kith and kin
21kith and kin — noun (plural) old fashioned family and friends …
22kith and kin — UK [ˌkɪθ ən ˈkɪn] / US noun [plural] old fashioned your friends and relatives …
23kith and kin — idi ant soc relatives, or acquaintances and relatives together …
24The Shadows, Kith and Kin — is a collection of short fiction by Joe R. Lansdale, published in 2007 in a limited edition by Subterranean Press.It contains:* A Quick Author s Note * The Shadows, Kith and Kin * Deadman s Road * The Long Dead Day * White Mule, Spotted Pig *… …
25Kith — (k[i^]th), n. [OE. kith, cu[eth], AS. c[=y][eth][eth]e, c[=y][eth], native land, fr. c[=u][eth] known. [root]45. See {Uncouth}, {Can}, and cf. {Kythe}.] Acquaintance; kindred. [1913 Webster] And my near kith for that will sore me shend. W. Browne …
26kith — [kith] n. [ME < OE cyth, earlier cyththu < base of cuth, known: see UNCOUTH] friends, acquaintances, or neighbors: now only in kith and kin a) friends, acquaintances, and relatives b) relatives …
27kith — (n.) O.E. cyðð kinship, relationship; kinsfolk, fellow countrymen, neighbors; native country, home; knowledge, acquaintance, familiarity, from cuð known, pp. of cunnan to know (see CAN (Cf. can) (v.)). Cognate with O.H.G. chundida. The… …
28kith — ► NOUN (in phrase kith and kin) ▪ one s relations. ORIGIN Old English, originally in the senses «knowledge», «one s native land», and «friends and neighbours» …
29kin — [kın] n [plural] [: Old English; Origin: cyn] 1.) informal also kinsfolk, kinfolk your family 2.) next of kin formal your most closely related family ▪ We ll have to notify the next of kin of his death. →↑kindred →↑ …
30kin — is now a rather old fashioned term for one s relatives or family. It is mostly used in the fixed expressions next of kin and kith and kin …
