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The Black Bull
On the north side of Holborn, in Farringdon Ward Without, west of Hatton Garden.
See Bull Inn.
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Leadenhall
Before this property came into the hands of the Mayor and Commonalty and was converted into a market...
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Bull
·vi A seal. ·see <<Bulla>>.
II. Bull ·noun Taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
I...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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bull
1) An Exchange Alley term for one who buys stock on speculation for time, i.e. agrees with the selle...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bull
A stock exchange term for one who buys stock on speculation for time, i. e. agrees with the seller, ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bull
An old male whale. Also, a small keg; also the weak grog made by pouring water into a spirit-cask ne...
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Bull
Bullock
terms used synonymously with ox, oxen, and properly a generic name for horned cattle when a...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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bull-a-bull
or Bullybul
n.
a child'scorruption of the Maori word Poroporo (q.v.), aflowering shrub of New Zeal...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Black
·noun A black pigment or dye.
II. Black ·noun A stain; a spot; a smooch.
III. Black ·noun A black ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Black
Properly the absence of all colour. In Prov. 7:9 the Hebrew word means, as in the margin of the Revi...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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black
To look black at one, to look at one with anger or deep resentment depicted on the countenance.
...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Carfukes, Leadenhall
Poulterers forbidden to stand and expose their goods for sale at Carfukes of Leadenhalle, 44 Ed. III...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Leadenhall Buildings
East out of Gracechurch Street at No. 80, leading into Leadenhall Market (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Leadenhall Chambers
At No. 4 St. Mary Axe, on the east side. In Aldgate Ward (P.O. Directory).
In Rocque's map, 1746, c...
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Leadenhall Chapel
Mentioned in 1444 (Cal. L. Bk. K. p.294). A fraternity of 60 priests besides other brethren and sist...
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Leadenhall Market
On the south side of Leadenhall Street between Gracechurch Street and Lime Street, at No. 88 Gracech...
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Leadenhall Place
West out of Lime Street, at No. 6 to Leadenhall Market (P.O Directory). In Lime Street Ward.
First ...
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Leadenhall Street
East from Cornhill to Aldgate (P.O. Directory).
The east end is in Aldgate Ward, the western portio...
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Black Raven Alley, Leadenhall Street
See Black Raven Court.
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Black Bull Inn, Bishopsgate Street
See Bull Inn.
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Bull brier
·- A species of Smilax (S. Pseudo-China) growing from New Jersey to the Gulf of Mexico, which has ve...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bull fly
·noun ·Alt. of <<Bullfly>>.
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Bull Moose
·add. ·- The figure of a bull moose used as the party symbol of the Progressive party in the preside...
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Bull terrier
·- A breed of dogs obtained by crossing the bulldog and the terrier.
...
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Bull trout
·- The huso or salmon of the Danube.
II. Bull trout ·- Salvelinus malma of California and Oregon;
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Bull-necked
·adj Having a short and thick neck like that of a bull.
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Bull-roarer
·add. ·noun A contrivance consisting of a slat of wood tied to the end of a thong or string, with wh...
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Bull, George
(1634-1710)
Theologian, b. at Wells, ed. at Tiverton and Oxf., took orders, was ordained by an ejec...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Bull Alley
1) In Nicholas Lane, Lombard Street (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in maps.
2) East out of Bro...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bull Court
1) North out of Dunnings Alley. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746).
Also called : "Bull Yar...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Bull Head
A tavern so called within the precinct of St. Martin le Grand, 32 H. viii. 1541 (L. and P. H. VIII. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bull Inn
1) On the north side of Leadenhall Street at No. 152 (O. and M. 1677-Lockie, 1816).
Earliest mentio...
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Bull Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 66, on the Thames, between Queenhithe Wharf and Kennet Wharf...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bull Yard
1) At the south-east end of Church Lane, Houndsditch. In Portsoken Ward (O.S. ed. 1848-51).
Former ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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White Bull
Hostel so called in Westmythfeld, 1445 (Cal. L. Bk. K. p.310).
Not further identified.
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bull beggar, or bully beggar
An imaginary being with which children are threatened by servants and nurses, like raw head and bloo...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bull calf
A great hulkey or clumsy fellow.
See hulkey.
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bull chin
A fat chubby child.
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bull hankers
Persons who over-drive bulls, or frequent bull baits.
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parish bull
A parson.
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town bull
A common whoremaster. To roar like a town bull; to cry or bellow aloud.
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bull-ant
n.
contracted and common form of the words bull-dog ant (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bull-head
n.
The name is applied to manyfishes of different families in various parts of the world,none of wh...
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bull-puncher
or bullock-puncher
,n.
slang for a bullockdriver. According to Barrere andLeland's `Slang Dictiona...
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bull-rout
n. a fish of New South Wales, Centropogon robustus, Guenth., family Scorpaenidae.
1882. Rev. J. E. ...
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bull-jumpings
milk drawn from the cow after the calf has sucked. Called also STROAKINGS. York.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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bull-segg
a gelded bull. N.
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bull-stang
1) a dragon-fly. Cumb.
2) the upright stake in a hedge ; quasi Bole-stang. N.
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bull-dance
At sea it is performed by men only, when without women. It is sometimes called a stag-dance.
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bull-dog
, or muzzled bull-dog
The great gun which stands "housed" in the officer's ward-room cabin. Genera...
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bull-jub
See bull-head
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bull-head
, or bull-jub
A name of the fish called miller's thumb (Cottus gobio).
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bull-trout
The salmon-trout of the Tweed. A large species of trout taken in the waters of Northumberland.
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john bull
The origin of this nickname is traced to a satire written in the reign of Queen Anne, by Dr. Arbuthn...
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Black Bull Yard, Aldgate High Street
See Aldgate Avenue.
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Black art
·- The art practiced by conjurers and witches; necromancy; conjuration; magic.
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Black bass
·- The sea bass. ·see <<Blackfish>>, 3.
II. Black bass ·- An edible, fresh-water fish of the United...
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Black book
·- Any book which treats of necromancy.
II. Black book ·- A book of admiralty law, of the highest a...
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Black death
·- A pestilence which ravaged Europe and Asia in the fourteenth century.
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Black Flags
·add. ·- An organization composed originally of Chinese rebels that had been driven into Tonkin by t...
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Black friar
·- A friar of the Dominican order;
— called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin....
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Black Friday
·add. ·- Any Friday on which a public disaster has occurred, as: In England, December 6, 1745, when ...
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Black Hamburg
·add. ·- A sweet and juicy variety of European grape, of a dark purplish black color, much grown und...
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Black Hand
·add. ·- A lawless or blackmailing secret society, ·esp. among Italians.
II. Black Hand ·add. ·- A ...
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Black hole
·- A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom;
— now commonly with allusio...
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Black lead
·- Plumbago; graphite. It leaves a blackish mark somewhat like lead. ·see <<Graphite>>.
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Black letter
·- The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the fi...
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Black Monday
·- The first Monday after the holidays;
— so called by English schoolboys.
II. Black Monday ·- Eas...
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Black monk
·- A Benedictine monk.
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Black pudding
·- A kind of sausage made of blood, suet, ·etc., thickened with meal.
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Black Rod
·- An usher in the legislature of British colonies.
II. Black Rod ·- the usher to the Chapter of th...
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Black salts
·- Crude potash.
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Black snake
·noun ·Alt. of <<Blacksnake>>.
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Black Spanish
·add. ·- One of an old and well-known Mediterranean breed of domestic fowls with glossy black plumag...
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Black vomit
·- A copious vomiting of dark-colored matter; or the substance so discharged;
— one of the most fat...
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Black wash
·noun ·Alt. of <<Blackwash>>.
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Black-browed
·adj Having black eyebrows. Hence: Gloomy; dismal; threatening; forbidding.
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Black-eyed
·adj Having black eyes.
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Black-faced
·adj Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect.
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Black-hearted
·adj Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad.
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Black-jack
·noun The ensign of a pirate.
II. Black-jack ·noun The Quercus nigra, or barren oak.
III. Black-ja...
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Black-letter
·adj Written or printed in black letter; as, a black-letter manuscript or book.
II. Black-letter ·a...
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Black-mouthed
·adj Using foul or scurrilous language; slanderous.
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Brunswick black
·- ·see Japan black.
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Coal-black
·adj As black as coal; jet black; very black.
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Frankfort black
·- A black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared by burning vine twigs, the lees of wine, ·...
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Jet-black
·adj Black as jet; deep black.
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Magnase black
·- A black pigment which dries rapidly when mixed with oil, and is of intense body.
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Pitch-black
·adj Black as pitch or tar.
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Black, William
(1841-1898)
Novelist. After studying as a landscape painter, he took to journalism in Glasgow. In 1...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Black Friars
A house of Dominican Friars near Ludgate on the site known later as the precinct of Blackfriars.
Fo...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Black Lyon
A messuage in the street called Candelwicke Streete, in the parish of Blessed Mary Abchurch, 25 Eliz...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Black Posts
On the east side of Bell Alley or Back Alley, London Wall Street over against Swan Alley. In Broad S...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Black Raven
On the west side of Bishopsgate, No. 136. In Bishopsgate Ward Without. Contains an old-fashioned sta...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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black art
The art of picking a lock. Cant.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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black book
He is down in the black book, i.e. has a stain in his character. A black book is keep in most regime...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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black box
A lawyer. Cant.
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black eye
We gave the bottle a black eye, i.e. drank it almost up. He cannot say black is the white of my eye;...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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black fly
The greatest drawback on the farmer is the black fly, i.e. the parson who takes tithe of the harvest...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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black guard
A shabby, mean fellow; a term said to be derived from a number of dirty, tattered roguish boys, who ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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black jack
1) A nick name given to the Recorder by the Thieves.
2) A jug to drink out of, made of jacked leath...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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black joke
A popular tune to a song, having for the burden, "Her black joke and belly so white:" figuratively t...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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black indies
Newcastle upon Tyne, whose rich coal mines prove an Indies to the proprietors.
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black monday
The first Monday after the school-boys holidays, or breaking up, when they are to go to school, and ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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black psalm
To sing the black psalm; to cry: a saying used to children.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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black strap
Bene Carlo wine; also port. A task of labour imposed on soldiers at Gibraltar, as a punishment for s...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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black-birding
I.
n.
kidnapping natives of South Sea islands for service in Queensland plantations.
1871. `Narra...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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black-bream
n.
an Australian fish, Chrysophrys australis, Gunth., family Sparidae,or Sea-Breams; called in Tasm...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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black-cod
n.
a New Zealand fish, Nototheniaangustata.
...
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black-fern
n.
The Tasmanian species so calledis Athyrium australe, Presl., N.O. Polypodeae.
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black-fish
n.
The name is given, especially inSydney, to the sea-fishes Girella simplex, Richards (see Ludrick...
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black-line
See Black-War.
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black-perch
n.
a river fish of New South Wales. Therapon niger, Castln., family Percidae.A different fish from ...
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black-snake
See under snake.
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black-swan
See swan, black.
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Black Thursday
the day of a Victorian conflagration,which occurred on Feb. 6, 1851. The thermometer was 112degrees ...
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black-tracker
n.
an aboriginal employed intracking criminals.
1867. `Australia as it is,' pp. 88-9:
«The native...
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black-trevally
See trevally.
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Black-War
or Black-Line
a military operation planned in 1830 by Governor Arthur for the captureof the Tasmani...
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Black Wednesday
n.
a political phrase for aday in Victoria (Jan. 9, 1878), when the Government withoutnotice dismis...
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hat, black
n.
slang for a new immigrant.
1887. R. M. Praed, `Longleat of Kooralbyn,' c. xxviii. p. 277:
«Lor...
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palm, black
n.
a Queensland timber-tree, Ptychosperma normanbyi, F. v. M., N.O. Palmeae.
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plum, black
n. the fruit of the tree Cargillia australis, R. Br., N.O. Ebenaceae.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful N...
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swan, black
n.
an Australian bird – – Cycnusniger, Juvenal; Cygnus atratus, Gould; Chenopsisatrata, Wagl., some...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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black-book
A book was kept in the English monasteries, during the reign of Henry VIII., in which details of the...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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black-leg
The common term here and in England for a gambler.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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black-mail
Formerly, money paid to men allied with robbers to be protected by them from being robbed.--Cowell. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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black wood
Hemlock, pine, spruce, and fir.
Maine.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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black-worm
the black-beetle. Cornish.
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black-birds
A slang term on the coast of Africa for a cargo of slaves.
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black-fish
A common name applied by sailors to many different species of cetaceans. The animal so called in the...
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black-fisher
A water-poacher: one who kills salmon in close-time.
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black-fishing
The illegally taking of salmon, under night, by means of torches and spears with barbed prongs.
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black-head
The pewitt-gull (Larus ridibundus).
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black-hole
A place of solitary confinement for soldiers, and tried in some large ships.
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black-indies
Newcastle, Sunderland, and Shields.
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black-jack
The ensign of a pirate. Also, a capacious tin can for beer, which was formerly made of waxed leather...
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black-list
A record of misdemeanours impolitically kept by some officers for their private use the very essence...
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black-lock
A trout thought to be peculiar to Lough Melvin, on the west of Ireland.
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black ships
The name by which the English builders designate those constructed of teak in India.
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black squall
This squall, although generally ascribed to the West Indies, as well as the white squall, may be pri...
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black-strake
The range of plank immediately above the wales in a ship's side; they are always covered with a mixt...
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black-strap
The dark country wines of the Mediterranean. Also, bad port, such as was served for the sick in form...
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black-tang
The sea-weed Fucus vesicolosus, or tangle.
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black whale
The name by which the right whale of the south seas (Balæna australis) is often known to whalemen.
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The George, Leadenhall Street
Adjoined the Black Bull Inn, parish of St. Peter Cornhill, and was one of three messuages left to th...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Herb Market, Leadenhall
The southernmost portion of Leadenhall Market. In Bishopsgate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 17...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bull Head Court
1) East out of Snow Hill, near the Conduit, in Farringdon Ward Without (Hatton, 1708).
Not named in...
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Bull Head Tavern
On the south side of Holborn Hill, east of Shoe Lane, adjoining Plumtree Court. In Farringdon Ward W...
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Bull Head Yard
North out of Knightrider Street, in Castle Baynard Ward (O. and M. 1677).
Site now occupied by offi...
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Bull Wharf Lane
South out of Upper Thames at No. 66, leading to Bull Wharf (P.O. Directory). In Queenhithe Ward.
Fi...
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Red Bull Court
1) North out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
The site is ...
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Red Bull Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street at No.93, west of Angel Passage (P.O. Directory). In Dowgate Ward.
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Red Bull Yard
South out of Upper Thames Street at No.89, west of Red Bull Wharf (P.O. Directory). In Dowgate Ward....
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bull-dog ant
n.
(frequently shortened to Bull-dog or Bull-ant)
an ant of large size witha fierce bite. The name...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bull-dog shark
i.q. bull-head1 (q.v.).
...
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muzzled bull-dog
See bull-dog
...
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lasher bull-head
A name for the fish Cottus scorpius.
...
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Angell Alley, Leadenhall Street
See Hartshorn Alley.
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Axe Alley, Leadenhall Street
See Sussex Place.
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Booker's Gardens, Leadenhall Street
See Sussex Place.
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Greene Yard, near Leadenhall
The Lord Nevill had a great house on the west side of Lime Street, having a chapel on the south and ...
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Hartshorn Court, Leadenhall Street
See Hartshorn Alley.
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Sharp's Alley, Leadenhall Street
See Shaft's Court.
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Black-a-vised
·adj Dark-visaged; swart.
...
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Black-eyed Susan
·add. ·- The bladder ketmie.
II. Black-eyed Susan ·add. ·- The coneflower, or yellow daisy (Rudbeck...
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Black Boy Alley
1) North out of Chick Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.C. 1732-Elmes, 1831).
Not named in the ma...
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Black Dog Alley
1) In East Smithfield (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) East out of Seething Lane...
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Black Horse Alley
1) East out of Golden Lane. In Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
Site now occupied by offi...
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Black Horse Court
1) West out of Aldersgate Street in Aldersgate Ward Without, south of Long Lane (Rocque, 1746-Boyle,...
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Black Horse Inn
1) On the west side of Water Lane, Whitefriars, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1...
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Black Horse Stables
West out of Minories, at its southern end (Rocque, 1746). In Portsoken Ward.
Site has been rebuilt....
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Black Horse Yard
1) East out of Little Britain at No.30, four doors north of Cox's Court (Strype, ed. 1755-Lockie, 18...
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Black Lion Court
1) In Old Change (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799). In Farringdon Ward Without.
Not named in the maps.
2) In...
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Black Lion Inn
West out of Water Lane, Whitefriars, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 279-Locki...
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Black Lion Yard
See Black Lyon Yard, Stoney Lane, Houndsditch.
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Black Lyon Inn
On the south side of Great St. Thomas Apostle, in Vintry Ward (O, and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
The si...
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Black Raven Alley
1) West out of Coleman Street, near London Wall. In Coleman Street Ward (Hatton, 1708-Strype, 1755)....
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Black Raven Court
1) East out of Golden Lane. In Cripplegate Ward Without.
See Britannia Court.
2) East out of Seeth...
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Black Raven Passage
West out of Fetter Lane with a passage west to Cursitors Alley (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799). "Raven Co...
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The Black Spread Eagle
Or Stationers House against St. Dunstan's Church, in Fleet Street, 1653 (H. MSS. Com. 7th Rep. 459)....
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Black Swan Alley
1) South out of London Wall at No. 43, in Coleman Street Ward, near the eastern boundary of the ward...
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Black Swan Court
1) South out of Cannon Street, west of Lawrence Poultney Lane. In Candlewick Ward (P.C. 1732-Boyle, ...
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Black Swan Inn
1) On the south side of Holborn, west of Fetter Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Str...
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Black Swan Yard
See Capel Court.
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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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black a-se
A copper or kettle. The pot calls the kettle black a-se. Cant.
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black spice racket
To rob chimney sweepers of their soot, bag and soot.
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black rock-cod
n.
an Australian fish, chieflyof New South Wales, Serranus daemeli, Gunth.; adifferent fish from th...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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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admiralty black-book
See black-book of the admiralty.
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black-bird catching
The slave-trade.
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black south-easter
The well-known violent wind at the Cape of Good Hope, in which the vapoury clouds called the Devil's...
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Bull Inn, Bull Inn Yard, Aldgate High Street
See Aldgate Avenue.
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