1. [n]  young of any of various fur-bearing animals; "a fox kit"
2. [n]  gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose
3. [n]  a case for containing a set of articles
4. [v]  supply with a kit

1. \Kit\, (k[i^]t), v. t. [imp. {Kitte}.]
   To cut. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
   

2. \Kit\, n. [See {Kitten}.]
   A kitten.
   {Kit fox} (Zo["o]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}.
   

3. \Kit\, n. [Gf. AS. cytere harp, L. cithara. Cf. {Guitar}.]
   A small violin. ``A dancing master's kit.'' --Grew.
         Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit
         with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to
         dance.                                   --Dickens.
   

4. \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.
   

(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.

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