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Saracen's Head Inn
On the west side of Friday Street, in Bread Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Lockie, 1816).
Strype descr...
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Saracen's Head Inn, Saracen's Head Yard
South out of Camomile Street. In Lime Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1848-51).
The site is now oc...
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Saracen's Head
1) See The Horse Head and King's Head.
2) South out of Little Carter Lane in parish of St. Mary Mag...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Saracen's Head Yard
On the south side of Aldgate at No.5 (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.
Marks the site of the Sarac...
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Boar Inn, Aldgate
See Blue Bore Inn.
...
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Aldgate
One of the gates in the City wall on its eastern side. It stood in the midst of the High Street, at ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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aldgate
A draught on the pump at Aldgate; a bad bill of exchange, drawn on persons who have no effects of th...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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King's Head Inn
1) On the west side of the Old Change, at No.17, in Castle Baynard Ward (O. and M. 1677-Lockie, 1816...
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Nagg's Head Inn
South out of London Wall at Little Winchester Street, opposite the Church of All Hallows in ye Wall ...
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Nag's Head Inn
On the west side of Grub Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without, built on a place called " Soldiers Cou...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Sarcen's Head Inn
On the north side of Snow Hill, west of St. Sepulchre's Church, in Farringdon Ward Without (S. 387, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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king's head inn
The prison of Newgate.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Inn
·vt To get in; to in. ·see <<In>>, ·vt.
II. Inn ·vi To take lodging; to <<Lodge>>.
III. Inn ·vt To...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Inn
In the modern sense, unknown in the East. The khans or caravanserais, which correspond to the Europe...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Inn
The Hebrew word (malon) thus rendered literally signified "a lodging-place for the night." Inns, in ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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-head
(suffix.) A variant of -hood.
...
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Head
·noun Power; armed force.
II. Head ·noun The antlers of a deer.
III. Head ·noun Tiles laid at the ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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head
n.
the rammer for crushing quartz ingold-mining.
1890. `Goldfields of Victoria,' p.7:
«Forty addi...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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head
face ; I told him to his head, I told him to his face. Berks.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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head
The upper part or end of anything, as a mast-head, a timber-head. Also, an ornamental figure on a sh...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Crown Inn, Aldgate High Street
North out of Aldgate High Street, east of St. Botolph Aldgate Church and Churchyard (O. and M. 1677)...
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Aldgate, Street
West from Aldgate High Street to Leadenhall Street at its junction with Fenchurch Street (P.O. Direc...
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Aldgate Avenue
North out of Aldgate High Street at No.24 and east to 25 Middlesex Street. First named, December, 18...
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Aldgate Churchyard
This is the churchyard which is still in existence, adjoining to and surrounding the Church of St. B...
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Aldgate Hermitage
In a turret of the City wall near Aldgate built 4 feet without the turret of the said wall in the Ki...
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Aldgate Pump
Taken down 1876 and a drinking fountain erected on the site.
There was a well called " Alegate well...
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Aldgate Ward
With Tower Ward the easternmost ward of the City within the walls (O.S.).
Earliest mention: " In wa...
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Aldgate Well
See Aldgate Pump.
...
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(St.) Botolph Aldgate
On the north side of Aldgate High Street, at the south-east corner of Houndsditch. In Portsoken Ward...
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(St.) Michael Aldgate
One of the old parishes mentioned by Stow as having formed first the parish of the Holy Cross or Hol...
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(Holy) Trinity Aldgate
There seems to have been a parish of this name in existence before the foundation of Holy Trinity Pr...
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Bull Inn, Bull Inn Yard, Aldgate High Street
See Aldgate Avenue.
...
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Nag's Head Inn, Bevis Marks
On the north side of Bevis Marks, near its junction with Camomile Street. In AIdgate Ward (O. and M....
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Ram's Head Inn, Fenchurch Street
See Ram Inn1.
...
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beak-head bulk-head
The old termination aft of the space called beak-head, which inclosed the fore part of the ship.
...
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Abbot's Inn
The town house of the Abbots of Waltham. On the west side of St. Mary At Hill (Street), south of the...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Anchor Inn
On the west side of Duck Lane, in Aldersgate Ward (Rocque, 1746-L. Guide, 1758).
The site is now oc...
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Angel Inn
1) On the west side of Fleet Market at No.53. In Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Elmes, 1831)....
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Antelope Inn
On the west side of West Smithfield, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
Ment...
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Axe Inn
On the east side of Aldermanbury, at No.20, in Cripplegate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831)....
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Bacon's Inn
Gardens, lands and messuages on the east side of Chancery Lane adjoining the wall belonging to the l...
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Bancor Inn
See Bangor House.
...
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Barklies Inn
By the south end of Addle Hill, west from St. Benet's Church, almost against Puddle Wharf, an ancien...
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Barnard's Inn
On the south side of Holborn at No.22 in Farringdon Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
An Inn of Chance...
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Bassett's Inn
Tenement or hostel of Ralph Holand called "Bassettisyn," formerly belonging to Sir Ralph de Basset, ...
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Beachamp's Inn
A house in the parish of St. Martin Orgar in St. Martin Orgar lane, in Candlewick Ward, so called as...
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Bear Inn
1) On the east side of Basinghall Street, near the middle, at.No. 31, in Bassishaw Ward (O. and M. 1...
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Beauchamp's Inn
See Beachamp's Inn.
...
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Beaumondes Inn
In the parish of St. Benet, in the ward of Baynardescastell, I Ed. IV. 1462 (Cal. P.R. Ed. IV. 1461-...
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Beaumont Inn
In the parish of St. Benet, in the ward of Baynardescastell, I Ed. IV. 1462 (Cal. P.R. Ed. IV. 1461-...
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Bell Inn
1) On the east side of Warwick Lane, in Castle Baynard Ward (O. and M. 1677-Lockie, 1816).
Strype s...
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Benbridges Inn
Hostel of Ralph Holand called "Penbrigges Inne," at the corner of Lymestrete in parish of St. Andrew...
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Blossoms Inn
On the west side of Lawrence Lane, Old Jewry, at No.25. In Cheap Ward (Lockie, 1816). At the north-e...
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Bull Inn
1) On the north side of Leadenhall Street at No. 152 (O. and M. 1677-Lockie, 1816).
Earliest mentio...
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Checker Inn
In London Wall Street, west of Coleman Street. In Cripplegate Ward. Within (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii...
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Chequer Inn
1) On the north side of Holborn, east of Furnival's Inn, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-...
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Chichester's (Bishop of) Inn
In the parish of St. Dunstan's Fleet Street, on the west side of Chancery Lane, 1310 (Cott. Faust. B...
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Clifford's Inn, Fleet Street
On the west side of Fetter Lane, north of St. Dunstan's, Fleet Street (P.O. Directory). In Farringdo...
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Cobbam's Inn
Messuage or great house in Tower Ward, 6 H. V., called "Cobbam's Inne" (S. 139).
The new house of H...
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Cock Inn
On the south side of Leadenhall Street at No. 51, opposite Creechurch Lane (Lockie, 1810-16).
Not n...
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Crown Inn
1) At the northern end of Faulcon Court, Fleet Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720 ...
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Dolphin Inn
A tenement called "le Dolphin" in parish of St. Dunstan in the west in Fletestrete, between "le Bell...
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Falcon Inn
See Castle and Falcon Hotel.
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Farringdon Inn
See Serjeants' Inn, Chancery Lane.
...
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Foxton Inn
Inn so called in parish of St. Peter Cornhill, 21 Richard II. 1398 (Cal. P.R. Rich. II. 1396-9, p. 2...
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Furnival's Inn
On the north side of Holborn, between Leather Lane and Brook Street (O.S. 1880).
Southern portion i...
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George Inn
1) West out of Grub Street to Three Leg Court, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720-Lond. G...
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Gray's Inn
On the north side of Holborn, outside the City boundary, west of Gray's Inn Road. Gateway at No. 22 ...
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Greyhound Inn
1) On the north side of Holborn, between Furnival's Inn east and Brooke Street west, in Farringdon W...
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Legates Inn
Another tower by Baynard's Castle built by Ed. II. In the 2 Ed. III. it was given by the King to Wil...
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Lincoln's Inn
One of the Inns of Court on the west side of Chancery Lane, outside the City boundary.
The name see...
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Lovell's Inn
In Ivy Lane and Paternoster Row, in Farringdon Ward Within, in parish of St. Faith.
A great house a...
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Macworth Inn
See Barnard's Inn.
...
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Magpy Inn
On the north side of Magpy Yard, with a passage into Castle Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. a...
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(Abbot of) Malmesbury Inn
On the south side of Holborn, where Furnival Street now stands.
Grant by Thos. Coubrigge and Wm. Ca...
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Meermaid Inn
See Mermaid Court1, Great Carter Lane.
...
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Nevill's Inn
At the southern end of Monkwell Street in Silver Street was a great house with a garden plot belongi...
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New Inn
1) A messuage called "le Newin" in Chauncellerelane, 42 Ed. III. (Hust. Roll 96, No.218).
Granted t...
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Norhampton Inn
Inn in the Ropery called "Norhampton's In" with the "brode yates" with the shops annexed late of Joh...
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Peacock Inn
On the west side of Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
The site is sho...
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Pembrook's Inn
At the north end of Ave Maria Lane, in parish of St. Martin Ludgate, 18 Rich. II. (S. 341).
Formerl...
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Penbrigge's Inn
See Benbridges Inn.
...
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Pulteney's Inn
A hostel in the city of London formerly belonging to John de Pulteney called "Pulteneysyn." The mast...
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Ram Inn
1) On the south side of Fenchurch Street, at the western end. In Langbourne Ward (Strype, 1720 and 1...
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Rose Inn
1) In Fleet Street, belonging to the Monastery of Rochester (Dugdale, I.).
No later mention.
2) Ne...
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Scroop's Inn
On the north side of Holborn Hill, an inn of Serjeants, opposite St. Andrew's Church (S. 78 and 388)...
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Scrupes Inn
Next to Paul's Wharf is a great Messuage called" Scrupes Inn," some-time belonging to the Scrupes in...
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Skales Inn
See Maiden Lane2, College Hill.
...
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Somerset Inn
A tenement so called next Baynard Castle, worth £9 6s. 8d., belonging Eleanor, late Duchess of Somer...
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Sporier's Inn
Tenements in Sholane near "Sporiers In" in parish of St. Brigid in Fletestrete, 1414 (Ct. H.W. II. 4...
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Stamford Inn
An inn so called in Ivy Lane, temp. H. VI. and Ed. IV. (H. MSS. Com. 9th Rep. 10).
Not further iden...
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Staple Inn
On the south side of Holborn Bars at No.2, outside the City boundary.
"Staple Inn in Holborne," 159...
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Star Inn
On the east side of Fish Street Hill. In Bridge Ward Within, north of tlie Monument (O.and M. 1677-L...
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Swan Inn
1) See Swan and Two Necks Inn.
2) On the east side of Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without...
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Symond's Inn
On the east side of Chancery Lane at No.22, outside the City boundary (O.S. 1875).
Mentioned in 162...
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Talbot Inn
South out of Aldgate High Street beyond the Bars (Rocque, 1746).
Probably on or near the site of " ...
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Thavie's Inn
South out of Holborn Circus (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without.
First mention: A tablet a...
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(Prior of) Tortington's Inn
See Oxford Place.
...
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Vine Inn, Vine Yard
West out of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-O.S.1848-51).
Called " P...
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Warwick Inn
A tenement so called belonging to Eleanor, late Duchess of Somerset, daughter of Richard Beauchamp, ...
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Windmill Inn
On the east side of Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
See Windmill Alley.
...
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Woolpack Inn
On the east side of West Smithfield, towards the north. In Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677)....
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Ypres Inn
See Ipres Inne.
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chequer inn, in newgate street
The prison of Newgate.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Addle-head
·noun ·Alt. of Addle-pate.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cittern-head
·noun Blockhead; dunce;
— so called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved hea...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cubbridge-head
·noun A bulkhead on the forecastle and half deck of a ship.
...
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Death's-head
·noun A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the conventional personification of de...
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Dragon's head
·- ·Alt. of Dragon's tail.
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Feather-head
·noun A frivolous or featherbrained person.
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Giddy-head
·noun A person without thought fulness, prudence, or judgment.
...
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Head gear
·noun ·Alt. of <<Headgear>>.
...
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Head-cheese
·noun A dish made of portions of the head, or head and feet, of swine, cut up fine, seasoned, and pr...
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Head-hunter
·noun A member of any tribe or race of savages who have the custom of decapitating human beings and ...
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Head-lugged
·adj Lugged or dragged by the head.
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Hot-head
·noun A violent, passionate person; a hasty or impetuous person; as, the rant of a hot-head.
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Pope's head
·add. ·- A long-handled brush for dusting ceilings, ·etc., also for washing windows.
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Shock-head
·adj Shock-headed.
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Snake's-head
·noun The Guinea-hen flower;
— so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales ...
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Torsion head
·add. ·- That part of a torsion balance from which the wire or filament is suspended.
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Tough-head
·noun The ruddy duck.
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Tow-head
·noun The hooded merganser.
II. Tow-head ·noun An urchin who has soft, whitish hair.
III. Tow-head...
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Turk's-head
·add. ·noun The melon cactus.
II. Turk's-head ·add. ·noun Any of several species of Echinocactus.
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Woolly-head
·noun A <<Negro>>.
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Head-bands
(Heb. kishshurim), properly girdles or belts for the waist (Isa. 3:20, R.V., "sashes;" Jer. 2:32, re...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Head-dress
Not in common use among the Hebrews. It is first mentioned in Ex. 28:40 (A.V., "bonnets;" R.V., "hea...
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Bishop's Head
A messuage so called in Coleman Street in parish of St. Stephen 27 Eliz. 1585 (Lond. I. p.m. III. p....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Boar's Head
On the north side of Great Eastcheap in the parish of St. Clement Eastcheap, at Nos. 20-22, near the...
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Bore's Head
Mentioned in Circuit of St. Giles' parish (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 87).
Boar's Head, Cripplegate,...
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The Bull Head
A tavern so called within the precinct of St. Martin le Grand, 32 H. viii. 1541 (L. and P. H. VIII. ...
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Dog's Head
In Aldersgate Street (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
...
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The Horse Head
A capital messuage or tenement so called in Thames Street given to St. Dunstan's Church (Strype, ed....
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King's Head
1) Parish of St. Gregory.
A capital messuage, in parish of St. Gregory, in ward of Castle Baynard, ...
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Moryan's Head
In Bread Street, given to the Parish of All Hallows, 9 Eliz. (Strype, Ed. 1720, I. iii. 201).
No la...
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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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The Rammes Head
Brewhouse of Roger James called "The Rammes Head" in parish of All Hallows Barking, 1591 (Maskell, p...
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cod's head
A stupid fellow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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head rails
Teeth.
SEA PHRASE.
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jolter head
A large head; metaphorically a stupid fellow.
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sheep's head
Like a sheep's head, all jaw; saying of a talkative man or woman.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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swelled head
A disorder to which horses are extremely liable, particularly those of the subalterns of the army. T...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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big-head
n.
a fish. The name is used locallyfor various fishes; in Australia it is Eleotrisnudiceps, Castln....
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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blue-head
n.
Tasmanian name for the fishcalled the blue-groper (q.v.)
...
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bull-head
n.
The name is applied to manyfishes of different families in various parts of the world,none of wh...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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copper-head
n.
See under snake.
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head-station
n.
the principal buildings,including the owner's or manager's house, the hut, store, etc.,of a shee...
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leather-head
n.
another name for the Friar-bird (q.v.), Philemon corniculatus, Lath.See Tropidorhynchus.
1847. ...
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maori-head
n.
a swamp tussock, so called froma fancied resemblance to the head of a Maori. (Compare Black-boy....
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nigger-head
n.
1) Name given in New Zealandto hard blackstones found at the Blue Spur and other miningdistricts...
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white-head
n.
a bird of New Zealand, Clitonyx albicapilla, Buller. Found in North Island,but becoming very rar...
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yellow-head
n.
name given to a bird of NewZealand, Clitonyx ochrocephala, or Native Canary (q.v.), common in So...
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to head off
To get before; to intercept. Ex. 'The thief ran fast, but the officer managed to head him off.'
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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head-cheese
The ears and feet of swine cut up fine, and, after being boiled, pressed into the form of a cheese.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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snake-head
An object of dread to travellers on railways. The end of an iron rail, which sometimes is thrown up ...
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gattle-head
a forgetful person. S.
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angel-head
The hook or barb of an arrow; probably angle-head.
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beetle-head
A large beetle, weighing 1000 lbs., swayed up by a crabwinch to a height, and dropped by a pincer-sh...
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billet-head
A carved prow bending in and out, contrariwise to the fiddle-head (scroll-head). Also, a round piece...
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black-head
The pewitt-gull (Larus ridibundus).
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blether-head
A blockhead.
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boulder-head
A work against the encroachment of the sea, made of wooden stakes.
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bull-head
, or bull-jub
A name of the fish called miller's thumb (Cottus gobio).
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cat-head
The cat-head passes through the bow-bulwark obliquely forward on a radial line from the fore-mast, r...
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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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dead-head
A kind of dolphin (which see). Also, a rough block of wood used as an anchor-buoy.
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dun-head
In east-country barges the after-planking which forms the cabin.
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family-head
When the stem was surmounted with several full-length figures, as was the custom many years ago.
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fell-head
The top of a mountain not distinguished by a peak.
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fiddle-head
When there is no figure; this means that the termination of the head is formed by a scroll turning a...
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figure-head
A carved bust or full-length figure over the cut-water of a ship; the remains of an ancient supersti...
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floor-head
This, in marine architecture, is the third diagonal, terminating the length of the floors near the b...
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futtock-head
In ship-building, is a name for the 5th, the 7th, and the 9th diagonals, the intervening bevellings ...
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gilt-head
, or gilt-poll.
The Sparus aurata, a fish of the European and American seas, with a golden mark be...
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grey-head
A fish of the haddock kind, taken on the coast of Galloway.
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hard-head
The Clupea menhaden, or Alosa tyrannus, an oily fish taken in immense quantities on the American coa...
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head-boards
The berthing or close-boarding between the head-rails.
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head-cringles
Earing-cringles at the upper clues or corners of a sail.
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head-earings
The laniards to haul out the earings. (See earings.)
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head-fast
A rope or chain employed to fasten the head of a ship or boat to a wharf or buoy, or to some other v...
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head-holes
The eyelet-holes where the rope-bands of a sail are fitted; they are worked button-hole fashion, ove...
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head-knees
Pieces of moulded compass timber fayed edgeways to the cut-water and stem, to steady the former. The...
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head-netting
An ornamental netting used in merchant ships instead of the fayed planking to the head-rails.
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head-piece
A term for the helmet.
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head-pump
A small pump fixed at the vessel's bow, its lower end communicating with the sea: it is mostly used ...
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head-quarters
The place where the general, or commanding officer, takes up his quarters. Also, the man-of-war, or ...
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head-rails
The short rails of the head, extending from the back of the figure to the cat-head: equally useful a...
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head-rope
That part of the bolt-rope which terminates any sail on the upper edge, and to which it is according...
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head-sails
A general name for all those sails which may be set on the fore-mast and bowsprit, jib, and flying j...
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head-sea
A name given to the waves when they oppose a ship's course, as the ship must rise over, or cut throu...
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head-sheets
Specially jibs and staysail sheets, before the fore-mast.
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head-way
A ship is said to gather head-way when she passes any object thrown overboard at the bow, and it pas...
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head-wind
A breeze blowing from the direction of the ship's intended course. Thus, if a ship is bound N.E. a N...
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mast-head
The upper part of a mast above the rigging.
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ram-head
An old word for halliard-block.
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rudder-head
The upper end of the rudder-stock. Also, the flat surface of the trunk, which in cabins and ward-roo...
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scroll-head
A slightly curved piece of timber bolted to the knees of the head, in place of a figure: finished of...
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skunk-head
An American coast-name for the pied duck.
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