kine

• IPA^(key): /kaɪn/
• Rhymes: -aɪn

From Middle English kyne, kyn, kuin, kiin, kien (“cows”), either a double plural of Middle English ky, kye (“cows”), equivalent to modern kye +‎ -en, or inherited from Old English cȳna (“cows', of cows”), genitive plural of cū (“cow”). More at cow.

kine

1. (archaic or dialectal) plural of cow

• For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:kine.

• kine-pox
• kith and kine

kine (plural kines)

1. (physics) The unit velocity in the CGS system, equal to one centimeter per second.
   • 1890, E/MJ, Engineering and Mining Journal (volumes 49-50, page 169)

     It may be well to note that a mile per hour is equal to 44.7 kines, and that accordingly a sharp walking pace may attain 200 kines […]

• Enki, Nike, inke