kine

See also: Kine, kiné, kině, Kinë, kiñe, kiʼne, and kine-

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɪn/
• Rhymes: -aɪn

• Audio (UK)

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Etymology 1

From Middle English kie, equivalent to ky +‎ -en, a double plural.

Noun

kine

1. (archaic or dialectal) plural of cow
   • 1955 October 20, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, “Minas Tirith”, in The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings […], New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, published December 1978, →ISBN, book V, page 40:

     Pippin could see all the Pelennor laid out before him, dotted into the distance with farmsteads and little walls, barns and byres, but nowhere could he see any kine or other beasts.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:kine.

Derived terms

• kine-pox
• kith and kine

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kine (plural kines)

1. (physics) The unit velocity in the CGS system, equal to one centimeter per second.
   • 1890, E/MJ, Engineering and Mining Journal, volumes 49-50, page 169:

     It may be well to note that a mile per hour is equal to 44.7 kines, and that accordingly a sharp walking pace may attain 200 kines […]

See also

• da kine
• kine bud

 

Anagrams

• Enki, Nike, inke

Fula

Noun

kine

1. (Adamawa) nose

Usage notes

• Used in Adamawa Fulfulde.

References

• Oumaté, Hamham; Nouhou, Amadou; Pohlig, Annie W., 1991, Vocabulaire de base en quatre langues: wandala, fulfulde, français, anglais : Edition Provisoire

Hawaiian Creole

Noun

kine

1. a kind of, type of

   Da truck is small kine weird.

   The truck is a little bit weird.

Salar

Noun

kine

1. Alternative form of kiyne