K I N 
KIM'Sl'A, a town of Sweden, in Eaft Gothland : feven 
miles fouth-fouth-weft of Nordkioping. 
KIN, f. [cynne, Sax.] Relation either of confangui- 
nity or affinity.—You muft life them with fit refpedts, ac¬ 
cording to the bonds of nature ; but you are of kin, and 
lira friend to their perfons, not to their errors. Bacon's Ad¬ 
vice to Villiers. 
Th’ unhappy Palamon, 
Whom Thefeus holds in bonds, and will not free 
Without a crime, except his kin to me. Dryclen. 
Relatives ; thofe who are of the fame race : 
Tumultuous wars 
Shall kin with kin, and kind with kind, confound. Skakefp. 
The father, mother, and the kin befide. 
Were overborne by fury of the tide. Dryden, 
A relation ; one related : 
Then is the foul from God; fo pagans fay, 
Which faw by nature’s light but heavenly kind. 
Naming her kin to God, and God’s bright ray, 
A citizen of heav’n, to earth confin’d. Davies. 
The fame generical clafs, though perhaps not the fame 
fpecies ; thing related.—The odour of the fixed nitre is 
very languid ; but that which it difeovers, being diffolved ’ 
in a little hot water, is altogether differing from the Itink 
of the other, being of kin to that of other alkalizate falts. 
Boyle. 
The ear-deaf’ning voice of the oracle. 
Kin to Jove’s thunder, fo furpriz’d my fenfe, 
That I was nothing. Skakefp. (Vinter's Tale. 
A diminutive termination from kind, a child, Dutch ; as, 
manikin, minikin, thomkin,zcilkin. 
KIN, a city of China, of the fecond rank, in Chen-fi : 
527 miles fouth-weft of Peking. Lat. 35. 23. N. Ion. 106. 
53- E - 
KIN, a town of China, of the third rank, in Chen-fi : 
fifteen miles fouth-eaft of Lan. 
KIN, a town of Perfia, in the province of Segeftan, 
fituated at the foot of a chain of mountains, near the Lake 
Zare. The air is pure, and the foil of the environs fer¬ 
tile, especially in fruit.- 330 miles ealt of Ifpahan, and 127 
weft of Candahar. 
KIN, a town of Arabia, in the province of Nedsjed : 
153 miles north-eaft of Hajar. 
KIN'-BOTE,yi in the old_Saxon law, compenfation for 
the murder of a kinfman. 
KIN-CHAN', a town of China, of the third rank, in 
Kou-quang : thirty-five miles fouth-weft of Te-ngan. 
KIN-HO'A, a city of China, of the firft rank, in Tche- 
kiang. This city is placed in the heart of a province, and 
on the banks of a fine river, into which feveral fmall ones 
difeharge themfelves. It was formerly of great extent, 
and famous for the beauty of its buildings ; but the peo¬ 
ple, w'ho are of a warlike difpofition, having long refilled 
all the power of the Tartars who invaded China, were at 
length fubdued, and one part of the city burnt. It is 
now rebuilt, as well as a large bridge, which is on the 
weft fide. Kin-hoa hath eight towns of the third order 
in its diftrift; they are partly fituated in a level country, 
and partly among mountains. Rice grows here in great 
plenty, and the wine made of it is much efteemed. The 
inhabitants carry on a great trade in large dried plums 
and hams, which are much efteemed, and lent into all the 
provinces of the empire. There are almoft every where 
leen little Ill rubs with a white flower, not unlike jefia- 
ir.ine, which produce tallow, that makes very white can¬ 
dles, which will not ftick to the hands, nor yield any bad 
fmell when extinguifhed : 682 miles fouth-fouth-eaft of 
Peking. Lat. 29. 16. N. Ion. 119. 16. E. 
KIN-KI', a town of China, of the third-rank, in Kiahg-fi : 
twenty miles north-eaft of Kien-tchang. 
, KIN-LI', a town of Corea : fifteen miles eaft-north-eaft 
®f Cou-fou. 
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fCIN-LIN 7 , a town of China, of the third rank, in Hou- 
quang : forty-two miles fouth-eaft of Ngan-lo. 
KIN-MEN', a city of China, of the fecond rank, in 
Hou-quang : 595 miles fouth-fouth-weft of Pe-king. Lat. 
31. 5. N. Ion. x 11. 39. E. 
KIN-MEN-LO', an ifland in the Chinefe Sea, near the 
coaft of China, about twenty-four miles in circumference, 
of a triangular form. Lat. 24. 30. N. Ion. 11-8.20. E. 
KIN-NHING', a town of China, of the third rank, in 
Tche-kiang: thirty-two miles fouth-fouth-weft of Tchu- 
tcheou. 
KIN-TAM', an ifland in the Chinefe Sea, near the coaft 
of China, about twenty-four miles in circumference. Lat. 
30. 8. N. Ion. 121. 24. E. 
KIN-TAN', a town of China, of the third rank, in Ki-. 
ang-nan : twenty miles fouth-eaft of Nan-king. 
KIN-TCHENG', a town of Corea : eighty miles eaft 
of King-ki-tao. 
KIN-TCHIN', a city and capital of the ifland of Lieou- 
kieou. See Lieou-kieou. 
KIN-YANG', a city of China, of the firft rank, in the 
province of Chen-fi. This city has always been looked 
upon as a barrier againft the incurfions of the Tartars, and 
is very ftrongly fortified in the Chinefe manner; the coun¬ 
try about is very fruitful; there is a kind of herb called 
kin-fee, that is to fay, “ golden filk,” which is laid to pof- 
fefs fome medicinal virtue; as likewife a kind of bean, 
which, as they fav, is an admirable fpecific againft any 
fort of poifon. This city has in its di It rift but one town 
of the fecond order, and four of the third : 450 miles 
fouth-weft of Peking. Lat. 36.6. N. Ion. 107. 19. E. 
KIN-YANG', a town of China, of the third rank, in 
the province of Chang-tong: twenty-five miles fouth- 
fouth-weft of Tci-ngin. 
KIN-YANG', a town of China, of the third rank, m 
Chen-fi .- twenty-five miles fouth of Yao. 
KIN-YE, a town of China, of the third rank, in Chan- 
tong : thirty-five miles eaft-north-eaft of Tfao. 
KI'NAH, [Hebrew.] The name of a place. JoJh. xv. 
KINAS'KA, a town of Ruffia, in the government of 
Irkutfk : twenty-eight miles weft of Nertchinfk. 
KINAS'SO, a town Africa, in Congo: thirty miles 
fouth-eaft of Pango. 
KINATJU'RA, a town of Japan, in the ifland of Ni- 
phon : ninety-four miles fouth-weft of Meaco. 
KIN'BARGH, [Saxon.] The name of a woman. 
KIN'BURN, a fortrefs of Ruffia, in the government of 
Ekaterinollav, on a bay of the Black Sea, at the mouth of 
the Dnieper. It has frequently been attacked by fea and 
land by the Turks, but without fuccefs. In Auguft 1787, 
the Turks made an attempt to take this place, but were 
repulfed with great lofs: out of 6000 men not more than 
700 efcaped : of the Ruffians, 200 were killed, and 300 
wounded. In 1789, Ha flan. Ali, admiral of the Turkifli 
fleet, u\as defeated in the bay, with confiderable lofs : fix- 
teen miles fouth-eaft of Otchakov, and 164 fouth-weft of 
Ekaterinoflav. Lat. 46.35. N. Ion. 31. 36. E. 
KINCAR'DINE, a town of Scotland, in the county of 
Perth, in a diftrift feparated from the reft of the county 
by the county of Clackmannan. It contains 312 houles, 
and 2212 inhabitants ; and has two markets weekly, on 
Wednefday and Saturday. It is fituated on the Forth, 
and is a creek to the port and cuftom-houfe of Alloa. 
Veftels of 300 and 400 tons are built here; and there are 
75 veftels, Hoops, and brigs, belonging to the harbour, 
which regifter 4043 tons; and there is a good roadftead, 
where 100 veftels may ride with fiifety : nine miles weft of 
Dumfermline, and twenty fouth of Perth. Lat. 56. 5. N. 
Ion. 3. 43.W. 
The Mofs or Bog of Kincardine is a remarkable traft of 
ground in this pari ill, which deferves particular notice, 
not merely as topographical curiofity, or as a fubjeft of 
natural hiftory ; but for the information, equally uncom¬ 
mon and important, which it affords refpefting agricultu¬ 
ral improvement, and the promotion of induftry and po¬ 
pulation. 
