2. A kind act; an act of good will; as, to do a great kindness.
Syn. — Good will; benignity; grace; tenderness; compassion; humanity; clemency; mildness; gentleness; goodness; generosity; beneficence; favor.
KINDRED
Kin"dred, n. Etym: [OE. kinrede, kynrede, kunreden (with excrescent
d), fr. AS. cunn kin, race + the termination to advise, G. rathen.
Cf. Hatred.]
1. Relationship by birth or marriage; consanguinity; affinity; kin. Like her, of equal kindred to the throne. Dryden.
2. Relatives by blood or marriage, more properly the former; relations; persons related to each other. I think there's no man is secure But the queen's kindred. Shak.
Syn. — Kin; kinsfolk; relatives; kinsmen; relations; relationship; affinity.
KINDRED
Kin"dred, a.
Defn: Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as, kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions. True to the kindred points of heaven and home. Wordsworth.
KINE Kine, n. pl. Etym: [For older kyen, formed like oxen, fr. AS. c, itself pl. of c cow. See Cow, and cf. Kee, Kie.]
Defn: Cows. "A herd of fifty or sixty kine." Milton.