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  1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    -kin \-kin\ (-k[i^]n) suff. [Of Low German origin; cf. G. -chen, LG. -- ken.] A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin. [1913 Webster]

  2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Kin \Kin\ (k[i^]n), n. (Mus.) A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings. --Riemann. [1913 Webster]

  3.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Kin \Kin\, n. [OE. kin, cun, AS. cynn kin, kind, race, people; akin to cennan to beget, D. kunne sex, OS. & OHG. kunni kin, race, Icel. kyn, Goth. kuni, G. & D. kind a child, L. genus kind, race, L. gignere to beget, Gr. gi`gnesqai to be born, Skr. jan to beget. [root]44. Cf. Kind, King, Gender kind, Nation.] 1. Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent. [1913 Webster]

    2. Relatives; persons of the same family or race. [1913 Webster]

    The father, mother, and the kin beside. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

    You are of kin, and so a friend to their persons. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Kin

  4.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Kin \Kin\ (k[i^]n), n. Also Kine \Kine\ (k[imac]n). [Gr. kinei^n to move.] (Physics) The unit velocity in the C. G. S. system -- a velocity of one centimeter per second. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

  5.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Kin \Kin\, a. Of the same nature or kind; kinder. "Kin to the king." --Shak. [1913 Webster]