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kine

1[kahyn]
–noun Archaic.
a pl. of cow 1 .

Origin:
ME kyn, OE cȳna, gen. pl. of cow 1

kin⋅e

2[kin-ee]
–noun
kinescope (def. 1).

Origin:
shortened form

cow

1[kou]
–noun, plural cows, (Archaic) kine.
1. the mature female of a bovine animal, esp. of the genus Bos.
2. the female of various other large animals, as the elephant or whale.
3. Informal. a domestic bovine of either sex and any age.
4. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a large, obese, and slovenly woman.
5. Offensive. a woman who has a large number of children or is frequently pregnant.
6. till or until the cows come home, for a long time; forever: You can keep arguing till the cows come home, but I won't change my mind.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME cou, OE cū; c. G Kuh, D koe, ON kȳr, L bōs, Gk boûs ox; cf. bovine, gaur


cowlike, adjective

kin⋅e⋅scope

[kin-uh-skohp, kahy-nuh-] noun, verb, -scoped, -scop⋅ing. Television.
–noun
1. Also, kine. a cathode-ray tube with a fluorescent screen on which an image is reproduced by a directed beam of electrons.
2. the motion-picture record of a television program.
–verb (used with object)
3. to record (a program) on motion-picture film, using a kinescope.

Origin:
1930–35; formerly trademark
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kine   (kīn)   
n.   Archaic
A plural of cow1.

[Middle English kyn, from Old English cȳna, genitive pl. of , cow; see cow1.]
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Kine

(Heb. sing. parah, i.e., "fruitful"), mentioned in Pharaoh's dream (Gen. 41: 18). Here the word denotes "buffaloes," which fed on the reeds and sedge by the river's brink.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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