Kid vs Haedine - What's the difference?
kid | haedine |
A young goat.
* 1719 , (Daniel Defoe), ,
Of a goat, the state of being pregnant: in kid .
Kidskin.
* 1912 , (Jean Webster), ,
(uncountable) The meat of a young goat.
* 1819 , (Walter Scott), , Chapter 5,
A young antelope.
(colloquial) A child or young person.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=15 * 2007 July 5, (Barack Obama), ,
(colloquial) An inexperienced person or one in a junior position.
* 2007 June 3, (Eben Moglen), speech, ,
(nautical) A small wooden mess tub in which sailors received their food.
(colloquial) To make a fool of (someone).
(colloquial) To make a joke with (someone).
Of a goat, to give birth to kids.
(colloquial) To joke.
(rare, humorous) Resembling in form or exhibiting the behaviour typical of a kid (i.e. , a juvenile goat); compare caprine, hircine.
* 1914 : University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus), The Illio , volume 20,
As a noun kid
is a young goat or kid can be a fagot; a bundle of heath and furze.As a verb kid
is (colloquial) to make a fool of (someone).As an adjective haedine is
(rare|humorous) resembling in form or exhibiting the behaviour typical of a kid (ie , a juvenile goat); compare caprine, hircine.kid
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) kide, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- I went, indeed, intending to kill a kid' out of my own flock; and bring it home and dress it; but as I was going I saw a she-goat lying down in the shade, and two young ' kids sitting by her.
- I have three pairs of kid' gloves. I've had '''kid''' mittens before from the Christmas tree, but never real ' kid gloves with five fingers.
- So saying, he gathered together, and brought to a flame, the decaying brands which lay scattered on the ample hearth; took from the larger board a mess of pottage and seethed kid , placed it upon the small table at which he had himself supped, and, without waiting the Jew's thanks, went to the other side of the hall; .
citation, passage=‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid' s clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’}}
- Our kids' are why all of you are in this room today. Our '''kids''' are why you wake up wondering how you'll make a difference and go to bed thinking about tomorrow's lesson plan. Our ' kids are why you walk into that classroom every day even when you're not getting the support, or the pay, or the respect that you deserve - because you believe that every child should have a chance to succeed; that every child can be taught.
- I remember as a kid lawyer working at IBM in the summer of 1983, when a large insurance company in Hartford, Connecticut, for the first time asked to buy 12000 IBM PCs in a single order.
- (Cooper)
Synonyms
* (kidskin) kid leather * (meat of a young goat) cabrito * see alsoDerived terms
* handle with kid gloves * kiddy * kidly * kidskin * kidult * quiz kid * whiz kidVerb
(kidd)- You're kidding !
- Only kidding
See also
* suedeEtymology 2
Compare (etyl) cidysen.Anagrams
* ----haedine
English
Adjective
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- Then there was an old-clothes man of Hebraic origin?;?a fully-costumed darkey waiter, dispensing delicious liquors from a tray?;?countless clowns and placarded unfathomables?;?a poor, droning blind man?;?a midnight reveller with the essential lamp post?;?a valiant huntsman?;?an escaped convict, ? 27395?;?and?—?not least by any means?—?a goat.?It was a real goat, real enough to have balking and butting tendencies.?Ted Fritchey had him in charge, and underwent many a harrowing experience with his haedine protégé.?This goat was intended to be prophetic of a victory over Chicago on the morrow?—?a capture of Chicago’s goat.?Of the fulfillment of the prophecy, more hereafter.?It is enough to say that on this afternoon our minds were all overborne with anxiety, and our hearts were all tight with goatish desire.
