King

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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

• King

  "a chief ruler, one invested with supreme authority over a nation, tribe or country."-Webster. In th...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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.

• 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

• king-parrot

  See parrot. 1865. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `History of the Discoveryand Exploration of Australia,'...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• king harry

  a goldfinch. Norf. and SufF. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• king arthur

  A game played on board ship in warm climates, in which a person, grotesquely personating King Arthur...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• king-crab

  The Limulus polyphemus of the West Indies. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• 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

• king-fisher

  The Alcedo ispida; a small bird of brilliant plumage frequenting rivers and brooks, and feeding upon...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• 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

• 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

• 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.

• 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.

• King Street Passage

  Out of Little Tower Hill (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• 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.

• King Tudor Street

  See Tudor Street. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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

• king john's men

  He is one of king John's men, eight score to the hundred: a saying of a little undersized man. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• king william pine

  n. a Tasmanian tree.See cedar. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• king john's men

  The Adullamites of the navy. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• 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

• King Street, Cloth Fair

  See Kinghorn Street, Cloth Fair. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• 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.

• Sun Alley, King Street

  See Prudent Passage. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• 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

• king of spain's trumpeter

  See spanish ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• 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

• (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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• (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.