kine
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Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English kie, equivalent to ky + -en (plural ending), a double plural.
Noun edit
kine
- (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.
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Etymology 2 edit
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Noun edit
kine (plural kines)
- (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 […]
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References edit
- Oumaté, Hamham; Nouhou, Amadou; Pohlig, Annie W., 1991, Vocabulaire de base en quatre langues: wandala, fulfulde, français, anglais : Edition Provisoire
Hawaiian Creole edit
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kine
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kine
- Alternative form of kiyne