kenim

Noun (1)

ken (uncountable)

1. Range of perception.
   • I had somehow the impression that he was on the point of letting go the ladder to swim away beyond my ken.1909, Joseph Conrad, The Secret Sharer Chapter 1
2. Knowledge, perception, or sight.
   • So far is it from the kenne of theſe wretched projectors of ours that beſcraull their Pamflets every day with new formes of government for our Church.1642 (indicated as 1641), John Milton, “That Church-governement is Prescrib’d in the Gospell, and that to Say Otherwise is Unsound”, in The Reason of Church-governement Urg’d against Prelaty […]...
3. Range of sight.
   • At once as far as Angels kenn he views / The dismal Situation waste and wilde […]1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

Noun (2)

ken (plural kens)

1. (UK, regional, slang, thieves' cant) A house, especially a den of thieves.
   • Ben mort, shall you and I heave a bough, mill a ken, or nip a bung, and then we'll couch a hogshead under the ruffmans, and there you shall wap with me, and I'll niggle with you.1611, Thomas Middleton, “The Roaring Girl”, in Arthur Henry Bullen, editor, The Works of Thomas Middleton, volume 4, published 1885, act 5, scene 1, pages 128–129

Noun (3)

ken (plural kenim)

1. (Judaism) Youth or children's group.
   • Gilboa and Habonim Dror also run year-round programming, holding regional reunions (called kenim) up and down the state2016 January 15, Dan Pine, “Hike, swim, fix the world: Kids mix it up at Gilboa camp”, in The Jewish News of Northern California

Noun (4)

ken (plural kens or ken)

1. A Japanese unit of length equal to six shakus.

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