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All Hallows
(le Mechele, the More)
See All Hallows the Great.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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fenum
fēnum, v. faenum.
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A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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fenum
fēnum, fēnus see faen-.
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An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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All Hallows Barking
On the north side of Great Tower Street at the south-east corner of Seething Lane. In Tower Ward.
E...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Colemanchurch
Qy. = Katherine (St.) Colman and Colemanchurch (q.v.).
All the references to this church and parish...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Lane
1) Tenements in All Hallows Lane in parish of All Hallows Barking given to the poor of that parish (...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Passage
West out of Gracechurch Street at No. 18 on the north side of All Hallows Church, Lombard Street. In...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Pier
South of All Hallows Lane Stairs in the Thames (O.S. 1875 ; and Bacon, 1912).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Semannescyrce
A Charter of Gilbert, Bishop of London, confirmed the church, " Omnium Sanctorum in London quae dici...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Staining
On the west side of Mark Lane, where the Tower and churchyard still stand, entrance by a passage out...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Stairs
See All Hallows Lane Stairs.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows, Cornhill
A grant of land by Stephen the prior and the convent of Holy Trinity to John the goldsmith held of t...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows, Fenchurch
First mention 1283-4 (Cal. L. Bk. A. p.80).
Forms of name: " All Hallows de Phanchurch," 1283-4 (ib...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Little All Hallows
In Thames Street, 1537 (L. and P. H. VIII. XII. (1), p. 511).
See All Hallows the Less.
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ad
ad, prep. with acc. (from the fourth century after Christ written also at; Etrusc. suf. -a; Osc. az;...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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ad
ad praep.with acc.I cf. Eng. at.—Of approach (opp. to ab, as in to ex ).
I I. In space, to, tow...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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·a.d.
(abbreviation) anno Domini
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ad-
·- As a prefix ad- assumes the forms ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-, assimilating the d...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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all-
al-l- in words compounded with ad, see adl-.
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All
·conj Although; albeit.
II. All ·adj Only; alone; nothing but.
III. All ·adj <<Any>>.
IV. All ·ad...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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all
The total quantity; quite; wholly.
♦ All aback, when all the sails are taken aback by the winds.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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All Hallows Barking Churchyard
On the north and east sides of the Church of All Hallows Barking (O.S.). Churchyard mentioned in Wil...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Barking Vicarage
Adjoined the church (Maskell, p.26). Burnt in the Fire and rebuilt (ib.).
Removed 1862 to widen the...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows de Stanningechirche
See All Hallows Staining.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Lane Stairs
At the south end of All Hallows Lane, Dowgate (Bacon, 1912). In Dowgate Ward.
Earliest mention: (St...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows le Grant
See All Hallows the Great.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Staining School
Founded 1669 by Wm. Winter's Will for the education and apprenticeship of 6 boys (Dodsley).
Boys no...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows super Cellarium
See All Hallows the Less.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows the Great
On the east side of All Hallows Lane at the corner of Upper Thames Street. In Dowgate Ward (O.S. 188...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows the Less
On the south side of Thames Street, at the north-west corner of the street called Cole Harbour leadi...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows, Bread Street
On the east side of Bread Street at the corner of Watling Street (O.S. 1875). In Bread Street Ward. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows, Honey Lane
In Honey Lane, at the north-west corner of Honey Lane Market (Leake, 1666). In Cripplegate Ward With...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows, Lombard Street
On the north side of Lombard Street at No.48, and west of Gracechurch Street (P.O. Directory). In La...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows, London Wall
On the north side of London Wall at No. 85 (P.O. Directory). In Broad Street Ward. Parish extends in...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows, Tower Street
See All Hallows Barking.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ad captandum
·- A phrase used adjectively sometimes of meretricious attempts to catch or win popular favor.
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Ad hominem
·- A phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions of ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ad infinitum
·- Without limit; endlessly.
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Ad interim
·- Meanwhile; temporary.
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Ad libitum
·- At one's pleasure; as one wishes.
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Ad valorem
·- A term used to denote a duty or charge laid upon goods, at a certain rate per cent upon their val...
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ad valorem
Duties levied on commercial goods, according to their value.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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All Hallows in Parva Roperia
Sir Edward de Kendale at his death granted to Sir William Croyser and others a cellar with one shop ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows in St. Helen's
"Alhaloyns in seynt Heleyns" in Byshoppis Gate Ward, mentioned in Fabyan's list of churches, 1516. Q...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows in the Ropery
See All Hallows the Great.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Lombard Street Churchyard
On the south side of the church (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1880).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows the Great Churchyard
On the south side of Upper Thames Street. Enclosed and left " in situ " after the removal of the chu...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows the Less Churchyard
At the north-west corner of Cole Harbour, on the south side of Thames Street (O. and M. 1677-O.S.).
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Berewards Lane, All Hallows Barking
In Tower Ward in parish of All Hallows Barking, 13 Ed. I. (Ct. H.W. I. 71 and Stow, ed. 1598, p. 95)...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Church Alley, All Hallows Staining
See Star Alley.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Priest Alley, All Hallows Barking
South out of Great Tower Street, opposite All Hallows Churchyard, and west of the Inland Revenue Off...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All fours
·- All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of a person.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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All hail
·interj All health;
— a phrase of salutation or welcome.
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All Saints
·- ·Alt. of All Saints'.
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All Saints'
·- The first day of November, called, also, Allhallows or Hallowmas; a feast day kept in honor of al...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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All-hail
·vt To <<Salute>>; to <<Greet>>.
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All-possessed
·adj Controlled by an evil spirit or by evil passions; wild.
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Be-all
·noun The whole; all that is to be.
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Do-all
·noun General manager; factotum.
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End-all
·noun Complete termination.
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Know-all
·noun One who knows everything; hence, one who makes pretension to great knowledge; a wiseacre;
— u...
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Save-all
·noun Anything which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss.
II. Save-all ·noun A device in a c...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ty-all
·noun Something serving to tie or secure.
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Uptails all
·- An old game at cards.
II. Uptails all ·- Revelers; roysterers.
III. Uptails all ·- Revelry; con...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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all holiday
It is all holiday at Peckham, or it is all holiday with him; a saying signifying that it is all over...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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all hollow
He was beat all hollow, i.e. he had no chance of conquering: it was all hollow, or a hollow thing, i...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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all nations
A composition of all the different spirits sold in a dram-shop, collected in a vessel into which the...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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save-all
A kind of candlestick used by our frugal forefathers, to burn snuffs and ends of candles. Figurative...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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grab-all
n.
a kind of net used for marinefishing near the shore. It is moored to a piece of floatingwood, an...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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all-fired
Very, in a great degree. A low American word.
The first thing I know'd, my trowsers were plastered ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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all-overish
Neither sick nor well. A low word, used both in England and America.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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all-standing
Without preparation, suddenly.
This, like many other common expressions, seems to be borrowed from ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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all-winsome
Winsome is a word used in the north of England, (Ang. Sax. winsum, pleasant,) sweet, pleasant. I hav...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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all over
Bearing a resemblance to some particular object. The word is common in familiar language.
The South...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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all-gates
See Bailey's Diet.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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hold-all
A portable case for holding small articles required by soldiers, marines, and small-arm men on servi...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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save-all
, or water-sail.
A small sail sometimes set under the foot of a lower studding-sail.
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stern-all
A term amongst whalers, meaning to pull the boat stern foremost, to back off after having entered an...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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through all
Carrying canvas in heavy squalls without starting a stitch. It demands not only courage, but seamanl...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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(St.) Augustine ad Portam
See St. Augustine Watling Street.
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(St.) Benedict ad ripam
See St. Benet Paul's Wharf.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Michael ad bladum
See St. Michael le Querne.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Nicholas ad Macellas
See St. Nicholas Shambles.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows on the Hay, over Heywharf
See All Hallows the Great.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Garschirch, Gracechurch, Grascherch, in Gracioustreete
See All Hallows, Lombard Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Within the Gate of Bishopsgate
See All Hallows, London Wall.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Fools' Day
·- The first day of April, a day on which sportive impositions are practiced.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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All Souls' Day
·- The second day of November; a feast day of the Roman Catholic church, on which supplications are ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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All-a-mort
·adj ·see <<Alamort>>.
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all-a-mort
Struck dumb, confounded. What, sweet one, all-a-mort? SHAKESPEARE.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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shod all round
A parson who attends a funeral is said to be shod all round, when he receives a hat-band, gloves, an...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to beat all hollow
To surpass or overcome completely; thus, "Eclipse beat Sir Henry all hollow." Also, to take wholly b...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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all-to-smash
Smashed to pieces. This expression is often heard in low and familiar language. It is an English pro...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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all sorts of
A Southern expression, synonymous with expert, acute, excellent, capital. It answers to the English ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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of all loves
See love.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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back off all
The order when the harpooner has thrown his harpoon into the whale. Also, to back off a sudden dange...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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down all chests!
The order to get all the officers' and seamen's chests down below from off the gun-decks when cleari...
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down all hammocks!
The order for all the sailors to carry their hammocks down, and hang them up in their respective ber...
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haul of all!
An order to brace round all the yards at once a manœuvre sometimes used in tacking, or on a sudden c...
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heaving through all
The surging or slipping of the cable when the nippers do not hold.
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one-and-all
A mutinous sea-cry used in the Dutch wars. Also, a rallying call to put the whole collective force o...
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rode of all
Improperly so written for rowed of all (which see). The order to throw in and boat the oars.
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rowed of all!
The orders for the rowers to cease, and toss their oars into the boat simultaneously, in naval style...
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tipping all nines
, or tipped the nines.
Foundering from press of sail.
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(St.) Andrew ad Sanctam Trinitatem
Early grants (12th cent.) of land and dwellings in the parish of St. Andrew made by the Prior and Co...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Margaret prope piscariam, ad Pontem
See St. Margaret Fish Street Hill.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Michael in Foro ad Bladum
See St. Michael le Querne.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Desire of all nations
(Hag. 2:7), usually interpreted as a title of the Messiah. The Revised Version, however, more correc...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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agog, all-a-gog
Anxious, eager, impatient: from the Italian AGOGARE, to desire eagerly.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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mother of all saints
The Monosyllable.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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mother of all souls
The same. IRISH.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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woman of all work
Sometimes applied to a female servant, who refuses none of her master's commands.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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all-a-taunt-o
See a'taunto
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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good-at-all-points
Practical in every particular.
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(St.) Peter ad Vincula in the Tower
On the west side of the Tower (O.S.).
In the Inner ward, at the north-west angle of the Parade (Bel...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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hoddy doddy, all a-se and no body
A short clumsy person, either male or female.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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the crack, or all the crack. the fashionable theme, the go. the crack lay, of late is used, in the cant language, to signify the art and mystery of house-breaking.
Crust, sea biscuit, or ammunition loaf; also the backside. Farting crackers; breeches.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose