LekhoriLekhoriA young cat; a kitten.
He said there was a beast with fangs in the alley, but it turned out to be a cute little kitty.
Synonym of jack (“a small, typically white, ball used as the target ball in bowls”).
A jail, a prison; also, a lockup.
Besides we had a nice tollbooth, / To pull'd down was a pity, / And in its stead we've got—forsooth— / A vile pernicious kitty. / […] / Like convicts in a condemn'd cell, / They're fed on bread and water; / 'Midst winter's cold and putrid smell, / Thus tort'ring human nature.
In full kitty-wren: synonym of wren (“any bird of the family Troglodytidae; specifically the Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)”).
[T]he male wrens (Troglodytes) of North America, build "cock-nests," to roost in, like the males of our distinct Kitty-wrens,—a habit wholly unlike that of any other known bird.
Synonym of kittiwake (“either of two small gulls in the genus Rissa of the family Laridae; specifically (Ireland, UK), the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)”).
In the parish of Gaurie three curiosities upon the coast are exhibited to travellers: 1st, A perpendicular rock, of very great extent, full of shelves, and possessed by thousands of birds called kittywakes. […] Some people are fond of eating the young kitties; but the shooting of them is a favourite diversion every year.
A diminutive of the female given name Katherine or related names.
A generic given name for a cat.
Origin uncertain; etymology 2, sense 2 (relating to card games) is possibly from kit (“collection of items”) + -y (diminutive suffix).
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