n. [ Cider + -kin. ] A kind of weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace in water. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ciderkin is made for common drinking, and supplies the place of small beer. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Dark. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OD. kindeken, kinneken, a small barrel, orig., a little child, fr. kind child; akin to G. kind, and to E. kin. ] A small barrel; an old liquid measure containing eighteen English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United States measure.
‖ n. [ G. See Lied, and Grants. ] (Mus.) Lit., wreath of songs; -- used as the title of a group of songs, and esp. as the common name for German vocal clubs of men. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
v. t. To keep under, or in subjection; to suppress. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A subordinate keeper or guardian. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An inferior kind. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A subordinate or dependent kingdom. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]