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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, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's Churchyard
A street extending west from Cheapside and Cannon Street to Ludgate Hill on the north south, west an...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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black-swan
See swan, black.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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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Paul's Court
1) In Fenchurch Street (W. Stow, 1722). Paul's Alley" (Strype, Ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Swan Court
1) In Foster Lane (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) West out of Mansell St...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Churchyard Court
East out of Inner Temple Lane. On the north side of the Temple Church, in Farringdon Ward Without (L...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ball Alley, St. Paul's Churchyard
Out of St. Paul's Churchyard.
Named after the " Ball," a house with such a sign standing there 1594...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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pauls
, or pawls.
A stout but short set of bars of iron fixed close to the capstan-whelps, or windlass o...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Swan
·noun The constellation Cygnus.
II. Swan ·noun Fig.: An appellation for a sweet singer, or a poet n...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Swan
Mentioned in the list of unclean birds (Lev. 11:18; Deut. 14:16), is sometimes met with in the Jorda...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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The Swan
1) Devised with two other messuages in Lower Thames Street and Botolph Lane by Sir John Leman in 163...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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swan!
A euphemistic pronunciation of the word swear; as, I swan! Used chiefly in New England.
"Well I swa...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Swan
(Heb. tinshemeth), thus rendered by the Authorized Version in (Leviticus 11:18; 14:16) where it occu...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Churchyard
·noun The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried; a cemetery.
...
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Churchyard
See St. Botolph Billingsgate, Churchyard.
...
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(St.) Paul's College Court
In St. Paul's Churchyard (Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Paul's Bakehouse Court
West out of Godliman Street at No.6, in Castle Baynard Ward (P.O. Directory).
First mention: O. and...
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Swan Alley, Court
West out of Old Change to St. Paul's Churchyard (Strype, ed. 1720 and 1755).
Named after the Public...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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White Swan Court
In Newgate Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps.
Name derived from the sign...
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(St.) Benet Paul's Wharf Churchyard
On the north side of the church (O. and M. 1677, and Horwood, 1799).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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st
st, interj., hist! whist! hush! st, tale verbum cave faxis, Naev. ap. Charis. p. 214 P.: st, st, ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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st
st interj, hist! whist! hush!. st, mane, T.: st, litteras tuas exspecto.
...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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The Deanery of St. Paul's
On the west side of Dean's Court at No. 1 (P.O. Directory). In Castle Baynard Ward.
The house of th...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Faith under St. Paul's
A parish Church under the Quire of St. Paul's, at the west end of Jesus Chapel (S. 331).
A crypt of...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Gregory by St. Paul's
At the south-west end of St. Paul's, adjoining the Lowlardes Tower (S. 372, and Strype). In Castle B...
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Great St. Helen Churchyard
See St. Helen Churchyard.
...
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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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Black Horse Court
1) West out of Aldersgate Street in Aldersgate Ward Without, south of Long Lane (Rocque, 1746-Boyle,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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 Raven Court
1) East out of Golden Lane. In Cripplegate Ward Without.
See Britannia Court.
2) East out of Seeth...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Chapel upon the Charnell in St. Paul's Churchyard
Newly built chapel in St. Paul's Churchyard beyond the charnel house mentioned in will of Roger Beyv...
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Chapels in Old St. Paul's
See St. Paul's Chapels in Old.
...
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Swan Court, East Smithfield
See Nightingale Court.
...
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Pool by St. Giles' Churchyard
Mentioned by Stow, p. 16, as having been in existence in 1244, but in his time stopped up, and the s...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Black Swan Alley, Cannon Street
See Black Swan Court.
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Black Swan Alley, Garlick Hill
See Kennet Wharf.
...
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Ball Court, St. Katherine's
East out of St. Katherine's Lane, a few doors from No.50 Upper East Smithfield (Strype, ed. 1755-Loc...
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Feathers Court, St. Katherine's
See Horner's Alley.
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Great St. Hellen's Court
Out of Bishopsgate Street Within, in Bishopsgate Ward Within (Strype, ed. 1755-L. Guide, 1758).
Not...
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Lays Court, St. Katherine's
See Lees Court.
...
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Leze Court, St. Katherine's
See Lees Court.
...
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Olive Court, St. Katherine's
See Oliver's Court.
...
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(St.) Paul's Bakehouse
On the west side of Paul's Chain, north of Doctors' Commons, opposite the Brewhouse (S. 370).
First...
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(St.) Paul's Brewery
Opposite the Bakehouse, north of Doctors' Commons (S. 370).
First mention: 1349 (Ct. H.W. I. 578).
...
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(St.) Paul's Cathedral
In St. Paul's Churchyard, in Castle Baynard Ward.
Stow says it was first founded by Ethelbert king ...
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(St.) Paul's Chapter
" Servientes Capituli" mentioned in 31 Ed. I. (Lib. Cust. I. 230).
Detailed information will be fou...
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(St.) Paul's Close
The close of St. Paul's situate near the Dean's mansion, 1361 (Ct. H.W. II. 25).
...
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(St.) Paul's College
South out of St. Paul's Churchyard, at the western end. In Castle Baynard Ward (Strype, Ed. 1720 and...
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(St.) Paul's Cross
At the north-east end of the Cathedral (O.S. 1880).
"About the middest of the Churchyard is a pulpi...
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(St.) Paul's Deanery
See The Deanery of St. Paul's.
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(St.) Paul's Gate
Identical with St. Augustine's Gate (q.v.).
First mention: " S. Paul's Gate," 1369 (Ct. H.W. II. 13...
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(St.) Paul's Prebends
The property belonging to the Chapter set apart for the maintenance of the Prebendaries. A considera...
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(St.) Paul's Sacrista
" Sacrista Sancti Pauli. " Mentioned 31 Ed. I. (Lib. Cust. I. 230)
The Sacrist held office under th...
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(St.) Paul's School
Formerly on the eastern side of St. Paul's Churchyard, west of Old Change, in Farringdon Ward Within...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's Stump
At the south-east corner of St. Paul's Churchyard, marking one of the boundaries of the parish of St...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's Walk
The middle aisle of Old St. Paul's was vulgarly so called when desecrated by being used as a meeting...
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Paul's Alley
1) South out of Paternoster Row, at No.50, to St. Paul's Churchyard (P.O. Directory). In Castle Bayn...
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Paul's Backhouse
See St. Paul's Bakehouse.
...
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Paul's Chain
North out of Carter Lane to St. Paul's Churchyard. In Castle Baynard Ward (O.S.1880).
First mention...
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Paul's Head
A hostel so called near " Poulescheyae" in parish of St. Gregory, in Castle Baynard Ward (Strype, Ed...
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Paul's Stairs
At the southern end of Paul's Wharf, in Castle Baynard Ward (O.S. 1880).
First mention: "A common s...
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Paul's Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street, at No.23, to the Thames (P.O. Directory).
First mention: " St. Pa...
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Swan-hopping
·noun A corruption of Swan-upping.
...
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Swan-upping
·noun A yearly expedition on the Thames to take up young swans and mark them, as by Companies of Dye...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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The Old Swan
In Thames Street in 1645 near St. Martin's lane (L. and P. Chas. I. xx. p. 59').
The lady of Glouce...
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Swan Alley
1) In Birchin Lane (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) On the west side of B...
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Swan Chambers
In Great Swan Alley, Moorgate Street, adjoining Swan House (P.O. Directory).
First mention: L.C.C. ...
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Swan Inn
1) See Swan and Two Necks Inn.
2) On the east side of Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without...
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Swan Lane
South out of Upper Thames Street, at No.103, to the Thames (P.O. Directory). On the boundary of Dowg...
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Swan Stairs
See Old Swan Stairs.
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Swan Tavern
At the upper end of New Rents is the Swan Tavern, on the east side of St. Martin le Grand (Strype, e...
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Swan Yard
1) In Aldersgate Street.
Mentioned in Middlesex Sessions' Roll, 33 Chas. II. (Midd. Co. Records, IV...
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The White Swan
A messuage called the White Swan. In Great Eastcheap in parish of St. Leonard upon Fish street hill,...
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Black and White Court
South out of Fleet Lane to Belle Savage Inn and the Old Bailey (Leake, 1666-Elmes, 1831).
Strype de...
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Black Horse Court, Minories
West out of the Minories about the middle. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
In Stryp...
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Black Spread Eagle Court
1) In Finch Lane, Cornhill (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) East out of Bread St...
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Little Black Horse Court
West out of Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward (P.C 1732-Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Churchyard, Thomas
(1520?-1604)
Poet and miscellaneous writer, began life as a page to the Earl of Surrey, and subsequ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Aldermary Churchyard
East and south of St. Mary Aldermary Church, from Budge Row to Bow Lane (O. and M. 1677-L.C.C. List,...
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Aldgate Churchyard
This is the churchyard which is still in existence, adjoining to and surrounding the Church of St. B...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Alphage Churchyard
On the north side of London Wall, opposite the present church of St. Alphage. Enclosed by iron raili...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Ann's Churchyard
On the north side of St. Ann's Lane, south and east of the church (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1880).
It is...
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Bishopsgate Churchyard
West out of Bishopsgate at No.109 to New Broad Street south of St. Botolph's Church (P.O. Directory)...
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Bow Churchyard
South out of Cheapside at No. 55 on the west side of St. Mary le Bow (P.O. Directory). In Cordwainer...
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(St.) Bride's Churchyard
Surrounding the church (O.S. 1880). Another one shown on the west side of the new canal, south of St...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Churchyard Alley
1) In Jewin Street.
Mentioned 1678 (H. MSS. Com. 11th Rep. II. 57).
No later mention.
2) East out...
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Creed Churchyard
East of St. Katherine Creechurch and north of Leadenhall Street (O.S.).
First mention: O. and M. 16...
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Cripplegate Churchyard
See St. Giles' without Cripplegate Churchyard.
...
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(St.) Dunstan's Churchyard
On the west side of Fetter Lane, north of and detached from the church, in Farringdon Ward Without (...
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(St.) Ethelburg Churchyard
On the east side of the church of St. Ethelburga (Rocque, 1746, and O.S.1880).
...
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(St.) Helen Churchyard
On the west and south-west of the church (O.S.).
Strype describes it as planted with trees and very...
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Ludgate Churchyard
On the east side of Church Entry, Blackfriars (Rocque, 1746)
...
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(St.) Martin Churchyard
On the north side of Upper Thames Street, between New Queen Street and College Hill (Rocque, 1746, a...
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New Churchyard
See Spinning Wheel Alley.
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Pardon Churchyard
1) In the cloister on the north side of Old St. Paul's (S. 329).
First mention: " le Pardoncherchaw...
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(St.) Swithin's Churchyard
North-west of the church, north of Oxford Court and west of Salters' Hall Court (O.S.).
Shown in O....
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(St.) Vedast Churchyard
On the east side of Foster Lane and north of the Church, in Aldersgate Ward (O. and M. 1677).
...
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churchyard cough
A cough that is likely to terminate in death.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Adamnan, St.
(625?-704)
Historian, b. in Donegal, became Abbot of Iona in 679. Like other Irish churchmen he was...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Black Boy Alley, Black Boy Court, Minories
See Golden Fleece Court.
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(St.) Paul's Alley, Court, Fenchurch Street
See Paulshead Court.
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Swan Court, Great Tower Street
See Black Swan Court.
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Court
·noun The session of a judicial assembly.
II. Court ·noun Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecc...
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Court
The enclosure of the tabernacle (Ex. 27:9-19; 40:8), of the temple (1 Kings 6:36), of a prison (Neh....
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court
In New England this word is applied to a legislative body composed of a House of Representatives and...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Court
(Heb. chatser), an open enclosure surrounded by buildings, applied in the Authorized Version most co...
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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...
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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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Black Friars
A house of Dominican Friars near Ludgate on the site known later as the precinct of Blackfriars.
Fo...
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The Black Lyon
A messuage in the street called Candelwicke Streete, in the parish of Blessed Mary Abchurch, 25 Eliz...
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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...
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Black Raven
On the west side of Bishopsgate, No. 136. In Bishopsgate Ward Without. Contains an old-fashioned sta...
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black art
The art of picking a lock. Cant.
...
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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...
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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;...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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black psalm
To sing the black psalm; to cry: a saying used to children.
...
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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...
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black-birding
I.
n.
kidnapping natives of South Sea islands for service in Queensland plantations.
1871. `Narra...
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black-bream
n.
an Australian fish, Chrysophrys australis, Gunth., family Sparidae,or Sea-Breams; called in Tasm...
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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 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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black-book
A book was kept in the English monasteries, during the reign of Henry VIII., in which details of the...
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black-leg
The common term here and in England for a gambler.
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black-mail
Formerly, money paid to men allied with robbers to be protected by them from being robbed.--Cowell. ...
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black wood
Hemlock, pine, spruce, and fir.
Maine.
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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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