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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 Street
1) West from Cloth Street to King Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (O.S. 1880).
See Newbury Stree...
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Lime Street Square
East out of Lime Street at No. 48, south of Leadenhall Street (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.
Fi...
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Lyme Street Square
See Lime Street Square.
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Wood Street Square
West out of Hart Street at No.3 at its junction with Monkwell Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (P.O...
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Square
·noun A pane of glass.
II. Square ·noun Hence, a pattern or rule.
III. Square ·noun A square piece...
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square
Honest, not roguish. A square cove, i.e. a man who does not steal, or get his living by dishonest me...
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square
I.
An instrument formed by a stock and a tongue fixed at right angles. Also, in the army, a format...
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Fish Street, New
See New Fish Street.
...
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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 Fish Street
In St. Nicholas parish, temp. John (Anc. Deeds, A. 2588).
There are numerous references to " nova p...
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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 Hill
South out of Little New Street, Shoe Lane, to King's Head Court (P.O. Directory ). In Farringdon War...
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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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New
·adv Newly; recently.
II. New ·superl Fresh from anything; newly come.
III. New ·superl Not habitu...
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Silver Street, Bridgewater Square
East out of Charles Street to Collier's Court, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Hatton, 1708-O.S. 1880)....
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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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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 Fish Street Hill
See Fish Street Hill.
...
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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.) Nicholas New Fish Street
,(St.) Nicholas West Fish Street
Earliest mention: "St. Nicholas at Westfishstreet." " Westpiscariam...
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New Court, St, Katherine's Square
See St. Katherine's New Court.
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Crosleys Square, Hart Street, Tower Street
See New London Street.
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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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Square-rigged
·adj Having the sails extended upon yards suspended horizontally by the middle, as distinguished fro...
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Square-toed
·noun Having the toe square.
...
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Square-toes
·noun A precise person;
— used contemptuously or jocularly.
...
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T square
·- ·see under <<T>>.
...
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Three-square
·adj Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle;
— said especially of a kind of ...
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Try-square
·noun An instrument used by carpenters, joiners, ·etc., for laying off right angles off right angles...
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America Square
On the south side of John Street, Minories. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).
First mention: Horw...
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Angel Square
South out of Angel Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799-Lockie, 1816).
" Angel Alley "...
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Bell Square
1) East out of St. Martin's le Grand to Foster Lane in Aldersgate Ward (Horwood, 1799-Lockie, 1816)....
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Billiter Square
West out of Billiter Street at No. 11. In Aldgate Ward and Langbourn Ward (P.O. Directory).
Seems t...
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Bridgewater Square
At the north end of Bridgewater Street, Barbican, at No. 1, in Cripplegate Ward Without (P.O. Direct...
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Car Square
West out of Moor Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799-O.S. 1848-51).
Former name : "Car...
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Cartwright Square
At the southern end of Cartwright Street, east of the Royal Mint (O.S. 25 in 1880 ed.).
Formerly kn...
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Cook's Square
East out of Long Alley. In Bishopsgate Ward Without, near the northern boundary of the ward (O.S. 18...
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Crosby Square
East out of Bishopsgate at No. 34 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Within.
First mention: "Cro...
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Devonshire Square
At the east end of Devonshire Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
First mention: ...
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Ebenezer Square
East out of Gravel Lane and extending south-east to Meeting House Court. In Portsoken Ward (Horwood,...
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Falcon Square
Between Falcon Street and Silver Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without and Farringdon Ward Within (P.O...
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Gold Square
See Gould Square.
...
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Gough Square
At the top of Wine Office Court, Fleet Street (P.O. Directory).
First mention: "Gough's Square" (P....
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Gould Square
East out of Cooper's Row. In Aldgate Ward (O.S. 25, in, 1880).
First mention: "Gould's Square" (P.C...
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Haberdashers' Square
West out of Milton Street between Nos. 3 and 4, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, 1720-L.C.C. Lis...
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Haydon Square
At No. 23 Haydon Street, on the north side.
In Minories precinct, now in the parish of St. Botolph,...
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Heydon Square
See Haydon Square.
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Honesty Square
West out of St. John's Court, Chick Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
Si...
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Honeysuckle Square
East out of Milton Street at No. 47, in Cripplegate Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
Formerly called ...
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Jeffrey's Square
East out of St. Mary Axe (O.S. 1894-6). In Aldgate Ward.
First mention: Strype, 1720.
At the time ...
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Ludgate Square
West out of Creed Lane at No. 7 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within.
First mention: O.S. 18...
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Marine Square
See Wellclose Square.
...
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May Square
On the west side of Whitecross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O.S. 1875-80).
"Tyson Court" in...
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Mitre Square
North out of Mitre Street at No. 9 (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.
First mention: O.S. 1848-51.
...
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Monument Square
On the east side of Fish Street Hill, extending to Pudding Lane. In Billingsgate Ward and Bridge War...
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Moor Square
West out of Moor Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799 - O.S. 1848-51).
Former names: " ...
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Nicholl Square
Between Well Street and Castle Street, Aldersgate Street (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate and Alders...
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Nixon's Square
At the north end of Goldsmith's Alley and Bull Head Court, Jewin Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without...
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Paternoster Square
North out of Paternoster Row, at No.30, leading to Ivy Lane and Rose Street (P.O. Directory). In Cas...
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Petticoat Square
At the western end of Nightingale Place, west of Middlesex Street. In Portsoken Ward (Rocque, 1746-O...
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Printer's Square
See Printing House Square.
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Prujean Square
West out of Old Bailey at No. 61 (P.O. Directory).
First mention: " Prujean Court or Square" (Locki...
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Queen Square
West out of Aldersgate Street, at No. 159a, to Bartholomew Close. In Aldersgate Ward and Farringdon ...
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Queen's Square
See Queen's Colledge Passage Square.
...
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Salisbury Square
At the south end of Salisbury Court, Fleet Street (P.O. Directory).
First mention: 1689 (H. MSS. Co...
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Spital Square
East out of Bishopsgate at No. 310. In the liberty of Norton Folgate (P.O. Directory).
First mentio...
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Sun Square
North out of Sun Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).
Not named in the m...
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Trinity Square
On the north side of Tower Hill (P.O. Directory).
Laid out in Horwood, 1799.
First mention: Lockie...
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Turner's Square
South out of Amelia Place (O.S. 1848-51 to O.S. 25 in. 1880). In Portsoken Ward.
Removed for the ex...
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Union Square
In the Minories (Strype, ed. 1755~Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Warwick Square
West out of Warwick Lane at No. 7 1/2 (P.O. Directory). In Castle Baynard Ward and Farringdon Ward W...
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Wellclose Square
At Nos. 71 and 72 St. George Street, in the Borough of Stepney, outside the City boundary (P.O. Dire...
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square toes
An old man: square toed shoes were anciently worn in common, and long retained by old men.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to square up
To put oneself in an attitude fit for boxing. Provincial in various parts of England.--Halliwell.
Y...
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cap-square
The clamp of iron which shuts over the trunnions of a gun to secure them to the carriage, having a c...
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hollow square
The square generally used by British infantry; a formation to resist cavalry. Each side is composed ...
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oblong square
A name improperly given to a parallelogram. (See three-square.)
...
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rallying square
That formed by skirmishers or dispersed troops when suddenly menaced by cavalry, each man as he runs...
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rising-square
In ship-carpentry, a square used in the whole moulding, upon which is marked the height of the risin...
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square-butted
The yard-arms of small shipping so made that a sheave-hole can be cut through without weakening the ...
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square-frames
In marine architecture, implies those frames which are square with the line of the keel, having no b...
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square-knot
The same as reef-knot.
...
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square ribbons
A synonym of horizontal lines, or horizontal ribbons.
...
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square-rigged
Ships having chiefly square sails; a term used in contradistinction to all vessels which do not use ...
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square-sail
The flying sail, set on the fore-yard of a schooner, or the spread-yard of a cutter or sloop.
...
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square-sails
Colloquially applied to the courses; but the term may be used for any four-cornered sail extended to...
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square-sterned
Implies a stern where the wing-transom is at right angles with the stern-post. (See pink and round s...
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square timbers
Those timbers which stand square with, or perpendicular to, the keel.
...
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square tuck
The after-part of a ship's bottom, when terminated in the same direction up and down as the wing-tra...
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square yards!
The order to attend to the lifts and braces, for going before the wind.
♦ To square a yard. In wor...
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three-square
An odd word applied to staysails, or anything triangular, as was the oblong square to a parallelogra...
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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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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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New Testament
(Luke 22:20), rather "New Covenant," in contrast to the old covenant of works, which is superseded. ...
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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 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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bleeding new
A metaphor borrowed from fish, which will not bleed when stale.
...
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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...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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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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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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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Queen's Square Passage, Leadenhall Street
See Queen's Colledge Passage Square.
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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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New Court, Harrow Alley, Middlesex Street
North-west out of Harrow Alley. In Portsoken Ward (Rocque, I 746-Boyle, 1799).
Site covered by ware...
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Gold Street, Wood Street
See Goldsmith Street.
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Silver Street, Bouverie Street
See Pleydell Street.
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Austin Friars Square
Out of Old Broad Street. In Broad Street Ward (L.C.C. List, 1912).
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Billiter Square Buildings
At No. 1 Billiter Square (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.
First mention: L.C.C. List, 1912.
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Bridgewater Square Buildings
At the junction of Bridgewater Square and Hart's Court (L.C.C. List, 1912). In Cripplegate Ward With...
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Crosby Square Passage
Leading into Crosby Square (q.v.) (Hatton, 1708-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Cross Key Square
North out of Little Britain at No. 8 (P.O. Directory). In Aldersgate Ward Without.
First mention: H...
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Gun Square, Houndsditch
East out of Houndsditch, at 150 and 151. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).
Former name : "Gun Yar...
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London Bridge Square
On London Bridge, in Bridge Ward (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Mewse, Devonshire Square
At the south-east corner of Devonshire Square. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746).
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Printing House Square
At the east end of Printing House Lane, Water Lane, Blackfriars (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward...
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Red Cross Square
1) North out of Great Tower Street, between Mark Lane and Seething Lane (O.S. 25 in. 1880).
Earlies...
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Royal Mint Square
South out of Royal Mint Street, east of Cartwright Street (P.O. Directory).
First shown in O.S. 25 ...
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White Lion Square
North out of Old Bethlem at No.16 (Lockie, 1816-Elmes, 1831).
Not named in the maps.
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square main-sail
See main-sail.
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square-sail boom
A boom hooked on to an eye-bolt in the fore-part of the fore-mast of a fore-and-aft vessel, to boom ...
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square-topsail sloop
Sloops which carry standing yards.
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stand square, to
To stand or be at right angles relatively to some object.
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New Year's Day
·- the first day of a calendar year; the first day of January. Often colloquially abbreviated to New...
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Aldgate Churchyard, New
There appears to have been a new churchyard or burial ground attached to the Church of St. Botolph, ...
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Castle's New Court
See Castle Court, Budge Row; also Newcastle Court1, College Hill.
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(St.) Katherine's New Court
South of Flemings' Churchyard, at the north-west corner of St. Katherine's Square (Rocque, 1746-Lock...
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New Artillery Ground
In Moorfields. So named to distinguish it from the Old Ground near St. Mary Spittel, where formerly ...
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New Bear Quay
West of Bear Quay (Horwood, 1799).
Former name: "Little Bear Key" (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
S...
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New Church Hawe
The Churchyard of the Holy Trinity near Eastsmithfield seems to have been so called in the 14th cent...
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New City Chambers
On the west side of Bishopsgate. In Bishopsgate Ward Within (O.S.).
First mention: Lockie, 1810.
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New City Club
On the east side of George Yard, Lombard Street. In Langbourn Ward (O.S.).
Site now occupied by off...
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New George Court
See George Court, Gravel Lane.
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New Wool Quay
Appointed a place for lading and discharging goods, Act of Parliament, 1559 (quoted by Strype, Ed. 1...
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New Zealand Avenue
North out of Barbican at No.60 (P.O. Directory).
First mention: L.C.C. List, 1901.
"White Lyon Cou...
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new college students
Golden scholars, silver bachelors, and leaden masters.
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coo-in-new
n.
aboriginal name for «a usefulverbenaceous timber-tree of Australia, Gmelinaleichhardtii, F. v. M...
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flax, New Zealand
n.
Phormium tenax, N.O. Liliaceae. A plant yielding a strong fibre.Called also, in New Zealand, Nat...
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New South Wales
n.
the name of the oldest andmost important colony in Australia. The name «New Wales» wasfirst give...
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New Zealand spinach
n. See spinach, New Zealand.
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spinach, New Zealand
n.
Tetragoniaexpansa, Murr., N.O. Ficoideae; called also Iceplant, in Tasmania. It is a trailing Fi...
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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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Wall Street
·add. ·- A street towards the southern end of the borough of Manhattan, New York City, extending fro...
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(St.) Andrew's Street
South-east out of Holborn Circus at No. 1 to Shoe Lane (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without....
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Angel Street
1) East out of King Edward Street at No.9 to St. Martin's le Grand (P.O. Directory). In Aldersgate W...
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Arthur Street
West out of King William Street at No. 32 and south to 137 Upper Thames Street (P.O. Directory). In ...
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Artizan Street
South out of Harrow Alley, Middlesex Street to Stoney Lane. In Portsoken Ward.
Erected in 1884 as A...
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Atheling Street
Grant of a rent in the parish of St. Thomas the Apostle, between the lane called " Athelingstrete " ...
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(St.) Augustine Street
Street of St. Augustine at St. Paul's Gate, 1311 (Ct. H.W. I. 224) and 1334 (ib. 398).
Not identifi...
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Bank Street
North out of Cornhill, leading to the Bank of England and east of Bank Buildings in Broad Street and...
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Bartlett Street
A new street so called, forming part of Bartlett's Buildings, 1686 (L.C.C. Deeds, Harben bequest, 16...
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Basinghall Street
North out of Gresham Street at No.93 to 21 London Wall (P.O. Directory). In Bassishaw and Coleman St...
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Bath Street
See Roman Bath Street.
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Beech Street
East from Barbican at 31 to 49 Chiswell Street (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Without.
First...
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Berry Street
See Bury Street.
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