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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Kid

Kid, n.

noun

n. [Icel. kidle, Dan. & Sw. kid, O. H. Ger. kiz, kizzi, N. H. Ger. kitz, kitzchen, kitzlein, probably not allied to Lat. hædus, or Eng. goat, q. v.] 1. A young goat. The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid. Isa. xi. 6.

  1. Hence, a child or infant. [Cant.]
  2. A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze.
  3. A small wooden tub or vessel; — applied, among seamen, to one in which they receive their food. Holloway.
  4. A glove of kid leather. [Colloq.] Head.

Kid, v. t. or i.

verbtransitiveintransitive

[imp. & p. p. KIDDED; p. pr. & vb. n. KIDDING.]

  1. To bring forth a young goat.
  2. To make into a bundle, as fagots. Halliwell.

Kid, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [A-S. cyððan, to make known, declare, show. Cf. Ger. künden, to make known, kunde, knowledge, news, notice.]

  1. To show, discover, or make known. [Obs.] Gower.
  2. To hoax; to gull; to deceive; to kiddy. [Cant.]