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Close
·adv Secretly; darkly.
II. Close ·adv In a close manner.
III. Close ·noun A grapple in wrestling.
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close
As close as God's curse to a whore's a-se: close as shirt and shitten a-se.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pauls
, or pawls.
A stout but short set of bars of iron fixed close to the capstan-whelps, or windlass o...
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Close-banded
·adj Closely united.
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Close-barred
·adj Firmly barred or closed.
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Close-bodied
·adj Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment.
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Close-fights
·noun ·pl Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a ...
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Close-stool
·noun A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the f...
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Close-tongued
·adj Closemouthed; silent.
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Couple-close
·noun A pair of rafters framed together with a tie fixed at their feet, or with a collar beam.
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Bartholomew Close
At 32 Little Britain, on the west, south and east sides of St. Bartholomew the Great (P.O. Directory...
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Tasell Close
See Old Artillery Ground.
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Weld Close
See Wellclose Square.
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Well Close
1) See Well Yard, Little Britain.
2) See Wellclose Square.
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close-fisted
Covetous or stingy.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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close-fisted
Stingy, mean. Common in various dialects of England.--Halliwell.
Ibycus is a carking, griping, clos...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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close-aboard
Near or alongside; too close to be safe. "The boat is close aboard," a caution to the officer in com...
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close-butt
Where caulking is not used, the butts or joints of the planks are sometimes rabbeted, and fayed clos...
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close contract
One not advertised.
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close-fist
One who drives a hard bargain in petty traffic.
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close harbour
That is one gained by labour from the element, formed by encircling a portion of water with walls an...
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close-hauled
The general arrangement or trim of a ship's sails when she endeavours to progress in the nearest dir...
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close pack
The ice floes so jammed together that boring is impossible, and present efforts useless. (See pack-i...
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close-ports
Those which lie up rivers; a term in contradistinction to out-ports.
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close-fights
See close-quarters
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close-quarters
, or close-fights
Certain strong bulk-heads or barriers of wood, formerly stretching across a merc...
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close-reefed
The last reefs of the top-sails, or other sails set, being taken in.
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close-sight
The notch in the base-ring of a cannon, to place the eye in a line with the top-sight.
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(St.) Paul's Bakehouse
On the west side of Paul's Chain, north of Doctors' Commons, opposite the Brewhouse (S. 370).
First...
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(St.) Paul's Brewery
Opposite the Bakehouse, north of Doctors' Commons (S. 370).
First mention: 1349 (Ct. H.W. I. 578).
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(St.) Paul's Cathedral
In St. Paul's Churchyard, in Castle Baynard Ward.
Stow says it was first founded by Ethelbert king ...
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(St.) Paul's Chapter
" Servientes Capituli" mentioned in 31 Ed. I. (Lib. Cust. I. 230).
Detailed information will be fou...
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(St.) Paul's Churchyard
A street extending west from Cheapside and Cannon Street to Ludgate Hill on the north south, west an...
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(St.) Paul's College
South out of St. Paul's Churchyard, at the western end. In Castle Baynard Ward (Strype, Ed. 1720 and...
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(St.) Paul's Cross
At the north-east end of the Cathedral (O.S. 1880).
"About the middest of the Churchyard is a pulpi...
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(St.) Paul's Deanery
See The Deanery of St. Paul's.
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(St.) Paul's Gate
Identical with St. Augustine's Gate (q.v.).
First mention: " S. Paul's Gate," 1369 (Ct. H.W. II. 13...
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(St.) Paul's Prebends
The property belonging to the Chapter set apart for the maintenance of the Prebendaries. A considera...
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(St.) Paul's Sacrista
" Sacrista Sancti Pauli. " Mentioned 31 Ed. I. (Lib. Cust. I. 230)
The Sacrist held office under th...
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(St.) Paul's School
Formerly on the eastern side of St. Paul's Churchyard, west of Old Change, in Farringdon Ward Within...
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(St.) Paul's Stump
At the south-east corner of St. Paul's Churchyard, marking one of the boundaries of the parish of St...
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(St.) Paul's Walk
The middle aisle of Old St. Paul's was vulgarly so called when desecrated by being used as a meeting...
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Paul's Alley
1) South out of Paternoster Row, at No.50, to St. Paul's Churchyard (P.O. Directory). In Castle Bayn...
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Paul's Backhouse
See St. Paul's Bakehouse.
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Paul's Chain
North out of Carter Lane to St. Paul's Churchyard. In Castle Baynard Ward (O.S.1880).
First mention...
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Paul's Court
1) In Fenchurch Street (W. Stow, 1722). Paul's Alley" (Strype, Ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in ...
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Paul's Head
A hostel so called near " Poulescheyae" in parish of St. Gregory, in Castle Baynard Ward (Strype, Ed...
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Paul's Stairs
At the southern end of Paul's Wharf, in Castle Baynard Ward (O.S. 1880).
First mention: "A common s...
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Paul's Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street, at No.23, to the Thames (P.O. Directory).
First mention: " St. Pa...
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(St.) Benet Paul's Wharf
On the north side of Upper Thames Street at 225 and 226 and west of Bennet's Hill (P.O. Directory). ...
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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...
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(St.) Paul's Chapter House
On the north side of St. Paul's Churchyard at No.68 (P.O. Directory). In Castle Baynard Ward.
First...
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(St.) Paul's Charnel House
On the north side of St. Paul's Churchyard, a large charnel house for the bones of the dead and over...
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(St.) Paul's College Court
In St. Paul's Churchyard (Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
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(St.) Paul's Houses, Residentiaries
See Amen Court.
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Paul's Bakehouse Court
West out of Godliman Street at No.6, in Castle Baynard Ward (P.O. Directory).
First mention: O. and...
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Paul's Wharf Hill
. -South from Paul's chain to Thames Street and Paul's Wharf (S. 366).
First mention: " Pawles whar...
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Paul's Wharf Stairs
See Paul's Stairs.
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Paul's Pier Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street, at No.23, to the Thames (P.O. Directory).
First mention: " St. Pa...
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(St.) Peter Paul's Wharf
On the north side of Thames Street and east side of St. Peter's Hill. In Queenhithe Ward. The parish...
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Great St. Bartholomew Close
See Bartholomew Close.
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close the wind, to
To haul to it.
♦ Close upon a tack or bowline, or close by a wind, is when the wind is on either b...
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(St.) Benet Paul's Wharf, Street
See Bennet's Hill.
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(St.) Benet Paul's Wharf Churchyard
On the north side of the church (O. and M. 1677, and Horwood, 1799).
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The Deanery of St. Paul's
On the west side of Dean's Court at No. 1 (P.O. Directory). In Castle Baynard Ward.
The house of th...
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(St.) Faith under St. Paul's
A parish Church under the Quire of St. Paul's, at the west end of Jesus Chapel (S. 331).
A crypt of...
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(St.) Gregory by St. Paul's
At the south-west end of St. Paul's, adjoining the Lowlardes Tower (S. 372, and Strype). In Castle B...
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(St.) Paul's Chapels in Old
These were very numerous and consisted of the followmg: Chapels of Our Lady, of St. Dunstan and St. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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close with the land, to
To approach near to it.
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Ball Alley, St. Paul's Churchyard
Out of St. Paul's Churchyard.
Named after the " Ball," a house with such a sign standing there 1594...
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Chapels in Old St. Paul's
See St. Paul's Chapels in Old.
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(St.) Paul's Alley, Court, Fenchurch Street
See Paulshead Court.
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Black Swan Court, St. Paul's Churchyard
See Black Swan Alley.
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Boss of Water at Paul's Wharf
Made about 1423 by the executors of Richard Whittington. In Bosse Lane (S. 17, 364). In Queenhithe W...
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Six Garden Court, Paul's Alley, Cripplegate
See Garden Court and Young's Buildings.
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Chapel of the Bishop of St. Paul's
"Capella Episcopi juxta Sanctum Paulum," 31 Ed. I. (Lib. Cust. I. 229).
Dugdale mentions a Chapel i...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Chapel upon the Charnell in St. Paul's Churchyard
Newly built chapel in St. Paul's Churchyard beyond the charnel house mentioned in will of Roger Beyv...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.