See Also: Bicycle Kick or Scissors Kick - Soccer(gambling)
kick(4)(dictionary)
kick-up(dictionary)
kick(2)(dictionary)
kick(1)(dictionary)
kick(3)(dictionary)
kick-ass(dictionary)
kick(medicine)
Kick Wax - Skiing(gambling)
Kick it - Poker(gambling)

benefice (iou) and kick-up (iou)


benefice (iou)



benefice noun & verb. ME.
[Old French (mod. benefice profit, perquisite) from Latin beneficium favour, support, from (after beneficus BENEFIC) bene well + fic- var. of fac- in facere do, make. In sense A.2 translating Latin.]
A. noun.
I.
An ecclesiastical living; property held by a rector, vicar, or Other church officer. ME.
Hist. Land granted in feudal tenure, a fief. L15.
II. A kindness or favour; an indulgence. LME-L17.
Favourable influence or operation; advantage, protection. obsolete exc. Hist. LME.
Beneficial property or action (as of natural causes). LME-M17.
b. verb trans. Endow or invest with a church living. Chiefly as beneficed ppl adjective. LME.

kick-up (iou)



kick-up noun. L18.
[from KICK verb1 + UP adverb1.]
A violent disturbance or row. L18.
A Dance, a party. colloq. (orig. US). L18.
An act of kicking a leg or the legs in the air. M19.
Mining. A device for overturning and emptying trams, wagons, etc. L19.
= KICK noun2. E20.