Kit

9 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kit \Kit\, n. [Cf. D. kit a large bottle, OD. kitte beaker,
     decanter.]
     1. A large bottle.
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     2. A wooden tub or pail, smaller at the top than at the


        bottom; as, a kit of butter, or of mackerel. --Wright.
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     3. A straw or rush basket for fish; also, any kind of basket.
        [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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     4. A box for working implements.
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     5. Hence: A collection of tools or other objects to be used
        for a specific purpose, often contained in a box which may
        be carried conveniently; a working outfit, as of a
        workman, a soldier, and the like; as, a plumber's kit; a
        doctor's kit; a cosmetic kit; a first-aid kit.
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     6. A group of separate parts, things, or individuals; -- used
        with whole, and generally contemptuously; as, the whole
        kit of them; the whole kit and kaboodle.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  kit \kit\, (k[i^]t), v. t. [imp. {kitte}.]
     To cut. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  kit \kit\, n. [See {Kitten}.]
     A kitten.
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     {Kit fox} (Zool.), a small burrowing fox ({Vulpes velox}),
        inhabiting the region of the Rocky Mountains. It is
        brownish gray, reddish on the breast and flanks, and white
        below. Called also {swift fox}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kit \Kit\, n. [Gf. AS. cytere harp, L. cithara. Cf. {Guitar}.]
     A small violin. "A dancing master's kit." --Grew.
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           Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit
           with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to
           dance.                                   --Dickens.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  kit
       n 1: a case for containing a set of articles
       2: gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a
          specified purpose [syn: {outfit}]
       3: young of any of various fur-bearing animals; "a fox kit"
       v : supply with a set of articles or tools [syn: {kit out}, {kit
           up}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  140 Moby Thesaurus words for "kit":
     A string, Amati, Cheshire cat, Chinchilla cat, Cremona, D string,
     E string, G string, Maltese cat, Strad, Stradivari, Stradivarius,
     accouterments, alley cat, apparatus, appliances, appointments,
     appurtenances, armament, bass, bass viol, battery, birdling, block,
     blue cat, bow, bridge, bull fiddle, calf, calico cat, cat, catling,
     cello, chick, chickling, chicky, colt, contrabass, conveniences,
     crowd, cub, dogie, double bass, duckling, duffel, equipage,
     equipment, facilities, facility, fawn, feline, fiddle, fiddlebow,
     fiddlestick, fingerboard, fittings, fixtures, fledgling, foal,
     fryer, furnishings, furniture, gear, gib, gib-cat, gosling,
     grimalkin, house cat, impedimenta, implements, installations,
     instruments, kid, kit fiddle, kit violin, kitling, kitten, kitty,
     kitty-cat, lamb, lambkin, litter, machinery, materiel, mouser,
     munition, munitions, nest, nestling, outfit, pack, paraphernalia,
     piglet, pigling, plant, plumbing, polliwog, pullet, pup, puppy,
     puss, pussy, pussycat, rig, rigging, scroll, series, set, shoat,
     silver cat, soundboard, stock-in-trade, string, suit, suite,
     supplies, tabby, tabby cat, tackle, tadpole, tenor violin, things,
     tiger cat, tom, tomcat, tools, tortoise-shell cat, trappings,
     tuning peg, utensils, viola, violin, violinette, violoncello,
     violoncello piccolo, violone, violotta, weaner, whelp, yeanling
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  KIT
       Kernel software for Intelligent Terminals (T-Online, Telekom, BTX)
       
       

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  kit n. [Usenet; poss. fr. {DEC} slang for a full software distribution,
     as opposed to a patch or upgrade] A source software distribution that
     has been packaged in such a way that it can (theoretically) be unpacked
     and installed according to a series of steps using only standard Unix
     tools, and entirely documented by some reasonable chain of references
     from the top-level {README file}. The more general term {distribution}
     may imply that special tools or more stringent conditions on the host
     environment are required.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  kit
       
           ({Usenet}, possibly from {DEC}) Slang for a full
          software distribution, as opposed to a {patch} or upgrade.  A
          source software distribution that has been packaged in such a
          way that it can (theoretically) be unpacked and installed
          according to a series of steps using only standard {Unix}
          tools, and entirely documented by some reasonable chain of
          references from the top-level {README file}.  The more general
          term {distribution} may imply that special tools or more
          stringent conditions on the host environment are required.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1994-11-18)