[in Sc. phr. a’ kin-kind, by erroneous analysis of a’-kin kind, ALKIN kind.
a. 1774. Fergusson, Poems, Leith Races. We drink o’ a’ kin-kind.
1819. W. Tennant, Papistry Storm’d (1827), 17. Wi’ leifsam pictures a’ kinkind.
1833. Sands, Poems, 116 (E.D.D.).
| Cannon o’ a ken kinds, and anes | |
| Made of iron, wood, and steel, and stanes.] |
