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[kit] 
noun, verb, kit⋅ted, kit⋅ting.–noun
| 1. | a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose: a first-aid kit; a sales kit. |
| 2. | the case for containing these. |
| 3. | such a case and its contents. |
| 4. | a set of materials or parts from which something can be assembled: a model car made from a kit. |
| 5. | Informal. a set, lot, or collection of things or persons. |
| 6. | a wooden tub, pail, etc., usually circular. |
| 7. | Chiefly British. a costume or outfit of clothing, esp. for a specific purpose: ski kit; dancing kit; battle kit. |
–verb (used with object)
—Idiom| 8. | to package or make available in a kit: a new model airplane that has just been kitted for the hobbyist. |
| 9. | Chiefly British. to outfit or equip (often fol. by out or up). |
| 10. | kit and caboodle or boodle, Informal. the whole lot of persons or things; all of something (often prec. by whole): We took along the whole kit and caboodle in the station wagon. |
Origin:
1325–75; ME kyt, kitt < MD kitte jug, tankard
1325–75; ME kyt, kitt < MD kitte jug, tankard
kit
3 [kit] Origin:
1555–65; shortened form
1555–65; shortened form
Kit
[kit] –noun
| 1. | a male given name, form of Christopher. |
| 2. | a female given name, form of Catherine or Katherine. |
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| kit 1 (kĭt) n.
[Middle English kitte, wooden tub, probably from Middle Dutch.] |
| kit 2 (kĭt) n.
[Short for kitten.] |
| kit 3 (kĭt) n. A tiny, narrow violin used by dancing masters in the 17th and 18th centuries. [Origin unknown.] |
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Kit
Kit\, (k[i^]t), v. t. [imp. Kitte.] To cut. [Obs.] --Chaucer.Kit
Kit\, n. [See Kitten.] A kitten. Kit fox (Zo["o]l.), 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.Kit
Kit\, n. [Gf. AS. cytere harp, L. cithara. Cf. Guitar.] A small violin. "A dancing master's kit." --Grew. Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance. --Dickens.Kit
Kit\, m. [Cf. D. kit a large bottle, OD. kitte beaker, decanter.]1. A large bottle. 2. A wooden tub or pail, smaller at the top than at the bottom; as, a kit of butter, or of mackerel. --Wright. 3. straw or rush basket for fish; also, any kind of basket. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 4. A box for working implements; hence, a working outfit, as of a workman, a soldier, and the like. 5. A group of separate parts, things, or individuals; -- used with whole, and generally contemptuously; as, the whole kit of them.
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Language Translation for : kit
Spanish:
equipo,
German:
die Ausrüstung,
Japanese:
用具一式
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.
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kit (1)
"round wooden tub," 1275, probably from M.Du. kitte "jug, tankard, wooden container," of unknown origin. Meaning "collection of personal effects," especially for traveling (originally in ref. to a soldier), is from 1785; that of "outfit of tools for a workman" is from 1851. Kit and caboodle is 1861, from boodle "lot, collection," perhaps from Du. boedel "property."
kit (2)
"small fiddle used by dancing teachers," 1519, probably a shortening of O.E. cythere, from L. cithara, from Gk. kithara (see guitar).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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.
[The Jargon File]
(1994-11-18)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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| kit kitchen |
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kit
small fiddle with a muted tone, carried by dancing masters in their pockets in the 16th-18th century. A last descendant of the medieval rebec, the kit evolved as a narrow, boat-shaped instrument with usually three or four strings. Later, narrow, violin-shaped kits were also built. Dancing masters used it to play the dance melody and rhythm while teaching the steps.
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