[OE. kith, cuð, AS. cȳððe, cȳð, native land, fr. cūð known. √45. See Uncouth, Can, and cf. Kythe.]
Acquaintance; kindred.
And my near kith for that will sore me shend.W. Browne.
The sage of his kith and the hamlet.Longfellow.
Kith and kin, kindred more or less remote.