The Four Gates

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• Gates

  Gates, ium, v. Garites. ...

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• Four

  ·adj One more than three; twice two. II. Four ·noun A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv. ...

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• Another-gates

  ·adj Of another sort. ...

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• The Blew Gates

  See The Blue Gates. ...

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• Blue Gates

  1) West out of White Cross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746). The site is now occu...

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• all-gates

  See Bailey's Diet. ...

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• Four-cornered

  ·adj Having four corners or angles. ...

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• Four-cycle

  ·add. ·noun A four-stroke cycle, as the Otto cycle, for an internal-combustion engine. ...

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• Four-o'clock

  ·noun The friar bird; — so called from its cry, which resembles these words. II. Four-o'clock ·nou...

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• Four-poster

  ·noun A large bedstead with tall posts at the corners to support curtains. ...

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• Four-way

  ·adj Allowing passage in either of four directions; as, a four-way cock, or valve. ...

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• Four-wheeled

  ·adj Having four wheels. ...

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• Four-wheeler

  ·noun A vehicle having four wheels. ...

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• Seventy-four

  ·noun A naval vessel carrying seventy-four guns. ...

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• The Four Corners

  So called of Fenchurch Street east, Bridge Street south, Grasse Street north, Lombard Street west (S...

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• four-o'clock

  n. another name for the Friar-bird (q.v.). ...

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• four-cant

  A rope composed of four strands. ...

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• Percival, James Gates

  (1795-1854) Poet, b. at Berlin, Conn., was a precocious child, and a morbid and impractical, though...

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• Four-in-hand

  ·noun A team of four horses driven by one person; also, a vehicle drawn by such a team. II. Four-in...

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• Four Dove Court

  1) Out of Noble Street, Foster Lane (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. 2) West...

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• Four Swans Inn

  West out of Bishopsgate Street Within, in Bishopsgate Ward Within, at No. 83 (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 18...

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• six-upon-four

  Reduced allowance; four rations allotted to six men. ...

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• Gates of the City

  According to Stow these were originally four in number, Aldgate, Aldersgate, Ludgate, and Bridgegate...

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• history of the four kings

  or CHILD'S BEST GUIDE TO THE GALLOWS A pack of cards. He studies the history of the four kings assi...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose