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London County and Westminster Bank, Head Office
On the north side of Lothbury at No. 41 (P.O. Directory).
First mention: O.S. 1875.
Occupies part ...
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County
·noun A count; an earl or lord.
II. County ·noun An earldom; the domain of a count or earl.
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county
"In speaking of counties," says Mr. Pickering, "the names of which are composed of the word shire, w...
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Bank
·vt To deposit in a bank.
II. Bank ·vt To pass by the banks of.
III. Bank ·noun A sort of table us...
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bank
to bank, to beat. Exmoor.
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bank
The right or left boundary of a river, in looking from its source towards the sea, and the immediate...
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London
·noun The capital city of England.
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London
The capital of the Empire and from early times an important centre of trade and commerce. On the nor...
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Westminster Assembly
·- ·see under <<Assembly>>.
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county work
Said of any work that advances slowly.
...
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westminster wedding
A match between a whore and a rogue.
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London Joint Stock Bank
1) On the west side of Princes Street at No. 5 (Head Office) (P.O. Directory). In Broad Street Ward....
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Union Bank of London
At the south-west corner of Princes Street at No.2. The Head Office (P.O. Directory).
First mention...
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sand and coral bank
An accumulation of sand and fragments of coral above the surface of the sea, without any vegetation;...
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And
·conj If; though. ·see <<An>>, ·conj.
II. And ·conj It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive...
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and
• The people who inhabited generally the whole of that country.
• In (Genesis 10:18-20) the seats o...
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Bank bill
·- In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand...
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Bank book
·- A book kept by a depositor, in which an officer of a bank enters the debits and credits of the de...
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Bank discount
·add. ·- A sum equal to the interest at a given rate on the principal (face) of a bill or note from ...
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Bank note
·- A promissory note payable at a bank.
II. Bank note ·- A promissory note issued by a bank or bank...
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Bank swallow
·- ·see under 1st Bank, ·noun.
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Bank-sided
·adj Having sides inclining inwards, as a ship;
— opposed to wall-sided.
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Country bank
·add. ·- A national bank not in a reserve city.
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Double-bank
·vt To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.
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People's bank
·add. ·- A form of cooperative bank, such as those of Germany;
— a term loosely used for various fo...
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Sea bank
·- The <<Seashore>>.
II. Sea bank ·- A bank or mole to defend against the sea.
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Bank Buildings
1) On the west side of the Royal Exchange, at the junction of Cornhill, Poultry and Threadneedle Str...
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Bank Street
North out of Cornhill, leading to the Bank of England and east of Bank Buildings in Broad Street and...
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Child's Bank
On the south side of Fleet Street, at No. 1, by Temple Bar, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.O. Directo...
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Consolidated Bank
See Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris.
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Hoare's Bank
On the south side of Fleet Street at No. 37, opposite St. Dunstan's Church, in Farringdon Ward Witho...
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The National Bank
On the east side of Old Broad Street, at No.13, to the north of Adam's Court (P.O. Directory). In Br...
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Tower Bank
On the eastern boundary of Tower Ward running north and south between Thames Street and Tower Street...
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passage bank
The top tilter of that gang throughout the whole army, who demands and receives contribution from al...
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pass bank
The place for playing at passage, cut into the ground almost like a cock-pit. Also the stock or fund...
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sunny bank
A good fire in winter.
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bank-bill
A bank-note.
Neither Johnson nor the other lexicographers have the term bank-note, though they all ...
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mire-bank
a separation. Norf.
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swathe-bank
a swarth of new-mown grass or corn. N.
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bank, to
Also, an old word meaning to sail along the margins or banks of river-ports: thus Shakspeare in "Kin...
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bank-fires
In steamers, taking advantage of a breeze by allowing the fires to burn down low, and then pulling t...
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bank-harbour
That which is protected from the violence of the sea by banks of mud, gravel, sand, shingle, or silt...
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bank-hook
A large fish-hook laid baited in running water, attached by a line to the bank.
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fog-bank
A dense haze, presenting the appearance of a thick cloud resting upon the horizon; it is known in hi...
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foot-bank
Synonymous with banquette (which see).
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sea-bank
A work so important that our statutes make it felony, without benefit of clergy, maliciously to cut ...
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sod-bank
A peculiar effect of refraction sometimes seen in calm weather, showing all objects on the water mul...
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submarine bank
An extensive sandy plateau with deep water over it.
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Westminster Hall Court
North out of Dunning's Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, 1720, I. ii. 108-Boyle, 1799).
T...
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London smoke
·add. ·- A neutral tint given to spectacles, shade glasses for optical instruments, ·etc., which red...
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London tuft
·add. ·- The Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus).
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London, Jack
(b. 1876)
American novelist. The Son of the Wolf (1900), The God of his Fathers, Children of the Fr...
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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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London Bibliography
Many works on this subject have been produced from time to time, and valuable bibliographies are ava...
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London Bridge
Extends across the River Thames from Adelaide Place and King William Street to High Street, Southwar...
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London Court
In London Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
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London House
On the west side of Aldersgate Street, adjoining Bartholomew Close west, in Aldersgate Without and F...
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London Houses
Roman tiles used in the walls of houses were 17 in. long, 11 in. wide and 11/2 in. thick. The draini...
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London Institution
On the north side of Finsbury Circus at No. 11 (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street Ward.
Founded 18...
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London Markets
See Cheapside, Cheap (west), Honey Lane Market, Fleet Market, Farringdon Market, Eastcheap, Billings...
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London Privileges
These were granted from time to time by the Royal Charters given to the City and were jealously guar...
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London Records
These are perhaps sufficiently indicated in the list of authorities set out at the commencement of t...
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London Sanctuaries
The privilege of sanctuary, or refuge, for those who were guilty of manslaughter, etc., was frequent...
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London Stone
A rounded block of stone set in a large stone case, in which is an oval opening through which it can...
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London Street
South out of Fenchurch Street at No. 59 and west to 74 Mark Lane (P.O. Directory). The northern port...
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London Streets
The following extract as to the rebuilding of the City after the Fire may be of interest :
To provi...
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London Wall
See Wall of London.
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London Workhouse
On the west side of Bishopsgate Street (Strype, 1720-Elmes, 1831).
"Crown Yard" in O. and M. 1677.
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london waggon
The tender which carried the impressed men from off the tower to the receiving-ship at the Nore.
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London and Continental Steam Wharf
At 83 to 97 Lower East Smithfield, west of the Hermitage Entrance (P.O. Directory).
First mention: ...
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London and St. Katherine's Docks
See St. Katherine Docks.
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Bank of England
On the south side of Threadneedle Street, extending north to Lothbury, and from Princes Street west ...
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Bank of Scotland
See Swiss Bankverein.
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Imperial Bank, Lothbury
See London Joint Stock Bank.
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Metropolitan Bank Buildings
At Nos. 59 and 60 Gracechurch Street (P.O. Directory). In Bridge Ward Within.
On the site of Crown ...
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wild cat bank
One of the various terms applied at the West to some of the irresponsible banks of the country. A ba...
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bank of oars
[banco, Sp.] A seat or bench for rowers in the happily all but extinct galley: these are properly ca...
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Carron and London and Continental Steam Wharves, Carron Co
A Wharf on the Thames in East Smithfield, east of Alderman Stairs at 87 to 93 Lower East Smithfield ...
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(St.) Alphage London Wall
On the south side of London Wall at No. 13. In Cripplegate Ward Within.
The church stood originally...
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Chaplains of London (Parish)
In 1319 William, Parson of the Church of St. Mary Woolnoth, is mentioned as the Pitancier of the Com...
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Council at London
Held in 833, at which were present the Bishops and "proceribus majoribus" of all England, to take co...
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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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Fire of London
In 1666, from September 2nd to 6th.
Commenced at the house of a baker in Pudding Lane, near London ...
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London Bridge Square
On London Bridge, in Bridge Ward (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
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London Bridge Waterworks
See Water Works, London Bridge.
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London Bridge Wharf
On the east side of London Bridge and the south side of Lower Thames Street (P.O. Directory). In Bri...
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London Central Markets
On the north side of West Smithfield. In Farringdon Ward Without.
Erected on part of the site of th...
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London Coffee House
On the north side of Ludgate Hill at No. 42, west of St. Martin, Ludgate, in Farringdon Ward Without...
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London Corn Exchange
See Corn Exchange.
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London House Yard
1) North out of St. Paul's Churchyard, at Nos. 74 and 79, to Paternoster Row (P.O. Directory). In Ca...
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London Insurance Office
On the south side of Cornhill in Ball Court and Birchin Lane (Rocque, 1746-Strype, 1755, I. p. 474)....
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London Prentice Yard
East out of the Minories. In Portsoken Ward (Boyle, 1799).
Former name : "Ship Yard" (O. and M. 167...
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London Provident Institution
On the east side of Blomfield Street (O.S. 1880).
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London Tavern, Bishopsgate
On the west side of Bishopsgate. In Bishopsgate Ward Within, on the western boundary of the Ward (17...
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London Wall, Street
West from Old Broad Street to Cripplegate (P.O. Directory).
A street on the line of the old Wall of...
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London Wall Avenue
Out of London Wall at No. 31 (P.O. Directory).
First mention: L.C.C. List, 1901.
...
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London Wall Buildings
On the north side of London Wall, at Blomfield Street. In Coleman Street Ward (P.O. Directory).
Fir...
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London Workhouse Yard
In Bishopsgate Street, leading to the London Workhouse (Dodsley, 1761).
...
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Maps of London
There are no maps of London extant earlier than the 16th century, but from that time a regular serie...
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Mayors of London
The chief Magistrate of the City and senior Alderman. First appointed 1191. First mentioned in the C...
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New London Street
North out of Hart Street, at No.10, to London Street (P.O. Directory). In Tower Ward.
First mention...
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North London Railway
North from Liverpool Street along the western boundary of Bishopsgate Ward Without to the northern b...
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Officiality of London
Seal of the Officiality of London, 1281 (Anc. Deeds, A. 6350)
In a deed of about 1230 Master Walter...
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Suburbs of London
See Liberties.
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(St.) Swithin, London Stone
On the north side of Cannon Street at No.113, at the south-west corner of St. Swithin's Lane (P.O. D...
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Tower of London
Situated at the eastern extremity of the City of London on the north bank of the Thames on Tower Hil...
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Wall of London
Considerable difference of opinion exists as to the date when the walls that encircled the ancient C...
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Wyndrawers of London
Carters of Wine.
Four companies of them in 1301 "The Newemeyne" (New Household).
The King's Societ...
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London and St. Katherine's Dock Co.'s Warehouses
See Port of London Authority's Warehouses.
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National Bank of Scotland
East out of Nicholas Lane at No.37 (P.O. Directory). In Langbourn Ward.
Shown in O.S. 1880.
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Provincial Bank of Ireland
On the east side of Old Broad Street, at the north-east corner of the street (O.S. 1880).
The site ...
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All Hallows, London Wall
On the north side of London Wall at No. 85 (P.O. Directory). In Broad Street Ward. Parish extends in...
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Angel Alley, London Wall
See Leathersellers' Buildings.
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(St.) Augustine by London Wall
See St. Augustine Papey.
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Ball Alley, London Wall
South out of London Wall. In Broad Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
First mention: In Ward...
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Bear Alley, London Wall
Out of London Wall, in parish of All Hallows, London Wall (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Called in P.C. S...
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City of London Brewery
On the south side of Cannon Street at No. 89 (P.O. Directory).
There seems to have been a brewhouse...
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City of London Club
On the east side of Old Broad Street, at No. 19 (P.O. Directory). In Broad Street Ward.
Erected 183...
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City of London College
On the north side of White Street, Moorfields, in Cripplegate Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
An edu...
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City of London School
At the east end of the Victoria Embankment, east of John Carpenter Street, in Farringdon Ward Withou...
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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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Forcier, near London Bridge
Erected by Peter Moris, a Dutchman, in 1582, for the supply of water to the eastern part of the City...
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Hollar's Plan of London
Wenceslaus Hollar was appointed by the King to make exact plan and survey of the City after the Fire...
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London Commercial Sale Rooms
On the west side of Mark Lane at No. 20 (P.O. Directory). In Tower Ward (O.S.) extending to Mincing ...
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London Fen, Lundene Fen
Mentioned in Edgar's Charter to Westminster, 951 (Kemble), as forming a portion of the natural bound...
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London Lying-in Hospital
In Shaftesbury House, Aldersgate Street.
Instituted 1750. Removed 1771 to City Road.
...
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London Tavern, Mark Lane
At the north-west corner of Mark Lane at its junction with Fenchurch Street, at Nos. 53 and 54 (P.O....
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Lord Mayors of London
See Mayors of London.
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(St.) Martin towards London Stone
Parr'. s' Mart'. vs lundeneston, 13th cent. (MSS. D. and C. St. Paul's, W.D. 12).
Qy. = St. Martin ...
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(St.) Michael towards London Bridge
See St. Michael Crooked Lane.
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(St.) Olave by London Bridge
Qy. = Olave (St.) Hart Street or Olave (St.) Southwark.
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(St.) Thomas Chapel, London Bridge
Erected over the centre pier of the first stone bridge on the east side, 1176-1209.
"Capella beati ...
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Water House, London Bridge
See Water Works, London Bridge.
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Water Supply of London
Until the 13th century the inhabitants of the City were dependent for their water supply on the natu...
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Water Works, London Bridge
On the west side of Old London Bridge, opposite St. Magnus Church, in Bridge Ward Within (O. and M. ...
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Castor and Pollux
·- ·see Saint Elmo's fire, under <<Saint>>.
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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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In and an
·adj & ·adv Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. ·see under <<Breeding>...
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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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Lords and Ladies
·- The European wake-robin (Arum maculatum), — those with purplish spadix the lords, and those with ...
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Make and break
·add. ·- Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
...
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Tom and Jerry
·add. ·- A hot sweetened drink of rum and water spiced with cinnamon, cloves, ·etc., and beaten up w...
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Tops-and-bottoms
·noun ·pl Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in halves, and then browned in an oven, — used as food fo...
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Tweedledum and Tweedledee
·add. ·- Two things practically alike;
— a phrase coined by John Byrom (1692-1793) in his satire "O...
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Azur and Azzur
Helper.
1) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet (Jer. 28:1).
2) The father of Jaazaniah (Ezek. ...
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By and by
Immediately (Matt. 13:21; R.V., "straightway;" Luke 21:9).
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Castor and Pollux
The "Dioscuri", two heroes of Greek and Roman mythology. Their figures were probably painted or scul...
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Jachin and Boaz
The names of two brazen columns set up in Solomon's temple (1 Kings 7:15-22). Each was eighteen cubi...
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Tryphena and Tryphosa
Two female Christians, active workers, whom Paul salutes in his epistle to the Romans (16:12).
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Bell and Crown
On the north side of Holborn, east of Furnival's Inn, in Farringdon Ward Without. The southern porti...
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(The) Cat and Fiddle
In the parish of St. Benet Sherehog, 1542 (L. and P. H. VIII. XVII. 393).
Earliest mention: "le Cat...
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(The) Crown and Cushion
See Pay Office.
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The Hand and Still
In Houndesditch at the boundary of Bishopsgate Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 94, and in 1755 ed.).
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Hoare and Co
Premises on the west side of Water Lane, in Farringdon Ward Within (Horwood, 1799).
Site occupied i...
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The Rose and Crown
A house so called in parish of St. Michael Crooked Lane demised to the use of the church and parish ...
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air and exercise
He has had air and exercise, i.e. he has been whipped at the cart's tail; or, as it is generally, th...
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bird and baby
The sign of the eagle and child.
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black and white
In writing. I have it in black and white; I have written evidence.
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bubble and squeak
Beef and cabbage fried together. It is so called from its bubbling up and squeaking whilst over the ...
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bulk and file
Two pickpockets; the bulk jostles the party to be robbed, and the file does the business.
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buttock and file
A common whore and a pick-pocket. Cant.
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buttock and twang, or down buttock and sham file
A common whore, but no pickpocket.
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buttock and tongue
A scolding wife.
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to chop and change
To exchange backwards and forwards. To chop, in the canting sense, means making dispatch, or hurryin...
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ducks and drakes
To make ducks and drakes: a school-boy's amusement, practised with pieces of tile, oyster-shells, or...
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gamon and patter
Common place talk of any profession; as the gamon and patter of a horse-dealer, sailor, &c.
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gog and magog
Two giants, whose effigies stand on each side of the clock in Guildhall, London; of whom there is a ...
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guts and garbage
A very fat man or woman. More guts than brains; a silly fellow. He has plenty of guts, but no bowels...
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here and thereian
One who has no settled place of residence.
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hide and seek
A childish game. He plays at hide and seek; a saying of one who is in fear of being arrested for deb...
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inside and outside
The inside of a **** and the outside of a gaol.
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milk and water
Both ends of the busk.
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monks and friars
Terms used by printers: monks are sheets where the letters are blotted, or printed too black; friars...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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orthodoxy and heterodoxy
Somebody explained these terms by saying, the first was a man who had a doxy of his own, the second ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pothooks and hangeks
A scrawl, bad writing.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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quick and nimble
More like a bear than a squirrel. Jeeringly said to any one moving sluggishly on a business or erran...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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quirks and quillets
Tricks and devices. Quirks in law; subtle distinctions and evasions.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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roaratorios and uproars
Oratorios and operas.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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roast and boiled
A nick name for the Life Guards, who are mostly substantial house-keepers; and eat daily of roast an...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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six and tips
Whisky and small beer. IRISH.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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sixes and sevens
Left at sixes and sevens: i.e. in confusion; commonly said of a room where the furniture, &c. is sca...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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tarring and feathering
A punishment lately infliced by the good people of Boston on any person convicted, or suspected, of ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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chock-and-log
n. and adj.
a particularkind of fence much used on Australian stations. The Chock is a thick short ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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tagrag-and-bobtail
n.
a species of sea-weed.See quotation.
1866. S. Hannaford, `Wild Flowers of Tasmania,' p. 80:
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wattle-and-dab
a rough mode of architecture, verycommon in Australia at an early date. The phrase and itsmeaning ar...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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by fits and starts
At short and sudden intervals interruptedly.
As prayer is a duty of daily occurrence, the injunctio...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to cut and run
To be off; to be gone.--Holloway's Prov. Dictionary.
Originally a nautical term. To cut the cable o...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to rake and scrape
To collect.
Where under the sun, says I to myself, did he rake and scrape together such super-super...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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back and forth
Backwards and forwards, applied to a person in walking, as, "He was walking back and forth." A commo...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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black and blue
The color of a bruise; a familiar expression for a bruise, here and in England.
Mistress Ford, good...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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black and white
To put a thing into black and white, is, to commit it to writing. In use in Scotland.--Jamieson.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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chinking and daubing
The process of filling with clay the interstices between the logs of houses in the new countries. In...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cut and dried
Ready made.
I am for John C. Calhoun for the presidency; and will not go for Mr. Van Buren, the man...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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peas and sport
See scadding of peas.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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rid and ridden
dispatch and dispatched : It rids well : it goes on fast. It will soon be ridden, i. e. got rid of. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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runches and runchballs
carlock, when dried and withered. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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saugh and sauf
sallow. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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snod and snog
neat, handsome : as, snogly gear'd, handsomely dressed. N. SNOG-MALT, smooth, with few combs.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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to and again
backwards and forwards. York and Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose