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(St.) Mary Magdalen, Aldgate
Mentioned by Stow as an old Parish, forming with S. Michael, S. Katherine and the blessed Trinitie, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Magdalen, Eldefisshestrete
See St. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street.
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(St.) Mary Magdalen, Lamberdyshel
= Mary (St.) Magdalen, Old Fish Street.
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Magdalen
·noun A reformed prostitute.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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(St.) Nicholas Westpiscar
See St. Nicholas Cole Abbey; St. Nicholas New Fish Street, St. Nicholas West Fish Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Magdalen, Milk Street
On the east side of Milk Street, in Cripplegate Ward Within (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 75).
The par...
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By
(·pref.) Against.
II. By ·adv Aside; as, to lay by; to put by.
III. By (·pref.) On; along; in trav...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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By
In the expression "by myself" (A.V., 1 Cor. 4:4), means, as rendered in the Revised Version, "agains...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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by
On or close to the wind.
♦ Full and by, not to lift or shiver the sails; rap-full.
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Mary
·noun <<Marrow>>.
II. Mary ·interj ·see <<Marry>>.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
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Mary
Hebrew Miriam.
1) The wife of Joseph, the mother of Jesus, called the "Virgin Mary," though never s...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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mary
n.
used in Queensland of the aborigines,as equivalent to girl or woman. «A black Mary.» Compare « B...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Mary
a Roman Christian who is greeted by St. Paul in his Epistle to the Romans, ch. (Romans 16:6) as havi...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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(St.) Mary Magdalen of the Guildhall
The chapel within the precincts of the Guildhall, in Guildhall Yard (Fabyan, p. 297). In Cheap Ward....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street
On the north side of Little Knightrider Street, at the south-west corner of Old Change, in Castle Ba...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Conduit by St. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street
Erected 1583 and castellated with stone for the receipt of Thames water, conveyed to it at the charg...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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By and by
Immediately (Matt. 13:21; R.V., "straightway;" Luke 21:9).
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(St.) Mary in Fleet Street
See Whitefriars.
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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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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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By-bidder
·noun One who bids at an auction in behalf of the auctioneer or owner, for the purpose of running up...
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By-blow
·noun An illegitimate child; a bastard.
II. By-blow ·noun A side or incidental blow; an accidental ...
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By-corner
·noun A private corner.
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By-dependence
·noun An appendage; that which depends on something else, or is distinct from the main dependence; a...
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By-drinking
·noun A drinking between meals.
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By-election
·noun An election held by itself, not at the time of a general election.
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By-end
·noun Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage.
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By-interest
·noun Self-interest; private advantage.
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By-lane
·noun A private lane, or one opening out of the usual road.
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By-law
·noun A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own gove...
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By-name
·noun A <<Nickname>>.
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By-pass
·noun A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course.
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By-passage
·noun A passage different from the usual one; a byway.
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By-past
·adj Past; gone by.
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By-place
·noun A retired or private place.
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By-product
·noun A secondary or additional product; something produced, as in the course of a manufacture, in a...
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By-respect
·noun Private end or view; by-interest.
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By-room
·noun A private room or apartment.
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By-speech
·noun An incidental or casual speech, not directly relating to the point.
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By-spell
·noun A <<Proverb>>.
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By-street
·noun A separate, private, or obscure street; an out of the way or cross street.
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By-stroke
·noun An accidental or a slyly given stroke.
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By-turning
·noun An obscure road; a way turning from the main road.
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By-view
·noun A private or selfish view; self-interested aim or purpose.
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By-walk
·noun A secluded or private walk.
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By-wash
·noun The outlet from a dam or reservoir; also, a cut to divert the flow of water.
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By-wipe
·noun A secret or side stroke, as of raillery or sarcasm.
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Go-by
·noun A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to g...
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Good-by
(·noun / ·interj) ·Alt. of Good-bye.
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Hang-by
·noun A dependent; a hanger-on;
— so called in contempt.
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Passer-by
·noun One who goes by; a passer.
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Stand-by
·noun One who, or that which, stands by one in need; something upon which one relies for constant us...
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Stander-by
·noun One who stands near; one who is present; a bystander.
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By-ways
Only in Judg. 5:6 and Ps. 125:5; literally "winding or twisted roads." The margin has "crooked ways....
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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By-word
Hebrew millah (Job 30:9), a word or speech, and hence object of talk; Hebrew mashal (Ps. 44:14), a p...
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the go by
To give one the go by is to deceive him; to leave him in the lurch.--Craven Glossary.
TO GO BY
To ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to set by
To regard; to esteem.--Johnson. Norfolk and Craven Glossaries. These are very old expressions, and w...
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bime-by
By-and-by, soon, in a short time.
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by-bidder
A person employed at public auctions to bid on articles put up for sale, in order to obtain higher p...
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by gosh!
An inoffensive oath, used mostly in New England. Negroes often say, By Golly!
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by gum!
The same as the preceding. It is also noticed by Moor in his Suffolk Glossary.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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by-wash
The outlet of water from a dam or discharge channel.
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for-by
Near to; adjacent.
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go by
stratagem
♦ To give her the go by, is to escape by deceiving.
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stand by!
The order to be prepared; to look out to fire when directed.
To stand by a rope, is to take hold o...
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Ave Mary
·- A salutation and prayer to the Virgin Mary, as mother of God;
— used in the Roman Catholic churc...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Mary-bud
·noun The marigold; a blossom of the marigold.
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Brunton, Mary (Balfour)
(1778-1818)
Novelist, dau. of Col. Balfour of Elwick, and m. to the Rev. Dr. Brunton, Prof. of Orie...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Howitt, Mary
See Howitt, William
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Tighe, Mary (Blackford)
(1772-1810)
Poet, dau. of a clergyman, made an unhappy marriage, though she had beauty and amiable ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Cholmondeley, Mary
Novelist. Diana Tempest, Red Pottage, Moth and Rust (1902), Prisoners (1906), etc.
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(St.) Mary Abchurch
On the north-west side of Abchurch Lane at No. 17, north of Cannon Street (P.O. Directory). In Candl...
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(St.) Mary Aldermanbury
On the west side of Aldermanbury at No. 64 (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Within.
Earliest m...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Aldermannechurche
Mentioned in Will of Wm. de Kingeston poulterer, 1273 (Ct. H.W. I. 15), and in will of Sir John le B...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Aldermary
On the east side of Bow Lane at No. 38a. (P.O. Directory). In Cordwainer Ward.
Earliest mention fou...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Axe
On the west side of the street of St. Mary Axe. In Lime Street Ward.
First mention found in records...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Bethlehem
See Old Bethlehem Hospital.
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(St.) Mary Bothaw
On the east side of Turnwheel Lane, in Dowgate and Walbrook Wards (O. and M. 1677).
Earliest mentio...
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(St.) Mary Botolfe
See St. Mary Bothaw.
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(St.) Mary Buttolphe
See St. Mary Bothaw.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Chapel
In Churchyard of St. Benet Gracechurch.
The chapel of St. Mary situate in the churchyard of St. Ben...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Colechurch
On the north side of Cheapside, at the south-west corner of Old Jury (Leake, 1666). In Cheap Ward.
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(St.) Mary Fenchurch
Earliest mention: "S. Mary de Fancherche," 1315 (Ct. H.W. I. 255).
Other forms : "St. Mary de Farnc...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Hill
See St. Mary at Hill, Street.
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(St.) Mary Lothbury
A parish and chapel so named 1255 in Cal. Close Rolls, H. III. I. p. 449, and 1321, 15 Ed. II. (Cal....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Matfellon
See St. Mary Whitechapel.
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(St.) Mary Mounthaw
On the west side of Old Fish Street Hill, in Queenhithe Ward (Leake, 1666).
Earliest mention found ...
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(St.) Mary Olaf
See St. Olave Silver Street.
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(St.) Mary Oldechurche
Tenement in parish of St. Mary Oldechurche in Cornehill, formerly belonging to the Charterhouse, 31 ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Pattens
Occurs in one or two records.
An error for Margaret (St.) Pattens.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Pellipar
= St. Mary Axe.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Salutacion
See The Charterhouse.
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(St.) Mary Somerset
On the north side of Upper Thames Street, opposite Broken Wharf. Remains and tower shown (O.S. 1880)...
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(St.) Mary Spital
In the parish of St. Botolph without Bishopsgate in the Ward of Bishopsgate Without, extending from ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Staining
At the north end of Staining Lane, in Aldersgate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677).
The parish extends i...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Street
See St. Mary Axe, Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Upehulle
See St. Mary at Hill.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Wenlock
See St. Mary Woolnoth.
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(St.) Mary Whitechapel
On the south side of Whitechapel Road at No. 1 (P.O Directory). Not within the City boundary.
Menti...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Wolmaricherch
See St. Mary Woolchurch.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Woolchurch
On the south side of the Stocks Market, at the junction of the Poultry and Cornhill (S. 227). In Wal...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Woolnoth
On the south side of Lombard Street at its junction with King William Street (P.O. Directory). In La...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Mary Magdalene
Different explanations have been given of this name; but the most natural is that she came from the ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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by hook or by crook
One way or other; by any expedient.--Johnson.
It can't be done by hook or crook,
Unless your Highn...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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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, ...
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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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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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...
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...
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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.) Mary Magdalen at the Fishmarket, de la Fishstrete
See St. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street.
There was an altar in the Priory Church to St. Mary Magdale...
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(St.) Andrew by Aldgate
Apparently St. Andrew Undershaft (q.v.).
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(St.) Katherine by Alegate
See St. Katherine Cree Churchyard.
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cheek by jowl
Side by side, hand to fist.
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fly-by-night
You old fly-by-night; an ancient term of reproach to an old woman, signifying that she was a witch, ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to set much by
To regard; to esteem.--Johnson. Norfolk and Craven Glossaries. These are very old expressions, and w...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to set store by
To value; esteem; regard. This sense of the word store is not noticed by the English or American lex...
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by good rights
By right, by strict justice; as, "By good rights Mr. Clay ought to be President of the United States...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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by the bye
To Mr. Richardson we are indebted for a fuller examination of this phrase, than other lexicographers...
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go-by-ground
a little go-by-ground ; a diminutive person.
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holy-by-zont
a ridiculous figure. N.
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by and large
To the wind and off it; within six points.
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by the board
Over the ship's side. When a mast is carried away near the deck it is said to go by the board.
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by the head
When a ship is deeper forward than abaft.
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by the lee
The situation of a vessel going free, when she has fallen off so much as to bring the wind round her...
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by the stern
When the ship draws more water abaft than forward. (See by the head.)
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by the wind
Is when a ship sails as nearly to the direction of the wind as possible. (See full and by.) In gener...
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fire, loss by
Is within the policy of insurance, whether it be by accident, or by the fault of the master or marin...
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fly-by-night
A sort of square-sail, like a studding-sail, used in sloops when running before the wind; often a te...
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full and by
Sailing close-hauled on a wind; when a ship is as close as she will lie to the wind, without sufferi...
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kenning by kenning
A mode of increasing wages formerly, according to whaling law, by seeing how a man performed his dut...
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latitude by account
That estimated by the log-board, and the last determined by observation.
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latitude by observation
The latitude determined by observations of the sun, star, or moon, by meridional, as also by double ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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lay, by the
When a man is paid in proportion to the success of the voyage, instead of by the month. This is comm...
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lie by, to
Dodging under small sail under the land.
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longitude by account
The distance east and west, as computed from the ship's course and distance run, carried forward fro...
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longitude by chronometer
Is estimated by the difference between the time at the place, and the time indicated by chronometer....
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Evans, Mary Ann or Marian ("George Eliot")
(1819-1880)
Novelist, was b. near Nuneaton, Warwickshire, dau. of Robert E., land agent, a man of s...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Godwin, Mrs. Mary (Wollstonecraft)
(1759-1797)
Miscellaneous writer, was of Irish extraction. Her f. was a spend-thrift of bad habits,...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Kingsley, Mary Henrietta
(1862-1900)
Traveller, dau. of George Henry K. (himself a traveller, and author of South Sea Bubble...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Mitford, Mary Russell
(1787-1855)
Poetess and novelist, b. at Alresford, Hants, dau. of a physician, without practice, se...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley (Pierrepont)
(1690-1762)
Letter-writer, was the eldest dau. of the 1st Duke of Kingston. In her youth she combin...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Somerville, Mrs. Mary (Fairfax)
(1780-1872)
Mathematician and writer on science, dau. of Admiral Sir William G. Fairfax, b. at Jedb...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Yonge, Charlotte Mary
(1823-1901)
Novelist, only dau. of a landed gentleman of Hampshire, was b. near Winchester, and in ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth
(b. 1837)
Novelist. Lady Audley's Secret, Aurora Floyd (1862), Henry Dunbar (1864), Only a Clod (18...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Murfree, Mary Noailles ("Charles Egbert Craddock")
American novelist. In the Tennessee Mountains (1884), Down the Ravine (1885), The Prophet of the Gre...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Wilkins, Mary Eleanor (Mrs. C.M. Freeman)
(b. 1862)
American story-writer. A New England Nun, Young Lucretia, A Humble Romance, A Faraway Mel...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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(St.) Mary Abchurch Chnrchyard
See Abchurch Yard.
Described by Strype as a Churchyard enclosed by a Brick Wall and hath an open la...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Aldermanbary, Hospital
See Elsing Spital.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Aldermary Churchyard
See Aldermary Churchyard.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.