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Mews
·noun ·sg & ·pl An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place. ...

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mews
1) moss. Exm. 2) a general name in London for stables, from the Mews at Charing Cross, formerly the...

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Lower
·adj Compar. of Low, ·adj. II. Lower ·noun Cloudiness; gloominess. III. Lower ·noun A frowning; su...

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Camomile Mews
South out of Camomile Street at No. 15. In Lime Street Ward (Horwood, 1799-O.S. 1848-51). Former na...

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Northumberland Mews
East out of Northumberland Alley. In Aldgate Ward (O.S. 1875). See Carlisle Avenue. ...

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Temple Mews
South from Silver Street to Dogwell Court, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799). The ...

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Trinity Mews
See Trinity Place2, Trinity Square. ...

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lower handsomely, lower cheerly
Are opposed to each other; the former being the order to lower gradually, and the latter to lower ex...

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Lower-case
·adj Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; — used to denote the small letters, in distinction ...

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Lower Court
In the Little Minories (W. Stow, 1722-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

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lower, to
The atmosphere to become cloudy. Also, to ease down gradually, expressed of some weighty body suspen...

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lower counter
The counter between the upper counter and the rail under the lights. ...

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lower-deckers
The heaviest armament, usually on the lower deck. ...

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lower-finishing
See finishings. ...

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lower-height
See main-breadth. ...

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lower-hold
The space for cargo in a merchant-vessel, fitted with 'tween-decks. ...

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lower-hope
A well-known reach in the Thames where ships wait for the turn of the tide. ...

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lower-lifts
The lifts of the fore, main, and crossjack-yards. ...

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lower masts
See mast. ...

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lower transit
The opposite to the upper transit of a circumpolar star: the passage sub polo. ...

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Broad Street Mews
West out of New Broad Street at its junction with Broad Street Buildings. In Bishopsgate Ward Withou...

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South Place Mews
Out of South Place, Finsbury Pavement, partly in Coleman Street Ward, partly outside the City bounda...

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Lower East Smithfield
West from Little Thames Street to the Hermitage Swing Bridge and Basin (P.O. Directory). In the eig...

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Lower Thames Street
East from London Bridge to Tower Hill (P.O. Directory). In Tower, Billingsgate and Bridge Wards. Fi...

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lower-breadth-sweep
The second on the builder's draught, representing the lower height of breadth, on which line is set ...

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lower-hold-beams
The lowest range of beams in a merchantman. ...

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open lower deckers, to
To fire the lower tier of guns. Also said of a person using violent language. ...

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Salutation Tavern, Lower Thames Street
See Salutation Court. ...

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housing of a lower mast
That part of a mast which is below deck to the step in the kelson; of a bowsprit, the portion within...

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mate of the lower-deck
An officer of considerable importance in former times in ships of the line; he was responsible for t...

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run, to lower by the
To let go altogether, instead of lowering with a turn on a cleat or bitt-head. ...

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Nag's Head Court, Lower Thames Street
See Wilson's Yard. ...

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running out, and running in, the lower deck guns
The old practice of morning and evening evolutions in a line-of-battle ship, wind and weather permit...

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