\Kith\ (k[i^]th), n. [OE. kith, cu[eth], AS.
c[=y][eth][eth]e, c[=y][eth], native land, fr. c[=u][eth]
known. [root]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.