kith and kin

  • 41kin — UK [kɪn] / US noun [uncountable] formal all the people in your family • See: kith and kin, next of kin …

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  • 42kith — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cȳthth; akin to cūth known more at uncouth Date: before 12th century familiar friends, neighbors, or relatives < kith and kin > …

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  • 43kith — [[t]kɪθ[/t]] n. soc ant acquaintances, friends, neighbors, or the like • kith and kin Etymology: bef. 900; ME; OE cȳth, earlier cȳththu kinship, knowledge (c. OHG chundida) =cūth known (see uncouth) + thu th I …

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  • 44kin — See kith and kin …

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  • 45kithand kin — kith and kin (kĭthʹ ən kĭnʹ) pl.n. 1. One s acquaintances and relatives. 2. One s relatives.   [Middle English kith, from Old English cȳth, kinsfolk, neighbors. See gnō .   Word History: Kith is obsolete except in the alliterative phrase …

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  • 46flesh and blood — Synonyms and related words: agnate, ancestry, blood, blood relation, blood relative, bodiliness, clansman, cognate, collateral, collateral relative, concreteness, connections, consanguinean, corporality, corporeality, corporealness, corporeity,&#8230; …

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  • 47next of kin — Synonyms and related words: agnate, ancestry, blood, blood relation, blood relative, clansman, cognate, collateral, collateral relative, connections, consanguinean, distaff side, distant relation, enate, family, flesh, flesh and blood, folks,&#8230; …

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  • 48Sinhala and Tamil new year — Infobox Holiday holiday name=Sinhala and Tamil new year official name=Sinhala:Aluth Awurudu/Tamil: English name=Sinhala and Tamil new year observed by=Sinhalese/ Hindus date=A nakshatra date in the month of Bak (by the Shalivahana era)&#8230; …

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  • 49Part and parcel — Part Part (p[aum]rt), n. [F. part, L. pars, gen. partis; cf. parere to bring forth, produce. Cf. {Parent}, {Depart}, {Parcel}, {Partner}, {Party}, {Portion}.] 1. One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded&#8230; …

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  • 50Ancient Babylonian and Assyrian Vampires — Variations: LAMIA, Lilatou, Lilats, Lîlît, LILITH As far back as the 24th century B. C., the people of Babylon and then later Assyria supposed that vampires were demonic beings who were not of this plane of existence. Therefore, in order for them …

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