Category:Kine

Kine, n. pl. Etym: [For older kyen, formed like oxen, fr. AS. c, itself pl. of c cow. See Cow, and cf. Kee, Kie.]

Defn: Cows. "A herd of fifty or sixty kine." Milton.

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Kine - (Heb. sing . parah, i.e., "fruitful"), mentioned in Pharaoh's dream (Genesis 41:18). Here the word denotes "buffaloes," which fed on the reeds and sedge by the river's brink.