Kingston

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) Alt. of Kingstone

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1, capital of Frontenac County, Ontario, on the NE. shore of the Lake, 150 m. E. of Toronto, an important commercial town with shipbuilding and engineering works; is the seat of Queen's University, military and medical colleges, and an observatory. 2, Capital of Jamaica, on a great bay on the S. coast, on the edge of a sugar-growing district; exports sugar, tobacco, and dye-woods, and imports cotton, flour, and rice. 3, a town on the Hudson, N.Y., has great blue stone-flag quarries, and cement-works, breweries, and tanneries.