south. dial. [Related to COD sb.1, perh. representing an OE. *cydde (:—*kuddjo-).] A seed-pod of a leguminous plant; sometimes used of other seed-vessels.

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a. 1722.  Lisle, Husb. (1757), 95. Kid, a pod.

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1744–50.  W. Ellis, Mod. Husbandm., VII. II. 98. [The seed of hornbeam] grows in kids or keys like the ash.

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1776.  [see KID v.3].

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1805.  R. W. Dickson, Pract. Agric. (1807), II. 81. The ripening of the beans is shewn by the pods or kids turning of a black colour.

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1881.  Isle of Wight Gloss., Kids, pods of peas, beans, and vetches.

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