Definition of "kith"

kith

/kɪθ/

noun
usually uncountable, plural kiths
1. (archaic or obsolete, uncountable) Friends and acquaintances.
  Quotations
  Alack, would that Edward listened more to me and less to the queen’s kith! These Woodvilles!
  1843, Edward Bulwer[-]Lytton, The Last of the Barons, London; New York, N.Y.: George Routledge and Sons […]
  The demography-crossing thing that undergirds this election year, I think, is a strong, broad desire to punish Clinton and his kith with a denial of further power.
  2000 August 3, Michael Kelly, “New Hope For Nice Guys”, in Orlando Sentinel‎, retrieved 2013-04-06
2. (Northern England, Scotland, rustic, countable) An acquaintance or a friend.