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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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]


Kine \Kine\ (k[imac]n), n. pl. [For older kyen, formed like
oxen, fr. AS. c[=y], itself pl. of c[=u] cow. See {Cow}, and
cf. {Kee}, {Kie}.]
Cows. "A herd of fifty or sixty kine." --Milton. Kinematic


Cow \Cow\, n.; pl. {Cows} (kouz); old pl. {Kine} (k[imac]n).
[OE. cu, cou, AS. c[=u]; akin to D. koe, G. kuh, OHG. kuo,
Icel. k[=y]r, Dan. & Sw. ko, L. bos ox, cow, Gr. boy^s, Skr.
g[=o]. [root]223. Cf. {Beef}, {Bovine}, {Bucolic}, {Butter},
{Nylghau}.]
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1. The mature female of bovine animals.
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2. The female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals,
etc.
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