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• Bridge

  ·vt To open or make a passage, as by a bridge. II. Bridge ·add. ·noun A card game resembling whist....

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• bridge

  To make a bridge of any one's nose; to push the bottle past him, so as to deprive him of his turn of...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bridge

  A narrow gangway between two hatchways, sometimes termed a bridge. Military bridges to afford a pass...

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• Auction bridge

  ·add. ·- A variety of the game of bridge in which the players, beginning with the dealer, bid for th...

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• Bridge-ward

  ·noun The principal ward of a key. II. Bridge-ward ·noun A bridge keeper; a warden or a guard for a...

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• Leg bridge

  ·add. ·- A type of bridge for small spans in which the floor girders are rigidly secured at their ex...

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• Water bridge

  ·- ·see Water table. ...

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• Wheatstone's bridge

  ·- ·see under <<Bridge>>. ...

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• Blackfriars Bridge

  A bridge across the Thames above London Bridge extending from the southern end of New Bridge Street ...

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• Bridewell Bridge

  Bridge over the Fleet opposite Bridewell at the end of Paved Alley, built of timber before the Fire,...

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• Bridge Gate

  Said to be one of the four original gates of the City. On London Bridge (S. 42). New made when the ...

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• Bridge House

  A dwelling-house attached to St. Thomas' Chapel on London Bridge, and quite distinct from the Bridge...

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• Bridge Street

  South from Easteheap to Old London Bridge. Now Fish Street Hill. Earliest mention found in records ...

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• Fleet Bridge

  Over the Fleet River between Fleet Street and Ludgate Hill, near Fleet Prison, in Farringdon Ward Wi...

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• Hermitage Bridge

  See Swing Bridge, Hermitage Entrance. ...

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• Holborn Bridge

  At the east end of Holborn Hill and north end of Fleet Market over the Fleet, at its junction with t...

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• London Bridge

  Extends across the River Thames from Adelaide Place and King William Street to High Street, Southwar...

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• Mill Bridge

  In St. Catherine's Thames Street (P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps. Qy. = Mille Dock. ...

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• Southwark Bridge

  Connects the north and south sides of the river from Queen Street Place to Bankside, Southwark. Desi...

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• Temple Bridge

  Order for repair of the Bridge of the New Temple by which persons coming to Parliament and Councils ...

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• Tower Bridge

  Over the Thames, from the eastern boundary of the Tower to Southwark, parish of St. John Horseleydow...

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• Traitors' Bridge

  At the Tower of London (Strype, ed. 1755~B0yle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

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• asses'-bridge

  The well-known name of prop. 5, b. i. of Euclid, the difficulty of which makes many give in. ...

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• bridge-islet

  A portion of land which becomes insular at high-water as Old Woman's Isle at Bombay, and among other...

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• bridge-train

  An equipment for insuring the passage of troops over a river. Pontooners. (See pontoon.) ...

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• drowning-bridge

  A sluice-gate for overflowing meadows. ...

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• floating bridge

  A passage formed across a river or creek by means of bridges of boats, as over the Douro, Rhine, &c....

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• Bridge House Court

  West out of Gracechurch Street, at No. 37, opposite Talbot Court (Lockie, 1816). Shown in Horwood, ...

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• Bridge House Rents

  On the north side of Newgate Street, opposite Warwick Lane, in 1546 and 1617, shown in a "plat of th...

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• Bridge Ward School

  In Old Swan Lane, on the west side (Lockie, 1810). Not named in the maps. ...

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• Bridge Ward Within

  One of the twenty-six wards of the City, known as Bridge Ward Within, in contradistinction to Southw...

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• Bridge Ward Without

  = Southwark. Not included in the present work. ...

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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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• Little Bridge Street

  East out of New Bridge Street to St. Martin's Court, on the boundary of Farringdon Wards Within and ...

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• London Bridge Square

  On London Bridge, in Bridge Ward (P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps. ...

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• London Bridge Waterworks

  See Water Works, London Bridge. ...

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• London Bridge Wharf

  On the east side of London Bridge and the south side of Lower Thames Street (P.O. Directory). In Bri...

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• (St.) Margaret Bridge Street

  See St. Margaret Fish Street Hill. ...

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• New Bridge Street

  South from Fleet Street to Blackfriars Bridge (P.O. Directory). On the boundary of Farringdon Ward W...

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• Southwark Bridge Stairs

  Adjoining Southwark Bridge on the west (O.S. 1894). First mention: O.S. 1875. ...

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• Tower Bridge Approach

  On the northern side of the Tower Bridge, from Mansel Street at Tower Hill to the Bridge (O.S. 1894-...

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• Cistern at Fleet Bridge

  Made in 1478 by the inhabitants of Fleet Street at their own charges for the receipt of the waste wa...

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• Conduit at Fleet Bridge

  A cistern or conduit for receipt of spring water made by the inhabitants of Fleet Street in 1478, bu...

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• Forcier, near London Bridge

  Erected by Peter Moris, a Dutchman, in 1582, for the supply of water to the eastern part of the City...

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• Horse-shoe Bridge Street

  East out of Tower Royal to the church of St. John Walbrook (S. 230). First mention: A lane leading ...

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• (St.) Michael towards London Bridge

  See St. Michael Crooked Lane. ...

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• (St.) Olave by London Bridge

  Qy. = Olave (St.) Hart Street or Olave (St.) Southwark. ...

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• Swing Bridge, Hermitage Entrance

  Over the Hermitage Entrance to the London Docks (O.S. 25 in. 1897). Former name : " Hermitage Bridg...

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• (St.) Thomas Chapel, London Bridge

  Erected over the centre pier of the first stone bridge on the east side, 1176-1209. "Capella beati ...

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• Water House, London Bridge

  See Water Works, London Bridge. ...

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• Water Works, London Bridge

  On the west side of Old London Bridge, opposite St. Magnus Church, in Bridge Ward Within (O. and M. ...

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• (St.) Margaret de Froscherche, by London Bridge

  See St. Margaret Fish Street Hill. ...

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