| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of King.[Websters]. | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb king.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (king) | 1. To supply with a king; to make a king of; to raise to royalty.[Websters]. 2. To queen.[Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To crown or throne.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To head or captain.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To reign, rule, govern, control or command.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To pack.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To master.[Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To power or force.[Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To consort or mate.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Base verb from the following inflections: kinging, kinged, kings, kinger, kingers, kingingly and kingedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
"KINGED" is a common misspelling or typo for: ekinged. |
Date "KINGED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: king
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Satire | KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of. A king, in times long, long gone by, Said to his lazy jester: "If I were you and you were I My moments merrily would fly -- Nor care nor grief to pester." "The reason, Sire, that you would thrive," The fool said -- "if you'll hear it -- Is that of all the fools alive Who own you for their sovereign, I've The most forgiving spirit." Oogum Bem KING'S :EVIL:, n. A malady that was formerly cured by the touch of the sovereign, but has now to be treated by the physicians. Thus 'the most pious Edward" of England used to lay his royal hand upon the ailing subjects and make them whole -- a crowd of wretched souls That stay his cure: their malady convinces The great essay of art; but at his touch, Such sanctity hath Heaven given his hand, They presently amend, as the "Doctor" in Macbeth hath it. This useful property of the royal hand could, it appears, be transmitted along with other crown properties; for according to "Malcolm," 'tis spoken To the succeeding royalty he leaves The healing benediction. But the gift somewhere dropped out of the line of succession: the later sovereigns of England have not been tactual healers, and the disease once honored with the name "king's evil" now bears the humbler one of "scrofula," from scrofa, a sow. The date and author of the following epigram are known only to the author of this dictionary, but it is old enough to show that the jest about Scotland's national disorder is not a thing of yesterday. Ye Kynge his evill in me laye, Wh. he of Scottlande charmed awaye. He layde his hand on mine and sayd: "Be gone!" Ye ill no longer stayd. But O ye wofull plyght in wh. I'm now y-pight: I have ye itche! The superstition that maladies can be cured by royal taction is dead, but like many a departed conviction it has left a monument of custom to keep its memory green. The practice of forming a line and shaking the President's hand had no other origin, and when that great dignitary bestows his healing salutation on strangely visited people, All swoln and ulcerous, pitiful to the eye, The mere despair of surgery, he and his patients are handing along an extinguished torch which once was kindled at the altar-fire of a faith long held by all classes of men. It is a beautiful and edifying "survival" -- one which brings the sainted past close home in our "business and bosoms." Source: Devil's Dictionary | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] The chief or sovereign of a nation; a man invested with supreme authority over a nation, tribe or country; a monarch. Kings are absolute monarchs, when they possess the powers of government without control, or the entire sovereignty over a nation; they are limited monarchs, when their power is restrained by fixed laws; and they are absolute, when they possess the whole legislative, judicial, and executive power, or when the legislative or judicial powers, or both, are vested in other bodies of men. Kings are hereditary sovereigns, when they hold the powers of government by right of birth or inheritance, and elective, when raised to the throne by choice. Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.. | 2: [Noun] A sovereign; a prince; a ruler. Christ is called the king of his church. Ps.2. | 3: [Noun] A card having the picture of a king; as the king of diamonds.. | 4: [Noun] The chief piece in the game of chess. King at arms, an officer in England of great antiquity, and formerly of great authority, whose business is to direct the heralds, preside at their chapters, and have the jurisdiction of armory. There are three kings at arms, vix.garter, clarencieux, and norroy. The latter [northroy] officiates north of the Trent.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Antiquities | King. See Rex. (references) | ||
| Bible | 1: King is in Scripture very generally used to denote one invested with authority, whether extensive or limited. There were thirty-one kings in Canaan (Josh. 12:9, 24), whom Joshua subdued. Adonibezek subdued seventy kings (Judg. 1:7). In the New Testament the Roman emperor is spoken of as a king (1 Pet. 2:13, 17); and Herod Antipas, who was only a tetrarch, is also called a king (Matt. 14:9; Mark 6:22). This title is applied to God (1 Tim. 1:17), and to Christ, the Son of God (1 Tim. 6:15, 16; Matt. 27:11). The people of God are also called "kings" (Dan. 7:22, 27; Matt. 19:28; Rev. 1:6, etc.). Death is called the "king of terrors" (Job 18:14). Jehovah was the sole King of the Jewish nation (1 Sam. 8:7; Isa. 33:22). But there came a time in the history of that people when a king was demanded, that they might be like other nations (1 Sam. 8:5). The prophet Samuel remonstrated with them, but the people cried out, "Nay, but we will have a king over us." The misconduct of Samuel's sons was the immediate cause of this demand. The Hebrew kings did not rule in their own right, nor in name of the people who had chosen them, but partly as servants and partly as representatives of Jehovah, the true King of Israel (1 Sam. 10:1). The limits of the king's power were prescribed (1 Sam. 10:25). The officers of his court were, (1) the recorder or remembrancer (2 Sam. 8:16; 1 Kings 4:3); (2) the scribe (2 Sam. 8:17; 20:25); (3) the officer over the house, the chief steward (Isa. 22:15); (4) the "king's friend," a confidential companion (1 Kings 4:5); (5) the keeper of the wardrobe (2 Kings 22:14); (6) captain of the bodyguard (2 Sam. 20:23); (7) officers over the king's treasures, etc. (1 Chr. 27:25-31); (8) commander-in-chief of the army (1 Chr. 27:34); (9) the royal counselor (1 Chr. 27:32; 2 Sam. 16:20-23). (For catalogue of kings of Israel and Judah see chronological table in Appendix.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. | 2: "a chief ruler, one invested with supreme authority over a nation, tribe or country." --Webster. In the Bible the word does not necessarily imply great power or great extent of country. Many persons are called kings whom we should rather call chiefs or leaders. The word is applied in the Bible to God as the sovereign and ruler of the universe, and to Christ the Son of God as the head and governor of the Church. The Hebrews were ruled by a king during a period of about 500 years previous to the destruction of Jerusalem, B.C. 586. The immediate occasion of the substitution of a regal form of government for that of judges seems to have been the siege of Jabesh-Gilead by Nahash king of the Ammonites. (1 Samuel 11:1; 12:12) The conviction seems to have forced itself on the Israelites that they could not resist their formidable neighbor unless they placed themselves under the sway of a king, like surrounding nations. The original idea of a Hebrew King was twofold: first, that he should lead the people to battle in time of war; and, a second, that he should execute judgment and justice to them in war and in peace. (1 Samuel 8:20) In both respects the desired end was attained. Besides being commander-in-chief of the army, supreme judge, and absolute master, as it were, of the lives of his subjects, the king exercised the power of imposing taxes on them, and of exacting from them personal service and labor. In addition to these earthly powers, the king of Israel had a more awful claim to respect and obedience. He was the vicegerent of Jehovah, (1 Samuel 10:1; 16:13) and as it were his son, if just and holy. (2 Samuel 7:14; Psalms 2:6,7; 89:26,27) he had been set apart as a consecrated ruler. Upon his dead had been poured the holy anointing oil, which had hitherto been reserved exclusively for the priests of Jehovah. He had become, in fact, emphatically "the Lord’s anointed." He had a court of Oriental magnificence. The king was dressed in royal robes, (1 Kings 22:10; 2 Chronicles 18:9) his insignia were, a crown or diadem of pure gold, or perhaps radiant with precious gems, (2 Samuel 1:10; 12:30; 2 Kings 11:12; Psalms 21:3) and a royal sceptre. Those who approached him did him obeisance, bowing down and touching the ground with their foreheads, (1 Samuel 24:8; 2 Samuel 19:24) and this was done even by a king’s wife, the mother of Solomon. (1 Kings 1:16) His officers and subjects called themselves his servants or slaves. He had a large harem, which was guarded by eunuchs. The law of succession to the throne is somewhat obscure, but it seems most probable that the king during his lifetime named his successor. At the same time, if no partiality for a favorite wife or son intervened, there would always be a natural bias of affection in favor of the eldest son. (references) | |
| Dream Interpretation | 1: For a young woman to be in the presence of a king, she will marry a man whom she will fear. To receive favors from a king, she will rise to exalted positions and be congenially wedded. 2: If you are censured by a king, you will be reproved for a neglected duty. 3: To dream of a king, you are struggling with your might, and ambition is your master. 4: To dream that you are crowned king, you will rise above your comrades and co-workers. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... | ||
| Geography | 1: King is geographically located in Equatorial Guinea. Its features include a populated place (a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work). Its geographic coordinates are 1.116667 degrees North latitude and 9.916667 degrees East longitude. (references) | 2: King is geographically located in Kiribati. Its features include a populated place (a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work). Its geographic coordinates are 0.9 degrees North latitude and 173.033333 degrees East longitude. (references) | |
| Health | Cocaine. (references) | ||
| Law | KING. 1. The chief magistrate of a kingdom, vested usually with the executive power. 2. The reigns of English and British kings and queens, chronologically: Henry III (1216); Edward I. (1272); Edward II (1307); Edward III (1307); Richard II (1377); Henry IV (1399); Henry V. (1413); Henry VI (1422); Edward IV (1461); Edward V (1483); Richard III (1483); Henry VII (1485); Henry VIII (1509); Edward VI (1547); Mary (1553); Elizabeth (1558); James I. (1603); Charles I (1625); Charles II (1660); James II (1685); William III (1689); Anne (1702); George I (1714); George II (1727); George III (1760); George IV (1820; William IV (1830); and Victoria (1837). Vide article Reports. (references) | ||
| Literature | 1: A king should die standing. So said Louis XVIII. of France, in imitation of Vespasian, Emperor of Rome. (See Dying Sayings Louis XVIII.) 2: King 3: King The Anglo-Saxon cyng, cyning, from cyn a nation or people, and the termination- ing, meaning "of," as "son of," "chief of," etc. In Anglo-Saxon times the king was elected on the Witena-gemt, and was therefore the choice of the nation. 4: Like a king. When Porus, the Indian prince, was taken prisoner, Alexander asked him how he expected to be treated. "Like a king," he replied; and Alexander made him his friend. 5: Pray aid of the king. When someone, under the belief that he has a right to the land, claims rent of the king's tenants, they appeal to the sovereign, or "pray aid of the king." 6: Ré Galantuomo (the gallant king), Victor Emmanuel of Italy (1820-1878) 7: The factory king. Richard Oastler, of Bradford, the successful advocate of the "Ten Hours' Bill" (1789-1861). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Military | "K" in the phonetic alphabet. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] (chess) The principal playing piece in chess which moves only once square per move (except in castling), but in all eight directions, but cannot move into check (threat of attack). (references) | 2: [Noun] (idiomatic) A powerful or influential person. Howard Stern styled himself as the "king of all media". (references) | 3: [Noun] A male monarch; member of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation. Henry VIII was the king of England from 1509 to 1547. (references) | 4: [Noun] A playing card with the image of a king on it. (references) | 5: [Proper noun] An English and Scottish surname; a nickname for someone who either acted as if he were a king or had worked in the king's household. (references) | 6: [Verb] (transitive) In checkers: to stack a checker on an opponent's piece that has successfully traversed the board to the opposite side. The piece so marked can then move forwards or backwards. (references) |
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Common Expressions: king
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) | The 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) was a Regiment of the British Indian Army and was transferred to the Indian Army upon India's independence in 1947. (references) | ||
| 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) | The 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) was a regiment of the British Indian Army before being transferred to the British Army on India's independence. (references) | ||
| 504 King (TTC) | The 504 King and 508 Lake Shore are streetcar routes operated by the Toronto Transit Commission in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The two are grouped together for accounting purposes because they share a significant portion of their route; the 508 Lake Shore also shares much of its track with the 501 Queen. (references) | ||
| Albert King | Albert King (April 25, 1923 - December 21, 1992) was an influential American Blues guitarist and singer. (references) | ||
| Alberta Williams King | Alberta Christine Williams King (September 13 1903 - June 30 1974) was Martin Luther King, Jr.'s mother and the wife of Martin Luther King, Sr. She played a significant role in the affairs of the Ebenezer Baptist Church where both her husband and her son preached. King was shot dead in the church six years after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (references) | ||
| Alex King | Alexander David King (born 17 January 1975 in Brighton) is a rugby union footballer who plays at fly-half for Wasps. (references) | ||
| Alveda King | One year after her famous uncle was murdered, her father, the Rev. A.D. King was also assassinated. Dr. King is a prominent pro-life speaker. She has had two abortions that she speaks about, one performed without her consent and another later by choice. She is the mother of six, and a grandmother. Her doctorate was given by Saint Anslem College. She often speaks on college campuses about pro-life issues. She also has an M.A. in business management from Central Michigan University. (references) | ||
| Alvin Olin King | Alvin Olin King (June 21, 1890 - 1958) was a Louisiana politician. (references) | ||
| Ambrose King | Ambrose Yeo Chi King (Chinese: 金耀基) (born 14 February 1935) is a sociologist and was former vice-chancellor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has been pro-vice-chancellor before succeeding Arthur Li. He was famous for his "the administrative absorption politics" model (行政吸納政治). (references) | ||
| American King James Version | The American King James Version a new English translation of the Holy Bible by Michael Peter (Stone) Engelbrite, based on the original King James Version. It is a simple word for word update from the King James English. Care has been taken to change nothing doctrinally, but to simply update the spelling and vocabulary. The grammar has not been changed to avoid altering the doctrine. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: king
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Camp King | Art | Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) interrogation center established at a former German POW camp located near Oberursel (Frankfort). (references) | |
| Cat may look at a King | Literature | 1: (A). An insolent remark of insubordination, meaning, "I am as good as you", or "Are you too mighty to be spoken to or looked at?" "You may wear stars and ribbons, and I may be dressed in hodden grey, but a man's a man for a' that." 2: (The) or His Catholic Majesty. A title given by the Pope to Ferdinand, King of Aragon (1452, 1474-1516), for expelling the Moors from Spain. This was about as unwise as the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Chronicles of king David | Bible | Chronicles of king David (1 Chr. 27:24) were statistical state records; one of the public sources from which the compiler of the Books of Chronicles derived information on various public matters. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. | |
| Citizen King | Literature | 1: (The). Louis Philippe of France. So called because he was elected king by the citizens of Paris. (Born 1773, reigned 1830-1848, died 1850.) 2: (The)- i.e. Jerusalem. (Psa. xlviii. 2; Matt. v. 35.) 3: (The). Mark of Cornwall, whose wife Yseult intrigued with Sir Tristram, one of the Knights of the Round Table. 4: King Solomon is supposed to preside over the whole race of genii. (D'Herbelot: Notes to the Koran, c. 2.) 5: On the happiness of kings, see Shakespeare: Henry V., iv. 1. 6: This idea of happiness is wealth, position, freedom, and luxurious living; but Richard II. says a king is "Woe's slave" (iii. 2). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| KING ARTHUR | Slang in 1811 | 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 represent king Arthur, ridiculously dressed, having a large wig made out of oakum, or some old swabs, is seated on the side, or over a. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
| King Ban | Literature | Father of Sir Launcelot du Lac. He died of grief when his castle was taken and burnt through the treachery of his seneschal. (Launcelot du Lac, 1494.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| King brick | Metallurgy | A hollow refractory block which distributes molten steel from the trumpet assembly to the runner bricks of an uphill teeming arrangement. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| King brick | Mining | Special, hollow, cylindrical fireclay brick, between the bottom fountain brick and the first lateral brick in a bottom-pour ingot assembly. See also: bottom-pour ingot assembly. (references) | |
| King bud | Health | Marijuana. (references) | |
| King Cash | Literature | 1: Hardly saved from utter smash, 2: "Now birth and rank and breeding 3: Truth (Christmas Number, 1892, p. 19.) 4: What the Americans call the "Almighty Dollar." 5: Have been ousted, rather roughly, 6: By the onslaught of King Cash. 7: (A). Darius. (See Horse : A horse wins a kingdom.) 8: (See Cole .) 9: Cotton, the staple of the Southern States of America, and the chief article of manufacture in England. The expression was first used by James H. Hammond in the Senate of the United States, in 1858. The great cotton manufacturers are called "cotton lords." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| King Dick wrench | Mechanical Engineering | An adjustable spanner in which one jaw can be moved by means of a screw and nut mechanism. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| King Estmere | Literature | 1: (2 syl.) of England was induced by his brother Adler to go to King Adland, and request permission to pay suit to his daughter. King Adland replied that Bremor, King of Spain, had already proposed to her and been rejected; but when the lady was introduced to the English king she accepted him. King Estmere and his brother returned home to prepare for the wedding, but had not proceeded a mile when the king of Spain returned to press his suit, and threatened vengeance if it were not accepted. A page was instantly despatched to inform King Estmere, and request him to return. The two brothers in the guise of harpers rode into the hall of King Adland, when Bremor rebuked them, and bade them leave their steeds in the stable. A quarrel ensued, in which Adler slew "the sowdan," and the two brothers put the retainers to flight. (Percy's Reliques, etc., series i. bk. i. 6.) 2: Joachim Murat; so called because he was once a mountebank like Franconi. (1767-1815.) 3: Or Childe Horn. The hero of a metrical romance by Mestre Thomas. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| King ivory | Health | Fentanyl. (references) | |
| King John's men | Slang in 1811 | KING JOHN'S MEN. He is one of king John's men, eight score to the hundred: a saying of a little undersized man. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
| King Kong pills | Health | Depressants. (references) | |
| King Log | Literature | 1: A roi fainéant, a king that rules in peace and quietness, but never makes his power felt. The allusion is to the fable of The Frogs desiring a King. (See Log .) 2: The "ignobile vulgus. " 3: Christopher III. of Scandinavia, who, in a time of great scarcity, had the bark of birchwood mixed with meal for food. (Fifteenth century.) 4: Richard Nash, generally called Beau Nash, who was leader of fashion and master of the ceremonies at that city for some fifty-six years. He was ultimately ruined by gambling. (1674-1761.) 5: The lion. 6: Dalkey is a small island in St. George's Channel, near the coast of Ireland, a little to the south of Dublin Bay. 7: A burlesque officer, like the Mayor of Garratt, the Mayor of the Pig Market, and the Mayor of the Bull-ring (q.v.). 8: So Anvari, the Persian poet of the twelfth century, is called. 9: Gold, which is not only the most valuable of metals, but also is without its peer in freedom from alloy. It is got without smelting; wherever it exists it is visible to the eye; and it consorts with little else than pure silver. Even with this precious alloy, the pure metal ranges from sixty to ninety-nine per cent. 10: Sometimes called LORD, and sometimes ABBOT, etc. At Oxford and Cambridge one of the Masters of Arts superintended both the Christmas and Candlemas sports, for which he was allowed a fee of 40s. These diversions continued till the Reformation. Polydore Vergil says of the feast of Misrule that it was "derived from the Roman Saturnalia," held in December for five days (17th to 22nd). The Feast of Misrule lasted twelve days. 11: "If we compare our Bacchanalian Christmases and New Year-tides with these Saturnalia and Feasts of Janus, we shall finde such near affinitye between them both in regard of time ... and in their manner of solemnising ... that wee must needs conclude the one to be the very ape or issue of the other."- Prynne: Histrio-Mastix. 12: A title assumed by Parrhasios, the painter, a contemporary of Zeuxis. Plutarch says he wore a purple robe and a golden crown. (Flourished 400 B.C.) 13: Louis Bourdaloue, a French clergyman (1632-1704). 14: A title conferred by Napoleon I. on his son on the day of his birth. More generally called the Duke of Reichstadt (1811-1832). 15: In the old mysteries Vice used to be dressed as a mimic king in a parti-coloured suit. (Shakespeare: Hamlet, iii. 4.) The phrase is metaphorically applied to certain literary operatives who compile books for publishers, but supply no originality of thought or matter. 16: (The). A donkey. A pun on the word don, a Spanish magnate. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| King of Spain's Trumpeter | Slang in 1811 | SPANISH, or KING OF SPAIN'S TRUMPETER. An ass when braying. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
| King of Terrors | Literature | 1: Death. 2: (roi de la fve). The Twelfth-night king: so called because he was chosen by distributing slices of Twelfth-cake to the children present, and the child who had the slice with the bean in it was king of the company for the night. This sport was indulged in till the Reformation, even at the two universities. 3: Or Gipsies. Bamfylde Moore Carew, a noted English vagabond (1693-1770). 4: The oak, which not only braves the storm, but fosters the growth of tender parasites under its arms. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| KING OF THE GYPSIES | Slang in 1811 | KING OF THE GYPSIES. The captain, chief, or ringleader of the gang of misrule: in the cant language called also the upright man. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
| King of the Herrings | Literature | 1: (The). The Chimaera, or sea-ape, a cartilaginous fish which accompanies a shoal of herrings in their migrations. 2: (The). A tiger. 3: (The). Sir George Vernon. 4: "The head of an average-sized whale is from fifteen to sixteen feet [about one-third the length], and the lips open some six or eight feet; yet to such a mouth there is scarcely any throat, not sufficiently large to allow a herring to pass down it. This little scaly fellow [the herring], some fourteen inches in length, would choke a monster whale, and is hence called `the king of the sea."'- C. Thomson: Autobiography, p. 132. 5: (The). The herring. 6: Baldrick of South Devon, son of Eri, who long defended his territory against Algar, a lawless chief. 7: (Shah-Jehan). The title assumed by Khorrum Shah, third son of Selim Jehan-Ghir, and fifth of the Mogul emperors of Delhi. 8: So the Caledonians, in Ossian's time, called the Roman emperor. 9: The river Amazon, in South America. 10: Se levant tard, se couchant tot, 11: Dormant fort bien sans gloire; 12: Et couronne par Jeanneton 13: "Il était un roi d'Yvetot, 14: Quel bon petite roi c'était; la! la! la!" 15: (pron. Ev-to). A man of mighty pretensions but small merits. Yvetot is near Rouen, and was once a seigneurie, the possessors of which were entitled kings- a title given them in 534 by Clotaire I., and continued far into the fourteenth century. 16: "Il tait un roi d'Yvetot, 17: Peu connu dans l'histoire; 18: D'un simple bonnet de cotton, 19: Dit on: 20: Oh! oh! oh! oh! Ah! ah! ah! ah! 21: A king there was, `roi d'Yvetot' clept, Put little known in story, Went soon to bed, till daylight slept, And soundly without glory; His royal brow in cotton cap Would Janet, when he took his nap, Enwrap. Oh! oh! oh! oh; Ah! ah! ah! ah! A famous king he! La! la! la! E. C. B. 22: (The). The Young Pretender, or Chevalier Charles Edward. 23: "My father so far compromised his loyalty as to announce merely `The king,' as his first toast after dinner, instead of the emphatic `King George.' ... Our guest made a motion with his glass, so as to pass it over the water-decanter which stood beside him, and added, `Over the water."'- Sir W. Scott: Redgauntlet, letter v. 24: The court of King Pétaud. A kind of Alsatia, where all are talkers with no hearers, all are kings with no subjects, all are masters and none servants. There was once a society of beggars in France, the chief of whom called himself King Pétaud. (Latin, peto, to beg.) 25: The court of King Ptaud. A kind of Alsatia, where all are talkers with no hearers, all are kings with no subjects, all are masters and none servants. There was once a society of beggars in France, the chief of whom called himself King Ptaud. (Latin, peto, to beg.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| King pile | Mining | In a wide excavation where strutting is required, this is a long pile driven at the strut spacing in the center of the trench before excavationis started. (references) | |
| King Pin | Shipping | A coupling pin centered on the front underside of a chassis; couples to the tractor. (references) | |
| King post | Food & Agriculture | Vertical post fitted to support a derrick. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| King post | Mining | A vertical member of a stamp battery frame that carries the camshaft. (references) | |
| King Ryence | Literature | 1: Spenser says that Lady Briana loved a knight named Crudor, who refused to marry her till she sent him a mantle lined with the beards of knights and locks of ladies. To accomplish this, she appointed Maleffort, her seneschal, to divest every lady that drew near the castle of her locks, and every knight of his beard. (Faerie Queene, book vi. canto 1.) 2: Of North Wales, sent a dwarf to King Arthur to say "he had overcome eleven kings, all of which paid him homage in this sort viz. they gave him their beards to purfell his mantle. He now required King Arthur to do likewise." King Arthur returned answer, "My beard is full young yet for a purfell, but before it is long enough for such a purpose, King Ryence shall do me homage on both his knees." (See Percy's Reliques, etc., series iii. book 1.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| King salmon | Fisheries | Chinook salmon: so-called because it is the largest species. (references) | |
| King screen | Mining | A drum-type screen in which the pulp to be screened is delivered on the outside, the undersize passing through the screen and discharging throughthe open end. (references) | |
| King Stork | Literature | 1: A tyrant that devours his subjects, and makes them submissive with fear and trembling. The allusion is to the fable of The Frogs desiring a King. (See Log .) 2: A Grecian oracle had told Sparta to "Beware of a lame king." Agesilaos was lame, and during his reign Sparta lost her supremacy. 3: (The). Malcolm IV. of Scotland. (1141, 1153-1165.) 4: "Malcolm ... son of the brave and generous Prince Henry ... was so kind and gentle in his disposition, that he was usually called Malcolm the Maiden."- Scott: Tales of a Grandfather, iv. 5: (The). This mirror was made by Merlin, and those who looked in it saw whatever they wished to see. (Spenser: Farie Queene, bk, iii.) 6: (The). Charles II. of England. The witty Earl of Rochester wrote this mock epitaph on his patron:- 7: Whose word no man relies on; 8: He never said a foolish thing, 9: And never did a wise one." 10: "Here lies our mutton-eating king, 11: Come and eat your mutton with me. Come and dine with me. 12: John Law, the projector of the Mississippi Scheme. (1671-1729.) 13: George Hudson, of Yorkshire, chairman of the North Midland Company, and for a time the Dictator of the railway speculations. In a day he cleared the large sum of 100,000. It was the Rev. Sydney Smith who gave him this designation. (1800-1871.) 14: William IV. of England, who entered the navy as midshipman in 1779, and was made Lord High Admiral in 1827. (1765, 1830-1837.) 15: "At Vienna he was called in derision the Snow King, who was kept together by the cold, but would melt and disappear as he approached a warmer soil."- Dr. Crichton: Scandinavia, vol. ii. p. 61. 16: Gustavus Adolphus, of Sweden. (1594, 1611-1632.) 17: (The). Amadeus of Spain. 18: Chief heraldic officer of Ireland. Created by Edward VI. in 1552. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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Abbreviations & Acronyms: king
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| Entry | Source | Expression | Field | |
| KING | English | Knowledge INtensive Generator | N/A | |
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