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Annuity
·noun A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, for life, or forever;...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Debt
·noun A duty neglected or violated; a fault; a sin; a trespass.
II. Debt ·noun An action at law to ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Debt
The Mosaic law encouraged the practice of lending (Deut. 15:7; Ps. 37:26; Matt. 5:42); but it forbad...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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debt
is used by contraction ; as, Much good may it DEET thee ; i. e. Much good may it DO TO thee. North.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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National
·adj Attached to one's own country or nation.
II. National ·adj Of or pertaining to a nation; commo...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Government
·noun Management of the limbs or body.
II. Government ·noun The right or power of governing; author...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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government
n.
a not unusual contraction of «Government service,» used by contractors and working men.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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government
Generally means the constitution of our country as exercised under the legislature of king or queen,...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Life
·noun Animation; spirit; vivacity; vigor; energy.
II. Life ·noun An essential constituent of life, ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Life
Generally of physical life (Gen. 2:7; Luke 16:25, etc.); also used figuratively (1) for immortality ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Office
·vt To perform, as the duties of an office; to <<Discharge>>.
II. Office ·noun Any service other th...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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office
To give the office; to give information, or make signs to the officers to take a thief.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Self-government
·noun The act of governing one's self, or the state of being governed by one's self; self-control; s...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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government men
n.
an obsolete euphemistic namefor convicts, especially for assigned servants (q.v.).
1846. G. H. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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government stroke
n.
a lazy style of doingwork, explained in quotations. The phrase is not dead.
1856. W. W. Dobie, ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Life-giving
·adj Giving life or spirit; having power to give life; inspiriting; invigorating.
...
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Life-preserver
·noun An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for saving one from drowni...
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Life-saving
·adj That saves life, or is suited to save life, ·esp. from drowning; as, the life-saving service; a...
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Life-size
·adj Of full size; of the natural size.
...
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Life-weary
·adj Weary of living.
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Self-life
·noun Life for one's self; living solely or chiefly for one's own pleasure or good.
...
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Eternal life
This expression occurs in the Old Testament only in Dan. 12:2 (R.V., "everlasting life").
It occurs...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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life preserver
An air-tight apparatus made of India rubber cloth for preserving the lives of persons in case of shi...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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life-belt
An india-rubber or cork girdle round a person's waist to buoy him up in the water.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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life-boat
One of such peculiar construction that it cannot sink or be swamped. It is equipped for attending wh...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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life-buoys
Are of various descriptions. A very useful one, patented by Cook, is supplied to all Her Majesty's s...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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life-guards
A greatly-privileged body of cavalry, specially assigned to the guarding of the sovereign's person.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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life-kite
A contrivance for saving the lives of shipwrecked persons by forming a communication between the wre...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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life-lines
Stretched from gun to gun, and about the upper deck in bad weather, to prevent the men being washed ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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life-preserver
An air-tight apparatus for saving people in cases of wreck.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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And
·conj If; though. ·see <<An>>, ·conj.
II. And ·conj It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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and
• The people who inhabited generally the whole of that country.
• In (Genesis 10:18-20) the seats o...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Booking office
·- An office where passage tickets are sold.
II. Booking office ·- An office where passengers, bagg...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Crown office
·- The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of th...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Office wire
·add. ·- Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, ·etc.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Post office
·noun ·see under 4th Post.
...
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Alienation Office
On the eastern side of King's Bench Walk in the Inner Temple (Horwood, 1799). An office under the Lo...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ballast Office
See Old Trinity House.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Exchequer Office
On the west side of Ivy Lane (Leake, 1666).
After the Fire it seems to have been kept in the Temple...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Excise Office
In Bartholomew Lane prior to 1666, when it was destroyed in the Great Fire. It was then removed to B...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Faculty Office
At the east corner of Paul's Bakehouse next to Little Carter lane is the Faculty Office, for the gra...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Fen Office
In Tanfield Court, Temple, at No. 3 on the south side (Lockie, 1810 and 1816).
No further reference...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Jewel Office
In the Tower of London (q.v.).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Navy Office
On the south side of Crutched Friars and east of Seething Lane. In Tower and Aldgate Wards (Strype, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Pay Office
On the west side of Broad Street, at the corner of Winchester Street, in Broad Street Ward (O. and M...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Prerogative Office
Now in Somerset House.
In O. and M. at the south end of Prerogative Court leading out of St. Paul's...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Record Office
On the east side of Chancery Lane (P.O. Directory).
Erected 1856-70 as a depository for the Public ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Rolls' Office
On the east side of Chancery Lane on part of the site now occupied by the Record Office (O.S. 1880)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Secondary's Office
In the Inner Temple (Horwood 1799).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Transport Office
See Plough Yard, Lombard Street, Seething Lane.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Victualling Office
On Tower Hill, near King Street (Dodsley, 1761).
First mention: 1665 (H. MSS. Com. 15th Rep. II. 16...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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crown office
The head. I fired into her keel upwards; my eyes and limbs Jack, the crown office was full; I s--k-d...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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navy office
The Fleet prison. Commander of the Fleet; the warden of the Fleet prison.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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victualling office
The stomach.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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loan office
A public office in which loans of money are negotiated for the public, or in which the accounts of l...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hydrographical office
A department of the admiralty where the labours of the marine surveyors of the Royal Navy are collec...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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transport office
Formerly a department under government directed by commissioners, who chartered vessels and appointe...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Government of God
See Providence.
...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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King and Key Coach Office
On the north side of Fleet Street at 142, in Farringdon Ward Without (Lockie, 1810-1816).
Not named...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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New River Office and Yard
Between Pigs Quay and Dorset Wharf on the Thames, at the southern end of Dorset Street (Horwood, 179...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tree of life
Stood also in the midst of the garden of Eden (Gen. 2:9; 3:22). Some writers have advanced the opini...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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tenant for life
A married man; i.e. possessed of a woman for life.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Canada Company's Office
At No. 13 St. Helen's Place, Bishopsgate. Company established 1826, in aid of the Canadian Colonies ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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City Police Office
On the West side of Old Jewry at No. 26 (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street Ward.
First mention: "P...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Coal Meters' Office
See Wilson's Yard.
The coal-meters were 15 in number, and were officers appointed to inspect the ju...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Crown Office Row
On the north side of the Inner Temple Gardens, within the Temple precincts (P.O. Directory).
First ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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General Post Office
On the west side of King Edward Street, in Farringdon Ward Within. The chief office in place of the ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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George Coach Office
On the west side of Old Bailey, in Farringdon Ward Without (Lockie, 1810).
Not named in the maps.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Herald's College, Office
See College of Arms.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Bench Office
At the southern end of King's Bench Walk, Temple (Strype, 1720, Horwood, 1799).
See King's Bench Wa...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Old Navy Office
See Navy Office.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Old Victualling Office
See Victualling Office.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Palace Court Office
In Clifford's Inn, near Fetter Lane (Lockie, 1816). Not named in the maps.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Post Office Court
South out of Lombard Street at No. io adjoining the Post Office (P.O. Directory). In Langbourn Ward....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Queen's Office Alley
In Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Six Clerks' Office
On the west side of Chancery Lane, south of Carey Street, outside the City boundary (O. and M. 1677)...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Sun Fire Office
See Bank Buildings1, Cornhill.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Times' Printing Office
On the north side of Printing House Square (q.v.).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Wine Office Court
North out of Fleet Street, at No.145, to King's Head Court, Shoe Lane, which is now also called Wine...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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jack in office
An insolent fellow in authority.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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 ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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unrove his life-line
Departed this life.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris
On the north side of Threadneedle Street at No. 52 (P.O. Directory).
It occupied the site of the Fr...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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National Provincial Bank of England
On the west side of Bishopsgate at No.15 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Within.
Shown in O.S...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Kingly office of Christ
One of the three special relations in which Christ stands to his people. Christ's office as mediator...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Green Dragon Coach Office
On the south side of Fleet Street at No. 56, east of Serjeants' Inn, in Farringdon Ward Without (Loc...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Insurance Office, Birchin Lane
See London Insurance Office.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Arms Coach Office
West out of Bishopsgate Street at 106, north of Thread-needle Street (Lockie, 1810-1816).
Not named...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Old General Post Office
On the east side of St. Martin le Grand (Street), between that street and Foster Lane.
Erected 1825...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Post Office, Lombard Street
On the south side of Lombard Street at No. l0 east of St. Mary Woolnoth (P.O. Directory). In Langbou...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Six Penny Receivers' Office
On Tower Hill (Dodsley, 1761).
Sixpence a month paid in by all seamen for the benefit of Greenwich ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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jack in an office
An insolent fellow in authority.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Castor and Pollux
·- ·see Saint Elmo's fire, under <<Saint>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Half-and-half
·noun A mixture of two malt liquors, ·esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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In and an
·adj & ·adv Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. ·see under <<Breeding>...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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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Lords and Ladies
·- The European wake-robin (Arum maculatum), — those with purplish spadix the lords, and those with ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Make and break
·add. ·- Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Tweedledum and Tweedledee
·add. ·- Two things practically alike;
— a phrase coined by John Byrom (1692-1793) in his satire "O...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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. ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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By and by
Immediately (Matt. 13:21; R.V., "straightway;" Luke 21:9).
...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Castor and Pollux
The "Dioscuri", two heroes of Greek and Roman mythology. Their figures were probably painted or scul...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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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...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(The) Crown and Cushion
See Pay Office.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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.).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hoare and Co
Premises on the west side of Water Lane, in Farringdon Ward Within (Horwood, 1799).
Site occupied i...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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 ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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 ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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buttock and tongue
A scolding wife.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to chop and change
To exchange backwards and forwards. To chop, in the canting sense, means making dispatch, or hurryin...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gamon and patter
Common place talk of any profession; as the gamon and patter of a horse-dealer, sailor, &c.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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 ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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here and thereian
One who has no settled place of residence.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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...
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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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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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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.
...
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:
«I...
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.
I ...
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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hammer and tongs
In a noisy, furious manner. Thus, 'They went at it hammer and tongs,' is said of persons quarrelling...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hand and glove
Intimate, familiar; i. e. as closely united as a hand and its glove. 'They are hand and glove togeth...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hither and yon
This expression is often used in the country towns of New England for here and there. It is never he...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hums and hahs
A familiar expression applied to one who hesitates in speaking. 'None of your hums and hahs!' that i...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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long and short
The end; the result; the upshot.
You see I should have bore down on Sol Gills yesterday, but she to...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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off and on
Vacillating, changeable, undecided; in which sense it is much used with us. In England it is also us...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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out and out
1) Thorough.
Henry Clay is such a statesman as the country wanted. We want a long tried, well known...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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sixes and sevens
'To be at sixes and sevens,' is to be in a state of disorder and confusion. A ludicrous expression t...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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spack and applejees
(Dutch.) Pork and apples, cooked together. An ancient Dutch dish made in New York.
...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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tarring and feathering
A punishment sometimes inflicted by indignantly virtuous mobs in Southern and Western States, on per...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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ways and means
The committee of 'ways and means,' in legislation, is a committee to whom is intrusted the considera...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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whig and tory
Names of political parties. The history of the origin of these names is thus given by Cooke: "Accord...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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whigs and democrats
It is very difficult to give a precise, accurate, and satisfactory definition of the principles dist...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cockers and trashes
old stockings without feet, and worn-out shoes. N.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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fending and proving
disputing, arguing pro and con. C.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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grin and abide
to endure patiently. You must grin and abide it. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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heads and plucks
the refuse of timber trees, as boughs, roots, &c. Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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helm and hawn
the handle of a spade, &c. Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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hither and you
here and there, backwards and forwards. N.
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marry and shall
i. e. that I will. North.
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milt and melt
the soft roe of a fish. York.
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money and gold
silver and gold. York.
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peas and sport
See scadding of peas.
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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. ...
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runches and runchballs
carlock, when dried and withered. N.
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saugh and sauf
sallow. N.
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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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to and again
backwards and forwards. York and Derb.
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act and intention
Must be united in admiralty law.
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costs and damage
Demurrage is generally given against a captor for unjustifiable detention. Where English merchants p...
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cut and thrust
To give point with a sword after striking a slash.
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den and strond
A liberty for ships or vessels to run or come ashore. Edward I. granted this privilege to the barons...
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fast and loose
An uncertain and shuffling conduct.
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fifer and fidler
Two very important aids in eliciting exact discipline; for hoisting, warping, and heaving at the cap...
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fire-and-lights
Nickname of the master-at-arms.
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fore-and-aft
From head to stern throughout the ship's whole length, or from end to end; it also implies in a line...
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fore-and-after
A cocked hat worn with the peak in front instead of athwart. Also, a very usual term for a schooner ...
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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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pudding and dolphin
A larger and lesser pad, made of ropes, and put round the masts under the lower yards.
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rank and file
This word includes corporals as well as privates, all below sergeants. (See file.)
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ribs and trucks
Used figuratively for fragments.
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round and grape
A phrase used when a gun is charged at close quarters with round shot, grape, and canister; termed a...
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rouse and bit
The order to turn out of the hammocks.
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soak and send!
The order to pass wet swabs along.
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stamp and go!
The order to step out at the capstan, or with hawsers, topsail-halliards, &c., generally to the fife...
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stock and fluke
The whole of anything.
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