kidde

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kidde - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Kidde \Kid"de\,
     imp. of Kythe. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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  Kythe \Kythe\, Kithe \Kithe\ (k[imac][th]), v. t. [imp. Kydde,
     Kidde (k[i^]d"de); p. p. Kythed, Kid; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Kything.] [OE. kythen, kithen, cu[eth]en, to make known,
     AS. c[=y][eth]an, fr. c[=u][eth] known. [root]45. See
     Uncouth, Can to be able, and cf. Kith.]
     To make known; to manifest; to show; to declare. [Obs. or
     Scot.]
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           For gentle hearte kytheth gentilesse.    --Chaucer.
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