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New City Club
On the east side of George Yard, Lombard Street. In Langbourn Ward (O.S.).
Site now occupied by off...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Club
·vt To beat with a club.
II. Club ·vi To drift in a current with an anchor out.
III. Club ·vt To t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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club
A meeting or association, where each man is to spend an equal and stated sum, called his club.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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City
·noun A large town.
II. City ·adj Of or pertaining to a city.
III. City ·noun The collective body ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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City
The earliest mention of city-building is that of Enoch, which was built by Cain (Gen. 4:17). After t...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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city
n.
In Great Britain and Ireland the word City denotes «a considerable town that has been,(a) an epi...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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City of London Club
On the east side of Old Broad Street, at No. 19 (P.O. Directory). In Broad Street Ward.
Erected 183...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Club-rush
·noun A rushlike plant, the reed mace or cat-tail, or some species of the genus Scirpus. ·see <<Bulr...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Club-shaped
·adj Enlarged gradually at the end, as the antennae of certain insects.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Country club
·add. ·- A club usually located in the suburbs or vicinity of a city or town and devoted mainly to o...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Glee club
·add. ·- A club or company organized for singing glees, and (by extension) part songs, ballads, ·etc...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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catch club
A member of the patch club; a bum bailiff.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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club law
Argumentum bacculinum, in which an oaken stick is a better plea than an act of parliament.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pizzy club
A society held, A. D, 1744, at the sign of the Tower, on Tower Hill: president, Don Pizzaro.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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spouting club
A meeting of apprentices and mechanics to rehearse different characters in plays: thus forming recru...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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club-tail
(Genus alosa.) The common shad, the fatter portion of which have the tail swollen, and on the coast ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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club-law
The rule of violence and strength.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Reserve city
·add. ·- In the national banking system of the United States, any of certain cities in which the nat...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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City Chambers
See New City Chambers.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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City Companies
The successors of the old Guilds (q.v.).
Their privileges as Livery Companies were confirmed by an ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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City Ditch
See Houndsditch.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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City Greenyard
On the east side of Whitecross Street at No. 18 (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Without.
Form...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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City Mortuary
See Sun Alley1, Golden Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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city college
Newgate.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Farinaceous City
or Village
n. aplayful name for Adelaide. The allusion is to wheat being theleading export of South...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Holy City
n.
a nickname for Adelaide. See Farinaceous City.
1875. R. and F. Hill, `What we Saw in Australia,...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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calves head club
A club instituted by the Independents and Presbyterians, to commemorate the decapitation of King Cha...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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kill care club
The members of this club, styled also the Sons of Sound Sense and Satisfaction, met at their fortres...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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kit-cat club
A society of gentlemen, eminent for wit and learning, who in the reign of queen Anne and George I. m...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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club-haul, to
A method of tacking a ship by letting go the lee-anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails, whi...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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royal yacht club
A very useful and honourable association. (See yacht club, royal.)
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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yacht club, royal
An institution embodied by a number of noblemen and gentlemen about the year 1820, to which certain ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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David, City of
1) David took from the Jebusites the fortress of Mount Zion. He "dwelt in the fort, and called it th...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Destruction, City of
(Isa. 19:18; Heb. Ir-ha-Heres, "city of overthrow," because of the evidence it would present of the ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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City Police Office
On the West side of Old Jewry at No. 26 (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street Ward.
First mention: "P...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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New City Chambers
On the west side of Bishopsgate. In Bishopsgate Ward Within (O.S.).
First mention: Lockie, 1810.
F...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Old City Chambers
See Crosby Hall Chambers.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Pivot City, The
a nickname for Geelong.
1860. W. Kelly, `Life in Victoria,' vol. i. p. 160[Footnote]:
«The Pivot C...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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David, City Of
[Jerusalem]
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Salt, City Of
the fifth of the six cities of Judah which lay in the "wilderness." (Joshua 15:62) Mr. Robinson expr...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Adam, the city of
Is referred to in Josh. 3:16. It stood "beside Zarethan," on the west bank of Jordan (1 Kings 4:12)....
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Salt, The city of
One of the cities of Judah (Josh. 15:62), probably in the Valley of Salt, at the southern end of the...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Arms of the City
Argent, plain cross gules, in the dexter chief canton a sword erect in pale of the second.
Crest : ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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City of London Brewery
On the south side of Cannon Street at No. 89 (P.O. Directory).
There seems to have been a brewhouse...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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City of London College
On the north side of White Street, Moorfields, in Cripplegate Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
An edu...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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City of London School
At the east end of the Victoria Embankment, east of John Carpenter Street, in Farringdon Ward Withou...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ferm of the City (King's)
Mentioned in will of John de Pulteneye, 1349 (Ct. H.W. I. 610).
The fee farm rent paid to the Crown...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Gates of the City
According to Stow these were originally four in number, Aldgate, Aldersgate, Ludgate, and Bridgegate...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Warden of the City
Appointed by the King from time to time in place of the Mayor, when the City had incurred his disple...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Palm trees, The city of
The name given to Jericho (q.v.), Deut. 34:3; Judg. 1:16; 3:13.
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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City of London, Artizans' Dwellings
Artizan Street, Gravel Lane.
These dwellings are on the east side of Artizan Street, between Artiza...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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City Union Relief Registration Office
On the western side of Bartholomew Close, at No. 61, south of the Church of St. Bartholomew the Grea...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.