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Span-new
·adj Quite new; brand-new; fire-new.
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Spick
·noun A spike or nail.
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Span
·- imp. & ·p.p. of Spin.
II. Span ·vi To be matched, as horses.
III. Span ·Impf of <<Spin>>.
IV. ...
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span
1) A span of horses consists of two of nearly the same color, and otherwise nearly alike, which are ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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span
A rope with both ends made fast, so that a purchase may be hooked to its bight. Also, a small line o...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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New
·adv Newly; recently.
II. New ·superl Fresh from anything; newly come.
III. New ·superl Not habitu...
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span-clean
Very clean; perfectly clean.
...
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span-blocks
Blocks seized into each bight of a strap, long enough to go across a cap, and allow the blocks to ha...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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span-shackle
A large bolt running through the forecastle and spar-deck beams, and forelocked before each beam, wi...
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And
·conj If; though. ·see <<An>>, ·conj.
II. And ·conj It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive...
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and
• The people who inhabited generally the whole of that country.
• In (Genesis 10:18-20) the seats o...
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reef-tackle span
Two cringles in the bolt-rope, about a couple of feet apart, when a block is used.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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span of rigging
The length of shrouds from the dead-eyes on one side, over the mast-head, to the dead-eyes on the ot...
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New River Office and Yard
Between Pigs Quay and Dorset Wharf on the Thames, at the southern end of Dorset Street (Horwood, 179...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bran-new
·adj ·see Brand-new.
...
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Brand-new
·adj Quite new; bright as if fresh from the forge.
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Fire-new
·adj Fresh from the forge; bright; quite new; brand-new.
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Fresh-new
·adj <<Unpracticed>>.
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New Thought
·add. ·- Any form of belief in mental healing other than (1) Christian Science and (2) hypnotism or ...
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New Zealand
·- A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean.
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New-model
·vt To <<Remodel>>.
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New-year
·adj Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, the commencement of the year; as, New-year gifts or odes....
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New Testament
(Luke 22:20), rather "New Covenant," in contrast to the old covenant of works, which is superseded. ...
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New Abbey
Mary (St.) of Graces Abbey and Clare (St.) Abbey without Aldgate have both been referred to under th...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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New Alley
North out of Cornhill to Threadneedle Street (S. 193), opposite Bartholomew Lane. In Cornhill and Br...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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New Buildings
1) North out of Sun Yard, Nightingale Lane (Horwood, I 799-Lockie, 1810).
Former name: "Vinegar Yar...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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New Canal
This was the name given to the Fleet Ditch when it was reopened, after it had been cleansed and its ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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New Churchyard
See Spinning Wheel Alley.
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New Court
1) East out of Angel Alley. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (London Guide, 1758-Elmes, 1831).
The site ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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New Inn
1) A messuage called "le Newin" in Chauncellerelane, 42 Ed. III. (Hust. Roll 96, No.218).
Granted t...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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New Key
The New Key as rebuilt after the Great Fire is shown in O. and M. 1677, extending along the river fr...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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New Lane
1) See Fetter Lane.
2) Lease by Robert de Suthle, blader and Avice, his wife to Robert de Lenne, vi...
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New Passage
1) At the north-east corner of Newgate Market, running north and east to Ivy Lane (Rocque, 1746).
S...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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New Rent
Tenement called" la Newrente " in Thamysestrete in parish of S. Michael de Candelwikstrete, 1317 (Ct...
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New Rents
East out of St. Martin Ic Grand, in Aldersgate Ward (O. and M. 1677-Lockie, 1816).
Site afterwards ...
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New Square
On the west side of the Minories at No.130, south of St. Botolph's Vestry Hall. In Portsoken Ward (P...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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New Street
1) West from Cloth Street to King Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (O.S. 1880).
See Newbury Stree...
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New Temple
See The Temple.
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New Wharf
At the southern end of Temple Street, Whitefriars, on the Thames (O.S. 1880).
Former name: "White F...
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New Yard
1) In Camomile Street, near Bishopsgate (Lockie, 1816).
Not named in the maps.
2) In Fenchurch Str...
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bleeding new
A metaphor borrowed from fish, which will not bleed when stale.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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new drop
The scaffold used at Newgate for hanging of criminals; which dropping down, leaves them suspended. B...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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new light
One of the new light; a methodist.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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new chum
n.
a new arrival, especially from theold country: generally used with more or less contempt; what i...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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new chumhood
n.
the period and state of beinga New Chum.
1883. W. Jardine Smith, in `Nineteenth Century,' Novem...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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New Holland
n.
the name, now extinct, firstgiven to Australia by Dutch explorers.
1703. Capt. William Dampier,...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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New Zealand
n.
This name was given to thecolony by Abel Jansz Tasman, the Dutch navigator, who visitedit in 164...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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brand-new
(Teut. brand new.) Quite new.
This word is provincial in the North of England, and is used in collo...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bran-new
(Teut. brand new.) Quite new.
This word is provincial in the North of England, and is used in collo...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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fire-new
New from the forge; brand-new.--Johnson. This old and nearly obsolete expression is sometimes used b...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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brand-new
quite new. They say, BRAN-SPAN-NEW, in Yorkshire.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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bran-new
Quite new: said of a sail which has never been bent.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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new act
The going on shore without leave, and which though thus termed new, is an old trick.
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new moon
The moon is said to be new when she is in conjunction with the sun, or between that luminary and the...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Moon, New
[NEW MOON] NEW MOON - 3185
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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New Moon
The first day of the lunar month was observed as a holy day. In addition to the daily sacrifice ther...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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New Testament
It is proposed in this article to consider the text of the New Testament. The subject naturally divi...
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New Year
[Trumpets, Feast Of FEAST OF]
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Testament, New
[NEW TESTAMENT; BIBLE] NEW TESTAMENT - 3186
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New Year's Day
·- the first day of a calendar year; the first day of January. Often colloquially abbreviated to New...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Aldgate Churchyard, New
There appears to have been a new churchyard or burial ground attached to the Church of St. Botolph, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle's New Court
See Castle Court, Budge Row; also Newcastle Court1, College Hill.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Fish Street, New
See New Fish Street.
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Great New Street
North-east from West Harding Street to Dean Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
Fi...
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(St.) Katherine's New Court
South of Flemings' Churchyard, at the north-west corner of St. Katherine's Square (Rocque, 1746-Lock...
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Little New Street
West out of Shoe Lane, at No. 89, to Printer's Street. In Farringdon Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
...
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Middle New Street
East out of Great New Street at No. 18 and New Street Square, Fetter Lane (P.O. Directory). In Farri...
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New Artillery Ground
In Moorfields. So named to distinguish it from the Old Ground near St. Mary Spittel, where formerly ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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New Basinghall Street
North out of London Wall, at No.129 to No.34 Fore Street, the northern continuation of Basinghall St...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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New Bridge Street
South from Fleet Street to Blackfriars Bridge (P.O. Directory). On the boundary of Farringdon Ward W...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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New Broad Street
North out of Old Broad Street to Liverpool Street (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Without. Als...
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New Church Hawe
The Churchyard of the Holy Trinity near Eastsmithfield seems to have been so called in the 14th cent...
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New City Chambers
On the west side of Bishopsgate. In Bishopsgate Ward Within (O.S.).
First mention: Lockie, 1810.
F...
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New City Club
On the east side of George Yard, Lombard Street. In Langbourn Ward (O.S.).
Site now occupied by off...
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New Fish Street
In St. Nicholas parish, temp. John (Anc. Deeds, A. 2588).
There are numerous references to " nova p...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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New George Court
See George Court, Gravel Lane.
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New London Street
North out of Hart Street, at No.10, to London Street (P.O. Directory). In Tower Ward.
First mention...
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New Queen Street
See Queen Street, Cheapside.
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New Street Hill
South out of Little New Street, Shoe Lane, to King's Head Court (P.O. Directory ). In Farringdon War...
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New Street Square
1) On the east side of Great New Street, Shoe Lane (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without.
Fi...
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New Union Street
West out of Moorfields, at No.21, to Moor Lane (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Without.
First...
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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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New Zealand Avenue
North out of Barbican at No.60 (P.O. Directory).
First mention: L.C.C. List, 1901.
"White Lyon Cou...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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new college students
Golden scholars, silver bachelors, and leaden masters.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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coo-in-new
n.
aboriginal name for «a usefulverbenaceous timber-tree of Australia, Gmelinaleichhardtii, F. v. M...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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flax, New Zealand
n.
Phormium tenax, N.O. Liliaceae. A plant yielding a strong fibre.Called also, in New Zealand, Nat...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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New South Wales
n.
the name of the oldest andmost important colony in Australia. The name «New Wales» wasfirst give...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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New Zealand spinach
n. See spinach, New Zealand.
...
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spinach, New Zealand
n.
Tetragoniaexpansa, Murr., N.O. Ficoideae; called also Iceplant, in Tasmania. It is a trailing Fi...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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span in the rigging, to
To draw the upper parts of the shrouds together by tackles, in order to seize on the cat-harping leg...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Versions, Ancient, Of The Old And New Testaments
In treating of the ancient versions that have come down to us, in whole or in part, they will be des...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Castor and Pollux
·- ·see Saint Elmo's fire, under <<Saint>>.
...
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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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In and an
·adj & ·adv Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. ·see under <<Breeding>...
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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...
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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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Tom and Jerry
·add. ·- A hot sweetened drink of rum and water spiced with cinnamon, cloves, ·etc., and beaten up w...
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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...
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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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Castor and Pollux
The "Dioscuri", two heroes of Greek and Roman mythology. Their figures were probably painted or scul...
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Jachin and Boaz
The names of two brazen columns set up in Solomon's temple (1 Kings 7:15-22). Each was eighteen cubi...
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Tryphena and Tryphosa
Two female Christians, active workers, whom Paul salutes in his epistle to the Romans (16:12).
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Bell and Crown
On the north side of Holborn, east of Furnival's Inn, in Farringdon Ward Without. The southern porti...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(The) Cat and Fiddle
In the parish of St. Benet Sherehog, 1542 (L. and P. H. VIII. XVII. 393).
Earliest mention: "le Cat...
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(The) Crown and Cushion
See Pay Office.
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The Hand and Still
In Houndesditch at the boundary of Bishopsgate Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 94, and in 1755 ed.).
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Hoare and Co
Premises on the west side of Water Lane, in Farringdon Ward Within (Horwood, 1799).
Site occupied i...
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The Rose and Crown
A house so called in parish of St. Michael Crooked Lane demised to the use of the church and parish ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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air and exercise
He has had air and exercise, i.e. he has been whipped at the cart's tail; or, as it is generally, th...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bird and baby
The sign of the eagle and child.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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black and white
In writing. I have it in black and white; I have written evidence.
...
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bubble and squeak
Beef and cabbage fried together. It is so called from its bubbling up and squeaking whilst over the ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bulk and file
Two pickpockets; the bulk jostles the party to be robbed, and the file does the business.
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buttock and file
A common whore and a pick-pocket. Cant.
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buttock and twang, or down buttock and sham file
A common whore, but no pickpocket.
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buttock and tongue
A scolding wife.
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to chop and change
To exchange backwards and forwards. To chop, in the canting sense, means making dispatch, or hurryin...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ducks and drakes
To make ducks and drakes: a school-boy's amusement, practised with pieces of tile, oyster-shells, or...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gamon and patter
Common place talk of any profession; as the gamon and patter of a horse-dealer, sailor, &c.
...
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gog and magog
Two giants, whose effigies stand on each side of the clock in Guildhall, London; of whom there is a ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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guts and garbage
A very fat man or woman. More guts than brains; a silly fellow. He has plenty of guts, but no bowels...
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here and thereian
One who has no settled place of residence.
...
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hide and seek
A childish game. He plays at hide and seek; a saying of one who is in fear of being arrested for deb...
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inside and outside
The inside of a **** and the outside of a gaol.
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milk and water
Both ends of the busk.
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monks and friars
Terms used by printers: monks are sheets where the letters are blotted, or printed too black; friars...
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orthodoxy and heterodoxy
Somebody explained these terms by saying, the first was a man who had a doxy of his own, the second ...
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pothooks and hangeks
A scrawl, bad writing.
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quick and nimble
More like a bear than a squirrel. Jeeringly said to any one moving sluggishly on a business or erran...
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quirks and quillets
Tricks and devices. Quirks in law; subtle distinctions and evasions.
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roaratorios and uproars
Oratorios and operas.
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roast and boiled
A nick name for the Life Guards, who are mostly substantial house-keepers; and eat daily of roast an...
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six and tips
Whisky and small beer. IRISH.
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sixes and sevens
Left at sixes and sevens: i.e. in confusion; commonly said of a room where the furniture, &c. is sca...
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tarring and feathering
A punishment lately infliced by the good people of Boston on any person convicted, or suspected, of ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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chock-and-log
n. and adj.
a particularkind of fence much used on Australian stations. The Chock is a thick short ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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tagrag-and-bobtail
n.
a species of sea-weed.See quotation.
1866. S. Hannaford, `Wild Flowers of Tasmania,' p. 80:
«I...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wattle-and-dab
a rough mode of architecture, verycommon in Australia at an early date. The phrase and itsmeaning ar...
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by fits and starts
At short and sudden intervals interruptedly.
As prayer is a duty of daily occurrence, the injunctio...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to cut and run
To be off; to be gone.--Holloway's Prov. Dictionary.
Originally a nautical term. To cut the cable o...
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to rake and scrape
To collect.
Where under the sun, says I to myself, did he rake and scrape together such super-super...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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back and forth
Backwards and forwards, applied to a person in walking, as, "He was walking back and forth." A commo...
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black and blue
The color of a bruise; a familiar expression for a bruise, here and in England.
Mistress Ford, good...
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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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chinking and daubing
The process of filling with clay the interstices between the logs of houses in the new countries. In...
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cut and dried
Ready made.
I am for John C. Calhoun for the presidency; and will not go for Mr. Van Buren, the man...
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hammer and tongs
In a noisy, furious manner. Thus, 'They went at it hammer and tongs,' is said of persons quarrelling...
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hand and glove
Intimate, familiar; i. e. as closely united as a hand and its glove. 'They are hand and glove togeth...
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hither and yon
This expression is often used in the country towns of New England for here and there. It is never he...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hums and hahs
A familiar expression applied to one who hesitates in speaking. 'None of your hums and hahs!' that i...
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long and short
The end; the result; the upshot.
You see I should have bore down on Sol Gills yesterday, but she to...
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off and on
Vacillating, changeable, undecided; in which sense it is much used with us. In England it is also us...
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out and out
1) Thorough.
Henry Clay is such a statesman as the country wanted. We want a long tried, well known...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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sixes and sevens
'To be at sixes and sevens,' is to be in a state of disorder and confusion. A ludicrous expression t...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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spack and applejees
(Dutch.) Pork and apples, cooked together. An ancient Dutch dish made in New York.
...
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tarring and feathering
A punishment sometimes inflicted by indignantly virtuous mobs in Southern and Western States, on per...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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ways and means
The committee of 'ways and means,' in legislation, is a committee to whom is intrusted the considera...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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whig and tory
Names of political parties. The history of the origin of these names is thus given by Cooke: "Accord...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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whigs and democrats
It is very difficult to give a precise, accurate, and satisfactory definition of the principles dist...
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boke and bane
lusty and strong. N. and Y.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cockers and trashes
old stockings without feet, and worn-out shoes. N.
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counterfeits and trinkets
porringers and saucers. Chesh.
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cricks and howds
pains and strains. N.
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fending and proving
disputing, arguing pro and con. C.
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grin and abide
to endure patiently. You must grin and abide it. North.
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heads and plucks
the refuse of timber trees, as boughs, roots, &c. Derb.
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helm and hawn
the handle of a spade, &c. Derb.
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hither and you
here and there, backwards and forwards. N.
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marry and shall
i. e. that I will. North.
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milt and melt
the soft roe of a fish. York.
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money and gold
silver and gold. York.
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peas and sport
See scadding of peas.
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rid and ridden
dispatch and dispatched : It rids well : it goes on fast. It will soon be ridden, i. e. got rid of. ...
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runches and runchballs
carlock, when dried and withered. N.
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saugh and sauf
sallow. N.
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snod and snog
neat, handsome : as, snogly gear'd, handsomely dressed. N. SNOG-MALT, smooth, with few combs.
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to and again
backwards and forwards. York and Derb.
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act and intention
Must be united in admiralty law.
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costs and damage
Demurrage is generally given against a captor for unjustifiable detention. Where English merchants p...
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cut and thrust
To give point with a sword after striking a slash.
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den and strond
A liberty for ships or vessels to run or come ashore. Edward I. granted this privilege to the barons...
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fast and loose
An uncertain and shuffling conduct.
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fifer and fidler
Two very important aids in eliciting exact discipline; for hoisting, warping, and heaving at the cap...
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fire-and-lights
Nickname of the master-at-arms.
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fore-and-aft
From head to stern throughout the ship's whole length, or from end to end; it also implies in a line...
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fore-and-after
A cocked hat worn with the peak in front instead of athwart. Also, a very usual term for a schooner ...
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full and by
Sailing close-hauled on a wind; when a ship is as close as she will lie to the wind, without sufferi...
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pudding and dolphin
A larger and lesser pad, made of ropes, and put round the masts under the lower yards.
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rank and file
This word includes corporals as well as privates, all below sergeants. (See file.)
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ribs and trucks
Used figuratively for fragments.
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round and grape
A phrase used when a gun is charged at close quarters with round shot, grape, and canister; termed a...
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rouse and bit
The order to turn out of the hammocks.
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soak and send!
The order to pass wet swabs along.
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stamp and go!
The order to step out at the capstan, or with hawsers, topsail-halliards, &c., generally to the fife...
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stock and fluke
The whole of anything.
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