Kine /(kīn)/

Kine

n. pl.

[For older kyen, formed like oxen, fr. AS. cȳ, itself pl. of cū cow. See Cow, and cf. Kee, Kie.]

Cows.
A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine.
— Milton.

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