A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
What kind of (a) person are you?
A makeshift or otherwise atypical specimen.
The opening served as a kind of window.
One's inherent nature; character, natural disposition.
Must yt nedes folowe that theyr fayth was chaunged in kynde, bycause yt was augmented in degrees.
Having a benevolent, courteous, friendly, generous, gentle, liberal, sympathetic, or warm-hearted nature or disposition, marked by consideration for – and service to – others.
Some ſay that Rauens foſter forlorne children, / The vvhilſt their ovvne birds famiſh in their neſts: / Oh be to me though thy hard hart ſay no, / Nothing ſo kinde but ſomething pittifull.
Affectionate.
From Middle English kynde, kinde, from Old English cynd, ġecynd (“inherent nature, disposition, kind, gender, generation, race”), from Proto-West Germanic *kundi, from Proto-Germanic *kinþiz, related ...
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a kind man; a kind heart
Favorable.
Thy words aſſure me of kind ſucceſſe: / Go valiant Souldier, go before and charge / The fainting army of that foolish King.