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(The) Crown and Cushion
See Pay Office.
...
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The Rose and Crown
A house so called in parish of St. Michael Crooked Lane demised to the use of the church and parish ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Crown
·- ·p.p. of Crow.
II. Crown ·noun The dome of a furnace.
III. Crown ·- of <<Crow>>.
IV. Crown ·no...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Crown
1) Denotes the plate of gold in the front of the high priest's mitre (Ex. 29:6; 39:30). The same Heb...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Crown
1) (Le Crown)
A messuage so called in parish of St. Andrew in Holborn, 31 Eliz. (Lond. I. p.m. III....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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crown
I.
A common denomination in most parts of Europe for a silver coin, varying in local value from 2 ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Crown
This ornament, which is both ancient and universal, probably originated from the fillets used to pre...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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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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Crown and Cushion Court
South out of Cow Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Elmes, 1831).
Former name : "Bore's...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Crown and Horseshoe Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 6 to the Thames (P.O. Directory). In Castle Baynard Ward.
F...
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Crown and Sheaf Place
See Crown and Sheers Place.
...
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Crown and Shears Place
See Crown and Sheers Place.
...
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Crown and Sheers Alley
See Crown and Sheers Place.
...
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Crown and Sheers Court
See Crown and Sheers Place.
...
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Crown and Sheers Place, Royal Mint Street
North out of Royal Mint Street. In. Portsoken Ward (L.C.C. List of Streets, 1901).
Former names : "...
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Fox and Crown Court
1) South out of Barbican in Aldersgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720-Boyle, 1799).
The site is now...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hand and Crown Court
1) North-east out of Gravel Lane. In Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 27-Boyle, 1799).
Remo...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Rose and Crown Court
1) East out of Fetter Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
Site now covered by Blewit...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bell and Star Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street, two doors from Earl Street, Blackfriars (Lockie, 1816).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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 ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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And
·conj If; though. ·see <<An>>, ·conj.
II. And ·conj It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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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Crown Court, Crown Inn
On the south side of Newgate Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (Strype, 1720-Boyle, 1799). West of R...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Copple-crown
·noun A created or high-topped crown or head.
...
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Crown colony
·add. ·- A colony of the British Empire not having an elective magistracy or a parliament, but gover...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Crown office
·- The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of th...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Crown side
·- ·see Crown office.
...
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Crown wheel
·- A wheel with cogs or teeth set at right angles to its plane;
— called also a contrate wheel or f...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Crown-imperial
·noun A spring-blooming plant (Fritillaria imperialis) of the Lily family, having at the top of the ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Crown-post
·noun ·same·as King-post.
...
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Crown-saw
·noun A saw in the form of a hollow cylinder, with teeth on the end or edge, and operated by a rotat...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Crown Alley
In Bridewell precinct by Fleet Ditch (W. Stow, 1722).
Not named in the maps.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Crown Buildings
In Crown Court, Old Broad Street (L.C.C. List, 1912).
...
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Crown Court
1) South out of Cheapside at No. 64, next to Sir John Bennett's (P.O Directory). In Cheap Ward.
Fir...
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Crown Inn
1) At the northern end of Faulcon Court, Fleet Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720 ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Crown Key
Messuage and quay called "le Crowne Kay" in parish of St. Dunstan in the east in ward of the Tower o...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Crown Tavern
1) See Crown Place, Aldgate High Street.
2) In a court, south out of Leadenhall Street, adjoining t...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Crown Yard
West out of Bishopsgate Street in Bishopsgate Ward Without (O. and N. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
The London...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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crown office
The head. I fired into her keel upwards; my eyes and limbs Jack, the crown office was full; I s--k-d...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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woolley crown
A soft-headed fellow.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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crown-work
In fortification, the largest definite form of outwork, having for its head two contiguous bastioned...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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double-crown
A name given to a plait made with the strands of a rope, which forms part of several useful and orna...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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obsidional crown
The highest ancient Roman military honour; the decoration of the chief who raised a siege.
...
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rostral-crown
The naval crown anciently awarded to the individual who first boarded an enemy's ship.
...
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Cock and Crown Court, Aldersgate
See Rose and Rainbow Court.
...
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Rose and Crown Court, Houndsditch
West out of Houndsditch, adjoining the old line of the Wall of London. 'In Portsoken Ward (O. and M....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bell animalcule
·- An infusorian of the family Vorticellidae, common in fresh-water ponds.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bell bearer
·- A Brazilian leaf hopper (Bocydium tintinnabuliferum), remarkable for the four bell-shaped appenda...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bell Alley
1) West out of Grub Street (Milton Street) in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677, and Hatton, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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....
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bell-topper
n.
The ordinary Australian namefor the tall silk-hat.
1860. W. Kelly, `Life in Victoria,' p. 268 [...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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 ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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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Bell and Bear Alley, Great Eastcheap
See White Bell Alley.
...
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Crown of thorns
Our Lord was crowned with a, in mockery by the Romans (Matt. 27:29). The object of Pilate's guard in...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Crown Alley, Houndsditch
South-west out of Houndsditch. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677).
Not shown in the later maps and ...
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Crown Alley, Minories
West out of the Minories. In Portsoken Ward (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Former name : "Crown Court" (O...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Crown Court, Bethlem
North out of Old Bethlem. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, 1720 and 1755).
See Baker's Building...
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Crown Court, Minories
See Crown Alley.
...
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Crown Court, Moorfields
East out of Moorfields. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
Called "Three Tun...
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Crown Office Row
On the north side of the Inner Temple Gardens, within the Temple precincts (P.O. Directory).
First ...
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Three Crown Alley
1) See Three Crown Court, Minories.
2) South-west out of Houndsditch (O. and M. 1677).
Site rebuil...
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Three Crown Court
1) West out of Garlick Hill, in Vintry Ward (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
See Church Place.
2) Wes...
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Crown Of Thorns
(Matthew 27:29) Our Lord was crowned with thorns in mockery by the Roman soldiers. Obviously some sm...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Rose and Crown Court, St. Katherine's Lane
East out of St. Katherine's Lane, nearly opposite Flemings' Church Yard (Rocque, 1746-Lockie, 1810)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bell, Henry Glassford
(1805-1874)
Poet and historian, was a member of the Scottish Bar, and became Sheriff of Lanarkshire...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Scott, William Bell
(1811-1890)
Poet and painter, s. of Robert S., an engraver, and brother of David S., painter, b. in...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Bell, Henry Thomas Mackenzie
(b. 1856)
Poet and critic. Spring's Immortality and other Poems, Christina Rossetti, Pictures of Tr...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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The Bell, Birchin Lane
Messuage called the Bell with a garden situate in parish of St. Edmund the King and Martyr belonging...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Bell, Milk Street
A messuage called the Corner House and now called the Signe of the Bell in parish of St. Mary Magdal...
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,...
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Bell Inn, Holborn
See Old Bell Inn.
...
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Bell Inn, Walbrook
See Bell Court.
...
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Bell Wharf Lane
South out of Upper Thames Street to Greenwich Street and Bell Wharf, opposite No.177 Upper Thames St...
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Bell Wharf Stairs
At Bell Wharf, Thames Street (q.v.) (Strype, ed. 1755).
...
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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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Five Bell Court
Out of Leadenhall Street, in Aldgate Ward (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Also called "Cup and Fan Court."...
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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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Little Bell Alley
South from Leathersellers' Buildings to Copthall Buildings on the boundary of Broad Street and Colem...
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Old Bell Inn
On the north side of Holborn at No.123 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within.
First mention: ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's Bell Tower
In the Lib. Cust. I. 343, it is stated that the Campanile used by the citizens to summon the Folkmoo...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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Six Bell Court
In Six Bell Passage, Foster Lane (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Six Bell Passage
In Foster Lane (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Ten Bell Court
South out of Snow Hill, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Site now covered by Hol...
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Twelve Bell Court
West out Of Bow Lane, in Cordwainer Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 24-Boyle, 1799).
It communicate...
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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,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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bell-frog, golden
n.
See golden bell-frog.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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golden bell-frog
n.
name applied to a largegold and green frog, Hyla aurea, Less., which, unlikethe great majority o...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Crown Alley, Petticoat Lane
South-west out of Petticoat Lane (Middlesex Street). In Portsoken Ward (Boyle, 1799).
Earliest ment...
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Crown Alley, Tudor Street
See Crown Court.
...
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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 ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Crown Court, Crutched Friars
North out of Crutched Friars. In Aldgate Ward (O. and M. 1677).
Site has been rebuilt for offices a...
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Crown Court, Foster Lane
See Three Crown Court.
...
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Crown Court, Throgmorton Street
See White Lyon Court.
...
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Crown Inn, Newgate Market
See Crown Court6, Warwick Lane.
...
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Three Crown Court, Minories
West out of the Minories. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677-Lond. Guide, 1758).
Former names: "Thre...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bell system of control
·add. ·- ·see <<Cloche>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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The Bell, St. Giles' Cripplegate
Messuage called the signe of the Bell and a garden in parish of St. Giles Without Cripplegate, 1565 ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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Bell Inn, Coleman Street
Messuage called "The Bell" on the east side of the street called Colman Streete, in parish of St. St...
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Bell Inn, Friday Street
On the West side of Friday Street at No.13, in Bread Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
The ...
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Bell Inn, Grub Street
See Bell Alley1, Grub Street.
...
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Bell Yard, Fenchnrch Street
See Bell Court.
...
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Bell Yard, Gracechurch Street
West out of Gracechurch Street, at No.12 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Within.
First mentio...
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Bell Yard, Mincing Lane
See Bell Court.
...
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Blue Bell Inn, Holborn
See Old Bell Inn.
...
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Castor and Pollux
·- ·see Saint Elmo's fire, under <<Saint>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Half-and-half
·noun A mixture of two malt liquors, ·esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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In and an
·adj & ·adv Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. ·see under <<Breeding>...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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In-and-in
·noun An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, eithe...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Lords and Ladies
·- The European wake-robin (Arum maculatum), — those with purplish spadix the lords, and those with ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Make and break
·add. ·- Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
...
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Tom and Jerry
·add. ·- A hot sweetened drink of rum and water spiced with cinnamon, cloves, ·etc., and beaten up w...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Tops-and-bottoms
·noun ·pl Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in halves, and then browned in an oven, — used as food fo...
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Tweedledum and Tweedledee
·add. ·- Two things practically alike;
— a phrase coined by John Byrom (1692-1793) in his satire "O...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Azur and Azzur
Helper.
1) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet (Jer. 28:1).
2) The father of Jaazaniah (Ezek. ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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By and by
Immediately (Matt. 13:21; R.V., "straightway;" Luke 21:9).
...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Castor and Pollux
The "Dioscuri", two heroes of Greek and Roman mythology. Their figures were probably painted or scul...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Jachin and Boaz
The names of two brazen columns set up in Solomon's temple (1 Kings 7:15-22). Each was eighteen cubi...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Tryphena and Tryphosa
Two female Christians, active workers, whom Paul salutes in his epistle to the Romans (16:12).
...
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(The) Cat and Fiddle
In the parish of St. Benet Sherehog, 1542 (L. and P. H. VIII. XVII. 393).
Earliest mention: "le Cat...
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The Hand and Still
In Houndesditch at the boundary of Bishopsgate Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 94, and in 1755 ed.).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hoare and Co
Premises on the west side of Water Lane, in Farringdon Ward Within (Horwood, 1799).
Site occupied i...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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air and exercise
He has had air and exercise, i.e. he has been whipped at the cart's tail; or, as it is generally, th...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bird and baby
The sign of the eagle and child.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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black and white
In writing. I have it in black and white; I have written evidence.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bubble and squeak
Beef and cabbage fried together. It is so called from its bubbling up and squeaking whilst over the ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bulk and file
Two pickpockets; the bulk jostles the party to be robbed, and the file does the business.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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buttock and file
A common whore and a pick-pocket. Cant.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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buttock and twang, or down buttock and sham file
A common whore, but no pickpocket.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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buttock and tongue
A scolding wife.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to chop and change
To exchange backwards and forwards. To chop, in the canting sense, means making dispatch, or hurryin...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ducks and drakes
To make ducks and drakes: a school-boy's amusement, practised with pieces of tile, oyster-shells, or...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gamon and patter
Common place talk of any profession; as the gamon and patter of a horse-dealer, sailor, &c.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gog and magog
Two giants, whose effigies stand on each side of the clock in Guildhall, London; of whom there is a ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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guts and garbage
A very fat man or woman. More guts than brains; a silly fellow. He has plenty of guts, but no bowels...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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here and thereian
One who has no settled place of residence.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hide and seek
A childish game. He plays at hide and seek; a saying of one who is in fear of being arrested for deb...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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inside and outside
The inside of a **** and the outside of a gaol.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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milk and water
Both ends of the busk.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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monks and friars
Terms used by printers: monks are sheets where the letters are blotted, or printed too black; friars...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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orthodoxy and heterodoxy
Somebody explained these terms by saying, the first was a man who had a doxy of his own, the second ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pothooks and hangeks
A scrawl, bad writing.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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quick and nimble
More like a bear than a squirrel. Jeeringly said to any one moving sluggishly on a business or erran...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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quirks and quillets
Tricks and devices. Quirks in law; subtle distinctions and evasions.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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roaratorios and uproars
Oratorios and operas.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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roast and boiled
A nick name for the Life Guards, who are mostly substantial house-keepers; and eat daily of roast an...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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six and tips
Whisky and small beer. IRISH.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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sixes and sevens
Left at sixes and sevens: i.e. in confusion; commonly said of a room where the furniture, &c. is sca...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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tarring and feathering
A punishment lately infliced by the good people of Boston on any person convicted, or suspected, of ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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chock-and-log
n. and adj.
a particularkind of fence much used on Australian stations. The Chock is a thick short ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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by fits and starts
At short and sudden intervals interruptedly.
As prayer is a duty of daily occurrence, the injunctio...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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back and forth
Backwards and forwards, applied to a person in walking, as, "He was walking back and forth." A commo...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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black and blue
The color of a bruise; a familiar expression for a bruise, here and in England.
Mistress Ford, good...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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black and white
To put a thing into black and white, is, to commit it to writing. In use in Scotland.--Jamieson.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.