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Aldgate High Street
From Duke Street at 19 and 20 Aldgate to Middlesex Street at 146 Whitechapel High Street. In Portsok...
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High Street, Aldgate
See Aldgate High Street.
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Butcher Row, Aldgate High Street
On the south side of Aldgate High Street, east from the Minories.
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Church Lane, Aldgate High Street
See Church Row.
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Church Row
1) South out of Fenchurch Street, west of the church of St. Katherine Coleman to Fenchurch Street St...
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High-church
·adj Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or polic...
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Aldgate, Street
West from Aldgate High Street to Leadenhall Street at its junction with Fenchurch Street (P.O. Direc...
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High Street
1) See Aldgate, Street?.
2) Thames Street seems to be so described in Anc. Deeds, A. 1779.
This ex...
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Church Court, Duke Street, Aldgate
See Church Passage.
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Bell Alley, Aldgate High Street
South out of Aldgate High Street, leading into Chequer Yard (O. and M. 1677-P.C. 1732). In Portsoken...
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Chequer Yard, Aldgate High Street
South out of Aldgate High Street, the first turning east from the Minories (O.S. 25 in., 1880 ed.). ...
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Crown Inn, Aldgate High Street
North out of Aldgate High Street, east of St. Botolph Aldgate Church and Churchyard (O. and M. 1677)...
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Crown Place, Aldgate High Street
North out of Aldgate High Street, at No. 21. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).
Earliest mention: ...
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Harrow Alley, Aldgate High Street
South out of Aldgate High Street at No. 60. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).
Earliest mention: O...
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Hatchet Alley, Aldgate High Street
North out of Aldgate High Street. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
Seems to have bee...
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Parrot Alley, Aldgate high Street
See The Bore's Head Tavern.
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Sun Court, Aldgate High Street
North out of Aldgate High Street at No. 20. In Portsoken Ward (P.C. 1732-Collingridge, 1908).
Forme...
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Aldgate
One of the gates in the City wall on its eastern side. It stood in the midst of the High Street, at ...
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aldgate
A draught on the pump at Aldgate; a bad bill of exchange, drawn on persons who have no effects of th...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Row
·vi To use the oar; as, to row well.
II. Row ·adj & ·adv Rough; stern; angry.
III. Row ·noun The a...
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row
1) A disturbance; a term used by the students at Cambridge.
2) To row in the same boat; to be embar...
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Duke Street, Aldgate
West from Aldgate to Bevis Marks (P.O. Directory). The south side is in Aldgate Ward, the northern i...
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Hart Row Street
Between Snow Hill and Newgate Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Former na...
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Church
·noun A Jewish or heathen temple.
II. Church ·noun The collective body of Christians.
III. Church ...
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Church
Derived probably from the Greek kuriakon (i.e., "the Lord's house"), which was used by ancient autho...
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Church
This word was employed in early times to denote (1) A Christian community organised as a self-govern...
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church
Mr. Pickering has the following remarks on this word: "A church, as a body of persons, is distinguis...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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church
The part of the ship arranged on Sunday for divine service.
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Church
The derivation of the word is generally said to be from the Greek kuriakon (kuriakon) "belonging to ...
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Church Street, Minories
East out of the Minories, leading to Holy Trinity, Minories Church (P.O. Directory).
Former names :...
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Little Church Street
See Church Street, Minories.
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High Timber Street
South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 42, and extending east and west between Broken Wharf and Bro...
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High
·vi To <<Hie>>.
II. High ·noun The highest card dealt or drawn.
III. High ·noun People of rank or ...
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high
In gunnery, signifies tightly fitting the bore; said of shot, wads, &c. Also, a gun is said to be la...
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Christ Church Priory, Aldgate
See Holy Trinity, Priory of.
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Jews' Synagogue, Church Row
See Hambro' Synagogue.
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Black Bull Yard, Aldgate High Street
See Aldgate Avenue.
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Black Horse Yard, Aldgate High Street
North out of Aldgate High Street, between Nos. 34 and 35, turning north-east into Middlesex Street (...
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Half Moon Court, Aldgate High Street
South out of Aldgate High Street, near the eastern boundary of the ward. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M...
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Three Tun Tavern, Aldgate High Street
See George Alley.
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White Bear Court, Aldgate High Street
See White Bear Alley.
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White Horse Alley, Aldgate High Street
See Black Horse Yard, Aldgate High Street.
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Anchor and Harp Alley, Aldgate High Street
See Anchor and Hart Alley.
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Sun and Trumpet Alley, Aldgate High Street
See Sun Court.
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White Bear Alley, Court, Aldgate High Street
See Saville Buildings.
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Chain Alley, Cooper's Row, Aldgate
See Gould Square.
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Christ Church, Newgate Street
On the north side of Newgate Street at No. 94, in Farringdon Ward Within (P.O. Directory). The paris...
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Church Alley, Fenchurch Street
See Tabernacle Alley.
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Church Court, Fenchurch Street
See Church Row.
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Church Passage, Basinghall Street
See Church Alley.
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Bull Inn, Bull Inn Yard, Aldgate High Street
See Aldgate Avenue.
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Aldgate Avenue
North out of Aldgate High Street at No.24 and east to 25 Middlesex Street. First named, December, 18...
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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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Aldgate Hermitage
In a turret of the City wall near Aldgate built 4 feet without the turret of the said wall in the Ki...
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Aldgate Pump
Taken down 1876 and a drinking fountain erected on the site.
There was a well called " Alegate well...
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Aldgate Ward
With Tower Ward the easternmost ward of the City within the walls (O.S.).
Earliest mention: " In wa...
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Aldgate Well
See Aldgate Pump.
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(St.) Botolph Aldgate
On the north side of Aldgate High Street, at the south-east corner of Houndsditch. In Portsoken Ward...
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(St.) Michael Aldgate
One of the old parishes mentioned by Stow as having formed first the parish of the Holy Cross or Hol...
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(Holy) Trinity Aldgate
There seems to have been a parish of this name in existence before the foundation of Holy Trinity Pr...
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Christcross-row
·- The alphabet;
— formerly so called, either from the cross usually set before it, or from a super...
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Crisscross-row
·noun ·see Christcross-row.
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Row, John
(1568-1646)
Scottish ecclesiastical historian, b. at Perth, s. of John R., one of the Scottish Refo...
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Bowyer Row
Between Ludgate on the west and Creed Lane east (S. 315).
First mention: "Ludgatstrete," commonly c...
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Broker Row
See Blomfield Street.
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Budge Row
South-east from Watling Street to Cannon Street (P.O. Directory). In Walbrook and Cordwainer Wards.
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Bugge Row
See Budge Row.
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Buttonmould Row
In Dean's Court, St. Martin's le Grand (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in maps.
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Charlotte Row
South out of Mansion House Street, and the Poultry on the west side of the Mansion House. In Walbroo...
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Cookes Row
Fitzstephen, writing in the reign of Henry II. c. 1174, says that there was in London on the banks o...
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Cooper's Row
South out of Crutched Friars, at No. 17, to Trinity Square (P.O. Directory). Partly in Aldgate Ward,...
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Currier's Row
South out of Ireland Yard, to Green Dragon Court, west of and parallel to St. Andrew's Hill, Blackfr...
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Curriers' Row
Named after the Curriers who lived here.
See London Wall; also Currier's Court, Blackfriars.
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Falcon Row
1) Out of Fleet Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) In Lothbury (Stry...
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Galley Row
A quadrant in Tower Street, between Hart lane and Church lane, because Galley men dwelled there (S. ...
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Garden Row
In the Inner Temple, within the Temple precincts (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the m...
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Goldsmith Row
The south side of East Harding Street from 9 Great New Street to Gunpowder Alley, Shoe Lane, was so ...
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Goldsmiths' Row
In Cheapside, on the south side, extending from Bread Street to the Cross in Cheap at Wood Street in...
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Jackanape's Row
North out of St. Paul's Churchyard to Blow Bladder Street, in Farringdon Ward Within, at the western...
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Manor Row
South-east out of Little Tower Hill to Upper East Smithfield (Horwood, 1799-Lockie, 1810).
Removed ...
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Middle Row
1) In Newgate Street, extending from Blow bladder street to Newgate Market (Leake, 1666). In Farring...
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Moldmaker Row
See Mouldmaker's Row.
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Mouldmaker's Row
West out of Foster Lane and north from Round Court and west and north into Dean's Court. In St. Mart...
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Paternoster Row
West from Cheapside, at No. 4a, to Warwick Lane and Ave Maria Lane (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon W...
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Pemberton Row
At the north-west corner of Gough Square to Trinity Church Passage, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.O....
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Pemberton's Row
See Trinity Church Passage.
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Postern Row
Between Great Tower Hill and Little Tower Hill (Strype, ed. 1720-O.S.25, in 1880).
Seems to have be...
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Rug Row
In Cloth Fair (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Russia Row
East out of Milk Street, at No. I, to Trump Street (P.O. Directory). In Cheap Ward and Cripplegate W...
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Sandy's Row
South out of Artillery Lane, at No.32, to Middlesex Street. The western side in Bishopsgate Ward Wit...
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Shoemaker's Row
See Duke Street, Aldgate.
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Sporyer Row
See Spurrier Row.
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Spurrier Row
At the end of Ave Mary Lane is Creed Lane, late so called, but sometime Spurrier Rowe, of Spurriers ...
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Stockfishmonger Row
The portion of Thames Street extending west from Fish Street Hill to Old Swan Lane was so called (S....
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Union Row
On the east side of the Minories at its junction with Sparrow Corner and Tower Hill (P.O. Directory)...
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tow row
A grenadier. The tow row club; a club or society of the grenadier officers of the line.
...
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to row up
To punish with words; to rebuke. It is an essential Westernism, and derived from the practice of mak...
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wind-row
to wind-row, to rake the mown grass into rows, called wind-rows. Norf. and Suff.
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rotten row
A line of old ships-in-ordinary in routine order.
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row, to
To propel a boat or vessel by oars or sweeps, which are managed in a direction nearly horizontal. (S...
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row dry!
The order to those who row, not to splash water into the boat.
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row-ports
Certain scuttles or square holes, formerly cut through the sides of the smaller vessels of war, near...
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Street
·adj Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or vi...
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Street
The street called "Straight" at Damascus (Acts 9:11) is "a long broad street, running from east to w...
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Street
The streets of a modern Oriental town present a great contrast to those with which we are familiar, ...
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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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Church modes
·- The modes or scales used in ancient church music. ·see <<Gregorian>>.
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Church-ale
·noun A church or parish festival (as in commemoration of the dedication of a church), at which much...
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Church-bench
·noun A seat in the porch of a church.
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Church-haw
·noun <<Churchyard>>.
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Coptic Church
·add. ·- The native church of Egypt or church of Alexandria, which in general organization and doctr...
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Eastern Church
·add. ·- That portion of the Christian church which prevails in the countries once comprised in the ...
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Low-church
·adj Not placing a high estimate on ecclesiastical organizations or forms;
— applied especially to ...
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Russian Church
·add. ·- The established church of the Russian empire. It forms a portion, by far the largest, of th...
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Barking Church
See All Hallows Barking.
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Church Alley
1) See St. Dunstan's Alley.
2) West out of Basinghall Street at No. 70, leading to Three Nun Court ...
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Church Court
1) North out of Lothbury, at No. 7, opposite the Bank, on the east side of St. Margaret's Church (P....
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Church Entry
North out of Playhouse Yard to Carter Lane at No. 75, in Farringdon Ward Within (P.O. Directory).
F...
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Church Hill
East out of St. Andrews Hill by the Church to Knightrider Street. In Castle Baynard Ward (Elmes, 183...
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Church Lane
1) South out of Upper Thames Street to the river at Three Cranes Wharf. In Vintry Ward, opposite the...
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Church Passage
1) North out of Gresham Street at No. 79, at the west end of St. Lawrence Church, and extending to t...
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Church Place
West out of Garlick Hill, opposite St. James' Church in Vintry Ward.
Former names : O.S. 1875-Bacon...
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Church Rents
North out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
The site is occupied now by...
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French Church
1) On the north side of Threadneedle Street, in Broad Street Ward (Leake, 1666-Elmes, 1831).
It occ...
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Lutheran Church
On the north side of Trinity Lane at the north-east corner of Little Trinity Lane (O. and M. 1677 an...
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Paternoster Church
See St. Michael, Paternoster Royal.
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Temple Church
On the south-east side of Inner Temple Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
The old C...
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(Holy) Trinity Church
At the south-east corner of Great New Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (O.S.1880).
Erected in 182...
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Wallbrook Church
See St. Stephen Walbrook.
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Whitechapel Church
See St. Mary Matfellon.
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church warden
A Sussex name fora shag, or cormorant, probably from its voracity.
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church work
Said of any work that advances slowly.
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church-clerk
the parish clerk. Essex.
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church-litten
the church-yard. Suss, and N.
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church-warden
A name given on the coast of Sussex to the shag or cormorant. Why, deponent sayeth not.
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Dark Entry, Duke Street, Aldgate
See Church Passage.
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Breast-high
·adj High as the breast.
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High five
·add. ·- ·see Cinch (the game).
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High priest
·- A chief priest; ·esp., the head of the Jewish priesthood.
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High steel
·add. ·- Steel containing a high percentage of carbon; high-carbon steel.
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High-blown
·adj Inflated, as with conceit.
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High-bred
·adj Bred in high life; of pure blood.
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High-built
·adj Of lofty structure; tall.
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High-churchism
·noun The principles of the high-church party.
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High-churchman
·noun One who holds high-church principles.
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High-churchmen
·pl of High-churchman.
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High-colored
·adj Having a strong, deep, or glaring color; flushed.
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High-embowed
·adj Having lofty arches.
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High-fed
·adj Pampered; fed luxuriously.
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High-finished
·adj Finished with great care; polished.
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High-flown
·adj Elevated; proud.
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High-flushed
·adj <<Elated>>.
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High-go
·noun A spree; a revel.
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High-handed
·adj Overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a high-handed act.
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High-hearted
·adj Full of courage or nobleness; high-souled.
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High-hoe
·noun The European green woodpecker or yaffle.
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High-holder
·noun The flicker;
— called also high-hole.
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High-low
·noun A laced boot, ankle high.
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High-mettled
·adj Having abundance of mettle; ardent; full of fire; as, a high-mettled steed.
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High-minded
·adj Proud; arrogant.
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High-mindedness
·noun The quality of being highminded; nobleness; magnanimity.
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High-palmed
·adj Having high antlers; bearing full-grown antlers aloft.
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High-pressure
·adj Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life.
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High-priesthood
·noun The office, dignity, or position of a high priest.
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High-priestship
·noun High-priesthood.
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High-principled
·adj Possessed of noble or honorable principles.
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High-proof
·adj So as to stand any test.
II. High-proof ·adj Highly rectified; very strongly alcoholic; as, hi...
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High-raised
·adj Elated with great ideas or hopes.
II. High-raised ·adj Elevated; raised aloft; upreared.
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High-reaching
·adj Reaching high or upward; hence, ambitious; aspiring.
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High-red
·adj Of a strong red color.
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High-seasoned
·adj Enriched with spice and condiments; hence, exciting; piquant.
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High-sighted
·adj Looking upward; supercilious.
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High-souled
·adj Having a high or noble spirit; honorable.
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High-sounding
·adj Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.
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High-spirited
·adj Full of spirit or natural fire; haughty; courageous; impetuous; not brooking restraint or oppos...
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High-stepper
·noun A horse that moves with a high step or proud gait; hence, a person having a proud bearing.
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High-stomached
·adj Having a lofty spirit; haughty.
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High-strung
·adj Strung to a high pitch; spirited; sensitive; as, a high-strung horse.
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High-swelling
·adj Inflated; boastful.
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High-toned
·adj High in tone or sound.
II. High-toned ·adj Elevated; high-principled; honorable.
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High-top
·noun A ship's masthead.
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High-wrought
·adj Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate.
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Knee-high
·adj Rising or reaching upward to the knees; as, the water is knee-high.
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Sky-high
·adv & ·adj Very high.
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High place
An eminence, natural or artificial, where worship by sacrifice or offerings was made (1 Kings 13:32;...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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High priest
Aaron was the first who was solemnly set apart to this office (Ex. 29:7; 30:23; Lev. 8:12). He wore ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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High Holborn
West from Holborn Bars to Drury Lane, outside the City boundary (P.O. Directory).
First mention: "H...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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high eating
To eat skylarks in a garret.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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high flyers
Tories, Jacobites.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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high jinks
A gambler at dice, who, having a strong head, drinks to intoxicate his adversary, or pigeon.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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high living
To lodge in a garret, or cockloft
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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high pad
A highwayman. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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high ropes
To be on the high ropes; to be in a passion.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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high shoon
or clouted shoon
A country clown.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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high water
It is high water, with him; he is full of money.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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high ropes
'Upon the high ropes;' i. e. elated; in high spirits.--Grose, Prov. Dict.
To be on the high ropes; ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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high enough
Said in hoisting in goods, water, or masts.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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high flood
See flood.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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ropes, high
♦ On the high ropes. To be ceremonious, upstart, invested with brief authority.
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The Sailor's Word-Book