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kineSource: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Kin \Kin\ (k[i^]n), n. Also Kine \Kine\ (k[imac]n). [Gr. kinei^n to move.] (Physics) The unit velocity in the C. G. S. system -- a velocity of one centimeter per second. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Kine \Kine\ (k[imac]n), n. pl. [For older kyen, formed like oxen, fr. AS. c[=y], itself pl. of c[=u] cow. See Cow, and cf. Kee, Kie.] Cows. "A herd of fifty or sixty kine." --Milton. Kinematic Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Cow \Cow\, n.; pl. Cows (kouz); old pl. Kine (k[imac]n). [OE. cu, cou, AS. c[=u]; akin to D. koe, G. kuh, OHG. kuo, Icel. k[=y]r, Dan. & Sw. ko, L. bos ox, cow, Gr. boy^s, Skr. g[=o]. [root]223. Cf. Beef, Bovine, Bucolic, Butter, Nylghau.] [1913 Webster] 1. The mature female of bovine animals. [1913 Webster] 2. The female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals, etc. [1913 Webster] Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
kine
n : domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or
age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come
home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team
of oxen" [syn: cattle, cows, oxen, Bos taurus]
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 42 Moby Thesaurus words for "kine": Brahman, Indian buffalo, aurochs, beef, beef cattle, beeves, bison, bossy, bovine, bovine animal, buffalo, bull, bullock, calf, carabao, cattle, cow, critter, dairy cattle, dairy cow, dogie, heifer, hornless cow, leppy, maverick, milch cow, milcher, milk cow, milker, muley cow, muley head, musk-ox, neat, ox, oxen, steer, stirk, stot, wisent, yak, yearling, zebu Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary Kine (Heb. sing. parah, i.e., "fruitful"), mentioned in Pharaoh's dream (Gen. 41: 18). Here the word denotes "buffaloes," which fed on the reeds and sedge by the river's brink. Matching Word(s) -ine Kie Kin Bine Dine fine Hine line Mine Nine Pine Rine Sine Tine Vine Wine 'zine Kibe Kike Kipe Kite Kive Kind King Kink Kino kin Kline Koine bine dine mine nine pine sine tine vine wine kibe kike kite kina kind king kink kino eine FINE LINE KING MINE WINE Kinde Kane
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