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Parrot
·vi To chatter like a parrot.
II. Parrot ·vt To repeat by rote, as a parrot.
III. Parrot ·noun In ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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King
·noun The chief piece in the game of chess.
II. King ·noun A crowned man in the game of draughts.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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King
Is in Scripture very generally used to denote one invested with authority, whether extensive or limi...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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King
"a chief ruler, one invested with supreme authority over a nation, tribe or country."-Webster. In th...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Vaza parrot
·- Any one of several species of parrots of the genus Coracopsis, native of Madagascar;
— called al...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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ground-parrot
n.
1) The bird Psittacuspulchellus, Shaw. For the Ground Parrot of New Zealand,see Kakapo.
1793. G...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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owl-parrot
n.
a bird of New Zealand. See kakapo.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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parrot-bill
n.
See kaka-bill.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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parrot-fish
n.
name given in Australia to Pseudoscarus pseudolabrus; called in the Australiantropics Parrot-per...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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parrot-perch
n.
See parrot-fish.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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porcupine-parrot
n.
See quotation.
1896. G. A. Keartland, `Report of the Horne Expedition inCentral Australia,' Par...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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King-post
·noun A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sea king
·- One of the leaders among the Norsemen who passed their lives in roving the seas in search of plun...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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King, Henry
(1592-1669)
Poet, s. of a Bishop of London, was ed. at Westminster School and Oxf. He entered the C...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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King Street
1) South-west out of West Smithfield, at No. 1 to No.10 Snow Hill (P.O. Directory).
First mention: ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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king-fish
n.
In New Zealand a sea-fish, Seriola lalandii (Maori, Haku), sometimes called the Yellow-tail; in ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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king harry
a goldfinch. Norf. and SufF.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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king arthur
A game played on board ship in warm climates, in which a person, grotesquely personating King Arthur...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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king-crab
The Limulus polyphemus of the West Indies.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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king-fish
The Zeus luna. Carteret took one at Masafuero 5-1/2 feet long, and weighing 87 lbs. Also, the Scombe...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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king-fisher
The Alcedo ispida; a small bird of brilliant plumage frequenting rivers and brooks, and feeding upon...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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King Charles spaniel
·- A variety of small pet dogs, having, drooping ears, a high, dome-shaped forehead, pug nose, large...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Shorter, Clement King
(b. 1858)
Journalist and biographer. Charlotte Bronté and her Circle (1896), Sixty Years of Victori...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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King Edward Street
1) South out of Tudor Street to William Street in the precincts of Bridewell (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 18...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King Henry Yard
West out of Nightingale lane. In East Smithfield (Rocque, 1746-Lockie, 1810).
Former name : "King H...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King Street Passage
Out of Little Tower Hill (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King Street, Cheapside
North out of Cheapside at No. 92, across Gresham Street to the Guildhall (P.O. Directory). In Cheap ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King Tudor Street
See Tudor Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King William Street
South from Lombard Street, at No. 6, to Adelaide Place, London Bridge (P.O. Directory).
Extends thr...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Three King Court
1) South out of Lombard Street at No.33, with a passage into Nag's Head Court and out into St. Cleme...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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arthur, king arthur
A game used at sea, when near the line, or in a hot latitude. It is performed thus: A man who is to ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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king john's men
He is one of king John's men, eight score to the hundred: a saying of a little undersized man.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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king william pine
n.
a Tasmanian tree.See cedar.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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king john's men
The Adullamites of the navy.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Chronicles of king David
(1 Chr. 27:24) were statistical state records; one of the public sources from which the compiler of ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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King Street, Cloth Fair
See Kinghorn Street, Cloth Fair.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King Street, Tower Hill
North out of Tower Hill to Royal Mint Street (P.O. Directory).
Earliest mention (Hatton, 1708).
No...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Sun Alley, King Street
See Prudent Passage.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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king of the gypsies
The captain, chief, or ringleader of the gang of misrule: in the cant language called also the uprig...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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king of spain's trumpeter
See spanish
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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king of the herrings
n.
another name for the elephant-fish (q.v.).
1890. A. H. S. Lucas, `Handbook of the AustralasianA...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Parrot Alley, Aldgate high Street
See The Bore's Head Tavern.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Edmund the King and Martyr
On the north side of Lombard Street at No. 58 east of Birchin Lane (P.O. Directory). In Langbourne W...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King and Key Coach Office
On the north side of Fleet Street at 142, in Farringdon Ward Without (Lockie, 1810-1816).
Not named...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King Street, St. James' Place
North out of Creechurch Lane to St. James' Place (P.C. 1732-O.S. 1894).
Former name : "Duke's Place...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Statue of King William IV
At the junction of King William Street and Cannon Street.
Erected at the time of the formation of t...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Edmund the King and Martyr Churchyard
On the north side of the church (O. and M., 1677-O.S. 1880).
Mentioned 1557 (Lond. I. p.m. II. 31)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.