1.
[syn: cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kin \Kin\ (k[i^]n), n. Also Kine \Kine\ (k[imac]n). [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.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kine \Kine\ (k[imac]n), n. pl. [For older kyen, formed like
oxen, fr. AS. c[=y], itself pl. of c[=u] cow. See Cow, and
cf. Kee, Kie.]
Cows. "A herd of fifty or sixty kine." --Milton. Kinematic
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cow \Cow\, n.; pl. Cows (kouz); old pl. Kine (k[imac]n).
[OE. cu, cou, AS. c[=u]; akin to D. koe, G. kuh, OHG. kuo,
Icel. k[=y]r, Dan. & Sw. ko, L. bos ox, cow, Gr. boy^s, Skr.
g[=o]. [root]223. Cf. Beef, Bovine, Bucolic, Butter,
Nylghau.]
[1913 Webster]
1. The mature female of bovine animals.
[1913 Webster]
2. The female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals,
etc.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
kine
n 1: domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or
age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come
home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of
oxen" [syn: cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus]