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Webster 1913 Edition
Kit
Kit
,Noun.
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
,Noun.
[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 mackerelWright.
3.
A straw or rush basket for fish; also, any kind of basket.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
4.
A box for working implements.
Webster 1828 Edition
Kit
KIT
,Noun.
1.
A small fiddle.2.
A kind of fish-tub, and a milk-pail.[I know not that this word is used in America.]