KINS

Noun

kins

plural of kin

Anagrams

• Sink, inks, sink, skin

Source: Wiktionary


KIN

kin (. Etym: [Of Low German origin; cf. G. -chen, LG.

– ken.]

Definition: A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.

Kin, n. (Mus.)

Definition: A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings. Riemann.

Kin, n. Etym: [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. jan to beget. 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 kinbeside. Dryden. You are of kin, and so a friend to their persons. Bacon.

Kin, a.

Definition: Of the same nature or kind; kinder. "Kin to the king." Shak.

-kin (-kin). [Of Low German origin; cf. G. -chen, LG. -- ken.]

Definition: A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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