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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Convent
·vi A coming together; a meeting.
II. Convent ·vi To be convenient; to <<Serve>>.
III. Convent ·vi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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prior
prĭor and prĭus (old form also in neutr. prior, Val. Antias and Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 767), ōris,...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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prior
prior neut. prius, ōris, adj.comp.(for sup.see primus) PRO-, former, previous, prior, first : me q...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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Prior
·adj The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity.
II. Prior ·add. ·adj First, prec...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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. (...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(Holy) Cross, West Smithfield
Ecclesia Sanctae Crucis infra Hospitale Sancti Bartholomaei in Westsmythefelde Londoniarum pertinet ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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West
·adv <<Westward>>.
II. West ·vi To pass to the west; to set, as the sun.
III. West ·vi To turn or ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Le West
Mentioned in early records as if there were a district so named in the City: Grant by Alan Bursar to...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Smithfield
See West Smithfield.
...
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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....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Knightriders Street, West Smithfield
See Giltspur Street.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Metropolitan Market, West Smithfield
See London Central Markets.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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convent garden
vulgarly called common garden. Anciently, the garden belonging to a dissolved monastery; now famous ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Prior, Matthew
(1664-1721)
Poet, b. near Wimborne Minster, Dorset, s. of a joiner who, having d., he was ed. by an...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Bear and Ragged Staff Inn, West Smithfield
See Bear Inn.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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West and Cove's Wharf
West of White Friers Dock on the Thames (Horwood, 1799)-Former names: "Lyme Wharf" (O. and M. 1677)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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West India
·- ·Alt. of West Indian.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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West Indian
·- Belonging or relating to the West Indies.
II. West Indian ·- A native of, or a dweller in, the W...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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West Alley
In Shoe Lane (P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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West Street
1) West out of Finsbury Circus to No. 26 Finsbury Pavement (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street Ward....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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West Watergate
See Puddle Dock.
...
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west wind
This and its collateral, the S.W., prevail nearly three-fourths of the year in the British seas, and...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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And
·conj If; though. ·see <<An>>, ·conj.
II. And ·conj It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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and
• The people who inhabited generally the whole of that country.
• In (Genesis 10:18-20) the seats o...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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East Smithfield
A district lying just outside the walls of London, east of the Tower, stretching south to the Thames...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Elms, Smithfield
"Le elmes" or "le two elmys" in the parish of St. Sepulchre without Newgate are frequently mentioned...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Smithfield, East
See East Smithfield.
...
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Smithfield Market
On the south side of Charterhouse Street, north of West Smith field, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.O...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Smithfield Penns
See Smithfield Market.
...
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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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Empire State of the West
·add. ·- Missouri;
— a nickname.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Asuppim, And House Of
(1 Chronicles 26:15,17) literally house of the gatherings. Some understand it as the proper name of ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Custom House Stairs, East and West
East and west of the Custom House, on the river (O.S. 1894-6). The Stairs East are in Tower Ward. Th...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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Arthur Street West
See Arthur Street.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Benedict the West
See St. Benet Paul's Wharf.
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Cannon Street West
See Cannon Street.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Duklane, West Srnithfield
See Duke Street.
...
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Fish Street, West
See West Fish Street.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Gresham Street West
West from Wood Street to Foster Lane. In Cripplegate Ward Within and Aldersgate Ward.
Formerly call...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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West Fish Street
In parish of St. Nicholas Coldabbey, 14 Rich. II. (Anc. Deeds, A. 2488).
Probably the western porti...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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West Harding Street
East out of Fetter Lane at No.20 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without.
Former names: Westha...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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north-west passage
By Hudson's Bay into the Pacific Ocean has been more than once attempted of late years, but hitherto...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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west-country parson
A fish, the hake (Gadus merluccius), is so called, from a black streak on its back, and from its abu...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Upper East Smithfield
East from Littie Tower Hill to Dock Street (P.O. Directory).
Earliest mention: Lockie, 1810.
Forme...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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size of bread, and cue of bread
Cambridge. The one signifying half, the other one-fourth part of a halfpenny loaf, cue being Q. the ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Melters of Tallow and Lard
Unctarii-excluded from Chepe 1283 (Cal. L. Bk. A. p. 221).
In the Calendar, "unctarii" = "oynters."...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tree of the knowledge of good and evil
Stood in the midst of the garden of Eden, beside the tree of life (Gen. 2, 3). Adam and Eve were for...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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st of the of the wind and current
See direction of the wind and current
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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(St.) Dunstan in the West
On the north side of Fleet Street at No. 187 (P.O. Directory), between Fetter Lane and Chancery Lane...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Nicholas West Fish Street
See St. Nicholas New Fish Street.
...
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set of the wind and current
See direction of the wind and current
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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direction or set of the wind and current
These are opposite terms; the direction of the winds and waves being named from the point of the com...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Chronicles, First And Second Books Of
the name originally given to the record made by the appointed historiographers in the kingdoms of Is...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Kings, First And Second Books Of
originally only one book in the Hebrew canon, from in the LXX. and the Vulgate the third and fourth ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Veil Of The Tabernacle And Temple
[Tabernacle; Temple]
...
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cooper's Court, East Smithfield
See Hooper's Court.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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 ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Covent Rentes, East Smithfield
Messuage called "le Covent Rentes" in Estsmythfeld in parish of St. Botolph without Algate belonging...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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 ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Red Lion, East Smithfield
Brewhouse so called, which belonged to St. Mary Graces, near the brewhouse called " Le three Kyngs,"...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Swan Court, East Smithfield
See Nightingale Court.
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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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Castor and Pollux
·- ·see Saint Elmo's fire, under <<Saint>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Half-and-half
·noun A mixture of two malt liquors, ·esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts.
...
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In and an
·adj & ·adv Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. ·see under <<Breeding>...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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In-and-in
·noun An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, eithe...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Lords and Ladies
·- The European wake-robin (Arum maculatum), — those with purplish spadix the lords, and those with ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Make and break
·add. ·- Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
...
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Tom and Jerry
·add. ·- A hot sweetened drink of rum and water spiced with cinnamon, cloves, ·etc., and beaten up w...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Tops-and-bottoms
·noun ·pl Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in halves, and then browned in an oven, — used as food fo...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Tweedledum and Tweedledee
·add. ·- Two things practically alike;
— a phrase coined by John Byrom (1692-1793) in his satire "O...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Azur and Azzur
Helper.
1) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet (Jer. 28:1).
2) The father of Jaazaniah (Ezek. ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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By and by
Immediately (Matt. 13:21; R.V., "straightway;" Luke 21:9).
...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Castor and Pollux
The "Dioscuri", two heroes of Greek and Roman mythology. Their figures were probably painted or scul...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Jachin and Boaz
The names of two brazen columns set up in Solomon's temple (1 Kings 7:15-22). Each was eighteen cubi...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Tryphena and Tryphosa
Two female Christians, active workers, whom Paul salutes in his epistle to the Romans (16:12).
...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Bell and Crown
On the north side of Holborn, east of Furnival's Inn, in Farringdon Ward Without. The southern porti...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(The) Cat and Fiddle
In the parish of St. Benet Sherehog, 1542 (L. and P. H. VIII. XVII. 393).
Earliest mention: "le Cat...
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(The) Crown and Cushion
See Pay Office.
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The Hand and Still
In Houndesditch at the boundary of Bishopsgate Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 94, and in 1755 ed.).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hoare and Co
Premises on the west side of Water Lane, in Farringdon Ward Within (Horwood, 1799).
Site occupied i...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Rose and Crown
A house so called in parish of St. Michael Crooked Lane demised to the use of the church and parish ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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air and exercise
He has had air and exercise, i.e. he has been whipped at the cart's tail; or, as it is generally, th...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bird and baby
The sign of the eagle and child.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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black and white
In writing. I have it in black and white; I have written evidence.
...
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bubble and squeak
Beef and cabbage fried together. It is so called from its bubbling up and squeaking whilst over the ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bulk and file
Two pickpockets; the bulk jostles the party to be robbed, and the file does the business.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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buttock and file
A common whore and a pick-pocket. Cant.
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buttock and twang, or down buttock and sham file
A common whore, but no pickpocket.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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buttock and tongue
A scolding wife.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to chop and change
To exchange backwards and forwards. To chop, in the canting sense, means making dispatch, or hurryin...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ducks and drakes
To make ducks and drakes: a school-boy's amusement, practised with pieces of tile, oyster-shells, or...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gamon and patter
Common place talk of any profession; as the gamon and patter of a horse-dealer, sailor, &c.
...
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gog and magog
Two giants, whose effigies stand on each side of the clock in Guildhall, London; of whom there is a ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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guts and garbage
A very fat man or woman. More guts than brains; a silly fellow. He has plenty of guts, but no bowels...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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here and thereian
One who has no settled place of residence.
...
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hide and seek
A childish game. He plays at hide and seek; a saying of one who is in fear of being arrested for deb...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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inside and outside
The inside of a **** and the outside of a gaol.
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milk and water
Both ends of the busk.
...
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monks and friars
Terms used by printers: monks are sheets where the letters are blotted, or printed too black; friars...
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orthodoxy and heterodoxy
Somebody explained these terms by saying, the first was a man who had a doxy of his own, the second ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pothooks and hangeks
A scrawl, bad writing.
...
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quick and nimble
More like a bear than a squirrel. Jeeringly said to any one moving sluggishly on a business or erran...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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quirks and quillets
Tricks and devices. Quirks in law; subtle distinctions and evasions.
...
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roaratorios and uproars
Oratorios and operas.
...
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roast and boiled
A nick name for the Life Guards, who are mostly substantial house-keepers; and eat daily of roast an...
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six and tips
Whisky and small beer. IRISH.
...
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sixes and sevens
Left at sixes and sevens: i.e. in confusion; commonly said of a room where the furniture, &c. is sca...
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tarring and feathering
A punishment lately infliced by the good people of Boston on any person convicted, or suspected, of ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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chock-and-log
n. and adj.
a particularkind of fence much used on Australian stations. The Chock is a thick short ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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tagrag-and-bobtail
n.
a species of sea-weed.See quotation.
1866. S. Hannaford, `Wild Flowers of Tasmania,' p. 80:
«I...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wattle-and-dab
a rough mode of architecture, verycommon in Australia at an early date. The phrase and itsmeaning ar...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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by fits and starts
At short and sudden intervals interruptedly.
As prayer is a duty of daily occurrence, the injunctio...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to cut and run
To be off; to be gone.--Holloway's Prov. Dictionary.
Originally a nautical term. To cut the cable o...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to rake and scrape
To collect.
Where under the sun, says I to myself, did he rake and scrape together such super-super...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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back and forth
Backwards and forwards, applied to a person in walking, as, "He was walking back and forth." A commo...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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black and blue
The color of a bruise; a familiar expression for a bruise, here and in England.
Mistress Ford, good...
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black and white
To put a thing into black and white, is, to commit it to writing. In use in Scotland.--Jamieson.
I ...
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chinking and daubing
The process of filling with clay the interstices between the logs of houses in the new countries. In...
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cut and dried
Ready made.
I am for John C. Calhoun for the presidency; and will not go for Mr. Van Buren, the man...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hammer and tongs
In a noisy, furious manner. Thus, 'They went at it hammer and tongs,' is said of persons quarrelling...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hand and glove
Intimate, familiar; i. e. as closely united as a hand and its glove. 'They are hand and glove togeth...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hither and yon
This expression is often used in the country towns of New England for here and there. It is never he...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hums and hahs
A familiar expression applied to one who hesitates in speaking. 'None of your hums and hahs!' that i...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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long and short
The end; the result; the upshot.
You see I should have bore down on Sol Gills yesterday, but she to...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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off and on
Vacillating, changeable, undecided; in which sense it is much used with us. In England it is also us...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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out and out
1) Thorough.
Henry Clay is such a statesman as the country wanted. We want a long tried, well known...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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sixes and sevens
'To be at sixes and sevens,' is to be in a state of disorder and confusion. A ludicrous expression t...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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spack and applejees
(Dutch.) Pork and apples, cooked together. An ancient Dutch dish made in New York.
...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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tarring and feathering
A punishment sometimes inflicted by indignantly virtuous mobs in Southern and Western States, on per...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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ways and means
The committee of 'ways and means,' in legislation, is a committee to whom is intrusted the considera...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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whig and tory
Names of political parties. The history of the origin of these names is thus given by Cooke: "Accord...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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whigs and democrats
It is very difficult to give a precise, accurate, and satisfactory definition of the principles dist...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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boke and bane
lusty and strong. N. and Y.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cockers and trashes
old stockings without feet, and worn-out shoes. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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counterfeits and trinkets
porringers and saucers. Chesh.
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cricks and howds
pains and strains. N.
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fending and proving
disputing, arguing pro and con. C.
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grin and abide
to endure patiently. You must grin and abide it. North.
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heads and plucks
the refuse of timber trees, as boughs, roots, &c. Derb.
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helm and hawn
the handle of a spade, &c. Derb.
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hither and you
here and there, backwards and forwards. N.
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marry and shall
i. e. that I will. North.
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milt and melt
the soft roe of a fish. York.
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money and gold
silver and gold. York.
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peas and sport
See scadding of peas.
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rid and ridden
dispatch and dispatched : It rids well : it goes on fast. It will soon be ridden, i. e. got rid of. ...
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runches and runchballs
carlock, when dried and withered. N.
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saugh and sauf
sallow. N.
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snod and snog
neat, handsome : as, snogly gear'd, handsomely dressed. N. SNOG-MALT, smooth, with few combs.
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to and again
backwards and forwards. York and Derb.
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act and intention
Must be united in admiralty law.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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bilge and chimb
See bouge and chine
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bowge and chine
See bouge and chine
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bouge or bowge and chine
, or bilge and chimb
The end of one cask stowed against the bilge of another. To prepare a ship fo...
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chine and chine
Casks stowed end to end.
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costs and damage
Demurrage is generally given against a captor for unjustifiable detention. Where English merchants p...
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cut and thrust
To give point with a sword after striking a slash.
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den and strond
A liberty for ships or vessels to run or come ashore. Edward I. granted this privilege to the barons...
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fast and loose
An uncertain and shuffling conduct.
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fifer and fidler
Two very important aids in eliciting exact discipline; for hoisting, warping, and heaving at the cap...
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fire-and-lights
Nickname of the master-at-arms.
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fore-and-aft
From head to stern throughout the ship's whole length, or from end to end; it also implies in a line...
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fore-and-after
A cocked hat worn with the peak in front instead of athwart. Also, a very usual term for a schooner ...
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full and by
Sailing close-hauled on a wind; when a ship is as close as she will lie to the wind, without sufferi...
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pudding and dolphin
A larger and lesser pad, made of ropes, and put round the masts under the lower yards.
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rank and file
This word includes corporals as well as privates, all below sergeants. (See file.)
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ribs and trucks
Used figuratively for fragments.
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round and grape
A phrase used when a gun is charged at close quarters with round shot, grape, and canister; termed a...
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rouse and bit
The order to turn out of the hammocks.
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soak and send!
The order to pass wet swabs along.
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stamp and go!
The order to step out at the capstan, or with hawsers, topsail-halliards, &c., generally to the fife...
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stock and fluke
The whole of anything.
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