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Half-moon
·noun The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
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half-moon
An old form of outwork somewhat similar to the ravelin, originally placed before the salients of bas...
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Half Moon Alley, Bishopsgate
See Half Moon Street.
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Half Moon Alley, Court, Bishopsgate
See Flying Horse Yard.
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(St.) Bartholomew without Bishopsgate
Parish mentioned 17 Ed. III. 1343 (Cal. P. R. Ed. III. 1343-5, p. 115) and temp. Rich. III. in L. an...
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Bishopsgate, Hospital Without
The references under this name are very numerous, and they seem to refer both to Bethlehem Hospital ...
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Bishopsgate Ward Without
See Bishopsgate Ward.
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(St.) Botolph without Bishopsgate
On the west side of Bishopsgate at No. 117 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Without.
Stow says...
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(St.) Olave without Bishopsgate
Anc. Deeds, C. 410, 13 Ed. IV.
Qy- = Olave (St.) Bradestrat.
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Half Moon Alley
1) Out of Jewin Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in th...
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Half Moon Court
1) West out of Aldersgate Street, with a passage north into Half Moon Alley (q.v.), in Aldersgate Wa...
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Half Moon Passage
1) West out of Aldersgate Street, at No. 157, to Bartholomew close, eastern end in Aldersgate Ward, ...
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Half Moon Street
West out of Bishopsgate Street Without. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Lockie, 1810-O.S. 1880).
Forme...
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Half Moon, Aldersgate
A tenement so called in parish of St. Bartholomew Smithfield, adjoining shops in parish of St. Botol...
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Half Moon, Cheapside
Messuage so called in Westchepe in parish of Blessed Mary Colechurch, 23 Eliz. (Lond. I. p.m. III. 4...
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Without
·adv Outside of the house; out of doors.
II. Without ·conj Unless; except;
— introducing a clause....
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without
unless. North.
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without
Outside, as, studding-sail without studding-sail; or, without board, outside a ship.
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Ball Alley, Half Moon Alley, Bishopsgate
Out of Half Moon Alley, Bishopsgate, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Boyle, 1799-Elmes, 1831).
Not nam...
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Moon
·vt To expose to the rays of the moon.
II. Moon ·noun A crescentlike outwork. ·see Half-moon.
III....
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Moon
Heb. yareah, from its paleness (Ezra 6:15), and lebanah, the "white" (Cant. 6:10; Isa. 24:23), was a...
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moon
v. tr.
a process in opossum-shooting,explained in quotations.
1888. D. Macdonald, `Gum Boughs,' p....
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moon
Our satellite; she performs her revolution in 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes. (See full moon and new m...
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Moon
The moon held an important place in the kingdom of nature, as known to the Hebrews. Conjointly with ...
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Bishopsgate
One of the seven double gates of the City referred to by Fitz Stephen, leading out of the City on th...
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George Yard, Bishopsgate Without
See George and Catherine Wheel Alley.
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New Hospital without Bishopsgate
See St. Mary Spital and Old Bethlehem Hospital.
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Soaper's Alley, Bishopsgate Without
See Sweet Apple Court.
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Half
·adj Part; side; behalf.
II. Half ·vt To halve. [Obs.] ·see <<Halve>>.
III. Half ·adj Consisting o...
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Half Moon Alley, Bethlem
South out of Bethlem to Petty France. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, 1720 and 1755).
It is sh...
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Half Moon Tavern, Cheapside
See Half Moon Alley.
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Half Moon, East Smithfield
Messuage called the Half Moon, in East Smithfield, in parish of St. Botolph Without Aldgate (Strype,...
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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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Horseshoe, Horshoe Alley, Bishopsgate Without
See Sweet Apple Court.
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(St.) Mary without Bishopsgate, Hospital of
See Old Bethlehem Hospital and St. Mary Spital.
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Three Colts Alley, Bishopsgate Without
See Three Colt Court.
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Baker's Court, Half Moon Alley
North out of Half Moon Alley, Little Moorfields (Dodsley, 1761-Lockie, 1816). In Cripplegate Ward Wi...
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Baker's Court, Half Moon Street
South out of Half Moon Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, 1720-O.S. 1848-51).
Site now oc...
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Without-door
·adj Outdoor; exterior.
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Moon-culminating
·adj Culminating, or coming to the meredian, at or about the same time with the moon;
— said of a s...
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Moon-eye
·noun The <<Cisco>>.
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Moon-eyed
·adj Having eyes affected by the moon; moonblind; dim-eyed; purblind.
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Moon-faced
·adj Having a round, full face.
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Moon Alley
Two gardens in Moone Alye in parish of St. Botolph without Bishops-gate, 30 H. VIII. 1539 (Lond. I. ...
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honey moon
The first month after marriage. A poor honey; a harmless, foolish, goodnatured fellow. It is all hon...
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moon rakers
Wiltshire men: because it is said that some men of that county, seeing the reflection of the moon in...
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blue moon
An indefinite period.
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full moon
When her whole illuminated surface is turned towards us; she is then in opposition, or diametrically...
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harvest-moon
The full moon nearest the autumnal equinox, when for several successive evenings she rises at the sa...
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moon-blink
A temporary evening blindness occasioned by sleeping in the moonshine in tropical climates; it is te...
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moon-culminators
Certain stars near the same parallel of declination as the moon, and not differing greatly from her ...
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moon-rakers
Sails above the skysails. They are usually designated moon-sails.
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moon-sheered
A ship the upper works of which rise very high, fore and aft.
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moon-struck
An influence imputed to the moon in the tropics, by which fish, particularly of the Scomber class, t...
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new moon
The moon is said to be new when she is in conjunction with the sun, or between that luminary and the...
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Moon, New
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New Moon
The first day of the lunar month was observed as a holy day. In addition to the daily sacrifice ther...
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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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Bishopsgate Avenue
South out of Camomile Street at No.7 (P.O. Directory). In Lime Street Ward.
First mention: O.S. 187...
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Bishopsgate Buildings
West out of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Elmes, 1831-O.S. 1888).
Former name : ...
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Bishopsgate Churchyard
West out of Bishopsgate at No.109 to New Broad Street south of St. Botolph's Church (P.O. Directory)...
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Bishopsgate Hermitage
Hermitage near Bishopsgate granted for life to Stephen called "le Roo," provided he lived as became ...
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Bishopsgate Institute
On the east side of Bishopsgate Street, north of Artillery Lane. In Bishopsgate Ward Without.
Opene...
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Bishopsgate Poorhouse
In Rose Alley, Bishopsgate Without, a few yards from No. 34, near New Street (Lockie, 1810).
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Bishopsgate Station
See Liverpool Street Stations.
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Bishopsgate Ward
One of the twenty-six Wards of London, west of and adjoining to Aldgate and Portsoken Wards. It is o...
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Brodegate, Bishopsgate
Tenements under the Brodegate in the parish of St. Botolph without Bishopsgate, 3 Eliz. 1561 (Lond. ...
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Three Tun Alley, Bishopsgate St. Without
See Farrar's Rents.
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Half blood
·noun A person so related to another.
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Half nelson
·add. ·- A hold in which one arm is thrust under the corresponding arm of the opponent, generally be...
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Half tone
·add. ·noun ·Alt. of Half-tone.
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Half-blooded
·adj Degenerate; mean.
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Half-boot
·noun A boot with a short top covering only the ankle. ·see <<Cocker>>, and Congress boot, under <<C...
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Half-bound
·noun Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book.
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Half-bred
·adj Half-blooded.
II. Half-bred ·adj Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good-breeding; not w...
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Half-breed
·adj Half-blooded.
II. Half-breed ·noun A person who is blooded; the offspring of parents of differ...
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Half-brother
·noun A brother by one parent, but not by both.
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Half-caste
·noun One born of a European parent on the one side, and of a Hindoo or Mohammedan on the other. Als...
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Half-clammed
·adj Half-filled.
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Half-cracked
·adj Half-demented; half-witted.
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Half-deck
·noun ·see Half deck, under <<Deck>>.
II. Half-deck ·noun A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat sh...
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Half-decked
·adj Partially decked.
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Half-faced
·adj Showing only part of the face; wretched looking; meager.
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Half-fish
·noun A salmon in its fifth year of growth.
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Half-hatched
·adj Imperfectly hatched; as, half-hatched eggs.
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Half-heard
·adj Imperfectly or partly heard to the end.
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Half-hearted
·adj Lacking zeal or courage; lukewarm.
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Half-hourly
·adj Done or happening at intervals of half an <<Hour>>.
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Half-learned
·adj Imperfectly learned.
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Half-length
·adj Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.
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Half-mast
·noun A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mou...
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Half-pike
·noun A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a s...
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Half-port
·noun One half of a shutter made in two parts for closing a porthole.
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Half-ray
·noun A straight line considered as drawn from a center to an indefinite distance in one direction, ...
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Half-read
·adj Informed by insufficient reading; superficial; shallow.
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Half-sighted
·adj Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment.
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Half-sister
·noun A sister by one parent only.
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Half-strained
·adj Half-bred; imperfect.
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Half-sword
·noun Half the length of a sword; close fight.
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Half-timbered
·adj Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces filled in with masonry;
— said of buildings.
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Half-tone
·add. ·noun A half step.
II. Half-tone ·add. ·noun A half-tone photo-engraving.
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Half-tounue
·noun A jury, for the trial of a foreigner, composed equally of citizens and aliens.
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Half-wit
·noun A foolish; a dolt; a blockhead; a dunce.
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Half-witted
·adj Weak in intellect; silly.
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Half-yearly
·adj Two in a year; semiannual.
— ·adv Twice in a year; semiannually.
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half cock
'To go off at half cock,' is a metaphorical expression borrowed from the language of sportsmen, and ...
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half-beams
Short timbers, from the side to the hatchways, to support the deck where there is no framing. (See f...
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half-cock
To go off at half-cock is an unexpected discharge of a fire-arm; hurried conduct without due prepara...
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half-davit
Otherwise fish-davit (which see).
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half-deck
A space between the foremost bulk-head of the steerage and the fore-part of the quarter-deck. In the...
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half-flood
See flood.
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half-galley
See galley.
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half-hitch
Pass the end of a rope round its standing part, and bring it up through the bight. (See three half-h...
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half-man
A landsman or boy in a coaster, undeserving the pay of a full-man.
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half-mast
The lowering a flag in respect for the death of an officer.
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half-pike
An iron spike fixed on a short ashen staff, used to repel the assault of boarders, and hence frequen...
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half-point
A subdivision of the compass card, equal to 5° 37′ of the circle.
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half-ports
A sort of one-inch deal shutter for the upper half of those ports which have no hanging lids; the lo...
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half-sea
The old term for mid-channel.
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half-speed!
An order in steam navigation to reduce the speed. (See full speed!)
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half-timbers
The short timbers or futtocks in the cant-bodies, answering to the lower futtocks in the square-body...
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half-top
The mode of making ships' tops in two pieces, which are afterwards secured as a whole by what are te...
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Flying Horse Yard, Half Moon Alley
West out of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without, south of Half Moon Alley (P.C. 1732-Elm...
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Half Moon Court, Aldgate High Street
South out of Aldgate High Street, near the eastern boundary of the ward. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M...
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White Horse and Half Moon Stables
South out of London Wall. In Broad Street Ward (Rocque, 1746).
"Three Pigeon Alley" (O. and M. 1677...
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(St.) Bartholomew without Aldersgate
See St. Bartholomew the Great.
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Bridge Ward Without
= Southwark. Not included in the present work.
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Cistern without Cripplegate
See Conduit without Cripplegate.
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(St.) Clare without Aldgate
Of the Order of Nuns Minoresses.
Founded by Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, the King's brother, 22 Ed. I...
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Conduit without Cripplegate
In Fore Street, not far from the east end of St. Giles' Church (S. 18, 303, 432).
Made in 1478 by t...
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(St.) Edmund Without Newgate
See St. Sepulchre.
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Farringdon Ward Without
The westernmost of the City wards, outside the walls, and extending north to the parish of Clerkenwe...
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(St.) Giles' without Aldersgate
Parish mentioned 23 H. VIII. 1532 (L. and P. H. VIII. V. 449).
Qy. = St. Giles' without Cripplegate...
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(St.) Giles' without Cripplegate
On the south side of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
First mention: Gran...
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(St.) Mary Without Aldersgate
Various bequests to the new chapel of St. Mary the Virgin without Aldresgate, or to the new work of ...
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(St.) Mary without Aldgate
See St. Mary Whitechapel.
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(St.) Nicholas without Algate
Presentation of Master Richard Lythum, Chaplain to the Church of St. Nicholas without Algate in the ...
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(St.) Stephen without Newgate
Rents in this parish are mentioned in will of Gilbert le Palmer, 1249 (Ct. H.W. I. 617).
Probably a...
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goose without gravy
A severe starting, so called because no blood followed its infliction.
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moon-eyed hen
A squinting wench.
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moon in distance
When the angle between her and the sun, or a star, admits of measurement for lunar observation.
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(St.) Alphege Within Bishopsgate
See St. Alphage London Wall.
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Bell Alley, Bishopsgate
West out of Bishopsgate Street, near the middle, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype,...
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Berewards Lane, Bishopsgate
Stow describes it as on the east side of Bishopsgate extending to Hogge Lane (Petticoat Lane), and s...
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Bishopsgate Ward Schools
In Primrose Street. Acquired by the Great Eastern Railway under their Act 1887 (End. Ch. St. Botolph...
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Bishopsgate Ward Within
See Bishopsgate Ward.
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(St.) Botolph Bishopsgate Churchyard
See Bishopsgate Churchyard.
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Clark's Alley, Bishopsgate
See Clark's Place and Wrestlers' Court.
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Conduit at Bishopsgate
Near the gate inside the walls (S. 175), a little to the west (ib. 176).
Erected by Thomas Kneswort...
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Cook's Court, Bishopsgate
See Cook's Square.
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Garland Alley, Bishopsgate
See Two Swan Yard.
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Hand Alley, Bishopsgate
See New Street9, Bishopsgate.
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Helmet Court, Bishopsgate
East out of Bishopsgate Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Within (P.C. 1732-Horwood, 1799).
The site is n...
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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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Magpy Yard, Bishopsgate
See Magpy Alley.
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Rose Alley, Bishopsgate
See George and Catherine Wheel Alley.
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Rose Court, Bishopsgate
See Rose Alley.
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Skinner Street, Bishopsgate
See Pindar Street.
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Skinners' Rents, Bishopsgate
See Pindar Street.
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Swan Yard, Bishopsgate
See One Swan Yard.
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(St.) Thomas extra Bishopsgate
Master of the hospital of St. Thomas extra Byssopesgat mentioned 20 H. III. 1236, in Cal. Close Roll...
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Union Street, Bishopsgate
See Brushfield Street.
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Vine Street, Bishopsgate
See New Street9.
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Watch House, Bishopsgate
See Old Watch House.
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Half seas over
·- Half drunk.
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Half Paved Court
East out of Dorset Street to Bridewell Precinct, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 188...
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half seas over
Almost drunk.
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half seas over
Intoxicated; drunk. A sailor's expression.
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half-breadth plan
In ship-building, the same as floor-plan.
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half-drowned land
Shores which are rather more elevated and bear more verdure than drowned land (which see).
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half-minute glass
See glass.
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half seas over
Nearly intoxicated. This term was used by Swift.
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half-tide rocks
Those showing their heads at half-ebb. (See tide.)
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half-topsails, under
Said of a chase about 12 miles distant, the rest being below the horizon.
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half-turn ahead!
An order in steam navigation. (See turn ahead!)
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half-watch tackle
A luff purchase. (See watch-tackle.)
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three half-hitches are more than a king's yacht wants
An exclamatory remark to a green hand, meaning that two are enough.
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(St.) Botolph without Aldersgate Churchyard
On the south side of St. Botolph's Church, between Aldersgate Street and King Edward Street (O.S.).
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Conduit at Aldgate Without
"A fair water conduit, hard without the Gate" (Aldgate), erected 1535 (Stow, ed. 1603, p. 129).
One...
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(St.) Edmund Sepulcher Without Newgate
See St. Sepulchre.
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(St.) Giles' Hospital, without Cripplegate
A hospital of the French order founded temp. Edward I., afterwards suppressed with other alien prior...
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(St.) Giles' without Cripplegate Churchyard
On the south and west sides of the church. In Cripplegate Ward Without, bounded by the City Wall on ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Nicholas within, without, Newgate
See St. Nicholas Shambles.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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New Moon, Feast of
Special services were appointed for the commencement of a month (Num. 28:11-15; 10:10). (See Festiva...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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horns of the moon
The extremities of the lunar crescent, in which form she is said to be horned.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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libration of the moon
See evection.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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mansions of the moon
See lunar mansions.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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southing of the moon
The time at which the moon passes the meridian of any particular place. Popularly the term is used t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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variation of the moon
An inequality in the movement of our satellite, amounting at certain times to 37′ in longitude: it w...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Catherine Wheel Alley, Bishopsgate
See George and Catherine Wheel Alley.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Katherine Wheel Alley, Bishopsgate
See Catherine Wheel Alley.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Katherine Wheel Inn, Bishopsgate
See Catherine Wheel Inn.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Peacock Alley, Bishopsgate Within
See Vine Inn.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Sweedland Alley, Bishopsgate Street
See Sweedland Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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tack and half-tack
Working to windward, or along shore, by long and short boards, or legs, alternately.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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tide and half-tide
Those roadsteads affected by several rivers or channels leading into them; as, for instance, Spithea...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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New Church Haw, without Alderugate
A plot of land purchased by Sir Walter Manny in 1349 to be a burial place outside the City walls for...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.