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Peter
·noun A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles.
II. Peter ·vi To become e...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Peter
a rock or stone
...
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
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Peter
Originally called Simon (=Simeon, i.e., "hearing"), a very common Jewish name in the New Testament. ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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peter
A portmanteau or cloke-bag. Biter of peters; one that makes it a trade to steal boxes and trunks fro...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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peter
See blue peter.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Peter
(a rock or stone). The original name of this disciple was Simon, i.e. "hearer." He was the son of a ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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-ward
·vi ·Alt. of -wards.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ward
·noun A division of a forest.
II. Ward ·noun A division of a county.
III. Ward ·vi To be vigilant;...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ward
A prison (Gen. 40:3, 4); a watch-station (Isa. 21:8); a guard (Neh. 13:30).
...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Ward of Peter de Edelmeton, Eddelmethon
Mentioned 1277 (Cal. L. Bk. B. p.269).
Identified with Castle Baynard Ward.
In Lansdowne MS. 558 P...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(John) Horn, Ward of
See Bridge Ward Within.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Lothbury, Ward of
See Broad Street Ward.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Flete
See Farringdon Ward.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Peter, First Epistle of
This epistle is addressed to "the strangers scattered abroad", i.e., to the Jews of the Dispersion (...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Peter, Second Epistle of
The question of the authenticity of this epistle has been much discussed, but the weight of evidence...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Peter, First Epistle Of
The external evidence of authenticity of this epistle is of the strongest kind and the internal is e...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Peter, Second Epistle Of
The following is a brief outline of the contents of this epistle: The customary opening salutation i...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Heylin, Peter
(1600-1662)
Ecclesiastical writer, b. at Burford, Oxon., was one of the clerical followers of Charl...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Pindar, Peter
see Wolcot, John.
...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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(St.) Peter Cornhill
On the south side of Cornhill at No.55 (P.O. Directory). In Comhill Ward.
The parish is in Lime Str...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Peter Westcheap
At the south-west corner of Wood Street, on the north side of Cheapside (Leake). In Farringdon Ward ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Peter College
Otherwise called "presteshouse" in Paul's churchyard, mentioned in will of Robert Brokelt, 1534 (Ct....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Peter House
See London House, Aldersgate Street.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Peter Key
The corner houses at the upper end of Peter's Hill towards the north, were so called in Stow's time ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Peter Street
South out of Sun Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (P.C. 1732-O>S> 1848-51).
The site is now occu...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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peter gunner
will kill all the birds that died last summer. A piece of wit commonly thrown out at a person walkin...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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peter lay
The department of stealing portmanteaus, trunks, &c.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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peter lug
Who is Peter Lug? who lets the glass stand at his door, or before him.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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peter funk
At the petty auctions a person is employed to bid on articles put up for sale, in order to raise the...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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blue peter
The signal for sailing when hoisted at the fore-topmast head; this well-known flag has a blue ground...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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peter-boat
A fishing-boat of the Thames and Medway, so named after St. Peter, as the patron of fishermen, whose...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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peter-man
, or peterer.
A fisherman. Also, the Dutch fishing vessels that frequented our eastern coast.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Ward of Alan Baalun
Mentioned 1197-1221 (Anc, Deeds, A. 7294). Parish of St. Nicholas in the Ward.
Not identified.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of John Adrien
Identified with Walbrook Ward (q.v.).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of John Horn
Identified with Bridge Ward Within (q.v.).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of St. Dunstan
See Tower Ward.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of William Bukerel
Identified with Broad Street Ward (q.v.).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bridge-ward
·noun The principal ward of a key.
II. Bridge-ward ·noun A bridge keeper; a warden or a guard for a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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March-ward
·noun A warden of the marches; a marcher.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ward-corn
·noun The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under Watch, ·noun, 1) with a horn to be blow...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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"Ward, Artemus"
(see Brown, Charles Brockden.
...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Aldersgate Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, on the northern side, bounded on the east by Cripplegate Wa...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Aldgate Ward
With Tower Ward the easternmost ward of the City within the walls (O.S.).
Earliest mention: " In wa...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bassishaw Ward
One of the smallest of the twenty-six wards of the City, bounded north by Cripplegate Ward Without, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Billingsgate Ward
1) One of the twenty-six wards of the City fronting the river, and extending west from Tower Ward to...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bishopsgate Ward
One of the twenty-six Wards of London, west of and adjoining to Aldgate and Portsoken Wards. It is o...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Candlewick Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of London, adjoining Bridge Ward south and east, Langbourn Ward north, W...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cheap Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, bounded on the north by Bassishaw Ward, south by Cordwainer...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cordwainer Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of London, lying between Vintry Ward south, Cheap Ward north, Bread Stre...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cornhill Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, lying north and south of the high street of Cornhill, from ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cripplegate Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, and lying both within and without the City Wall. It lies on...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Dowgate Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, lying between Walbrook Ward north, Candlewick and Bridge Wi...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Farringdon Ward
Comprised the Ward of Ludgate and Newgate Within and Without, under which title it was demised by Th...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Lambourne Ward
See Langbourn Ward.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Langbourn Ward
One of the 26 wards of the City, at no point touching the City walls, bounded north by Aldgate, Lime...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ludgate Ward
See Farringdon Ward Within.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Newgate Ward
See Farringdon Ward Within.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Portsoken Ward
The eastemmost of the City wards, lying outside the Wall, and in its present state wholly within the...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Queenhithe Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, by the riverside, bounded on the north by Bread Street and ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Thames Ward
Anc. Deeds, A. 1779, 7 Rich. II.
Qy. = Tower Ward.
See Thames Street Ward.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tower Ward
One of the twety-sex wards of the City (O.S. ).
With Aldgate Ward the most eastern within the walls...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Vintry Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City to the west of the Walbrook on the bank of the Thames, exten...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Walbrook Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City lying between Cheap, Broad Street, and Cornhill Wards north,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward School
See Lime Street and Cornhill Wards' School.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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arse-ward
backward. Cumb.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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bat-ward
An old term for a boat-keeper.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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night ward
The night-watch.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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sea-ward
Towards the sea, or offing.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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ward-room
The commissioned officers' mess-cabin, on the main-deck in ships of the line.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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·OF
(abbreviation) Old French
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Of
·prep During; in the course of.
II. Of ·prep Denoting passage from one state to another; from.
III...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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of
An action of the organs of sense may be either involuntary or voluntary. Accordingly we say to hear,...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Ward of Adam de Basing
Contained property in or near "Ismongerelane," H. III. (Cal. Ch. I. p.m. I. p.304).
Identified with...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Anketill de Auvergne
Within and Without the Gate.
See Farringdon Ward Within and Farringdon Ward Without.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Henry de Coventre
Identified as Vintry Ward (q.v.).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Henry de Frowyk
Identified with Cripplegate Ward (Cal. L. Bk. B. p.259, note).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Henry le Bole
Mentioned in a list of representatives of the Wards, 23 Ed. I. 1295 (Cal. L. Bk. B. p.235).
Sharpe ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Henry le Waleys
Identified with Cornwainer Street Ward (q.v.).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of John de Blakethorn
Identified with Aldersgate Ward (q.v.) (Cal. L. Bk. B. 265).
So called in the Hundred Rolls, I. p.4...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of John de Canterbury
1291-2. Identified with Tower Ward (Cal. L. Bk. C. p.12, and A p.139).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of John de Norhampton
Identified with Aldgate Ward (q.v.).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Nicholas de Wynchester
4 Ed. I. 1276 (Cal. L. Bk. B. p.263).
Identified with Langbourn Ward by Sharpe in a note.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Philip le Taillur'
3 Ed. I. (Rot. Hund. I. 431).
Tenement " super Cornhull" and " House of Robert le Herre " in parish...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Ralph le Fevere
Identified with Farringdon Ward Without (q.v.).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Robert de Meldeburn
Identified with Coleman Street Ward (q.v.).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Simon de Hadestok
Mentioned in Hundred Rolls, 3 Ed. I. (I. 418).
References to Queenhithe, St. Mary Somerset, etc.
I...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Thomas de Basinge
Identified with Candlewick Ward (q.v.) (Cal. L. Bk. B. p.256, and note).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Walter le Poter'
3 Ed. I. (Rot. Hund. I. p.409).
Identified with Cornhill Ward (Beavan, 1.375).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of William de Durham
Identified with Bread Street Ward (q.v.).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of William de Hadestoke
Identified with Tower Ward (q.v.).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Wolmar de Essex
Identified with Billingsgate Ward (q.v.).
In Cal. L. Bk. B. p.269 the house of John le Breton is de...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Brown, Peter Hume
LL.D.
(b. 1850)
Historian. George Buchanan, Humanist and Reformer (1890), Early Travellers in Scot...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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(St.) Peter at Baynardescastel
See St. Peter Paul's Wharf.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Peter Cornhill, Churchyard
Graveyard (disused) shown on the south side of the Church (O. and M. 1677-O.S.1880).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Peter le Poor
On the West side of Old Broad Street. In Broad Street Ward (O.S.).
Earliest mention found in record...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Peter Paul's Wharf
On the north side of Thames Street and east side of St. Peter's Hill. In Queenhithe Ward. The parish...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Peter super Tamisiam
See St. Peter Paul's Wharf.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Peter the Less
See St. Peter Paul's Wharf.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Peter, Bread Street
Mentioned in H. MSS. Corn. 9th Rep. 23.
Probably an error in transcription for Broad Street.
See S...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Peter Hill Lane
See St. Peter's Hill.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Peter at the Cross of Cheap
See St. Peter Westcheap.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward Schools, Broad Street Ward and Coleman Street Ward
See Coleman Street Ward School.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Nicholas de Farndone Within
Identified with Farringdon Ward Within (q.v.).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Nicholas de Farndone Without
Identified with Farringdon Ward Without (q.v.).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Ralph Fabri de Cornhull
" Dicunt quod quedam aqua opturata est que liabuit cursum suum per vicum Sancte Marie Attenaxe usque...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Beecher, Henry Ward
(1813-1887)
Orator and divine, s. of Lyman B. and bro. of Harriet Beecher Stowe, was one of the mos...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Ward, Robert Plumer
(1765-1846)
Novelist and politician, b. in London, ed. at Oxf., and called to the Bar 1790, held va...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Ward, William George
(1812-1882)
Theologian, ed. at Winchester and Oxf., and came under the influence of J.H. Newman, wh...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Ward, Adolphus William
Litt.D., LL.D.
(b. 1837)
Historian and critic. The House of Austria in the Thirty Years' War (1869...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Ward, Mrs. Humphrey (Arnold)
(b. 1851)
Novelist. Milly and Olly (1881), Miss Bretherton (1886), Robert Elsmere (1888), The Histo...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Aldersgate Ward School
Behind 77 Little Britain; a few doors from Aldersgate Street (Lockie, 1810). Founded in 1702 for chi...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Aldgate Ward School
Between Duke Street and Mitre Street, east of St. James' Church, with a passage into Mitre Street (O...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Billingsgate Ward School
On the east side of Botolph Lane. In Billingsgate Ward (O.S.).
Erected on the site of the churchyar...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bishopsgate Ward Schools
In Primrose Street. Acquired by the Great Eastern Railway under their Act 1887 (End. Ch. St. Botolph...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bishopsgate Ward Within
See Bishopsgate Ward.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bishopsgate Ward Without
See Bishopsgate Ward.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bread Street Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, bounded on the north by Cripplegate and Farringdon Wards Wi...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bridge Ward School
In Old Swan Lane, on the west side (Lockie, 1810).
Not named in the maps.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bridge Ward Within
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, known as Bridge Ward Within, in contradistinction to Southw...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bridge Ward Without
= Southwark. Not included in the present work.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Broad Street Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, bounded north and east by Bishopsgate Ward, north and west ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Candlewick Ward Chambers
In Crooked Lane, near Cannon Street (Lockie, 1816).
Not named in the maps.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle Baynard Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City of London, to the south. Bounded on the north and west by Fa...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Coleman Street Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, adjoining Broad Street Ward east and south, Bassishaw Ward ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Farringdon Ward Within
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, bounded on the north by Farringdon and Aldersgate Wards Wit...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Farringdon Ward Without
The westernmost of the City wards, outside the walls, and extending north to the parish of Clerkenwe...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Fleet Street Ward
Ward of Flete.
See Farringdon Ward Without.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Lime Street Ward
One of the smallest of the 26 wards of the City, lying between Aldgate and Cornhill Wards, but stret...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Lombard Street Ward
See Langbourn Ward.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Thames Street Ward
Messuages in parishes of St. Martin le Organs and St. Michael in Crokydlane, described as in the war...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Watergate, Tower Ward
A quay facing the Thames by the Custom House in Thames streete (S. 135) at the south end of Water la...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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ward-room officers
Those who mess in the ward-room, namely: the commander, lieutenants, master, chaplain, surgeon, paym...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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(St.) Peter de Bradestrate, Broadstreet
See St. Peter le Poor.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Peter near Olde fishstret
See St. Peter Paul's Wharf.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Unheard-of
·adj New; unprecedented; unparalleled.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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kind of
In a manner, as it were. A sort of qualifying expression; as, 'She made game on it kind o'.'--Forby....
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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rising of
More than; upwards of; as, There were rising of a thousand men killed at the battle of Buena Vista.'...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Broad Street Ward School
See Coleman Street Ward School.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Chick Lane, Tower Ward
Described as east of Barking Church (in Stow, p. 132). From the descriptions given at the references...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Coleman Street Ward School
On the south side of London Wall, at 17 Copthall Avenue and Crosskey Court, London Wall (P.O. Direct...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bishops of London, Palace of
On the north-west side of St. Paul's Church (S. 373).
Mentioned by Ralph de Diceto in his Opera His...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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receivers of droits of admiralty
Now termed receivers of wreck (which see).
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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(St.) Peter de Wodestrate, Wood Street
See St. Peter Westcheap.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Beeroth of the children of Jaakan
(Deut. 10:6). The same as Bene-jaakan (Num. 33:31).
...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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captain of a ship of war
Is the commanding officer; as well the post-captain (a title now disused) as those whose proper titl...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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chamber of a piece of ordnance
The end of the bore modified to receive the charge of powder. In mortars, howitzers, and shell-guns,...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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gunner, of a ship of war
A warrant-officer appointed to take charge of the ammunition and artillery on board; to keep the lat...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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master of a ship-of-war
An officer appointed by the commissioners of the navy to attend to the navigating a ship under the d...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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muzzle of a piece of ordnance
The forward extremity of the cylinder, and the metal which surrounds it, extending back to the neck,...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Beeroth Of The Children Of Jaakan
the wells of the tribe of Bene-Jaakan, which formed one of the halting-places of the Israelites in t...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Rabbath Of The Children Of Ammon
and Rabbath of the Ammonites, [See RABBATH]
...
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Wisdom Of Jesus, Son Of Sirach
[Ecclesiasticus]
...
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Anchor Lane, Castle Baynard Ward
See Anchor Wharf.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Anchor Lane, Street, Vintry Ward
See Anchor Alley.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Farringdon Ward Within. Charity School
At the west end of Bull and Mouth Street, early facing Butcher Hall Lane (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Pump in Bishopsgate Ward Within
" A pump where sometimes was a fayre wel with two buckets by the east end of St. Martin Outwich" (S....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Angle of entry
·add. ·- The angle between the tangent to the advancing edge (of an aerocurve) and the line of motio...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Angle of incidence
·add. ·- The angle between the chord of an aerocurve and the relative direction of the undisturbed a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bird of paradise
·- The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Concert of Europe
·add. ·- ·Alt. of European concert.
...
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Corps of Engineers
·add. ·- In the United States navy, a corps made up of the engineers, which was amalgamated with the...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Jane-of-apes
·noun A silly, pert girl;
— corresponding to jackanapes.
...
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Leg-of-mutton
·add. ·adj Having the general shape or outline of a leg of mutton; as, a leg-of-mutton, or shoulder-...
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Matter-of-fact
·adj Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities; not fanciful or imaginative; comm...
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Men-of-war
·pl of <<Manofwar>>.
...
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Mother-of-pearl
·noun The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, ·esp. of pearl oysters, river musse...
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Mother-of-thyme
·noun An aromatic plant (Thymus Serphyllum);
— called also wild thyme.
...
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Out-of-door
·adj Being out of the house; being, or done, in the open air; outdoor; as, out-of-door exercise. ·se...
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Volunteers of America
·add. ·- A religious and philanthropic organization, similar to the Salvation Army, founded (1896) b...
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Wheel of fortune
·add. ·- A gambling or lottery device consisting of a wheel which is spun horizontally, articles or ...
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Atonement, Day of
The great annual day of humiliation and expiation for the sins of the nation, "the fast" (Acts 27:9)...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Avenger of blood
(Heb. goel, from verb gaal, "to be near of kin," "to redeem"), the nearest relative of a murdered pe...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Baale of Judah
Lords of Judah, a city in the tribe of Judah from which David brought the ark into Jerusalem (2 Sam....
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Babel, tower of
The name given to the tower which the primitive fathers of our race built in the land of Shinar afte...
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Babylon, kingdom of
Called "the land of the Chaldeans" (Jer. 24:5; Ezek, 12:13), was an extensive province in Central As...
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Baca, Valley of
(Ps. 84:6; R.V., "valley of weeping," marg., "or balsam trees"), probably a valley in some part of P...
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Baptism of Christ
Christ had to be formally inaugurated into the public discharge of his offices. For this purpose he ...
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Bashan, Hill of
(Ps. 68:15), probably another name for Hermon, which lies to the north of Bashan.
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Changes of raiment
Were reckoned among the treasures of rich men (Gen. 45:22; Judg. 14:12, 13; 2 Kings 5:22, 23).
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Chiefs of Asia
"Asiarchs," the title given to certain wealthy persons annually appointed to preside over the religi...
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Chronicles, Books of
The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e....
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Coat of mail
The rendering of a Hebrew word meaning "glittering" (1 Sam. 17:5, 38). The same word in the plural f...
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Coming of Christ
(1) with reference to his first advent "in the fulness of the time" (1 John 5:20; 2 John 1:7), or (2...
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Esther, Book of
The authorship of this book is unknown. It must have been obviously written after the death of Ahasu...
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Exodus, Book of
Exodus is the name given in the LXX. to the second book of the Pentateuch (q.v.). It means "departur...
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Ezekiel, Book of
Consists mainly of three groups of prophecies. After an account of his call to the prophetical offic...
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Ezra, Book of
This book is the record of events occurring at the close of the Babylonian exile. It was at one time...
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Fall of man
An expression probably borrowed from the Apocryphal Book of Wisdom, to express the fact of the revol...
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Flame of fire
Is the chosen symbol of the holiness of God (Ex. 3:2; Rev. 2:18), as indicating "the intense, all-co...
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Foreknowledge of God
Acts 2:23; Rom. 8:29; 11:2; 1 Pet. 1:2), one of those high attributes essentially appertaining to hi...
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Forgiveness of sin
One of the constituent parts of justification. In pardoning sin, God absolves the sinner from the co...
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Galilee, Sea of
(Matt. 4:18; 15:29), is mentioned in the Bible under three other names.
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Gibeah of Judah
(Josh. 15:57), a city in the mountains of Judah, the modern Jeba, on a hill in the Wady Musurr, abou...
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Gibeah of Phinehas
(Josh. 15:57, R.V. marg.), a city on Mount Ephraim which had been given to Phinehas (24:33 "hill," A...
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Gilead, Balm of
The region of Gilead abounded in spices and aromatic gums, which were exported to Egypt and Tyre (Ge...
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Goodness of God
A perfection of his character which he exercises towards his creatures according to their various ci...
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Government of God
See Providence.
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Grace, means of
An expression not used in Scripture, but employed (1) to denote those institutions ordained by God t...
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Habakkuk, Prophecies of
Were probably written about B.C. 650-627, or, as some think, a few years later. This book consists o...
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