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Metropolitan
·noun An <<Archbishop>>.
II. Metropolitan ·noun The superior or presiding bishop of a country or pr...
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Hospital
·adj <<Hospitable>>.
II. Hospital ·noun A place for shelter or entertainment; an <<Inn>>.
III. Hos...
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Hospital (New)
See St. Mary Bethlehem, and New Hospital without Bishopsgate.
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hospital
A place appointed for the reception of sick and wounded men, with a regular medical establishment. (...
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Free
·adv Freely; willingly.
II. Free ·adj To <<Frank>>.
III. Free ·adv Without charge; as, children ad...
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free
Free of fumblers hall; a saying of one who cannot get his wife with child.
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free
A vessel is said to be going free when the bowlines are slacked and the sheets eased; beyond this is...
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Metropolitan Buildings
On the south side of Queen Victoria Street at No. 55 adjoining the Mansion House Station (P.O. Direc...
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Lock hospital
·- A hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases.
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(St.) Bartholomew's Hospital
On the south side of West Smithfield (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without.
Founded by Raher...
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Bethlehem Hospital
See Old Bethlehem Hospital.
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Bridewell Hospital
See Bridewell.
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Christ's Hospital
On the north side of Newgate Street on the site occupied by the Grey Friars Monastery (O.S. 1894).
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Hospital Passage
Leading from Christ's Hospital into Butcherhall Lane (Dodsley, 1761).
Not identified in the maps.
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(St.) Katherine's Hospital
On Tower Hill, to the east of the Tower.
Founded by Q Matilda, the wife of King Stephen, before 114...
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lock hospital
An hospital for venereal patients.
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haslar hospital
A fine establishment near Gosport, for the reception and cure of the sick and wounded of the Royal N...
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hospital-ship
A vessel fitted to receive the sick, either remaining in port, or accompanying a fleet, as circumsta...
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Fancy-free
·adj Free from the power of love.
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Free coinage
·add. ·- In the fullest sense, the conversion of bullion (of any specified metal) into legal-tender ...
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Free silver
·add. ·- The free coinage of silver; often, specif., the free coinage of silver at a fixed ratio wit...
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Free will
·- A will free from improper coercion or restraint.
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Free-denizen
·vt To make free.
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Free-hand
·adj Done by the hand, without support, or the guidance of instruments; as, free-hand drawing. ·see ...
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Free-handed
·adj Open-handed; liberal.
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Free-hearted
·adj Open; frank; unreserved; liberal; generous; as, free-hearted mirth.
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Free-liver
·noun One who gratifies his appetites without stint; one given to indulgence in eating and drinking....
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Free-living
·noun Unrestrained indulgence of the appetites.
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Free-love
·noun The doctrine or practice of consorting with the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage.
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Free-lover
·noun One who believes in or practices free-love.
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Free-martin
·noun An imperfect female calf, twinborn with a male.
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Free-milling
·adj Yielding free gold or silver;
— said of certain ores which can be reduced by crushing and amal...
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Free-minded
·adj Not perplexed; having a mind free from care.
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Free-soil
·adj Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of slavery;
— ·esp. applied to a party which w...
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Free-spoken
·adj Accustomed to speak without reserve.
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Free-swimming
·adj Swimming in the open sea;
— said of certain marine animals.
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Free-tongued
·adj Speaking without reserve.
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Scot-free
·adj Free from payment of scot; untaxed; hence, unhurt; clear; safe.
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Shot-free
·adj Not to be injured by shot; shot-proof.
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Free-Bench
In the will of Anketin de Betteville occurs the expression "saving to Matilda his wife her free benc...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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free booters
Lawless robbers and plunderers: originally soldiers who served without pay, for the privilege of plu...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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free-select
v. to take up land under the LandLaws. See Free-selector. This composite verb, derivedfrom the noun,...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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free-selection
n.
1) The process of selectingor choosing land under the Land Laws, or the right to choose.Abbrevia...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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free-selector
n.
(abbreviated often to Selector), one who takes up a block of Crown land underthe Land Laws and b...
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bilge-free
A cask so stowed as to rest entirely on its beds, keeping the lower part of the bilge at least the t...
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free, to
♦ To free a prisoner. To restore him to liberty.
♦ To free a pump. To disengage or clear it.
♦ T...
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free-board
See plank-sheer.
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free port
Ports open to all comers free of entry-dues, as places of call, not delivery.
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free ship
A piratical term for one where it is agreed that every man shall have an equal share in all prizes.
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free trader
Ships trading formerly under license to India independent of the old East India Company's charter. A...
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going free
When the bowlines are slackened, or sailing with the wind abeam.
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wreck-free
Is to be exempt from the forfeiture of shipwrecked goods and vessels: a privilege which Edward I. gr...
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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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(St.) Anthony, Hospital of
On the north side of Threadneedle Street (S. 181). In Broad Street Ward. Stow tells us that there wa...
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Bethlehem Hospital Chapel
The little chapell of Beelem wythout Bisshops Gate (Arnold's Chronicle, 1500-1521, p. 255).
Taken d...
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Bishopsgate, Hospital Without
The references under this name are very numerous, and they seem to refer both to Bethlehem Hospital ...
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Christ Church Hospital
See Christ's Hospital.
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(St.) Mary Aldermanbary, Hospital
See Elsing Spital.
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Old Bethlehem Hospital
On the east side of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without. Founded by Simon Fitz Mary, She...
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Metropolitan Asylums' Board Offices
On the north side of Victoria Embankment, in Farringdon Ward Without.
See Saxton's Still House.
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Metropolitan Market, West Smithfield
See London Central Markets.
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Free-will offering
A spontaneous gift (Ex. 35:29), a voluntary sacrifice (Lev. 22:23; Ezra 3:5), as opposed to one in c...
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Chapel in Bartholomew Hospital
See St. Bartholomew the Less.
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Cripplegate, New Hospital Within
See Elsing Spital.
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(St.) Giles' Hospital, without Cripplegate
A hospital of the French order founded temp. Edward I., afterwards suppressed with other alien prior...
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London Lying-in Hospital
In Shaftesbury House, Aldersgate Street.
Instituted 1750. Removed 1771 to City Road.
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New Hospital without Bishopsgate
See St. Mary Spital and Old Bethlehem Hospital.
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Passage to the Hospital
See Christ Church Passage.
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free and easy johns
A society which meet at the Hole in the Wall, Fleet-street, to tipple porter, and sing bawdry.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queen anne's free gift
A sum of money formerly granted to surgeons annually, in addition to their monthly twopences from ea...
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(St.) Bartholomew Chapel, within the Hospital
See St. Bartholomew the Less.
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Hermitage by St. Bartbolomew's Hospital
Grant to Katheren, late wife of W. Hardell, of 20 foot of land in Smithfield, next to the Chapel of ...
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Hospital for Lunatics, Barking Church
Hospital founded in parish of Barking church, 44 Ed. III., for poor priests and others sick of the p...
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(St.) Mary within Cripplegate, Hospital of
See Elsing Spital.
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(St.) Mary without Bishopsgate, Hospital of
See Old Bethlehem Hospital and St. Mary Spital.
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Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, Moorfields
On the south side of City Road in
Borough of Finsbury (P.O. Directory).
It was originally founded ...
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bung-up and bilge-free
A cask so placed that its bung-stave is uppermost, and it rests entirely on its beds.
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Hospital for Diseases of the Skin
On the east side of New Bridge Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (O.S. 1880).
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make free with the land, to
To approach the shore closely.
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