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Cockloft
·noun An upper loft; a garret; the highest room in a building.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cock
·noun A small boat.
II. Cock ·noun A faucet or valve.
III. Cock ·noun The indicator of a balance.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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The Cock
1) On the north side of Fleet Street, facing Middle Temple Gate, behind the bouses in Fleet Street. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cock, or chief cock of the walk
The leading man in any society or body; the best boxer in a village or district.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cock
That curved arm affixed to the lock of small arms, which, when released by the touch of the trigger,...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Cock
(Matthew 26:34; Mark 13:35; 14:30) etc. The domestic cock and hen were early known to the ancient Gr...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Horse
·noun ·see <<Footrope>>, ·adj.
II. Horse ·vi To get on horseback.
III. Horse ·adj A breastband for...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Horse
Always referred to in the Bible in connection with warlike operations, except Isa. 28:28. The war-ho...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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horse
A foot-rope reaching from the opposite quarter of a yard to its arms or shoulders, and depending abo...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Horse
The most striking feature in the biblical notices of the horse is the exclusive application of it to...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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The Cock, Cock Alley
The sign of the Cocke in Woodstreate and the alley called "Cocke Alley," 36 H. VIII. 1544 (L. and P....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cock and Bottle Court
East out of Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 122).
Not name...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cock and Hoop Court
Out of Addle Hill. In Castle Baynard Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 230, to Boyle, 1799).
Not name...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cock and Hoop Yard
East out of Houndsditch. In Portsoken Ward (in O.S. 1880 ed.).
Earliest mention: O. and M. 1677.
R...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cock and Key Alley
Near Water Lane, Whitefriars, in Farringdon Ward Without.
In a Wardmote Inquest, 1560, the inhabita...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cock and Lion Court
On the south side of Cornhill at No. 41, east of Birchin Lane (Lockie, 1816).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cock and Py Court
See Cockpit Court1, Poppings Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cock and Wheatsheaf Alley
See Clock and Wheatsheaf Alley, Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Horse and Groom Yard
North out of Holborn Hill at 129, nearly opposite Fetter Lane (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).
Not named...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Horse and Trumpet Yard
East out of Crutched Friars, No. 17 (Elmes, 1831). In Aldgate Ward.
First mention: Rocque, 1746.
O...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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Air cock
·- A faucet to allow escape of air.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cock-brained
·adj Giddy; rash.
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Cock-padle
·noun ·see <<Lumpfish>>.
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Dandy-cock
·noun ·f ·Alt. of Dandy-hen.
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Grease cock
·add. ·- ·Alt. of <<Cup>>.
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Sea cock
·- The black-bellied plover.
II. Sea cock ·- A gurnard, as the European red gurnard (Trigla pini).
...
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Try cock
·add. ·- A cock for withdrawing a small quantity of liquid, as for testing.
...
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Water cock
·- A large gallinule (Gallicrex cristatus) native of Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the b...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cock-crowing
In our Lord's time the Jews had adopted the Greek and Roman division of the night into four watches,...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Cock Alehouse
Adjoining the Church of St. Bartholomew by the Exchange (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 123).
Demolished ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cock Alley
1) On the north side of Ludgate Street, a passage to Amen Corner and other places (O. and M. 1677-Bo...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cock Court
1) South out of Ludgate Hill at No. 19, in Farringdon Ward Without (Hatton, 1708-Elmes, 1831).
A pa...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cock Hill
South out of Catherine Wheel Alley to New Street, Bishopsgate (P.O Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward W...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cock Inn
On the south side of Leadenhall Street at No. 51, opposite Creechurch Lane (Lockie, 1810-16).
Not n...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cock Lane
1) East out of Snow Hill, at No. 9, to Giltspur Street (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cock Yard
1) West out of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
~The s...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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bully cock
One who foments quarrels in order to rob the persons quarrelling.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cock ale
A provocative drink.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cock alley
The private parts of a woman.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cock lane
The private parts of a woman.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cock bawd
A male keeper of a bawdy-house.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cock hoist
A cross buttock.
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cock pimp
The supposed husband of a bawd.
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cock robin
A soft, easy fellow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cock-sure
Certain: a metaphor borrowed front the cock of a firelock, as being much more certain to fire than t...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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shy cock
One who keeps within doors for fear of bailiffs.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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spatch cock
(Abbreviation of DISPATCH COCK.) A hen just killed from the roost, or yard, and immediately skinned,...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cock-schnapper
n.
a fish; the smallest kind of Schnapper (q.v.). See also Count-fish.
1882. Rev. I. E. Tenison-Wo...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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half cock
'To go off at half cock,' is a metaphorical expression borrowed from the language of sportsmen, and ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cock-leet
i. e. cock-light, day-break ; or sometimes the dusk of the evening. Exmoor.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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gor-cock
, GOR-HEN, grouse, according to the sex. York.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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lob-cock
a clumsy lubberly fellow. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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shirl-cock
a thrush. Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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skiddey-cock
a water-rail. W.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cock-bill
The situation of the anchor when suspended from the cat-head ready for letting go. Also said of a ca...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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cock-boat
A very small boat used on rivers or near the shore. Formerly the cock was the general name of a yawl...
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cock-paddle
A name of the paddle or lump-fish (Cyclopterus lumpus).
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half-cock
To go off at half-cock is an unexpected discharge of a fire-arm; hurried conduct without due prepara...
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harp-cock
An old modification of the harpoon.
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lob-cock
A lubber; an old term of utter contempt.
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pet-cock
A tap, or valve on a pump.
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skiddy-cock
A west-country term for the water-rail.
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sweetening cock
A wholesome contrivance for preventing fetid effluvia in ships' holds, by inserting a pipe through t...
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Cock and Crown Court, Aldersgate
See Rose and Rainbow Court.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cock and a bull story
A roundabout story, without head or tail, i.e. beginning or ending.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Black Horse and Hare Inn
South out of Hart Street, with a passage into Fell Street (Strype, ed. 1720 and 1755). In O. and M. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Horse Guards
·- A body of cavalry so called; ·esp., a British regiment, called the Royal Horse Guards, which furn...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Horse power
·- The power which a horse exerts.
II. Horse power ·- A machine worked by a horse, for driving othe...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Horse-chestnut
·noun The large nutlike seed of a species of Aesculus (Ae. Hippocastanum), formerly ground, and fed ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Horse-drench
·noun A dose of physic for a horse.
II. Horse-drench ·noun The appliance by which the dose is admin...
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Horse-jockey
·noun A trainer and dealer in horses.
II. Horse-jockey ·noun A professional rider and trainer of ra...
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Horse-leech
·noun A farrier; a veterinary surgeon.
II. Horse-leech ·noun A large blood-sucking leech (Haemopsis...
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Horse-leechery
·noun The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses.
...
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Horse-litter
·noun A carriage hung on poles, and borne by and between two horses.
...
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Horse-radish
·noun A plant of the genus Nasturtium (N. Armoracia), allied to scurvy grass, having a root of a pun...
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One-horse
·adj Second-rate; inferior; small.
II. One-horse ·adj Drawn by one horse; having but a single horse...
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Rear-horse
·noun A <<Mantis>>.
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Rocking-horse
·noun The figure of a horse, mounted upon rockers, for children to ride.
...
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Sea horse
·- The <<Walrus>>.
II. Sea horse ·- Any fish of the genus Hippocampus.
III. Sea horse ·- A fabulou...
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Shire horse
·add. ·- One of an English breed of heavy draft horses believed to be descended largely from the hor...
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Stalking-horse
·noun Fig.: Something used to cover up a secret project; a mask; a pretense.
II. Stalking-horse ·no...
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Stone-horse
·noun <<Stallion>>.
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Stud-horse
·noun A stallion, ·esp. one kept for breeding.
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Horse-gate
A gate in the wall of Jerusalem, at the west end of the bridge, leading from Zion to the temple (Neh...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Horse-leech
Occurs only in Prov. 30:15 (Heb. alukah); the generic name for any blood-sucking annelid. There are ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Horse Alley
1) Messuages in Horse Alley, Shoe Lane, part of the manor of Holbourne, 23 Eliz. (Proc. in Chanc. II...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Horse Head
A capital messuage or tenement so called in Thames Street given to St. Dunstan's Church (Strype, ed....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Horse Mill
Tenement called "le Horsmylle" in Graschirchstrete in parish of St. Peter upon Cornhulle granted to ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Horse Shoe
1) On the north side of Great Eastcheap at Nos. 20-22, near the Boar's Head (q.v.), in the parish of...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Horse Yard
See Evans' Court, Basinghall Street.
...
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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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banks's horse
A horse famous for playing tricks, the property of one Banks. It is mentioned in Sir Walter Raleigh'...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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butcher's horse
That must have been a butcher's horse, by his carrying a calf so well; a vulgar joke on an awkward r...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dead horse
To work for the dead horse; to work for wages already paid.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hobby horse
A man's favourite amusement, or study, is called his hobby horse. It also means a particular kind of...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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horse buss
A kiss with a loud smack; also a bite.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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horse coser
A dealer in horses: vulgarly and corruptly pronounced HORSE COURSER. The verb TO COSE was used by th...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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horse godmother
A large masculine woman, a gentlemanlike kind of a lady.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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horse ladder
A piece of Wiltshire wit, which consists in sending some raw lad, or simpleton, to a neighbouring fa...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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religious horse
One much given to prayer, or apt to be down upon his knees.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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running horse
or NAG
A clap, or gleet.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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scarlet horse
A high red, hired or hack horse: a pun on the word HIRED.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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wooden horse
To fide the wooden horse was a military punishment formerly in use. This horse consisted of two or m...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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horse-mackerel
n.
The name is applied inSydney to the fish Auxis ramsayi, Castln., family Scombridae. In New Zeala...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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stock-horse
n.
horse accustomed to go aftercattle used in mustering and cutting-out (q.v.).
1874. W. H. L. Ran...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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clothes-horse
A frame-work for hanging clothes on to dry after they have been washed and ironed, in the form of an...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dead horse
Work for which one has been paid before it is performed. When a workman, on Saturday night, includes...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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horse-colt
"We frequently see in advertisements these terms, horse-colt, mare-colt, &c. A horse-colt is simply ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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horse-foot
(Genus, polyphemus. Lamarck.) The common name of a crustacea, found in our waters from Massachusetts...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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wheel-horse
An intimate friend; one's right hand man. Western.
...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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horse-block
, HORSE-STONE, stone to mount on horseback. Lane.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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horse-knops
heads of knapweed. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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thill-horse
the shaft-horse. N.
...
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dead-horse
A term applied by seamen to labour which has been paid for in advance. When they commence earning mo...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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fillet-horse
The horse employed in the shafts of the limbers.
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flemish horse
, is the outer short foot-rope for the man at the earing; the outer end is spliced round a thimble o...
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horse-cockle
See gawky
...
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hard-horse
A tyrannical officer.
...
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horse-artillery
A branch of field artillery specially equipped to manœuvre with cavalry, having lighter guns, and al...
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horse-buckets
Covered buckets for carrying spirits or water in.
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horse-buckle
The great whelk.
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horse-foot
A name of the Limulus polyphemus of the shores of America, where from its shape it is called the hor...
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horse-latitudes
A space between the westerly winds of higher latitudes and the trade-winds, notorious for tedious ca...
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horse-mackerel
A large and coarse member of the Scomber family, remarkably greedy, and therefore easily taken, but ...
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horse-marine
An awkward lubberly person. One out of place.
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horse-mussel
See duck-mussel.
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horse-potatoes
The old word for yams.
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horse-power
A comparative estimate of the capacity of steam-engines, by assuming a certain average effective pre...
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horse-shoe
In old fortification, a low work of this plan sometimes thrown up in ditches.
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horse-tongue
A name applied to a kind of sole.
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horse-up
See horsing-iron.
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irish horse
Old salt beef: hence the sailor's address to his salt beef
"Salt horse, salt horse, what brought y...
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iron-horse
The iron rail of the head; the horse of the fore-sheet or boom-sheet traveller.
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light-horse
A name formerly given to all mounted men who were not encumbered with armour.
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mainsheet-horse
A kind of iron dog fixed at the middle of a wooden beam, stretching across a craft's stern, from one...
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old horse
Tough salt-beef.
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race-horse
(Alca?) A duck of the South Seas; thus named, says Cook, for "the great swiftness with which they ru...
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sea-horse
A name for the walrus, Trichecus rosmarus. Also, the hippocampus (which see).
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traverse-horse
See jack-stays.
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water-horse
Cod-fish stacked up in a pile to drain, under the process of cure.
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white-horse
A name of the Raia fullonica. (See also white caps.)
...
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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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Cock-a-hoop
·adj Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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The Cock, Jewry Street
See Cock Court.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Cock Alley
North out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without, and east to White Cross Street (Rocque, 1746-...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Little Cock Alley
1) North out of Redcross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, 1720-London Guide, 1758).
It ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Pheasant Cock Yard
See Pheasant Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cock-a-whoop
Elevated, in high-spirits, transported with joy.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cock your eye
Shut one eye: thus translated into apothecaries Latin.--Gallus tuus ego.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to whip the cock
A piece of sport practised at wakes, horse-races, and fairs in Leicestershire: a cock being tied or ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cock-a-bully
n. a popular name for the NewZealand fish Galaxias fasciatus, Gray, a corruption ofits Maori name Ko...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cock-eyed bob
a local slang term in Western Australiafor a thunderstorm.
1894. `The Age,' Jan. 20, p. 13, col. 4:...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cock-a-hoop
In full confidence, and high spirits.
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Black Horse Alley
1) East out of Golden Lane. In Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
Site now occupied by offi...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Black Horse Court
1) West out of Aldersgate Street in Aldersgate Ward Without, south of Long Lane (Rocque, 1746-Boyle,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Black Horse Inn
1) On the west side of Water Lane, Whitefriars, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Black Horse Stables
West out of Minories, at its southern end (Rocque, 1746). In Portsoken Ward.
Site has been rebuilt....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Black Horse Yard
1) East out of Little Britain at No.30, four doors north of Cox's Court (Strype, ed. 1755-Lockie, 18...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Flying Horse Court
1) North out of Maiden Lane, west of Wood Street, between Wood Street and Haberdashers' Hall (Strype...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Flying Horse Yard
1) East out of Old Broad Street, in Broad Street Ward (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
Former name : "Wh...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Horse Shoe Court
North out of Ludgate Hill, in Farringdon Ward Without, west of Old Bailey (Bacon, 1912).
First ment...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Horse-shoe Bridge
A bridge over the stream of the Walbrook by the church of St. John upon Walbrook (S. 27 and 230).
E...
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Horse-shoe Passage
In Foster Lane (Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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horse-radish tree
n.
name given to Codonocarpus cotinifolius, F. v. M., N.O. Phytolaceae.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Usefu...
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fore-sheet horse
An iron bar fastened at its ends athwart the deck before the mast of a sloop, for the foresail-sheet...
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horse-shoe clamp
The iron or copper straps so shaped, used as the fastenings which connect the gripe with the fore-fo...
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horse-shoe hinges
Those by which side-scuttles or ventilators to the cabins are hung.
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horse-shoe rack
A sweep curving from the bitt-heads abaft the main-mast carrying a set of nine-pin swivel-blocks as ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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banbury story of a cock and a bull
A roundabout, nonsensical story.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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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Cock Alley, Fleet Lane
See Cock Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cock Alley, Jewry Street
See Cock Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cock Alley, Ludgate Hill
See Cock Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cock Yard, Wormwood Street
See Cock Alley.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Horshoe Alley, Cock Lane
See Horshoe Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Thacker's Court, Cock Yard
West out of Cock Yard on the west side of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, e...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cock of the company
A weak man, who from the desire of being the head of the company associates with low people, and pay...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Castor and Pollux
·- ·see Saint Elmo's fire, under <<Saint>>.
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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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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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).
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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