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The Green Dragon
A messuage called the Green Dragon in parish of St. Martin Ludgate, 25 Eliz. 1582 (Lond. I. p.m. III...
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Green Dragon Court
1) West out of St. Andrew's Hill at No. 11 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within.
First menti...
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Green Dragon Inn
West out of Bishopsgate Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1848-51).
Earliest ...
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Green Dragon Yard
On the south side of Long Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
"Green Drago...
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Dragon
·noun A variety of carrier pigeon.
II. Dragon ·noun A fierce, violent person, ·esp. a woman.
III. ...
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Dragon
1) Heb. tannim, plural of tan. The name of some unknown creature inhabiting desert places and ruins ...
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dragon
An old name for a musketoon.
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Dragon
The translators of the Authorized Version, apparently following the Vulgate, have rendered by the sa...
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Tavern
·noun A public house where travelers and other transient guests are accomodated with rooms and meals...
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Green Dragon Coach Office
On the south side of Fleet Street at No. 56, east of Serjeants' Inn, in Farringdon Ward Without (Loc...
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Green
·vt To make green.
II. Green ·vi To become or grow green.
III. Green ·superl Not roasted; half raw...
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green
1) Doctor Green; i.e. grass: a physician, or rather medicine, found very successful in curing most d...
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green
Uncouth, raw, inexperienced, applied to persons, a metaphor derived from green or unripe fruit; vege...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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green
raw, not done enough. The same as REAR. North.
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green
Raw and untutored; a metaphor from unripe fruit thus Shakspeare makes Pandulph say:
"How green are...
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Green Dragon Inn, Long Lane
See Green Dragon Yard, Long Lane.
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Rouge dragon
·noun One of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms.
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Sea dragon
·- A dragonet, or sculpin.
II. Sea dragon ·- The <<Pegasus>>.
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Dragon well
(Neh. 2:13), supposed by some to be identical with the Pool of Gihon.
...
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flap dragon
A clap, or pox.
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snap dragon
A Christmas gambol: raisins and almonds being put into a bowl of brandy, and the candles extinguishe...
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sea-dragon
n.
any Australian fish of any oneof the three species of the genus Phyllopteryx, family Syngnathida...
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superb-dragon
n.
an Australian marine fish, Phyllopteryx foliatus, Shaw. See Sea-Dragon.
1880. Mrs. Meredith, `T...
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dragon piece
A strut or abutment.
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dragon beam or piece
A strut or abutment.
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dragon-volant
The old name for a gun of large calibre used in the French navy, whence the term was adopted into ou...
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sea-dragon
An early designation of the stinging-weever.
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Albion Tavern
A famous tavern on the west side of Aldersgate Street at No.153.
...
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Bell Tavern
Mentioned in bounds of parish of St. Katherine Creechurch, apparently in Crutched Friars (Strype, ed...
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Castle Tavern
1) On the west side of Honey Lane Market and Milk Street, in Cripplegate Ward Within (Strype, 1720 a...
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Conduit Tavern
Solar of Salomom de Lauvare, cutler, extending from the entrance to the Conduit Tavern up to the wal...
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Crown Tavern
1) See Crown Place, Aldgate High Street.
2) In a court, south out of Leadenhall Street, adjoining t...
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Dolphin Tavern
See Dolphin Court4, Tower Street.
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Feathers Tavern
In Fleet Street, near Shoe Lane, 1637.
The Commission Chamber adjoined it (L. and P. Chas. I. XXIII...
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Fountain Tavern
1) On the north side of St. Ann's Lane, near Aldersgate, in Aldersgate Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii...
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Globe Tavern
1) West out of Shoe Lane, with a passage south to Fleet Street (Rocque, 1746-Lockie, 1810).
Site no...
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Guildhall Tavern
At the south-east corner of Guildhall Yard, on the north side of Gresham Street, Nos. 81 and 83, and...
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Hoop Tavern
Tavern on the east side of Fish Street Hill, north of Thames Street. In Bridge Ward Within (Strype, ...
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Horn Tavern
1) On the north side of Fleet Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746).
Given in 1405 to t...
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Leg Tavern
On the north side of Fleet Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746).
Site rebuilt, now occ...
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Mermaid Tavern
1) In Cornhill. Rent out of this tavern given for the poor of the parish of St. Peter Cornhill, 1606...
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Mitre Tavern
See Mitre Court2, Cheapside.
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Moorfields' Tavern
Mentioned in bounds of parish of St. Katherine Christ Church
(Strype, Ed. 1720, I. ii. 64).
Not fu...
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Rose Tavern
On the west side of Chancery Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746).
Site rebuilt for offi...
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Salutation Tavern
On the south side of Newgate Street, with a passage to Rose Street (Rocque, 1746).
Much resorted to...
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Ship Tavern
1) On the east side of Water Lane. A passage at the upper end of Custom House Court leads through th...
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Sun Tavern
1) The Sonn Taverne, in Billingsgate Ward, 1491-2 (Records of St. Mary at Hill, p.174).
In the pari...
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Swan Tavern
At the upper end of New Rents is the Swan Tavern, on the east side of St. Martin le Grand (Strype, e...
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Bottle green
·- A dark shade of green, like that of bottle glass.
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Brunswick green
·- An oxychloride of copper, used as a green pigment; also, a carbonate of copper similarly employed...
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Grass-green
·adj Green with grass.
II. Grass-green ·adj Of the color of grass; clear and vivid green.
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Green-broom
·noun A plant of the genus Genista (G. tinctoria); dyer's weed;
— called also greenweed.
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Green-eyed
·adj Having green eyes.
II. Green-eyed ·adj Seeing everything through a medium which discolors or d...
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Green-leek
·noun An Australian parrakeet (Polytelis Barrabandi);
— called also the scarlet-breasted parrot.
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Green-stall
·noun A stall at which greens and fresh vegetables are exposed for sale.
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Kendal green
·- ·Alt. of <<Kendal>>.
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Lincoln green
·- A color of cloth formerly made in Lincoln, England; the cloth itself.
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Mitter's green
·- A pigment of a green color, the chief constituent of which is oxide of chromium.
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Oyster-green
·noun A green membranous seaweed (Ulva) often found growing on oysters but common on stones, piles, ...
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Pistachio green
·add. ·- A light yellowish green color resembling that of the pistachio nut.
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Putting green
·add. ·- The green, or plot of smooth turf, surrounding a hole.
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Salt-green
·adj Sea-green in color.
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Scheele's green
·- ·see under <<Green>>.
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Sea green
·- The green color of sea water.
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Sea-green
·adj Of a beautiful bluish green color, like sea water on soundings.
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Green, Matthew
(1696-1737)
Poet, is known as the author of The Spleen, a lively and original poem in octosyllabic ...
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Green Acre
There was a house in Gracechurch Street so called (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 155).
Not further ident...
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Green Court
In Little Minories (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Green Gate
Messuage called the "Greene Gate" next Ledenhall and garden, etc., in parish of St. Andrew the Apost...
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Green Market
See Leadenhall.
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(The) Green Yard
See City Greenyard.
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green bag
An attorney: those gentlemen carry their clients' deeds in a green bag; and, it is said, when they h...
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green gown
To give a girl a green gown; to tumble her on the grass.
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green sickness
The disease of maids occasioned by celibacy.
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green(-)leek
n.
an Australian Parrakeet. See quotation.
1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. v. pl. 15:
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green lizard
n.
sometimes called the Spotted Green Lizard, a New Zealand reptile, Naultinus elegans, Gray.
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green oyster
n.
name given in Queensland to the sea-weed Ulva lactuca, Linn., N.O. Algae.From being frequently f...
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green-tops
n. Tasmanian name for the Orchid, Pterostylis pedunculata, R. Br.
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green-drake
the May-fly, of which trout are peculiarly fond. N.
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green-swerd
grass, turf. S.
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fidler's green
A sort of sensual Elysium, where sailors are represented as enjoying, for "a full due," those amenit...
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green-bone
The trivial name of the viviparous blenny, or guffer, the backbone of which is green when boiled; al...
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green-fish
Cod, hake, haddock, herrings, &c., unsalted.
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green-hands
Those embarked for the first time, and consequently inexperienced.
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green-horn
A lubberly, uninitiated fellow. A novice of marked gullibility.
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green-men
The five supernumerary seamen who had not been before in the Arctic Seas, whom vessels in the whale-...
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green sea
A large body of water shipped on a vessel's deck; it derives its name from the green colour of a she...
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green-slake
The sea-weed otherwise called lettuce-laver (which see).
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green turtle
The common name for the edible turtle, which does not yield tortoise-shell.
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sea-green
The colour which in ancient chivalry denoted inconstancy.
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Golden Dragon Yard
Out of Long Lane, West Smithfield, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 284).
Not ...
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Boar's Head Tavern
At Smithfield Bars, near Adam and Eve Alley, on the north side of West Smithfield. In Farringdon War...
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The Bore's Head Tavern
North out of Aldgate High Street, near the Blue Boar Inn (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 27). In Portsoken...
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Bores Head Tavern
In Knightrider Street at its junction with Do Little Lane (S. 365).
No later reference.
Site now o...
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Bull Head Tavern
On the south side of Holborn Hill, east of Shoe Lane, adjoining Plumtree Court. In Farringdon Ward W...
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Castle Tavern Court
West out of Milk Street with a narrow passage into Wood Street (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii, 90).
So n...
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Dog Tavern Court
See Dog Tavern Yard.
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Dog Tavern Yard
North out of Thames Street. In Billingsgate Ward (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Former names : "Dog Taver...
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King's Arms Tavern
On the south side of Newgate Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 195).
Not...
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King's Head Tavern
On the east side of Chancery Lane, with a passage south to Fleet Street (Rocque, 1746).
Site has be...
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London Tavern, Bishopsgate
On the west side of Bishopsgate. In Bishopsgate Ward Within, on the western boundary of the Ward (17...
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Mitre Tavern, Yard
On the south side of Shoemaker Row, Aldgate. In Aldgate Ward (Rocque, 1746).
Adjoined remains of La...
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Painted Tavern Lane
See Three Cranes Lane, Vintry.
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Queen's Arms Tavern
1) In Bow in Hand Court, between 77 and 78 Cheapside (Wheatley).
Not named in the maps.
2) In St. ...
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Queen's Head Tavern
1) On the west side of Bishopsgate Street, with a passage into Queen's Head Alley, leading into Broa...
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Red Cross Tavern
In Barbican at No.32, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, ed .1720-Elmes, 1831).
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Ship Tavern Passage
North~west out of Lime Street, at No.21, to 76 Gracechurch Street (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate W...
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Three Crane Tavern
South out of Poultry, opposite St. Mildred's Church (Strype, maps, ed. 1720 and 1755).
Cleared away...
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Three Tun Tavern
1) On the east side of St. Martin le Grand, at the south-west corner of Bell Court, in Aldersgate Wa...
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White Lyon Tavern
On the west side of Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746).
Site rebuilt for ...
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Green, John Richard
(1837-1883)
Historian, was the s. of a tradesman in Oxf., where he was ed., first at Magdalen Coll....
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Green, Thomas Hill
(1836-1882)
Philosopher, was b. at Birken Rectory, Yorkshire, and ed. at Rugby and Balliol Coll., O...
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Green Arbour Court
1) West out of Little Moorfields (Rev. of London, 1728-O.S. 1880). In Cripplegate Ward Without.
In ...
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Green Lettice Court
North out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Elmes, 1831).
In O. and M. 1677...
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Green Lettice Lane
The northern portion of Laurence Pountney Hill from Cannon Street to the church of St. Lawrence was ...
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Green Man Yard
West out of Coleman Street, a little south from London Wall (Lockie, 1816).
Not named in the maps.
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Green Nutters Lane
In Cannon Street (W. Stow, 1722, and Rev. of Lond. 1728).
Not named in the maps.
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Green School Court
South out of London Wall. In Cripplegate Ward Within (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
The site is covere...
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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...
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green-tree ant
n.
common Queensland Ant.
1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 294:
«It was at the lowe...
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green tree-snake
n.
See under snake.
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green mountain state
The State of Vermont.
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shipping green seas
When heavy seas tumble over the gunwale either to windward or leeward; sometimes resulting from bad ...
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Castle Tavern, Whitechapel Bars
Mentioned in Strype's description of the bounds of Portsoken Ward, the bounds, after the Bars, cross...
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George and Vulture Tavern
On the north side of Lombard Street at the north end of George Yard, with a passage to St. Michael's...
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Half Moon Tavern, Cheapside
See Half Moon Alley.
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London Tavern, Mark Lane
At the north-west corner of Mark Lane at its junction with Fenchurch Street, at Nos. 53 and 54 (P.O....
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Nag's Head Tavern, Cheapside
At No.39, at the east end of Friday Street.
Mentioned in 1596 (Wheatley).
A nag's head in stone on...
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Queen's Head Alley, Tavern
South out of Wormwood Street, in Broad Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1720 and 1755).
The site...
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Everett-Green, Miss Evelyn
(b. 1856)
Novelist, etc. Last of the Dacres (1886), Dare Lorimer's Heritage (1892), French and Engl...
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Green Arbour, Old Bailey
See Green Arbour Court.
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Green Court, Coleman Street
See Basinghall Avenue.
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Green Court, Old Jewry
See Green Dragon Court.
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Little Green Arbour Court
West out of Little Old Bailey, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-P.C. 1732).
The site is o...
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Fleece Tavern, Fleece Yard, Cornhill
See Cowper's Court.
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King's Head Tavern, Mark Lane
See London Tavern, Mark Lane.
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Rose Tavern, Gt. Tower Street
See Rose Court, Tower Street.
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Salutation Tavern, Lower Thames Street
See Salutation Court.
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Three Tuns Tavern, Hart Street
See New London Street.
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Green Arbour Court, Seething Lane
See Catherine Court.
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Three Tun Tavern, Aldgate High Street
See George Alley.
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Green Church Yard, St. Katherine's Precinct
See St. Katherine's Churchyard, East Smithfield.
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