The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

kit \kit\, (k[i^]t), v. t. [imp. kitte.]
   To cut. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

kit \kit\, n. [See Kitten.]
   A kitten.
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   Kit fox (Zool.), a small burrowing fox (Vulpes velox),
      inhabiting the region of the Rocky Mountains. It is
      brownish gray, reddish on the breast and flanks, and white
      below. Called also swift fox.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Kit \Kit\, n. [Gf. AS. cytere harp, L. cithara. Cf. Guitar.]
   A small violin. "A dancing master's kit." --Grew.
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         Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit
         with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to
         dance.                                   --Dickens.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Kit \Kit\, n. [Cf. D. kit a large bottle, OD. kitte beaker,
   decanter.]
   1. A large bottle.
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   2. A wooden tub or pail, smaller at the top than at the
      bottom; as, a kit of butter, or of mackerel. --Wright.
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   3. A straw or rush basket for fish; also, any kind of basket.
      [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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   4. A box for working implements.
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   5. Hence: A collection of tools or other objects to be used
      for a specific purpose, often contained in a box which may
      be carried conveniently; a working outfit, as of a
      workman, a soldier, and the like; as, a plumber's kit; a
      doctor's kit; a cosmetic kit; a first-aid kit.
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   6. A group of separate parts, things, or individuals; -- used
      with whole, and generally contemptuously; as, the whole
      kit of them; the whole kit and kaboodle.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

kit
    n 1: a case for containing a set of articles
    2: gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified
       purpose [syn: kit, outfit]
    3: young of any of various fur-bearing animals; "a fox kit"
    v 1: supply with a set of articles or tools [syn: kit out,
         kit up, kit]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

140 Moby Thesaurus words for "kit":
   A string, Amati, Cheshire cat, Chinchilla cat, Cremona, D string,
   E string, G string, Maltese cat, Strad, Stradivari, Stradivarius,
   accouterments, alley cat, apparatus, appliances, appointments,
   appurtenances, armament, bass, bass viol, battery, birdling, block,
   blue cat, bow, bridge, bull fiddle, calf, calico cat, cat, catling,
   cello, chick, chickling, chicky, colt, contrabass, conveniences,
   crowd, cub, dogie, double bass, duckling, duffel, equipage,
   equipment, facilities, facility, fawn, feline, fiddle, fiddlebow,
   fiddlestick, fingerboard, fittings, fixtures, fledgling, foal,
   fryer, furnishings, furniture, gear, gib, gib-cat, gosling,
   grimalkin, house cat, impedimenta, implements, installations,
   instruments, kid, kit fiddle, kit violin, kitling, kitten, kitty,
   kitty-cat, lamb, lambkin, litter, machinery, materiel, mouser,
   munition, munitions, nest, nestling, outfit, pack, paraphernalia,
   piglet, pigling, plant, plumbing, polliwog, pullet, pup, puppy,
   puss, pussy, pussycat, rig, rigging, scroll, series, set, shoat,
   silver cat, soundboard, stock-in-trade, string, suit, suite,
   supplies, tabby, tabby cat, tackle, tadpole, tenor violin, things,
   tiger cat, tom, tomcat, tools, tortoise-shell cat, trappings,
   tuning peg, utensils, viola, violin, violinette, violoncello,
   violoncello piccolo, violone, violotta, weaner, whelp, yeanling



V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

KIT
       Kernel software for Intelligent Terminals (T-Online, DTAG, BTX)


The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

kit
 n.

    [Usenet; poss.: fr.: DEC slang for a full software distribution, as
    opposed to a patch or upgrade] A source software distribution that has been
    packaged in such a way that it can (theoretically) be unpacked and
    installed according to a series of steps using only standard Unix tools,
    and entirely documented by some reasonable chain of references from the
    top-level README file. The more general term distribution may imply
    that special tools or more stringent conditions on the host environment are
    required.


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

kit

    (Usenet, possibly from DEC) Slang for a full
   software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade.  A
   source software distribution that has been packaged in such a
   way that it can (theoretically) be unpacked and installed
   according to a series of steps using only standard Unix
   tools, and entirely documented by some reasonable chain of
   references from the top-level README file.  The more general
   term distribution may imply that special tools or more
   stringent conditions on the host environment are required.

   [Jargon File]

   (1994-11-18)