Also 6 kytte, kitt. A shortened form of KITTEN.
1562. J. Heywood, Prov. & Epigr. (1867), 203. Thy cat great with kytte.
1599. Life Sir T. More, in Wordsw., Eccl. Biog. (1853), II. 112. She would now and then show herself to be her mother’s daughter, kitt after kinde.
1729. Mrs. Delany, Lett., to Mrs. A. Granville, 225. I forgot to say my cat has four kits.
1844. E. FitzGerald, Lett. (1889), I. 127. Thank Miss Barton much for the kit; if it is but a kit: my old woman is a great lover of cats, and hers has just kitted.
