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King's Arms Buildings
1) East out of Wood Street at No. 10, in Cripplegate Ward Within (O.S. 1875).
It adjoins the site o...
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King's Arms Court
1) South out of Ludgate Hill, east of Fleet Bridge, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, ...
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King's Arms Inn
1) On the north-west side of Crutched Friars (Hatton, 1708).
Not named in the maps.
2) North out o...
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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 Arms Yard
1) In Lothbury (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) North out of Snow Hill, n...
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Arms
·noun Instruments or weapons of offense or defense.
II. Arms ·noun The legs of a hawk from the thig...
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arms
The munitions of war, all kinds of weapons whether for offence or defence. Those in a ship are canno...
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Kings
of Judah and Israel. For the list see table at the end of this volume.
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King's Arms Coach Office
West out of Bishopsgate Street at 106, north of Thread-needle Street (Lockie, 1810-1816).
Not named...
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King's Arms Inn, Snow Hill
See King's Arms Yard.
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Queen's Arms
In Ludgate Street, in parish of St. Martins, in Farringdon Ward Within. Afterwards known as the "Dog...
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fire-arms
Every description of arms that discharge missiles by gunpowder, from the heaviest cannon to a pistol...
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lodge arms
The word of command to an armed party preparatory to their breaking off.
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order arms!
The word of command, with muskets or carbines, to bring the butt to the ground, the piece vertical a...
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port arms!
The military word of command to bring the fire-lock across the front of the body, muzzle slanting up...
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present arms!
The military word of command to salute with the musket.
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secure arms!
Place them under the left arm, to guard the lock from the weather or rain.
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shoulder arms!
The military word of command to carry the musket vertically at the side of the body, and resting aga...
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small-arms
The muskets, pistols, cutlasses, tomahawks, and boarding-pikes, in charge of the gunner, on board sh...
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Arms, Armor
The subject naturally divides itself into- I. Offensive weapons: Arms. II. Defensive weapons:
Armor...
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King's Bench
·- Formerly, the highest court of common law in England;
— so called because the king used to sit t...
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King's dale
Mentioned only in Gen. 14:17; 2 Sam. 18:18, the name given to "the valley of Shaveh," where the king...
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King's Alley
In Gutter Lane, in precincts of St. Martin's le Grand.
Mentioned in Survey of Rents, etc. (30-33 H....
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King's Bench
See Prisons.
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The King's Brewhouse
East out of St. Katherine's in East Smithfield (Rocque, 1746).
Site now occupied by warehouses.
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King's Court
1) North out of Half Moon Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Lockie, 1816).
Site now occupied by ...
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King's Head
1) Parish of St. Gregory.
A capital messuage, in parish of St. Gregory, in ward of Castle Baynard, ...
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The King's Wardrobe
Between Carter Lane north and St. Andrew's Church south, Puddle Dock Hill west and Addle Hill east. ...
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The Three Kings
Brewhouse and wharf in East Smithfield, west of the Katherine Wheel and Mille Docke, part of the pos...
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king's plate
Fetters.
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king's pictures
Coin, money.
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king's bencher
The busiest of the galley orators: also galley-skulkers.
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king's own
All the articles supplied from the royal magazines, and marked with the broad arrow. Salt beef or ju...
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king's parade
A name given to the quarter-deck of a man-of-war, which is customarily saluted by touching the hat w...
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Oxford Arms, Oxford Arms Inn
At the west end of Oxford Arms Passage, Warwick lane. In Farringdon Ward Within (O.S. 1880).
Earlie...
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College of Arms
On the north side of Queen Victoria Street at No. 135 in Castle Baynard's Ward, west of St. Peter's ...
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Ipswich Arms Inn
At the east end of Cullum Street, before it turns south into Fenchurch Street. In Langbourn Ward (O....
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Oxford Arms Inn
On the east side of Giltspur Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
Site is now occup...
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Oxford Arms Passage
West out of Warwick Lane, in Farringdon Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1880).
So called as being ...
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Queen's Arms Alley
East out of Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, 1720-Boyle, 1799).
Former name: "Queens ...
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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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beat to arms
The signal by drum to summon the men to their quarters.
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cessation of arms
A discontinuation or suspension of hostilities.
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lieutenant-at-arms
Formerly the junior lieutenant, who, with the master-at-arms, was charged with the drilling of the s...
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master-at-arms
In former times was an officer appointed to command the police-duty of a ship, to teach the crew the...
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place of arms
In fortification, a space contrived for the convenient assembling of troops for ulterior purposes; t...
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stand of arms
A complete set for one man; now-a-days, simply a musket and bayonet. Also, an arm-stand holding the ...
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suspension of arms
A short truce agreed upon by contending forces, for a special object of importance.
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Dale, the king's
The name of a valley, the alternative for "the valley of Shaveh" (q.v.), near the Dead Sea, where th...
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Artirce, The King's
In Lime Street.
Stow describes it as a mansion house of the Kings, 14 Ed. I. (S. 152), and Strype s...
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King's Bench Office
At the southern end of King's Bench Walk, Temple (Strype, 1720, Horwood, 1799).
See King's Bench Wa...
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King's Bench Walk
On the north side of the Temple Gardens, within the Temple precincts (P.O. Directory).
First mentio...
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King's College Rents
By Church Hill, Carter Lane (P.C. 1732).
"King's College Lane," Bristol Street, in Strype, ed. 1755...
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The King's Head, Cheapside
See The Crowned Seld.
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King's Head Court
1) North-west out of Gravel Lane. In Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed. 1720-Boyle, 1799).
Only partly bui...
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King's Head Inn
1) On the west side of the Old Change, at No.17, in Castle Baynard Ward (O. and M. 1677-Lockie, 1816...
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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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King's Printing House
In Blackfriars, 1643-4 (L. and P. Chas. I. XIX. p. 12).
Burnt down 1742, but rebuilt and made the c...
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King's Weigh House
See Weigh House, Eastcheap.
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Three Kings Court
North out of Fleet Street at No.150, between Fetter Lane and Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (...
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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...
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king's bad bargain
One of the king's bad bargains; a malingeror, or soldier who shirks his duty.
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king's head inn
The prison of Newgate.
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escheator, the king's
An officer at the exchequer of very ancient establishment, under the lord-treasurer, whose business ...
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king's hard bargain
A useless fellow, who is not worth his hire.
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king's letter men
An extinct class of officers, of similar rank with midshipmen. The royal letter was a kind of promis...
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Arms of the City
Argent, plain cross gules, in the dexter chief canton a sword erect in pale of the second.
Crest : ...
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Bakers' Arms Alley, Minories
North out of Rosemary Lane, towards the middle of that street by the Bakers' Arms (Hatton, 1708-Elme...
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Currier's Arms Inn Yard
In Fann's Alley, Aldersgate Street (Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
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barrel of small arms
The tube through which the bullets are discharged. In artillery the term belongs to the construction...
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lie under arms, to
To remain in a state of preparation for immediate action.
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Kings, The Books of
The two books of Kings formed originally but one book in the Hebrew Scriptures. The present division...
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The King's Head, Newgate Street
See Queen's Head Passage.
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King's Street, Water Lane
See Pav'd Alley.
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Little King's Head Court
Near Shoe Lane (Strype, ed. 1755-Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
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(St.) Mary, King's Chapel of
The king had caused it to be made out of a synagogue of the Jews, and granted to the chaplain Simon ...
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New King's Head Court
In Houndsditch, in Portsoken Ward (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
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Three Kings Alley, Minories
See Three King Court.
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drawing the king's picture
Coining. CANT.
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Queen's Arms Yard, Shoe Lane
See Queen's Arms Alley.
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arms of a great gun
The trunnions.
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great guns and small-arms
The general armament of a ship. Also, a slang term for the blowing and raining of heavy weather.
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King's Head Court, Whitecross Street
See King's Arms Yard.
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King's Head Court, Widegate Street
Out of Widegate Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 108).
There is a cour...
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King's Head Tavern, Mark Lane
See London Tavern, Mark Lane.
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history of the four kings
or CHILD'S BEST GUIDE TO THE GALLOWS
A pack of cards. He studies the history of the four kings assi...
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king's bargain: good or bad
; said of a seaman according to his activity and merit, or sloth and demerit.
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blowing great guns and small arms
Heavy gales; a hurricane.
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Kings, First And Second Books Of
originally only one book in the Hebrew canon, from in the LXX. and the Vulgate the third and fourth ...
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