kingflsh 
tanco hchlnil the pectoral HUM. :>ml Hi. 1 >, ,i ly grayish and 
silvery in color, \\ilh iiif^nhtr -l.uk kits, of which the 
anterior trend ol.]ii|ii< ly l>:i<-k\v:ii-l :Mnl dnun\v:it<l, :u,d 
the posterior forward ami dou nunid. It is HUM !n -.; 
To!' it.4 tle*!l. AlMO Clllldl ll'tlifill'/. tn,,,l-,,,l A,;/,'* 1 , hfltl-t, I/till 
lit, ami nnnlc. nanicM properl> ln-lun^in^ to ditlrrent ani- 
mals. The name H :il>o rxh-ndrd to rclatcil species, a 
the simthrrn .(/. albuniug (also called Carolina wfu'l^n, 
Bennitif" /* l<it!n'i, though not found In Kerminla h//l[ln>n>l 
ii>t,ilix'i, <n-i:in>'l mull, I, anil barb) and the t'aciltc coast M. 
itiulnliiin- i.il - ''.ill. .1 titfker). (b) In i aliloi nia, anotln i 
scifcnoid Huh. Sfriiihttx politiut, better known as quecnjixh. 
(c) A Hcia'iioid iNh, .s',v>/* antarctica, of southern Austra- 
lia anil T.iMiiania, closely related to the maigrc of Europe. 
(d) In New Xealand, a carangoid tlsh, .* ri"la lalaiuli,ot a 
fusiform shape, witti from to 8 dorsal spinea and 32 to 'M 
dorsal rays, steel-blue above and white nelow. It some- 
times attains a length of 4 feet, and is an excellent food- 
tlnh. (e) InKngl:ind,thcopah, Lamprw Ittiut or L.guttatw. 
See ttpah. (/) A acombroUl fish, Sctnnbcrwnorus regale 
ord/trium regale, related to the Spanish mackerel; also, 
the Sannln'rtniuirux caballa or ctro. (g) A scucnoid fish, 
the little roneador, Genyimfitius liiteatus, common on the 
coast of California : so called in the San Francisco markets. 
(A) A tlsh of the family Polynfiniila, Polynemut imiicitu, 
esteemed in India for the sounds, which yield isinglass of 
tin- best quality, and which are a constant source of traffic 
among tho Chinese. 
kingfisher (king'fish'er), n. 1. Any bird of the 
extrusive* family Alrlini<l<i . Kingfishers form a 
natural family of picarlan birds, with flsstrostral bill and 
syndactyl feet, and are remarkable for their number and 
variety as well as for the brilliancy of their plumage. 
They nest in holes, and lay white eggs. Their character - 
istic habit is to sit motionless on the watch for their prey, 
dart after it. and return to their perch. There are about 
125 species and 20 genera, found in most parts of the 
world, but very unevenly distributed. Thus, there are 
only 2 species peculiar to northern parts of the old world, 
only 2 species in N'orth America, and only one genus In all 
America. The Ethiopian region and the Indian region 
are about equally rich; tho Australian (In a broad sense) 
is the richest, alone possessing half the genera and half 
the species. The common kingfisher of Europe, Alcedo 
iitpida, a small bird of brilliant colors, is supposed to be 
the halcyon of classic writers. The pled kingfisher, Ceryle 
rudis, also inhabits Europe as well as other countries. 
The common American kingfisher, C. alci/nn, Is 12} Inches 
long, 22 in extent of wings, dull-blue above, white below, 
with a bluish belt on the breast and in the female a chest- 
nut bar behind this ; the wing- and tail-feathers are black, 
spotted and barred with white ; the head is crested. This 
bird is known as the belted kingfisher. (See cut under Ce- 
ryle.) A small, glossy green-and-white species, which 
reaches the Mexican border of the United States, is C. ca- 
banisi. The giant kingfisher or laughing-jackass of Aus- 
tralia Is Dacelo gigas. See cut under Dacelo. 
Erroneously 2. (a) The water-ouzel, Ciiicln.i 
aquaticus, popularly imagined to be the female 
of the kingfisher Alcedo ispida. [Local, Scot- 
land and Ireland.] (6) The tern or sea-swal- 
low. . 
Also kintfx-fixlH 'i'. 
Swallow-tailed kingfisher, the paradise jacamar, Oat- 
bvla paratiisca, a bird of Surinam. 
king-geldt, . [< king* + geld?.] Escuage, or 
royal aid. Bailey, 1731. 
king-gutter (king'gut'er), n. A main drain. 
Hiitlitn-lt. [Prov. _Eng.] 
king-hake (kiug'hak), n. A gadoid fish of the 
genus I lii/cis, P. regius, not rare along the east- 
ern coast of the United States. It is readily dis- 
tinguishable by a row of white spots along the lateral 
line and the low dorsal fin. It rarely much exceeds a foot 
In length. 
kingheadt (kiug'hed), n. [ME. kinghed, kinii- 
ln<lr; < friiij/l T -head. Cf. kinghood.] King- 
ship. 
I wende that kinghed and kni;;l hed and caiseria with erlis 
Weru Do-wel and Do-bet and Do-best of hem alle. 
Pirn Plowman (A), ri. 216. 
To every man belongeth lore, 
But to no man belongeth more 
Than to a kynge, whiche hath to lede 
The people, for his kywjhnt 
lie male hem both saue and spllle. 
Sower, Coat. Amant., vii. 
3291 
its S-celled ovary. The trunk is woody, and the leaves are 
linear, the whole plant funning a sort of grass-tree. Only 
one species, /i. awftrtili*, U known, native of south" ' 
Australia. 
kingio (kin'gyo), n. [Jap., goldfish, < I.- in, gold, 
+ !/io, fish.J A Japanese variety of the gold- 
fish, Cariimtiit.1 tinnitus. 
king-killer (king'kil'er), . 1. One who kills 
a king ; a regicide. 
O thoii sweet king-killer (gold], and dear divorce 
Twixt natural son and sire ! Khak., T. of A., Iv. 3, 382. 
2. A large, hiirh-fiuned killer-whale, supposed 
to be the male. [Provincetown, Massachu- 
setts. ] 
kingless (king'les), a. [< ME. kynqles (= Q. 
kiinii/lo.t = Icel. kanum/lama); < king* + -less.] 
Without a king ; having no king. 
king's-hood 
king-piece (king'^Os), H. Same i 
king-pin (kin^'pin), . 1. Same UK 
2. That pin in bowls ami ten-pins which 
stands at the front apex when the pins an- in 
place : so called because if it is struck properly 
all the pins fall. Hence 3. The principal or 
essential person in a company or an enterprise. 
[Colloq., U. 8.] 
king-pine (king'pin), n. 1. The pineapple. 
2. The I'lcm II ililiimia, or Indian firof the Him- 
alayas, a large coniferous tree 70 to 80 feet in 
height. 
king-plant (king'plant), n. A Javan orchid, 
Ancectocliilus sctuccux, whose purple-brown 
leaves are marked with yellow lines. It is 
frequently cultivated in orchid-houses. 
kinghood (king'hud),. [ME. kinghod; 
+ -hood.] Kingship ; the state of being a king. 
King, i the conlure . . . 
Bi alle the kud customes to Kinghod that longes. 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4058. 
kinghunter (king'hun'ter), n. A halcyon, or 
non-aquatic kingfisher: a name invented to 
avoid speaking of a bird that does not fish as 
a "kingfisher." See Halcyonince. 
Kingia(kin'ji-ii), . [NL. (Robert Brown. 1827), 
nameil primarily in honor of Capt. Philip Gul- 
ley King, governor of New South Wales at the 
time of Flinders's expedition, during which the 
plant was first collected, but also intended to 
commemorate Capt. King, who first found the 
ripe seeds in November, 1822.] A genus of 
monocotyledonous plants of anomalous char- 
acter, referred liy the latest writers to the I.ili- 
acece, but formerly regarded as belonging to the 
Jitiicitn-tr, or rush family. It has by some authors 
beer, made the type of the group to which it belongs, but 
is now placed in the trihe ('nl-^'i.--if(f with Calectaxia and 
Bapterui. It differs. however, from lioth those genera in 
havinK tin- leaves crowded at the apex of the trunk, and 
the Mowers likewise crowded in a terminal head, and in 
kinglet (king let), n. [< king* + -let.] 1. A 
little king; a weak or insignificant king. 
A present to the boy at Byzantium, from some hundred- 
wived kiiujlet of the Hyperborean Taprobane, or other no- 
man's land in the far East. Kinyaley, Uypacia, xx. 
2. A golden-crested or ruby-crowned wren ; 
one of a number of very diminutive greenish 
birds, about 4 inches long, having a yellow, 
orange, or flaming crest, constituting the sub- 
family Kegiilina: The best-known Is the European 
goldcruBt./fe.'/uiiuerMaftw. (See cut under ijolAereA.) Two 
distinct United States species are the golden-crowned, 
Jt. mtrapa, and the ruby-crowned, R. calendula, both very 
common in woodland and shrubbery. They are dainty 
little birds in form, color, and manners, having an exqui- 
site song of great volume considering their tiny size. They 
are migratory and insectivorous, build very bulky mossy 
nests warmly lined with feathers, and lay numerous white 
eggs spotted with reddish brown. 
kinglihoqd (kiug'li-hud), . [< kingly + -hood.] 
The quality of being kingly ; kiugliness ; king- 
ship. [Poetical.] 
Since he neither wore on helm or shield 
The golden symbol of his Hityliliood, 
But rode a simple knight among his knights. 
Tennyson, Coming of Arthur. 
kingliness (king'li-nes), . The state of being 
kingly or royal ; kingly character. 
kingling (king'jing), n. [< king 1 + -ling 1 .] A 
little king; a kinglet. [Rare.] 
Enough of States, and such like trifling things; 
Enough of kinglings and enough of kings. 
Churchill, The Candidate. 
kingly (king'li), a. [< ME. kyngly, < AS. *cy- 
ninglie (not recorded) (= OFries. kenenglik = 
D. koninklijk = MLG. koningcslik = OHG. ktt- 
ninglili, chuninglih, cuninclih, cliuninclili, MHG. 
kiiniclicli, kilncclich, G. koniglich = Icel. konung- 
ligr = Dan. kongclig = Sw. kunglig, in official 
style konglig), kingly, < cyning, king, + -lie, E. 
-ly 1 . The reg. AS. term was eynelic, kingly, 
< cyne-, in comp., of a king, + -lie, E. -ly 1 .] 1. 
Of or pertaining to a king or kings; royal. 
What seem'd his head 
The likeness of a kiiujly crown had on. 
Milton, P. L., U. 673. 
What can they see in the longest kingly line in Europe, 
save that it runs back to a successful soldier? 
Scott, Woodstock, xxxvii. 
2. Of regal character or quality; king-like; 
exalted. 
Wan, wasted Truth in her utmost need 
Thy kingly intellect shallfeed. 
Tennyson, To - , 111. 
= Syn. Regal, etc. See royal. 
kingly (king'li), adi: [< ME. "kinglu, adv. (= 
T>. koninklijk = OHG. chuningliclio, MHG. kii- 
necliche = Icel. konunglign').< kingly, a. Cf. AS. 
cynelice,<. cynclic, kingly: see kingly, a.] In the 
manner of a king ; royally. 
TIs flattery In my seeing, 
And my great mind most kinyly drinks it up. 
SAa*., Sonnets, cxlv. 
Low bow'd the rest, he, kinglu, did but nod. 
Pope, Dunciad, iv. 207. 
kingmaker (Mng'ma'ker), H. One who makes 
kings ; one who raises a person to a royal throne : 
a title applied specifically to Richard Nevil, 
Earl of Warwick (died 1471), who was the prin- 
cipal agent in making Edward IV. king in place 
of Henry VI., and afterward in dethroning Ed- 
ward and restoring Henry. 
king-mullet (king'mul'et), . The goat-fish, 
l'l>i-ni'iiii m/ti'iiliitns, found in the seas around 
Jamaica : so called from its beauty. 
kingnut (king'nut), n. The mockernut-tree, 
t'unjn linnfiitiixii: also, its fruit. 
king-Ortolan (kinR'or'to-lan), . 1. The fresh- 
water marsh-lien or king-rail. Kallus I-/II/IIHX. 
2. The common gallinule, (inlliiniln gateato. 
king-penguin (khiK'pen'gwin), n. The great 
or Pennant's penguin, Aytenoiltjtcs penitanti or 
J. rvi. 
having its lower end fastened to the middle of 
thetie-beam; a joggle-post. When two side posts, 
one at each side of the center, are used to support the 
King-post Roof. 
A, king-post ; />, tie-beam ; C, C, struts or braces. 
roof. Instead of one in the middle, these are called queen- 
posts. See roof and crotm-wft. Also called king-piece, 
timj's-pieee, crown-post, juggle-piece. King-post roof, ft 
roof having but a single vertical post In each truss. 
king-rail (king'ral), . I. The great red- 
breasted rail of the United States, Rallus ele- 
gans. Also called fresh-water marsh-hen, fresh- 
water hen, fresh-marsh hen, and marsh-hen. 2. 
The common gallinule, Gallinulagaleata. [Con- 
necticut.] 
kingrict, kingrickt, . [< ME. kingrike, king- 
richc, kungriclie (= OFries. kiningrikc = D. ko- 
ningrijk=OHG. kuningrichi, chunincrihhi, MHG. 
kiinicriche, kiinecriche, G. konigreich = Icel. ko- 
}ntn(/sriki = T>&n. kongerige = Sw. konungarike) ; 
< kingl + -ric. The earlier form was kinetic, 
q. v. Cf. bishopric, etc.] A kingdom. 
I make the keparc, syr knyghte, of kyngrykes nianye, 
Wardayne wyrchipfulle, to welldc al my landes. 
Morte Arthvre (E. E. T. S.\ 1. 649. 
king-rod (king ' rod), n. An iron rod some- 
times used to take the place of the wooden 
king-post in a roof. 
king-roller (kiiig'ro'ler), n. In sugar-manuf., 
the middle roller of the press. The side cylin- 
ders are called respectively the side roller and 
the macasse. 
king-salmon (king'sarn'on), n. The quinnat 
salmon. See qninnat. 
king's-clover (kingz'klo'ver), n. The yellow 
meTilot, Melilotus officiiialis. [Prov. Eng.] 
king's-cushion (kingz'kush'on), n. A sort of 
seat formed by two persons holding each oth- 
er's hands crossed. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] 
Also called lady-chair. 
He I Port eons] was now mounted on the hands of two of 
the rioters, clasped together so as to form what is called 
In Scotland The King's Cushion. 
Scott, Heart of Mid-Lothian, vii. 
king's-feather (kingz' feTH'^r), n. A plant, 
Saxifraga umbrosa, long cultivated in English 
gardens, 
king's-fisher (kingz'fish'er), n. Same as kiug- 
jUMr. 
king's-flower (kingz'flou'er), . A cultivated 
liliaceous plant, Eneomis regiii, from the Cape 
of Good Hope, 
kingship (king 'ship), ft. [< king* + -ship.] 
The state, office, or dignity of a' king; royalty ; 
also, royalty of nature; aptitude for kingly 
duties. 
The Parlament of England, . . . Judging Kingtlup by 
long experience a Government unnecessary, bmdensom, 
and dangerous, justly and magnanimously abollsh't it. 
Hilton, Kree Commonwealth. 
The kingship that was in htm I Frederick the Great], and 
which won Mr. Carlyle to he his biographer, is that of will 
merely, of rapid and relentless command. 
Lumll, Study Windows, p. 145. 
king's-hood (kingz'hndX . [Said to be so call- 
ed from a fancied resemblance to a puckered 
head-dress formerly worn by persons of qual- 
ity.] 1. A certain part of the entrails of nn 
ox, the reticulum or second stomach: applied 
derisively to a person's stomach. 
