1. Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
2. Relatives; persons of the same family or race. The father, mother, and the kinbeside. Dryden. You are of kin, and so a friend to their persons. Bacon.
KIN
Kin, a.
Defn: Of the same nature or kind; kinder. "Kin to the king." Shak.
-KIN -kin (-kin). [Of Low German origin; cf. G. -chen, LG. — ken.]
Defn: A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.
KINAESODIC
Kin`æ*sod"ic, a. (Physiol.)
Defn: Kinesodic.
KINAESTHESIS
Kin`æs*the"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Physiol.)
Defn: The perception attendant upon the movements of the muscles.
Bastian.