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Brewer's: King of Terrors

Death. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894King of WatersKing of Spain's Trampeter A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z…

Brewer's: King of Waters

The river Amazon, in South America. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894King of YvetotKing of Terrors A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…

Brewer's: King of the World

So the Caledonians, in Ossian's time, called the Roman emperor. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894King Chosen by the Neighing of a HorseKing of the World A B…

Brewer's: King of Yvetot

(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…

Brewer's: Kingly Titles

Abgarus (The Grand). So the kings of Edessa were styled. Abimelech (my father the king). The chief ruler of the ancient Philistines. Agag (lord). The chief ruler of the Amalekites (4 syl…

Brewer's: King's Cave

Opposite to Campbelton; so called because it was here that King Robert Bruce and his retinue lodged when they landed on the mainland from the Isle of Arran. (Statistical Account of…

Brewer's: King's Chair

A seat made by two bearers with their hands. On Candlemas Day the children of Scotland used to bring their schoolmaster a present in money, and the boy who brought the largest sum was king…

Brewer's: King's-Crag

Fife, in Scotland. Called “king” because Alexander III. of Scotland was killed there. “As he was riding in the dusk of the evening along the sea-coast of Fife, betwixt.” Burnt-island and…

Brewer's: King's Cross

Up to the accession of George IV. this locality in London was called “Battle Bridge,” and had an infamous notoriety. In 1821 some speculators built there a number of houses, and, at the…

Brewer's: King's Evil

Scrofula; so called from a notion which prevailed from the reign of Edward the Confessor to that of Queen Anne that it could be cured by the royal touch. The Jacobites considered that the…