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Walk
·noun Conduct; course of action; behavior.
II. Walk ·vi To move off; to <<Depart>>.
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Broad
·superl Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
II. Broad ·superl Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
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Dashmood's Walk, Dashwood's Walk
See Alderman's Walk.
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By-walk
·noun A secluded or private walk.
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Walk-mill
·noun A fulling mill.
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Walk-over
·noun In racing, the going over a course by a horse which has no competitor for the prize; hence, co...
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Alderman's Walk
West out of Bishopsgate, on the north side of St. Botolph's Church, at No. 117 (P.O. Directory). In ...
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Long Walk
1) North from Christ's Hospital to St. Bartholomew's Hospital (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 195-Boyle, ...
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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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to walk into
To get the upper hand of; to take advantage of; to punish. A common vulgarism.
To walk into a down-...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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fisherman's walk
An extremely confined space; "three steps and overboard," is often said of what river yachtsmen term...
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stern-walk
The old galleries formerly used to line-of-battle ships.
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walk away!
The order to step out briskly with a tackle fall, as in hoisting boats.
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walk back!
A method in cases where a purchase must not be lowered by a round turn, as "Walk back the capstan;" ...
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Broad Church
·- A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respec...
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Broad gauge
·- A wider distance between the rails than the "standard" gauge of four feet eight inches and a half...
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Broad seal
·- The great seal of England; the public seal of a country or state.
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Broad-brimmed
·adj Having a broad brim.
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Broad-horned
·adj Having horns spreading widely.
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Broad-leafed
·adj Having broad, or relatively broad, leaves.
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Broad-leaved
·adj ·Alt. of Broad-leafed.
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Broad Alley
In parish of St. Margaret Lothbury, mentioned in will of Sir Henry Kebyll, 1514. Site now covered by...
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Broad Court
See St. James' Place.
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Broad Street
See Old Broad Street, New Broad Street, Little Broad Street.
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broad-leaf
n.
a settlers' name for Griselinia littoralis, Raoul; Maori name, Paukatea.
1879. W. N. Blair, `Bu...
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broad arrow
The royal mark for government stores of every description. To obliterate, deface, or remove this mar...
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broad axe
Formerly a warlike instrument; also for beheading; specially applied to the axe of carpenters for ma...
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broad cloth
Square sails.
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broad pennant
A swallow-tailed piece of buntin at the mast-head of a man-of-war; the distinctive mark of a commodo...
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broad r.
See broad arrow.
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King's Bench Walk
On the north side of the Temple Gardens, within the Temple precincts (P.O. Directory).
First mentio...
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to walk the chalk
To walk straight.
"The Tallapoosa volunteers," said Capt. Suggs; "so let every body look out and wa...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to walk the plank
This is an expression borrowed from the horrible practice of pirates, who, when they determine to de...
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walk spanish, to
To quit duty without leave; to desert.
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Broad Street Avenue
West out of New Broad Street, at No. 17, to Blomfield Street (P.O. Directory).
First mention: L.C.C...
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Broad Street Buildings
South out of Liverpool Street, at Nos. 2, 5, and 11 (P.O. Directory).
Formerly these buildings form...
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Broad Street Chambers
At 37 Old Broad Street, opposite Winchester Street, by the Excise Office (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831)....
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Broad Street Mews
West out of New Broad Street at its junction with Broad Street Buildings. In Bishopsgate Ward Withou...
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Broad Street Place
West out of Blomfield Street (P.O. Directory), forming part of East Street.
First mention: Lockie, ...
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Broad Street Station
On the north side of Liverpool Street, North London Railway Terminus (P.O. Directory). On the wester...
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Broad Street Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, bounded north and east by Bishopsgate Ward, north and west ...
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Little Broad Street
South from Throgmorton Street to Threadneedle Street. In Broad Street Ward (Strype, 1720-Lond. Guide...
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New Broad Street
North out of Old Broad Street to Liverpool Street (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Without. Als...
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Old Broad Street
South from London Wall and Wormwood Street to No.53 Threadneedle Street (P.O. Directory). In Broad S...
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broad of water
An extensive lake with a channel communicating with the sea, or a wide opening of a river after pass...
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Broad Street Ward School
See Coleman Street Ward School.
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French Court, Broad Street
See Hercules' Passage.
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New Broad Street Court
On the east side of Broad Street Buildings. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (O.S.1880).
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walk the quarter-deck, to
A phrase signifying to take the rank of an officer.
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walk the weather gangway netting
A night punishment in a man-of-war for those of the watch who have missed their muster.
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Adam Court, Old Broad Street
See Adam's Court.
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New Court, Old Broad Street
South-east out of Old Broad Street, in Broad Street Ward, at No.7 (Rocque, 1746-Elmes, 1831).
Rebui...
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Broad Way, Flying Horse Yard, Bishopsgate
See Foster Street.
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White Horse Court, Old Broad Street
See Union Court; White Horse Inn, Yard.
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White Horse Yard, Old Broad Street
See Flying Horse Yard.
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Ward Schools, Broad Street Ward and Coleman Street Ward
See Coleman Street Ward School.
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