kith and kin

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Kith \Kith\ (k[i^]th), n. [OE. kith, cu[eth], AS.
   c[=y][eth][eth]e, c[=y][eth], native land, fr. c[=u][eth]
   known. [root]45. See {Uncouth}, {Can}, and cf. {Kythe}.]
   Acquaintance; kindred.
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         And my near kith for that will sore me shend. --W.
                                                  Browne.
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         The sage of his kith and the hamlet.     --Longfellow.
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   {Kith and kin}, kindred more or less remote.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "kith and kin":
      agnate, ancestry, blood, blood relation, blood relative, clansman,
      cognate, collateral, collateral relative, connections,
      consanguinean, distaff side, distant relation, enate, family,
      flesh, flesh and blood, folks, german, kin, kindred, kinfolk,
      kinnery, kinsfolk, kinsman, kinsmen, kinswoman, near relation,
      next of kin, people, posterity, relations, relatives, sib, sibling,
      spear kin, spear side, spindle kin, spindle side, sword side,
      tribesman, uterine kin
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