Kin (k&ibreve_;n), n. (Mus.) A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings. Riemann.
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{ Kin (k&ibreve_;n), n. Also Kine (kīn) }. [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.]