kit 1
/kit/ , n. , v. , kitted, kitting .
n.
1. a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose: a first-aid kit; a sales kit.
2. the case for containing these.
3. such a case and its contents.
4. a set of materials or parts from which something can be assembled: a model car made from a kit.
5. Informal. a set, lot, or collection of things or persons.
6. a wooden tub, pail, etc., usually circular.
7. Chiefly Brit. a costume or outfit of clothing, esp. for a specific purpose: ski kit; dancing kit; battle kit.
8. kit and caboodle or boodle , Informal. the whole lot of persons or things; all of something (often prec. by whole ): We took along the whole kit and caboodle in the station wagon.
v.t.
9. to package or make available in a kit: a new model airplane that has just been kitted for the hobbyist.
10. Chiefly Brit. to outfit or equip (often fol. by out or up ).
[ 1325-75; ME kyt, kitt kitte jug, tankard ]
kit 2
/kit/ , n.
a violin or rebec small enough to be carried in the pocket, used by dancing masters in the 17th and 18th centuries. Also called pochette, sourdine .
[ 1510-20; orig. uncert. ]
kit 3
/kit/ , n.
1. kitten.
2. a young fox, beaver, or other small furbearing animal.
[ 1555-65; shortened form ]