/2 The Army & Navy Boot Kit contains 3 shoe brushes,..1 tin of boot polish, complete in leather case.
1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 68/1 Kit, a safe~cracker's tools.
1955 Amer. Speech 30 226 Kit, all the necessary parts to assemble one section of the plane.
1955 A. Huxley Genius & Goddess 51 A make-up kit and a bottle of cheap perfume.
1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1160/1 Kit, paint-kettle and -brushes: house~painters' coll.
1967 Listener 3 Aug. 148/2 Beckett forces upon you a do-it-yourself Tantalus-kit. He requires you to seek and not to find.
1970 House & Garden Mar. 77/2 ‘Cena’ chair... Comes in kit form (see components below)..from £14 19s. plus tool kit.
1970 Times 26 Sept. 18/1 Make your own sausages... Kit includes hand-filler, recipes and full instructions, also herbs, spices, skins.
1970 D. Marlowe Echoes of Celandine i. 12 I have also a penchant for vintage-car kits... I have constructed the 1929 Mercedes Benz SSK three times.
e. An outfit of drums, cymbals, and other percussion devices and accessories used by a drummer in a dance-band, jazz-group, or the like.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > [noun] > collectively
percussion1889
trap1903
battery1926
kitchen1928
kit1929
batterie1934
1929 Melody Maker Mar. 259/3 Lyman plays the drums in the band—at least he sits behind a nice kit.
1934 in E. Little Mod. Rhythmic Drumming (rear cover) (advt.) ‘Ajax’ Drum Kit.
1965 G. Melly Owning-up v. 47 There were always a great many very steep steps to drag the drum kit up.
1971 Melody Maker 27 Nov. 47/3 It's more important to think about the music than the colour of your kit. A good drummer is going to sound good even if he plays on the table top.
f. A quantity of printed matter on a specified topic for students, etc.
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society > education > teaching > means of teaching > [noun] > teaching aids > specific
abacusa1387
fescue1513
wand1589
feasetraw1595
pointer1658
sandboard1817
letter card1819
object chart1866
teaching specimen1881
realia1894
filmstrip1896
visual aid1911
flash card1923
flannelgraph1944
teaching machine1958
manipulative1965
kit1968
1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 36 (advt.) Savannah's full of colonial names... Why not add your name to an illustrious list? Write for our free travel kit.
1971 J. B. Carroll et al. Word Frequency Bk. p. vi The materials themselves include text-books, periodicals, encyclopedias, novels, student workbooks, kits, and so on, all of which contain vocabulary to which students are exposed.
1971 Guardian 7 June 6/7 The SACK—School and Community Kit—is made up of information and ideas on community projects for schools, together with reference material.
1974 Catholic Herald 4 Oct. 4/2 The study kits come in colourful folders and contain pictures, taped songs, fact sheets and quotations from Church leaders.
3. colloquial. A number of things or persons viewed as a whole; a set, lot, collection; esp. in the whole kit. Also, the whole kit and boiling (boodle, caboodle, cargo). (Cf. caboodle n.) U.S.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun] > a kind, sort, or class > a number of things classed together
class1583
coveya1592
parcel1607
batch1616
sisterhood1616
clan1667
band1690
set1690
lot1710
group1718
brotherhood1728
kit1785
package1947
the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > [noun] > the whole quantity, number, or amount > the whole lot
every whita1450
every stitch?a1500
the devil and all1543
prow and poop1561
Christ-cross-row1579
every snip1598
thread and thrum1600
boodle1625
hair and hoof1705
rag-tag (also rag, tag) and bob-tail1725
tutti quanti1772
lot1791
lock, stock, and barrel1824
stock and fluke1825
the whole boiling1837
box and dice1839
the whole caboodlea1848
sub-cheese1859
the whole kit and boiling (boodle, caboodle, cargo)1859
the whole jingbang1866
the whole hypothec1871
the whole ball of wax1882
the whole (entire) shoot1884
(at) every whip-stitch1888
work1899
issue1919
guntz1958
full monty1979
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Kit,..is also used to express the whole of different commodities; as, Here, take the whole kit; i.e. take all.
1788 R. Galloway Poems 170 'Twas whiskey made them a' sae crouse,..But now I wad na gi'e ae louse For a' the kit.
1820 P. B. Shelley Œdipus Tyrannus i. 12 I'll sell you in a lump The whole kit of them.
a1852 F. M. Whitcher Widow Bedott Papers (1856) xxiii. 257 The hull kit and cargo on 'em had conspired together.
1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 32 Biling, a vulgar pronunciation of boiling. The phrase the whole (or more commonly hull) kit and bilin, means the whole lot, applied to persons and things.
a1861 T. Winthrop John Brent (1883) xxviii. 237 I motioned we shove the hul kit an boodle of the gamblers ashore on logs. 'Twas kerried.
1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations III. i. 12 A better gentleman than the whole kit on you put together.
1869 Trip to Rocky Mtns. At one time there was good reason to fear that the whole kit and biling, as our men invariably called our traps, would be swept away.
1888 Boston Globe 5 Feb. 1/3 If any ‘railroad lobbyist’ cast reflections on his character he would wipe out the whole kit and caboodle of them.
1895 S. Crane Red Badge of Courage (1911) i. 14 Of course it might happen that the hull kit-and-boodle might start and run, if some big fighting came first-off.
1908 Dial. Notes 3 327 (East Alabama) Kit an(d) bilin, the crowd. Usually in the expression ‘the whole kit and bilin’. Cf. kit and cargo of the middle west.
1909 R. Parrish My Lady of South ix. 113 Wal, I'm yere now, an' I reckon ther whole kit an' caboodle will know 'bout it afore I leave.
1920 S. Lewis Main St. 50 The whole kit and bilin' of 'em are nothing in God's world but socialism in disguise.
1946 Newsweek 16 Sept. 32/2 It gave the farm and the whole kit and boodle to Stanley.
1969 Listener 22 May 707/3 The whole kit and caboodle of us were then investigated by the FBI to see how many subversives there were among us.
Compounds
General attributive. C1. (In sense 1.)
kit-dressing n. (see quot.).
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1831 S. Glover Hist. County of Derby I. 261 The rural festival of kit dressing took place on the 4th of August 1829... Twigs of willow were bent over the tops of the kits... The maidens carried the kits on their heads.
kit-haddock n. an inferior sort of haddock, sent away in kits for curing.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > family Gadidae > gadus aeglefinus (haddock) > inferior sort for curing
kit-haddock1894
1894 Daily Free Press (Aberdeen) 18 May 7/6 Kit haddocks, 10s. to 13s. per box.
kit-trade n. the trade of putting up fish in kits for the market.
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society > trade and finance > specific types of trade > [noun] > trade in provisions > in fish or game > putting in baskets for market
kit-trade1866
1866 D. Mitchell Hist. Montrose xvi. 136 The Berwick-on-Tweed companies..commenced the boiling and kit-trade.
C2. (In sense 2.)
kit-inspection n.
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1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Dec. 6/3 Two corporals and eleven privates..absented themselves from a kit inspection.
C3.
kit-bag n. a stout bag in which to carry a soldier's or traveller's kit.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > bag > [noun] > for personal belongings
ditty-bagc1860
dunnage bag1866
turkey1893
kit-bag1898
1898 Westm. Gaz. 7 Apr. 4/1 I looked at the marching boots..and wished they were in my kit-bag along with the wonderful assortment of articles..technically described as ‘small kit’.
1899 Westm. Gaz. 25 Sept. 3/1 An exceedingly handy form of knapsack or kit-bag that I bought..in Germany for the modest sum of 1s. 9d.
kit-car n. a motor car sold in parts for assembly by the owner; a build-it-yourself car.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] > car built from kit
kit-car1953
replicar1968
1953 G. Durrell Overloaded Ark xiii. 216 I..set off early one morning in the back of the Schiblers' kit-car.
1964 Sunday Times 29 Nov. (Colour Suppl.) 53/3 The modern kit car... All you need is practical application, a few hand tools.
1970 Sunday Truth (Brisbane) 18 Jan. 60/3 Here we loaded the kit-car..and travelled south to Biafra.
kit-drill n. (see quot.).
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society > authority > punishment > other types of punishment > [noun] > military or naval punishments > marching while carrying kit
kit-drill1890
1890 19th Cent. Nov. 849 The man condemned to kit drill marches up and down the barrack square for two hours a day carrying his entire kit in his valise, including boots, his sword, carbine, and cloak.
kitset n. New Zealand the components and aids for assembling an article (radio, furniture, etc.) or model (aeroplane, etc.).
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1963 Weekly News (Auckland) 8 May 56/5 Transistor radio kitsets. New low prices. Easy-to-build range from crystal set, £1, to 7T portables, £9/19/6.
1966 Weekly News (Auckland) 26 Jan. 6/6 Many other clubs throughout the Auckland province assist the young yachtsman with kitsets and drawings for home building [of yachts].
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British colloquial. Clothes, clothing. Chiefly in to get one's kit off and variants: to undress, strip.T. Thorne Bloomsbury Dict. of Contemporary Slang (1990) 296/2 records an oral use from 1987.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun]
clothesc888
hattersOE
shroudc1000
weedOE
shrouda1122
clothc1175
hatteringa1200
atourc1220
back-clout?c1225
habit?c1225
clothingc1275
cleadinga1300
dubbinga1300
shroudinga1300
attirec1300
coverturec1300
suitc1325
apparel1330
buskingc1330
farec1330
harness1340
tire1340
backs1341
geara1350
apparelmentc1374
attiringa1375
vesturec1385
heelinga1387
vestmentc1386
arraya1400
graitha1400
livery1399
tirementa1400
warnementa1400
arrayment1400
parelc1400
werlec1400
raiment?a1425
robinga1450
rayc1450
implements1454
willokc1460
habiliment1470
emparelc1475
atourement1481
indumenta1513
reparel1521
wearing gear1542
revesture1548
claesc1550
case1559
attirement1566
furniture1566
investuring1566
apparelling1567
dud1567
hilback1573
wear1576
dress1586
enfolding1586
caparison1589
plight1590
address1592
ward-ware1598
garnish1600
investments1600
ditement1603
dressing1603
waith1603
thing1605
vestry1606
garb1608
outwall1608
accoutrementa1610
wearing apparel1617
coutrement1621
vestament1632
vestiment1637
equipage1645
cask1646
aguise1647
back-timbera1656
investiture1660
rigging1664
drapery1686
vest1694
plumage1707
bussingc1712
hull1718
paraphernalia1736
togs1779
body clothing1802
slough1808
toggery1812
traps1813
garniture1827
body-clothes1828
garmenture1832
costume1838
fig1839
outfit1840
vestiture1841
outer womana1845
outward man1846
vestiary1846
rag1855
drag1870
clo'1874
parapherna1876
clobber1879
threads1926
mocker1939
schmatte1959
vine1959
kit1989
1989 Smash Hits 1 Nov. 4/2 (caption) Here we see Debbie with her group Blondie. She still hasn't whipped her kit off!
1990 Viz Dec. 4/2 I wonder whether she has ever got her kit off in a film, and if so, is it available on video?
1999 R. T. Davies Queer as Folk: Scripts Episode 1 18 (stage direct.) Stuart and Nathan, kit off, on the bed, necking away.
2004 D. King Pornographer Diaries vi. 81 It's a different sort of rush from when you take a bird home and she gets her kit off for the first time.
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The special clothing and equipment needed for a particular sport. Often with modifying word specifying the sport, activity, etc.football, games, sports, etc., kit: see the first element.Not in North American use.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > set or suit of clothes > [noun] > for specific purpose
sables1603
procation1650
business suit1854
frock-dress1854
suit1864
smoking-suit1898
rain suit1900
beach-pyjamas1928
safari kit1928
safari suit1935
1862 Bombay Gaz. 12 Apr. 352/3 (advt.) Cricket kit. A fresh batch of the following Articles..has just been received:—Balls... Bats... Stumps [etc.].
1875 in G. R. Aberigh-Mackay Times of India Handbk. Hindustan (Advt. section) p. xv Importers of Fancy Goods... Badminton Games, Gymkhana Kit, [etc.].
1910 B. Darwin (title) Hints on golf. With supplement on golfing kit.
1935 Manch. Guardian 15 Apr. 7 Riding kit that's surprisingly inexpensive... Man-tailored Hacking-Jackets.
1962 J. Baker Goalmaker i. 14 Help yourself to some kit. White jersey for you.
2019 Sun (Nexis) 20 June (Football section) The gold-painted statue shows a curtain-haired Becks in his Man U kit.
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kitn.2
/kɪt/, U.S. /kɪt/ Now rare.attributive.a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary i. ii, in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1875) XII. 220 Do you not hear her guts already squeak Like kit-strings?
A small fiddle, formerly much used by dancing masters.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > violin > small violin
kit?1520
pochette1654
violino piccolo1776
three-quarter fiddle1889
?1520 J. Rastell Nature .iiii. Element sig. Evij This daunce wold do mych better yet If we had a kyt or taberet.
1562 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid ix. Cc iv b His pastime chief was harpe and kit.
a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd i. iv. 45 in Wks. (1640) III Each did dance, some to the Kit, or Crowd, Some to the Bag-pipe. View more context for this quotation
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 34. ⁋4 Pray let me see you dance: I play upon the Kit.
1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xiv. 135 Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
kitn.3
/kɪt/, U.S. /kɪt/ = kitten n. 1.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > kitten
kitten1377
kitlinga1530
kit1562
kittle1566
catlinga1649
kitty1707
titty1802
the world > animals > family unit > [noun] > offspring or young
kindle?c1225
kitlinga1300
child1340
chita1382
birda1398
younga1398
kitten1495
baby1659
piccaninny1824
kit1957
1562 J. Heywood Sixt Hundred Epigrammes xvii, in Wks. sig. Ccii Thy cat great with kytte.
1599 Life Sir T. More in C. Wordsworth Eccl. Biog. (1853) II. 112 She would now and then show herself to be her mother's daughter, kitt after kinde.
1729 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 225 I forgot to say my cat had four kits.
1844 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 127 Thank Miss Barton much for the kit;..my old woman is a great lover of cats, and hers has just kitted.
1957 J. H. F. Stevenson Mink in Brit. (ed. 2) v. 18 Once the kittens, or kitts as they are called, are able to fend for themselves, they do so.
1970 Times 8 Sept. 11/3 The kits [sc. young mink] are fully grown at six months.
1974 A. Dillard Pilgrim at Tinker Creek ii. 15 You crouch motionless on a bank..and are rewarded by the sight of a muskrat kit paddling from its den.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† Kitn.4
/kɪt/, U.S. /kɪt/ Obsolete.
1. Used esp. in Kit has lost her key.
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1533 T. More Apol. xxiv, in Wks. 888/2 Certaine letters whiche some of the brethrene let fall of late, and lost theim of likelyhedde as some good kitte leseth her kayes.
1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. Pref. sig. c.iiijv Oblacions & offerings..for deliueraunce of bad husbands for a sick kowe, to kepe doune ye belly, and when kyt hadde lost her key.
2. A light woman. Cf. kittock n.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman
queanOE
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Tib1533
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Katy1535
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a1577 G. Gascoigne Dan Bartholmew in Wks. (1587) 67 Kits of Cressides kinde.
1600 N. Breton Pasquils Fooles-cap (rev. ed.) sig. C2 Such foolish Kittes of such a skittish kinde, In Bridewell booke are euery where to finde.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
Kitn.5
/kɪt/, U.S. /kɪt/ Kit with the canstick or candlestick = Jack-o'-lantern n.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [noun] > phosphorescence > will-o'-the-wisp
fox-fire1483
foolish fire1563
ignis fatuus1563
fool's fire1583
Kit with the canstick or candlestick1584
going fire1596
will-o'-the-wisp1596
meteor1597
firedrake1607
wisp1618
ambulones1621
Dick-a-Tuesday1636
friar's lantern1645
gillian burnt-tail1654
Jill-burnt-tail1654
Jack-o'-lantern1658
fatuous fire1661
wildfire1663
wandering fire or light1667
Jack-a-Lent1680
fairy light1722
spunkie1727
Jill-o'-the-wisp1750
fen-fire1814
fatuus1820
marsh-light1823
feu follet1832
wisp-lighta1847
hob-lantern1847
ghost light1849
elf-fire1855
Peggy-with-her-lantern1855
fatuous light1857–8
marsh-fire1865
swamp fire1903
Min-Min1950
1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft vii. xv. 153 They haue so fraied vs with bull beggers, spirits, witches, vrchens, elues, hags,..kit with the cansticke.
a1627 T. Middleton Witch (1945) i. ii. 298 Kitt with the Candle stick.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
kitn.6
/kɪt/, U.S. /kɪt/ Nautical.
A composition of resin, pitch, and tallow applied to the canvas used for covering carcasses (see carcass n. 7).
ΚΠ
1815 W. Burney Falconer's New Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) Kit, a composition, made of resin..pitch..and tallow..used for the last covering of carcasses.
1885 in Cassell's Encycl. Dict. IV.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
kitn.7
/kɪt/, U.S. /kɪt/ A local name for the fish also called mary-sole, smear-dab, and sand-fluke.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Pleuronectiformes (flat-fish) > [noun] > family Pleuronectidae > genus Pleuronectes > pleuronectes microcephalus (smear-dab)
whiff1713
smear-dab1769
kit1836
1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes II. 241 The Kit of Jago is the smooth or small-headed dab.
1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland II. 29 Pleuronectes microcephalus,..[in] Cornwall..it has likewise been known as kit;..at Hove, as ‘the kit’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
kitn.8
/kɪt/, U.S. /kɪt/ Photography.
A thin frame inserted in a plate-holder to hold plates smaller than those for which the holder was originally constructed.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > camera > parts and accessories of camera > [noun] > plate-holders or boxes
dark box1839
plate holder1850
slide1856
repeating back1867
cassette1875
roller slide1877
kit1885
sheath1890
1885 in Cassell's Encycl. Dict. IV.
1889 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 74 A 5×8 is the best size for general use, and with a few 3×44 kits is all that is needed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
kitn.9
/kɪt/, U.S. /kɪt/ = kit-fox n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Vulpes > vulpes velox
kit-fox1806
kit1812
prairie fox1839
1812 J. Cutler Topogr. Descr. Ohio 139 The Christenoes..traffic in beaver, otter, lynx,..small fox or kitts, dressed elk, and moose deer skins.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
kitn.10
/kɪt/, U.S. /kɪt/ A school of pigeons.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [noun] > family Columbidae > pigeon > flock of
kit1880
school1880
loft1899
1880 Times 24 Nov. 10/3 Mr. Cotton's handsome birds from Sunningdale, and the Macclesfield tipplers, which fly in schools or ‘kits’ for hours against another school.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
kitn.11
/kɪt/, U.S. /kɪt/, New Zealand English /kɪt/ New Zealand.
A basket plaited from flax.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > basket > [noun] > made of flax
kit1834
1834 E. Markham N.Z. Recoll. (MS.) 44 They make Baskets or Kits as we call them for potatoes.
1841 W. Colenso Jrnl. (typescript) I. 120 Opening his kete and taking out his Blanket.
1856 E. B. Fitton New Zealand 68 Neatly made baskets, plaited from flax, and known by the name of ‘Maori kits’.
1877 W. T. Pratt Colonial Experiences 31 Potatoes were procurable from the Maories [sic] in flax kits, at from one to five shillings the kit.
1884 M. A. Martin Our Maoris 44 My heart is like an old kête (i.e., a coarsely-woven basket).
1936 ‘R. Hyde’ Check to your King xiii. 156 Great flax-kits of Kumaras..were left outside the door.
1941 S. J. Baker N.Z. Slang vi. 55 We have also put into wide use the term kit for a shopping basket.
1958 S. Ashton-Warner Spinster 41 When I comes to this word ‘basket’ in my book I never says ‘basket’... I always says ‘kit’.
1969 F. Sargeson Joy of Worm iii. 105 Between the two of them they carried a flax kit of food.
Derivatives
ˈkitful n.
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1882 W. D. Hay Brighter Britain! I. ii. 38 [The well-to-do Maori] stops and ..examines the kitful of fruit.
1902 W. Satchell Land of Lost xviii. 161 I will give you a kitful when you go away.
1938 R. Finlayson Brown Man's Burden 75 So the three men got enough kitfuls [of shellfish] long before Hira came back.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
kitv.1
/kɪt/, U.S. /kɪt/ 1. transitive. To put or pack in a kit or kits; esp. fish for the market.
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > into or as into other specific receptacles
sackc1405
pokea1425
pipe1465
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crock1594
cade1599
maund1604
impoke1611
incask1611
inflask1611
insatchel1611
desk1615
pot1626
cooper1746
kit1769
vat1784
pannier1804
vial1805
flask1855
tub1889
ampoule1946
1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iv. 243 The fish [sc. salmon] is..boiled, pickled, and kitted, and sent to the London markets.
1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. XV. 45 The salmon are kitted in the usual way and sent to London.
2. To equip (someone or something) with a uniform, an outfit, personal effects, equipment, etc. Frequently with out, up.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)]
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clothec950
shride971
aturnc1220
begoa1225
array1297
graith1297
agraithc1300
geara1325
cleadc1325
adightc1330
apparel1362
back1362
shape1362
attirea1375
parela1375
tirea1375
rayc1390
addressa1393
coverc1394
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scredea1400
shrouda1400
bedightc1400
buskc1400
harnessc1400
hatterc1400
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riga1625
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garb1673
equip1695
to fit out1722
encase1725
tog1793
trick1821
to fig out1825
enclothe1832
toilet1842
to get up1858
habilitate1885
tailor1885
kit1919
1919 W. Lang Sea-lawyer's Log ii. 16 Now we have been ‘kitted up’, as the nautical expression has it.
1925 T. E. Lawrence Let. 25 Aug. (1938) 481 Sergeant take this man to the Q.M. Stores, kit him at once, and put him into the first train for Cranwell.
1945 Times 25 May 2/2 In a day or so these men would be kitted up in smart new uniform and go on leave.
1948 ‘N. Shute’ No Highway ii. 50 I'll get a letter through to Ottawa asking them to kit you up for the trip.
1960 K. Amis New Maps of Hell (1961) iv. 95 There are cases on record of writers having to kit out contemporary narratives with aliens and space-ships in order to make a sale.
1962 Guardian 7 Aug. 5/1 A child can have ten days skiing for under £25 and be kitted out by Moss Brothers into the bargain.
1963 Times 18 Jan. 3/6 The cars—numbered, polished and kitted with every conceivable gadget to compete against time and the elements—will set course for the Côte d'Azur.
1963 Times 20 Apr. 3/4 Probably the business locality this weekend will be Bristol, where the England players for the short Antipodean tour will foregather to be kitted and generally vetted.
1970 New Society 5 Mar. 384/1 Voluntary labour repaired and kitted out about 20 houses in three months.
Derivatives
ˈkitted adj. (a) placed or packed in a kit; (b) provided with clothing, accessories, etc. (as kitted-out, kitted-up; cf. sense 2).
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > [adjective] > in or as in specific receptacles
barrelled1494
casked1624
pocketed1647
tunned1672
intubed1688
kitted1725
basined1745
canistered1843
pottled1845
carboyed1855
tubbed1882
sacked1895
pouched1905
cartoned1921
cupped1929
ampouled1969
slipcased1969
1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iv. ii To leave his ram-horn spoons, and kitted whey.
1973 Daily Tel. 21 Nov. 14/3 The 1500 TC offers good value at £1,295 for a well kitted-out four-door 1½-litre.
kitting n. (also kitting up)
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun]
clothingc1175
buskingc1330
shriding1340
dressingc1350
attiringa1375
enparelling1496
apparelling?1544
reparelling1579
induition1584
accoutrementa1616
suitinga1637
investiture1651
dress1680
investment1798
garbing1862
kitting1919
1919 W. Lang Sea-lawyer's Log ii. 13 It is pleasant to march down to the kitting-up store and have garments thrown at you..without price.
1958 Technology May 68/3 Some firms may wish to give students a ‘kitting up allowance’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
kitv.2
/kɪt/, U.S. /kɪt/ rare.
transitive and absol. To kitten, kittle.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [verb (transitive)] > give birth to
bearOE
whelpc1175
kindle?c1225
hatcha1350
yeana1387
calvea1425
producea1513
dam1577
cast1587
rewhelp1605
render1607
store1611
drop1662
warp1738
kit1758
kitten1824
throw1824
cub1864
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [verb (transitive)] > miscellaneous actions of
purr1740
kit1758
kitten1824
knead1954
1758 Brit. Chron. 1 May 410 a few days ago a cat at Brinkley..kitted two squirrels, which are now both alive.
1844 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 127 Thank Miss Barton much for the kit;..my old woman is a great lover of cats, and hers has just kitted.
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