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Great Eastcheap
See Eastcheap.
...
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Great Bear Alley
West out of Seacoal Lane to the Fleet Ditch or New Canal, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Bell Alley
East out of Coleman Street, at No. 56, to Moorgate Street (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street Ward.
...
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Bear Alley
Out of Addle Hill (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Bell Alley
1) West out of Grub Street (Milton Street) in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677, and Hatton, ...
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Eastcheap
East from No. 48 Gracechurch Street and Fish Street Hill to Great Tower Street (P.O. Directory).
In...
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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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Great Bear Quay
See Bear Quay.
...
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to bear the bell
To excel or surpass all competitors, to be the principal in a body or society; an allusion to the fo...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Back Alley, Bear Alley
South out of Bear Alley and west to Fleet Market (Rocque, 1746-Dodsley, 1761). See Back Bear Alley.
...
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Bear
·vt To gain or win.
II. Bear ·noun A portable punching machine.
III. Bear ·noun A <<Bier>>.
IV. B...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bear
A native of the mountain regions of Western Asia, frequently mentioned in Scripture. David defended ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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The Bear
1) Tenement so called in Botolph Lane in 1544 (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 172).
This tenement was dev...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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bear
One who contracts to deliver a certain quantity of sum of stock in the public funds, on a future day...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bear, native
n.
the colonists' name for ananimal called by the aborigines Koala, Koolah, Kool-la, andCarbora ( P...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bear
1) for bar. Connecticut and Virginia.
2) A word to denote a certain description of stock-jobbers.--...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bear
A large block of stone, matted, loaded with shot, and fitted with ropes, by which it is roused or pu...
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Bear
(1 Samuel 17:34; 2 Samuel 17:8)
The Syrian bear, Ursus syriacus, which is without doubt the animal ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Bear and Ragged Staff Alley
East out of Red Cross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype, ed. 1720).
The si...
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Bell and Crown
On the north side of Holborn, east of Furnival's Inn, in Farringdon Ward Without. The southern porti...
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Back Bear Alley
On the south side of Bear Alley, Fleet Market, in Farringdon (Lockie, 1810 and 1816).
Former names ...
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Little Bear Alley
East from the New Canal with a passage north to Great Bear Alley, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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White Bear Alley
West out of Addle Hill, with a passage north to Church Hill, in Castle Baynard Ward (Rocque, 1746-L....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great
·superl Pregnant; big (with young).
II. Great ·noun The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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great
1) This word is used variously. A great Christian, for a pious man; great horse is applied to a smal...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Great Cock Alley
North out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without, and east to White Cross Street (Rocque, 1746-...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Swan Alley
East out of Coleman Street, at No. 66, across Moorgate Street, at No. 39, to Little Swan Alley (P.O....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bell Alley, Barbican
Mentioned 1667 (L. and P. Chas. II. 1667, p. 92).
The Bell Inn on the east side of Aldersgate Stree...
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Bell Alley, Bishopsgate
West out of Bishopsgate Street, near the middle, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bell Wheel Alley
West out of Mark Lane, nearly opposite Hart Street. In Tower Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
No...
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Five Bell Alley
In Little Moorfields (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Little Bell Alley
South from Leathersellers' Buildings to Copthall Buildings on the boundary of Broad Street and Colem...
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Six Bell Alley
In Bearbinder Lane (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
Name derived from the sign, rep...
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Two Bell Alley
On Snow Hill (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
Named after the sign.
...
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White Bell Alley
North out of Great Eastcheap, east of St. Clement's Lane. In Candlewick Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype,...
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Bell
·vt To utter by bellowing.
II. Bell ·vt To put a bell upon; as, to bell the cat.
III. Bell ·vt To ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bell
The bells first mentioned in Scripture are the small golden bells attached to the hem of the high pr...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Bell
1) (Le Bell)
Inn called "le Bell" in Mynchynlane, parish of St. Dunstan in le Est, belonging to St ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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bell
♦ Strike the bell. The order to strike the clapper against the bell as many times as there are half ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Great White Bear Court
North out of Thames Street in Blackfriars, west of Addle Hill, in Castle Baynard Ward (P.C. 1732).
...
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Great Bell Alley, Milton Street, Cripplegate
See Bell Court.
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(St.) Andrew Eastcheap
See St. Andrew Hubbard.
...
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(St.) Clement, Eastcheap
On the east side of Clement's Lane at No. 27 (P.O. Directory). In Candlewick Ward. The parish extend...
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(St.) George Eastcheap
See St. George Botolph Lane.
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(St.) Leonard Eastcheap
On the east side of Fish Street Hill, in Bridge Ward Within, at the corner of Eastcheap.
The parish...
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Little Eastcheap
See Eastcheap.
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The Bear and Ragged Staff
A tenement in the parish of St. John the Evangelist in Watling Street near St. Paul's Church now kno...
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Dog and Bear Inn
See Carpenter's Buildings.
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grin and bear it
The stoical resignation to unavoidable hardship, which, being heard on board ship by Lord Byron, pro...
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Bell and Star Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street, two doors from Earl Street, Blackfriars (Lockie, 1816).
...
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Bell and Wheel Yard
West out of the Minories (O. and M. 1677), near the middle. In Portsoken Ward.
Other names : "Bell ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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bell, book, and candle
They cursed him with bell, book, and candle; an allusion to the popish form of excommunicating and a...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Bear Alley, Farringdon Street
East out of Farringdon Street at No.28 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without.
First mention:...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bear Alley, Fleet Ditch
West from Fleet Ditch and south to Bride Lane, in Bridewell precinct, in Farringdon Ward Without (O....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bear Alley, London Wall
Out of London Wall, in parish of All Hallows, London Wall (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Called in P.C. S...
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Bell Alley, Abchurch Lane
In Abechurch Lane, mentioned in deed of 1649 (End. Ch. Rep. St. Michael Crooked Lane, 1903, p. 8).
...
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Bell Alley, Cannon Street
In Cannon Street, by Budge Row, at Walbrook End (W. Stow, 1722-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps....
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Bell Alley, Coleman Street
See Great Bell Alley.
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Bell Alley, Fenchurch Street
See Bell Court.
...
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Bell Alley, Golden Lane
West out of Golden Lane, on the northern boundary of the City and of Cripplegate Ward Without, runni...
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Bell Alley, Hosier Lane
North out of Hosier Lane. In Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1720, I. iii. 284).
Th...
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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...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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(The) Great Garden, Great Gardens
See Great Garden Street.
...
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Ant-bear
·noun An edentate animal of tropical America (the Tamanoir), living on ants. It belongs to the genus...
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Bear State
·add. ·- Arkansas;
— a nickname, from the many bears once inhabiting its forests.
...
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Sea bear
·- The white bear.
II. Sea bear ·- Any fur seal. ·see under <<Fur>>.
...
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Water bear
·- Any species of Tardigrada, 2. ·see ·Illust. of Tardigrada.
...
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Bear Court
1) East out of Giltspur Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, 1720 and 1755).
Site now occupi...
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Bear Inn
1) On the east side of Basinghall Street, near the middle, at.No. 31, in Bassishaw Ward (O. and M. 1...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bear Quay
Between Porter's Quay east and New Bear Quay west (Act Parlt. 1559-Lockie, 1810).
Other names : "Gr...
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Bear Yard
North out of Bride Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
The site is now occupied by s...
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White Bear
In Abchurch Lane.
Destroyed in the Fire 1666.
Rebuilt as " Pontack's," for many years a famous tav...
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bear leader
A travelling tutor.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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monkey-bear
or Monkey
n.
i.q. Native Bear. See Bear.
1853. C. St. Julian and E. K. Silvester, `TheProductions...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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native bear
n.
See bear.
...
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bear state
A name by which the State of Arkansas is known at the West. I once asked a Western man if Arkansas a...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bear, to
The direction of an object from the viewer; it is used in the following different phrases: The land'...
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over-bear
One ship overbears another if she can carry more sail in a fresh wind.
...
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sea-bear
A name applied to several species of large seals of the genus Otaria, found both in the northern and...
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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...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Adam and Eve Alley
See Adam and Eve Court, West Smithfield.
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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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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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Great-bellied
·adj Having a great belly; bigbellied; pregnant; teeming.
...
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Great-grandchild
·noun The child of one's grandson or granddaughter.
...
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Great-granddaughter
·noun A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter.
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Great-grandfather
·noun The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
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Great-grandmother
·noun The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother.
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Great-grandson
·noun A son of one's grandson or granddaughter.
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Great-hearted
·adj High-spirited; fearless.
II. Great-hearted ·adj Generous; magnanimous; noble.
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Great-heartedness
·noun The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity.
...
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Tun-great
·adj Having the circumference of a tun.
...
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The Great Conduit in Westcheap
At the eastern end of Cheapside in the parish of St. Mary Colechurch, opposite the Hospital of St. T...
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Great Minories
See Minories.
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great intimate
As great as shirt and shitten a-se.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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great joseph
A surtout. CANT.
...
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great big
Very large. Often used by children.
...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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great with
Intimate with; high in favor with.--Craven Glossary. Dr. Webster notices this word in the same sense...
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great circle
One whose assumed plane passes through the centre of the sphere, dividing it equally.
...
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great gun
The general sea-term for cannons, or officers of great repute.
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great ocean
The Pacific, so called from its superior extent.
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great shakes
See shakes.
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great guns and small-arms
The general armament of a ship. Also, a slang term for the blowing and raining of heavy weather.
...
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Bell animalcule
·- An infusorian of the family Vorticellidae, common in fresh-water ponds.
...
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Bell bearer
·- A Brazilian leaf hopper (Bocydium tintinnabuliferum), remarkable for the four bell-shaped appenda...
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Bell crank
·- A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the ape...
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Bell jar
·- A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having...
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Bell metal
·- A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin;
— used ...
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Bell pepper
·- A species of Capsicum, or Guinea pepper (C. annuum). It is the red pepper of the gardens.
...
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Bell process
·add. ·- The process of washing molten pig iron by adding iron oxide, proposed by I. Lowthian Bell o...
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Bell-faced
·adj Having the striking surface convex;
— said of hammers.
...
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Bell-mouthed
·adj Expanding at the mouth; as, a bell-mouthed gun.
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Bell-shaped
·adj Having the shape of a wide-mouthed bell; campanulate.
...
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Dumb-bell
·noun A weight, consisting of two spheres or spheroids, connected by a short bar for a handle; used ...
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Sance-bell
·noun ·Alt. of Sancte bell.
...
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Sancte bell
·noun ·see Sanctus bell, under <<Sanctus>>.
...
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The Bell Brewhouse
, Aldgate High Street.
See Crown Place, Royal Mint Street.
...
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The Bell, Holborn
A tenement called "le Bell" in parish of St. Andrew in Holbourne between a tenement formerly belongi...
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Bell Court
1) West out of Foster Lane, in Aldersgate Ward (Horwood, 1799-Lockie, 1816), north of Bell Square.
...
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Bell Inn
1) On the east side of Warwick Lane, in Castle Baynard Ward (O. and M. 1677-Lockie, 1816).
Strype s...
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Bell Square
1) East out of St. Martin's le Grand to Foster Lane in Aldersgate Ward (Horwood, 1799-Lockie, 1816)....
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Bell Tavern
Mentioned in bounds of parish of St. Katherine Creechurch, apparently in Crutched Friars (Strype, ed...
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Bell Wharf
1) South out of Thames Street in parish of St. Benet, Paul's Wharf, at the eastern boundary of the p...
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Bell Yard
1) South out of Carter Lane at No.41 to Knightrider Street, in Castle Baynard Ward (P.O. Directory)....
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Blue Bell
In Bread Street, in Bread Street Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 201).
"Blew Bell," in Cheapsyde me...
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bell swagger
A noisy bullying fellow.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bell-bird
n.
name given to several birds,fromtheir note, like the tinkling of a bell. In Australia,a Honey-ea...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bell-bottomed
adj.
a particular fashion oftrouser affected by the larrikin (q.v.).
1891. `The Argus,' Dec. 5, p....
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bell-topper
n.
The ordinary Australian namefor the tall silk-hat.
1860. W. Kelly, `Life in Victoria,' p. 268 [...
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sleigh-bell
A small hollow ball, made of bell-metal, having a hole in it that passes half round its circumferenc...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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saint's-bell
Kent. The same as the ting-tang in the North.
...
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bell-buoy
A large can-buoy on which is placed, in wicker-work, a bell, which is sounded by the heaving and set...
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bell-rope
A short rope spliced round a thimble in the eye of the bell-crank, with a double wall-knot crowned a...
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bell-top
A name applied to the top of a quarter-gallery, when the upper stool is hollowed away, or made like ...
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bell-ware
A name of the Zostera marina (which see).
...
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diving-bell
Used in under-water operations for recovering treasure, raising ships, anchors, &c.
...
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Black Bear Alley, Fleet Market
See Back Bear Alley
...
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Brown Bear Alley or Court
North out of Upper East Smithfield, at No. 1, in the parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate (L.C.C. List, 19...
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White Bear Alley, Rosemary Lane
See Bell Alley, Little Tower Hill.
...
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White Bear Alley, St. Katherine's
West out of Red Cross Street (Rocque, 1746).
Name probably derived from "White Bear Brewhouse" (Sur...
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(St.) Clement Eastcheap Churchyard
On the east side of the church, "Graveyard disused" (O.S. 1880).
It is shown in O. and M. 1677, the...
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Pudding Lane, Eastcheap
South out of Easteheap, at No.2, to 120 Lower Thames Street (P.O. Directory). In Billingsgate Ward a...
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The Weigh House, Eastcheap
On the south side of Little Eastcheap, between Botolph Lane and Love Lane (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1880)...
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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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Bell Alley, Little Tower Hill
North out of Little Tower Hill, east from the Minories (O. and M. 1677).
Earliest mention: "The Bel...
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Bell Alley, St. Katherine's Lane
See Bell Court.
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Little Bell Alley, Grub Street
See Bell Alley.
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blowing great guns and small arms
Heavy gales; a hurricane.
...
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Bird and Hand Alley, Court
In Cheapside (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
"Bird in Hand Alley" in Boyle.
See Bird in Hand Alley, Court...
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Cat and Wheel Alley, Bishopsgate
See Catherine Wheel Alley.
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Clock and Wheatsheaf Alley, Court
South-west out of Houndsditch. In Portsoken Ward (Boyle, 1799).
Former names : "Clockers Alley" (O....
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George and Catherine Wheel Alley
East out of Bishopsgate at No. 260 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Without.
First mention: Lo...
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Katherine Wheel and George Alley
See George and Catherine Wheel Alley.
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Back Alley, Great Gardens, St. Katherine's
North out of the Great Gardens, St. Katherine's Lane, East Smithfield (Rocque, 1746-Lockie, 1816).
...
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Bell Alley, Labour-In-Vain Hill
West out of Labour-in-Vain Hill and south to Thames Street, in Queenhithe Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle...
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Bell Alley, St. Martin's le Grand
See Bell Square.
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Bear-trap dam
·add. ·- A kind of movable dam, in one form consisting of two leaves resting against each other at t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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The Bear, West Smithfield
Messuage or inn called the Beare in street of West Smithfield in parish of St. Sepulchre, 32 Eliz. (...
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Bear Key Stairs
On the river, opposite Harp Lane and Young's Key, west of Bear Key (Rocque, 1746).
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Little Bear Quay
See New Bear Quay.
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New Bear Quay
West of Bear Quay (Horwood, 1799).
Former name: "Little Bear Key" (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
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White Bear Yard
South out of Bride Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Lockie, 1816)
Not named in the maps.
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bear-garden jaw
Rude, vulgar language, such as was used at the bear-gardens.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to bear a hand
A seaman's phrase. To be ready ; to go to work; to assist.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bear a fist
See bear a bob
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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bear a bob
, or bear a fist
Jocular for "lend a hand."
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Weigh House Yard, Eastcheap
East out of Botolph Lane to Love Lane (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1880). In Billingsgate Ward.
Removed for...
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Great White Way
·add. ·- Broadway, in New York City, in the neighborhood chiefly occupied by theaters, as from about...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Alexander the Great
The king of Macedonia, the great conqueror; probably represented in Daniel by the "belly of brass" (...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Herod the Great
(Matt. 2:1-22; Luke 1:5; Acts 23:35), the son of Antipater, an Idumaean, and Cypros, an Arabian of n...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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(St.) Bartholomew the Great
On the north side of Bartholomew Close, West Smithfield (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without...
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Great Blackhorse Court
Out of Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without (P.C. 1732-Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the ma...
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Great Bush Lane
See Bush Lane.
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Great Carter Lane
See Carter Lane.
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Great Dice Key
It occupies the site of Smart's Key in O. and M. 1677, and Rocque, 1746, but in Strype it is shown b...
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Great Distaff Lane
West out of Friday Street to Old Change, in Bread Street Ward, and Farringdon Ward Within (O.S. 1848...
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Great Elbow Lane
See College Street.
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Great Fryers Gate
South out of Fleet Street to Silver Street, White Friars, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-L...
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Great Garden Street
East out of St. Katherine's Lane to Helmet Court and Butcher Row (Lockie, 1810).
Former names : A t...
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Great Knightrider Street
See Knightrider Street.
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Great New Street
North-east from West Harding Street to Dean Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
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Great Old Bailey
See Old Bailey.
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Great Oxford Court
South out of Camomile Street. In Lime Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
So named as occupyi...
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Great Prescott Street
East from 95 Mansell Street to 104 Leman Street (P.O. Directory). In Goodman's Fields.
Former names...
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Great Rutland Court
See Rutland Place.
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