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Wheel
·vi To roll forward.
II. Wheel ·noun The burden or refrain of a song.
III. Wheel ·noun A turn revo...
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Wheel
(Heb. galgal; rendered "wheel" in Ps. 83:13, and "a rolling thing" in Isa. 17:13; R.V. in both, "whi...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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wheel
a whirlpool. Lane. From the Saxon W^EL, a vortex of water, or whirlpool. N.
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wheel
A general name for the helm, by which the tiller and rudder are worked in steering the ship; it has ...
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Horse
·noun ·see <<Footrope>>, ·adj.
II. Horse ·vi To get on horseback.
III. Horse ·adj A breastband for...
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Horse
Always referred to in the Bible in connection with warlike operations, except Isa. 28:28. The war-ho...
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horse
A foot-rope reaching from the opposite quarter of a yard to its arms or shoulders, and depending abo...
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Horse
The most striking feature in the biblical notices of the horse is the exclusive application of it to...
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Archibald wheel
·add. ·- A metal-hubbed wheel of great strength and elasticity, ·esp. adapted for artillery carriage...
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Artillery wheel
·add. ·- A kind of heavily built dished wheel with a long axle box, used on gun carriages, usually h...
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Balance wheel
·- A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements of any engine or machine; a fly wheel.
II. Bal...
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Brush wheel
·- A circular revolving brush used by turners, lapidaries, silversmiths, ·etc., for polishing.
II. ...
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Car wheel
·- A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck.
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Catharine wheel
·- ·see catherine wheel.
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Catherine wheel
·- A revolving piece of fireworks resembling in form the window of the same name.
II. Catherine whe...
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Chain wheel
·- A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel.
II. Chain wheel ·- An inversion of the chain pump, by which i...
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Count-wheel
·noun The wheel in a clock which regulates the number of strokes.
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Crown wheel
·- A wheel with cogs or teeth set at right angles to its plane;
— called also a contrate wheel or f...
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Ferris wheel
·add. ·- An amusement device consisting of a giant power-driven steel wheel, revolvable on its stati...
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Fudge wheel
·- A tool for ornamenting the edge of a sole.
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Pelton wheel
·add. ·- A form of impulse turbine or water wheel, consisting of a row of double cup-shaped buckets ...
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Pilot wheel
·add. ·- A wheel, usually with radial handles projecting from the rim, for traversing the saddle of ...
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Scape-wheel
·noun The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play...
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Side-wheel
·adj Having a paddle wheel on each side;
— said of steam vessels; as, a side-wheel steamer.
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Split wheel
·add. ·- = Split pulley.
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Sprocket wheel
·- ·same·as Chain wheel.
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Stern-wheel
·adj Having a paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel steamer.
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Stream wheel
·add. ·- A wheel used for measuring, by its motion when submerged, the velocity of flowing water; a ...
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Tangent wheel
·add. ·- A wheel with tangent spokes.
II. Tangent wheel ·add. ·- A worm or worm wheel; a tangent sc...
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Traction wheel
·add. ·- A locomotive driving wheel which acts by friction adhesion to a smooth track.
II. Traction...
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Trammel wheel
·add. ·- A circular plate or a cross, with two or more cross grooves intersecting at the center, use...
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Water wheel
·- The paddle wheel of a steam vessel.
II. Water wheel ·- A wheel for raising water; a noria, or th...
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Wheel base
·add. ·- The figure inclosed by lines through the points contact of the wheels of a vehicle, ·etc., ...
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Wheel-shaped
·adj Shaped like a wheel.
II. Wheel-shaped ·adj Expanding into a flat, circular border at top, with...
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Wheel-worn
·adj Worn by the action of wheels; as, a wheel-worn road.
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The Catherine Wheel
A house so called in the parish of St. Michael Crooked Lane, demised 28 Eliz. for the use of the par...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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coach wheel
A half crown piece is a fore coach wheel, and a crown piece a hind coach wheel; the fore wheels of a...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fly-wheel
The regulator of a machine.
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lee-wheel
The assistant to the helmsman.
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sproket-wheel
That at the upper extremities of the chain-pump-tubes, worked by crank-handles.
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weather-wheel
The position of the man who steers a large ship, from his standing on the weather-side of the wheel....
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wheel-house
A small round-house erected in some ships over the steering-wheel for the shelter of the helmsman.
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wheel-lock
A small machine attached to the old musket for producing sparks of fire.
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wheel-ropes
Ropes rove through a block on each side of the deck, and led round the barrel of the steering-wheel....
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Horse Guards
·- A body of cavalry so called; ·esp., a British regiment, called the Royal Horse Guards, which furn...
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Horse power
·- The power which a horse exerts.
II. Horse power ·- A machine worked by a horse, for driving othe...
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Horse-chestnut
·noun The large nutlike seed of a species of Aesculus (Ae. Hippocastanum), formerly ground, and fed ...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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horse ladder
A piece of Wiltshire wit, which consists in sending some raw lad, or simpleton, to a neighbouring fa...
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religious horse
One much given to prayer, or apt to be down upon his knees.
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running horse
or NAG
A clap, or gleet.
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scarlet horse
A high red, hired or hack horse: a pun on the word HIRED.
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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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horse-block
, HORSE-STONE, stone to mount on horseback. Lane.
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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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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...
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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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Wheel of fortune
·add. ·- A gambling or lottery device consisting of a wheel which is spun horizontally, articles or ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bell Wheel Alley
West out of Mark Lane, nearly opposite Hart Street. In Tower Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
No...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Catherine Wheel Alley
East out of Bishopsgate at No. 192, extending east to Middlesex Street (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsg...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Catherine Wheel Court
South out of Snow Hill, in Farringdon Ward Without (Horwood, 1799).
Former names : "Catherine Wheel...
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Catherine Wheel Inn
On the east side of Bishopsgate, south of Catherine Wheel Alley. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (O. and...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Catherine Wheel Yard
1) South out of London Wall, east of Basinghall Street (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799). In Cripplegate Wa...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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George Wheel Alley
See George and Catherine Wheel Alley.
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Katherine Wheel Inn
On the south side of London Wall. In Cripplegate Ward Within, east of Basinghall Street (Strype, 172...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Spinning Wheel Alley
A garden at the corner of "Spinning Wheel Alley," Moorlields, in parish of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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to trig a wheel
To stop a wheel so as to prevent its going backwards or forwards.--Bailey. Still used in New England...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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scotch a wheel
to stop it from going backward. Lane.
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wheel and axle
A well-known mechanical power, to which belong all turning or wheel machines, as cranes, capstans, w...
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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...
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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...
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Black Horse Stables
West out of Minories, at its southern end (Rocque, 1746). In Portsoken Ward.
Site has been rebuilt....
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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...
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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...
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Horse Shoe Court
North out of Ludgate Hill, in Farringdon Ward Without, west of Old Bailey (Bacon, 1912).
First ment...
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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...
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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...
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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)....
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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 ...
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Bell and Wheel Alley
West out of the Minories (O. and M. 1677), near the middle. In Portsoken Ward.
Other names : "Bell ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bell and Wheel Yard
West out of the Minories (O. and M. 1677), near the middle. In Portsoken Ward.
Other names : "Bell ...
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Catherine Wheel Alley, Bishopsgate
See George and Catherine Wheel Alley.
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The Katherine Wheel, East Smithfield
West of Hermitage Dock (Rocque, 1746). A tenement called "le Katheryn Whele" in East Smithfield was ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Katherine Wheel, Aldersgate Street
A capital messuage called the "Katheryne Wheale," in parish of St. Botolph without Aldersgate, in th...
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The Katherine Wheel, Newgate Street
Tenement called Tabne now called "la Katerine Whele" in poch sci Nichi infra Newgate and situm est i...
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Katherine Wheel Alley, Bishopsgate
See Catherine Wheel Alley.
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Katherine Wheel Inn, Bishopsgate
See Catherine Wheel Inn.
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barrel of the wheel
The cylinder round which the tiller-ropes are wound.
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cogs of a wheel
; applies to all wheel machinery now used at sea or on shore: thus windlass-cogs, capstan-cogs, &c.
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Black Horse Alley, Barbican
South out of Barbican, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
The site seems now t...
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Black Horse Court, Minories
West out of the Minories about the middle. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
In Stryp...
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Flying Horse Court, Yard
North out of Fleet Street to Serjeants Inn, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799)....
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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...
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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...
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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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Little Black Horse Court
West out of Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward (P.C 1732-Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
...
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White Horse Alley, Inn
1) North out of Barbican, in Aldersgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
See White Horse...
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White Horse Court, Inn
North out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Hatton, 1708-L. Guide, 1758).
Site now occup...
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White Horse Inn, Barbican
See White Horse Alley.
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White Horse Inn, Yard
On the south side of Fore Street, east of Cripplegate. In Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-B...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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White Horse Yard, Inn
South out of London Wall, in Broad Street Ward, opposite Bethlehem Hospital (O. and M. 1677-Lockie, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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 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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cock-horse and cockloft
See Baxter's Glossary, in voce COCIDIS.
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Cat and Wheel Alley, Bishopsgate
See Catherine Wheel Alley.
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Catherine Wheel Alley, Snow Hill
See Catherine Wheel Court.
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Catherine Wheel Alley, Thames Street
See Katherine Well Alley.
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Catherine Wheel and George Yard
See George and Catherine Wheel Alley.
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George and Catherine Wheel Alley
East out of Bishopsgate at No. 260 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Without.
First mention: Lo...
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Katherine Wheel Alley, Snow Hill
See Catherine Wheel Court.
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Katherine Wheel and George Alley
See George and Catherine Wheel Alley.
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Katherine Wheel Yard, Chick Lane
See Catherine Wheel Yard.
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Black Horse Alley, Aldersgate Street
See Black Horse Court.
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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. ...
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Black Horse Yard, Harrow Alley
West out of Harrow Alley, Middlesex Street (O. and M. 1677-Rocque, 1746). In Portsoken Ward.
See Ro...
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Flying Horse Inn, Yard, Houndsditch
East out of Bishopsgate Street and north to Houndsditch, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677...
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White Horse Inn, London Wall
See White Horse Yard.
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White Horse Yard, Seething Lane
East out of Seething Lane, south of the Navy Office (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
Former name: "Carr ...
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to carry a horse to water
instead of lead or ride him to water. A Southern expression.--Sherwood, Georgia.
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Black Horse Yard, Aldgate High Street
North out of Aldgate High Street, between Nos. 34 and 35, turning north-east into Middlesex Street (...
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Broad Way, Flying Horse Yard, Bishopsgate
See Foster Street.
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Flying Horse Yard, Half Moon Alley
West out of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without, south of Half Moon Alley (P.C. 1732-Elm...
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White Horse Alley, Aldgate High Street
See Black Horse Yard, Aldgate High Street.
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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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White Horse Court, Old Broad Street
See Union Court; White Horse Inn, Yard.
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White Horse Court, Royal Mint Street
North out of Royal Mint Street in the parish of St. Mary Whitechapel (P.C. 1732-O.S. 25 in. 1880). F...
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White Horse Yard, Old Broad Street
See Flying Horse Yard.
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fallen away from a horse load to a cart load
A saying on one grown fat.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose