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Kith vs Lith - What's the difference?

kith | lith |

As nouns the difference between kith and lith

is that kith is (obsolete) friends and acquaintances while lith is a limb; any member of the body or lith can be owndom; property or lith can be a gate; a gap in a fence.

kith

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (obsolete) friends and acquaintances
  • * {{quote-web
    • , date=2000-08-03 , year= , first= , last= , author=Michael Kelly , authorlink= , title=New Hope For Nice Guys , site=Orlando Sentinel citation , archiveorg= , accessdate=2013-04-06 , passage=The demography-crossing thing that undergirds this election year, I think, is a strong, broad desire to punish Clinton and his kith with a denial of further power. }}

    Derived terms

    * kith and kin * kithless

    See also

    * kin * kinfolk

    lith

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) lith, lyth, from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A limb; any member of the body.
  • A joint; a segment or symmetrical part or division.
  • :
  • *:
  • *:he departed with the lady / & brou?t her to Camelot / Soo as they rode in a valey it was ful of stones / and there the ladyes hors stumbled and threwe her doun that her arme was sore brysed and nere she swouned for payne / Allas syr sayd the lady myn arme is oute of lythe wher thorow I must nedes reste me
  • (label) A segment of an orange, or similar fruit.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) lith, . More at (l).

    Noun

    (-)
  • Owndom; property.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) *. More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gate; a gap in a fence.

    • Anagrams

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