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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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Rose
·- imp. of Rise.
II. Rose ·vt To perfume, as with roses.
III. Rose ·Impf of <<Rise>>.
IV. Rose ·n...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Rose
Many varieties of the rose proper are indigenous to Syria. The famed rose of Damascus is white, but ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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The Rose
1) On the boundary of St. Katherine Creechurch parish (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 64).
Not otherwise ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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rose
Under the rose: privately or secretly. The rose was, it is said, sacred to Harpocrates, the God of s...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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rose
n.
name given to the Australian shrub, Boronia serrulata, Sm., N.O. Rutaceae. It hasbright green le...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rose
, or strainer.
A plate of copper or lead perforated with small holes, placed on the heel of a pump...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Rose
occurs twice only, viz. in (Song of Solomon 2:1; Isaiah 35:1) There is much difference of opinion as...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Place
·add. ·vt To place-kick ( a goal).
II. Place ·noun A definite position or passage of a document.
I...
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place
A fortress, especially its main body.
...
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White
·noun A white pigment; as, Venice white.
II. White ·superl Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; ...
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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...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Rose Alley, Duke's Place, Aldgate
See Mitre Street.
...
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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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Cop-rose
·noun The red, or corn, poppy.
...
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Cup-rose
·noun Red poppy. ·see Cop-rose.
...
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Dog-rose
·noun A common European wild rose, with single pink or white flowers.
...
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Gelder-rose
·noun ·same·as Guelder-rose.
...
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Gy-rose
·adj Turned round like a crook, or bent to and fro.
...
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Memorial rose
·add. ·- A Japanese evergreen rose (Rosa wichuraiana) with creeping branches, shining leaves, and si...
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Provence rose
·- The cabbage rose (Rosa centifolia).
II. Provence rose ·- A name of many kinds of roses which are...
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Rose water
·- Water tinctured with roses by distillation.
...
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Rose-colored
·adj Having the color of a pink rose; rose-pink; of a delicate pink color.
II. Rose-colored ·adj Un...
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Rose-cut
·adj Cut flat on the reverse, and with a convex face formed of triangular facets in rows;
— said of...
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Rose-pink
·adj Disposed to clothe everything with roseate hues; hence, sentimental.
II. Rose-pink ·adj Having...
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Rose-red
·adj Red as a rose; specifically (Zool.), of a pure purplish red color.
...
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Rose-rial
·noun A name of several English gold coins struck in different reigns and having having different va...
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Rose-water
·adj Having the odor of rose water; hence, affectedly nice or delicate; sentimental.
...
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Red Rose
See Rose, Manor of.
...
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Le Rose Aleye
An Alley called" le Rose Aleye " near the graveyard of the Charter house, 22 Ed. IV. (Anc. Deeds, B....
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Rose Alley
1) East out of Bishopsgate, at No.178, to New Street (P.O. Directory) In Bishopsgate Ward Without.
...
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Rose Court
1) In Jewin Street (Strype, ed. 1755-L. Guide, 1758).
Not named in the maps.
2) Out of Addle Hill,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Rose Inn
1) In Fleet Street, belonging to the Monastery of Rochester (Dugdale, I.).
No later mention.
2) Ne...
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Rose Street
South out of Newgate Street, at No.20, to Paternoster Square (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Wi...
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Rose Tavern
On the west side of Chancery Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746).
Site rebuilt for offi...
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rose-apple
n.
another name for the SweetPlum. See under plum.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rose-bush
a timber-tree, Eupomatia laurina,R. Br., N.O. Anonaceae.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rose-hill
n.
The name is given by Gould asapplied to two Parrakeets:
1) Platycercus eximius, Vig. and Hors.,...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rose, native
n.
i.q. bauera (q.v.).
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cop-rose
papaver rhaeas : called also head work. N.
...
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rose-lashing
This lashing is middled, and passed opposite ways; when finished, the ends appear as if coiled round...
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Burying place
·- The ground or place for burying the dead; burial place.
...
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By-place
·noun A retired or private place.
...
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Place-kick
·add. ·vt & ·vi To make a place kick; to make (a goal) by a place kick.
...
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Place-proud
·adj Proud of rank or office.
...
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High place
An eminence, natural or artificial, where worship by sacrifice or offerings was made (1 Kings 13:32;...
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Holy place
One of the two portions into which the tabernacle was divided (Ex. 26:31; 37:17-25; Heb. 9:2). It wa...
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Market-place
Any place of public resort, and hence a public place or broad street (Matt. 11:16; 20:3), as well as...
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Open place
Gen. 38:14, 21, mar. Enaim; the same probably as Enam (Josh. 15:34), a city in the lowland or Shephe...
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Adelaide Place
1) South from King William Street at No.40 to London Bridge (P.O. Directory). In Bridge Ward Within....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Albion Place
North out of London Wall and then east. In Coleman Street Ward (O.S. 1880).
First mention: O.S. 184...
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Alfred Place
South out of Paul's Alley, Redcross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without, leading into Aldersgate Str...
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Amelia Place
South-west out of Seven Step Alley between Hutchison's Avenue and Gun Square, Houndsditch. In Portso...
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Angel Place
South out of Skinner Street to Angel Alley. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (O.S. 1848-51).
Former name...
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Artichoke Place
West out of Whitecross Street, south of May Square, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O.S. 1875).
Former...
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Baily Place
South-east out of Little Tower Hill to Upper East Smithfield (London Guide, 1758-Greenwood, 1827). I...
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Bartholomew Place
East out of Bartholomew Close at No.38 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without.
First mention:...
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Bath Place
"The Earle of Bathes Inne, now called Bath place of late for the most part new builded," near Holbor...
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(St.) Benet Place
East out of Gracechurch Street at No. 58 (P.O. Directory). In Bridge Ward Within.
First mention: O....
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Bishoppes Place
See Minories.
...
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Bridewell Place
West out of New Bridge Street at No. 12 (P.O. Directory) and south to Tudor Street. In Farringdon Wa...
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Bridgewater Place
South out of Fann Street at No. 12 in Aldersgate Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
First mention: O.S....
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Brittania Place
West out of Bishopsgate Street at No. 183. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (O.S. 1848-50).
Former names...
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Carnebelles Place
A messuage or inn so called with a garden in the parish of St. Botolph without Aldrichegate, near le...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Chapel Place
North out of the Poultry at No. 30 (P.O. Directory). In Cheap Ward.
First mention: Elmes, 1831.
Fo...
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Chatham Place
Leading from New Bridge Street at its southern end to Blackfriars Bridge. In Farringdon Wards Within...
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Chester Place
West out of Fleet Market, in Farringdon Ward Without, leading into Black Horse Court (Lockie, 1810-E...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Child's Place
South out of Fleet Street, adjoining Child's Bank (O.S. 1880).
Erected 1788.
First mention: Horwoo...
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Church Place
West out of Garlick Hill, opposite St. James' Church in Vintry Ward.
Former names : O.S. 1875-Bacon...
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Circus Place
North out of London Wall to Finsbury Circus, between Salisbury House and London Wall Buildings (P.O....
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Clark's Place
East out of Bishopsgate at No. 86 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward (Within).
First mention: O....
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Clement's Place
North out of Lamb Alley to Smith's Buildings. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (O.S. 1875-80). Seems to b...
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Crescent Place
East out of New Bridge Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (Horwood 1799-O.S. 1848-50).
Site now occu...
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Crosby Place
On the east side of Bishopsgate (Street Within).
Built by Sir John Crosby on lands let to him by th...
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Dunning's Place
South out of Dunning's Alley and parallel to it. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (O.S. 25 in. 1880).
Th...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Edmund Place
East out of Aldersgate Street at No. 17 and north to No. 9 Jewin Street (P.O. Directory). In Aldersg...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Elim Place
West out of Fetter Lane, south of Graystoke Place, in Farringdon Ward Without (O.S., 1875), east of ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Elsworth Place
See Collier's Court.
...
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Frederick's Place
West out of Old Jewry at No. 34 (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street Ward.
First mention: Horwood, 1...
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Freeman's Place
Facing the east front of the Royal Exchange.
Erected 1845.
It seems to be called "Exchange Buildin...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Garden Place
West out of Middlesex Street. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).
First mention: O.S. 1880.
Former...
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Graystoke Place
West out of Fetter Lane, at No. 101, to Cursitor Street (P.O. Directory).
First mention: "Greystock...
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Gregory Place
North out of Half Moon Passage on the east side of Bartholomew Close (O.S. 1880, and L.C.C. List, 19...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Greshaan Place
West out of King William Street at No. 1 (P.O. Directory). In Langbourn and Walbrook Wards.
First m...
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Gresham Place
West out of Moor Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O.S. 1875-80).
The site is now occupied by part...
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Grey's Place
See Serjeants' Inn, Chancery Lane.
...
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Hanover Place
West out of Minories, at No. 108, to the Railway lines, London and Blackwall Railway, in Portsoken W...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hare Place
South out of Fleet Street, at No. 46, to Mitre Court (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Helen's Place
East out of Bishopsgate at No. 58 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Within.
Erected on the site...
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(St.) James' Place
East out of Garlick Hill, north of Maiden Lane and St. James' Church (P.O. Directory). In Vintry War...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Kingsown Place
North out of Lamb Alley to Smith's Buildings. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (O.S. 1880).
"Angel Court...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Lancaster Place
North out of Church Street, Minories (P.O. Directory).
Former names : "Tidewaiter's Court" (western...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Leadenhall Place
West out of Lime Street, at No. 6 to Leadenhall Market (P.O Directory). In Lime Street Ward.
First ...
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Lombard's Place
In Botolph Lane, in parish of St. Mary at Hill, in Billingsgate Ward.
Mentioned in the Churchwarden...
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Ludgate Place
South out of Ludgate Hill, east of Bridge Street (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).
Not named in the maps....
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Mac's Place
On the west side of Fetter Lane, south of Greystoke Place, in Farringdon Ward Without (O.S. 1848-80)...
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Monox Place
Occupied the site of messuages in Cross Lane and Suffolk Lane in or near the parish of St. Laurence ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Montague Place
At the east end of Cox's Court leading to Cross Key Square, Little Britain. In Aldersgate Ward Witho...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Montjoye Place
See Doctors' Commons.
...
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Moorgate Place
East out of Moorgate Street at No.40 (P.O. Directory).
First mention: 1893.
...
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Mountjoy Place
See Doctors' Commons.
...
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Newnham's Place
West out of Bishopsgate, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799-O.S. 1880).
On or near the site...
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Nightingale Place
West out of Middlesex Street to Petticoat Square (O.S. 1875-1880)
Formerly called: " Petticoat Squa...
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(Duke of) Norfolk', Place
Capital messuage of John Cooke, called the "Duke of Norfolkes place," and other messuages at Broken ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Northumberland Place
1) Or Broad Walk, within the Tower precincts (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
2) Mentioned in b...
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Old Place
Messuage or great Place commonly called the "Old Place" situate at the east head of the parish churc...
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Ormond Place
On the north side of Knightrider Street at the north-west boundary of Vintry Ward, opposite Ipres In...
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Oxford Place
By London Stone. In Waibrook Ward, on the north side of St. Swithin's Church and Churchyard (S. 225)...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Payn's Place
On the west side of Aldersgate Street at No. 142, opposite Jewin Street (Lockie, 1816).
Not named i...
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Pilkynton's Place
A messuage and four shops so called in the parish of St. Botolph without Aldrichegate in the ward of...
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Plough Place
North out of Plough Court, Fetter Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Lockie, 1816-O.S. 1875).
Site n...
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Pyke's Place
A messuage in parish of St. Bartholomew the Less in ward of Bradstrete, 2 Eliz. 1560 (Lond. I. p.m. ...
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Railway Place
South out of Fenchurch Street at No.63 (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.
First mentioned: O.S. 184...
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Reading Place
In parish of St. Andrew near Baynardes Castell, in the ward of Castle Baynard, belonging to Reading ...
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Redyng Place
See Reading Place.
...
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Rutland Place
North out of Thames Street to Church Hill, east of Puddle Dock. In Castle Baynard Ward (O.S. 1848-50...
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Salisbury Place
The hostel or Inn of the Bishops of Salisbury in London, on the south side of Fleet Street in the pa...
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Sandy's Place
West out of Sandy's Row, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (O.S.1875).
Site now occupied by the extension...
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Scrope Place
See Scroop's Inn.
...
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Shaftesbury Place
East out of Aldersgate Street at No.34, in Aldersgate Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
First mention:...
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Sheppy Place
East out of Minories at No.30. In Holy Trinity Minories precinct (P.O. Directory).
Former names: "S...
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Skinners' Place
1) East out of Size Lane, between Queen Victoria Street and Budge Row. In Cordwainer Ward (O.S. 1880...
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South Place
East out of Finshury Pavement, at No. 52, to Eldon Street. Partly in Coleman Street Ward, Nos. I to ...
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Spark's Place
In Duke's Place, Aldgate, at the south-east corner of Great Duke's Place (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831)....
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Steer's Place
South out of Barbican at No.10, in Aldgate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799-Elmes, 1831).
Removed for th...
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Sussex Place
On the north side of Leadenhall Street at No. 94 (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.
First mention: ...
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Trafalgar Place
South out of Paul's Alley, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O.S, 1875-0).
Removed for the formation of ...
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Trinity Place
1) East out of Little Trinity Lane at No.28, in Queenhithe Ward (O.S.1875).
Former name: "Trinity C...
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Turk's Place
On the south side of Bell Alley, Golden Lane, on the northern boundary of Cripplegate Ward Without (...
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Wardrobe Place
South out of Carter Lane at No.57 (P.O. Directory). In Castle Baynard Ward.
First mention: Lockie, ...
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Winchester Place
Sir William Powlet, lord St. John, afterwards marquis of Winchester, purchased part of the site of t...
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Wingfield Place
House of Sir Robert Wingfield, called " Wyngfeldes Place," besides Poolwys in Oldefyschstretes ende,...
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Worcester Place
South out of Upper Thames Street at No.68 to Worcester wharf. In Vintry Ward (P.O. Directory).
Erec...
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Wyngfeldes Place
See Wingfield Place.
...
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wooding-place
A station on the banks of a river where the steamboats stop to take in supplies of wood.
...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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house-place
the common room in a farm house. N.
...
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town-place
a farm-yard. Cornw.
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washing-place
In 1865, baths and suitable washing-places were fitted for personal use in the ships of the royal na...
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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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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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 ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The White Harte
1) A messuage so called lying in St. Nicholas Fleshambles in parish of Christchurch, 1568 (Lond. I. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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White Street
West out of Moorfields, at No.39, to Moor Lane (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Without.
First...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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lily white
A chimney-sweeper.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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 ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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white-livered
Cowardly, malicious.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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white swelling
A woman big with child is said to have a white swelling.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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maori, white
New Zealand miners' name for a stone. See quotation.
1883. `A Citizen,' `Illustrated Guide to Duned...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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plum, white
n.
local name for Acacia (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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white-bream
See silver-bream
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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white wood
See waddy wood
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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white-eye
n.
another name for the bird calledvariously Silver-Eye, Wax-Eye, Blight-Bird, etc., Zosterops (q.v...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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white-face
n.
a name applied to the Australianbird, Xerophila leucopsis, Gould. Another species isthe Chestnut...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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white gallinule
n.
one of the birds of thefamily called Rails. The White Gallinule wasrecorded from New South Wales...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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white-head
n.
a bird of New Zealand, Clitonyx albicapilla, Buller. Found in North Island,but becoming very rar...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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white-pointer
n.
a New South Wales name forthe White-Shark. See Shark.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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white-top
n.
another name for Flintwood (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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white-trevally
n.
an Australian fish.See Trevally.
1882. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `Fish and Fisheries of NewSout...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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white nib
a rook. Yorksh.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book