Obs. rare. Also 7 kinning. [app. f. KEN v.2 + -ING1; cf. OE. cęnning birth.] The cicatricula or tread of an egg.
1585. Higgins, trans. Junius’ Nomenclator, Ovi umbilicus, the streine or kenning of the egge.
1601. Holland, Pliny, I. 298. There is found in the top or sharper end of an egge within the shell, a certaine round knot resembling a drop or a nauil, rising aboue the rest, which they call a Kinning.
