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All Hallows
(le Mechele, the More)
See All Hallows the Great.
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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...
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All Hallows Colemanchurch
Qy. = Katherine (St.) Colman and Colemanchurch (q.v.).
All the references to this church and parish...
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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 (...
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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...
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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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All Hallows Semannescyrce
A Charter of Gilbert, Bishop of London, confirmed the church, " Omnium Sanctorum in London quae dici...
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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...
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All Hallows Stairs
See All Hallows Lane Stairs.
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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...
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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...
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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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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>>.
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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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All Hallows ad Fenum
See All Hallows the Great.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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All Hallows le Grant
See All Hallows the Great.
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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...
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All Hallows super Cellarium
See All Hallows the Less.
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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...
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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...
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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. ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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All Hallows, Tower Street
See All Hallows Barking.
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de
dē, adv.: of place, down , only in the phrase susque deque, q. v.
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de
dē (1) adv.;see susque deque.
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De-
·- A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words...
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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 ...
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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...
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All Hallows in the Ropery
See All Hallows the Great.
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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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All Hallows the Great Churchyard
On the south side of Upper Thames Street. Enclosed and left " in situ " after the removal of the chu...
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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)...
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Church Alley, All Hallows Staining
See Star Alley.
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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save-all
A kind of candlestick used by our frugal forefathers, to burn snuffs and ends of candles. Figurative...
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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 ...
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all-overish
Neither sick nor well. A low word, used both in England and America.
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all-standing
Without preparation, suddenly.
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all-winsome
Winsome is a word used in the north of England, (Ang. Sax. winsum, pleasant,) sweet, pleasant. I hav...
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all over
Bearing a resemblance to some particular object. The word is common in familiar language.
The South...
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all-gates
See Bailey's Diet.
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hold-all
A portable case for holding small articles required by soldiers, marines, and small-arm men on servi...
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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...
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through all
Carrying canvas in heavy squalls without starting a stitch. It demands not only courage, but seamanl...
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De facto
·- Actually; in fact; in reality; as, a king de facto, — distinguished from a king de jure, or by ri...
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De jure
·- By right; of right; by law;
— often opposed to de facto.
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De rigueur
·add. ·- According to strictness (of etiquette, rule, or the like); obligatory; strictly required.
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All Hallows on the Hay, over Heywharf
See All Hallows the Great.
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All Hallows Garschirch, Gracechurch, Grascherch, in Gracioustreete
See All Hallows, Lombard Street.
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All Hallows Within the Gate of Bishopsgate
See All Hallows, London Wall.
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All Fools' Day
·- The first day of April, a day on which sportive impositions are practiced.
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All Souls' Day
·- The second day of November; a feast day of the Roman Catholic church, on which supplications are ...
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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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shod all round
A parson who attends a funeral is said to be shod all round, when he receives a hat-band, gloves, an...
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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...
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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...
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all sorts of
A Southern expression, synonymous with expert, acute, excellent, capital. It answers to the English ...
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of all loves
See love.
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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...
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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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Aber-de-vine
·noun The European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green and yellow finch, related to the goldfin...
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Aid-de-camp
·noun An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to assist or represent him in correspon...
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Aids-de-camp
·pl of Aid-de-camp.
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Auto-de-fe
·noun ·same·as Auto-da-fe.
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Autos-de-fe
·pl of Auto-de-fe.
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Beche de mer
·- The <<Trepang>>.
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Carte de visite
·- A visiting card.
II. Carte de visite ·- A photographic picture of the size formerly in use for a...
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Cartes de visite
·pl of Carte de visite.
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Chanson de geste
·add. ·- Any Old French epic poem having for its subject events or exploits of early French history,...
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Cheval-de-frise
·noun A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six ...
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Chevaux-de-frise
·pl of Cheval-de-frise.
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Cobra de capello
·- The hooded snake (Naia tripudians), a highly venomous serpent inhabiting India. Naja --.
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Cul-de-sac
·noun Any bag-shaped or tubular cavity, vessel, or organ, open only at one end.
II. Cul-de-sac ·nou...
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Culs-de-sac
·pl of Cul-de-sac.
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De bene esse
·- Of well being; of formal sufficiency for the time; conditionally; provisionally.
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Eau de Cologne
·- ·same·as <<Cologne>>.
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Eau de vie
·- French name for brandy. ·cf. Aqua vitae, under <<Aqua>>.
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Edition de luxe
·- ·see <<Luxe>>.
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Felo-de-se
·noun One who deliberately puts an end to his own existence, or loses his life while engaged in the ...
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Felos-de-se
·pl of Felo-de-se.
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Fer-de-lance
·noun A large, venomous serpent (Trigonocephalus lanceolatus) of Brazil and the West Indies. It is a...
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Feu de joie
·- A fire kindled in a public place in token of joy; a bonfire; a firing of guns in token of joy.
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Fin de siecle
·add. ·- Lit., end of the century;
— mostly used adjectively in English to signify: belonging to, o...
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Fleur-de-lis
·noun The iris. ·see Flower-de-luce.
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Fleurs-de-lis
·pl of Fleur-de-lis.
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Flower-de-luce
·noun A genus of perennial herbs (Iris) with swordlike leaves and large three-petaled flowers often ...
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Hors de combat
·- Out of the combat; disabled from fighting.
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Hotel-de-ville
·noun A city hall or townhouse.
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Martel de fer
·- A weapon resembling a hammer, often having one side of the head pointed;
— used by horsemen in t...
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Mont de piete
·- One of certain public pawnbroking establishments which originated in Italy in the 15th century, t...
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Mousseline de soie
·add. ·- A soft thin silk fabric with a weave like that of muslin.
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Oeil-de-boeuf
·add. ·noun A circular or oval window;
— generally used of architecture of the 17th and 18th centur...
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Oeil-de-perdrix
·add. ·adj Having a brownish red color;
— used ·esp. of light-colored red wine.
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Oeils-de-boeuf
·add. ·pl of Oeil-de-boeuf.
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Rez-de-chaussee
·add. ·vt The ground story of a building, either on a level with the street or raised slightly above...
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Robe-de-chambre
·noun A dressing gown, or morning gown.
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Scrutin de liste
·add. ·- Voting for a group of candidates for the same kind of office on one ticket or ballot, conta...
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Tete-de-pont
·noun A work thrown up at the end of a bridge nearest the enemy, for covering the communications acr...
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Tetes-de-pont
·pl of Tete-de-pont.
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Tripe-de-roche
·noun ·same·as Rock tripe, under <<Rock>>.
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Trou-de-loup
·noun A pit in the form of an inverted cone or pyramid, constructed as an obstacle to the approach o...
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Trous-de-loup
·pl of Trou-de-loup.
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Vers de societe
·- ·see Society verses, under <<Society>>.
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Bury, Richard de
(1281-1345)
S. of Sir Richard Aungerville, b. at Bury St. Edmunds, studied at Oxf., and was a Bened...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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De Morgan, Augustus
(1806-1871)
Mathematician, b. in India, and ed. at Camb., was one of the most brilliant of English ...
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De Quincey, Thomas
(1785-1859)
Essayist and miscellaneous writer, s. of a merchant in Manchester, was b. there. The ar...
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Mandeville, Bernard de
(1670-1733)
Satirist, a native of Dort in Holland, who having studied medicine at Leyden, came over...
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Robert de Brunne
See Mannyng, Robert
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Map, or Mapes, Walter de
(fl. 1200)
Ecclesiastical statesman and romancist. Most of the facts about him are gleaned from his...
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Wendover, Roger de
(d. 1236)
Chronicler, a monk of St. Albans, became Prior of Belvoir, from which he was deposed for ...
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Flower de Luce
A messuage and brewhouse so called in Golding Layne in parish of St. Giles without Creplegate, 33 El...
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(St.) Margaret de Brugge
See St. Margaret Fish Street Hill.
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(St.) Martin de Garlekhuthe
See St. Martin Vintry.
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(St.) Mary de Aldermygbure
See St. Mary Aldermanbury.
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(St.) Mary de Arcubus
See St. Mary le Bow.
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(St.) Mary de Berkyngcherch
See All Hallows Barking.
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(St.) Mary de Newechirche
St. Mary "que Niwekirke" dicitur, mentioned in Charter of Wm. I. to Westminster Abbey (Cott. Ch. vi....
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(St.) Mary de Vaucherche
See St. Mary Fenchurch.
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(St.) Mary de Westcheping
In the Charter of Eudo Dapifer "de fundatione Ecclesiae S. Johannis de Colcestre" is : "Et ecclesiam...
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(St.) Nicholas de Bucher'
See St. Nicholas Shambles.
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(St.) Nicholas de Candelwryhtestrate
See St. Nicholas Acon.
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(St.) Nicholas de Colmanstrete
Mentioned in Will of 1329-30 (Ct. H.W. I. 355).
Sharpe suggests that it is either S. Stephen Colema...
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(St.) Nicholas de Stallo
See St. Nicholas Shambles.
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(St.) Nicholas de Westmacekaria
See St. Nicholas Shambles.
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(St.) Olave de Cripelesgate
See St. Olave Silver Street.
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(St.) Thomas de Aquino
See St. Thomas of Acon.
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hubble de shuff
Confusedly. To fire hubble de shuff, to fire quick and irregularly. OLD MILITARY TERM.
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slubber de gullion
A dirty nasty fellow.
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aid-de-camp
A military staff officer, who carries and circulates the general's orders; and another class selecte...
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aspirant de marine
Midshipman in the French navy.
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beche de mer
See trepang.
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chevaux de frise
An adopted term for pickets pointed with iron, and standing through beams, to stop an enemy: this de...
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coup de grace
The finishing shot which brings an enemy to surrender; or the wound which deprives an adversary of l...
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coup de main
A sudden and vigorous attack.
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de nautico fœnore
Of nautical usury; bottomry.
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feu-de-joie
A salute fired by musketry on occasions of public rejoicing, so that it should pass from man to man ...
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hors de combat
A term adopted from the French, signifying so far disabled as to be incapable of taking farther shar...
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tete de pont
A work covering the farther end of a bridge from assault from the country beyond.
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tortue de mer
A turtle. Also a French gabarre, troop, or store ship, with very high 'tween decks.
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trous de loup
Holes dug in the form of an inverted cone, with a sharp picket or stake in each, to break the march ...
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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...
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agog, all-a-gog
Anxious, eager, impatient: from the Italian AGOGARE, to desire eagerly.
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mother of all saints
The Monosyllable.
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mother of all souls
The same. IRISH.
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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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The Sailor's Word-Book
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The Flower de Luce, Flower de Luce Alley, Court
See Fleur de lis Court1, Fetter Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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De Lolme, John Louis
(1740?-1807)
Political writer, b. at Geneva, has a place in English literature for his well-known w...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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De Vere, Aubrey Thomas
(1814-1902)
Poet, s. of Sir Aubrey de V., himself a poet, was b. in Co. Limerick, and ed. at Trinit...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Oxford, Edward de Vere, Earl of
(1550-1604)
Was a courtier of Queen Elizabeth, who lost his friends by his insolence and pride, and...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Ramée, Louise de la ("Ouida")
(1840?-1908)
Novelist, b. at Bury St. Edmunds, dau. of an English f. and a French mother. For many ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Rapin de Thoyras, Paul
(1661-1725)
Historian, b. at Castres, Languedoc, belonged to a Protestant Savoyard family, and came...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Tabley de, John Byron Leicester Warren, 3rd Lord
(1835-1895)
Poet, eldest s. of the 2nd Lord, ed. at Eton and Oxf., was for a time attached to the B...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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De Morgan, William Frend
(b. 1839)
Novelist. Joseph Vance: An Ill-written Autobiography (1906), Alice-for-short: A Dichronis...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Stacpoole, H. de Vere
Novelist. Fanny Lambert, The Crimson Azaleas, The Blue Lagoon (1907), Patsy (1908), The Pools of Sil...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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(St.) Edmund de Gras-Cherch
See St. Edmund the King and Martyr.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Fleur de lis Court
1) East out of Fetter Lane at No. 9, and north to Trinity Church Passage (P.O. Directory). In Farrin...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Flower de Lis Court
1) South out of Bristol Street. In Castle Baynard Ward (O. and M. 1677-Lond. Guide, 1758).
"Flower ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Flower de Luce Alley
South out of Thames Street (Leake, 1666) on the east side of Fishmongers' Hall.
The site was afterw...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Flower de Luce Court
1) East out of Foster Lane, in Aldersgate Ward (O. and M. 1677), north of Carey Street.
The site is...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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John de Vere's Yard
West out of Seething Lane, near St. Olave's, Hart Street (Strype, 1720-1755), with a passage into Ma...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Katherine de Belyeters Lane
A tenement in the parish of "St. Katherine de Belyeters lane" mentioned in 1349 in will of Wm. Ostag...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary de Berkyngcherch, Chapel
Chapel of St. Mary de Barking founded on the north side of the church of All Hallows, Barking, by Ki...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary de Cricherche, Chapel
John de Cantebrigge to be buried Chapel of Crichiche (sic.) Holy Trinity, 49 Ed. III. (Anc. Deeds, A...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.