KIT (1) (probably an

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• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of the

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• MIDDLE

Middle Dutch kitie, a wooden tub, usually with a lid and handles; in

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• MODERN

modern Dutch kit means a

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• TANKARD

tankard)  , a tub, basket or pail used for holding milk, butter, eggs, fish and other goods; also applied to similar receptacles for various domestic purposes, or for holding a workman's tools, &c . By transference " kit " came to mean the tools them-selves, but more commonly personal effects such as clothing, especially that of a soldier or sailor, the word including the knapsack or other receptacle in which the effects are packed . (2) The name (perhaps a corruption of " cittern " Gr . ,aOapa) of a small violin, about 16 in. long, and played with a bow of nearly the same length, much used at one time by dancing-masters . The French name is pochette, the instrument being small enough to go into the pocket .