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Red Cross
·add. ·- The crusaders or the cause they represented.
II. Red Cross ·add. ·- A hospital or ambulanc...
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The Red Cross, Cripplegate
Probably a house with this sign, for in an Inquisition 2 Ed. I. Alicia de Batonia is said to have di...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Red Cross Alley
1) East out of Church Alley to London Bridge (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, i 799). In Bridge Ward Within.
Th...
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Red Cross Court
1) South out of Cow Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 284, to Elmes, 1831)...
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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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Red Cross Street
North from No. 1 Fore Street to Barbican at No. 31 (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Without.
F...
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Red Cross Tavern
In Barbican at No.32, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, ed .1720-Elmes, 1831).
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Red
·noun A red pigment.
II. Red ·- ·Impf & ·p.p. of Read.
III. Red ·adj The <<Menses>>.
IV. Red ·nou...
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Cross
·noun Church lands.
II. Cross ·prep Athwart; across.
III. Cross ·vi To be inconsistent.
IV. Cross...
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Cross
In the New Testament the instrument of crucifixion, and hence used for the crucifixion of Christ its...
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(Holy) Cross
See Crutched Friars.
...
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cross
To come home by weeping cross; to repent at the conclusion.
...
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Cross
As the emblem of a slave's death and a murderer's punishment, the cross was naturally looked upon wi...
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Red Cross Alley, Minories
See Maidenhead Alley.
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Red Cross Coal Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street, on the west side of London Bridge, near Old Swan (Lockie, 1810 and...
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Red Cross Street, East Smithfield
North-east out of Butcher Row to Nightingale Lane (Hatton, 1708-Lockie, 1810).
Removed for the form...
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Congo red
·add. ·- An artificial red dye from which the Congo group received its name. It is also widely used ...
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High-red
·adj Of a strong red color.
...
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Infra-red
·add. ·adj Lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end;
— said of rays less refrangible than ...
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Pompeian red
·add. ·- A brownish red approaching maroon, supposed to be imitated from the color of the wall panel...
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Red dog
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Red-dog flour.
...
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Red-gum
·noun A name of rust on grain. ·see <<Rust>>.
II. Red-gum ·noun An eruption of red pimples upon the...
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Red-hand
(·adj / ·adv) ·Alt. of Red-handed.
...
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Red-handed
(·adj / ·adv) Having hands red with blood; in the very act, as if with red or bloody hands;
— said ...
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Red-hot
·adj Red with heat; heated to redness; as, red-hot iron; red-hot balls. Hence, figuratively, excited...
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Red-letter
·adj Of or pertaining to a red letter; marked by red letters.
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Red-riband
·noun The European red band fish, or fireflame. ·see Rend fish.
...
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Red-short
·adj Hot-short; brittle when red-hot;
— said of certain kinds of iron.
...
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Red-tailed
·adj Having a red tail.
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Red-tape
·adj Pertaining to, or characterized by, official formality. ·see Red tape, under Red, ·adj.
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Red-tapism
·noun Strict adherence to official formalities.
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Red-tapist
·noun One who is tenacious of a strict adherence to official formalities.
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Rose-red
·adj Red as a rose; specifically (Zool.), of a pure purplish red color.
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Sultan-red
·adj Having a deep red color.
...
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Red Sea
The sea so called extends along the west coast of Arabia for about 1,400 miles, and separates Asia f...
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The Red Lion
A tenement and 2 acres of land in Holburne formerly called "le Kage," afterwayds " le Kynges Hede," ...
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Red Rose
See Rose, Manor of.
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red fustian
Port wine.
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red lane
The throat. Gone down the red lane; swallowed.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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red lattice
A public house.
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red rag
The tongue. Shut your potatoe trap, and give your red rag a holiday; i.e. shut your mouth, and let y...
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red shank
A Scotch Highlander.
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red bass
n.
a fish of Moreton Bay (q.v.), Mesoprion superbus, Castln., family Percidae.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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red(-)berry
n.
name given to Australian plantsof the genus Rhagodia, bearing spikes or panicles ofred berries. ...
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red-bill
n.
bird-name given to Estrelda temporalis, Lath. It is also appliedto the Oyster-catchers (q.v.); a...
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red bream
n.
name given to the Schnapper when one year old. See schnapper.
...
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red cedar
n.
See cedar.
1865. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `History of the Discovery andExploration of Australi...
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red currant
n.
another name for the NativeCurrant of Tasmania, Coprosma nitida, Hook., N.O. Rubiaceae. See Curr...
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red gum
n.
1) A tree. See Gum. Thetwo words are frequently made one with the accent on the firstsyllable; c...
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red-knee
n.
sometimes called the Red-kneedDottrel, Charadrius ruftveniris, formerly Erythrogonys cinctus, Go...
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red mulga
n.
name given to a species ofAcacia, A. cyperophylla, F. v. M., owing to the redcolour of the flake...
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red mullet
n.
New South Wales, Upeneoidesvlamingii, Cuv. and Val., and Upeneus porosus,Cuv. and Val., family M...
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red perch
n.
name given in Tasmania to the fish Anthias rasor, Richards.; also called the Barber.In Australia...
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red-throat
n.
a small brown Australiansinging-bird, with a red throat, Pyrrholaemus brunneus,Gould.
...
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red-root
A shrub found upon the prairies near the Rocky Mountains, highly esteemed as a substitute for tea. I...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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red lane
A vulgar name for the throat, chiefly used by tipplers.
I was ridin' in my shirt sleeves, and a thi...
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red-shanks
arsmart N.
...
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red pine
♦ Pinus rubra, the red spruce; the timber of which is preferred throughout the United States for yar...
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Red Sea
Name.-The sea known to us as the Red Sea was by the Israelites called "the sea," (Exodus 14:2,9,16,2...
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Cross-armed
·adj With arms crossed.
...
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Cross-banded
·adj A term used when a narrow ribbon of veneer is inserted into the surface of any piece of furnitu...
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Cross-bearer
·noun A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions.
...
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Cross-birth
·noun Any preternatural labor, in which the body of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, ...
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Cross-bun
·noun A bun or cake marked with a cross, and intended to be eaten on Good Friday.
...
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Cross-buttock
·add. ·noun A throw in which the wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, places his left leg a...
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Cross-crosslet
·noun A cross having the three upper ends crossed, so as to from three small crosses.
...
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Cross-days
·noun ·pl The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension.
...
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Cross-examination
·noun The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he has been called and...
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Cross-examine
·vt To examine or question, as a witness who has been called and examined by the opposite party.
...
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Cross-examined
·Impf & ·p.p. of Cross-examine.
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Cross-examiner
·noun One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination.
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Cross-examining
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Cross-examine.
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Cross-eye
·noun ·see <<Strabismus>>.
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Cross-eyed
·adj Affected with strabismus; squint-eyed; squinting.
...
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Cross-fertilize
·add. ·vt To fertilize, as the stigmas of a flower or plant, with the pollen from another individual...
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Cross-fertilized
·add. ·Impf & ·p.p. of Cross-fertilize.
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Cross-fertilizing
·add. ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Cross-fertilize.
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Cross-garnet
·noun A hinge having one strap perpendicular and the other strap horizontal giving it the form of an...
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Cross-pawl
·noun ·same·as Cross-spale.
...
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Cross-purpose
·noun A counter or opposing purpose; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory.
II. Cross-...
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Cross-question
·vt To cross-examine; to subject to close questioning.
...
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Cross-questioned
·Impf & ·p.p. of Cross-question.
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Cross-questioning
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Cross-question.
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Cross-reading
·noun The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns,...
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Cross-spale
·noun ·Alt. of Cross-spall.
...
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Cross-spall
·noun One of the temporary wooden braces, placed horizontally across a frame to hold it in position ...
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Cross-springer
·noun One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the corners in a diagonal direction. [See Il...
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Cross-staff
·noun A surveyor's instrument for measuring offsets.
II. Cross-staff ·noun An instrument formerly u...
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Cross-stitch
·noun A form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and in pairs, the thread of one stitch cross...
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Cross-stone
·noun ·see <<Harmotome>>, and <<Staurotide>>.
...
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Cross-tail
·noun A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.
...
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Cross-tie
·noun A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place.
...
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Cross-tining
·noun A mode of harrowing crosswise, or transversely to the ridges.
...
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Cross-vaulting
·noun Vaulting formed by the intersection of two or more simple vaults.
...
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Cross-week
·noun Rogation week, when the cross was borne in processions.
...
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Holy cross
·- The cross as the symbol of Christ's crucifixion.
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Peltier's cross
·add. ·- A cross formed of two strips of different metals, to illustrate the Peltier effect.
...
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Broken Cross
At the western end of Cheapside. near the church of St. Michael le Querne. Erected by the Earl of Gl...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cow Cross
See St. John Street.
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Cross Alley
North out of George Alley, with a passage west to Shoe Lane at No. 32. In Farringdon Ward Without (H...
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Cross Court
Out of London Wall (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
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The Cross Keys
Messuages and tenements called the "Cross Keys" and the "Woodwharfe" near Paul's Wharf in parish of ...
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Cross Lane
1) East out of St. Mary-at-Hill to Harp Lane (P.O. Directory), crossing St. Dunstan's Hill. In Billi...
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Cross Street
West out of King Street to Milk Street Market, crossing Laurence Lane (Hatton, 1708-Strype, ed. 1755...
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The Golden Cross
The sign of the Golden Cross in Temys Street, 1538 (L. and P. H. VIII. XIV. (1), p. 220).
No later ...
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Holborn Cross
Near the Conduit at Snow Hill, in parish of St. Sepulchre. (Stow 387).
First mention: "Holbourn Cro...
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Holy Cross
See Holy Cross.
...
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Minories' Cross
In Agas' map at the junction of the Minories and Little Tower Hill.
It is also shown on Haiward 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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White Cross
In an Inquisition 3 Ed. I. mention is made of water coming down from Smethefeld del Barbican in the ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cross dishonest
A cross cove; any person who lives by stealing or in a dishonest manner.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cross bite
One who combines with a sharper to draw in a friend; also, to counteract or disappoint. CANT.--This ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cross buttock
A particular lock or fall in the Broughtonian art, which, as Mr. Fielding observes, conveyed more pl...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cross patch
A peevish boy or girl, or rather an unsocial ill-tempered man or woman.
...
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weeping cross
To come home by weeping cross; to repent.
...
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Southern Cross
n.
The constellation of theSouthern Cross is of course visible in places farther norththan Australi...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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criss-cross
1) A mark in the shape of a cross; especially that of those who cannot sign their own names. Mr. Har...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cross-eye
That sort of squint, by which both the eyes turn towards the nose, so that the rays, in passing to t...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cross-fox
A fox whose color is between the common reddish-yellow and the silver-gray, having on its back a bla...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cross-grained
Perverse; troublesome; vexatious.--Johnson.
Or what the plague did Juno mean,
That cross-grain'd...
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cross-patch
An ill-tempered person. A vulgar word, used alike in England and America. Patch is a very old word o...
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criss-cross
The mark of a man who cannot write his name.
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cross-bars
Round bars of iron, bent at each end, used as levers to turn the shank of an anchor.
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cross-bitt
The same as cross-piece (which see).
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cross-bored
Bored with holes alternately on the edges of planks, to separate the fastenings, so as to avoid spli...
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cross-bow
An ancient weapon of our fleet, when also in use on shore.
...
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cross-chocks
Large pieces of timber fayed across the dead-wood amidships, to make good the deficiency of the heel...
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cross-fish
A northern name for the asterias or star-fish; so called from the Norwegian kors-fisk. Also, the Ura...
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cross-grained
Not straight-grained as in good wood; hence the perverse and vexatious disposition of the ne'er-do-w...
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cross-head
In a steamer's engine, is on the top of the piston-rod athwart the cylinder; and there is another fi...
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cross-pawls
See cross-spales.
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cross-piece
The transverse timber of the bitts. Also, a rail of timber extending over the windlass of some merch...
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cross-sea
A sea not caused by the wind then blowing. During a heavy gale which changes quickly (a cyclone, for...
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cross-somer
A beam of timber.
...
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cross-spales
or spalls.
Temporary beams nailed across a vessel to keep the sides together, and support the ship...
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cross-staff
See fore-staff.
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cross-swell
This is similar to a cross-sea, except that it undulates without breaking violently.
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cross-tail
In a steam-engine, is of the same form as the cylinder cross-head: it has iron straps catching the p...
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cross-tide
The varying directions of the flow amongst shoals that are under water. (See current.)
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cross-timbers
See cross-piece.
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cross-trees
Certain timbers supported by the cheeks and trestle-trees at the upper ends of the lower and top mas...
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southern cross
The popular name of a group of stars near the South Pole, which are somewhat in the figure of a cros...
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Red Cross Court, Great Tower Street
See Red Cross Square.
...
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The Red Lion, Red Lyon Inn
On the west side of Aldersgate Street at No.130 (P.O. Directory).
First mention: "Red Lyon Inn" (O....
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The Red Lion, Red Lyon, Newgate
A messuage so called in parish of Christ Church, formerly St. Nicholas ad Macellas, in ward of Faryn...
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Red Lion, Red Lyon, Alley
In Cornhill, called also White Lyon Alley (q.v.) (P.C. 1732).
Named after the sign. It has been sug...
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Red-dog flour
·add. ·- The lowest grade of flour in milling. It is dark and of little expansive power, is secured ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Red-light district
·add. ·- A district or neighborhood in which disorderly resorts are frequent;
— so called in allusi...
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Red Bull Court
1) North out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
The site is ...
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Red Bull Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street at No.93, west of Angel Passage (P.O. Directory). In Dowgate Ward.
...
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Red Bull Yard
South out of Upper Thames Street at No.89, west of Red Bull Wharf (P.O. Directory). In Dowgate Ward....
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Red Cow Alley
Tower Hill, 1660 (L. and P. Commonwealth, 1659-60, p.545).
No further reference.
...
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Red Gate Court
East out of the Minories and apparently communicating with Worley Court and Crown and Shears Court (...
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Red Hart Court
North out of Fore Street, with a passage east to Grub Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, e...
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Red Hart Inn
On the west side of Fetter Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype, ed. 1755).
"New...
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Red Lion Alley
See Red Lion Court, Minories.
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Red Lion Buildings
On the south side of Cock Lane at No.6 (P.O. Directory), extending to the back of St. Sepulchre's Ch...
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Red Lion Court
1) On the west of Pye Comer (Hatton, 1708).
Not named in the maps.
2) East out of Shoe Lane at No....
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Red Lion Passage
1) South out of Cloth Fair at No.22 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without.
First mention: Bo...
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Red Lion Street
See Red Lion Passage1, Cloth Fair.
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Red Lion Wharf
Between Bell Wharf east and Three Cranes Wharf west. In Vintry Ward (P.O. Directory).
First mention...
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Red Lyon Alley
1) South out of Thames Street by Fishmongers' Hall (P.C. 1732-L. Guide, 1758).
Not named in the map...
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Red Lyon Brewhouse
East out of Bishopsgate, in Bishopsgate Ward Without, near to Red Lyon Inn (Strype, ed 1720, I. ii. ...
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Red Lyon Court
1) In Throgmorton Street, a small Court in Broad Street Ward, against Drapers' Hall (Hatton, 1708-P....
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Red Lyon Inn
1) South-west out of Pemberton Row, Gough Square, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Rocque,...
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Red Lyon Yard
North out of Long Lane to Red Lyon Inn at No.110 Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without (O. a...
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Red Rose Alley
East out of White Cross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720-Elmes, 1831).
"Red Ro...
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Red Rose Court
See Red Rose Alley.
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Red Wood Alley
West out of Bishopsgate Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
Called " Ge...
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red letter day
A saint's day or holiday, marked in the calendars with red letters. Red letter men; Roman Catholics:...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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red gurnet-perch
n.
name given in Victoria tothe fish Sebastes percoides, Richards., family Scorpaenidae. It is also...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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red rock-cod
n.
name given in New South Walesto the fish Scorpaena cardinalis, Richards., family Scorpaenidae, m...
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red-streaked spider
or Black-and-red Spider
,an Australasian spider ( Latrodectus scelio, Thorel.),called in New Zealan...
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red dog money
A term applied, in the State of New York, to certain bank notes which have on their back a large red...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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red-hot balls
Shot made red-hot in a furnace, and in that state discharged at the enemy. The loading is managed wi...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Andrew Cross Alley
Adjoining the church of St. Andrew Holborn on the west and called with other premises the " Church L...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cow Cross Street
See St. John Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(Holy) Cross, Friars of
House of Crouched or Crossed Fryers founded 1298, at the south-east corner of Hart Street (S. 149). ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(Holy) Cross, West Smithfield
Ecclesia Sanctae Crucis infra Hospitale Sancti Bartholomaei in Westsmythefelde Londoniarum pertinet ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cross in Cheapside
See Great Cross in Cheapside.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cross Key Court
1) South out of London Wall at No. 44 to Coleman Street Ward (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street War...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cross Keys Yard
See Cross Keys Alley.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cross Keys Alley
,Cross Keys Inn, Cross Keys Yard
East out of White Cross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. an...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cross Keys Court
1) North-west out of Chick Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
The site ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cross Keys Inn
1) On the south side of Holborn, in Farringdon Ward Without, east of Fetter Lane (O. and M. 1677).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Gold Cross Court
See Golden Cross Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Cross Court
1) Out of Cateaton Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
Named after the s...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Holborn Cross Street
"Tenements in Holbourne crosse streete" belonging to Wm. Nuttall, 1559 (Ct. H.W. II. 670).
Perhaps ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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christ-cross row
The alphabet in a horn-book: called Christ-cross Row, from having, as an Irishman observed, Christ's...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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holy-cross toad
n. See catholic frog.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cross-bar-shot
The famed cross-bar-shot, or properly bar-shot, used by the Americans: when folded it presented a ba...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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cylinder cross-head
An adaptation on the top of the piston-rod, stretching out athwart the cylinder, from the ends of wh...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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jack cross-trees
Single iron cross-trees at the head of long topgallant-masts, to support royal and skysail masts.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Red Sea, Passage of
The account of the march of the Israelites through the Red Sea is given in Ex. 14:22-31. There has b...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Red Gate Alley, Minories
East out of Minories at No.71, nearly opposite the Crescent (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).
Not named i...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Red Lion, Watling Street
See Red Lion Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.