† kingwardsn.adv.
Obsolete. rare.
A. n.
to the kingwards: towards the king; to the place where the king is.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > king > towards the king [phrase]
to the kingwards1461
to the kingward1480
1461 C. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 201 Come to the Kinge wards or ye meete with him.
B. adv.
Chess. Towards the king.
ΚΠ
1899 Notts. Guardian 18 Mar. 2/3 The Kt file is opened for the Rooks to attack, and indeed all White's pieces are pointing Kingwards.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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n.adv.1461- to have chips in the game
- to have christenhead
- to have clean hands
- to have climbed may hill
- to have cognizance of
- to have cold
- to have cold at the teeth
- to have cold feet
- to flip the script
- to flip up
- to flipe off
- to flirt a fan
- to flirt with
- to float a person's boat
- to float in one's cups
- to float up
- to flock in
- to flog a dead horse
- to flog the clock
- to flog the glass
- to flog to death
- to floor a paper
- to floor the odds
- to floorboard it
- to flop