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Coat
·noun A <<Petticoat>>.
II. Coat ·vt To cover with a coat or outer garment.
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Coat
The tunic worn like the shirt next the skin (Lev. 16:4; Cant. 5:3; 2 Sam. 15:32; Ex. 28:4; 29:5). Th...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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coat
A piece of tarred canvas nailed round above the partners, or that part where the mast or bowsprit en...
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Blue
·noun A pedantic woman; a bluestocking.
II. Blue ·pl Low spirits; a fit of despondency; melancholy....
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Blue
Generally associated with purple (Ex. 25:4; 26:1, 31, 36, etc.). It is supposed to have been obtaine...
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blue
To look blue; to be confounded, terrified, or disappointed. Blue as a razor; perhaps, blue as azure....
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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blue
1) Gloomy, severe; extreme, ultra.
In the former sense it is applied especially to the Presbyterian...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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blue
♦ Till all's blue: carried to the utmost a phrase borrowed from the idea of a vessel making out of p...
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Dress coat
·- A coat with skirts behind only, as distinct from the frock coat, of which the skirts surround the...
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Mackinaw coat
·add. ·- A short, heavy, double-breasted plaid coat, the design of which is large and striking.
...
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Match-coat
·noun A coat made of match-cloth.
...
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Scratch coat
·- The first coat in plastering;
— called also scratchwork. ·see Pricking-up.
...
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Three-coat
·adj Having or consisting of three coats;
— applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, fl...
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Tuxedo coat
·add. ·noun ·Alt. of <<Tuxedo>>.
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jouk coat
a great coat. N.
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side-coat
a great coat. York.
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coat-tacks
The peculiar nails with which the mast coats are fastened.
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mast-coat
A conical canvas fitted over the wedges round the mast, to prevent water oozing down from the decks....
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privy-coat
A light coat or defence of mail, concealed under the ordinary dress.
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pump-coat
A piece of stout canvas nailed to the pump-partners where it enters the upper deck, and lashed to th...
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rudder-coat
A canvas coat affixed to the rudder, encasing the opening in the counter, to prevent the sea from ru...
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Blue bonnet
·noun ·Alt. of Blue-bonnet.
...
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Blue book
·- The United States official "Biennial Register.".
II. Blue book ·- A parliamentary publication, s...
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Blue grass
·- A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green stems, valuable in thin gravelly soils; wire...
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Blue jay
·- The common jay of the United States (Cyanocitta, or Cyanura, cristata). The predominant color is ...
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Blue-bonnet
·noun A plant. ·same·as <<Bluebottle>>.
II. Blue-bonnet ·noun The European blue titmouse (Parus coe...
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Blue-eye
·noun The blue-cheeked honeysucker of Australia.
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Blue-eyed
·adj Having blue eyes.
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Blue-john
·noun A name given to fluor spar in Derbyshire, where it is used for ornamental purposes.
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Blue-skylaw
·add. ·- A law enacted to provide for the regulation and supervision of investment companies in orde...
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Blue-veined
·adj Having blue veins or blue streaks.
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Navy blue
·add. ·- Prussian blue.
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Sanders-blue
·noun ·see Saunders-blue.
...
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Saunders-blue
·noun A kind of color prepared from calcined lapis lazuli; ultramarine; also, a blue prepared from c...
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Sevres blue
·- A very light blue.
...
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Sky-blue
·adj Having the blue color of the sky; azure; as, a sky-blue stone.
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Smalt-blue
·adj Deep blue, like smalt.
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True-blue
·noun A person of inflexible integrity or fidelity.
II. True-blue ·adj Of inflexible honesty and fi...
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Turnbull's blue
·- The double cyanide of ferrous and ferric iron, a dark blue amorphous substance having a coppery l...
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Blue Anchor
Strype says that the part of Houndsditch in Bishopsgate Ward Without extends to the Blue Anchor (Str...
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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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The Blue Boar
On the east side of Fish Street Hill, adjoining King's Head Court.
It was so called before the Fire...
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Blue Gates
1) West out of White Cross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746).
The site is now occu...
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blue boar
A venereal bubo.
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blue devils
Low spirits.
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blue flag
He has hoisted the blue flag; he has commenced publican, or taken a public house, an allusion to the...
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blue pigeons
Thieves who steal lead off houses and churches. Cant. To fly a blue pigeon; to steal lead off houses...
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blue plumb
A bullet.--Surfeited with a blue plumb; wounded with a bullet. A sortment of George R--'s blue plumb...
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blue skin
A person begotten on a black woman by a white man. One of the blue squadron; any one having a cross ...
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blue tape, or sky blue
Gin.
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blue ruin
Gin. Blue ribband; gin.
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blue-bush
n.
an Australian forage plant,a kind of Salt-bush, Kochia pyrainidata, Benth, N.O. Chenopodiaceae.
...
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blue-cod
n.
name given to a New Zealand fish, Percis colias, family Trachinidae. Called alsoin New Zealand R...
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blue-creeper
n.
name given to the creeper, Comesperma volubile, Lab., N.O. Campanulaceae.
...
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blue-eye
n.
a bird name. The Blue facedHoney-eater (q.v.).
1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. iv. p...
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blue-fish
n.
name given in Sydney to Girella cyanea, of the family Sparidae, orSea-Breams. It is different fr...
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blue-groper
n.
a fish of New South Wales and Tasmania, Cossyphus gouldii, one of the Labridaeor Wrasses, often ...
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blue-gum
n.
See under gum. It is anincreasing practice to make a single word of this compound, andto pronoun...
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blue-head
n.
Tasmanian name for the fishcalled the blue-groper (q.v.)
...
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blue lobelia
n.
The indigenous species inTasmania which receives this name is Lobelia gibbosa,Lab., N.O. Campanu...
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blue-pointer
n.
a name given in New South Wales to a species of Shark, Lamna glauca, Mull. and Heule, family Lam...
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blue-wing
n.
a sportsman's name (as in England)for the bird called the Shoveller (q.v.).
...
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blue-berry
(Vacinium tenellum.) A fruit resembling the whortleberry in appearance and taste.
...
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blue-book
A printed book containing the names of all the persons holding office under the Government of the Un...
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blue-nose
The slang name for a native of Nova Scotia.
"Pray, sir," said one of my fellow passengers, "can you...
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blue-skins
A nickname applied to the Presbyterians, from their alleged grave deportment.
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blue devils
To have the blue devils is to be dispirited.
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blue laws
"Where, and how, the story of the New Haven Blue Laws originated, is a matter of some curiosity. Acc...
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blue stocking
1) The American avoset (recurvirostra Americana). A common bird in the Northern States.--Nat. Hist. ...
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blue-jackets
The seamen as distinguished from the marines.
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blue light
A pyrotechnical preparation for signals by night. Also called Bengal light.
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blue-lightism
Affected sanctimoniousness.
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blue moon
An indefinite period.
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blue-nose
A general term for a native of Nova Scotia.
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blue peter
The signal for sailing when hoisted at the fore-topmast head; this well-known flag has a blue ground...
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blue pigeon
A nickname for the sounding lead.
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blue water
The open ocean.
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true-blue
A metaphorical term for an honest and hearty sailor: "true to his uniform, and uniformly true."
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Adelaide Buildings
In Adelaide Place, London Bridge (P.O. Directory). A block of buildings adjoining London Bridge. Nam...
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Albert Buildings
On the south side of Queen Victoria Street at No.37, at the corner of Queen Street (P.O. Directory)....
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Albion Buildings
On the southern side of Bartholomew Close at Nos. 11 and 13(P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward With...
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Aldersgate Buildings
East out of Aldersgate Street at No. 91 (P.O. Directory), In Aldersgate Ward Without.
First mention...
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Alfred Buildings
On the west side of Cartwright Street, East Smithfield.
Erected by the Metropolitan Industrial Dwel...
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Baker's Buildings
North out of Old Bethlem. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-O.S. 1848-51).
Former name : " ...
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Balmoral Buildings
On the south side of Queen Victoria Street at No. 91 (P.O. Directory). In Queenhithe Ward, between F...
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Bank Buildings
1) On the west side of the Royal Exchange, at the junction of Cornhill, Poultry and Threadneedle Str...
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Barnes's Buildings
North-east out of Gravel Lane, Houndsditch, at the south end of Mount Court, in Portsoken Ward (Elme...
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Bartlett's Buildings
1) On the south side of Holborn Circus at Nos. 4, 5, and 6 (P.O. Directory.) In Farringdon Ward With...
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Bell's Buildings
At the south-east corner of Salisbury Square, with a passage north to St. Bride's Church and east to...
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Billingsgate Buildings
On the north side of Lower Thames Street, at Monument Street (P.O. Directory). In Billingsgate Ward....
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Bishopsgate Buildings
West out of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Elmes, 1831-O.S. 1888).
Former name : ...
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Blewitt's Buildings
East out of Fetter Lane at No. 55, in Farringdon Ward Without (Bacon, 1912).
First mention: Horwood...
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Blyth's Buildings
North out of Lamb Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Elmes, 831-O.S. 1848-51).
Former names : "Bly...
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Boreman's Buildings
Out of Bartholomew Lane (Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Borer's Buildings
On the north side of Cutler Street, Houndsditch, at No. 31, in Portsoken Ward (Elmes, 1831).
No lat...
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Bowman's Buildings
West out of Aldersgate Street at 159, leading to Queen Square (P.O. Directory). In Aldersgate Ward W...
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Bradshaw's Buildings
See Tanfield Court.
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Braime's Buildings
On the south side of Beech Street at No. 13, in Cripplegate Ward Without, near Beech Lane (P.O. Dire...
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Braziers' Buildings
East out of Farringdon Street, between Bear Alley and Newcastle Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (...
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Bream's Buildings
East out of Chancery Lane to Fetter Lane (P.O. Directory). Partly in Farringdon Ward Without, partly...
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Bromley's Buildings
West out of Huggin Lane at No. 5 to Bread Street Hill (P.O Directory). In Queenhithe Ward.
First me...
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Browns Buildings
West out of Princes Street, Rosemary Lane. In East Smithfield (Horwood, 1799, to Elmes, 1831).
Clea...
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Brown's Buildings
1) In Upper East Smithfield at No. 116, nearly opposite Nightingale Lane (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831)....
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Butler's Buildings
North out of Upper East Smithfield, at 40, leading into Crown Court (P.O. Directory).
Former name :...
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Carlisle Buildings
See Carlisle Avenue.
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Carpenter's Buildings
South out of London Wall, in Broad Street Ward (Rocque, 1746-O.S.).
A passage leading to the Dog an...
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Chatham Buildings
In New Bridge Street (L.C.C. List, 1912).
First mention: L.C.C. List, 1991.
Not named in the maps....
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Clark's Buildings
North out of Snow Hill at No. 52, in Farringdon Ward Without (Horwood, 1799-O.S. 1848-51).
Removed ...
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Coak's Buildings
North out of Stoney Lane, between Middlesex Street and Gravel Lane. In Portsoken Ward (O.S. 25 in. e...
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Cockerill's Buildings
West out of Bartholomew Close, at No. 44, south of St. Bartholomew's Church (P.O. Directory).
First...
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Coleman's Buildings
See Coleman Street Buildings.
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Cole's Buildings
North out of Long Lane, west of Charterhouse Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (Horwood, 1799-L.C.C...
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Cook's Buildings
In Stoney Lane, Gravel Lane, Houndsditch (Lockie, 1810-Elmes 1831).
See Coak's Buildings.
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Copthall Buildings
East out of the southern end of Copthall Avenue to Throgmorton Avenue (P.O. Directory). In Coleman S...
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Cornwall Buildings
In Queen Victoria Street (L.C.C. Lists, 1901 and 1912).
Now rebuilt.
...
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Cripplegate Buildings
South out of Fore Street at No. 11 to Hart Street (P.O. Directory).
First mention: Horwood, 1799. S...
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Crompton's Buildings
Near Middle Temple Gate, erected by Thomas Crompton about 1581 (Inner Temple Records, I. 313).
Name...
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Crosby Buildings
At No. 6 Crosby Square (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward.
First mention: L.C.C. List, 1901.
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Crown Buildings
In Crown Court, Old Broad Street (L.C.C. List, 1912).
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Dibbles Buildings
See Sun Court, Upper East Smithfield.
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Dorset Buildings
East out of Dorset Street to Bridewell Place, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
Leads to...
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Drapers' Buildings
South out of London Wall, in Broad Street Ward, at No. 62 (Horwood, 1799-Elmes, 1831).
Former name ...
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(St.) Dunstan's Buildings
On the west side of St. Dunstan's Hill, adjoining St. Dunstan's Church, in Tower Ward (P.O. Director...
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Dyer's Buildings
South out of Holborn Bars at No. 18 (P.O. Directory), west of Barnard's Inn. In Farringdon Ward With...
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Exchange Buildings
1) See Royal Exchange Buildings.
2) South out of Cutler Street. In Portsoken Ward (L.C.C. List of S...
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Farrar's Buildings
See Farrier's Buildings.
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Farrier's Buildings
West out of Inner Temple Lane, within the Temple precincts (L.C.C. List, 1912).
First mention: "Far...
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Fenchurch Buildings
North out of Fenchurch Street at No. 107 (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.
Erected 1734.
Former s...
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Fenton's Buildings
In Bartholomew Close, in Farringdon Ward Without (L.C.C. List, 1912).
In existence 1915.
...
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Fowke's Buildings
Soutb out of Great Tower Street at Nos. 24 and 25, between Harp Lane and Water Lane. In Tower Ward (...
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Fowler's Buildings
In Little Tower Street (Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Goldsmith Buildings
On the north side of the Temple Church, within the Temple precincts, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.O...
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Gould Buildings
At Holbom Bridge, 1597 (H. MSS. Com. 7th Rep. 541).
Not further identified.
...
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Gresham Buildings
On the east side of Basinghall Street at No. 1 (P.O. Directory). In Bassishaw Ward.
First mention: ...
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Guildhall Buildings
1) East out of Guildhall Yard to Basinghall Street (P.O. Directory). In Cheap and Bassishaw Wards.
...
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Harcourt Buildings
On the east side of Middle Temple Lane, within the Temple precincts (P.O. Directory).
First mention...
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Harrison's Buildings
Mr. Harrison's new buildings on the east side of the Inner Temple precincts, 1577-8 (I.T. Rec. I. 29...
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Hern's Buildings
See Hurn's Buildings.
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Heyward's Buildings
See Paper Buildings.
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Holborn Buildings
On the north side of Holborn at No. 146, west of Brooke Street (P.O. Directory).
First mention: O.S...
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Howford Buildings
North out of Fenchurch Street at 148 (P.O. Directory). In Langbourn Ward.
First mention: O.S. 1875)...
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Hurle's Buildings
East out of Garlick Hill (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).
Named after the builder, who died about the co...
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Hurn's Buildings
North out of Upper East Smithfield at No. 34 (P.O. Directory).
Former names : "Crown Court" (part) ...
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Imperial Buildings
On the east side of New Bridge Street, near Pilgrim Street (P.O. Directory).
First mention: L.C.C. ...
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Jackson's Buildings
East out of Redcross Street, on the north side of Paul's Alley (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).
Not name...
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Katherine Buildings
On the west side of Cartwright Street, East Smithfield.
Erected, with other blocks, on both the eas...
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Lamb's Buildings
South of the Temple Church, in the centre of Tanfield Court, within the Temple precincts (P.O. Direc...
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Lauderdale Buildings
East out of Aldersgate Street, at No. 57, in Aldersgate Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
First mentio...
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Leadenhall Buildings
East out of Gracechurch Street at No. 80, leading into Leadenhall Market (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831)....
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Leathersellers' Buildings
South out of London Wall to Little Bell Alley, in Broad Street Ward (Horwood, 1799-O.S.).
Site occu...
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Loat's Buildings
North out of Upper East Smithfield at No. 8 (P.O. Directory, 1912).
A very mean court.
Seems to ha...
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Luther's Buildings
Adjoined the east side of Middle Temple Gate, erected by A. Luther, Master of the Utter Bar, 1614-15...
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Market Buildings
In Mincing Lane at No. 29 (P.O. Directory).
First named, 1872 (L.C.C. List, 1901).
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(St.) Matthew's Buildings
See Saracen's Head Inn, Friday Street.
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McLean's Buildings
In New Street Square at No. 16, at the corner of Dean Street (P.O. Directory).
First mention: L.C.C...
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Merrett's Buildings
West out of Peter Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799-O.S. 1848-51).
Formerly the we...
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Metropolitan Buildings
On the south side of Queen Victoria Street at No. 55 adjoining the Mansion House Station (P.O. Direc...
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Milton Buildings
On the south side of Watling Street at No. 18 (P.O. Directory).
First mention: L.C.C. List, 1901.
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Mitre Buildings
At the south end of Mitre Court, Fleet Street (Elmes, 1831).
Not named in the maps.
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Monument Buildings
On the north side of Monument Street at No. 11, adjoining Fish Street Hill (P.O. Directory).
First ...
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New Buildings
1) North out of Sun Yard, Nightingale Lane (Horwood, I 799-Lockie, 1810).
Former name: "Vinegar Yar...
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North Buildings
In Eldon Street, Finsbury (L.C.C. List, 1901).
Not named in the maps.
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Packer Buildings
West out of Mitre Court, within the Temple precincts (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).
Not named in the m...
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Palmersten Buildings
See Palmerston House.
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Paper Buildings
On the west side of King's Bench Walk, within the Temple precincts (P.O. Directory).
First mention:...
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Peck's Buildings
On the west side of King's Bench Walk, within the Temple precincts (Lockie, 1816).
Not further iden...
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Phill's Buildings
See Phil's Buildings.
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Phil's Buildings
East out of Houndsditch at No.106, adjoining the boundaries of Portsoken and Bishopsgate Wards. In P...
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Pound's Buildings
On the north side of Leadenhall Street at No.74 (P.O. Directory). First mention: L.C.C. List, 1901.
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Pullen's Buildings
In Albion Place, Moorgate (L.C.C. List, 1901).
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Queen's Buildings
1) On the west side of Old Bailey at No. 18 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without.
First men...
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Richards' Buildings
On the west side of Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O.S. 1880, and Collingwood, 1907).
First...
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Rochester Buildings
On the north side of Leadenhall Street at No. 138, adjoining 8haft's Court (P.O. Directory).
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Rolls' Buildings
West out of Fetter Lane at No.133, north of the Record Office (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward W...
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Roper's Buildings
North out of White Street, Houndsditch. In Portsoken Ward (Horwood, 1799-O.S. 25 in. 1880).
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Rowman's Buildings
See Bowman's Buildings.
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Saville Buildings
North out of Aldgate High Street. In Portsoken Ward (Lockie, 1810-O.S. 25 in. 1880).
Former names: ...
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Sharp's Buildings
See Mitre Street.
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Slade's Buildings
West out of Angel Square, north of Smith's Buildings, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799-Elm...
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Smith's Buildings
1) North of Kingsdown Place and Clements Place, Lamb Alley In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Horwood, 179...
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Somerset Buildings
On the north side of Upper Thames Street, at Fyefoot Lane in Queenhithe Ward (P.O. Directory).
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Tokenhouse Buildings
On the west side of Tokenhouse Yard at No.17 in King's Arms' Yard (P.O. Directory).
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Tower Buildings
See Tower Chambers.
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Trinity Buildings
1) South out of Great Tower Street, opposite All Hallows Barking-Church (O.S. 25 in. 1880, and Colli...
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Twisden's Buildings
At the southern end of Inner Temple Lane, within the Temple precincts (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831; and...
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Viaduct Buildings
In Great Saffron Hill. Partly within the City boundary, in Farringdon Ward Without, and partly witho...
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Victoria Buildings
On the south side of Queen Victoria Street at No. 27 (P.O. Directory).
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Walbrook Buildings
See Worcester House2, Walbrook.
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Westmoreland Buildings
West out of Aldersgate Street at No. 179 to Albion Buildings (P.O. Directory). In Aldersgate Ward an...
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Winchester Buildings
In Great Winchester Street (L.C.C. List, 1912).
Erected 1871.
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Winkworth Buildings
At the north-west end of Austin Friars, Nos. 15-18, in Bread Street Ward (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799)....
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Wright's Buildings
North out of Chick Lane to Duke's Court on the northern boundary of Farringdon Ward Without (Horwood...
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Young's Buildings
1) North out of Church Alley in Basiughall Street, in Bassishaw Ward (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).
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marine buildings
Those constructed for making or preserving ships, as docks, arsenals, store-houses, &c.
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Coat of mail
The rendering of a Hebrew word meaning "glittering" (1 Sam. 17:5, 38). The same word in the plural f...
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Mail, Coat of
"a corselet of scales," a cuirass formed of pieces of metal overlapping each other, like fish-scales...
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