[1] : The 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.
      1913 webster

   2. a wooden tub or pail, smaller at the top than at the
      bottom; as, a kit of butter, or of mackerel. --wright.
      1913 webster

   3. a straw or rush basket for fish; also, any kind of basket.
      prov. eng. --halliwell.
      1913 webster

   4. a box for working implements.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster +pjc

   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.
      1913 webster +pjc

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

kit \kit\, ki^t, v. t. imp. kitte.
   to cut. obs. --chaucer.
   1913 webster
see also:
kitte 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

kit \kit\, n. see kitten.
   a kitten.
   1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
kitten kit fox vulpes velox swift fox 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

kit \kit\, n. gf. as. cytere harp, l. cithara. cf. guitar.
   a small violin. "a dancing master's kit." --grew.
   1913 webster

         prince turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit
         with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to
         dance.                                   --dickens.
   1913 webster
see also:
guitar 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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

[6] : 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

[7] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

kit
     kernel software for intelligent terminals t-online, telekom, btx
     
     

[8] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

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.


see also:
dec readme file distribution 

[9] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

kit
     
         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
     
     
see also:
usenet dec patch unix readme file distribution 
jargon file 

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