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Webster 1913 Edition


Kid

Kid

(kĭd)
,
Noun.
[Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel.
kið
, Dan. & Sw.
kid
; akin to OHG.
kizzi
, G.
kitz
,
kitz
chen,
kitz
lein.]
1.
(Zool.)
A young goat.
The . . . leopard shall lie down with the
kid
.
Is. xi. 6.
2.
A young child or infant; hence, a simple person, easily imposed on.
[Slang]
Charles Reade.
3.
A kind of leather made of the skin of the young goat, or of the skin of rats, etc.; kidskin.
4.
pl.
Gloves made of kidskin; kid gloves.
[Colloq. & Low]
5.
A small wooden mess tub; – a name given by sailors to one in which they receive their food.
Cooper.

Kid

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Kidded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Kidding
.]
To bring forth a young goat.

Kid

,
Noun.
[Cf. W.
cidysen
.]
A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze.
[Prov. Eng.]
Wright.

Kid

,
p.
p.
of
Kythe
.
[Obs.]
Gower.
Chaucer.

Kid

,
Verb.
T.
See
Kiddy
,
Verb.
T.
[Slang]

Webster 1828 Edition


Kid

KID

,
Noun.
[L. hoedus; vulgar.]
1.
A young goat.
2.
A faggot; a bundle of heath and furze.

KID

,
Verb.
T.
or i. To bring forth a young goat.
1.
To make into a bundle, as faggots.

KID

,
Verb.
T.
To show, discover or make known.