kine
1[ kahyn ]
/ kaɪn /
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noun
an archaic plural of cow1.
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How to use kine in a sentence
Not only does the phrase none kines, of no kind, occur in ll.
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Word Origin for kine
Old English cӯna of cows, from cū cow 1
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