-kin \-kin\ (-k[i^]n) suff. [Of Low German origin; cf. G. -chen,
   LG. -- ken.]
   A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.
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	Kin \Kin\ (k[i^]n), n. (Mus.)
   A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from
   five to twenty-five silken strings. --Riemann.
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	Kin \Kin\, n. [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.
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   2. Relatives; persons of the same family or race.
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            The father, mother, and the kin beside. --Dryden.
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            You are of kin, and so a friend to their persons.
                                                  --Bacon.
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	Kin \Kin\ (k[i^]n), n. 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.
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	Kin \Kin\, a.
   Of the same nature or kind; kinder. "Kin to the king."
   --Shak.
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	kin
    adj 1: related by blood [syn: akin(p), blood-related,
           cognate, consanguine, consanguineous,
           consanguineal, kin(p)]
    n 1: a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin";
         "he's family" [syn: kin, kinsperson, family]
    2: group of people related by blood or marriage [syn: kin,
       kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe]

	

	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