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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 838 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KIT (1) (probably an See also:adaptation of the See also:Middle Dutch kitie, a wooden tub, usually with a lid and handles; in See also:modern Dutch kit means a See also:tankard)  , a tub, See also:basket or See also:pail used for holding See also:milk, See also:butter, eggs, See also:fish and other goods; also applied to similar receptacles for various domestic purposes, or for holding a workman's tools, &c . By transference " See also:kit " came to mean the tools them-selves, but more commonly See also: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 " See also:cittern " Gr . ,aOapa) of a small See also:violin, about 16 in. See also:long, and played with a See also:bow of nearly the same length, much used at one See also:time by dancing-masters . The See also:French name is pochette, the See also:instrument being small enough to go into the See also:pocket .

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