kind sb. (the foll. and the sense ‘sort, species’ are all the S. uses; 1 was common down to about 1600; 3 common in the 17th cent., freq. in S.)
1.
natural
disposition or character, nature
AYL. IV. iii. 60
“thy youth and
kind”
(=thy youthful nature),
Lucr. 1147
“to change their
k-s;—of its own kind,”
of itself, naturally Tp. II. i. 170; “do his kind,” act
according to its nature Ant. V. ii.
263.
2.
nature in general or
in the abstract, established order of things
Mer.V. I. iii. 86
“the deed of
kind”
; phr. “by kind,”
by nature, naturally All'sW. I. iii.
68, Tit. II. i. 116; “from kind,” contrary to
nature Cæs. I. iii. 64.
3.
(qualified by a
demonstrative or a possessive) manner, way, fashion
Gent. III. i. 90
“in their silent
kind,”
R2 II. iii. 143
“in this kind to come,
in braving arms,”
Lr. IV. vi. 167
“to use her in that
kind.”
4.
race, class
Tp. V. i. 23
“One of their
kind,”
Gent. II. iii. 2,
MND. IV. i. 125
“bred out of the Spartan
kind,”
H5 II. i. 80,
Troil. V. iv. 15
“that dog of as bad a
kind,”
Cæs. II. i. 33.
5.
family, ancestral
stock
Per. V. i. 68
“Came of a gentle kind
and noble stock.”
