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Westcheap
See Cheapside.
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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 Westcheap
In the middle of Cheapside, nearly opposite the south end of Honey Lane, east of Bread Street (Leake...
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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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Conduit
·noun A structure forming a reservoir for water.
II. Conduit ·noun A narrow passage for private com...
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Conduit
A water-course or channel (Job 38:25). The "conduit of the upper pool" (Isa. 7:3) was formed by Heze...
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Conduit
meaning an aqueduct or trench through which water was carried. Tradition, both oral and as represent...
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Little
·noun A small degree or scale; miniature.
II. Little ·adj Short in duration; brief; as, a little sl...
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Le Cage, Westcheap
Tenement of William Coventre called "le Cage" in Westchepe in parish of St. Mary le Bow (Ct. H.W. II...
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(St.) Peter Westcheap
At the south-west corner of Wood Street, on the north side of Cheapside (Leake). In Farringdon Ward ...
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Conduit in Colchurch Parish
See The Great Conduit.
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Conduit in Fleet Street
At the south end of Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Leake, 1666), near the hostel of the Bish...
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Conduit in Gracechurch Street
In Gracechurch Street at the west end of Jerusalem Alley (Leake, 1666).
Erected in 1491 by Thomas H...
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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...
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in
in I old indu, prep.with acc.or abl.
I I. With acc., in space, with verbs implying ent...
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in-
in- an inseparable particle cf. Gr. ἀ-, ἀν-; Germ. and Eng. un-, which, prefixed to an adj., negati...
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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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Conduit system
·add. ·- A system of electric traction, ·esp. for light railways, in which the actuating current pas...
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Aldermanbury Conduit
In the middle of Aldermanbury near St. Mary Aldermanbury Church. Commenced by Sir William Eastfield,...
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Conduit Lane
At Dowgate. A tradesman's token issued to a house in the lane 1649-72 (Burn, p. 54).
No other refer...
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Conduit Tavern
Solar of Salomom de Lauvare, cutler, extending from the entrance to the Conduit Tavern up to the wal...
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Conduit Yard
South of Aldgate, adjoining the Wall of London. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677).
Adjacent to the...
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Fleet Conduit
See Conduit in Fleet Street.
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The Great Conduit in Westcheap
At the eastern end of Cheapside in the parish of St. Mary Colechurch, opposite the Hospital of St. T...
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Holborn Conduit
At the junction of Cow Lane, Cock Lane and Snow Hill, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720)....
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Lamb's Conduit
See Holborn Conduit.
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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...
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Little Conduit by the Stocks Market
Erected about 1500 (S. 18). In Walbrook Ward. Removed after the Fire 1666 (Strype, ed. 1720, I. i. 2...
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Do-little
·noun One who performs little though professing much.
...
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Little-ease
·noun An old slang name for the pillory, stocks, ·etc., of a prison.
...
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Little Britain
West out of Aldersgate Street at 197, and north to Smithfield (P.O. Directory). In Aldersgate Ward a...
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Little Cheapside
South from Vintners' Hall to Three Cranes (O. and M. 1677-London Guide, 1758). In Vintry Ward.
It o...
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Little Court
-In Duke's Place, Aldgate (Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
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Little Eastcheap
See Eastcheap.
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Little Greenwich
At the south-east end of Horn Alley, Aldersgate Street, in Aldegate Ward Without (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1...
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Little Jewry
In Aldgate Street, 14 Rich. II. 1391 (Cal. P.R. Rich. II. 1388-92, p. 417).
See Jewry Street.
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Little Lane
"Venella parva," 1310-11 (Ct. H.W. I. 217).
"A little lane opposite the Flete prison," 1340 (ib. 43...
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Little London
Tenement of Robert Cok with houses and gardens in the parish of All Hallows "atte walle" called "lit...
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Little Minories
See Church Street, Minories.
The bounds of Little Minories are set out in Letters Patent of James I...
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Little Moorfields
See Blomfield Street and Moorfields.
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Little Moorgate
A postern or gate opposite Little Winchester Street leading into Moorfields (Strype, 1720, I. ii. 13...
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little barbary
Wapping.
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little breeches
A familiar appellation used to a little boy.
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little clergyman
A young chimney-sweeper.
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little ease
A small dark cell in Guildhall, London, where disorderly apprentices are confined by the city chambe...
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little snakesman
A little boy who gets into a house through the sink-hole, and then opens the door for his accomplice...
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do-little
, or do-little sword.
The old term for a dirk.
...
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Conduit at Aldermanbury
See Aldermanbury Conduit.
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Conduit at Barking
Bequest of 2/- quit rent to the conduit of Berkynke by Rob. de Conyngham, 1286 (Ct. H. Wills, I. 78)...
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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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Conduit at Dowgate
A conduit of Thames water made 1568 at the cost of the citizens, and called the Conduit upon Downgat...
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Conduit upon Cornhill
In Cornhill opposite the north end of Change Alley and the eastern side of the Royal Exchange.
Show...
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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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in eopte
in eopte eo ipso, Paul. ex Fest. p. 110 Müll.
...
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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, ...
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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.
...
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taken in
Imposed on, cheated.
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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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well-in
adj.
answering to `well off,' `well todo,' `wealthy'; and ordinarily used, in Australia, instead of...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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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(St.) Bartholomew the Little
See St. Bartholomew by the Exchange.
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Do Little Alley
See Do Little Lane.
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Do Little Lane
,Do Little Alley
South out of Carter Lane to Knightrider Street. In Castle Baynard Ward (Boyle, 1799...
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Little All Hallows
In Thames Street, 1537 (L. and P. H. VIII. XII. (1), p. 511).
See All Hallows the Less.
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Little Ashentree Court
West out of Water Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-L. Guide, 1758).
On or near the si...
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Little Bailey Street
On Little Tower Hill (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Little Bear Alley
East from the New Canal with a passage north to Great Bear Alley, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and...
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Little Bear Quay
See New Bear Quay.
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Little Bell Alley
South from Leathersellers' Buildings to Copthall Buildings on the boundary of Broad Street and Colem...
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Little Boss Alley
In Thames Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
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Little Bridge Street
East out of New Bridge Street to St. Martin's Court, on the boundary of Farringdon Wards Within and ...
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Little Broad Street
South from Throgmorton Street to Threadneedle Street. In Broad Street Ward (Strype, 1720-Lond. Guide...
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Little Bury Street
Out of St. Mary Axe (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
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Little Bush Lane
North out of Upper Thames Street, at 155, to Bush Lane. In Dowgate Ward (P.O. Directory).
First men...
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Little Carter Lane
See Carter Lane.
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Little Church Street
See Church Street, Minories.
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Little Cock Alley
1) North out of Redcross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, 1720-London Guide, 1758).
It ...
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Little College Street
South out of College Street, at No. 28, to Upper Thames Street (P.O. Directory). In Vintry Ward and ...
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Little Crow Alley
In Whitecross Street, Cripplegate (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
"Little Cow Alley" in Boyle.
Not...
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Little Dice Key
See Dice Quay.
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Little Distaff Lane
See Distaff Lane.
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Little Duke's Place
See Mitre Square.
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Little Dunning's Alley
Near Bishopsgate Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
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Little Elbow Lane
See Little College Street.
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Little Friday Street
West out of Basing Lane to Friday Street, in Bread Street Ward (Elmes, 1831). In O.S.1848-51 "Little...
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Little Fryer's Gate
South out of Fleet Street to Lombard Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Dodsley, 1761)...
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Little George Street
North out of India Street Minories at No. 5 (P.O. Directory).
Former name : "Vine Street" (W. Stow,...
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Little Gloucester Street
Out of Whitecross Street (W. Stow, 1722-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Little Ivy Lane
West out of Ivy Lane to Newgate Market, in Farringdon Ward Within (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
See Duke...
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Little Knightrider Street
West out of Old Change to Bennet's Hill, in Castle Baynard Ward (Hatton, 1708-O.S. 1880).
Now calle...
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Little Lombard Street
West out of Three Crane Lane to New Queen Street. In Vintry Ward (Rocque, 1746).
Shown, but not nam...
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Little Love Lane
East out of Wood Street at No. 37 (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Within, with a passage south...
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Little Manor Row
East out of Manor Row, Little Tower Hill (Lockie, 1810).
Removed for the formation of St. Katherine...
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Little Montagu Court
North-east out of Little Britain at No. 19, in Aldersgate Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
First ment...
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Little Moor Gate
See Blomfield Street.
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Little New Street
West out of Shoe Lane, at No. 89, to Printer's Street. In Farringdon Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
...
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Little Northumberland Alley
Out of Crutched Friars (Strype, ed. 1755-Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps, and not now in exis...
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Little Old Bailey
North-west out of Old Bailey at Fleet Lane to Snow Hill, in Farringdon Ward Without (L. and P. Commo...
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Little Oxford Court
South out of Camomile Street. In Lime Street Ward (O. and M. 1677).
See (Earl of) Oxford, Hostel of...
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Little Prescot Street
South out of Great Prescot Street to Royal Mint Street (Rocque, 1746-O.S. 1894). In parish of St. Ma...
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Little Queen Street
See Paved Alley, Leadenhall, and Queen's Colledge Passage Square.
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Little Rutland Court
Between White Bear Court east and Great Rutland Court west, in Castle Baynard Ward, west of Addle Hi...
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Little Somer's Key
See Dark House Lane2, Somer's Key [Somar?].
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Little Somerset Street
West out of Mansell Street into Harrow Alley. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).
Earliest mention:...
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Little St. Bartholomew
House there mentioned 1613. The site is not indicated. Probably near St. Bartholomew's Hospital (H. ...
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Little St. Helen's
A large court on the east side of Bishopsgate Street leading to Leathersellers' Hall, etc. (S. ed. 1...
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Little Swan Alley
1) West out of Little Bell Alley, then north to the Ward Schools and Cross Key Court (O.S. 1880). In...
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Little Thames Street
East from Tower Bridge to the entrance to St. Katherine's Docks (L.C.C. List of Streets, 1912).
For...
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Little Thomson's Rents
In Half Moon Alley, Coleman St. (Strype, ed. 1755-Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
...
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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 ...
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Little Tower Street
See Eastcheap.
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Little Trinity Lane
South out of Great Trinity Lane to Upper Thames Street. In Queenhithe Ward (P.O. Directory).
First ...
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Little Water Lane
North out of Queen Victoria Street at No. 174, near to its junction with New Bridge Street (P.O. Dir...
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Little Winchester Street
North out of Great Winchester Street, at No. 8, to London Wall (P.O. Directory). In Broad Street War...
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Little Wood Street
See Wood Street.
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Queenhithe Little Stairs
West of Queenhithe Stairs at the east end of Brooks' Wharf (Rocque, 1746).
No later mention.
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domine do little
An impotent old fellow.
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little whip-snake
See snake
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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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Conduit at Fleet Bridge
A cistern or conduit for receipt of spring water made by the inhabitants of Fleet Street in 1478, bu...
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Conduit at Holborn Cross
See Holborn Conduit.
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Conduit at London Wall
In London Wall by Moorgate opposite the northern end of Coleman Street, erected 1517 at the charges ...
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(St.) Thomas near the Conduit
See St. Thomas of Acon.
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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...
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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.
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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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Cross in Cheapside
See Great Cross in Cheapside.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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).
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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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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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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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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