kine

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (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”Synonyms: cattle cows oxen Bos taurus

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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.]

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

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]