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Labour in Vain Court
1) West out of Old Fish Street Hill, in Queenhithe Ward (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1848-50).
Removed for ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Labour in Vain Yard
See Labour in Vain Court1, Old Fish Street Hill.
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Bell Alley, Labour-In-Vain Hill
West out of Labour-in-Vain Hill and south to Thames Street, in Queenhithe Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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labour
In the relative mechanical efforts of the human body labouring in various posture, 682-1/3 have been...
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Vain
·superl Showy; ostentatious.
II. Vain ·noun Vanity; emptiness;
— now used only in the phrase in va...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hill
·vt To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon; as, to hill corn.
II. Hill ·noun ...
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Hill
1) Heb. gib'eah, a curved or rounded hill, such as are common to Palestine (Ps. 65:12; 72:3; 114:4, ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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hill
to cover ; a bed-hilling, a quilt or coverlet. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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hill
In use with the Anglo-Saxons. An insulated rise of the ground, usually applied to heights below 1000...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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vain-glorious
One who boasts without reason, or, as the canters say, pisses more than he drinks.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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in
in (old forms endŏ and indŭ, freq. in ante-class. poets; cf. Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4; id. ap. Macr. S...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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in
in I old indu, prep.with acc.or abl.
I I. With acc., in space, with verbs implying ent...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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in-
in- an inseparable particle cf. Gr. ἀ-, ἀν-; Germ. and Eng. un-, which, prefixed to an adj., negati...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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-in
·- A suffix. ·see the Note under -ine.
...
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In
·noun A reentrant angle; a nook or corner.
II. In ·noun One who is in office;
— the opposite of ou...
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In-
·- An inseparable prefix, or particle, meaning not, non-, un- as, inactive, incapable, inapt. In- re...
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in
for into. Mr. Colman, in remarking upon the prevalence of this inaccuracy in New York, says: "We get...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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in
The state of any sails in a ship when they are furled or stowed, in opposition to out, which implies...
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In-and-in
·noun An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, eithe...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ant-hill
·noun A mound thrown up by ants or by termites in forming their nests.
...
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Moot-hill
·noun A hill of meeting or council; an elevated place in the open air where public assemblies or cou...
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Mute-hill
·noun ·see Moot-hill.
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Dung-hill
To sit on a, was a sign of the deepest dejection (1 Sam. 2:8; Ps. 113:7; Lam. 4:5).
...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Mars Hill
The Areopagus or rocky hill in Athens, north-west of the Acropolis, where the Athenian supreme tribu...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Hill, Aaron
(1685-1750)
Dramatist and miscellaneous writer, s. of a country gentleman of Wiltshire, was ed. at ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Addle Hill
South out of Carter Lane at No. 51 to Knightrider Street in Castle Baynard Ward (P.O. Directory).
F...
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Adling Hill
See Addle Hill.
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(St.) Andrew's Hill
South out of Carter Lane at No.59 to 148 Queen Victoria Street (P.O. Directory). In Castle Baynard W...
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(St.) Benet's Hill
See Bennet's Hill.
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Bennet's Hill
North out of Upper Thames Street at No. 225 to Queen Victoria Street (P.O. Directory). In Castle Bay...
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Church Hill
East out of St. Andrews Hill by the Church to Knightrider Street. In Castle Baynard Ward (Elmes, 183...
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Cock Hill
South out of Catherine Wheel Alley to New Street, Bishopsgate (P.O Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward W...
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College Hill
South out of Cannon Street, at No. 60, to Upper Thames Street (P.O. Directory). In Vintry and Cordwa...
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Dowgate Hill
South out of Cannon Street at No. 76 to No.167 Upper Thames Street (P.O. Directory). In Dowgate and ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Dunstan's Hill
South out of Great Tower Street, at No. 11, to Lower Thames Street, east of St. Dunstan's Church in ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Garlick Hill
North out of Upper Thames Street, at 190, to 40 Cannon Street (P.O. Directory). In Vintry Ward.
For...
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Hill Street
On the east side of Little Tower Hill, near the Mint (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).
Not named in the m...
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Holborn Hill
West from Holborn Bridge at Fleet Market to Holborn at Hatton Garden and Middle Row (O.S. 1848-51). ...
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Knyghttes Hill
Payment made to harry kny3te of knyghttes hill for tiles in churchwardens' accounts of the parish of...
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Lambarde Hill
See Lambeth Hill.
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Lambeth Hill
South out of Queen Victoria Street at 95, then east and west to 210 and 218 Upper Thames Street (P.O...
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Ludgate Hill
West from St. Paul's Churchyard to Ludgate Circus (P.O. Directory). In Castle Baynard Ward, Farringd...
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(St.) Mary Hill
See St. Mary at Hill, Street.
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(St.) Michael's Hill
Near Crooked Lane. Mentioned in Proc. in Chancery, temp. Q. Elizabeth, I. 274.
Probably identical w...
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(St.) Peter's Hill
North out of Thames Street, at No.223, to Knightrider Street at No.34 (P.O. Directory). In Queenhith...
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Primrose Hill
South out of the south-west corner of Salisbury Square at No.17 and west to Whitefriars Street (P.O....
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Saffron Hill
North out of Holborn, outside the City boundary.
Mentioned in Middlesex Sessions' Roll, 20 Jas. I.,...
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Snow Hill
North-west out of Holborn Viaduct to the Central Meat Market in Smithfield, and to Farringdon Street...
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Tower Hill
North and west of the Tower, west from the Minories and south to Tower Bridge (P.O. Directory). In P...
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holborn hill
To ride backwards up Holborn hill; to go to the gallows: the way to Tyburn, the place of execution f...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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rose-hill
n.
The name is given by Gould asapplied to two Parrakeets:
1) Platycercus eximius, Vig. and Hors.,...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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saddle hill
A high land visible from the coast, having a centre less elevated than its ends, somewhat like a rid...
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Mars Hill
the hill of Mars or Ares, better known by the name of Areopagus, of which hill of Mars or Ares is a ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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in eopte
in eopte eo ipso, Paul. ex Fest. p. 110 Müll.
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A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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Biting in
·- The process of corroding or eating into metallic plates, by means of an acid. ·see <<Etch>>.
...
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In antis
·- Between antae;
— said of a portico in classical style, where columns are set between two antae, ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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In commendam
·- ·see <<Commendam>>, and Partnership in Commendam, under <<Partnership>>.
...
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In esse
·- In being; actually existing;
— distinguished from in posse, or in potentia, which denote that a ...
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In loco
·- In the place; in the proper or natural place.
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In posse
·- In possibility; possible, although not yet in existence or come to pass;
— contradistinguished f...
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In rem
·add. ·- Lit., in or against a (or the) thing;.
...
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In situ
·- In its natural position or place;
— said of a rock or fossil, when found in the situation in whi...
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In transitu
·- In transit; during passage; as, goods in transitu.
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In vacuo
·- In a vacuum; in empty space; as, experiments in vacuo.
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In-going
·noun The act of going in; entrance.
II. In-going ·adj Going; entering, as upon an office or a poss...
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Lying-in
·noun The act of bearing a child.
II. Lying-in ·noun The state attending, and consequent to, childb...
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Printing in
·add. ·- A process by which cloud effects or other features not in the original negative are introdu...
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Roughing-in
·noun The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it.
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Shoo-in
·add. ·- a candidate who is certain to win easily.
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Take-in
·noun Imposition; fraud.
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foysted in
Words or passages surreptitiously interpolated or inserted into a book or writing.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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taken in
Imposed on, cheated.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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in twig
Handsome; stilish. The cove is togged in twig; the fellow is dressed in the fashion.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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well-in
adj.
answering to `well off,' `well todo,' `wealthy'; and ordinarily used, in Australia, instead of...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to cave in
Said of the earth which falls down when digging into a bank. Figuratively, to break down; to give up...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to happen in
To happen to call in; to come in accidentally.
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to rope in
To take or sweep in collectively; an expression much used in colloquial language at the West. It ori...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to stand in
To cost. 'This horse stands me in two hundred dollars.'
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to suck in
To take in; to cheat; to deceive. A figurative expression, probably drawn from a sponge, which sucks...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to turn in
To go to bed. Originally a seaman's phrase, but now common on land.
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to put the licks in
is to run very fast. A Northern phrase. Also in speaking of a ship sailing, we bear the phrase, 'She...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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forted in
Intrenched in a fort.
A few inhabitants forted in on the Potomac.--Marshall's Washington.
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roping in
Cheating. A very common expression in the South-western States.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bringing in
The detention of a vessel on the high seas, and bringing her into port for adjudication.
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chancery, in
When a ship gets into irons. (See irons.)
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cutting in
Making the special directions for taking the blubber off a whale, which is flinched by taking off ci...
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filling in
The replacing a ship's vacant planks opened for ventilation, when preparing her, from ordinary, for ...
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heaving in
Shortening in the cable. Also, the binding a block and hook by a seizing.
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housing-in
After a ship in building is past the breadth of her bearing, and that she is brought in too narrow t...
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in-board
Within the ship; the opposite of out-board.
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in-boats!
The order to hoist the boats in-board.
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in-bow!
The order to the bowman to throw in his oar, and prepare his boat-hook, previous to getting alongsid...
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in-hauler
The rope used for hauling in the clue of a boom-sail, or jib-traveller: it is the reverse of out-hau...
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lay in
The opposite of lay out. The order for men to come in from the yards after reefing or furling. It al...
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lie in!
The order to come in from the yards when reefing, furling, or other duty is performed.
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locking-in
the alternate clues and bodies of the hammocks when hung up.
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set in
Said when the sea-breeze or weather appears to be steady.
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taking in
The act of brailing up and furling sails at sea; generally used in opposition to setting. (See furl,...
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tumble in
See tumbling home.
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Church Hill Alley, St. Andrew's Hill
See Church Hill.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bashan, Hill of
(Ps. 68:15), probably another name for Hermon, which lies to the north of Bashan.
...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Burton, John Hill
(1809-1881)
Historian, was b. and ed. at Aberdeen, was in 1831 called to the Bar, but had little pr...
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...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Bread Street Hill
South out of Queen Victoria Street at No. 76 to Upper Thames Street (P.O. Directory). In Queenhithe ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Fish Street Hill
1) South from the junction of Gracechurch Street and Eastcheap to Lower Thames Street at 128 (P.O. D...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Fleet Street Hill
Mentioned 1653 (L. and P. Commonw. 1653-4, p. 198).
Qy. = Ludgate Hill.
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Great Tower Hill
See Tower Hill.
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Lambard Hill Lane
See Lambeth Hill.
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Laurence Pountney Hill
South out of Cannon Street at No. 96 and east into Laurence Pountney Lane (P.O. Directory). In Candl...
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Little Tower Hill
North-east and east of the Tower, extending south from the Minories to Little Thames Street (Stow's ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ludgate Hill Station
Between Water Lane and New Bridge Street, in Farringdon Ward Within, on the east side of New Bridge ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary at Hill
On the west side of St. Mary at Hill (Street) (P.O. Directory). In Billingsgate Ward.
Earliest ment...
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New Street Hill
South out of Little New Street, Shoe Lane, to King's Head Court (P.O. Directory ). In Farringdon War...
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Old Change Hill
North out of Queen Victoria Street at No.120 (P.O. Directory).
Formerly part of Lambeth Hill.
Name...
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Paul's Wharf Hill
. -South from Paul's chain to Thames Street and Paul's Wharf (S. 366).
First mention: " Pawles whar...
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Peter Hill Lane
See St. Peter's Hill.
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Puddle Dock Hill
See St. Andrew's Hill.
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Tower Hill Passage
On Little Tower Hill (Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
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tower hill play
A slap on the face, and a kick on the breech.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Gareb, The Hill
in the neighborhood of Jerusalem, named only in (Jeremiah 31:39)
...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Hachilah, The Hill
a hill apparently situated in a wood in the wilderness or waste land in the neighborhood of Ziph, in...
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Brother-in-law
·noun The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husban...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Brothers-in-law
·pl of Brother-in-law.
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Cone-in-cone
·adj Consisting of a series of parallel cones, each made up of many concentric cones closely packed ...
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Daughter-in-law
·noun The wife of one's son.
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Daughters-in-law
·pl of Daughter-in-law.
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Father-in-law
·noun The father of one's husband or wife;
— correlative to son-in-law and daughter-in-law.
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Fathers-in-law
·pl of Father-in-law.
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Four-in-hand
·noun A team of four horses driven by one person; also, a vehicle drawn by such a team.
II. Four-in...
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In and an
·adj & ·adv Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. ·see under <<Breeding>...
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Mother-in-law
·noun The mother of one's husband or wife.
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Sister-in-law
·noun The sister of one's husband or wife; also, the wife of one's brother; sometimes, the wife of o...
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Sisters-in-law
·pl of Sister-in-law.
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Son-in-law
·noun The husband of one's daughter; a man in his relationship to his wife's parents.
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Sons-in-law
·pl of Son-in-law.
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Status in quo
·- ·Alt. of Status quo.
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Conduit (Great) in Westeheap
See The Great Conduit.
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Conduit in Colemanstreet
In Coleman Street by the west end of the parish church of St. Margaret Lothbury. Erected at the char...
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Conduit in Lothbury
Erected at the charges of the City in 1546, Sir Martin Bowes being Mayor. Water was brought from spr...
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Cross in Cheapside
See Great Cross in Cheapside.
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Ely in London
Six messuages and forty acres of land in Ely (in) London, the suburb of London and the parish of St....
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(St.) James' in Walbrook
St. James parish in Wallebroke, 29 H. VIII. (L. and P H. VIII. XII. (1) p. 589).
Probably an error ...
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(St.) Margaret in Breggestrate
See Margaret Fish Street Hill.
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La Maudelyne in Eldefihsstrete
See St. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street.
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(St.) Michael in Fridaistrete
Tenement of John de Derby in parish of St. Michis apli in Fridaistrete, 26 Ed. I. (West. Abbey MSS. ...
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(St.) Nicholas in Distaflane
See St. Nicholas Cole Abbey.
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The Spicery In Westcheap
The "Spiceria" or quarter occupied by the Spicers. Mentioned 1278-9 in will of Robert de Mounpeiller...
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Standard in Cornhill
At the east end of Cornhill, where the four streets met, in the middle of the street (S. 189).
It s...
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Standard in Westcheap
In the middle of Cheapside, nearly opposite the south end of Honey Lane, east of Bread Street (Leake...
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Sterre in Bredestrete
See Star Court.
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cat in pan
To turn cat in pan, to change sides or parties; supposed originally to have been to turn CATE or CAK...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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finger in eye
To put finger in eye; to weep: commonly applied to women. The more you cry the less you'll p-ss; a c...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hang in chains
A vile, desperate fellow. Persons guilty of murder, or other atrocious crimes, are frequently, after...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hans in kelder
Jack in the cellar, i.e. the child in the womb: a health frequently drank to breeding women or their...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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knave in grain
A knave of the first rate: a phrase borrowed from the dyehouse, where certain colours are said to be...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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least in sight
To play least in sight; to hide, keep out of the way, or make one's self scarce.
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one in ten
A parson: an allusion to his tithes.
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coo-in-new
n.
aboriginal name for «a usefulverbenaceous timber-tree of Australia, Gmelinaleichhardtii, F. v. M...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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lease in perpetuity
a statutory expression in themost recent land legislation of New Zealand, indicating aspecific mode ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to heave in sight
To come in sight; to appear. This nautical phrase appears to have originated in the fact that an app...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to stand in hand
To concern; to behoove.--Holloway, Prov. Dict. This phrase is a colloquial one in New England. Ex. '...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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in for it
Engaged in a thing from which there is no retreating.
You may twitch at your collar and wrinkle you...
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beset in ice
Surrounded with ice, and no opening for advance or retreat, so as to be obliged to remain immovable....
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chime in, to
To join a mess meal or treat. To chime in to a chorus or song.
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commander-in-chief
The senior officer in any port or station appointed to hold command over all other vessels within th...
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fall in, to
The order to form, or take assigned places in ranks. (See assembly.)
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fell in with
Met by chance.
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flatten in, to
The action of hauling in the aftmost clue of a sail to give it greater power of turning the vessel; ...
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foot it in
An order to stow the bunt of a sail snugly in furling, executed by the bunt-men dancing it in, holdi...
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haul in, to
To sail close to the wind, in order to approach nearer to an object.
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heaving in stays
The act of tacking, when, the wind being ahead, great pressure is thrown upon the stays.
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hog-in-armour
Soubriquet for an iron-clad ship.
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hove-in-sight
The anchor in view. Also, a sail just discovered.
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hove-in-stays
The position of a ship in the act of going about.
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in and out
A term sometimes used for the scantling of timbers, the moulding way, and particularly for those bol...
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in the wind
The state of a vessel when thrown with her head into the wind, but not quite all in the wind (see al...
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jack in office
An insolent fellow in authority.
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laden in bulk
A cargo neither in casks, bales, nor cases, but lying loose in the hold, only defended from wet by m...
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let in, to
To fix or fit a diminished part of one plank or piece of timber into a score formed in another to re...
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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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orders in council
Decrees given by the privy council, signed by the sovereign, for important state necessities, indepe...
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pitch in, to
To set to work earnestly; to beat a person violently. (A colloquialism.)
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round-in, to
To haul in on a fall; the act of pulling upon any slack rope which passes through one or more blocks...
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shut in, to
Said of landmarks or points of land, when one is brought to transit and overlap the other, or interc...
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slack in stays
Slow in going about. Also applied to a lazy man.
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stoppage in transitu
A valuable privilege under which an unpaid consigner or broker may stop or countermand his goods upo...
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stowed in bulk
See bulk.
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turn in, to
To go to bed.
♦ To turn out. To get up.
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turning in rigging
The end of a vessel's shrouds carried round the dead-eyes, laid back and secured by seizings.
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zones, in geography
, are longitudinal belts into which the surface of the earth is divided, according to their various ...
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Siloam, Tower, In
(Luke 13:4) Of this we know nothing definitely beyond these words of the Lord. In connection with Op...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Hill of Evil Counsel
On the south of the Valley of Hinnom. It is so called from a tradition that the house of the high pr...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Moreh, the Hill of
Probably identical with "little Hermon," the modern Jebel ed-Duhy, or perhaps one of the lower spurs...
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Castle Court, College Hill
See Newcastle Court.
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Chequer Lane, Dowgate Hill
See Chequer Yard.
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George Street, Tower Hill
West from Little Tower Hill to Great Tower Hill (O.S. 1894).
First mention: Horwood, 1799.
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George Yard, Tower Hill
See George Street, Tower Hill.
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Goat Yard, Ludgate Hill
See Goat Alley.
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King Street, Tower Hill
North out of Tower Hill to Royal Mint Street (P.O. Directory).
Earliest mention (Hatton, 1708).
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