What does "kid" mean?
Kid: A young child or infant; hence, a simple person, easily imposed on. [Slang] Charles Reade.
Additional senses
- 2.A kind of leather made of the skin of the young goat, or of the skin of rats, etc.
- 3.pl. Gloves made of kid. [Colloq. & Low]
- 4.A small wooden mess tub; -- a name given by sailors to one in which they receive their food. Cooper.
- 5.To bring forth a young goat.
- 6.A fagot; a bundle of heath and furze. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
- 7.of Kythe. [Obs.] Gower. Chaucer.
- 8.See Kiddy, v. t. [Slang]
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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