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East Smithfield
A district lying just outside the walls of London, east of the Tower, stretching south to the Thames...
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Smithfield, East
See East Smithfield.
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Half-moon
·noun The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
II. Half-moon ·noun The moon at the quarters, when half...
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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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East Smithfield School
Founded 1673 by Sir Samuel Sterling for sixteen poor boys of the parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate (Dod...
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(St.) Katherine's East Smithfield
See St. Katherine's Street, East Smithfield.
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Lower East Smithfield
West from Little Thames Street to the Hermitage Swing Bridge and Basin (P.O. Directory).
In the eig...
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Upper East Smithfield
East from Littie Tower Hill to Dock Street (P.O. Directory).
Earliest mention: Lockie, 1810.
Forme...
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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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Smithfield
See West Smithfield.
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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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East
·adv <<Eastward>>.
II. East ·vi To move toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the...
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East
1) The orient (mizrah); the rising of the sun. Thus "the east country" is the country lying to the e...
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east
About east, is about right; in the proper manner. A common slang expression in New England. See walk...
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east
From the Anglo-Saxon, y'st. One of the cardinal points of the compass. Where the sun rises due east,...
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East
The Hebrew term kedem properly means that which is before or in front of a person, and was applied t...
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Butcher Row, East Smithfield
South-east from Upper East Smithfield to Lower East Smithfield (Lockie's Topog. 1810-Elmes' Topog. D...
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Cock Alley, East Smithfield
North out of Upper East Smithfield (In Bacon's map, 1912).
Earliest mention: Hatton, 1708.
Site se...
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Cooper's Court, East Smithfield
See Hooper's Court.
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Covent Garden, East Smithfield
Inhabited by foreigners in 1635 (L. and P. Chas. I. Dom. S. 1635, p. 594).
Not mentioned in any of ...
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Covent Rentes, East Smithfield
Messuage called "le Covent Rentes" in Estsmythfeld in parish of St. Botolph without Algate belonging...
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East Smithfield Double Passage
On Tower Hill (Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Helmet Court, East Smithfield
A small court west out of Butcher Row, at No. 31, by Helmet Steps (Hatton, 1708-Lockie, 1810).
In S...
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John's Court, East Smithfield
South out of Upper East Smithfield (P.C. 1732-Lockie, 1810).
Former name : "Jennings Rents" (Survey...
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The Katherine Wheel, East Smithfield
West of Hermitage Dock (Rocque, 1746). A tenement called "le Katheryn Whele" in East Smithfield was ...
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(St.) Katherine's Churchyard, East Smithfield
North and east of the church, the part south of the church is called "Green Churchyard" (Strype, 172...
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(St.) Katherine's Court, East Smithfield
East out of St. Katherine's Square and west of the church (Lockie, 1810). (Survey of St. Katherine's...
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(St.) Katherine's Square, East Smithfield
West out of St. Katherine's Court (Horwood, 1799).
Former name : "St. Katherine's Court" (Rocque, 1...
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(St.) Katherine's Stairs, East Smithfield
East of Irongate Stairs, on the Thames (Survey of St. Katherine's, 1686, Sloane MS. 3254-A. 1-Lockie...
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(St.) Katherine's Street, East Smithfield
East from the Tower to Hermitage Bridge (Lockie, 1810).
Former name : "St. Katherine's" (O. and M. ...
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(St.) Katherine's Wharf, East Smithfield
Between Irongate Wharf west and St. Katherine's Dock Entrance east (O.S. ed. 1894).
Mentioned in 14...
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Mouse Alley, East Smithfield
See Dean Street.
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Nightingale Lane, East Smithfield
South out of Upper East Smithfield to the Docks (P.O. Directory).
Earliest mention: " Nightingale l...
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Red Lion, East Smithfield
Brewhouse so called, which belonged to St. Mary Graces, near the brewhouse called " Le three Kyngs,"...
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Swan Court, East Smithfield
See Nightingale 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 Alley, Bishopsgate
See Half Moon Street.
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Half Moon Tavern, Cheapside
See Half Moon Alley.
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Half Moon, Bishopsgate Without
Described in a Release of 1543 as "le Signe de le hulfe Mone" belonging to St. Michael's Church, Cor...
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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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Bush Alley, Upper East Smithfield
See Brush Court.
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Red Cross Street, East Smithfield
North-east out of Butcher Row to Nightingale Lane (Hatton, 1708-Lockie, 1810).
Removed for the form...
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Sun Court, Upper East Smithfield
North out of Upper East Smithfield at No.20 (Lockie, 1810-Bacon's map, 1912).
Other names: "Sun Yar...
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Swan Street, Upper East Smithfield
North-east from Butcher Row to East Smithfield at No.102, with a branch to Nightingale Lane (Lockie,...
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Swann Alley, Upper East Smithfield
See Swan Street, Upper East Smithfield.
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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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Half Moon Alley, Court, Bishopsgate
See Flying Horse Yard.
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The Elms, Smithfield
"Le elmes" or "le two elmys" in the parish of St. Sepulchre without Newgate are frequently mentioned...
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Smithfield Market
On the south side of Charterhouse Street, north of West Smith field, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.O...
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Smithfield Penns
See Smithfield Market.
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West Smithfield
A large area, about 3 acres in extent, lying to the north-west of the City, adjoining the Church and...
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smithfield bargain
A bargain whereby the purchaser is taken in. This is likewise frequently used to express matches or ...
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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>>.
II. Moon-eye ·noun A eye affected by the moon; also, a disease in the eye of a...
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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
[NEW MOON] NEW MOON - 3185
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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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East Indian
·- Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies.
II. East Indian ·noun A native of, or a dweller i...
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East-insular
·adj Relating to the Eastern Islands; East Indian.
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East gate
(Jer. 19:2), properly the Potter's gate, the gate which led to the potter's field, in the valley of ...
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East sea
(Joel 2:20; Ezek. 47:18), the Dead Sea, which lay on the east side of the Holy Land. The Mediterrane...
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East wind
The wind coming from the east (Job 27:21; Isa. 27:8, etc.). Blight caused by this wind, "thin ears" ...
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East Passage
West out of Cloth Street to Cloth Fair and New Court, with a passage north into Long Lane. In Farrin...
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East Street
East out of Finsbury Circus at No. 21 to Blomfield Street (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street Ward.
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down east
Far away in that bearing. This term, as down west, &c., is an Americanism, recently adopted into our...
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east-country
A term applied to the regions bordering on the Baltic.
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east wind
This, in the British seas, is generally attended with a hazy atmosphere, and is so ungenial as to co...
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Half blood
·noun A person so related to another.
II. Half blood ·noun A person whose father and mother are of ...
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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.
II. Half-hearted ·adj Wanting in heart or spirit; ungenerou...
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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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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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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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The Bear, West Smithfield
Messuage or inn called the Beare in street of West Smithfield in parish of St. Sepulchre, 32 Eliz. (...
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(Holy) Cross, West Smithfield
Ecclesia Sanctae Crucis infra Hospitale Sancti Bartholomaei in Westsmythefelde Londoniarum pertinet ...
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Pardon Churchyard, Smithfield
Said to have been purchased and a chapel built there for the burial of those who died of the Black D...
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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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Arthur Street East
East out of King William Street at No. 46 to Monument Square (O.S.). In Bridge Ward Within.
Erected...
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East Harding Street
East out of Great New Street, at No. 12, to Gunpowder Alley (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Wit...
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East India Avenue
South out of Leadenhall Street between Nos. 15 and 16 (P.O. Directory). In Lime Street Ward.
Erecte...
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East India Chambers
On the south side of Leadenhall Street at No. 23, opposite St. Mary Axe (P.O. Directory).
First men...
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East India House
At the north-west corner of Lime Street (Horwood, 1799), extending to Leadenhall Market. In Lime Str...
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east-country ships
The same as easterlings.
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east india hoy
A sloop formerly expressly licensed for carrying stores to the E. I. Company's ships.
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north-east passage
To the Pacific, or round the north of Europe, has been divided into three parts, thus:
1. From Arc...
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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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George Inn, West Smithfield
See George Yard, West Smithfield.
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George Yard, West Smithfield
West out of West Smithfield, in Farringdon Ward Without, between Hosier Lane and King Street (L.C.C....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Knightriders Street, West Smithfield
See Giltspur Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Metropolitan Market, West Smithfield
See London Central Markets.
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Shoemakers' Row, West Smithfield
Near the Bars. Mentioned in d'Urfey's "Ancient Song for Bartholomew Fair." Probably the name for a r...
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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libration of the moon
See evection.
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mansions of the moon
See lunar mansions.
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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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East, Children of the
The Arabs as a whole, known as the Nabateans or Kedarenes, nomad tribes (Judg. 6:3, 33; 7:12; 8:10)....
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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(St.) Dunstan in the East
On the west side of St. Dunstan's Hill at No. 2 (P.O. Directory). In Tower Ward.
Earliest mention f...
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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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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first quarter of the moon
See quarter, first.
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sun and moon in distance
When the angle between those bodies admits of measurement for lunars (about 130°).
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(St.) Dunstan in the East, Churchyard
On the north and south sides of the Church (O.S.). Churchyard of the Church of St. Dunstan in East c...
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half an eye, seeing with
Discerning instantly and clearly.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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half-breadth of the rising
A ship-builder's term for a curve in the floor-plan, which limits the distances of the centres of th...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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half-laughs and purser's grins
Hypocritical and satirical sneers.
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minute and half-minute glasses
See glass.
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