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kingston1|ˈkɪŋstən|
Also 7 kingstone, 8 king's stone, kinson.
A name for the angel-fish or monk-fish (Rhina squatina).
1666Merrett Pinax 186 Squatina, a Kingstone. 1747H. Glasse Cookery xxi. 163 Fish in Season..Thornback, and Homlyn, Kinson, Oysters [etc.]. 1769Hewson in Phil. Trans. LIX. 205, I next went to Brighthelmstone, where I found kingston, or monk-fish, a species of skate. 1836Yarrell Brit. Fishes II. 407 It is common on the coasts of Kent and Sussex, where it is called a kingston. |