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

    kit \kit\, (k[i^]t), v. t. [imp. kitte.] To cut. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

  2.                 From 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]

  3.                 From 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]

  4.                 From 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]