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A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots. In faith, and by the heaven's quene. Chaucer.

Properly, a kind of superior olive grown in the region of Seville, Spain. It is large size and oblong shape with a small but long pit; it is cured when green, keeps well, and has a delicate flavor. Loosely, any olive of similar character.

A truss framed with queen-posts; a queen-post truss.

One of two suspending posts in a roof truss, or other framed truss of similar form. See King-post.

Craft or skill in policy on the part of a queen. Elizabeth showed much queencraft in procuring the votes of the nobility. Fuller.

The dominion, condition, or character of a queen. Mrs. Browning.

A California sciænoid food fish (Seriphys politus). The back is bluish, and the sides and belly bright silvery. Called also kingfish.

The state, personality, or character of a queen; queenliness. Tennyson.

Any one of several kinds of apples, as summer queening, scarlet queening, and early queening. An apple called the queening was cultivated in England two hundred years ago.

The quality of being queenly; the; characteristic of a queen; stateliness; eminence among women in attractions or power.

Like, becoming, or suitable to, a queen.

The state, rank, or dignity of a queen.

contains a single round edible seed, or sometimes two hemispherical seeds. So called from Queensland in Australia.

To remove the queen from (a hive of bees).

To divest of the rank or authority of queen. Shak.

To summon; to call. [Obs.] Queen Katharine had privately prevailed with the pope to advoke the cause to Rome. Fuller.

To love; to regard with affection. [Obs.] As for Queen Katharine, he rather respected than affected, rather honored than loved, her. Fuller.

r; the miser robs himself." "He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen."

ily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view. The moon . . . apparent queen. Milton.

The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the United States. Burrill. Bouvier.