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Half Moon Street
West out of Bishopsgate Street Without. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Lockie, 1810-O.S. 1880).
Forme...
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Baker's Court, Half Moon Alley
North out of Half Moon Alley, Little Moorfields (Dodsley, 1761-Lockie, 1816). In Cripplegate Ward Wi...
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Half Moon Court
1) West out of Aldersgate Street, with a passage north into Half Moon Alley (q.v.), in Aldersgate Wa...
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Half-moon
·noun The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
II. Half-moon ·noun The moon at the quarters, when half...
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half-moon
An old form of outwork somewhat similar to the ravelin, originally placed before the salients of bas...
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Baker's Court, Middlesex Street
West out of Middlesex Street at No. 16, in Portsoken Ward (Lockie, 1816-O.S. 1875). Between Hutchiso...
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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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Half Moon Alley
1) Out of Jewin Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in th...
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Half Moon Passage
1) West out of Aldersgate Street, at No. 157, to Bartholomew close, eastern end in Aldersgate Ward, ...
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Half Moon, Aldersgate
A tenement so called in parish of St. Bartholomew Smithfield, adjoining shops in parish of St. Botol...
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Half Moon, Cheapside
Messuage so called in Westchepe in parish of Blessed Mary Colechurch, 23 Eliz. (Lond. I. p.m. III. 4...
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Half Moon Alley, Court, Bishopsgate
See Flying Horse Yard.
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Sugar Baker's Court
East out of Creechurch Lane. In Aldgate Ward (L.C.C. List of Streets, 1912).
First mention: "Sugar ...
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Moon
·vt To expose to the rays of the moon.
II. Moon ·noun A crescentlike outwork. ·see Half-moon.
III....
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Moon
Heb. yareah, from its paleness (Ezra 6:15), and lebanah, the "white" (Cant. 6:10; Isa. 24:23), was a...
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moon
v. tr.
a process in opossum-shooting,explained in quotations.
1888. D. Macdonald, `Gum Boughs,' p....
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moon
Our satellite; she performs her revolution in 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes. (See full moon and new m...
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Moon
The moon held an important place in the kingdom of nature, as known to the Hebrews. Conjointly with ...
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Half
·adj Part; side; behalf.
II. Half ·vt To halve. [Obs.] ·see <<Halve>>.
III. Half ·adj Consisting o...
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Half Moon Alley, Bethlem
South out of Bethlem to Petty France. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, 1720 and 1755).
It is sh...
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Half Moon Alley, Bishopsgate
See Half Moon Street.
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Half Moon Tavern, Cheapside
See Half Moon Alley.
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Half Moon, Bishopsgate Without
Described in a Release of 1543 as "le Signe de le hulfe Mone" belonging to St. Michael's Church, Cor...
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Half Moon, East Smithfield
Messuage called the Half Moon, in East Smithfield, in parish of St. Botolph Without Aldgate (Strype,...
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Half Paved Court
East out of Dorset Street to Bridewell Precinct, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 188...
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Baker's Court, Old Bethlem
Out of Old Bethlem, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
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Baker's Court, Warwick Lane
East out of Warwick Lane, in Castle Baynard Ward (O. and M. 1677).
Now " Crown Court " (q.v.).
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Baker's Alley
1) Out of Monkwell Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) South out of H...
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Baker's Buildings
North out of Old Bethlem. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-O.S. 1848-51).
Former name : " ...
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Bakers' Company
Incorporated 1486 (Cal. L. Bk. L. p. 241).
The ordinances made to regulate the sale of bread from t...
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Bakers' Hall
On the east side of Harp Lane at No. 16. In Tower Ward (P.O Directory).
The Hall is mentioned as ea...
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Baker's Yard
East out of Little Tower Hill, near the Victualling Office (Hatton,1708-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in ...
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bakers dozen
Fourteen; that number of rolls being allowed to the purchasers of a dozen.
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Half-and-half
·noun A mixture of two malt liquors, ·esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts.
...
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Bagnio Court Street
See Roman Bath Street.
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Fleet Street Court
In Fleet Street (Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
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Moon-culminating
·adj Culminating, or coming to the meredian, at or about the same time with the moon;
— said of a s...
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Moon-eye
·noun The <<Cisco>>.
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Moon-eyed
·adj Having eyes affected by the moon; moonblind; dim-eyed; purblind.
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Moon-faced
·adj Having a round, full face.
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Moon Alley
Two gardens in Moone Alye in parish of St. Botolph without Bishops-gate, 30 H. VIII. 1539 (Lond. I. ...
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honey moon
The first month after marriage. A poor honey; a harmless, foolish, goodnatured fellow. It is all hon...
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moon rakers
Wiltshire men: because it is said that some men of that county, seeing the reflection of the moon in...
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blue moon
An indefinite period.
...
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full moon
When her whole illuminated surface is turned towards us; she is then in opposition, or diametrically...
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harvest-moon
The full moon nearest the autumnal equinox, when for several successive evenings she rises at the sa...
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moon-blink
A temporary evening blindness occasioned by sleeping in the moonshine in tropical climates; it is te...
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moon-culminators
Certain stars near the same parallel of declination as the moon, and not differing greatly from her ...
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moon-rakers
Sails above the skysails. They are usually designated moon-sails.
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moon-sheered
A ship the upper works of which rise very high, fore and aft.
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moon-struck
An influence imputed to the moon in the tropics, by which fish, particularly of the Scomber class, t...
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new moon
The moon is said to be new when she is in conjunction with the sun, or between that luminary and the...
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The first day of the lunar month was observed as a holy day. In addition to the daily sacrifice ther...
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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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Half blood
·noun A person so related to another.
II. Half blood ·noun A person whose father and mother are of ...
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Half nelson
·add. ·- A hold in which one arm is thrust under the corresponding arm of the opponent, generally be...
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Half tone
·add. ·noun ·Alt. of Half-tone.
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Half-blooded
·adj Degenerate; mean.
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Half-boot
·noun A boot with a short top covering only the ankle. ·see <<Cocker>>, and Congress boot, under <<C...
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Half-bound
·noun Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book.
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Half-bred
·adj Half-blooded.
II. Half-bred ·adj Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good-breeding; not w...
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Half-breed
·adj Half-blooded.
II. Half-breed ·noun A person who is blooded; the offspring of parents of differ...
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Half-brother
·noun A brother by one parent, but not by both.
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Half-caste
·noun One born of a European parent on the one side, and of a Hindoo or Mohammedan on the other. Als...
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Half-clammed
·adj Half-filled.
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Half-cracked
·adj Half-demented; half-witted.
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Half-deck
·noun ·see Half deck, under <<Deck>>.
II. Half-deck ·noun A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat sh...
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Half-decked
·adj Partially decked.
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Half-faced
·adj Showing only part of the face; wretched looking; meager.
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Half-fish
·noun A salmon in its fifth year of growth.
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Half-hatched
·adj Imperfectly hatched; as, half-hatched eggs.
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Half-heard
·adj Imperfectly or partly heard to the end.
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Half-hearted
·adj Lacking zeal or courage; lukewarm.
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Half-hourly
·adj Done or happening at intervals of half an <<Hour>>.
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Half-learned
·adj Imperfectly learned.
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Half-length
·adj Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.
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Half-mast
·noun A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mou...
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Half-pike
·noun A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a s...
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Half-port
·noun One half of a shutter made in two parts for closing a porthole.
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Half-ray
·noun A straight line considered as drawn from a center to an indefinite distance in one direction, ...
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Half-read
·adj Informed by insufficient reading; superficial; shallow.
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Half-sighted
·adj Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment.
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Half-sister
·noun A sister by one parent only.
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Half-strained
·adj Half-bred; imperfect.
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Half-sword
·noun Half the length of a sword; close fight.
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Half-timbered
·adj Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces filled in with masonry;
— said of buildings.
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Half-tone
·add. ·noun A half step.
II. Half-tone ·add. ·noun A half-tone photo-engraving.
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Half-tounue
·noun A jury, for the trial of a foreigner, composed equally of citizens and aliens.
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Half-wit
·noun A foolish; a dolt; a blockhead; a dunce.
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Half-witted
·adj Weak in intellect; silly.
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Half-yearly
·adj Two in a year; semiannual.
— ·adv Twice in a year; semiannually.
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half cock
'To go off at half cock,' is a metaphorical expression borrowed from the language of sportsmen, and ...
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half-beams
Short timbers, from the side to the hatchways, to support the deck where there is no framing. (See f...
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half-cock
To go off at half-cock is an unexpected discharge of a fire-arm; hurried conduct without due prepara...
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half-davit
Otherwise fish-davit (which see).
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half-deck
A space between the foremost bulk-head of the steerage and the fore-part of the quarter-deck. In the...
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half-flood
See flood.
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half-galley
See galley.
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half-hitch
Pass the end of a rope round its standing part, and bring it up through the bight. (See three half-h...
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half-man
A landsman or boy in a coaster, undeserving the pay of a full-man.
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half-mast
The lowering a flag in respect for the death of an officer.
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half-pike
An iron spike fixed on a short ashen staff, used to repel the assault of boarders, and hence frequen...
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half-point
A subdivision of the compass card, equal to 5° 37′ of the circle.
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half-ports
A sort of one-inch deal shutter for the upper half of those ports which have no hanging lids; the lo...
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half-sea
The old term for mid-channel.
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half-speed!
An order in steam navigation to reduce the speed. (See full speed!)
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half-timbers
The short timbers or futtocks in the cant-bodies, answering to the lower futtocks in the square-body...
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half-top
The mode of making ships' tops in two pieces, which are afterwards secured as a whole by what are te...
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Ball Alley, Half Moon Alley, Bishopsgate
Out of Half Moon Alley, Bishopsgate, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Boyle, 1799-Elmes, 1831).
Not nam...
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Flying Horse Yard, Half Moon Alley
West out of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without, south of Half Moon Alley (P.C. 1732-Elm...
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White Horse and Half Moon Stables
South out of London Wall. In Broad Street Ward (Rocque, 1746).
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Sugar Baker's Yard
See Sugar Baker's Court.
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Court
·noun The session of a judicial assembly.
II. Court ·noun Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecc...
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Court
The enclosure of the tabernacle (Ex. 27:9-19; 40:8), of the temple (1 Kings 6:36), of a prison (Neh....
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court
In New England this word is applied to a legislative body composed of a House of Representatives and...
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Court
(Heb. chatser), an open enclosure surrounded by buildings, applied in the Authorized Version most co...
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(St.) Andrew's Court, Temple Street
West out of Glasshouse Alley, Temple Street in Farringdon Ward Without (O.S. 1875).
First mention: ...
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Angel Court, Hart Street
See New London Street.
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Angel Court, Throgmorton Street
North out of Throgmorton Street at No. 34a (P.O. Directory).
It leads to Copthall Court and is in B...
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Ball Court, Giltspur Street
East out of Giltspur Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (Collmgwood, 1907).
First mention: O. and M...
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Ball Court, Jewry Street
West out of Jewry Street. In Aldgate Ward (L.C.C. List of Streets, 1912) at No. 15 (Lockie, 1810).
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Bartholomew Court, Throgmorton Street
See Throgmorton Court.
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Castle Court, Threadneedle Street
See Bank Street.
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Church Court, Fenchurch Street
See Church Row.
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Crown Court, Cartwright Street
At the south-east end of Cartwright Street, the eastern side leading into Butler's Buildings, Upper ...
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Crown Court, Throgmorton Street
See White Lyon Court.
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Falcon Court, Throgmorton Street
See Faulcon Court.
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French Court, Broad Street
See Hercules' Passage.
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Green Court, Coleman Street
See Basinghall Avenue.
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Green's Court, Coleman Street
See Basinghall Avenue.
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Guildhall Court, Basinghall Street
See Evans' Court.
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Hartshorn Court, Leadenhall Street
See Hartshorn Alley.
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Helmet Court, Wormwood Street
South out of Wormwood Street at No. 12 (P.O. Directory). In Broad Street Ward and Bishopsgate Ward W...
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Hide's Court, Noble Street
See Hind Court.
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John's Court, Somerset Street
East out of Somerset Street at No. 16. A portion only is in Portsoken Ward (London Guide, 1758-Elmes...
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Katherine Court, Throgmorton Street
See Catherine Court1.
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Kingshead Court, Coleman Street
See King's Arms Yard.
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Montford's Court, Milk Street
See Mumford Court.
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Moorcroft's Court, Fleet Street
See Morecroft's Court.
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New Broad Street Court
On the east side of Broad Street Buildings. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (O.S.1880).
The site is now...
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New Court, Throgmorton Street
South out of Throgmorton Street, in Broad Street Ward, at No.8 (P.O. Directory).
First mention; O. ...
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Nonesuch Court, Gracechurch Street
See Holden's Court.
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Oxford Court, Camomile Street
See Great Oxford Court; Little Oxford Court.
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Plow Court, Lombard Street
See Plough Court.
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Queen's Court, Aldersgate Street
See Queen Square.
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Richards' Court, Lime Street
See Riches Court.
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Robinson's Court, Milk Street
See Robinhood Court.
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Rose Court, Tower Street
South out of Great Tower Street at No. 41. In Tower Ward (P.O. Directory).
Earliest mention: O. and...
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Weld Court, Queen Street
See Well Court.
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Willis' Court, Brackley Street
North out of Brackley Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).
Not named in ...
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moon-eyed hen
A squinting wench.
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moon in distance
When the angle between her and the sun, or a star, admits of measurement for lunar observation.
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Bakers' Arms Alley, Minories
North out of Rosemary Lane, towards the middle of that street by the Bakers' Arms (Hatton, 1708-Elme...
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Stable Yard, Baker's Buildings
North out of Baker's Buildings, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746).
The site is now occupie...
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Adam Court, Old Broad Street
See Adam's Court.
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Blackhorse Alley, Court, Fleet Street
North out of Fleet Street with a passage east to Fleet Market and Ditch (O.S. 1848-51).
First menti...
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Blew Boar Court, Friday Street
See Blue Boar Court.
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Bore's Head Court, Gracechurch Street
See Boar's Head Court.
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Bowyer's Court, Hart Street, Cripplegate
See Baker's Alley.
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Church Court, Duke Street, Aldgate
See Church Passage.
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Dudley Court, Silver Street, Cripplegate
See Red Lion Court.
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Horshoe Court, Upper Thames Street
See Wilson's Yard.
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King's Head Court, Whitecross Street
See King's Arms Yard.
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King's Head Court, Widegate Street
Out of Widegate Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 108).
There is a cour...
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Lamb Court, Hart Street, Cripplegate
See Lamb's Chapel Court.
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New Court, Old Broad Street
South-east out of Old Broad Street, in Broad Street Ward, at No.7 (Rocque, 1746-Elmes, 1831).
Rebui...
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(St.) Paul's Alley, Court, Fenchurch Street
See Paulshead Court.
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Pav'd Court, Wood Street, Cheapside
See Frying Pan Alley and St. Alban's Court.
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Ram Alley, Court, Fleet Street
See Hare Place.
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Soldiers' Court, Grub Street, Cripplegate
See Nag's Head Inn.
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St. John's Court, Somerset Street
See John's Court.
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Sugar Loaf Court, Leadenhall Street
South out of Leadenhall Street, at No.49, to Fenchurch Buildings (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.
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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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Swan Court, Great Tower Street
See Black Swan Court.
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Three Crown Court, Jewry Street
West out of Jewry Street at No.12 (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.
First mention: Strype, ed. 172...
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Weatmoreland Court, Passage, Aldersgate Street
See Westmoreland Buildings.
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White Hart Court, Leadenhall Street
See White Hart Alley.
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White Hart Court, Middlesex Street
Near Inkhorn Court, Petticoat Lane. In Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 28).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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White Rose Court, Coleman Street
See Masons' Avenue.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Worley's Court, Royal Mint Street
See Morley's Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Gold Street, Wood Street
See Goldsmith Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Silver Street, Bouverie Street
See Pleydell Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Half seas over
·- Half drunk.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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half seas over
Almost drunk.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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half seas over
Intoxicated; drunk. A sailor's expression.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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half-breadth plan
In ship-building, the same as floor-plan.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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half-drowned land
Shores which are rather more elevated and bear more verdure than drowned land (which see).
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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half-minute glass
See glass.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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half seas over
Nearly intoxicated. This term was used by Swift.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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half-tide rocks
Those showing their heads at half-ebb. (See tide.)
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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half-topsails, under
Said of a chase about 12 miles distant, the rest being below the horizon.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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half-turn ahead!
An order in steam navigation. (See turn ahead!)
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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half-watch tackle
A luff purchase. (See watch-tackle.)
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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three half-hitches are more than a king's yacht wants
An exclamatory remark to a green hand, meaning that two are enough.
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The Sailor's Word-Book