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Depot
·noun A place of deposit for the storing of goods; a warehouse; a storehouse.
II. Depot ·noun A rai...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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depot
A magazine in which military stores are deposited. Also, a company left in England for the purpose o...
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Northern
·adj Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or ...
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Railway
·noun A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and ...
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Great Eastern Railway Goods' Receiving Office
On the west side of Laurence Lane at No. 23, in Cheap Ward, on the western boundary of the ward (P.O...
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Goods
·noun ·pl ·see <<Good>>, ·noun, 3.
...
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Station
·noun Situation; position; location.
II. Station ·noun A state of standing or rest; equilibrium.
I...
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station
n. originally the house with thenecessary buildings and home-premises of a sheep-run, and stillused ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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station
The allotted places of the duties of each person on board. In most merchantmen the cry of "Every man...
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Great
·superl Pregnant; big (with young).
II. Great ·noun The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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great
1) This word is used variously. A great Christian, for a pious man; great horse is applied to a smal...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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northern diver
The Colymbus glacialis, a large diving-bird.
...
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northern-glance
The old sea-name of the aurora borealis (which see).
...
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northern lights
See northern-glance.
...
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Aerial railway
·add. ·- An elevated cableway.
II. Aerial railway ·add. ·- A stretched wire or rope elevated above ...
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Cash railway
·add. ·- A form of cash carrier in which a small carrier or car travels upon a kind of track.
...
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Ship railway
·add. ·- A railway on which to transport vessels overland between bodies of water.
II. Ship railway...
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Railway Approach
South out of Cannon Street leading to the Station (P.O. Directory).
First named 1910.
...
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Railway Place
South out of Fenchurch Street at No.63 (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.
First mentioned: O.S. 184...
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marine railway
A term which has been applied to a slip for hauling vessels on to repair.
...
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Consumer's goods
·add. ·- Economic goods that directly satisfy human wants or desires, such as food, clothes, picture...
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Dress goods
·- A term applied to fabrics for the gowns of women and girls;
— most commonly to fabrics of mixed ...
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Dry goods
·- A commercial name for textile fabrics, cottons, woolens, linen, silks, laces, ·etc., — in distinc...
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Producer's goods
·add. ·- Goods that satisfy wants only indirectly as factors in the production of other goods, such ...
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Steelbow goods
·- Those goods on a farm, such as corn, cattle, implements husbandry, ·etc., which may not be carrie...
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Good's Rents
In the Minories (Strype, ed. 1755-Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
Named after the builder o...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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run goods
A maidenhead, being a commodity never entered.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bale goods
Merchandise packed in large bundles, not in cases or casks.
...
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gruff-goods
An Indian return cargo consisting of raw materials cotton, rice, pepper, sugar, hemp, saltpetre, &c....
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kentledge goods
In lieu of ballast.
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prize-goods
Those taken upon the high seas, jure belli, from the enemy.
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running goods
Landing a cargo of contraband articles.
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shipping goods
Receiving and stowing them on board.
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stowage goods
Those which usually pay freight according to bulk.
...
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Torpedo station
·add. ·- A headquarters for torpedo vessels and their supplies, usually having facilities for repair...
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Weather station
·add. ·- A station for taking meteorological observations, making weather forecasts, or disseminatin...
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Bishopsgate Station
See Liverpool Street Stations.
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Blackfriars Station
At the northern end of Blackfriars Bridge, at the eastern end of the Victoria Embankment (P.O. Direc...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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head-station
n.
the principal buildings,including the owner's or manager's house, the hut, store, etc.,of a shee...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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out-station
n. a sheep or cattle stationaway from the Head-station (q.v.).
1844. `Port Phillip Patriot,' July 1...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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station-jack
n.
a form of bush cookery.
1853. `The Emigrant's Guide to Australia.' (Article onBush-Cookery, fro...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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station-bill
A list containing the appointed posts of the crew when performing any evolution but action.
...
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station-pointer
A circular instrument furnished with one standard radius, and two movable. By laying off two observe...
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And
·conj If; though. ·see <<An>>, ·conj.
II. And ·conj It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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and
• The people who inhabited generally the whole of that country.
• In (Genesis 10:18-20) the seats o...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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(The) Great Garden, Great Gardens
See Great Garden Street.
...
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Great-bellied
·adj Having a great belly; bigbellied; pregnant; teeming.
...
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Great-grandchild
·noun The child of one's grandson or granddaughter.
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Great-granddaughter
·noun A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter.
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Great-grandfather
·noun The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
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Great-grandmother
·noun The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother.
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Great-grandson
·noun A son of one's grandson or granddaughter.
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Great-hearted
·adj High-spirited; fearless.
II. Great-hearted ·adj Generous; magnanimous; noble.
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Great-heartedness
·noun The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity.
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Tun-great
·adj Having the circumference of a tun.
...
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Eastcheap
See Eastcheap.
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Great Minories
See Minories.
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great intimate
As great as shirt and shitten a-se.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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great joseph
A surtout. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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great big
Very large. Often used by children.
...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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great with
Intimate with; high in favor with.--Craven Glossary. Dr. Webster notices this word in the same sense...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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great circle
One whose assumed plane passes through the centre of the sphere, dividing it equally.
...
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great gun
The general sea-term for cannons, or officers of great repute.
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great ocean
The Pacific, so called from its superior extent.
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great shakes
See shakes.
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North London Railway
North from Liverpool Street along the western boundary of Bishopsgate Ward Without to the northern b...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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great guns and small-arms
The general armament of a ship. Also, a slang term for the blowing and raining of heavy weather.
...
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custom-house goods
The stock in trade of a prostitute, because fairly entered.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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as good's go
In the phrase, I'd as good's go to New York, instead of "I might as well go to New York." "I'd as go...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Aldersgate Street Station
On the west side of Aldersgate Street at No.135, at its junction with Long Lane (P.O. Directory). In...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Broad Street Station
On the north side of Liverpool Street, North London Railway Terminus (P.O. Directory). On the wester...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cannon Street Station
On the south side of Cannon Street at Dowgate Hill, extending south to the Thames (P.O. Directory), ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Fenchurch Station Chambers
At 66 Fenchurch Street, on the south side (P.O. Directory).
First mention: "Fenchurch Chambers" (Lo...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Fenchurch Street Station
From Railway Place south-east to Crutched Friars (O.S.).
The London and Blackwall Railway terminus....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ludgate Hill Station
Between Water Lane and New Bridge Street, in Farringdon Ward Within, on the east side of New Bridge ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Mansion House Station
On the south side of Queen Victoria Street at No. 53A, near to its junction with Cannon Street (P.O....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Mark Lane Station
At the south-east corner of Seething Lane, on the north side of Byward Street. In Tower Ward.
Occup...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Moorgate Station Buildings
(L.C.C. List, 1901).
Now part of Moorfields (q.v.).
...
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Moorgate Street Station
On the west side of Moorfields, in Cripplegate Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
Erected about 1865, w...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bell and Bear Alley, Great Eastcheap
See White Bell Alley.
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blowing great guns and small arms
Heavy gales; a hurricane.
...
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Great White Way
·add. ·- Broadway, in New York City, in the neighborhood chiefly occupied by theaters, as from about...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Alexander the Great
The king of Macedonia, the great conqueror; probably represented in Daniel by the "belly of brass" (...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Herod the Great
(Matt. 2:1-22; Luke 1:5; Acts 23:35), the son of Antipater, an Idumaean, and Cypros, an Arabian of n...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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(St.) Bartholomew the Great
On the north side of Bartholomew Close, West Smithfield (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Bear Alley
West out of Seacoal Lane to the Fleet Ditch or New Canal, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Bear Quay
See Bear Quay.
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Great Bell Alley
East out of Coleman Street, at No. 56, to Moorgate Street (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street Ward.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Blackhorse Court
Out of Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without (P.C. 1732-Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the ma...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Bush Lane
See Bush Lane.
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Great Carter Lane
See Carter Lane.
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Great Cock Alley
North out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without, and east to White Cross Street (Rocque, 1746-...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Dice Key
It occupies the site of Smart's Key in O. and M. 1677, and Rocque, 1746, but in Strype it is shown b...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Distaff Lane
West out of Friday Street to Old Change, in Bread Street Ward, and Farringdon Ward Within (O.S. 1848...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Elbow Lane
See College Street.
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Great Fryers Gate
South out of Fleet Street to Silver Street, White Friars, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-L...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Garden Street
East out of St. Katherine's Lane to Helmet Court and Butcher Row (Lockie, 1810).
Former names : A t...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Knightrider Street
See Knightrider Street.
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Great New Street
North-east from West Harding Street to Dean Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
Fi...
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Great Old Bailey
See Old Bailey.
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Great Oxford Court
South out of Camomile Street. In Lime Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
So named as occupyi...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Prescott Street
East from 95 Mansell Street to 104 Leman Street (P.O. Directory). In Goodman's Fields.
Former names...
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Great Rutland Court
See Rutland Place.
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Great Shire Lane
North from Temple Bar to Carey Street, the south-eastern corner only being in Farringdon Ward Withou...
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Great Somer's Key
Between Lyons Key east and Dark House Lane west. In Billingsgate Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great St. Helens
East out of Bishopsgate, at No. 38, to Crosby Square and St. Mary Axe (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsga...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Swan Alley
East out of Coleman Street, at No. 66, across Moorgate Street, at No. 39, to Little Swan Alley (P.O....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Tower Hill
See Tower Hill.
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Great Tower Street
East from No. 40 Eastcheap to Tower Dock, Tower Hill. In Tower Ward (P.O. Directory).
Widened from ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Trinity Lane
East out of Queen Victoria Street, at No. 71, to Garlick Hill (P.O. Directory). In Vintry, Cordwaine...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Western Wharf
Between Greenwich Street and the Thames, adjoining Dowgate Wharf, west of Dowgate Dock (O.S.) at No....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Winchester Street
West out of Old Broad Street at No. 53 and north to No. 73 London Wall. In Broad Street Ward (P.O. D...
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Great Wood Street
See Wood Street.
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(Holy) Trinity the Great
See Holy Trinity, Priory of.
...
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great-circle sailing
Is a method for determining a series of points in an arc of a great circle between two points on the...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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great-line fishing
That carried on over the deeper banks of the ocean. (See line-fishing.) It is more applicable to han...
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Synagogue, The Great
On the return of the Jews from Babylon, a great council was appointed according to rabbinic traditio...
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runners of foreign goods
Organized smugglers.
...
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All Hallows the Great
On the east side of All Hallows Lane at the corner of Upper Thames Street. In Dowgate Ward (O.S. 188...
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(St.) Bartholomew the Great, Churchyard
On the western side of the church.
Shown in O. and M. 1677.
...
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Great Ashentree Court, Whitefriars
See Ashen Tree Court.
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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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Great St. Bartholomew Close
See Bartholomew Close.
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Great St. Helen Churchyard
See St. Helen Churchyard.
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Great St. Hellen's Court
Out of Bishopsgate Street Within, in Bishopsgate Ward Within (Strype, ed. 1755-L. Guide, 1758).
Not...
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Great St. Thomas Apostle
West out of Queen Street, at No. 28, to 26 Garlick Hill in Vintry Ward (P.O. Directory).
First ment...
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Great Synagogue, Duke Street
On the south side of Duke Street next to No. 31 (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.
First mention: R...
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Great White Bear Court
North out of Thames Street in Blackfriars, west of Addle Hill, in Castle Baynard Ward (P.C. 1732).
...
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Great Winchester Street Buildings
On the north side of Great Winchester Street, at No. 1, in Broad Street Ward (L.C.C. List, 1912).
A...
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every man to his station
See station.
...
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Castor and Pollux
·- ·see Saint Elmo's fire, under <<Saint>>.
...
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Half-and-half
·noun A mixture of two malt liquors, ·esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts.
...
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In and an
·adj & ·adv Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. ·see under <<Breeding>...
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In-and-in
·noun An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, eithe...
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Lords and Ladies
·- The European wake-robin (Arum maculatum), — those with purplish spadix the lords, and those with ...
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Make and break
·add. ·- Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
...
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Tom and Jerry
·add. ·- A hot sweetened drink of rum and water spiced with cinnamon, cloves, ·etc., and beaten up w...
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Tops-and-bottoms
·noun ·pl Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in halves, and then browned in an oven, — used as food fo...
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Tweedledum and Tweedledee
·add. ·- Two things practically alike;
— a phrase coined by John Byrom (1692-1793) in his satire "O...
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Azur and Azzur
Helper.
1) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet (Jer. 28:1).
2) The father of Jaazaniah (Ezek. ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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By and by
Immediately (Matt. 13:21; R.V., "straightway;" Luke 21:9).
...
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Castor and Pollux
The "Dioscuri", two heroes of Greek and Roman mythology. Their figures were probably painted or scul...
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Jachin and Boaz
The names of two brazen columns set up in Solomon's temple (1 Kings 7:15-22). Each was eighteen cubi...
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Tryphena and Tryphosa
Two female Christians, active workers, whom Paul salutes in his epistle to the Romans (16:12).
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Bell and Crown
On the north side of Holborn, east of Furnival's Inn, in Farringdon Ward Without. The southern porti...
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(The) Cat and Fiddle
In the parish of St. Benet Sherehog, 1542 (L. and P. H. VIII. XVII. 393).
Earliest mention: "le Cat...
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(The) Crown and Cushion
See Pay Office.
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The Hand and Still
In Houndesditch at the boundary of Bishopsgate Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 94, and in 1755 ed.).
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Hoare and Co
Premises on the west side of Water Lane, in Farringdon Ward Within (Horwood, 1799).
Site occupied i...
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The Rose and Crown
A house so called in parish of St. Michael Crooked Lane demised to the use of the church and parish ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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air and exercise
He has had air and exercise, i.e. he has been whipped at the cart's tail; or, as it is generally, th...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bird and baby
The sign of the eagle and child.
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black and white
In writing. I have it in black and white; I have written evidence.
...
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bubble and squeak
Beef and cabbage fried together. It is so called from its bubbling up and squeaking whilst over the ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bulk and file
Two pickpockets; the bulk jostles the party to be robbed, and the file does the business.
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buttock and file
A common whore and a pick-pocket. Cant.
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buttock and twang, or down buttock and sham file
A common whore, but no pickpocket.
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buttock and tongue
A scolding wife.
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to chop and change
To exchange backwards and forwards. To chop, in the canting sense, means making dispatch, or hurryin...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ducks and drakes
To make ducks and drakes: a school-boy's amusement, practised with pieces of tile, oyster-shells, or...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gamon and patter
Common place talk of any profession; as the gamon and patter of a horse-dealer, sailor, &c.
...
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gog and magog
Two giants, whose effigies stand on each side of the clock in Guildhall, London; of whom there is a ...
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guts and garbage
A very fat man or woman. More guts than brains; a silly fellow. He has plenty of guts, but no bowels...
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here and thereian
One who has no settled place of residence.
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hide and seek
A childish game. He plays at hide and seek; a saying of one who is in fear of being arrested for deb...
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inside and outside
The inside of a **** and the outside of a gaol.
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milk and water
Both ends of the busk.
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monks and friars
Terms used by printers: monks are sheets where the letters are blotted, or printed too black; friars...
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orthodoxy and heterodoxy
Somebody explained these terms by saying, the first was a man who had a doxy of his own, the second ...
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pothooks and hangeks
A scrawl, bad writing.
...
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quick and nimble
More like a bear than a squirrel. Jeeringly said to any one moving sluggishly on a business or erran...
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quirks and quillets
Tricks and devices. Quirks in law; subtle distinctions and evasions.
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roaratorios and uproars
Oratorios and operas.
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roast and boiled
A nick name for the Life Guards, who are mostly substantial house-keepers; and eat daily of roast an...
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six and tips
Whisky and small beer. IRISH.
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sixes and sevens
Left at sixes and sevens: i.e. in confusion; commonly said of a room where the furniture, &c. is sca...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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tarring and feathering
A punishment lately infliced by the good people of Boston on any person convicted, or suspected, of ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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chock-and-log
n. and adj.
a particularkind of fence much used on Australian stations. The Chock is a thick short ...
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tagrag-and-bobtail
n.
a species of sea-weed.See quotation.
1866. S. Hannaford, `Wild Flowers of Tasmania,' p. 80:
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wattle-and-dab
a rough mode of architecture, verycommon in Australia at an early date. The phrase and itsmeaning ar...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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by fits and starts
At short and sudden intervals interruptedly.
As prayer is a duty of daily occurrence, the injunctio...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to cut and run
To be off; to be gone.--Holloway's Prov. Dictionary.
Originally a nautical term. To cut the cable o...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to rake and scrape
To collect.
Where under the sun, says I to myself, did he rake and scrape together such super-super...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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back and forth
Backwards and forwards, applied to a person in walking, as, "He was walking back and forth." A commo...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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black and blue
The color of a bruise; a familiar expression for a bruise, here and in England.
Mistress Ford, good...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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black and white
To put a thing into black and white, is, to commit it to writing. In use in Scotland.--Jamieson.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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chinking and daubing
The process of filling with clay the interstices between the logs of houses in the new countries. In...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cut and dried
Ready made.
I am for John C. Calhoun for the presidency; and will not go for Mr. Van Buren, the man...
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heads and plucks
the refuse of timber trees, as boughs, roots, &c. Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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helm and hawn
the handle of a spade, &c. Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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peas and sport
See scadding of peas.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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rid and ridden
dispatch and dispatched : It rids well : it goes on fast. It will soon be ridden, i. e. got rid of. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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runches and runchballs
carlock, when dried and withered. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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saugh and sauf
sallow. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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snod and snog
neat, handsome : as, snogly gear'd, handsomely dressed. N. SNOG-MALT, smooth, with few combs.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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to and again
backwards and forwards. York and Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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act and intention
Must be united in admiralty law.
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