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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
-kin \-kin\ (-k[i^]n) suff. [Of Low German origin; cf. G. -chen, LG. -- ken.] A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Kin \Kin\ (k[i^]n), noun (Mus.) A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings. --Riemann.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Kin \Kin\, noun [OE. kin, cun, AS. cynn kin, kind, race, people; akin to cennan to beget, D. kunne sex, OS. & OHG. kunni kin, race, Icel. kyn, Goth. kuni, G. & D. kind a child, L. genus kind, race, L. gignere to beget, Gr. gi'gnesqai to be born, Skr. jan to beget. [root]44. Cf. {Kind}, {King}, {Gender} kind, {Nation}.]
1. Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
2. Relatives; persons of the same family or race.
The father, mother, and the kin beside. --Dryden.
You are of kin, and so a friend to their persons. --Bacon.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Kin \Kin\ (k[i^]n), noun Also Kine \Kine\ (k[imac]n). [Gr. kinei^n to move.] (Physics) The unit velocity in the C. G. S. system -- a velocity of one centimeter per second. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Kin \Kin\, adjective Of the same nature or kind; kinder. ''Kin to the king.'' --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
kin
adjective: related by blood [syn: {akin(p)}, {blood-related}, {cognate}, {consanguine}, {consanguineous}, {kin(p)}]
noun
1: a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family" [syn: {kinsperson}, {family}]
2: group of people related by blood or marriage [syn: {kin group}, {kinship group}, {kindred}, {clan}, {tribe}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
121 Moby Thesaurus words for "kin": agnate, ancestry, blood, blood relation, blood relative, bracket, branch, brand, breed, cast, caste, category, character, clan, clansman, class, cognate, collateral, collateral relative, color, connections, consanguine, consanguinean, consanguineous, cousinhood, denomination, description, designation, distaff side, distant relation, division, enate, estate, family, feather, flesh, flesh and blood, folk, folks, form, genre, genus, german, grade, grain, group, grouping, head, heading, ilk, kidney, kind, kindred, kinfolk, kinnery, kinsfolk, kinsman, kinsmen, kinswoman, kith and kin, label, level, line, lineage, lot, make, manner, mark, mold, nature, near relation, next of kin, number, order, people, persuasion, phylum, pigeonhole, position, posterity, predicament, race, rank, rating, related, relation, relations, relatives, rubric, section, sept, set, shape, sib, sibling, sort, spear kin, spear side, species, spindle kin, spindle side, stamp, station, status, stock, strain, stratum, stripe, style, subdivision, subgroup, suborder, sword side, the like of, the likes of, title, tribe, tribesman, type, uterine kin, variety
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