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The common buttercup.

The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy. Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Ps. cxiv. 13. When Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself. 2 Chron. xxi. 4.

Having a kingdom or the dignity of a king; like a kingdom. [R.] "Twixt his mental and his active parts, Kingdom'd Achilles in commotion rages And batters down himself. Shak.

An American marine food fish of the genus Menticirrus, especially M. saxatilis, or M. nebulosos, of the Atlantic coast; -- called also whiting, surf whiting, and barb.

Any one of numerous species of birds constituting the family Alcedinidæ. Most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by diving and seizing then with the beak; others feed only upon reptiles, insects, etc. About one hundred and fifty species are known. They are found in nearly all parts of the world, but are partic…

The state of being a king; the attributes of a king; kingship. Gower.

Having no king. F. Lieber.

A little king; a weak or insignificant king. Carlyle.

King-liness. Tennyson.

The state or quality of being kingly.

Same as Kinglet, 1. Churchill.

Belonging to, suitable to, or becoming, a king; characteristic of, resembling, a king; directed or administered by a king; monarchical; royal; sovereign; regal; august; noble; grand. "Kingly magnificence." Sir P. Sidney. "A kingly government." Swift. "The kingly couch." Shak. The kingliest kings are crowned with thorn.…

The state, office, or dignity of a king; royalty. Landor.

. An alloy of tin, copper, and mercury, sometimes used for the bearings and packings of machinery. McElrath.

A conical valve, opening outward, to close the mouth of a pipe which passes through the side of a vessel below the water line.

The black angel fish. See Angel fish, under Angel.

A truss, framed with a king-post; -- used in roofs, bridges, etc.

See Quinic.

A unit of force equal to the force which, acting for one second, will give a pound a velocity of one foot per second; -- proposed by J.D.Everett, an English physicist.

To wind into a kink; to knot or twist spontaneously upon itself, as a rope or thread.