Emily Dickinson Lexicon

kind (-s), n. [OE gecynde < OE cyn, to produce, engender, beget.] (webplay: Disposed, ear, heart, love, others, see, state, sort, tenderness, voice, way).

1. Gentle people; people who are benevolent.
2. Sort; class; genus; type.
3. Way; mode; path; direction; means; method.