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Bating
·prep With the exception of; excepting.
II. Bating ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Bate>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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beating with child
breeding. York.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Child
·noun A female infant.
II. Child ·vi To give birth; to produce young.
III. Child ·noun A noble you...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Child
This word has considerable latitude of meaning in Scripture. Thus Joseph is called a child at the ti...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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child
To eat a child; to partake of a treat given to the parish officers, in part of commutation for a bas...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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With
·noun ·see <<Withe>>.
II. With ·prep To denote association in thought, as for comparison or contras...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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with
An iron instrument fitted to the end of a boom or mast, with a ring to it, through which another boo...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Child study
·add. ·- A scientific study of children, undertaken for the purpose of discovering the laws of devel...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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sow child
A female child.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to speak with
To rob. I spoke with the cull on the cherry-coloured prancer; I robbed the man on the black horse. C...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gone with
for become of. 'What is gone with it' 'or with him,' for What has become of it or him?--Sherwood's G...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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great with
Intimate with; high in favor with.--Craven Glossary. Dr. Webster notices this word in the same sense...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Child, Francis J.
(1825-1896)
English scholar, b. at Boston, Mass., was a prof. at Harvard, one of the foremost stude...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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love begotten child
A bastard.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cry'd no-child
a woman cried down by her husband. Lane. NO-CHILD is supposed to be a corruption of NICHIL, i. e. NI...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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met up with
for overtook.--Sherwood's Georgia.
Mich. The common abbreviation fur Michigan.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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away with it
The order to walk along briskly with a tackle fall, as catting the anchor, &c.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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fell in with
Met by chance.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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parrel with trucks
Is composed of a single rope passing through a number of bull's-eye trucks, sufficient to embrace th...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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will, with a
With all zeal and energy.
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with a will
Pull all together.
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with the sun
Ropes coiled from the left hand towards the right; but where the sun passes the meridian north of th...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Child, Mrs. Lydia Maria (Francis)
(1802-1880)
Was the author of many once popular tales, Hobomok, The Rebels, Philothes, etc.
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Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Eagle and Child Alley
East out of Shoe Lane at No. 39 to Fleet Market at No. 61, in Farringdon Ward Without (Elmes, 1831)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Eagle and Child Court
West of Panier Ally, in Farringdon Ward Within (Strype, ed. 1720 and 1755).
No later mention.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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beast with two backs
A man and woman in the act of copulation. Shakespeare in Othello.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cat-with-two-tails
an earwig. Northum.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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joy go with thee!
a favourable wish ; sometimes used ironically. Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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down with the helm!
An order to put the helm a-lee.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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fall in with, to
To meet, when speaking of a ship; to discover, when speaking of the land.
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ready with the lead!
A caution when the vessel is luffed up to deaden her way, followed by "heave."
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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run away with it!
The order to men on a tackle fall, when light goods are being hoisted in, or in hoisting top-sails, ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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up with the helm
Put it a-weather; that is, over to the windward side, or (whichever way the tiller is shipped) so as...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Swan with Two Necks Inn
1) In Great Carter Lane, opposite Dean's Court, from No.4 St. Paul's Churchyard (Lockie, 1816).
Not...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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close with the land, to
To approach near to it.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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give way with a will
Pull heartily together.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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half an eye, seeing with
Discerning instantly and clearly.
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parrel with ribs and trucks
, or jaw parrels.
This is formed by passing the two parts of the parrel-rope through the two holes...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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run away with her anchor
Said of a ship when she drags or "shoulders" her anchor; drifting away owing to the anchor not holdi...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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tarred with the same brush
Equivalent to "birds of a feather."
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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walking away with the anchor
Said of a ship which is dragging, or shouldering, her anchor; or when, from fouling the stock or upp...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Eagle and Child Alley, St. Katherine's
See Bleek's [Black's Rents?] Rents.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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staggering bob, with his yellow pumps
A calf just dropped, and unable to stand, killed for veal in Scotland: the hoofs of a young calf are...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bring up with a round turn
Suddenly arresting a running rope by taking a round turn round a bollard, bitt-head, or cleat. Said ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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make free with the land, to
To approach the shore closely.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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hook and snivey, with nix the buffer
This rig consists in feeding a man and a dog for nothing, and is carried on thus: Three men, one of ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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born with a silver spoon in his mouth
To inherit a fortune by birth.
Mr. Hood, in his History of Miss Kilmansegg, says
She was one of th...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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born with a silver spoon in his mouth
Said of a person who, by birth or connection, has all the usual obstacles to advancement cleared awa...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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moor with a spring on the cable, to
See spring.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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At the junction of Aldgate High Street with Leadenhall Street and Fenchurch Street (S. 140-O.S. 1875).
Taken down 1876 and a drinking fountain erected on the site.
There was a well called " Alegate well...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.