Kith
(kĭth)
,
[OE.
kith
,
cuð
, AS. cȳððe, cȳð, native land, fr.
cūð
known. √45. See
Uncouth
,
Can
, and cf.
Kythe
.]
Acquaintance; kindred.
And my near
kith
for that will sore me shend.
W. Browne.
The sage of his
kith
and the hamlet.
Longfellow.
Kith and kin
,
kindred more or less remote.