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Holborn Conduit
At the junction of Cow Lane, Cock Lane and Snow Hill, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720)....
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Holborn Cross
Near the Conduit at Snow Hill, in parish of St. Sepulchre. (Stow 387).
First mention: "Holbourn Cro...
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Conduit at Aldermanbury
See Aldermanbury Conduit.
...
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Conduit at Barking
Bequest of 2/- quit rent to the conduit of Berkynke by Rob. de Conyngham, 1286 (Ct. H. Wills, I. 78)...
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Conduit at Bishopsgate
Near the gate inside the walls (S. 175), a little to the west (ib. 176).
Erected by Thomas Kneswort...
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Conduit at Dowgate
A conduit of Thames water made 1568 at the cost of the citizens, and called the Conduit upon Downgat...
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Holborn Cross Street
"Tenements in Holbourne crosse streete" belonging to Wm. Nuttall, 1559 (Ct. H.W. II. 670).
Perhaps ...
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Holborn
1) (Borough)
One of the boroughs in the County of London, outside the City boundary, extending from...
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Conduit
·noun A structure forming a reservoir for water.
II. Conduit ·noun A narrow passage for private com...
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Conduit
A water-course or channel (Job 38:25). The "conduit of the upper pool" (Isa. 7:3) was formed by Heze...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Conduit
meaning an aqueduct or trench through which water was carried. Tradition, both oral and as represent...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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at
at or ast, conj. [Curtius connects the Sanscr. ati, ultra, nimis, the Gr. ἔτι, the Lat. et, and at...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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at
at or I (rarely) ast, conj, but (introducing a contrast to what precedes).
I I. In a transition, b...
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At
·prep The relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock; at twenty-one; at once; at first.
I...
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at
for by. Used in this expression, "Sales at auction."
The English say--"Sales by auction," and this ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Conduit at Aldgate Without
"A fair water conduit, hard without the Gate" (Aldgate), erected 1535 (Stow, ed. 1603, p. 129).
One...
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Conduit at Fleet Bridge
A cistern or conduit for receipt of spring water made by the inhabitants of Fleet Street in 1478, bu...
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Conduit at London Wall
In London Wall by Moorgate opposite the northern end of Coleman Street, erected 1517 at the charges ...
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Cross
·noun Church lands.
II. Cross ·prep Athwart; across.
III. Cross ·vi To be inconsistent.
IV. Cross...
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Cross
In the New Testament the instrument of crucifixion, and hence used for the crucifixion of Christ its...
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(Holy) Cross
See Crutched Friars.
...
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cross
To come home by weeping cross; to repent at the conclusion.
...
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Cross
As the emblem of a slave's death and a murderer's punishment, the cross was naturally looked upon wi...
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(St.) Andrew Holborn
On the south side of Holborn Viaduct at No. 31 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without.
First ...
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The Bell, Holborn
A tenement called "le Bell" in parish of St. Andrew in Holbourne between a tenement formerly belongi...
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High Holborn
West from Holborn Bars to Drury Lane, outside the City boundary (P.O. Directory).
First mention: "H...
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Holborn Bars
Across Holborn, at its western end, at Gray's Inn Lane, being the western boundary of the City (Rocq...
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Holborn Bridge
At the east end of Holborn Hill and north end of Fleet Market over the Fleet, at its junction with t...
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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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Holborn Circus
At the junction of Holborn, Holborn Viaduct, Hatton Garden, St. Andrew's Street and Charterhouse Str...
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Holborn Court
At Gray's Inn, 1671 (L. and P. Chas. II. XI. 187).
Not further identified.
...
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Holborn Hall
In Shoe Lane, letten out into Tenements (S. 392).
...
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Holborn Hill
West from Holborn Bridge at Fleet Market to Holborn at Hatton Garden and Middle Row (O.S. 1848-51). ...
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Holborn Prebend
See Holborn1 (Borough of).
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Holborn Viaduct
East from Holborn Circus to Newgate Street (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without.
Improvemen...
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holborn hill
To ride backwards up Holborn hill; to go to the gallows: the way to Tyburn, the place of execution f...
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Conduit system
·add. ·- A system of electric traction, ·esp. for light railways, in which the actuating current pas...
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Aldermanbury Conduit
In the middle of Aldermanbury near St. Mary Aldermanbury Church. Commenced by Sir William Eastfield,...
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Conduit Lane
At Dowgate. A tradesman's token issued to a house in the lane 1649-72 (Burn, p. 54).
No other refer...
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Conduit Tavern
Solar of Salomom de Lauvare, cutler, extending from the entrance to the Conduit Tavern up to the wal...
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Conduit Yard
South of Aldgate, adjoining the Wall of London. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677).
Adjacent to the...
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Fleet Conduit
See Conduit in Fleet Street.
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The Great Conduit in Westcheap
At the eastern end of Cheapside in the parish of St. Mary Colechurch, opposite the Hospital of St. T...
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Lamb's Conduit
See Holborn Conduit.
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At one
·- <<Together>>.
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Here-at
·adv At, or by reason of, this; as, he was offended hereat.
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Strain at
Simply a misprint for "strain out" (Matt. 23:24).
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to jump at
To embrace with eagerness; as, 'I made him an offer, and he jumped at it.'
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at-after
afterwards. North.
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at anchor
The situation of a vessel riding in a road or port by her anchor.
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touching at
Stopping or anchoring at some intermediate port in the course of a voyage.
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Strain At
(So translated in the Authorized Version, but in the Revised Version "strain out," (Matthew 23:24) w...
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(St.) Peter at the Cross of Cheap
See St. Peter Westcheap.
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Cross-armed
·adj With arms crossed.
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Cross-banded
·adj A term used when a narrow ribbon of veneer is inserted into the surface of any piece of furnitu...
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Cross-bearer
·noun A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions.
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Cross-birth
·noun Any preternatural labor, in which the body of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, ...
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Cross-bun
·noun A bun or cake marked with a cross, and intended to be eaten on Good Friday.
...
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Cross-buttock
·add. ·noun A throw in which the wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, places his left leg a...
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Cross-crosslet
·noun A cross having the three upper ends crossed, so as to from three small crosses.
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Cross-days
·noun ·pl The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension.
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Cross-examination
·noun The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he has been called and...
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Cross-examine
·vt To examine or question, as a witness who has been called and examined by the opposite party.
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Cross-examined
·Impf & ·p.p. of Cross-examine.
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Cross-examiner
·noun One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination.
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Cross-examining
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Cross-examine.
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Cross-eye
·noun ·see <<Strabismus>>.
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Cross-eyed
·adj Affected with strabismus; squint-eyed; squinting.
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Cross-fertilize
·add. ·vt To fertilize, as the stigmas of a flower or plant, with the pollen from another individual...
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Cross-fertilized
·add. ·Impf & ·p.p. of Cross-fertilize.
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Cross-fertilizing
·add. ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Cross-fertilize.
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Cross-garnet
·noun A hinge having one strap perpendicular and the other strap horizontal giving it the form of an...
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Cross-pawl
·noun ·same·as Cross-spale.
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Cross-purpose
·noun A counter or opposing purpose; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory.
II. Cross-...
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Cross-question
·vt To cross-examine; to subject to close questioning.
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Cross-questioned
·Impf & ·p.p. of Cross-question.
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Cross-questioning
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Cross-question.
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Cross-reading
·noun The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns,...
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Cross-spale
·noun ·Alt. of Cross-spall.
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Cross-spall
·noun One of the temporary wooden braces, placed horizontally across a frame to hold it in position ...
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Cross-springer
·noun One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the corners in a diagonal direction. [See Il...
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Cross-staff
·noun A surveyor's instrument for measuring offsets.
II. Cross-staff ·noun An instrument formerly u...
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Cross-stitch
·noun A form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and in pairs, the thread of one stitch cross...
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Cross-stone
·noun ·see <<Harmotome>>, and <<Staurotide>>.
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Cross-tail
·noun A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.
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Cross-tie
·noun A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place.
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Cross-tining
·noun A mode of harrowing crosswise, or transversely to the ridges.
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Cross-vaulting
·noun Vaulting formed by the intersection of two or more simple vaults.
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Cross-week
·noun Rogation week, when the cross was borne in processions.
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Holy cross
·- The cross as the symbol of Christ's crucifixion.
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Peltier's cross
·add. ·- A cross formed of two strips of different metals, to illustrate the Peltier effect.
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Red Cross
·add. ·- The crusaders or the cause they represented.
II. Red Cross ·add. ·- A hospital or ambulanc...
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Broken Cross
At the western end of Cheapside. near the church of St. Michael le Querne. Erected by the Earl of Gl...
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Cow Cross
See St. John Street.
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Cross Alley
North out of George Alley, with a passage west to Shoe Lane at No. 32. In Farringdon Ward Without (H...
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Cross Court
Out of London Wall (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
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The Cross Keys
Messuages and tenements called the "Cross Keys" and the "Woodwharfe" near Paul's Wharf in parish of ...
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Cross Lane
1) East out of St. Mary-at-Hill to Harp Lane (P.O. Directory), crossing St. Dunstan's Hill. In Billi...
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Cross Street
West out of King Street to Milk Street Market, crossing Laurence Lane (Hatton, 1708-Strype, ed. 1755...
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The Golden Cross
The sign of the Golden Cross in Temys Street, 1538 (L. and P. H. VIII. XIV. (1), p. 220).
No later ...
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Holy Cross
See Holy Cross.
...
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Minories' Cross
In Agas' map at the junction of the Minories and Little Tower Hill.
It is also shown on Haiward 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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Red Cross
1) In Watling Street. Rent given to parish of All Hallows, Bread_Street (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 1...
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White Cross
In an Inquisition 3 Ed. I. mention is made of water coming down from Smethefeld del Barbican in the ...
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cross dishonest
A cross cove; any person who lives by stealing or in a dishonest manner.
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cross bite
One who combines with a sharper to draw in a friend; also, to counteract or disappoint. CANT.--This ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cross buttock
A particular lock or fall in the Broughtonian art, which, as Mr. Fielding observes, conveyed more pl...
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cross patch
A peevish boy or girl, or rather an unsocial ill-tempered man or woman.
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weeping cross
To come home by weeping cross; to repent.
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Southern Cross
n.
The constellation of theSouthern Cross is of course visible in places farther norththan Australi...
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criss-cross
1) A mark in the shape of a cross; especially that of those who cannot sign their own names. Mr. Har...
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cross-eye
That sort of squint, by which both the eyes turn towards the nose, so that the rays, in passing to t...
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cross-fox
A fox whose color is between the common reddish-yellow and the silver-gray, having on its back a bla...
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cross-grained
Perverse; troublesome; vexatious.--Johnson.
Or what the plague did Juno mean,
That cross-grain'd...
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cross-patch
An ill-tempered person. A vulgar word, used alike in England and America. Patch is a very old word o...
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criss-cross
The mark of a man who cannot write his name.
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cross-bars
Round bars of iron, bent at each end, used as levers to turn the shank of an anchor.
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cross-bitt
The same as cross-piece (which see).
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cross-bored
Bored with holes alternately on the edges of planks, to separate the fastenings, so as to avoid spli...
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cross-bow
An ancient weapon of our fleet, when also in use on shore.
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cross-chocks
Large pieces of timber fayed across the dead-wood amidships, to make good the deficiency of the heel...
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cross-fish
A northern name for the asterias or star-fish; so called from the Norwegian kors-fisk. Also, the Ura...
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cross-grained
Not straight-grained as in good wood; hence the perverse and vexatious disposition of the ne'er-do-w...
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cross-head
In a steamer's engine, is on the top of the piston-rod athwart the cylinder; and there is another fi...
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cross-pawls
See cross-spales.
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cross-piece
The transverse timber of the bitts. Also, a rail of timber extending over the windlass of some merch...
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cross-sea
A sea not caused by the wind then blowing. During a heavy gale which changes quickly (a cyclone, for...
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cross-somer
A beam of timber.
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cross-spales
or spalls.
Temporary beams nailed across a vessel to keep the sides together, and support the ship...
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cross-staff
See fore-staff.
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cross-swell
This is similar to a cross-sea, except that it undulates without breaking violently.
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cross-tail
In a steam-engine, is of the same form as the cylinder cross-head: it has iron straps catching the p...
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cross-tide
The varying directions of the flow amongst shoals that are under water. (See current.)
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cross-timbers
See cross-piece.
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cross-trees
Certain timbers supported by the cheeks and trestle-trees at the upper ends of the lower and top mas...
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southern cross
The popular name of a group of stars near the South Pole, which are somewhat in the figure of a cros...
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(St.) Andrew Holborn Churchyard
On the north, south, and west sides of the church (Horwood, 1799).
Shown also in O. and M. 1677 and...
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(St.) Andrew's Court, Holborn
South out of Holborn, with a passage east into St Andrew Holborn Churchyard, in Farringdon Ward With...
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Bell Inn, Holborn
See Old Bell Inn.
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Serjeants' Inn, Holborn
See Scroop's Inn.
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Conduit (Great) in Westeheap
See The Great Conduit.
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Conduit in Colemanstreet
In Coleman Street by the west end of the parish church of St. Margaret Lothbury. Erected at the char...
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Conduit in Lothbury
Erected at the charges of the City in 1546, Sir Martin Bowes being Mayor. Water was brought from spr...
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Conduit upon Cornhill
In Cornhill opposite the north end of Change Alley and the eastern side of the Royal Exchange.
Show...
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Conduit without Cripplegate
In Fore Street, not far from the east end of St. Giles' Church (S. 18, 303, 432).
Made in 1478 by t...
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Sleep-at-noon
·noun A plant (Tragopogon pratensis) which closes its flowers at midday; a kind of goat's beard.
...
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(St.) Botolph at Retheresgate
See St. Botolph Billingsgate.
...
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Council at London
Held in 833, at which were present the Bishops and "proceribus majoribus" of all England, to take co...
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The Dolphin at Aldersgate
Described in a deed 1291, as a tenement in the parish of "St. Agnes infra Aldresgate," between the h...
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(St.) Mary at Hill
On the west side of St. Mary at Hill (Street) (P.O. Directory). In Billingsgate Ward.
Earliest ment...
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(St.) Peter at Baynardescastel
See St. Peter Paul's Wharf.
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Serjeants-at-Law
A body of barristers of the highest degree, sworn to serve the King's people in their causes.
The J...
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bill at sight
To pay a bill at sight; to be ready at all times for the venereal act.
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tenant at will
One whose wife usually fetches him from the alehouse.
...
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to be driving at
'What are you driving at?' that is, what are you about? what object have you in view? A colloquial e...
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to suit to at
To suit or fit exactly. This old English phrase is often used by ourselves in colloquial language.
...
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lieutenant-at-arms
Formerly the junior lieutenant, who, with the master-at-arms, was charged with the drilling of the s...
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master-at-arms
In former times was an officer appointed to command the police-duty of a ship, to teach the crew the...
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prisoner at large
Free to take exercise within bounds.
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surveyors at lloyd's
See lloyd's surveyors.
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out at heels, or out at elbows
In declining circumstances.
...
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Blue Bell Inn, Holborn
See Old Bell Inn.
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Feathers Alley, Holborn Hill
See Feathers Court.
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Andrew Cross Alley
Adjoining the church of St. Andrew Holborn on the west and called with other premises the " Church L...
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Cow Cross Street
See St. John Street.
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(Holy) Cross, Friars of
House of Crouched or Crossed Fryers founded 1298, at the south-east corner of Hart Street (S. 149). ...
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(Holy) Cross, West Smithfield
Ecclesia Sanctae Crucis infra Hospitale Sancti Bartholomaei in Westsmythefelde Londoniarum pertinet ...
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Cross in Cheapside
See Great Cross in Cheapside.
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Cross Key Court
1) South out of London Wall at No. 44 to Coleman Street Ward (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street War...
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Cross Key Square
North out of Little Britain at No. 8 (P.O. Directory). In Aldersgate Ward Without.
First mention: H...
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Cross Keys Yard
See Cross Keys Alley.
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Cross Keys Alley
,Cross Keys Inn, Cross Keys Yard
East out of White Cross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. an...
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Cross Keys Court
1) North-west out of Chick Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
The site ...
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Cross Keys Inn
1) On the south side of Holborn, in Farringdon Ward Without, east of Fetter Lane (O. and M. 1677).
...
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Gold Cross Court
See Golden Cross Court.
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Golden Cross Court
1) Out of Cateaton Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
Named after the s...
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The Red Cross, Cripplegate
Probably a house with this sign, for in an Inquisition 2 Ed. I. Alicia de Batonia is said to have di...
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Red Cross Alley
1) East out of Church Alley to London Bridge (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, i 799). In Bridge Ward Within.
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Red Cross Court
1) South out of Cow Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 284, to Elmes, 1831)...
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Red Cross Square
1) North out of Great Tower Street, between Mark Lane and Seething Lane (O.S. 25 in. 1880).
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Red Cross Street
North from No. 1 Fore Street to Barbican at No. 31 (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Without.
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Red Cross Tavern
In Barbican at No.32, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, ed .1720-Elmes, 1831).
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christ-cross row
The alphabet in a horn-book: called Christ-cross Row, from having, as an Irishman observed, Christ's...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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holy-cross toad
n. See catholic frog.
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cross-bar-shot
The famed cross-bar-shot, or properly bar-shot, used by the Americans: when folded it presented a ba...
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cylinder cross-head
An adaptation on the top of the piston-rod, stretching out athwart the cylinder, from the ends of wh...
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jack cross-trees
Single iron cross-trees at the head of long topgallant-masts, to support royal and skysail masts.
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Conduit in Colchurch Parish
See The Great Conduit.
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Conduit in Fleet Street
At the south end of Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Leake, 1666), near the hostel of the Bish...
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Conduit in Gracechurch Street
In Gracechurch Street at the west end of Jerusalem Alley (Leake, 1666).
Erected in 1491 by Thomas H...
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Little Conduit in Westcheap
By St. Paul's Gate at the east end of the church of St. Michael le Quern. In Farringdon Ward Within ...
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(St.) Thomas near the Conduit
See St. Thomas of Acon.
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(St.) Anne at the Tourhill
" Anne on the Towr Hill and Abbey of Whit Monkys " (Arnold's Chronicle, p. 247 and p. 75).
" Seynt ...
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(St.) Benedict at Castle Baynard
See St. Benet Paul's Wharf.
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Cistern at Fleet Bridge
Made in 1478 by the inhabitants of Fleet Street at their own charges for the receipt of the waste wa...
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(St.) Mary at Hill, Street
South out of Eastcheap, at No. 28, to Lower Thames Street (P.O. Directory). In Billingsgate Ward.
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(St.) Olave at Crutched Friars
See St. Olave Hart Street.
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blocked at both ends
Finished. The game is blocked at both ends; the game is ended.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose