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East Smithfield
A district lying just outside the walls of London, east of the Tower, stretching south to the Thames...
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Smithfield, East
See East Smithfield.
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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 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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East Smithfield School
Founded 1673 by Sir Samuel Sterling for sixteen poor boys of the parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate (Dod...
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(St.) Katherine's East Smithfield
See St. Katherine's Street, East Smithfield.
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Lower East Smithfield
West from Little Thames Street to the Hermitage Swing Bridge and Basin (P.O. Directory).
In the eig...
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Upper East Smithfield
East from Littie Tower Hill to Dock Street (P.O. Directory).
Earliest mention: Lockie, 1810.
Forme...
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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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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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Lion
·noun A sign and a constellation; Leo.
II. Lion ·noun An object of interest and curiosity, especial...
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lion
To tip the lion; to squeeze the nose of the party tipped, flat to his face with the thumb. To shew t...
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Lion
"The most powerful, daring and impressive of all carnivorous animals, the most magnificent in aspect...
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Smithfield
See West Smithfield.
...
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East
·adv <<Eastward>>.
II. East ·vi To move toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the...
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East
1) The orient (mizrah); the rising of the sun. Thus "the east country" is the country lying to the e...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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east
About east, is about right; in the proper manner. A common slang expression in New England. See walk...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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east
From the Anglo-Saxon, y'st. One of the cardinal points of the compass. Where the sun rises due east,...
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East
The Hebrew term kedem properly means that which is before or in front of a person, and was applied t...
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Butcher Row, East Smithfield
South-east from Upper East Smithfield to Lower East Smithfield (Lockie's Topog. 1810-Elmes' Topog. D...
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Cock Alley, East Smithfield
North out of Upper East Smithfield (In Bacon's map, 1912).
Earliest mention: Hatton, 1708.
Site se...
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Cooper's Court, East Smithfield
See Hooper's Court.
...
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Covent Garden, East Smithfield
Inhabited by foreigners in 1635 (L. and P. Chas. I. Dom. S. 1635, p. 594).
Not mentioned in any of ...
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Covent Rentes, East Smithfield
Messuage called "le Covent Rentes" in Estsmythfeld in parish of St. Botolph without Algate belonging...
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East Smithfield Double Passage
On Tower Hill (Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Half Moon, East Smithfield
Messuage called the Half Moon, in East Smithfield, in parish of St. Botolph Without Aldgate (Strype,...
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Helmet Court, East Smithfield
A small court west out of Butcher Row, at No. 31, by Helmet Steps (Hatton, 1708-Lockie, 1810).
In S...
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John's Court, East Smithfield
South out of Upper East Smithfield (P.C. 1732-Lockie, 1810).
Former name : "Jennings Rents" (Survey...
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The Katherine Wheel, East Smithfield
West of Hermitage Dock (Rocque, 1746). A tenement called "le Katheryn Whele" in East Smithfield was ...
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(St.) Katherine's Churchyard, East Smithfield
North and east of the church, the part south of the church is called "Green Churchyard" (Strype, 172...
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(St.) Katherine's Court, East Smithfield
East out of St. Katherine's Square and west of the church (Lockie, 1810). (Survey of St. Katherine's...
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(St.) Katherine's Square, East Smithfield
West out of St. Katherine's Court (Horwood, 1799).
Former name : "St. Katherine's Court" (Rocque, 1...
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(St.) Katherine's Stairs, East Smithfield
East of Irongate Stairs, on the Thames (Survey of St. Katherine's, 1686, Sloane MS. 3254-A. 1-Lockie...
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(St.) Katherine's Street, East Smithfield
East from the Tower to Hermitage Bridge (Lockie, 1810).
Former name : "St. Katherine's" (O. and M. ...
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(St.) Katherine's Wharf, East Smithfield
Between Irongate Wharf west and St. Katherine's Dock Entrance east (O.S. ed. 1894).
Mentioned in 14...
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Mouse Alley, East Smithfield
See Dean Street.
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Nightingale Lane, East Smithfield
South out of Upper East Smithfield to the Docks (P.O. Directory).
Earliest mention: " Nightingale l...
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Swan Court, East Smithfield
See Nightingale Court.
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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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The Red Lion, Watling Street
See Red Lion Court.
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Red Lion Court, Minories
East out of Minories, west of Morley's Court (P.C. 1732-O.S. 25 in. 1880). In Portsoken Ward.
On th...
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Bush Alley, Upper East Smithfield
See Brush Court.
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Sun Court, Upper East Smithfield
North out of Upper East Smithfield at No.20 (Lockie, 1810-Bacon's map, 1912).
Other names: "Sun Yar...
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Swan Street, Upper East Smithfield
North-east from Butcher Row to East Smithfield at No.102, with a branch to Nightingale Lane (Lockie,...
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Swann Alley, Upper East Smithfield
See Swan Street, Upper East Smithfield.
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Red Lion Alley, London Wall
See Red Lion Court7.
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Red Lion Place, Cock Lane
See Red Lion Buildings.
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Ant-lion
·noun A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand a pitfall to capture ants, ·etc. T...
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Aphis lion
·- The larva of the lacewinged flies (Chrysopa), which feeds voraciously upon aphids. The name is al...
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Lion-heart
·noun A very brave person.
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Lion-hearted
·adj Very brave; brave and magnanimous.
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Sea lion
·- Any one of several large species of seals of the family Otariidae native of the Pacific Ocean, es...
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Golden Lion
The signe of the Golding Lyon, which is some twelve houses short of Ave Mary lane (S. 314). In Pater...
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Lion Key
See Lyon Key.
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essex lion
A calf; Essex being famous for calves, and chiefly supplying the London markets.
...
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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marsupial lion
See pouched-lion
...
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pouched-lion
or Marsupial Lion
n.
a large extinct Phalanger (q.v.), Thylacoleocarnifex, Owen. The popular name ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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sea-lion
A large seal of the genus Otaria, distinguished from the sea-bear, to which it otherwise has a great...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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The Elms, Smithfield
"Le elmes" or "le two elmys" in the parish of St. Sepulchre without Newgate are frequently mentioned...
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Smithfield Market
On the south side of Charterhouse Street, north of West Smith field, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.O...
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Smithfield Penns
See Smithfield Market.
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West Smithfield
A large area, about 3 acres in extent, lying to the north-west of the City, adjoining the Church and...
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smithfield bargain
A bargain whereby the purchaser is taken in. This is likewise frequently used to express matches or ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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East Indian
·- Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies.
II. East Indian ·noun A native of, or a dweller i...
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East-insular
·adj Relating to the Eastern Islands; East Indian.
...
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East gate
(Jer. 19:2), properly the Potter's gate, the gate which led to the potter's field, in the valley of ...
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East sea
(Joel 2:20; Ezek. 47:18), the Dead Sea, which lay on the east side of the Holy Land. The Mediterrane...
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East wind
The wind coming from the east (Job 27:21; Isa. 27:8, etc.). Blight caused by this wind, "thin ears" ...
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East Passage
West out of Cloth Street to Cloth Fair and New Court, with a passage north into Long Lane. In Farrin...
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East Street
East out of Finsbury Circus at No. 21 to Blomfield Street (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street Ward.
...
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down east
Far away in that bearing. This term, as down west, &c., is an Americanism, recently adopted into our...
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east-country
A term applied to the regions bordering on the Baltic.
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east wind
This, in the British seas, is generally attended with a hazy atmosphere, and is so ungenial as to co...
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Red Lion Court, St. Katherine 's
West out of St. Katherine's Lane, north of Flemings Church Yard (P.C. 1732-Lockie, 1810).
Removed f...
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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 Cross
·add. ·- The crusaders or the cause they represented.
II. Red Cross ·add. ·- A hospital or ambulanc...
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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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Red Cross
1) In Watling Street. Rent given to parish of All Hallows, Bread_Street (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 1...
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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.
...
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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...
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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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Black Lion Court
1) In Old Change (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799). In Farringdon Ward Without.
Not named in the maps.
2) In...
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Black Lion Inn
West out of Water Lane, Whitefriars, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 279-Locki...
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Black Lion Yard
See Black Lyon Yard, Stoney Lane, Houndsditch.
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Blue Lion Court
East out of Aldersgate Street at No. 24, in Aldersgate Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
First mention...
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Golden Lion Court
East out of Aldersgate Street, north of Falcon Street, in Aldersgate Ward Within (O.S. 1880).
First...
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White Lion Court
1) South out of Great Tower Street, east of Beer Lane (P.O. Directory). In Tower Ward.
Earliest men...
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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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White Lion Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street at No.17, west of Paul's Wharf. In Castle Baynard Ward (P.O. Direct...
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king's wood lion
An Ass. Kingswood is famous for the great number of asses kept by the colliers who inhabit that plac...
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The Bear, West Smithfield
Messuage or inn called the Beare in street of West Smithfield in parish of St. Sepulchre, 32 Eliz. (...
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(Holy) Cross, West Smithfield
Ecclesia Sanctae Crucis infra Hospitale Sancti Bartholomaei in Westsmythefelde Londoniarum pertinet ...
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Pardon Churchyard, Smithfield
Said to have been purchased and a chapel built there for the burial of those who died of the Black D...
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Arthur Street East
East out of King William Street at No. 46 to Monument Square (O.S.). In Bridge Ward Within.
Erected...
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East Harding Street
East out of Great New Street, at No. 12, to Gunpowder Alley (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Wit...
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East India Avenue
South out of Leadenhall Street between Nos. 15 and 16 (P.O. Directory). In Lime Street Ward.
Erecte...
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East India Chambers
On the south side of Leadenhall Street at No. 23, opposite St. Mary Axe (P.O. Directory).
First men...
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East India House
At the north-west corner of Lime Street (Horwood, 1799), extending to Leadenhall Market. In Lime Str...
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east-country ships
The same as easterlings.
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east india hoy
A sloop formerly expressly licensed for carrying stores to the E. I. Company's ships.
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north-east passage
To the Pacific, or round the north of Europe, has been divided into three parts, thus:
1. From Arc...
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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 ...
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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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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...
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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 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 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...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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red-streaked spider
or Black-and-red Spider
,an Australasian spider ( Latrodectus scelio, Thorel.),called in New Zealan...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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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Cock and Lion Court
On the south side of Cornhill at No. 41, east of Birchin Lane (Lockie, 1816).
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Gold Lion, Lombard Street
House of F. Barnham called the "Gould Lion" in Lumbart Street, mentioned in his Will, 1624. Behind t...
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White Lion Court, Cornhill
North out of Coruhill at No.64 (P.O. Directory). In Cornhill Ward.
First mention: W. Stow, 1722.
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George Inn, West Smithfield
See George Yard, West Smithfield.
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George Yard, West Smithfield
West out of West Smithfield, in Farringdon Ward Without, between Hosier Lane and King Street (L.C.C....
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Knightriders Street, West Smithfield
See Giltspur Street.
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Metropolitan Market, West Smithfield
See London Central Markets.
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Shoemakers' Row, West Smithfield
Near the Bars. Mentioned in d'Urfey's "Ancient Song for Bartholomew Fair." Probably the name for a r...
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East, Children of the
The Arabs as a whole, known as the Nabateans or Kedarenes, nomad tribes (Judg. 6:3, 33; 7:12; 8:10)....
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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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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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 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 Gate Alley, Minories
East out of Minories at No.71, nearly opposite the Crescent (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).
Not named i...
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Red Lyon Court, Alley
East out of Bishopsgate Street in Bishopsgate Ward Without, leading to Red Lyon Inn (O. and M. 1677)...
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Red Lyon Court, Houndsditch
See Red Lyon Yard.
"Red Lion Alley " (W. Stow, 1722-P.C. 1732). Removed for the formation of Moorga...
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Red Lyon Yard, Houndsditch
South-west out of Houndsditch. In Portsoken Ward (W. Stow, 1722-Boyle, 1799).
Former names : " Red ...
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red sail-yard dockers
Buyers of stores stolen out of the royal yards and docks.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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black-and-red spider
See red-streaked spider
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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White Lion Court, Birchin Lane
See Bengal Court.
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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...
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Black Lion Yard, St. Thomas Apostle
Near St. Thomas Apostle in 1634 (L. and P. Chas. I. 1634-5, p. 283).
Named after the Black Lyon Inn...
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