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Tower Ward
One of the twety-sex wards of the City (O.S. ).
With Aldgate Ward the most eastern within the walls...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Siloam, Tower, In
(Luke 13:4) Of this we know nothing definitely beyond these words of the Lord. In connection with Op...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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(St.) John in the White Tower
See St. John's Chapel in the Tower.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) John's Chapel in the Tower
In the White Tower, Tower of London. A fine specimen of Norman architecture. Records kept there (De ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower
·vt To soar into.
II. Tower ·noun High flight; elevation.
III. Tower ·noun A citadel; a fortress; ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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tower
Clipped money: they have been round the tower with it. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Tower
Watch-towers or fortified posts in frontier or exposed situations are mentioned in Scripture, as the...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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(St.) Peter ad Vincula in the Tower
On the west side of the Tower (O.S.).
In the Inner ward, at the north-west angle of the Parade (Bel...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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in the wind
The state of a vessel when thrown with her head into the wind, but not quite all in the wind (see al...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Watergate, Tower Ward
A quay facing the Thames by the Custom House in Thames streete (S. 135) at the south end of Water la...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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in
in (old forms endŏ and indŭ, freq. in ante-class. poets; cf. Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4; id. ap. Macr. S...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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in
in I old indu, prep.with acc.or abl.
I I. With acc., in space, with verbs implying ent...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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in-
in- an inseparable particle cf. Gr. ἀ-, ἀν-; Germ. and Eng. un-, which, prefixed to an adj., negati...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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-in
·- A suffix. ·see the Note under -ine.
...
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In
·noun A reentrant angle; a nook or corner.
II. In ·noun One who is in office;
— the opposite of ou...
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In-
·- An inseparable prefix, or particle, meaning not, non-, un- as, inactive, incapable, inapt. In- re...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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in
for into. Mr. Colman, in remarking upon the prevalence of this inaccuracy in New York, says: "We get...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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in
The state of any sails in a ship when they are furled or stowed, in opposition to out, which implies...
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Tower of the furnaces
(Neh. 3:11; 12:38), a tower at the north-western angle of the second wall of Jerusalem. It was proba...
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Liberties of the Tower
See Tower Liberty.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary towards the Tower
Walter le Stockere left rents to the churches of St Mary towards the Tower and St. Leonard in Estche...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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in for it
Engaged in a thing from which there is no retreating.
You may twitch at your collar and wrinkle you...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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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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Conning tower
·noun The shot-proof pilot house of a war vessel.
...
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Martello tower
·- A building of masonry, generally circular, usually erected on the seacoast, with a gun on the sum...
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Water tower
·add. ·- A tower or standpipe used as a reservoir to deliver water at a required head, as to a fount...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Le Bretask, Tower
There seem to have been at least two houses bearing this name in the City in the 14th century.
One ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Lollards' Tower
At either corner of the west end of St. Paul's were two Towers of stone, made for Bell Towers, one t...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Romeland, Tower
The whole ditch and plain without the Tower within the Postern,. called Romeland; in and of the City...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Sernes Tower
On the north side of Bucklersbury, in Cheap Ward (S. 262).
Originally the house of William Servat i...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Bank
On the eastern boundary of Tower Ward running north and south between Thames Street and Tower Street...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Bridge
Over the Thames, from the eastern boundary of the Tower to Southwark, parish of St. John Horseleydow...
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Tower Buildings
See Tower Chambers.
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Tower Chambers
On the north side of London Wall at No. 118, at the south-east corner of Finshury Pavement, facing o...
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Tower Ditch
Made by the Bishop of Ely while King Richard was in Palestine (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 9).
Land pu...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Dock
On Tower Hill, south from No.50 Great Tower Street to 46 Lower Thames Street (P.O. Directory).
Earl...
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Liberty
Tower and fortifications with Tower Hill of the ancient demesne of the Crown with jurisdiction and p...
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Tower Postern
North of the Tower, by George Yard, between that yard and the Tower Ditch, at the southern terminati...
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Tower Royal
North out of Cannon Street, at No.75, to Budge Row (P.O. Directory). In Cordwainer Ward.
It formerl...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Street
West from Tower Hill to Eastcheap and St. Margaret Pattens Church (S. 132).
First mention: " La Tou...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Subway
A circular iron tube under the Thames extending from Great Tower Hill on the north bank to Pickle He...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Wharf
South out of and fronting the Tower, from Tower Stairs west to Tower Bridge east. Entrance on the so...
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Westsmithfield Tower
A tower so called in the Tower of London, 1461 (Cal. P.R. Ed. IV. 1461-7, p. 85).
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to tower
To overlook, to rise aloft as in a high tower.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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martello tower
So named from a tower in the Bay of Mortella, in Corsica, which, in 1794, maintained a very determin...
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shield tower or turret
A revolving armoured cover for guns.
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Hole in the air
·add. ·- = Air hole, above.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ephraim in the wilderness
(John 11: 54), a town to which our Lord retired with his disciples after he had raised Lazarus, and ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Thorn in the flesh
(2 Cor. 12:7-10). Many interpretations have been given of this passage.
1) Roman Catholic writers t...
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Burnt in the Fire 1666.
Not further identified.
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Le Cok in the Houpe
A tenement so called in parish of St. Alphege at London Wall 1349 (Ct. H.W. I. 566).
No further ref...
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(St.) Dunstan in the East
On the west side of St. Dunstan's Hill at No. 2 (P.O. Directory). In Tower Ward.
Earliest mention f...
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(St.) Dunstan in the West
On the north side of Fleet Street at No. 187 (P.O. Directory), between Fetter Lane and Chancery Lane...
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(St.) James' in the Temple
See Temple Church.
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(St.) Martin in the Jewry
Thomas the priest of St. Martin's in the Jewry is mentioned in a Deed about 1197, as witness to a gr...
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(St.) Olave in the Shamb1es
Parish mentioned in Will of Milo de Wynton, 1273-4 (Ct. H.W. I. 16).
Perhaps the church of St. Nich...
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Pye in the Royall
A Messuage so called in the parish of St. Michael Paternoster Church, 1565 (Lond. I. p.m. II. 35).
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(St.) Stephen in the Jewry
See St. Stephen Coleman Street.
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(St.) Ursula in the Poultry
Seint Vrsula, chapel in the Pultry, mentioned in the list of Parish Churches of London in Arnold's C...
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babes in the wood
Criminals in the stocks, or pillory.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dicked in the nob
Silly. Crazed.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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drop in the eye
Almost drunk.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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flush in the pocket
Full of money. The cull is flush in the fob. The fellow is full of money.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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shove in the mouth
A dram.
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ten in the hundred
An usurer; more than five in the hundred being deemed usurious interest.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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wheelband in the nick
Regular drinking over the left thumb.
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windmills in the head
Foolish projects.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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wolf in the breast
An extraordinary mode of imposition, sometimes practised in the country by strolling women, who have...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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wolf in the stomach
A monstrous or canine appetite.
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to flash in the pan
To fail of success. A metaphor borrowed from a gun, which, after being primed and ready to be discha...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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down in the mouth
Dispirited, dejected, disheartened.--Brockett's Glossary.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dyed in the wool
Ingrained; thorough.
The Democrats, on the authority of Mr. Cameron's letter, are beginning to clai...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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shot in the neck
Drunk. A Southern phrase.
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cloth in the wind
Too near to the wind, and sails shivering. Also, groggy.
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cross in the hawse
Is when a ship moored with two anchors from the bows has swung the wrong way once, whereby the two c...
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down in the mouth
Low-spirited or disheartened.
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elbow in the hawse
Two crosses in a hawse. When a ship, being moored in a tide-way, swings twice the wrong way, thereby...
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flash in the pan
An expressive metaphor, borrowed from the false fire of a musket, meaning to fail of success after p...
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jack in the basket
A sort of wooden cap or basket on the top of a pole, to mark a sand-bank or hidden danger.
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jack in the box
A very handy engine, consisting of a large wooden male screw turning in a female one, which forms th...
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jack in the dust
See jack in the bread-room
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lay in the oars
Unship them from the rowlocks, and place them fore and aft in the boat.
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sheet in the wind
Half intoxicated; as the sail trembles and is unsteady, so is a drunken man.
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square in the head
Very bluff and broad in the fore-body.
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turn in the hawse
Two crosses in a cable.
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wind in the teeth
Dead against a ship.
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Bezer In The Wilderness
a city of refuge in the downs on the east of the Jordan. (4:43; Joshua 20:8; 21:36; 1 Chronicles 6:7...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Wandering In The Wilderness
[Wilderness Of The Wandering OF THE WANDERING]
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crossing the cables in the hatchway
A method by which the operation of coiling is facilitated; it alludes to hempen cables, which are no...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Chick Lane, Tower Ward
Described as east of Barking Church (in Stow, p. 132). From the descriptions given at the references...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The
·vi ·see <<Thee>>.
II. The (·art·def) A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their me...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Conduit in Colchurch Parish
See The Great Conduit.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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mock the church
not to marry after the banns have been published. Norf. and Suff.
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(St.) Dunstan up towards the Tower
See St. Dunstan in the East.
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(St.) Nicholas' Chapel, by the Tower
See SS. Mary and Nicholas Chapel by the Tower of London.
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Chapel in (St.) Dunstan in the East Churchyard
There was a chapel "upon the charnell in the chirch haue of Seint Dunstan in the Est," mentioned in ...
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becket, the tacks and sheets in the
The order to hang up the weather-main and fore-sheet, and the lee-main and fore-tack, to the small k...
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All Hallows in the Ropery
See All Hallows the Great.
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Dog's Head in the Pot
A shop called the Dogges Hedde in the potte in parish of St. Peter in Cheap, 4 Ed. VI. 1550 (Lond. I...
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(St.) Dunstan Fraternity, in the Go1dsmithery
Various bequests were made to the Wardens of this Fraternity in the 13th and 14th centuries.
Simon ...
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(St.) Dunstan in the East, Churchyard
On the north and south sides of the Church (O.S.). Churchyard of the Church of St. Dunstan in East c...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hole in the Wall Court
At No. 6o Fleet Street (Lockie, 1810).
Named after the public house so called.
The name is said to...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) James' in the Wall Hermitage
A chapel or hermitage adjoining the north-west corner of the Wall of London near Cripplegate in Farr...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) James' in, near the Vintry
See St. James' Garlickhithe.
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Standard in the Old Bailey
Mentioned by Stow (391) and the waste of the water served the prisoners in Ludgate.
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(St.) Stephen's Lane in the Jewry
Rents in the lane of St. Stephen in the Jewry near the Brethren of the Penance of Jesus Christ, 1291...
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board him in the smoke
To take a person by surprise, as by firing a broadside, and boarding in the smoke.
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jack in the bread-room
, or jack in the dust.
The purser's steward's assistant in the bread and steward's room.
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lieutenant, in the royal navy
The officer next in rank and power below the commander. There are several lieutenants in a large shi...
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pay-serjeant, in the army
A steady non-commissioned officer, selected by the captain of each company, to pay the subsistence d...
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round-turn in the hawse
A term implying the situation of the two cables of a ship, which, when moored, has swung the wrong w...
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shake in the wind, to
To bring a vessel's head so near the wind, when close-hauled, as to shiver the sails.
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span in the rigging, to
To draw the upper parts of the shrouds together by tackles, in order to seize on the cat-harping leg...
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three sheets in the wind
Unsteady from drink.
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S
S, s, indecl. n. or (agreeing with littera) f. I The eighteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, corre...
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-s
·- The suffix used to form the plural of most words; as in roads, elfs, sides, accounts.
II. -s ·- ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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‘s
·- A contraction for is or (colloquially) for has.
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Parish
·noun In Louisiana, a civil division corresponding to a county in other States.
II. Parish ·noun Th...
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S
·- the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in...
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parish
His stockings are of two parishes; i.e. they are not fellows.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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s
A bent iron, called a crooked catch, or pot-hook, in anchors, &c.
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in eopte
in eopte eo ipso, Paul. ex Fest. p. 110 Müll.
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Biting in
·- The process of corroding or eating into metallic plates, by means of an acid. ·see <<Etch>>.
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In antis
·- Between antae;
— said of a portico in classical style, where columns are set between two antae, ...
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In commendam
·- ·see <<Commendam>>, and Partnership in Commendam, under <<Partnership>>.
...
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In esse
·- In being; actually existing;
— distinguished from in posse, or in potentia, which denote that a ...
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In loco
·- In the place; in the proper or natural place.
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In posse
·- In possibility; possible, although not yet in existence or come to pass;
— contradistinguished f...
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In rem
·add. ·- Lit., in or against a (or the) thing;.
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In situ
·- In its natural position or place;
— said of a rock or fossil, when found in the situation in whi...
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In transitu
·- In transit; during passage; as, goods in transitu.
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In vacuo
·- In a vacuum; in empty space; as, experiments in vacuo.
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In-going
·noun The act of going in; entrance.
II. In-going ·adj Going; entering, as upon an office or a poss...
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Lying-in
·noun The act of bearing a child.
II. Lying-in ·noun The state attending, and consequent to, childb...
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Printing in
·add. ·- A process by which cloud effects or other features not in the original negative are introdu...
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Roughing-in
·noun The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it.
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Shoo-in
·add. ·- a candidate who is certain to win easily.
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Take-in
·noun Imposition; fraud.
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foysted in
Words or passages surreptitiously interpolated or inserted into a book or writing.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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taken in
Imposed on, cheated.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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in twig
Handsome; stilish. The cove is togged in twig; the fellow is dressed in the fashion.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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well-in
adj.
answering to `well off,' `well todo,' `wealthy'; and ordinarily used, in Australia, instead of...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to cave in
Said of the earth which falls down when digging into a bank. Figuratively, to break down; to give up...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to happen in
To happen to call in; to come in accidentally.
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to rope in
To take or sweep in collectively; an expression much used in colloquial language at the West. It ori...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to stand in
To cost. 'This horse stands me in two hundred dollars.'
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to suck in
To take in; to cheat; to deceive. A figurative expression, probably drawn from a sponge, which sucks...
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to turn in
To go to bed. Originally a seaman's phrase, but now common on land.
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to put the licks in
is to run very fast. A Northern phrase. Also in speaking of a ship sailing, we bear the phrase, 'She...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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forted in
Intrenched in a fort.
A few inhabitants forted in on the Potomac.--Marshall's Washington.
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roping in
Cheating. A very common expression in the South-western States.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bringing in
The detention of a vessel on the high seas, and bringing her into port for adjudication.
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chancery, in
When a ship gets into irons. (See irons.)
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cutting in
Making the special directions for taking the blubber off a whale, which is flinched by taking off ci...
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filling in
The replacing a ship's vacant planks opened for ventilation, when preparing her, from ordinary, for ...
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heaving in
Shortening in the cable. Also, the binding a block and hook by a seizing.
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housing-in
After a ship in building is past the breadth of her bearing, and that she is brought in too narrow t...
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in-board
Within the ship; the opposite of out-board.
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in-boats!
The order to hoist the boats in-board.
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in-bow!
The order to the bowman to throw in his oar, and prepare his boat-hook, previous to getting alongsid...
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in-hauler
The rope used for hauling in the clue of a boom-sail, or jib-traveller: it is the reverse of out-hau...
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lay in
The opposite of lay out. The order for men to come in from the yards after reefing or furling. It al...
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lie in!
The order to come in from the yards when reefing, furling, or other duty is performed.
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locking-in
the alternate clues and bodies of the hammocks when hung up.
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set in
Said when the sea-breeze or weather appears to be steady.
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taking in
The act of brailing up and furling sails at sea; generally used in opposition to setting. (See furl,...
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tumble in
See tumbling home.
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There
·pron In or at that place.
II. There ·pron To or into that place; thither.
III. There ·pron In tha...
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there!
A word added in hailing any part of a ship; as, "Forecastle there!" "Mast-head there!"
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Babel, tower of
The name given to the tower which the primitive fathers of our race built in the land of Shinar afte...
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Jezreel, Tower of
One of the turrets which guarded the entrance to the city (2 Kings 9:17).
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Siloam, Tower of
Mentioned only Luke 13:4. The place here spoken of is the village now called Silwan, or Kefr Silwan,...
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Great Tower Hill
See Tower Hill.
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Great Tower Street
East from No. 40 Eastcheap to Tower Dock, Tower Hill. In Tower Ward (P.O. Directory).
Widened from ...
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Little Tower Hill
North-east and east of the Tower, extending south from the Minories to Little Thames Street (Stow's ...
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Little Tower Street
See Eastcheap.
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Mountfiquit, Tower of
Near the Wall of London, next to Castle Baynard, in the Ward of Castle Baynard, afterwards included ...
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(St.) Paul's Bell Tower
In the Lib. Cust. I. 343, it is stated that the Campanile used by the citizens to summon the Folkmoo...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Bridge Approach
On the northern side of the Tower Bridge, from Mansel Street at Tower Hill to the Bridge (O.S. 1894-...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Hill Passage
On Little Tower Hill (Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower of London
Situated at the eastern extremity of the City of London on the north bank of the Thames on Tower Hil...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Royal Court
East out of Tower Royal, in Cordwainer Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
The site is now occupied ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Royal Lane
In Budge Row (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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tower hill play
A slap on the face, and a kick on the breech.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Edar, Tower Of
(accur. Eder, a flock), a place named only in (Genesis 35:21) According to Jerome it was one thousan...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Baptism for the dead
Only mentioned in 1 Cor. 15:29. This expression as used by the apostle may be equivalent to saying, ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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drawn for the militia
When men are selected by ballot for the defence of the country.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Corpus Christi Chapel in the Poultry
See St. Mary de Coneyhope, Chapel of.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Lion in the Wood Inn, Yard
On the north side of the Wilderness, west of Dorset Street, Whitefriars. In Farringdon Ward Without ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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to have one's fat in the fire
is to have one's plans frustrated. A vulgar expression borrowed from the vocabulary of the kitchen.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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row in the same boat, to
To be of similar principles.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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shaking a cloth in the wind
In galley parlance, expresses the being slightly intoxicated.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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touch up in the bunt, to
To mend the sail on the yard; figuratively, to goad or remind forcibly.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Pump in Bishopsgate Ward Within
" A pump where sometimes was a fayre wel with two buckets by the east end of St. Martin Outwich" (S....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Olave by the Tower or versus Turrim
See St. Olave Hart Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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for
for, fātus, 1, v. defect. (the forms in use are fatur, fantur, fabor, fabitur; part. perf. fatus; pe...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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for
(for) fātus, fārī, defect.(in use are fātur, fantur, fābor, fābitur; P. perf. fātus; perf.fātus sum...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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For
·prep Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.
II. For ·...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language