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Webster 1913 Edition


Kit

Kit

,
Noun.
[Gf. AS.
cytere
harp, L.
cithara
. Cf.
Guitar
.]
A small violin.
“A dancing master’s kit.”
Grew.
Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his
kit
with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance.
Dickens.

Kit

,
Noun.
[Cf. D.
kit
a large bottle, OD.
kitte
beaker, decanter.]
1.
A large bottle.
2.
A wooden tub or pail, smaller at the top than at the bottom;
as, a
kit
of butter, or of mackerel
.
Wright.
3.
A straw or rush basket for fish; also, any kind of basket.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
4.
A box for working implements.

Webster 1828 Edition


Kit

KIT

,
Noun.
A large bottle.
1.
A small fiddle.
2.
A kind of fish-tub, and a milk-pail.
[I know not that this word is used in America.]