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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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