Beau. & Fl.
Kim"ry (?), n. See Cymry.
-kin (-kn). [Of Low German origin; cf. G. - chen, LG. -- ken.] A
diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.
Kin (kn), n. (Mus.) A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind,
with from five to twenty-five silken strings. Riemann.
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. √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.