kit : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: kit	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for kit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kit n a case for containing a set of articles gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose Synonym(s): kit, outfit young of any of various fur-bearing animals; "a fox kit" v supply with a set of articles or tools [syn: kit out, kit up, kit]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kit \Kit\, (k[icr]t), v. t. [imp. {Kitte}.] To cut. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kit \Kit\, n. [See {Kitten}.] A kitten. {Kit fox} (Zo[94]l.), a small burrowing fox ({Vulpes velox}), inhabiting the region of the Rocky Mountains. It is brownish gray, reddish on the breast and flanks, and white below. Called also {swift fox}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kit \Kit\, n. [Gf. AS. cytere harp, L. cithara. Cf. {Guitar}.] A small violin. [bd]A dancing master's kit.[b8] --Grew. Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance. --Dickens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kit \Kit\, m. [Cf. D. kit a large bottle, OD. kitte beaker, decanter.] 1. A large bottle. 2. A wooden tub or pail, smaller at the top than at the bottom; as, a kit of butter, or of mackerel. --Wright. 3. straw or rush basket for fish; also, any kind of basket. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 4. A box for working implements; hence, a working outfit, as of a workman, a soldier, and the like. 5. A group of separate parts, things, or individuals; -- used with whole, and generally contemptuously; as, the whole kit of them.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
kit n. [Usenet; poss. fr. {DEC} slang for a full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade] A source software distribution that has been packaged in such a way that it can (theoretically) be unpacked and installed according to a series of steps using only standard Unix tools, and entirely documented by some reasonable chain of references from the top-level {README file}. The more general term {distribution} may imply that special tools or more stringent conditions on the host environment are required.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
kit ({Usenet}, possibly from {DEC}) Slang for a full software distribution, as opposed to a {patch} or upgrade. A source software distribution that has been packaged in such a way that it can (theoretically) be unpacked and installed according to a series of steps using only standard {Unix} tools, and entirely documented by some reasonable chain of references from the top-level {README file}. The more general term {distribution} may imply that special tools or more stringent conditions on the host environment are required. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-18)