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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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post
post (form poste, Enn. An. 235; Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 131; id. Stich. 2, 2, 56), adv. and prep. [root...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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post
post (1) adv.POS-.—Of place, behind, back backwards : ante aut post, L.: servi, qui post erant: ub...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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Post
·adj Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.
II. Post ·adv With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Post-
·- A prefix signifying behind, back, after; as, postcommissure, postdot, postscript.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Post
1) A runner, or courier, for the rapid transmission of letters, etc. (2 Chr. 30:6; Esther 3:13, 15; ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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post
Any ground, fortified or not, where a body of men can be in a condition for defence, or fighting an ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Post
Probably, as Gesenius argues, the door-case of a door, including the lintel and side posts. The post...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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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-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
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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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Binding post
·add. ·- A metallic post attached to electrical apparatus for convenience in making connections.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cossack post
·add. ·- An outpost consisting of four men, forming one of a single line of posts substituted for th...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Crown-post
·noun ·same·as King-post.
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Lamp-post
·noun A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Parcel post
·add. ·- That branch of the post office having to do with the collection, transmission, and delivery...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Post note
·- A note issued by a bank, payable at some future specified time, as distinguished from a note paya...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Post office
·noun ·see under 4th Post.
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Post-abdomen
·noun That part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax;
— more commonly called abdomen.
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Post-captain
·noun A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was "posted," in the seniority list of the B...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Post-disseizin
·noun A subsequent disseizin committed by one of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Post-disseizor
·noun A person who disseizes another of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same d...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Post-fine
·noun A duty paid to the king by the cognizee in a fine of lands, when the same was fully passed;
—...
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Post-impressionism
·add. ·noun In the broadest sense, the theory or practice of any of several groups of recent painter...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Post-mortem
·adj After death; as, post-mortem rigidity.
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Post-obit
·- ·Alt. of Post-obit bond.
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Post-temporal
·noun A post-temporal bone.
II. Post-temporal ·adj Situated back of the temporal bone or the tempor...
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Post-tragus
·noun A ridge within and behind the tragus in the ear of some animals.
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Post-tympanic
·adj Situated behind the tympanum, or in the skull, behind the auditory meatus.
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Queen-post
·noun One of two suspending posts in a roof truss, or other framed truss of similar form. ·see King-...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Tool-post
·noun ·Alt. of Tool-stock.
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Totem post
·add. ·- A pole or pillar, carved and painted with a series of totemic symbols, set up before the ho...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Post House
At the junction of Threadneedle Street and Cornhill opposite the Stocks (Leake, 1666).
The site is ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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finger post
A parson: so called, because he points out a way to others which he never goes himself. Like the fin...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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post nointer
A house painter, who occasionally paints or anoints posts. Knight of the post; a false evidence, one...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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post-note
In commerce, a bank-note intended to be transmitted to a distant place by mail, and made payable to ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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advanced post
A spot of ground seized by a party to secure their front. A piquet or outpost.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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alarm-post
A place appointed for troops to assemble, in case of a sudden alarm.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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body-post
An additional stern-post introduced at the fore-part of an aperture cut in the dead-wood in a ship f...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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false post
See false stern-post.
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inner post
, or inner stern-post.
The post on which the transoms are seated. An oak timber brought on and fay...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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main-post
The stern-post, as distinguished from the false-post and inner-post.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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post-captain
Formerly a captain of three years' standing, now simply captain, but equal to colonel in the army, b...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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samson's post
A movable pillar which rests on its upper shoulder against a beam, with the lower tenons into the de...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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stern-post
The opposite to the stem; scarphed into the keel, and suspending the rudder. In steam-ships, where a...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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towing-post
A substantial timber fixed through the deck of a steam-tug for making the tow-rope fast to. Also, a ...
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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Ex post facto
·- ·Alt. of Ex postfacto.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Post-obit bond
·- A bond in which the obligor, in consideration of having received a certain sum of money, binds hi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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General Post Office
On the west side of King Edward Street, in Farringdon Ward Within. The chief office in place of the ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Post Office Court
South out of Lombard Street at No. io adjoining the Post Office (P.O. Directory). In Langbourn Ward....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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dining room post
A mode of stealing in houses that let lodgings, by rogues pretending to be postmen, who send up sham...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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post master general
The prime minister, who has the patronage of all posts and places.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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false stern-post
A piece bolted to the after-edge of the main stern-post to improve steerage, and protect it should t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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inner stern-post
See inner post
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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post of honour
The advance, and the right of the lines of any army.
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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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Old General Post Office
On the east side of St. Martin le Grand (Street), between that street and Foster Lane.
Erected 1825...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Post Office, Lombard Street
On the south side of Lombard Street at No. l0 east of St. Mary Woolnoth (P.O. Directory). In Langbou...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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knight of the post
A false evidence, one that is ready to swear any thing for hire.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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post-and-rail tea
slang name for strong bush-tea: socalled because large bits of the tea, or supposed tea, floatabout ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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back of the post
An additional timber bolted to the after-part of the stern-post, and forming its after-face.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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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.