kitty

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun Same as kittiwake. Also called sea-kittie.
• noun A large wooden bowl or tankard.
• noun A prison or jail: same as kidcote.
• noun A pool into which each player in a card-game puts a certain amount of his winnings, to be used in meeting expenses, as for room-rent, refreshments, etc.
• noun A kitten; a child's pet name for a cat.
• noun A kit or company.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun A kitten; also, a pet name or calling name for the cat.
• noun (Gaming) The percentage taken out of a pool to pay for refreshments, or for the expenses of the table

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A kitten or young cat.
• noun A pet name for a cat.
• noun A money pool, as for a card game, or for shared expenses.
• noun poker, slang In a home game, a small, specified amount taken from each pot to pay the host's expenses.
• noun slang Female genitals. (less vulgar)

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
• noun informal terms referring to a domestic cat
• noun young domestic cat
• noun the combined stakes of the betters