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Kittie, Kitté. [One of the pet forms of the name Katherine, in, e.g., Kitteis Confessioun. Cf. also Katy and Kittok, and Kittie unsell.] A familiar term for a young woman; a wench. — c1500-c1512 Dunb. xiv. 76.
Sa mony ane kittie [M. So mony kitte] drest vp with goldin chenȝe 15.. Christis Kirk 7 (B).
Thair come our kitteis [M. kittie] weschin clene In thair new kirtillis [M. hir new kirtill] of gray