Chapter King Franconi to King's Cave of K by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

King of the Sea (The). The herring.

“The head of an average-sized whale is from fifteen to sixteen feet [about one-third the length], and the lips open some six or eight feet; yet to such a mouth there is scarcely any throat, not sufficiently large to allow a herring to pass down it. This little scaly fellow [the herring], some fourteen inches in length, would choke a monster whale, and is hence called `the king of the sea.”'- C. Thomson: Autobiography, p. 132.

King of the Teign Baldrick of South Devon, son of Eri, who long defended his territory against Algar, a lawless chief.

King of the World (Shah-Jehan). The title assumed by Khorrum Shah, third son of Selim Jehan-Ghir, and fifth of the Mogul emperors of Delhi.

King of the World So the Caledonians, in Ossian's time, called the Roman emperor.

King Chosen by the Neighing of a Horse (A). Darius. (See Horse : A horse wins a kingdom.)

King Over the Water (The). The Young Pretender, or Chevalier Charles Edward.

“My father so far compromised his loyalty as to announce merely `The king,' as his first toast after dinner, instead of the emphatic `King George.' ... Our guest made a motion with his glass, so as to pass it over the water-decanter which stood beside him, and added, `Over the water.”'- Sir W. Scott: Redgauntlet, letter v.

King's [or Queen's ] Bench. This was originally the Aula Regia, which followed the king in all his travels, and in which he occupied the lit de justice. In the absence of the sovereign the judges were supreme. Of course there is no lit de justice or bench for the sovereign in any of our law courts now.

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 Scotland, v. p. 167, article “Arran.”)