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kine
From 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.] .
From 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 .
From 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]
