Kit, or kitten.—A young cat. A young cat is a kitten until it is full-grown, then kittenhood ceases.
A school-boy being asked to describe a kitten, replied: "A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing like mad at nothing whatever, and generally stopping before it gets there."
Puss gentleman.—An effeminate man.—Davis, Glossary.
"I cannot talk with civet in th' room,
A fine puss gentleman that's all perfume."
CAT
A BLATE cat makes a proud mouse (Scotch). An idle, or stupid, or timid foe is never feared.
A cat has nine lives, a woman has nine lives. In Middleton's Blurt Master Constable, 1602, we have: "They have nine lives apiece, like a woman."