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Aldgate High Street
From Duke Street at 19 and 20 Aldgate to Middlesex Street at 146 Whitechapel High Street. In Portsok...
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High Street, Aldgate
See Aldgate High Street.
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Harp Alley
1) West out of Farringdon Street, at No. 82, to Bride Street (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Wi...
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Bell Alley, Aldgate High Street
South out of Aldgate High Street, leading into Chequer Yard (O. and M. 1677-P.C. 1732). In Portsoken...
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Harrow Alley, Aldgate High Street
South out of Aldgate High Street at No. 60. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).
Earliest mention: O...
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Hatchet Alley, Aldgate High Street
North out of Aldgate High Street. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
Seems to have bee...
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Parrot Alley, Aldgate high Street
See The Bore's Head Tavern.
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Sun and Trumpet Alley, Aldgate High Street
See Sun Court.
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Aldgate, Street
West from Aldgate High Street to Leadenhall Street at its junction with Fenchurch Street (P.O. Direc...
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Anchor Alley
South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 68 to Three Cranes, on the west side of Vintners' Hall (P.O....
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Harp Alley, Knightrider Street
See Harp Court.
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High Street
1) See Aldgate, Street?.
2) Thames Street seems to be so described in Anc. Deeds, A. 1779.
This ex...
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White Horse Alley, Aldgate High Street
See Black Horse Yard, Aldgate High Street.
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Harp
·noun A grain sieve.
II. Harp ·noun To play on the harp.
III. Harp ·noun A constellation; Lyra, or...
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Harp
(Heb. kinnor), the national instrument of the Hebrews. It was invented by Jubal (Gen. 4:21). Some th...
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harp
To harp upon; to dwell upon a subject. Have among you, my blind harpers; an expression used in throw...
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Harp
The harp was the national instrument of the Hebrews, and was well known throughout Asia. Moses assig...
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Anchor and Hart Alley
North out of Aldgate High Street, near the eastern boundary of Portsoken Ward and within the ward. "...
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Harp Court, Alley
South out of Knightrider Street west of Lambeth Hill, in Castle Baynard Ward (Boyle, 1799).
"Harp A...
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Butcher Row, Aldgate High Street
On the south side of Aldgate High Street, east from the Minories.
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Chequer Yard, Aldgate High Street
South out of Aldgate High Street, the first turning east from the Minories (O.S. 25 in., 1880 ed.). ...
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Church Lane, Aldgate High Street
See Church Row.
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Church Row, Aldgate High Street
North out of Aldgate High Street, on the north and east sides of St. Botolph's Church and churchyard...
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Crown Inn, Aldgate High Street
North out of Aldgate High Street, east of St. Botolph Aldgate Church and Churchyard (O. and M. 1677)...
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Crown Place, Aldgate High Street
North out of Aldgate High Street, at No. 21. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).
Earliest mention: ...
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Sun Court, Aldgate High Street
North out of Aldgate High Street at No. 20. In Portsoken Ward (P.C. 1732-Collingridge, 1908).
Forme...
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White Bear Alley, Court, Aldgate High Street
See Saville Buildings.
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Aldgate
One of the gates in the City wall on its eastern side. It stood in the midst of the High Street, at ...
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aldgate
A draught on the pump at Aldgate; a bad bill of exchange, drawn on persons who have no effects of th...
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Duke Street, Aldgate
West from Aldgate to Bevis Marks (P.O. Directory). The south side is in Aldgate Ward, the northern i...
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high-and-dry
The situation of a ship or other vessel which is aground, so as to be seen dry upon the strand when ...
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Anchor
·noun An emblem of hope.
II. Anchor ·noun An <<Anchoret>>.
III. Anchor ·vi To <<Stop>>; to fix or ...
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Anchor
From Acts 27:29, 30, 40, it would appear that the Roman vessels carried several anchors, which were ...
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The Anchor
A house so called near Aldermanbury given to the parish of St. Olave Jewry (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii...
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anchor
Bring your a-se to an anchor, i.e. sit down. To let go an anchor to the windward of the law; to keep...
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anchor
of a buckle, the chape. Glou.
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anchor
A large and heavy instrument in use from the earliest times for holding and retaining ships, which i...
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Blue Anchor Alley
1) In Great Minories (Dodsley, 1761).
Not further identified.
2) In St. Katherine's precinct (Dods...
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Three Anchor Alley
In Shoe Lane (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
Name derived from the sign.
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High Timber Street
South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 42, and extending east and west between Broken Wharf and Bro...
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High
·vi To <<Hie>>.
II. High ·noun The highest card dealt or drawn.
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high
In gunnery, signifies tightly fitting the bore; said of shot, wads, &c. Also, a gun is said to be la...
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Black Bull Yard, Aldgate High Street
See Aldgate Avenue.
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Black Horse Yard, Aldgate High Street
North out of Aldgate High Street, between Nos. 34 and 35, turning north-east into Middlesex Street (...
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Half Moon Court, Aldgate High Street
South out of Aldgate High Street, near the eastern boundary of the ward. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M...
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Three Tun Tavern, Aldgate High Street
See George Alley.
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White Bear Court, Aldgate High Street
See White Bear Alley.
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Harp Court, Alley, Yard
In Black Horse Alley, Fleet Street, at its northern end, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.C. 1732-Elmes...
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Jew's-harp
·noun The shackle for joining a chain cable to an <<Anchor>>.
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Harp Court
East out of Grub Street, at No. 43, in Cripplegate Ward Without, to the City Police Station in Moor ...
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Harp Lane
South out of Great Tower Street to Lower Thames Street (P.O. Directory). In Tower Ward.
Earliest me...
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harp-cock
An old modification of the harpoon.
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harp-seal
The Phoca grœnlandica, a species of seal from the Arctic seas; so called from the form of a dark-bro...
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jew's-harp
The shackle for joining a chain-cable to the anchor-ring.
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Bread Street Alley
In Bread Street Hill (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Lime Street Alley
East out of Lime Street, with a winding passage leading by Lime Street Square and Billiter Square in...
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Peacock Alley, Street
In Giltspur Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.C. 1732-L. Guide, 1758).
In parish of St. Sepulch...
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And
·conj If; though. ·see <<An>>, ·conj.
II. And ·conj It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive...
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and
• The people who inhabited generally the whole of that country.
• In (Genesis 10:18-20) the seats o...
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Bull Inn, Bull Inn Yard, Aldgate High Street
See Aldgate Avenue.
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Aldgate Avenue
North out of Aldgate High Street at No.24 and east to 25 Middlesex Street. First named, December, 18...
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Aldgate Churchyard
This is the churchyard which is still in existence, adjoining to and surrounding the Church of St. B...
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Aldgate Hermitage
In a turret of the City wall near Aldgate built 4 feet without the turret of the said wall in the Ki...
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Aldgate Pump
Taken down 1876 and a drinking fountain erected on the site.
There was a well called " Alegate well...
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Aldgate Ward
With Tower Ward the easternmost ward of the City within the walls (O.S.).
Earliest mention: " In wa...
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Aldgate Well
See Aldgate Pump.
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(St.) Botolph Aldgate
On the north side of Aldgate High Street, at the south-east corner of Houndsditch. In Portsoken Ward...
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(St.) Michael Aldgate
One of the old parishes mentioned by Stow as having formed first the parish of the Holy Cross or Hol...
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(Holy) Trinity Aldgate
There seems to have been a parish of this name in existence before the foundation of Holy Trinity Pr...
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At the junction of Aldgate High Street with Leadenhall Street and Fenchurch Street (S. 140-O.S. 1875).
Taken down 1876 and a drinking fountain erected on the site.
There was a well called " Alegate well...
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Shepheard and Dog Alley, Shepherd and Dog Alley
See Red Lyon Yard, Houndsditch.
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Alley
·noun A choice taw or marble.
II. Alley ·noun A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
III. ...
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alley
(Lat. albus, white.) An ornamented marble, used by boys for shooting in the ring, &c.; also called i...
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Street
·adj Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or vi...
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Street
The street called "Straight" at Damascus (Acts 9:11) is "a long broad street, running from east to w...
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Street
The streets of a modern Oriental town present a great contrast to those with which we are familiar, ...
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Adam and Eve Alley
See Adam and Eve Court, West Smithfield.
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Bell and Wheel Alley
West out of the Minories (O. and M. 1677), near the middle. In Portsoken Ward.
Other names : "Bell ...
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Black and White Alley
East out of Tower Hill, near Woodruff Lane (Hatton, 1708-Boyle, 1799). Within the Tower precincts.
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Bolt and Tun Alley
1) West out of Fetter Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
Site now occupied by offic...
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Cain and Abel's Alley
1) Out of Angel Alley, Houndsditch (Strype, 1755-Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
2) Out of ...
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Cock and Key Alley
Near Water Lane, Whitefriars, in Farringdon Ward Without.
In a Wardmote Inquest, 1560, the inhabita...
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Cock and Wheatsheaf Alley
See Clock and Wheatsheaf Alley, Court.
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Crown and Sheers Alley
See Crown and Sheers Place.
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Eagle and Child Alley
East out of Shoe Lane at No. 39 to Fleet Market at No. 61, in Farringdon Ward Without (Elmes, 1831)....
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Hand and Crown Alley
North out of Holborn, opposite Holborn Bridge, between King's Arms Inn and Swan Inn, in Farringdon W...
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Hand and Pen Alley
On Great Tower Hill, within the Tower precincts (P.C. 1732-Lond. Guide, 1758).
Not named in the map...
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Leg and Ball Alley
South out of London Wall, in parish of All Hallows, London Wall, in Broad Street Ward.
Broad Street...
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Rose and Crown Alley
1) See Rose and Crown Court, St. Katherine's Lane.
2) South out of Fleet Street, at No.62, to the T...
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Anchor escapement
·add. ·- The common recoil escapement.
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Anchor light
·add. ·- The lantern shown at night by a vessel at anchor. International rules of the road require v...
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Anchor shot
·add. ·- A shot made with the object balls in an anchor space.
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Anchor space
·add. ·- In the balk-line game, any of eight spaces, 7 inches by 3/, lying along a cushion and bisec...
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Anchor watch
·add. ·- A detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck at night when a vessel is at anchor.
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Anchor-hold
·noun Hence: Firm hold: security.
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Sea anchor
·- ·see Drag sail, under 4th Drag.
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Sheet anchor
·vt Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger; the best hope or refuge.
II. Sheet...
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Anchor Inn
On the west side of Duck Lane, in Aldersgate Ward (Rocque, 1746-L. Guide, 1758).
The site is now oc...
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Anchor Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street at No.9 to the Thames, in Castle Baynard Ward, between Crown and Ho...
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Blue Anchor
Strype says that the part of Houndsditch in Bishopsgate Ward Without extends to the Blue Anchor (Str...
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anchor-ball
A pyrotechnical combustible attached to a grapnel for adhering to and setting fire to ships.
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anchor-chocks
Pieces indented into a wooden anchor-stock where it has become worn or defective in the way of the s...
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anchor-davit
See davit.
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anchor-hold
The fastness of the flukes on the ground; also the act of having cast anchor, and taken the ground. ...
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anchor-hoops
Strong iron hoops, binding the stock to the end of the shank and over the nuts of the anchor.
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anchor-ice
The ice which is formed on and incrustates the beds of lakes and rivers: the ground-gru of the easte...
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anchor-lining
The short pieces of plank fastened to the sides of the ship, under the fore-channels, to prevent the...
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anchor-ring
Formerly the great ring welded into the hole for it. Recent anchors have Jew's-harp shackles, easily...
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anchor-seat
An old term for the prow of a ship, still in use with eastern nations Chinese, Japanese, &c.
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anchor-shackle
An open link of iron which connects the chain with the anchor
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anchor-smith
A forger of anchors.
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anchor-stock
A bar at the upper end of the shank, crossing the direction of the flukes transversely, to steady th...
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anchor-stocking
is a mode of securing and working planks in general with tapered butts.
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anchor-watch
A subdivision of the watch kept constantly on deck during the time the ship lies at single anchor, t...
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at anchor
The situation of a vessel riding in a road or port by her anchor.
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floating anchor
A simple machine consisting of a fourfold canvas, stretched by two cross-bars of iron, rivetted in t...
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flood-anchor
That which the ship rides by during the flood-tide.
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foul anchor
An anchor is said to be foul, or fouled, either when it hooks some impediment under water, or when t...
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ice-anchor
A bar of round iron tapered to a point, and bent as a pot-hook; a hole is cut in the ice, the point ...
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lee-anchor
The leeward one, if under weigh; or that to leeward to which a ship, when moored, is riding.
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pilot's-anchor
A kedge used for dropping a vessel in a stream or tide-way.
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rodgers' anchor
The excellent small-palmed, very strong and good-holding anchor. It is the result of many years' stu...
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sea-anchor
That which lies towards the offing when a ship is moored.
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sheet-anchor
One of four bower anchors supplied, two at the bows, and one at either chest-tree abaft the fore-rig...
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shore-anchor
That which lies between the shore and the ship when moored.
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single anchor
A ship unmoored, having hove up one bower, rides by the other.
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spare anchor
An additional anchor the size of a bower.
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stream-anchor
A smaller one by two-thirds than the bowers, and larger than the kedges, used to ride steady, or moo...
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up anchor
Pipe to weigh; every man to his station.
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waist-anchor
An additional or spare anchor stowed before the chess-tree. (See spare anchor.)
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weather-anchor
That lying to windward, by which a ship rides when moored.
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Bull and Mouth Street
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Chain Alley, Cooper's Row, Aldgate
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Rose Alley, Duke's Place, Aldgate
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Church Court, Duke Street, Aldgate
See Church Passage.
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Dark Entry, Duke Street, Aldgate
See Church Passage.
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Breast-high
·adj High as the breast.
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High five
·add. ·- ·see Cinch (the game).
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High priest
·- A chief priest; ·esp., the head of the Jewish priesthood.
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High steel
·add. ·- Steel containing a high percentage of carbon; high-carbon steel.
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High-blown
·adj Inflated, as with conceit.
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High-bred
·adj Bred in high life; of pure blood.
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High-built
·adj Of lofty structure; tall.
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High-church
·adj Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or polic...
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High-churchism
·noun The principles of the high-church party.
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High-churchman
·noun One who holds high-church principles.
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High-churchmen
·pl of High-churchman.
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High-colored
·adj Having a strong, deep, or glaring color; flushed.
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High-embowed
·adj Having lofty arches.
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High-fed
·adj Pampered; fed luxuriously.
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High-finished
·adj Finished with great care; polished.
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High-flown
·adj Elevated; proud.
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High-flushed
·adj <<Elated>>.
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High-go
·noun A spree; a revel.
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High-handed
·adj Overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a high-handed act.
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High-hearted
·adj Full of courage or nobleness; high-souled.
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High-hoe
·noun The European green woodpecker or yaffle.
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High-holder
·noun The flicker;
— called also high-hole.
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High-low
·noun A laced boot, ankle high.
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High-mettled
·adj Having abundance of mettle; ardent; full of fire; as, a high-mettled steed.
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High-minded
·adj Proud; arrogant.
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High-mindedness
·noun The quality of being highminded; nobleness; magnanimity.
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High-palmed
·adj Having high antlers; bearing full-grown antlers aloft.
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High-pressure
·adj Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life.
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High-priesthood
·noun The office, dignity, or position of a high priest.
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High-priestship
·noun High-priesthood.
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High-principled
·adj Possessed of noble or honorable principles.
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High-proof
·adj So as to stand any test.
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High-raised
·adj Elated with great ideas or hopes.
II. High-raised ·adj Elevated; raised aloft; upreared.
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High-reaching
·adj Reaching high or upward; hence, ambitious; aspiring.
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High-red
·adj Of a strong red color.
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High-seasoned
·adj Enriched with spice and condiments; hence, exciting; piquant.
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High-sighted
·adj Looking upward; supercilious.
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High-souled
·adj Having a high or noble spirit; honorable.
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High-sounding
·adj Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.
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High-spirited
·adj Full of spirit or natural fire; haughty; courageous; impetuous; not brooking restraint or oppos...
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High-stepper
·noun A horse that moves with a high step or proud gait; hence, a person having a proud bearing.
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High-stomached
·adj Having a lofty spirit; haughty.
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High-strung
·adj Strung to a high pitch; spirited; sensitive; as, a high-strung horse.
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High-swelling
·adj Inflated; boastful.
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High-toned
·adj High in tone or sound.
II. High-toned ·adj Elevated; high-principled; honorable.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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High-top
·noun A ship's masthead.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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High-wrought
·adj Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Knee-high
·adj Rising or reaching upward to the knees; as, the water is knee-high.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sky-high
·adv & ·adj Very high.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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High place
An eminence, natural or artificial, where worship by sacrifice or offerings was made (1 Kings 13:32;...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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High priest
Aaron was the first who was solemnly set apart to this office (Ex. 29:7; 30:23; Lev. 8:12). He wore ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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High Holborn
West from Holborn Bars to Drury Lane, outside the City boundary (P.O. Directory).
First mention: "H...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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high eating
To eat skylarks in a garret.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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high flyers
Tories, Jacobites.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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high jinks
A gambler at dice, who, having a strong head, drinks to intoxicate his adversary, or pigeon.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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high living
To lodge in a garret, or cockloft
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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high pad
A highwayman. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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high ropes
To be on the high ropes; to be in a passion.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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high shoon
or clouted shoon
A country clown.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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high water
It is high water, with him; he is full of money.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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high ropes
'Upon the high ropes;' i. e. elated; in high spirits.--Grose, Prov. Dict.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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ropes, high
♦ On the high ropes. To be ceremonious, upstart, invested with brief authority.
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The Sailor's Word-Book