Kit

v. t.	1.	To cut. [imp. Kitte.]
n.	1.	A kitten. Kit fox (Zool.) 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.
	1.	A small violin. Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance. - Dickens.
	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.
	3.	A straw or rush basket for fish; also, any kind of basket.
	4.	A box for working implements.
	5.	A collection of tools or other objects to be used for a specific purpose, often contained in a box which may be carried conveniently; a working outfit, as of a workman, a soldier, and the like; as, a plumber's kit; a doctor's kit; a cosmetic kit; a first-aid kit.
	6.	A group of separate parts, things, or individuals; - used with whole, and generally contemptuously; as, the whole kit of them; the whole kit and kaboodle.

Noun	1.	kit - a case for containing a set of articles
	2.	kit - gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose Synonyms: outfit
	3.	kit - young of any of various fur-bearing animals; "a fox kit"
Verb	1.	kit - supply with a set of articles or tools Synonyms: kit out, kit up

(jargon)

kit - (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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