Wool Quay | A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

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New Wool Quay
Appointed a place for lading and discharging goods, Act of Parliament, 1559 (quoted by Strype, Ed. 1...

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Old Wool Quay
Messuage and wharf called the Olde Wollekey in parish of All Hallows Barking, 1518-19, 5 H. VIII. 14...

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Wool
·noun Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled. II. Wool ·noun A sort of pubescence, or...

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Wool
One of the first material used for making woven cloth (Lev. 13:47, 48, 52, 59; 19:19). The first-fru...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Wool
was an article of the highest value among the Jews, as the staple material for the manufacture of cl...

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Quay
·vt To furnish with quays. II. Quay ·noun A mole, bank, or wharf, formed toward the sea, or at the ...

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quay
See key. See wharf ...

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Abb wool
·- ·see <<Abb>>. ...

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Wool-dyed
·adj Dyed before being made into cloth, in distinction from piece-dyed; ingrain. ...

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Wool-hall
·noun A trade market in the woolen districts. ...

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Wool Exchange
On the east side of Basinghall Street at Nos. 24 and 26 (P.O.. Directory). In Bassishaw Ward. Erect...

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lamb's wool
Apples roasted and put into strong ale. ...

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white wool
Geneva. ...

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wool gathering
Your wits are gone a woolgathering; saying to an absent man, one in a reverie, or absorbed in though...

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bulls-wool
n. colloquial name for the innerportion of the covering of the Stringybark-tree (q.v.).This is a dr...

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wool-man
n. aboriginal mispronunciation of old man (q.v.). 1830. Robert Dawson, `The Present State of Austr...

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wool-shed
n. the principal building ofa station, at which the shearing and wool-packing is done.Often called ...

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wool-packs
In meteorology, light clouds in a blue sky. ...

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Bear Quay
Between Porter's Quay east and New Bear Quay west (Act Parlt. 1559-Lockie, 1810). Other names : "Gr...

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Brewer's Quay
Between Tower Dock east and Chester Quay west. In Tower Ward (P.O. Directory). Earliest mention: Le...

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Chester Quay
Between Brewers Quay east and Galley Quay west. In Tower Ward (P.O. Directory). First mention: "Che...

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Cox's Quay
On the south side of Lower Thames Street at No. 6 (P.O. Directory). In Billinesgate Ward, adjoining ...

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Dice Quay
Out of Lower Thames Street at No. 23, between Smart's Quay west and Ralph's Quay east. In Tower Ward...

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Galley Quay
South out of Lower Thames Street, east of the Custom House and Wool Quays (P.O. Directory). In Tower...

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Hammond's Quay
On the south side of Lower Thames Street at No. 6 (P.O. Directory). In Billingsgate Ward, adjoining ...

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Hartshorn Quay
Hartshorn Quay and Custom House Quay rented together, 1638-9 (L. and P. Chas. I. 1638-9, p. 493). P...

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Pig's Quay
At the southern end of William Street on the Thames, west of Blackfriars Bridge (Horwood, 1799-Locki...

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Porter's Quay
South out of Lower Thames Street, by No.32, east of Bear Key and west of Custom House Key (S. ed. 16...

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Ralph's Quay
South out of Lower Thames Street at No.23, between Young's Quay East and Dice Quay west (Leake, 1666...

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Temple Quay
See Ralph's Quay. ...

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Vernon's Quay
See Wycherley's Yard. ...

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Wiggin's Quay
East of Young's Quay (Leake, 1666-Horwood, 1799). Opposite No. 80 Lower Thames Street (Lockie, 1810...

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Young's Quay
Between Wiggin's Quay east and Ralph's Quay west (Leake, 1666 Horwood, 1799). Further east in Rocqu...

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freeman's quay
Free of expence. To lush at Freeman's Quay; to drink at another's cost. ...

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lamb's-wool sky
A collection of white orbicular masses of cloud. ...

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Billingsgate Key, Quay
See Billingsgate Stairs. ...

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Custom House Quay
See Custom House and Wool Quay and Custom House Wharf. ...

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Great Bear Quay
See Bear Quay. ...

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Little Bear Quay
See New Bear Quay. ...

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New Bear Quay
West of Bear Quay (Horwood, 1799). Former name: "Little Bear Key" (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755). S...

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Somer's Quay Stairs
At the south end of Dark House Lane, formerly Somer's Key (O.S, 1880). Site rebuilt for the extensi...

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dyed in the wool
Ingrained; thorough. The Democrats, on the authority of Mr. Cameron's letter, are beginning to clai...

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Dice Quay Lane, Passage
Out of Thames Street, leading to Dice Quay, Billingsgate (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named ...

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Custom House and Wool Quays
South out of Lower Thames Street, east of the Custom House (P.O. Directory). First mention: O.S. 18...

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