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Holy cross
·- The cross as the symbol of Christ's crucifixion.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Holy Cross
See Holy Cross.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Rood
·noun The fourth part of an acre, or forty square rods.
II. Rood ·noun A measure of five and a half...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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holy-cross toad
n. See catholic frog.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Holy
·superl Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed; sacred; reserved from profane or commo...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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-or
·- A noun suffix denoting an act; a state or quality; as in error, fervor, pallor, candor, ·etc.
II...
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Or
·prep & ·adv Ere; before; sooner than.
II. Or ·noun Yellow or gold color, — represented in drawing ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Rood Lane
South out of Fenchurch Street, at No.23, to 41 Eastcheap (P.O. Directory). In Billingsgate and Langb...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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rood-goose
A name for the brent-goose.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Cross
·noun Church lands.
II. Cross ·prep Athwart; across.
III. Cross ·vi To be inconsistent.
IV. Cross...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cross
In the New Testament the instrument of crucifixion, and hence used for the crucifixion of Christ its...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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(Holy) Cross
See Crutched Friars.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cross
To come home by weeping cross; to repent at the conclusion.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Holy Ghost
The third Person of the adorable Trinity.
His personality is proved (1) from the fact that the attr...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Holy place
One of the two portions into which the tabernacle was divided (Ex. 26:31; 37:17-25; Heb. 9:2). It wa...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Spirit, Holy
See HOLY [607]GHOST.
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holy father
A butcher's boy of St. Patrick's Market, Dublin, or other Irish blackguard; among whom the exclamati...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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holy lamb
A thorough-paced villain. IRISH.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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holy water
He loves him as the Devil loves holy water, i.e. hates him mortally. Holy water, according to the Ro...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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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Holy dollar
n.
punning name for a dollar outof which a Dump (q.v.) had been punched.
1822. `Hobart Town Gazett...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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holy-stone
A sandstone for scrubbing decks, so called from being originally used for Sunday cleaning, or obtain...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Se-or
·noun A Spanish title of courtesy corresponding to the English Mr. or Sir; also, a gentleman.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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, ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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-...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cross-staff
·noun A surveyor's instrument for measuring offsets.
II. Cross-staff ·noun An instrument formerly u...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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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Peltier's cross
·add. ·- A cross formed of two strips of different metals, to illustrate the Peltier effect.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Red Cross
·add. ·- The crusaders or the cause they represented.
II. Red Cross ·add. ·- A hospital or ambulanc...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cow Cross
See St. John Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cross Court
Out of London Wall (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Cross Keys
Messuages and tenements called the "Cross Keys" and the "Woodwharfe" near Paul's Wharf in parish of ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cross Street
West out of King Street to Milk Street Market, crossing Laurence Lane (Hatton, 1708-Strype, ed. 1755...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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 ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Holborn Cross
Near the Conduit at Snow Hill, in parish of St. Sepulchre. (Stow 387).
First mention: "Holbourn Cro...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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 ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cross dishonest
A cross cove; any person who lives by stealing or in a dishonest manner.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cross patch
A peevish boy or girl, or rather an unsocial ill-tempered man or woman.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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weeping cross
To come home by weeping cross; to repent.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Southern Cross
n.
The constellation of theSouthern Cross is of course visible in places farther norththan Australi...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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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...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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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...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cross-grained
Perverse; troublesome; vexatious.--Johnson.
Or what the plague did Juno mean,
That cross-grain'd...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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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...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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criss-cross
The mark of a man who cannot write his name.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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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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The Sailor's Word-Book
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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cross-bow
An ancient weapon of our fleet, when also in use on shore.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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cross-chocks
Large pieces of timber fayed across the dead-wood amidships, to make good the deficiency of the heel...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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cross-pawls
See cross-spales.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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cross-piece
The transverse timber of the bitts. Also, a rail of timber extending over the windlass of some merch...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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cross-somer
A beam of timber.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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cross-spales
or spalls.
Temporary beams nailed across a vessel to keep the sides together, and support the ship...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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cross-staff
See fore-staff.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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cross-swell
This is similar to a cross-sea, except that it undulates without breaking violently.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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cross-tide
The varying directions of the flow amongst shoals that are under water. (See current.)
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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cross-timbers
See cross-piece.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Holy of holies
The second or interior portion of the tabernacle. It was left in total darkness. No one was permitte...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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(St.) Katherine Holy Trinity
See St. Katherine Cree.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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court holy water
Fair speeches and promises, without performance.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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holy-by-zont
a ridiculous figure. N.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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dry holy-stoning
See holy-stone.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Dogge, or Talbot
See Queen's Arms.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Precincts or Liberties
These were certain privileged areas within the City of London which, prior to 1697, were exempt from...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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baptized, or christened
Rum, brandy, or any other spirits, that have been lowered with water.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hob or nob
Will you hob or nob with me? a question formerly in fashion at polite tables, signifying a request o...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hit or miss
To do a thing hit or miss, is to do it at all hazards; that is, with a chance of hitting or gaining,...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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out or down
An exclamation of the boatswain, &c., in ordering men out of their hammocks, i.e. turn out, or your ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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tack or sheet
A man's saying that he will not start tack or sheet implies resolution.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bernice, Or Berenice
(bringing victory), the eldest daughter of Herod Agrippa I. (Acts 12:1) etc. She was first married t...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Bigthan, Or Bigthana
(gift of God), a eunuch (chamberlain, Authorized Version) in the court of Ahasuerus, one of those "w...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Cuth, Or Cuthah
one of the countries whence Shalmaneser introduced colonists into Samaria. (2 Kings 17:24,30) Its po...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Ephratah, Or Ephrath
(fruitful).
• Second wife of Caleb the son of Hezron, mother of Hur and grandmother of Caleb the sp...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Sabtecha, Or Sabtechah
(striking), (Genesis 10:7; 1 Chronicles 1:9) the fifth in order of the sons of Cush. (B.C. 2218.)
...
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Shimshai, Or Shimshai
(sunny), the scribe or secretary of Kehum, who was a kind of satrap of the conquered province of Jud...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cow Cross Street
See St. John Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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). ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(Holy) Cross, West Smithfield
Ecclesia Sanctae Crucis infra Hospitale Sancti Bartholomaei in Westsmythefelde Londoniarum pertinet ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cross in Cheapside
See Great Cross in Cheapside.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cross Keys Yard
See Cross Keys Alley.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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 ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Gold Cross Court
See Golden Cross Court.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Holborn Cross Street
"Tenements in Holbourne crosse streete" belonging to Wm. Nuttall, 1559 (Ct. H.W. II. 670).
Perhaps ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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.
Th...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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)...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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).
Earlies...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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.
F...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Red Cross Tavern
In Barbican at No.32, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, ed .1720-Elmes, 1831).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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cross-bar-shot
The famed cross-bar-shot, or properly bar-shot, used by the Americans: when folded it presented a ba...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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jack cross-trees
Single iron cross-trees at the head of long topgallant-masts, to support royal and skysail masts.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Maypole Alley or Court
North out of Upper East Smithfield at No. 22 (Lockie, 1810, to O.S. 25 in. 1894-6).
The name appear...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Nan's Hole or Yard
In Angel Street, St. Martin's le Grand (Strype, Ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Nicholas Hacon or Hakoun
See St. Nicholas Acon.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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a blasted fellow or brimstone
An abandoned rogue or prostitute. Cant.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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salt-cat, or gate
a cake of salt used to decoy pigeons. North.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Edom, Idumaea Or Idumea
(red). The name Edom was given to Esau, the first-born son of Isaac and twin brother of Jacob, when ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Conduit at Holborn Cross
See Holborn Conduit.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Cross in Cheapside
In West Cheap in the parish of St. Peter West Cheap, in the ward of Farringdon Within, opposite the ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Red Cross Alley, Minories
See Maidenhead Alley.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Red Cross Coal Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street, on the west side of London Bridge, near Old Swan (Lockie, 1810 and...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Stone Cross in Cheap
Hugh of the Stone Cross in the Ward of Chepe is mentioned in 10 Ed. I. 1282 in Cal. L. Bk. B. p.13.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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pales and cross-pales
The interior shores by which the timbers of a ship are kept to the proper breadth while in frame.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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(St.) Benet at, or del Wodewharf
See Benet Paul's Wharf.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Breakneck Court, Steps, or Stairs
In Black Horse Alley, Fleet Street, leading up steep steps into the Old Bailey, opposite the Session...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Brown Bear Alley or Court
North out of Upper East Smithfield, at No. 1, in the parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate (L.C.C. List, 19...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Nicholas Acuns Lane or Street
See Nicholas Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Pawlet House or Powlet Honse
See Augustin Friars.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ropere Lane or Roppe Lane
See Love Lane2, Billingsgate.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Siuendestret or Lane, Sivende Lane
See Seething Lane.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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by hook or by crook
One way or other; by any expedient.--Johnson.
It can't be done by hook or crook,
Unless your Highn...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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king's bargain: good or bad
; said of a seaman according to his activity and merit, or sloth and demerit.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Friars of the Sack or Penance
See (Fratres de) Penitentia.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Gunpowder Alley or Court, Crutched Friars
East out of Crutched Friars, north of John Street (Wheatley).
First mention: "Gunpowder Alley" (Wes...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Painters' Hall or Painter Stainers' Hall
On the west side of Little Trinity Lane at No.9 (P.O. Directory). In Queenhithe Ward.
First mention...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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golgotha or the place of sculls
Part of the Theatre at Oxford, where the heads of houses sit; those gentlemen being by the wits of t...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Benjamin, High Gate Or Gate Of
(Jeremiah 20:2; 37:13; 38:7; Zechariah 14:10) [Jerusalem]
...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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(St.) Andrews Cross on the Hoop
A tenement and garden so called in Fleet Street in parish of St. Dunstan between the tenement of the...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Red Cross Street, East Smithfield
North-east out of Butcher Row to Nightingale Lane (Hatton, 1708-Lockie, 1810).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Katherine in the Churchyard of Holy Trinity
See St. Katherine Cree.
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(St.) Olave by the Tower or versus Turrim
See St. Olave Hart Street.
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out at heels, or out at elbows
In declining circumstances.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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(St.) Peter at the Cross of Cheap
See St. Peter Westcheap.
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Red Cross Court, Great Tower Street
See Red Cross Square.
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the crack, or all the crack. the fashionable theme, the go. the crack lay, of late is used, in the cant language, to signify the art and mystery of house-breaking.
Crust, sea biscuit, or ammunition loaf; also the backside. Farting crackers; breeches.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose