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New Street Hill
South out of Little New Street, Shoe Lane, to King's Head Court (P.O. Directory ). In Farringdon War...
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Fish Street, New
See New Fish Street.
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Fish Street Hill
1) South from the junction of Gracechurch Street and Eastcheap to Lower Thames Street at 128 (P.O. D...
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New Fish Street
In St. Nicholas parish, temp. John (Anc. Deeds, A. 2588).
There are numerous references to " nova p...
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Little New Street Hill
Near Shoe Lane (Strype, ed. 1755-L. Guide, 1758).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Hill Street
On the east side of Little Tower Hill, near the Mint (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).
Not named in the m...
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New Street
1) West from Cloth Street to King Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (O.S. 1880).
See Newbury Stree...
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(St.) Margaret Fish Street Hill
On the east side of Fish Street Hill, opposite to Crooked Lane (Leake, 1666). In Bridge Ward Within,...
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(St.) Nicholas New Fish Street
,(St.) Nicholas West Fish Street
Earliest mention: "St. Nicholas at Westfishstreet." " Westpiscariam...
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Old Fish Street Hill
South out of Old Fish Street to Upper Thames Street, in Queenhithe Ward (Horwood, 1799-L.C.C. List, ...
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Fish Street
See Fish Street Hill and Old Fish Street.
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Bell Yard, Fish Street Hill
West out of Fish Street Hill at No.13, north of Crooked Lane, and opposite the Monument. In Bridge W...
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Globe Alley, Fish Street Hill
See Globe Court.
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Bread Street Hill
South out of Queen Victoria Street at No. 76 to Upper Thames Street (P.O. Directory). In Queenhithe ...
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Fleet Street Hill
Mentioned 1653 (L. and P. Commonw. 1653-4, p. 198).
Qy. = Ludgate Hill.
...
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Great New Street
North-east from West Harding Street to Dean Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
Fi...
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Little New Street
West out of Shoe Lane, at No. 89, to Printer's Street. In Farringdon Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
...
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Middle New Street
East out of Great New Street at No. 18 and New Street Square, Fetter Lane (P.O. Directory). In Farri...
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New Basinghall Street
North out of London Wall, at No.129 to No.34 Fore Street, the northern continuation of Basinghall St...
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New Bridge Street
South from Fleet Street to Blackfriars Bridge (P.O. Directory). On the boundary of Farringdon Ward W...
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New Broad Street
North out of Old Broad Street to Liverpool Street (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Without. Als...
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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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New Queen Street
See Queen Street, Cheapside.
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New Street Square
1) On the east side of Great New Street, Shoe Lane (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without.
Fi...
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New Union Street
West out of Moorfields, at No.21, to Moor Lane (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Without.
First...
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Hill
·vt To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon; as, to hill corn.
II. Hill ·noun ...
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New
·adv Newly; recently.
II. New ·superl Fresh from anything; newly come.
III. New ·superl Not habitu...
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Hill
1) Heb. gib'eah, a curved or rounded hill, such as are common to Palestine (Ps. 65:12; 72:3; 114:4, ...
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hill
to cover ; a bed-hilling, a quilt or coverlet. N.
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hill
In use with the Anglo-Saxons. An insulated rise of the ground, usually applied to heights below 1000...
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Fish Street, West
See West Fish Street.
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Old Fish Street
West from Queen Victoria Street to Knightrider Street, in Bread Street and Queenhithe Wards (O.S.188...
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West Fish Street
In parish of St. Nicholas Coldabbey, 14 Rich. II. (Anc. Deeds, A. 2488).
Probably the western porti...
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Bell Inn, Old Fish Street Hill
On the west side of Fish Street Hill, south of St. Mounthaw Church, and north of Bell Alley, but not...
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Conduit, St. Margaret, Fish Street Hill
Beneath the wall of the Church of St. Margaret in Briggestret, 1379 (Riley's Mem. 436).
No later me...
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Fish
·pl of Fish.
II. Fish ·noun The flesh of fish, used as food.
III. Fish ·noun A counter, used in va...
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Fish
Called dag by the Hebrews, a word denoting great fecundity (Gen. 9:2; Num. 11:22; Jonah 2:1, 10). No...
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fish
A seaman. A scaly fish; a rough, blunt tar. To have other fish to fry; to have other matters to mind...
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fish
'To have other fish to fry,' is a common colloquial expression denoting that a person has other occu...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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fish
, or fish-piece.
A long piece of hard wood, convex on one side and concave on the other; two are b...
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Fish
The Hebrews recognized fish as one of the great divisions of the animal kingdom, and as such gave th...
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George Street, Tower Hill
West from Little Tower Hill to Great Tower Hill (O.S. 1894).
First mention: Horwood, 1799.
Formerl...
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King Street, Tower Hill
North out of Tower Hill to Royal Mint Street (P.O. Directory).
Earliest mention (Hatton, 1708).
No...
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(St.) Mary at Hill, Street
South out of Eastcheap, at No. 28, to Lower Thames Street (P.O. Directory). In Billingsgate Ward.
E...
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New Broad Street Court
On the east side of Broad Street Buildings. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (O.S.1880).
The site is now...
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New Buildings, Coleman Street
See New Court6, Little Bell Alley.
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New Court, Throgmorton Street
South out of Throgmorton Street, in Broad Street Ward, at No.8 (P.O. Directory).
First mention; O. ...
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New Street, St. Katherine's
There were two streets so called in St. Katherine's precinct towards the end' of the 18th century, a...
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(St.) Olave Bread Street Hill
Mentioned in 1660 (L. and P. Chas. II. I. 165).
Qy. = Nicholas (St.) Olave.
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Five Foot Court, Old Fish Street Hill
See Five Foot Lane.
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(St.) Nicholas Old Fish Street
See St. Nicholas Cole Abbey, St. Nicholas Distaff Lane, St. Nicholas New Fish Street, St. Nicholas W...
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(St.) Nicholas West Fish Street
See St. Nicholas New Fish Street.
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The Swan, Old Fish Street
In Olde Fish Street, 18 and 27 Eliz. (Lond. I. p.m. III. 82).
Seems to have been near Distaff Lane,...
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Street
·adj Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or vi...
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Street
The street called "Straight" at Damascus (Acts 9:11) is "a long broad street, running from east to w...
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Street
The streets of a modern Oriental town present a great contrast to those with which we are familiar, ...
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Ant-hill
·noun A mound thrown up by ants or by termites in forming their nests.
...
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Bran-new
·adj ·see Brand-new.
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Brand-new
·adj Quite new; bright as if fresh from the forge.
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Fire-new
·adj Fresh from the forge; bright; quite new; brand-new.
...
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Fresh-new
·adj <<Unpracticed>>.
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Moot-hill
·noun A hill of meeting or council; an elevated place in the open air where public assemblies or cou...
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Mute-hill
·noun ·see Moot-hill.
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New Thought
·add. ·- Any form of belief in mental healing other than (1) Christian Science and (2) hypnotism or ...
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New Zealand
·- A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean.
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New-model
·vt To <<Remodel>>.
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New-year
·adj Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, the commencement of the year; as, New-year gifts or odes....
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Span-new
·adj Quite new; brand-new; fire-new.
...
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Dung-hill
To sit on a, was a sign of the deepest dejection (1 Sam. 2:8; Ps. 113:7; Lam. 4:5).
...
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Mars Hill
The Areopagus or rocky hill in Athens, north-west of the Acropolis, where the Athenian supreme tribu...
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New Testament
(Luke 22:20), rather "New Covenant," in contrast to the old covenant of works, which is superseded. ...
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Hill, Aaron
(1685-1750)
Dramatist and miscellaneous writer, s. of a country gentleman of Wiltshire, was ed. at ...
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Addle Hill
South out of Carter Lane at No. 51 to Knightrider Street in Castle Baynard Ward (P.O. Directory).
F...
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Adling Hill
See Addle Hill.
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(St.) Andrew's Hill
South out of Carter Lane at No.59 to 148 Queen Victoria Street (P.O. Directory). In Castle Baynard W...
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(St.) Benet's Hill
See Bennet's Hill.
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Bennet's Hill
North out of Upper Thames Street at No. 225 to Queen Victoria Street (P.O. Directory). In Castle Bay...
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Church Hill
East out of St. Andrews Hill by the Church to Knightrider Street. In Castle Baynard Ward (Elmes, 183...
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Cock Hill
South out of Catherine Wheel Alley to New Street, Bishopsgate (P.O Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward W...
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College Hill
South out of Cannon Street, at No. 60, to Upper Thames Street (P.O. Directory). In Vintry and Cordwa...
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Dowgate Hill
South out of Cannon Street at No. 76 to No.167 Upper Thames Street (P.O. Directory). In Dowgate and ...
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(St.) Dunstan's Hill
South out of Great Tower Street, at No. 11, to Lower Thames Street, east of St. Dunstan's Church in ...
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Garlick Hill
North out of Upper Thames Street, at 190, to 40 Cannon Street (P.O. Directory). In Vintry Ward.
For...
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Holborn Hill
West from Holborn Bridge at Fleet Market to Holborn at Hatton Garden and Middle Row (O.S. 1848-51). ...
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Knyghttes Hill
Payment made to harry kny3te of knyghttes hill for tiles in churchwardens' accounts of the parish of...
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Lambarde Hill
See Lambeth Hill.
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Lambeth Hill
South out of Queen Victoria Street at 95, then east and west to 210 and 218 Upper Thames Street (P.O...
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Ludgate Hill
West from St. Paul's Churchyard to Ludgate Circus (P.O. Directory). In Castle Baynard Ward, Farringd...
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(St.) Mary Hill
See St. Mary at Hill, Street.
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(St.) Michael's Hill
Near Crooked Lane. Mentioned in Proc. in Chancery, temp. Q. Elizabeth, I. 274.
Probably identical w...
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New Abbey
Mary (St.) of Graces Abbey and Clare (St.) Abbey without Aldgate have both been referred to under th...
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New Alley
North out of Cornhill to Threadneedle Street (S. 193), opposite Bartholomew Lane. In Cornhill and Br...
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New Buildings
1) North out of Sun Yard, Nightingale Lane (Horwood, I 799-Lockie, 1810).
Former name: "Vinegar Yar...
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New Canal
This was the name given to the Fleet Ditch when it was reopened, after it had been cleansed and its ...
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New Churchyard
See Spinning Wheel Alley.
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New Court
1) East out of Angel Alley. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (London Guide, 1758-Elmes, 1831).
The site ...
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New Inn
1) A messuage called "le Newin" in Chauncellerelane, 42 Ed. III. (Hust. Roll 96, No.218).
Granted t...
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New Key
The New Key as rebuilt after the Great Fire is shown in O. and M. 1677, extending along the river fr...
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New Lane
1) See Fetter Lane.
2) Lease by Robert de Suthle, blader and Avice, his wife to Robert de Lenne, vi...
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New Passage
1) At the north-east corner of Newgate Market, running north and east to Ivy Lane (Rocque, 1746).
S...
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New Rent
Tenement called" la Newrente " in Thamysestrete in parish of S. Michael de Candelwikstrete, 1317 (Ct...
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New Rents
East out of St. Martin Ic Grand, in Aldersgate Ward (O. and M. 1677-Lockie, 1816).
Site afterwards ...
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New Square
On the west side of the Minories at No.130, south of St. Botolph's Vestry Hall. In Portsoken Ward (P...
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New Temple
See The Temple.
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New Wharf
At the southern end of Temple Street, Whitefriars, on the Thames (O.S. 1880).
Former name: "White F...
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New Yard
1) In Camomile Street, near Bishopsgate (Lockie, 1816).
Not named in the maps.
2) In Fenchurch Str...
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(St.) Peter's Hill
North out of Thames Street, at No.223, to Knightrider Street at No.34 (P.O. Directory). In Queenhith...
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Primrose Hill
South out of the south-west corner of Salisbury Square at No.17 and west to Whitefriars Street (P.O....
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Saffron Hill
North out of Holborn, outside the City boundary.
Mentioned in Middlesex Sessions' Roll, 20 Jas. I.,...
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Snow Hill
North-west out of Holborn Viaduct to the Central Meat Market in Smithfield, and to Farringdon Street...
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Tower Hill
North and west of the Tower, west from the Minories and south to Tower Bridge (P.O. Directory). In P...
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bleeding new
A metaphor borrowed from fish, which will not bleed when stale.
...
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holborn hill
To ride backwards up Holborn hill; to go to the gallows: the way to Tyburn, the place of execution f...
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new drop
The scaffold used at Newgate for hanging of criminals; which dropping down, leaves them suspended. B...
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new light
One of the new light; a methodist.
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new chum
n.
a new arrival, especially from theold country: generally used with more or less contempt; what i...
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new chumhood
n.
the period and state of beinga New Chum.
1883. W. Jardine Smith, in `Nineteenth Century,' Novem...
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New Holland
n.
the name, now extinct, firstgiven to Australia by Dutch explorers.
1703. Capt. William Dampier,...
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New Zealand
n.
This name was given to thecolony by Abel Jansz Tasman, the Dutch navigator, who visitedit in 164...
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rose-hill
n.
The name is given by Gould asapplied to two Parrakeets:
1) Platycercus eximius, Vig. and Hors.,...
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brand-new
(Teut. brand new.) Quite new.
This word is provincial in the North of England, and is used in collo...
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bran-new
(Teut. brand new.) Quite new.
This word is provincial in the North of England, and is used in collo...
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fire-new
New from the forge; brand-new.--Johnson. This old and nearly obsolete expression is sometimes used b...
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brand-new
quite new. They say, BRAN-SPAN-NEW, in Yorkshire.
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bran-new
Quite new: said of a sail which has never been bent.
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new act
The going on shore without leave, and which though thus termed new, is an old trick.
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new moon
The moon is said to be new when she is in conjunction with the sun, or between that luminary and the...
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saddle hill
A high land visible from the coast, having a centre less elevated than its ends, somewhat like a rid...
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Mars Hill
the hill of Mars or Ares, better known by the name of Areopagus, of which hill of Mars or Ares is a ...
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Moon, New
[NEW MOON] NEW MOON - 3185
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New Moon
The first day of the lunar month was observed as a holy day. In addition to the daily sacrifice ther...
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New Testament
It is proposed in this article to consider the text of the New Testament. The subject naturally divi...
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New Year
[Trumpets, Feast Of FEAST OF]
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Testament, New
[NEW TESTAMENT; BIBLE] NEW TESTAMENT - 3186
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New Court, Old Broad Street
South-east out of Old Broad Street, in Broad Street Ward, at No.7 (Rocque, 1746-Elmes, 1831).
Rebui...
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(St.) Augustine next Old Fish Street
See St. Augustine Watling Street.
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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...
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Brodegate, St. Margaret, Fish St. Hill
Shops in "Breggesteete," parish of St. Magnus and near "le Brodegate," 1340 (Ct. H.W. I. 439).
In 1...
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Amber fish
·- A fish of the southern Atlantic coast (Seriola Carolinensis.).
...
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Angel fish
·- ·see under <<Angel>>.
...
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Archer fish
·- A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies;
— so called from its ejecting drops of wat...
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Balloon fish
·- A fish of the genus Diodon or the genus Tetraodon, having the power of distending its body by tak...
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Band fish
·- A small red fish of the genus Cepola; the ribbon fish.
...
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Barber fish
·- ·see Surgeon fish.
...
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Bellows fish
·- A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a ...
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Bur fish
·- A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (·esp. Chilo mycterus geom...
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Coral fish
·- Any bright-colored fish of the genera Chaetodon, Pomacentrus, Apogon, and related genera, which l...
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Fish-bellied
·adj Bellying or swelling out on the under side; as, a fish-bellied rail.
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Fish-block
·noun ·see Fish-tackle.
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Fish-tackle
·noun A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used ...
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Fish-tail
·adj Like the of a fish; acting, or producing something, like the tail of a fish.
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Fly-fish
·vi To angle, using flies for bait.
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Flying fish
·- A fish which is able to leap from the water, and fly a considerable distance by means of its larg...
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Half-fish
·noun A salmon in its fifth year of growth.
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Lance fish
·- A slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus of the English coast;...
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Margate fish
·- A sparoid fish (Diabasis aurolineatus) of the Gulf of Mexico, esteemed as a food fish;
— called ...
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Pudding fish
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Pudding wife.
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Suleah fish
·- A coarse fish of India, used in making a breakfast relish called burtah.
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Tobias fish
·- The lant, or sand eel.
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Fish-hooks
Were used for catching fish (Amos 4:2; comp. Isa. 37:29; Jer. 16:16; Ezek. 29:4; Job. 41:1, 2; Matt....
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Fish-pools
(Cant. 7:4) should be simply "pools," as in the Revised Version. The reservoirs near Heshbon (q.v.) ...
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Fish Market
See Old Fish Market and Leadenhall.
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Fish Wharf
1) Near Queenhithe, in the parish of St. Mary Somerset.
First mention: Shops in a lane at one end o...
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Fish Yard
East out of Pudding Lane near No. 20 or 21, in Billingsgate Ward (Strype, ed. 1720-Boyle, 1799).
Si...
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scaly fish
An honest, rough, blunt sailor.
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bat-fish
n.
The name in England is given to afish of the family Maltheidae. It is also applied tothe Flying ...
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black-fish
n.
The name is given, especially inSydney, to the sea-fishes Girella simplex, Richards (see Ludrick...
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blue-fish
n.
name given in Sydney to Girella cyanea, of the family Sparidae, orSea-Breams. It is different fr...
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boar-fish
n.
a name applied in England tovarious dissimilar fishes which have projecting snouts.(`Century.') ...
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butter-fish
n. a name given in Australia to Oligorus mitchellii, Castln. (see Murray Perch);in Victoria, to Chil...
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butterfly-fish
n.
a New Zealand sea-fish, Gasterochisma melampus, Richards., one of the Nomeidae. The ventral fins...
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cat-fish
n.
The name is applied in the OldWorld to various fishes of the family Siluridae, andalso to the Wo...
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climbing-fish
n.
i.q. hopping-fish (q.v.).
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coffer-fish
n.
i.q. trunk-fish (q.v.).
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count-fish
n.
a large Schnapper (q.v.). See Cock-Schnapper.
1874. `Sydney Mail,' `Fishes and Fishing in New S...
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craw-fish
n.
a variant of cray-fish (q.v.).
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cray-fish
n.
The Australasian Cray-fishbelong to the family Parastacidae, the members of whichare confined to...
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cucumber-fish
n. i.q. grayling (q.v.).
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dog-fish
n.
The name belongs to variousfishes of distinct families, chiefly sharks. In Australia,it is used ...
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dollar-fish
n.
a name often given formerly tothe John Dory (q.v.), from the mark on its side. See quotation, 18...
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eel-fish
n.
Plotosus tandanus,Mitchell. Called also Catfish (q.v.), and Tandan (q.v.).
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elephant-fish
n.
a fish of New Zealand, SouthAustralian, and Tasmanian waters, Callorhynchusantarcticus, Lacep., ...
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file-fish
n.
name given in NewZealand to the fish Monacanthus rudis, Richards, family Sclerodermi; in New Sou...
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hopping-fish
or Climbing-fish
n.
a fish of the north of New South Wales and of Queensland,P eriophthalmus austr...
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jackass-fish
n.
another Sydney name for the Morwong (q.v.).
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jew-fish
n.
a name applied in New South Walesto two or more different species, Sciaena antarctica,Castln., a...
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kelp-fish
n.
In New Zealand, also called Butter-fish (q.v.), Coridodax pullus, Forst.In Tasmania, Odax baleat...
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king-fish
n.
In New Zealand a sea-fish, Seriola lalandii (Maori, Haku), sometimes called the Yellow-tail; in ...
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marble-fish
n.
name given to the Tupong (q.v.) in Geelong.
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milk-fish
n.
The name, in Australia,is given to a marine animal belonging to the class Holothurioidea. The Ho...
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mud-fish
n.
a fish of Westland, New Zealand, Neochanna apoda, Gunth. Guenther says Neochannais a «degraded f...
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mutton-fish
n.
a marine univalve mollusc, Haliotis naevosa, Martyn: so called from its flavourwhen cooked. The ...
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samson-fish
n.
name given in Sydney to Seriola hippos, Gunth., family Carangidae;and in Melbourne to the young ...
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saw-fish
n.
a species of Ray, Pristiszysron, Bleek, the Australasian representative of the Pristidae family,...
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silver-fish
See silver
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tassel-fish
n.
a thread-fish of Queensland,of the genus Polynemus, family Polynemidae.Polynemoid fish have free...
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tit-fish
n.
a name given in North Australiato the Sea-slug, or Trepang; because the appearance of itstentacl...
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toad-fish
n.
In New Zealand, a scarce marinefish of the family Psychrolutidae, Neophrynichthyslatus. In Austr...
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to make fish
To cure and prepare fish for commerce. A New England phrase.
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