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kit

Pronunciation: (kit), [key]
—n., v., kit•ted, kit•ting.

—n.
1. a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose: a first-aid kit; a sales kit.
2. the case for containing these.
3. such a case and its contents.
4. a set of materials or parts from which something can be assembled: a model car made from a kit.
5. Informal.a set, lot, or collection of things or persons.
6. a wooden tub, pail, etc., usually circular.
7. Chiefly Brit.a costume or outfit of clothing, esp. for a specific purpose: ski kit; dancing kit; battle kit.
8. kit and caboodle or boodle, Informal.the whole lot of persons or things; all of something (often prec. by whole): We took along the whole kit and caboodle in the station wagon.

—v.t.
1. to package or make available in a kit: a new model airplane that has just been kitted for the hobbyist.
2. Chiefly Brit.to outfit or equip (often fol. by out or up).

kit

Pronunciation: (kit), [key]
—n.
a violin or rebec small enough to be carried in the pocket, used by dancing masters in the 17th and 18th centuries. Also called pochette, sourdine.