kit

9 definitions found

kit - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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  kit \kit\, (k[i^]t), v. t. [imp. kitte.]
     To cut. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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  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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  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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kit - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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: kit, outfit]
      3: young of any of various fur-bearing animals; "a fox kit"
      v 1: supply with a set of articles or tools [syn: kit out,
           kit up, kit]

kit - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  kit
  
     <jargon> (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)
  

kit - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  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.
  

kit - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

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

kit - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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