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