▪ I. kine, n.1
Archaic pl. of cow n.1 (see 1 b β); occas. attrib. or in Comb., as kine-killing, kine-pox.
| 1800 B. Waterhouse (title) A Prospect of exterminating the Small-Pox; being the History of the..Kine-Pox, commonly called the Cow-Pox. 1894 Daily News 23 Apr. 3/5 The kine-killing practice of the Mohammedans at their festivals. |
▪ II. kine, n.2 Linguistics.
(kaɪn)
[Back-formation from kinesics.]
An isolable element of body movement or gesture made in non-vocal communication. Also attrib.
| 1952 R. L. Birdwhistell Introd. Kinesics (U.S. Dept. State, Foreign Service Inst.) 15 Most users of kinesic material will not be able to record and analyze every kine played by the actor in any given situation. 1955 Etc.: Rev. Gen. Semantics XIII. i. 13 The least isolated particle with discriminational meaning we call a kine. 1965 Osgood & Sebeok Psycholinguistics iv. 84 A particular motion or posture of a given part of the organism (facial or bodily) is called a kine (equivalent to phone). Ibid. 85 Various ‘minimal pairs’ of kine patterns (for example, variations in eyebrow position with the rest of the facial pattern constant). |