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Presbyterian
·noun One who maintains the validity of ordination and government by presbyters; a member of the Pre...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Charity
·noun Love; universal benevolence; good will.
II. Charity ·noun Liberality to the poor and the suff...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Charity
(1 Cor. 13), the rendering in the Authorized Version of the word which properly denotes love, and is...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Cold
·vi To become cold.
II. Cold ·noun Not pungent or acrid.
III. Cold ·noun Not sensitive; not acute....
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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cold
You will catch cold at that; a vulgar threat or advice to desist from an attempt. He caught cold by ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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as
as, assis, m. (nom. assis, Don. ad Ter. Phorm. 43, and Schol. ad Pers. 2, 59; old form assārĭus, ii,...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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as
ās assis, m 2 AC-, one, a whole, unity ; hence (late), ex asse heres, of the entire estate . — Es...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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·AS
(abbreviation) Anglo-Saxon Origin
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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As
·noun An <<Ace>>.
II. As ·adv & ·conj As if; as though.
III. As ·adv & ·conj Expressing a wish.
I...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Self-charity
·noun Self-love.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Charity Court
Out of Aldersgate Street Without (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Charity School
See St. Botolph Aldgate Charity School.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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charity-sloops
Certain 10-gun brigs built towards the end of Napoleon's war, something smaller than the 18-gun brig...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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as good as go
In the phrase, I'd as good's go to New York, instead of "I might as well go to New York." "I'd as go...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Cold wave
·add. ·- In the terminology of the United States Weather Bureau, an unusual fall in temperature, to ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cold-blooded
·adj Deficient in sensibility or feeling; hard-hearted.
II. Cold-blooded ·adj Not thoroughbred;
— ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cold-hearted
·adj Wanting passion or feeling; indifferent.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cold-short
·adj Brittle when cold; as, cold-short iron.
II. Cold-short ·add. ·adj Brittle when cold (that is, ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cold-shut
·noun An imperfection caused by such insufficient welding.
II. Cold-shut ·adj Closed while too cold...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Key-cold
·adj Cold as a metallic key; lifeless.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Stone-cold
·adj Cold as a stone.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cold Abbeye
A tenement so called in Wendageynes Lane held under the Fraternity of St. Katherine in the Church of...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cold pye
A punishment inflicted on any person sleeping in company: it consists in wrapping up cotton in a cas...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cold burning
A punishment inflicted by private soldiers on their comrades for trifling offences, or breach of the...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cold cook
An undertaker of funerals, or carrion hunter.
See carrion hunter.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cold iron
A sword, or any other weapon for cutting or stabbing. I gave him two inches of cold iron into his be...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cold meat
A dead wife is the beat cold meat in a man's house.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cold pig
To give cold pig is a punishment inflicted on sluggards who lie too long in bed: it consists in pull...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cold pudding
This is said to settle one's love.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bitter cold
Very cold. This common colloquial expression is used alike in England and America.
Those who say it...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cold fire
a fire laid ready for lighting. York.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cold-chisel
A stout chisel made of steel, used for cutting iron when it is cold.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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cold-eel
The Gymnotus electricus.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Ambes-as
·noun Ambs-ace.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Presbyterian Meeting House
See Weigh House, Eastcheap.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Almshouses, Judd's Charity
See Judd's Almshouses.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ayre's Charity Almshouses
On the north side of Moorgate Street Buildings, at the western end (O.S.). In Coleman Street Ward. F...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cordwainers' Charity School
In Old Change at the corner of Watling Street, by St. Paul's Churchyard (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Sepulchre's Charity School
In Bell Court, Giltspur Street, nearly opposite the Church (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).
Not named in...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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as deaf as the main-mast
Said of one who does not readily catch an order given. Thus at sea the main-mast is synonymous with ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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as good's go
In the phrase, I'd as good's go to New York, instead of "I might as well go to New York." "I'd as go...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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slick as grease
Another classical expression, conveying the same idea as the foregoing.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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unclaimed, as derelict
Vessels found at sea without a human being, or a domestic animal, on board are good prizes, if not c...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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(St.) Botolph Aldgate Charity School
In Victualling Office Square. On the east side of Little Tower Hill, west of and facing the Mint (Lo...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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as fat as a hen in the forehead
A saying of a meagre person.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer as dick's hatband
Out of order, without knowing one's disease.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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sick as a horse
Horses are said to be extremely sick at their stomachs, from being unable to relieve themselves by v...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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sick as a dog
A common expression, meaning very sick at the stomach.
He that saieth he is dog sick, or sick as a ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hearty as a buck
A hunter's phrase, now in very common use.
Well, how d'ye do, any how?
So, so, middlin'. I'm heart...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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poor as job's turkey
A common simile.
The professor is as poor as Job's turkey, if it wasn't for that powerful salary th...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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sick as a horse
'I'm as sick as a horse,' is a vulgar phrase which is used when a person is exceedingly sick. As a h...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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slick as a whistle
A proverbial simile, in common use throughout the United States. To do anything as slick as a whistl...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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sure as a gun
Absolutely certain. A common colloquial expression.--Brockett.
There's luck, says auld Lizzy, in fa...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Farringdon Ward Within. Charity School
At the west end of Bull and Mouth Street, early facing Butcher Hall Lane (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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crooked as a virginia fence
A phrase applied to anything very crooked; and figuratively to persons of a stub-born temper, who ar...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dead as a door nail
Utterly, completely dead. The figure is that of a nail driven into wood, and, therefore, perfectly i...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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if so be as how
A vulgar expression used by uneducated people in the interior parts of this country and in England.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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mad as a march hare
A common simile, used alike in England and America.
The whole's to be fourpence a quart--
'Odswing...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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savage as a meat axe
Exceedingly hungry. This vulgar simile is often used in the Northern and Western States.
"Why, you ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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straight as a loon's leg
is a common simile in New England.
They were puzzled with the accounts; but I saw through it in a m...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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i don't know as i shan't
for I don't know but I shall. This uncouth expression, Mr. Hurd says, is very common in the eastern ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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looking as if one could not help it
Looking like a simpleton, or as if one could not say boh! to a goose.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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busy as the devil in a gale of wind
Fidgety restlessness, or double diligence in a bad cause; the imp being supposed to be mischievous i...
The Sailor's Word-Book