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White
·noun A white pigment; as, Venice white.
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White
A symbol of purity (2 Chr. 5:12; Ps. 51:7; Isa. 1:18; Rev. 3:18; 7:14). Our Lord, at his transfigura...
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white
1) to requite ; as, God white you, God requite you. Chesh. Var. Dial.
2) to blame ; you lean all th...
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Harte, Francis Bret
(1839-1902)
American humorist, b. in Albany, N.Y., but when still a boy went to California. He had ...
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Cream-white
·adj As white as cream.
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Snow-white
·adj White as snow; very white.
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Water-white
·noun A vinelike plant (Vitis Caribaea) growing in parched districts in the West Indies, and contain...
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White elephant
·add. ·- Something requiring much care and expense and yielding little profit; any burdensome posses...
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White fly
·add. ·- Any one of numerous small injurious hemipterous insects of the genus Aleyrodes, allied to s...
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White friar
·- A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. ·see ...
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White horse
·add. ·- A large mass of tough sinewy substance in the head of sperm whales, just above the upper ja...
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White list
·add. ·- The official list of all transactions, published daily on white paper, divided into sales f...
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White mustard
·add. ·- A kind of mustard (Sinapis alba) with rough-hairy foliage, a long-beaked hispid pod, and pa...
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White person
·add. ·- A person of the Caucasian race (6 Fed. Rep. 256).
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White plague
·add. ·- Tuberculosis, ·esp. of the lungs.
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White slave
·add. ·- A woman held in involuntary confinement for purposes of prostitution; loosely, any woman fo...
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White slaver
·add. ·- A person engaged in procuring or holding a woman or women for unwilling prostitution.
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White slaving
·add. ·- The action of one who procures or holds a woman or women for unwilling prostitution.
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White-blaze
·noun ·see White-face.
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White-ear
·noun The <<Wheatear>>.
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White-eye
·noun Any one of several species of small Old World singing of the genus Zosterops, as Zosterops pal...
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White-face
·noun A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose;
— called also white-b...
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White-foot
·noun A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and the coffin.
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White-fronted
·adj Having a white front; as, the white-fronted lemur.
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White-heart
·noun A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin.
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White-hot
·adj White with heat; heated to whiteness, or incandescence.
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White-limed
·adj Whitewashed or plastered with lime.
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White-livered
·adj Having a pale look; feeble; hence, cowardly; pusillanimous; dastardly.
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White-pot
·noun A kind of food made of milk or cream, eggs, sugar, bread, ·etc., baked in a pot.
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White-water
·noun A dangerous disease of sheep.
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White, Gilbert
(1720-1793)
Naturalist, b. at Selborne, Hants, and ed. along with the Wartons (q.v.) at their fathe...
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White Bear
In Abchurch Lane.
Destroyed in the Fire 1666.
Rebuilt as " Pontack's," for many years a famous tav...
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White Bull
Hostel so called in Westmythfeld, 1445 (Cal. L. Bk. K. p.310).
Not further identified.
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White Cross
In an Inquisition 3 Ed. I. mention is made of water coming down from Smethefeld del Barbican in the ...
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The White Hart
1) Tenement called the "Sygne de le Whyte Harte " in Westchepe in parish of St. Mary Colchurch, betw...
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The White Horse
1) A messuage in Holborne and Fetter Lane, 33 Eliz. (Lond. I p.m. III. 153).
Qy. = White Horse Alle...
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White Street
West out of Moorfields, at No.39, to Moor Lane (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Without.
First...
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The White Swan
A messuage called the White Swan. In Great Eastcheap in parish of St. Leonard upon Fish street hill,...
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White Yard
Out of Lamb Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I ii 108-Boyle, 1799).
The site i...
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lily white
A chimney-sweeper.
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white feather
He has a white feather; he is a coward; an allusion to a game cock, where having a white leather is ...
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white-livered
Cowardly, malicious.
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white lie
A harmless lie, one not told with a malicious intent, a lie told to reconcile people at variance.
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white serjeant
A man fetched from the tavern or ale-house by his wife, is said to be arrested by the white serjeant...
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white swelling
A woman big with child is said to have a white swelling.
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maori, white
New Zealand miners' name for a stone. See quotation.
1883. `A Citizen,' `Illustrated Guide to Duned...
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plum, white
n.
local name for Acacia (q.v.).
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white-bream
See silver-bream
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white wood
See waddy wood
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white-eye
n.
another name for the bird calledvariously Silver-Eye, Wax-Eye, Blight-Bird, etc., Zosterops (q.v...
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white-face
n.
a name applied to the Australianbird, Xerophila leucopsis, Gould. Another species isthe Chestnut...
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white gallinule
n.
one of the birds of thefamily called Rails. The White Gallinule wasrecorded from New South Wales...
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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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white-pointer
n.
a New South Wales name forthe White-Shark. See Shark.
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white-top
n.
another name for Flintwood (q.v.).
...
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white-trevally
n.
an Australian fish.See Trevally.
1882. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `Fish and Fisheries of NewSout...
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white nib
a rook. Yorksh.
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white bite
The Clupea alba, a well-known fish caught in the Thames, but strictly a sea-fish, erroneously held t...
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white bait or bite
The Clupea alba, a well-known fish caught in the Thames, but strictly a sea-fish, erroneously held t...
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white caps
Waves with breaking crests, specially between the east end of Jamaica and Kingston; but obtaining ge...
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white feather
The figurative symbol of cowardice: a white feather in a cock's tail being considered a proof of cro...
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white-fish
A fish of the salmon family, found in the lakes of North America; also a name of the hard-head (whic...
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white-herring
A pickled herring in the north, but in other parts a fresh herring is so called.
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white-horse
A name of the Raia fullonica. (See also white caps.)
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white-lappelle
A sobriquet for a lieutenant, in allusion to his former uniform. (See lappelle.)
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white-rope
Rope which has not been tarred. Manilla, coir, and some other ropes, do not require tarring.
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white squall
A tropical wind said to give no warning; it sweeps the surface with spoon-drift.
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white-tape
A term amongst smugglers for hollands or gin.
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white-water
That which is seen over extensive sandy patches, where, owing to the limpidity and shallowness of th...
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White Hart, White Hart Court
West out of Bishopsgate, at No, 119, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
The date 1480 wa...
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Great White Way
·add. ·- Broadway, in New York City, in the neighborhood chiefly occupied by theaters, as from about...
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Schwann's white substance
·- The substance of the medullary sheath.
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Taylor-White process
·add. ·- A process (invented about 1899 by Frederick W. Taylor and Maunsel B. White) for giving toug...
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White, Henry Kirke
(1785-1806)
Poet, s. of a butcher at Nottingham. At first assisting his f., next a stocking weaver,...
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White, Joseph Blanco
(1775-1841)
Poet, s. of a merchant, an Irish Roman Catholic resident at Seville, where he was b., b...
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White, Richard Grant
(1822-1885)
Shakespearian scholar, b. in New York State, was long Chief of the Revenue Marine Burea...
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White, WIlliam Hale
(c. 1830)
Novelist, etc. The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford (1885), Mark Rutherford's Deliverance...
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White Bear Alley
West out of Addle Hill, with a passage north to Church Hill, in Castle Baynard Ward (Rocque, 1746-L....
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White Bear Yard
South out of Bride Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Lockie, 1816)
Not named in the maps.
...
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White Bell Alley
North out of Great Eastcheap, east of St. Clement's Lane. In Candlewick Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype,...
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White Cock Alley
South out of Thames Street to the Thames, west of and leading to Dyers' Hall (O. and M. 1677).
Purc...
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White Cock Court
East out of Bread Street, in Bread Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
Site has been rebuilt...
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White Fryars Lane
South out of Whitefriars to the Thames (Leake, 1666).
See Whitefriars Street.
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White Fryers Stairs
At the south end of Waterman's Lane on the Thames, west of Whitefriars Dock (Leake, 1666-L. Guide, 1...
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White Hall Court
East from the Tower precinct to St. Katherine's lane (Horwood, 1799-Lockie, 1811).
Removed for the ...
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White Hart Alley
South out of Leadenhall Street, in Aldgate Ward (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Former name: "White ...
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White Hart Court
1) North out of Long Lane, West Smithfield, to the northern boundary of Farringdon Ward Without (Hor...
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White Hart Inn
1) On the north side of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without, with a passage to 3 Leg Court (Str...
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White Hart Street
East out of Warwick Lane, at No.25, to Paternoster Square (P.O. Directory). In Castle Baynard Ward.
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White Head Court
In Duke's Place (W. Stow, 1722-P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps.
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White Hind Court
1) See Bishopsgate Buildings.
2) West out of Coleman Street, in Coleman Street Ward (Boyle, 1799).
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White Hind Yard
North out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M., 1677).
See White Hart Inn.
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White Horse Alley
1) South out of Holborn, east of Fetter Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
See Stok...
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White Horse Court
1) East out of Noble Street, in Aldersgate Ward, between Lillypot Lane and Oat Lane (Strype, 1720 an...
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White Horse Inn
1) On the east side of Wood Street at No.30, in Cripplegate Ward Within (Rocque, 1746-Lockie, 1816)....
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White Horse Yard
1) West out of Coleman Street at No.15, in Coleman Street Ward (P.O. Directory).
First mention: Lea...
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White Legge Entre
Five tenements and shops in parish of Blessed Mary of Bow called the "White Legge Entre," 4 Ed. VI. ...
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White Lion Court
1) South out of Great Tower Street, east of Beer Lane (P.O. Directory). In Tower Ward.
Earliest men...
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White Lion Square
North out of Old Bethlem at No.16 (Lockie, 1816-Elmes, 1831).
Not named in the maps.
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White Lion Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street at No.17, west of Paul's Wharf. In Castle Baynard Ward (P.O. Direct...
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White Lyon Alley
See White Lion Court, Cornhill.
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White Lyon Court
1) East out of Little Bell Alley, in Broad Street Ward (P.C. 1732-Elmes, 1831).
The site is now occ...
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White Lyon Tavern
On the west side of Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746).
Site rebuilt for ...
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White Rampinge Lyon
See Three Crown Court2, Foster Lane.
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White Rose Court
South out of Widegate Street to Middlesex Street (L.C.C. List, 1912).
First mention: Lockie, 1810.
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White Rose Place
East out of Whitecross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype ,ed. 1720-O.S.1880).
Former name...
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White Street, Houndsditch
See Cutler Street.
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White Swan Court
In Newgate Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps.
Name derived from the sign...
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White Swan Inn
1) In Seething Lane, 1636 (L. and P. Chas. I. I635~6, p.380). No other mention.
2) West out of West...
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White Swan Stairs
South out of Thames Street on the Thames (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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White Tawyers' Seld
Seld of Richer de Refham so called in parish of St. Mary de Colchirch, 1328 (Ct. H.W. I. 339).
Not ...
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black and white
In writing. I have it in black and white; I have written evidence.
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white-lipped snake
n.
See under snake.
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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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white for quite
QUITE, per aphaeresin, pro REQUITE.
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white boot-top
A painted white line carried fore and aft on the hammock-netting base. It gives a longer appearance ...
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Baker, Sir Samuel White
(1821-1893)
Traveller, b. in London, and after being a planter in Ceylon, and superintending the co...
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Black and White Alley
East out of Tower Hill, near Woodruff Lane (Hatton, 1708-Boyle, 1799). Within the Tower precincts.
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Black and White Court
South out of Fleet Lane to Belle Savage Inn and the Old Bailey (Leake, 1666-Elmes, 1831).
Strype de...
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Great White Bear Court
North out of Thames Street in Blackfriars, west of Addle Hill, in Castle Baynard Ward (P.C. 1732).
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Little White Bear Court
North out of Thames Street, in the precinct of Blackfriars (P. C. 1732-Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in...
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White Alley, Coleman Street
See White's Alley.
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White Bear, Botolph Lane
See The Bear1.
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White Friers New Wharf
On the south side of Temple Street to Hawke's Wharf and the Thames (Horwood, 1799-Lockie, 1816).
Se...
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White Hart Inn, Aldersgate
See The George, Aldersgate.
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White Hart Inn, Yard
South out of London Wall. In Broad Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1848-51).
"White Hart Stables "...
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White Horse Alley, Inn
1) North out of Barbican, in Aldersgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
See White Horse...
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White Horse Court, Inn
North out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Hatton, 1708-L. Guide, 1758).
Site now occup...
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White Horse Inn, Barbican
See White Horse Alley.
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White Horse Inn, Yard
On the south side of Fore Street, east of Cripplegate. In Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-B...
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White Horse Yard, Inn
South out of London Wall, in Broad Street Ward, opposite Bethlehem Hospital (O. and M. 1677-Lockie, ...
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White Lion Court, Cornhill
North out of Coruhill at No.64 (P.O. Directory). In Cornhill Ward.
First mention: W. Stow, 1722.
F...
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(St.) John in the White Tower
See St. John's Chapel in the Tower.
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White Bear Alley, Rosemary Lane
See Bell Alley, Little Tower Hill.
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White Bear Alley, St. Katherine's
West out of Red Cross Street (Rocque, 1746).
Name probably derived from "White Bear Brewhouse" (Sur...
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White Bear Inn, Basinghall Street
See Bear Inn.
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White Hart Alley, Long Lane
See White Hart Court.
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White Hart Court, Leadenhall Street
See White Hart Alley.
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White Hart Court, Middlesex Street
Near Inkhorn Court, Petticoat Lane. In Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 28).
Not named in t...
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White Hart Court, Warwick Lane
See White Hart Street.
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White Hart on the Hoop
A tenement called "Whitehart," otherwise "Hyltonsyn," opposite the lane called Chancellors lane, 147...
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White Hart Yard, Lombard Street
See White Hart Court.
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White Horse Inn, London Wall
See White Horse Yard.
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White Horse Yard, Seething Lane
East out of Seething Lane, south of the Navy Office (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
Former name: "Carr ...
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White Lion Court, Birchin Lane
See Bengal Court.
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White Lyon Yard, Cow Lane
See White Lion Court3.
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White Rose Alley, Whitecross Street
Mentioned in L.C.C. List, 1901.
See White Rose Place.
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White Rose Court, Coleman Street
See Masons' Avenue.
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black-and-white ringed snake
See under snake.
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White Bear Court, Aldgate High Street
See White Bear Alley.
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White Horse Alley, Aldgate High Street
See Black Horse Yard, Aldgate High Street.
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White Horse and Half Moon Stables
South out of London Wall. In Broad Street Ward (Rocque, 1746).
"Three Pigeon Alley" (O. and M. 1677...
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White Horse Court, Old Broad Street
See Union Court; White Horse Inn, Yard.
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White Horse Court, Royal Mint Street
North out of Royal Mint Street in the parish of St. Mary Whitechapel (P.C. 1732-O.S. 25 in. 1880). F...
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White Horse Yard, Old Broad Street
See Flying Horse Yard.
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black's the white of my eye
When Jack avers that no one can say this or that of him. It is an indignant expression of innocence ...
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White Bear Alley, Court, Aldgate High Street
See Saville Buildings.
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