Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Kit \Kit\, n. [Gf. AS. cytere harp, L. cithara. Cf. {Guitar}.]
   A small violin. ``A dancing master's kit.'' --Grew.

         Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit
         with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to
         dance.                                   --Dickens.

Kit \Kit\, m. [Cf. D. kit a large bottle, OD. kitte beaker,
   decanter.]
   1. A large bottle.

   2. A wooden tub or pail, smaller at the top than at the
      bottom; as, a kit of butter, or of mackerel. --Wright.

   3. straw or rush basket for fish; also, any kind of basket.
      [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

   4. A box for working implements; hence, a working outfit, as
      of a workman, a soldier, and the like.

   5. A group of separate parts, things, or individuals; -- used
      with whole, and generally contemptuously; as, the whole
      kit of them.

Kit \Kit\, (k[i^]t), v. t. [imp. {Kitte}.]
   To cut. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Kit \Kit\, n. [See {Kitten}.]
   A kitten.

   {Kit fox} (Zo["o]l.), a small burrowing fox ({Vulpes velox}),
      inhabiting the region of the Rocky Mountains. It is
      brownish gray, reddish on the breast and flanks, and white
      below. Called also {swift fox}.

Source : WordNet®

kit
     n 1: a case for containing a set of articles
     2: gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a
        specified purpose [syn: {outfit}]
     3: young of any of various fur-bearing animals; "a fox kit"

kit
     v : supply with a set of articles or tools [syn: {kit out}, {kit
         up}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

kit
     
         ({Usenet}, possibly from {DEC}) Slang for a full
        software distribution, as opposed to a {patch} or upgrade.  A
        source software distribution that has been packaged in such a
        way that it can (theoretically) be unpacked and installed
        according to a series of steps using only standard {Unix}
        tools, and entirely documented by some reasonable chain of
        references from the top-level {README file}.  The more general
        term {distribution} may imply that special tools or more
        stringent conditions on the host environment are required.
     
        [{Jargon File}]
     
        (1994-11-18)