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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...
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Chapel In Pardon Churchyard
The chapell of Seint Thomas in Pardon chirchawe, 1500-1521 (Arnold's Chronicle, p. 254).
A Chapell ...
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Chapel in (St.) Dunstan in the East Churchyard
There was a chapel "upon the charnell in the chirch haue of Seint Dunstan in the Est," mentioned in ...
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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...
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Chapel of the Bishop of St. Paul's
"Capella Episcopi juxta Sanctum Paulum," 31 Ed. I. (Lib. Cust. I. 229).
Dugdale mentions a Chapel i...
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Chapels in Old St. Paul's
See St. Paul's Chapels in Old.
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Upon
·prep On;
— used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.
...
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Upon
This expression is used instead of "in" in the case of Lothbury, Bucklersbury, Aldermanbury, and Cor...
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(Holy) Trinity Chapel, St. Dunstan's in the East
See St. Dunstan in the East.
...
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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...
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Black Swan Court, St. Paul's Churchyard
See Black Swan Alley.
...
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Chapel
·noun a small building attached to a church.
II. Chapel ·noun An association of workmen in a printi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Chapel
A holy place or sanctuary, occurs only in Amos 7:13, where one of the idol priests calls Bethel "the...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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(St.) John's Chapel in the Tower
In the White Tower, Tower of London. A fine specimen of Norman architecture. Records kept there (De ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Dunstan in the East, Churchyard
On the north and south sides of the Church (O.S.). Churchyard of the Church of St. Dunstan in East c...
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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.) Mary's Chapel in the New Churchyard near Smethefeld
Bequest to work of new Chapel of St. Mary near Westsmythfeld, 1372 (Ct. H.W. II. 148).
See Charterh...
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Chapel in the Charnel at St. Mary Spitall
See St. Edmond the Bishop and Marie Magdalen.
...
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(St.) Benet Paul's Wharf Churchyard
On the north side of the church (O. and M. 1677, and Horwood, 1799).
...
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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...
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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...
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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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(St.) Paul's Chapels in Old
These were very numerous and consisted of the followmg: Chapels of Our Lady, of St. Dunstan and St. ...
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Corpus Christi Chapel in the Poultry
See St. Mary de Coneyhope, Chapel of.
...
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Chapel in Bartholomew Hospital
See St. Bartholomew the Less.
...
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in the wind
The state of a vessel when thrown with her head into the wind, but not quite all in the wind (see al...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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going upon the dub
Going out to break open, or pick the locks of, houses.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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in
in (old forms endŏ and indŭ, freq. in ante-class. poets; cf. Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4; id. ap. Macr. S...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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in
in I old indu, prep.with acc.or abl.
I I. With acc., in space, with verbs implying ent...
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in-
in- an inseparable particle cf. Gr. ἀ-, ἀν-; Germ. and Eng. un-, which, prefixed to an adj., negati...
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-in
·- A suffix. ·see the Note under -ine.
...
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In
·noun A reentrant angle; a nook or corner.
II. In ·noun One who is in office;
— the opposite of ou...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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In-
·- An inseparable prefix, or particle, meaning not, non-, un- as, inactive, incapable, inapt. In- re...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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in
for into. Mr. Colman, in remarking upon the prevalence of this inaccuracy in New York, says: "We get...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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in
The state of any sails in a ship when they are furled or stowed, in opposition to out, which implies...
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to allot upon
To intend, to form a purpose; as, I allot upon going to Boston. Used by uneducated people in the int...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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down upon
To be down upon, is to seize with avidity, as a bird of prey would pounce down upon its victim. Allu...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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nigh upon
Nearly; almost.
I got your letter and razor-strap. It's a complete strap as you ever see; and as so...
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doubling upon
In a naval engagement, the act of inclosing any part of a hostile fleet between two fires, as Nelson...
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lap upon
The mast carlings are said to lap upon the beams by reason of their great depth, and head-ledges at ...
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raised upon
When a vessel is heightened in her upper works.
...
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(St.) Bartholomew the Great, Churchyard
On the western side of the church.
Shown in O. and M. 1677.
...
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(St.) Bartholomew the Less, Churchyard
Little St. Bartholomew Churchyard is shown to the south of the Hospital in O. and M. 1677.
...
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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...
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(St.) Katherine in the Churchyard of Holy Trinity
See St. Katherine Cree.
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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...
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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...
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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 Court
1) In Fenchurch Street (W. Stow, 1722). Paul's Alley" (Strype, Ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in ...
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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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Preist Alley, St. Dunstan in the East
North out of Church Alley, opposite St. Dunstans Church (Strype, 1720 and 1755).
Former form: " Pri...
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In-and-in
·noun An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, eithe...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Barking Chapel
See St. Mary de Berkyngcherch, Chapel.
...
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Chapel Alley
On the boundary of Tower Ward, 1720 (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 37).
First mention: Candle to be ligh...
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Chapel Court
1) West out of Jewry Street, Aldgate (Lockie, 1816-Elmes, 1831).
Not named in the maps.
2) Forms t...
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Chapel Place
North out of the Poultry at No. 30 (P.O. Directory). In Cheap Ward.
First mention: Elmes, 1831.
Fo...
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Chapel Street
East out of Whitecross Street, at No. 38, to Milton Street (P.O. Direc-tory).
First mention: Horwoo...
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Cornwall Chapel
Cornwall Chapell belonged to the Friars Preachers, divine service performed there 1437 (Cal. P.R. H....
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Finsbury Chapel
A Congregational Chapel on the south side of East Street, Finsbury Circus (O.S.). In Coleman Street ...
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Greek Chapel
At the north-east corner of Little Winchester Street, in Broad Street Ward (O.S. 1880).
...
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Guildhall Chapel
See St. Mary Magdalen of the Guildhall.
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Jesus' Chapel
See Jesus' Steeple, Chapel.
...
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Lamb's Chapel
,-At the north-west corner of Monkwell Street, in Cripplegate Ward and Farringdon Ward Within (det.)...
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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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(St.) Mary Chapel
In Churchyard of St. Benet Gracechurch.
The chapel of St. Mary situate in the churchyard of St. Ben...
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Mercers' Chapel
On the north side of Cheapside, at the south-east end of Mercers' Hall (O.S.). Between Ironmonger La...
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Moravian Chapel
East out of Fetter Lane at No.32 in Farringdon Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
Shown in O.S.1875.
O...
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(St.) Nicholas' Chapel
Situate by the Hospital of St. Bartholomew (S. 37).
No later mention.
...
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Poultry Chapel
North out of the Poultry, at the north end of Chapel Place (O.S.). In Cheap Ward.
Erected as a chap...
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Rolls' Chapel
In Chancery Lane, attached to the Rolls' Office (q.v.).
Originally the Chapel of the house for conv...
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Shiryngton Chapel
A new chapel so called near the north door of St. Paul's, 1459 (Ct. H.W. II. 539).
See St. Paul's C...
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Trinite chapel
See St. Michael Crooked Lane.
...
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Churchyard, Thomas
(1520?-1604)
Poet and miscellaneous writer, began life as a page to the Earl of Surrey, and subsequ...
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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...
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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...
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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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Churchyard Court
East out of Inner Temple Lane. On the north side of the Temple Church, in Farringdon Ward Without (L...
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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.
...
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All Hallows in St. Helen's
"Alhaloyns in seynt Heleyns" in Byshoppis Gate Ward, mentioned in Fabyan's list of churches, 1516. Q...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hole in the air
·add. ·- = Air hole, above.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ephraim in the wilderness
(John 11: 54), a town to which our Lord retired with his disciples after he had raised Lazarus, and ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Thorn in the flesh
(2 Cor. 12:7-10). Many interpretations have been given of this passage.
1) Roman Catholic writers t...
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Burnt in the Fire 1666.
Not further identified.
...
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Le Cok in the Houpe
A tenement so called in parish of St. Alphege at London Wall 1349 (Ct. H.W. I. 566).
No further ref...
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(St.) Dunstan in the East
On the west side of St. Dunstan's Hill at No. 2 (P.O. Directory). In Tower Ward.
Earliest mention f...
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(St.) Dunstan in the West
On the north side of Fleet Street at No. 187 (P.O. Directory), between Fetter Lane and Chancery Lane...
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(St.) James' in the Temple
See Temple Church.
...
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(St.) Martin in the Jewry
Thomas the priest of St. Martin's in the Jewry is mentioned in a Deed about 1197, as witness to a gr...
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(St.) Olave in the Shamb1es
Parish mentioned in Will of Milo de Wynton, 1273-4 (Ct. H.W. I. 16).
Perhaps the church of St. Nich...
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Pye in the Royall
A Messuage so called in the parish of St. Michael Paternoster Church, 1565 (Lond. I. p.m. II. 35).
...
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(St.) Stephen in the Jewry
See St. Stephen Coleman Street.
...
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(St.) Ursula in the Poultry
Seint Vrsula, chapel in the Pultry, mentioned in the list of Parish Churches of London in Arnold's C...
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babes in the wood
Criminals in the stocks, or pillory.
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dicked in the nob
Silly. Crazed.
...
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drop in the eye
Almost drunk.
...
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flush in the pocket
Full of money. The cull is flush in the fob. The fellow is full of money.
...
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shove in the mouth
A dram.
...
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ten in the hundred
An usurer; more than five in the hundred being deemed usurious interest.
...
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wheelband in the nick
Regular drinking over the left thumb.
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windmills in the head
Foolish projects.
...
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wolf in the breast
An extraordinary mode of imposition, sometimes practised in the country by strolling women, who have...
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wolf in the stomach
A monstrous or canine appetite.
...
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to flash in the pan
To fail of success. A metaphor borrowed from a gun, which, after being primed and ready to be discha...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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down in the mouth
Dispirited, dejected, disheartened.--Brockett's Glossary.
...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dyed in the wool
Ingrained; thorough.
The Democrats, on the authority of Mr. Cameron's letter, are beginning to clai...
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shot in the neck
Drunk. A Southern phrase.
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cloth in the wind
Too near to the wind, and sails shivering. Also, groggy.
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cross in the hawse
Is when a ship moored with two anchors from the bows has swung the wrong way once, whereby the two c...
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down in the mouth
Low-spirited or disheartened.
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elbow in the hawse
Two crosses in a hawse. When a ship, being moored in a tide-way, swings twice the wrong way, thereby...
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flash in the pan
An expressive metaphor, borrowed from the false fire of a musket, meaning to fail of success after p...
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jack in the basket
A sort of wooden cap or basket on the top of a pole, to mark a sand-bank or hidden danger.
...
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jack in the box
A very handy engine, consisting of a large wooden male screw turning in a female one, which forms th...
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jack in the dust
See jack in the bread-room
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lay in the oars
Unship them from the rowlocks, and place them fore and aft in the boat.
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sheet in the wind
Half intoxicated; as the sail trembles and is unsteady, so is a drunken man.
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square in the head
Very bluff and broad in the fore-body.
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turn in the hawse
Two crosses in a cable.
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wind in the teeth
Dead against a ship.
...
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Bezer In The Wilderness
a city of refuge in the downs on the east of the Jordan. (4:43; Joshua 20:8; 21:36; 1 Chronicles 6:7...
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Wandering In The Wilderness
[Wilderness Of The Wandering OF THE WANDERING]
...
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crossing the cables in the hatchway
A method by which the operation of coiling is facilitated; it alludes to hempen cables, which are no...
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Adamnan, St.
(625?-704)
Historian, b. in Donegal, became Abbot of Iona in 679. Like other Irish churchmen he was...
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Corpus Christi Chapel, St. Lawrence Pountney
A chapel in the College of St. Laurence Pountney (S. 224).
Earliest mention: Master, Warden, and Ch...
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The
·vi ·see <<Thee>>.
II. The (·art·def) A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their me...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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(St.) Bartholomew Chapel, within the Hospital
See St. Bartholomew the Less.
...
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(St.) Nicholas' Chapel, by the Tower
See SS. Mary and Nicholas Chapel by the Tower of London.
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All Hallows the Great Churchyard
On the south side of Upper Thames Street. Enclosed and left " in situ " after the removal of the chu...
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All Hallows the Less Churchyard
At the north-west corner of Cole Harbour, on the south side of Thames Street (O. and M. 1677-O.S.).
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Judah upon Jordan
The Authorized Version, following the Vulgate, has this rendering in Josh. 19:34. It has been sugges...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Conduit upon Cornhill
In Cornhill opposite the north end of Change Alley and the eastern side of the Royal Exchange.
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(St.) Michael upon Thames
See St. Michael Queenhithe.
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(St.) Miltheldrede upon Walbrook
See St. Mildred Poultry.
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Tun upon Cornhill
In Cornhill, opposite the north end of Change Alley. Built as a prison for night walkers by Henry le...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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dance upon nothing
To be hanged.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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account, going upon
A phrase for buccaneering.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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double upon, to
See doubling upon.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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luff upon luff
One luff-tackle applied to the fall of another, to afford an increase of purchase.
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ship raised upon
One of which the upper works have been heightened by additional timbers. About the year 1816 several...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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six-upon-four
Reduced allowance; four rations allotted to six men.
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whip upon whip
A sort of easy purchase, much used in colliers. It consists of one whip applied to the falls of anot...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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becket, the tacks and sheets in the
The order to hang up the weather-main and fore-sheet, and the lee-main and fore-tack, to the small k...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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All Hallows in the Ropery
See All Hallows the Great.
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Dog's Head in the Pot
A shop called the Dogges Hedde in the potte in parish of St. Peter in Cheap, 4 Ed. VI. 1550 (Lond. I...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Dunstan Fraternity, in the Go1dsmithery
Various bequests were made to the Wardens of this Fraternity in the 13th and 14th centuries.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hole in the Wall Court
At No. 6o Fleet Street (Lockie, 1810).
Named after the public house so called.
The name is said to...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) James' in the Wall Hermitage
A chapel or hermitage adjoining the north-west corner of the Wall of London near Cripplegate in Farr...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) James' in, near the Vintry
See St. James' Garlickhithe.
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(St.) John in the White Tower
See St. John's Chapel in the Tower.
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Standard in the Old Bailey
Mentioned by Stow (391) and the waste of the water served the prisoners in Ludgate.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Stephen's Lane in the Jewry
Rents in the lane of St. Stephen in the Jewry near the Brethren of the Penance of Jesus Christ, 1291...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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board him in the smoke
To take a person by surprise, as by firing a broadside, and boarding in the smoke.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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jack in the bread-room
, or jack in the dust.
The purser's steward's assistant in the bread and steward's room.
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lieutenant, in the royal navy
The officer next in rank and power below the commander. There are several lieutenants in a large shi...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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pay-serjeant, in the army
A steady non-commissioned officer, selected by the captain of each company, to pay the subsistence d...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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round-turn in the hawse
A term implying the situation of the two cables of a ship, which, when moored, has swung the wrong w...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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shake in the wind, to
To bring a vessel's head so near the wind, when close-hauled, as to shiver the sails.
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span in the rigging, to
To draw the upper parts of the shrouds together by tackles, in order to seize on the cat-harping leg...
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three sheets in the wind
Unsteady from drink.
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in eopte
in eopte eo ipso, Paul. ex Fest. p. 110 Müll.
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A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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Biting in
·- The process of corroding or eating into metallic plates, by means of an acid. ·see <<Etch>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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In antis
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— said of a portico in classical style, where columns are set between two antae, ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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In commendam
·- ·see <<Commendam>>, and Partnership in Commendam, under <<Partnership>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language