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Wood Street
North out of Cheapside, at No.122, to London Wall (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within and Cr...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Love Lane, Wood Street
See Love Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Gold Street, Wood Street
See Goldsmith Street.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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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.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great New Street
North-east from West Harding Street to Dean Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
Fi...
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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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 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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Alban (St.), Wood Street
On the east side of Wood Street, at the corner of Little Love Lane (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Little Wood Street
See Wood Street.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Michael Wood Street
On the west side of Wood Street, and north side of Huggin Lane. In Cripplegate Ward Within (O.S. 188...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Wood Street Compter
On the east side of Wood Street, in Cripplegate Ward Within.
One of the Sheriffs' Prisons.
First m...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Wood Street Square
West out of Hart Street at No.3 at its junction with Monkwell Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (P.O...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Wood
·vi To take or get a supply of wood.
II. Wood ·noun Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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wood
In a wood; bewildered, in a maze, in a peck of troubles, puzzled, or at a loss what course to take i...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to wood
To supply or get supplies of wood.--Webster. The boats on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, in their ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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wood and wood
When two pieces of timber are so let into each other as to join close. Also, when a tree-nail is dri...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle Inn, Wood Street
On the east side of Wood Street at No. 26, in Cripplegate Ward Within, a few doors north of Gresham ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Huggin Lane, Wood Street
West out of Wood Street, at 115, to Gutter Lane (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Within.
First...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Passage to Wood Street
See Little Love Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(The) Great Garden, Great Gardens
See Great Garden Street.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Street
·adj Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or vi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Street
The street called "Straight" at Damascus (Acts 9:11) is "a long broad street, running from east to w...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Street
The streets of a modern Oriental town present a great contrast to those with which we are familiar, ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Great-bellied
·adj Having a great belly; bigbellied; pregnant; teeming.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Tun-great
·adj Having the circumference of a tun.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Minories
See Minories.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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.
...
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.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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great gun
The general sea-term for cannons, or officers of great repute.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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great ocean
The Pacific, so called from its superior extent.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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great shakes
See shakes.
...
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Hart Lane, Great Tower Street
See Harp Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Swan Court, Great Tower Street
See Black Swan Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Aloes wood
·- ·see <<Agalloch>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Amboyna wood
·- A beautiful mottled and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It is obtained from the Pterocarpus Ind...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bethabara wood
·- A highly elastic wood, used for fishing rods, ·etc. The tree is unknown, but it is thought to be ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Brazil wood
·- The wood of the oriental Caesalpinia Sapan;
— so called before the discovery of America.
II. Br...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Calamander wood
·- A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Campeachy Wood
·- <<Logwood>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cassava wood
·add. ·- A West Indian tree (Turpinia occidentalis) of the family Staphyleaceae.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cocus wood
·- A West Indian wood, used for making flutes and other musical instruments.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Gopher wood
·- A species of wood used in the construction of Noah's ark.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Kiabooca wood
·- ·see Kyaboca wood.
...
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Kyaboca wood
·- Amboyna wood.
II. Kyaboca wood ·- Sandalwood (Santalum album).
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Lingoa wood
·- Amboyna wood.
...
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Madeira wood
·add. ·- The mahogany tree (Swietenia Mahogoni).
II. Madeira wood ·add. ·- A West Indian leguminous...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Myall wood
·- A durable, fragrant, and dark-colored Australian wood, used by the natives for spears. It is obta...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Nicaragua wood
·- Brazil wood.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Omander wood
·- The wood of Diospyros ebenaster, a kind of ebony found in Ceylon.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Rosetta wood
·- An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasio...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sapan wood
·- A dyewood yielded by Caesalpinia Sappan, a thorny leguminous tree of Southern Asia and the neighb...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sappan wood
·- Sapan wood.
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Shittim wood
·noun The wood of the shittah tree.
...
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Thyine wood
·- The fragrant and beautiful wood of a North African tree (Callitris quadrivalvis), formerly called...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Wood gum
·add. ·- <<Xylan>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Wood hyacinth
·add. ·- A European squill (Scilla nonscripta) having a scape bearing a raceme of drooping blue, pur...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Wood partridge
·add. ·- The Canada grouse.
II. Wood partridge ·add. ·- Any of several small partridges of Java, Su...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Wood tick
·- Any one of several species of ticks of the genus Ixodes whose young cling to bushes, but quickly ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Wood-bound
·adj Incumbered with tall, woody hedgerows.
...
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Wood-layer
·noun A young oak, or other timber plant, laid down in a hedge among the whitethorn or other plants ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Wood-note
·noun A wild or natural note, as of a forest bird.
...
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Wood-sare
·noun A kind of froth seen on herbs.
...
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Wood-sere
·noun The time when there no sap in the trees; the winter season.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Wood-wash
·noun ·Alt. of Wood-waxen.
...
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Wood-wax
·noun ·Alt. of Wood-waxen.
...
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Wood-waxen
·noun ·same·as <<Woadwaxen>>.
...
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Thyine wood
Mentioned only in Rev. 18:12 among the articles which would cease to be purchased when Babylon fell....
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Wood-offering
(Neh. 10:34; 13:31). It would seem that in the time of Nehemiah arrangements were made, probably on ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Wood, or À Wood, Anthony
(1632-1695)
Antiquary, was b. at Oxf., where he was ed. and spent most of his life. His antiquarian...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Wood Wharf
On the east and west sides of Trigg Lane, in Queenhithe Ward (O. and M. 1677, and Strype, 1720 and 1...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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wood pecker
A bystander, who bets whilst another plays.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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beef-wood
n.
the timber of various Australiantrees, especially of the genus Casuarina, and some ofthe Banksia...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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blood-wood
or Blood-tree
n.
a nameapplied, with various epithets, to many of the Gum-trees (q.v.), especially...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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box-wood
n.
a New Zealand wood, Olealanceolata, Hook., N.O. Jasminea (Maori name, Maire). Used by the `Welli...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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camphor-wood
n.
an Australian timber; the woodof Callitris (Frenea) robusta, Cunn., N.O. Coniferae. Called also ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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coopers-wood
n. the timber of an Australiantree, Alphitonia excelsa, Reiss, N.O. Rhamneae.The wood becomes dark w...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cotton-wood
n.
the timber of an Australiantree, Bedfordia salicina, De C., N.O. Compositae.Called Dog-wood (q.v...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ivory-wood
n.
an Australian timber, Siphonodon australe, Benth., N.O. Celastrinae.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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leather-wood
n.
i.q. pinkwood (q.v.).
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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lemon-wood
n.
one of the names given bysettlers to the New Zealand tree called by Maoris Tarata (q.v.), or Map...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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marble(-)wood
n.
name applied to awhitish-coloured mottled timber, Olea paniculata,R. Br., N.O. Jasmineae; called...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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milk-wood
n.
a Northern Territory namefor Melaleuca leucadendron, Linn.; called also Paperbark-tree (q.v.).
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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musk-wood
n.
See musk-tree.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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partridge-wood
n.
another name for the Cabbage-Palm (q.v.).
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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scent-wood
a Tasmanian evergreen shrub, Alyxiabuxifolia, R. Br., N.O. Apocyneae, of the dogbanefamily.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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tallow-wood
n.
another name for one of the Stringy-barks (q.v.), Eucalyptus microcorys,F. v. M., N.O. Myrtaceae...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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tar-wood
n.
name given by the Otago bushmen tothe tree Darrydium colensoi, Hook.; Maori name, Manoao (q.v.)....
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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tulip-wood
n.
The name is given,in Australia, to Aphnanthe philipinensis, Planch., N.O. Urticaceae, and to the...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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turnip-wood
n.
the timbers of the trees Akania hillii, J. Hook., N.O. Sapindaceae,and Dysoxylon Muelleri, Benth...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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white wood
See waddy wood
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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waddy wood
or White Wood
n.
name given in Tasmania to the tree Pittosporum bicolor,Hook., N.O. Pittosporeae; ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wood-duck
n.
a name given by the colonists ofNew South Wales and «Swan River» to the Maned Goose, Branta juba...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wood savages
See wood natives
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wood natives
or Wood Savages
obsolete names for the Australian aborigines.
1817. O'Hara, `History of New South ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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yellow-wood
a name applied to several Australiantrees with the epithets of Dark, Light, Deep, etc., inallusion t...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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black wood
Hemlock, pine, spruce, and fir.
Maine.
...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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button wood
(Platanus occidentalis.) The popular name in New England of the sycamore tree; so called from the ha...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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stam-wood
the roots of trees, stubbed up. S.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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billet-wood
Small wood mostly used for dunnage in stowing ships' cargoes, also for fuel, usually sold by the fat...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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dead wood
Certain blocks of timber, generally oak, fayed on the upper side of the keel, particularly at the ex...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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fathom-wood
Slab and other offal of timber, sold at the yards, by fathom lots: cubic measurement.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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hawse-wood
A general name for the hawse-timbers.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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lag-wood
The larger sticks from the head of an oak-tree when felled.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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peon-wood
See poon-wood.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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wood, to
A gun is said to wood when it takes the port-sills or port-sides, or the trucks the water-ways.
♦ ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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wood-ends
See hood-ends.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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wood-mulls
Large thick hose worn by the men in coasters and fishing-boats.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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wood-sheathing
All plank applied to strengthen a vessel. (See double, to.)
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Thyine Wood
occurs in (Revelation 18:12) where the margin has "sweet" (wood). There can be little doubt that the...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Bull Inn, Wood Street, Cheapside
See Bell Inn.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Pav'd Court, Wood Street, Cheapside
See Frying Pan Alley and St. Alban's Court.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Peter de Wodestrate, Wood Street
See St. Peter Westcheap.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Bell Alley, Milton Street, Cripplegate
See Bell Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Red Cross Court, Great Tower Street
See Red Cross Square.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Coach and Horses Court, Wood Street
See Coach and Horses' Yard4.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Coach and Horses' Inn, Wood Street
See White Horse Inn.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Carter Lane
See Carter Lane.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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 Old Bailey
See Old Bailey.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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 Rutland Court
See Rutland Place.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Shire Lane
North from Temple Bar to Carey Street, the south-eastern corner only being in Farringdon Ward Withou...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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.
...
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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(Holy) Trinity the Great
See Holy Trinity, Priory of.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Synagogue, The Great
On the return of the Jews from Babylon, a great council was appointed according to rabbinic traditio...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Silver Street, Bouverie Street
See Pleydell Street.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Sea wood louse
·- A sea slater.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ephraim, Wood of
A forest in which a fatal battle was fought between the army of David and that of Absalom, who was k...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Wood, Mrs. Ellen (Price)
(1814-1887)
Novelist, writing as "Mrs. Henry Wood," was b. at Worcester. She wrote over 30 novels, ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Wood, John George
(1827-1889)
Writer on natural history, s. of a surgeon, b. in London, and ed. at home and at Oxf., ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Red Wood Alley
West out of Bishopsgate Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
Called " Ge...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Wood Green Court
South-east out of Harrow Alley, Middlesex Street. In Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 27-O.S...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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king's wood lion
An Ass. Kingswood is famous for the great number of asses kept by the colliers who inhabit that plac...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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botany-bay wood
See botany-bay oak
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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dead-wood fence
n.
The Australian fence, socalled, is very different from the fence of the same name inEngland. It ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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deep yellow-wood
n.
Rhus rhodanthema,F. v. M., N.O. Anacardiaceae. A tree with spreading head;timber valuable. See Y...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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light yellow-wood
i.q. long-jack (q.v.).
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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seame of wood
a horse-load. S.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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churd of wood
See cord of wood
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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cord or churd of wood
; as firewood. A statute stack is 8 feet long, 4 feet broad, and 4 feet high.
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dead-wood knees
The upper foremost and aftermost pieces of dead wood; being crooked pieces of timber, the bolting of...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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By-street
·noun A separate, private, or obscure street; an out of the way or cross street.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Wall Street
·add. ·- A street towards the southern end of the borough of Manhattan, New York City, extending fro...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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(St.) Andrew's Street
South-east out of Holborn Circus at No. 1 to Shoe Lane (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Angel Street
1) East out of King Edward Street at No.9 to St. Martin's le Grand (P.O. Directory). In Aldersgate W...
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Arthur Street
West out of King William Street at No. 32 and south to 137 Upper Thames Street (P.O. Directory). In ...
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Artizan Street
South out of Harrow Alley, Middlesex Street to Stoney Lane. In Portsoken Ward.
Erected in 1884 as A...
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Atheling Street
Grant of a rent in the parish of St. Thomas the Apostle, between the lane called " Athelingstrete " ...
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(St.) Augustine Street
Street of St. Augustine at St. Paul's Gate, 1311 (Ct. H.W. I. 224) and 1334 (ib. 398).
Not identifi...
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Bank Street
North out of Cornhill, leading to the Bank of England and east of Bank Buildings in Broad Street and...
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Bartlett Street
A new street so called, forming part of Bartlett's Buildings, 1686 (L.C.C. Deeds, Harben bequest, 16...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Basinghall Street
North out of Gresham Street at No.93 to 21 London Wall (P.O. Directory). In Bassishaw and Coleman St...
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Bath Street
See Roman Bath Street.
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Beech Street
East from Barbican at 31 to 49 Chiswell Street (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Without.
First...
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Berry Street
See Bury Street.
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Billiter Street
1) South out of Leadenhall Street at No.38 to Fenchurch Street (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.
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Bishopsgate, Street
North from Leadenhall Street and Cornhill to Norton Folgate (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Wards W...
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Bladder Street
See Blow Bladder Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.