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kit | dye |

As a proper noun kit

is a diminutive of the male given name christopher.

As a noun dye is

a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied or dye can be .

As a verb dye is

to colour with dye.

kit

English

(wikipedia kit)

Etymology 1

English from the 14th century, from a Dutch kitte'', a wooden vessel made of hooped staves. Related to Dutch ''kit "tankard". The further etymology is unknown. The transfer of meaning to the contents of a soldier's knapsack dates to the late 18th century, extended use of any collection of necessaries used for travelling dates to the first half of the 19th century. The further widening of the sense to a collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble emerges in US English in the mid 20th century.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves.
  • A kind of basket made from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket, used as a measure of weight.
  • * 1961 18 Jan, Guardian (cited after OED):
    • He was pushing a barrow on the fish dock, wheeling aluminium kits which, when full, each contain 10 stone of fish.
  • A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack.
  • Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling.
    • Always carry a good first-aid kit .
  • A collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble.
    • I built the entire car from a kit .
  • (UK, sports) The standard set of clothing, accessories and equipment worn by players.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 10 , author=Jeremy Wilson , title= England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report , work=Telegraph citation , page= , passage=A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After Fifa’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward. }}
  • (UK, informal) Clothing.
    • Get your kit off and come to bed.
  • (computing, informal) A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade.
  • drum kit
    • Derived terms
    * airfix kit * first aid kit * football kit * kit and caboodle * kit out * kitbag * model kit * pack-up kit * toolkit * electronic kit * robot kit * starter kit * body kit * kit car

    Verb

    (kitt)
  • To assemble or collect something into kits or sets or to give somebody a kit. See also kit out and other derived phrases.
    • We need to kit the parts for the assembly by Friday, so that manufacturing can build the tool.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Something which came originally in kit form.
    • kit car

    Etymology 2

    A short form of kitten. From the 16th century (spelled kytte'', ''kitt ). From the 19th century also extended to other young animals (mink, fox, muskrat, etc.), and to a species of small fox ("kit-fox").

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • kitten
  • kit fox

    • Etymology 3

    16th century, perhaps from cithara

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a kit violin
  • * Grew
    • A dancing master's kit .
  • * Charles Dickens, Bleak House
    • Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance.

    Etymology 4

    (ca. 1880).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a school of pigeons, especially domesticated, trained pigeons

    • Anagrams

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    dye

    English

    (wikipedia dye)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) deie, from (etyl) . See (l). colored with dye'. The yarn has been ' dyed .

    Noun

  • A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
    • Synonyms
    * colourant * tincture

    Verb

  • to colour with dye
    • Synonyms
    * (to color) tint, stain, shade, streak
    Derived terms
    (Terms derived from "dye") * dyeable * dyed-in-the-wool * dye-house * dye-line * dyer * dyery * dyester * dyestuff * dyewood/dye-wood

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (dice)
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 46.
    • If a dye were marked with one figure or number of spots on four sides, and with another figure or number of spots on the two remaining sides, it would be more probable, that the former would turn up than the latter ;

    Anagrams

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