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Moor
·vt Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly. II. Moor ·vi To cast anchor; to become fast. III. Moor ·noun A...

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moor
An upland swamp, boggy, with fresh water. Also, an open common. ...

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Hen
·noun The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; ...

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Hen
grace; quiet; rest ...

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Hen
Common in later times among the Jews in Palestine (Matt. 23:37; Luke 13:34). It is noticeable that t...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
hen
A woman. A cock and hen club; a club composed of men and women. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Hen
The hen is nowhere noticed in the Bible except in (Matthew 23:37; Luke 13:34) That a bird so common ...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Moor Court
1) In Miles' Lane, near Crooked Lane (Strype, Ed. 1755~Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. 2) Nor...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Moor Lane
-North out of Fore Street, at No.87, to Chiswell Street (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Withou...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Moor Square
West out of Moor Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799 - O.S. 1848-51). Former names: " ...

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Moor Yard
South out of Old Fish Street, in Queenhithe Ward (O. and M. 1677 Boyle, 1799). "Moor's Yard" in O. ...

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moor, to
To secure a ship with anchors, or to confine her in a particular station by two chains or cables, ei...

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moor-gallop
A west-country term for a sudden squall coming across the moors. ...

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Daker hen
·- The corncrake or land rail. ...

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Dandy-hen
·noun ·f A bantam fowl. ...

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Hen-hearted
·adj Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted. ...

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Sea hen
·- the common guillemot; — applied also to various other sea birds. ...

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Tappit hen
·- A hen having a tuft of feathers on her head. II. Tappit hen ·- A measuring pot holding one quart...

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Water hen
·- Any gallinule. II. Water hen ·- The common American coot. ...

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hen-hearted
Cowardly. ...

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hen house
A house where the woman rules; called also a SHE HOUSE, and HEN FRIGATE: the latter a sea phrase, or...

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fat-hen
n. a kind of wild spinach.In England the name is applied to various plants of thickfoliage. 1847. ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
jungle-hen
n. name given to a mound-buildingbird, Megapodius tumulus, Gould. See also Megapode. The Indian Jun...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
mallee-hen
n. Same as mallee-bird (q.v.). 1890. `Victorian Statutes-Game Act, Third Schedule': [Close Season...

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maori-hen
n. Same as Weka (q.v.). ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
native-hen
n. name applied to various speciesof the genus Tribonyx (q.v.). The Australian speciesare – – Tribo...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
scrub-hen
i.q. scrub-fowl. ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
swamp-hen
n. an Australasian bird, Porphyrio melanonotus, Temm. (often incorrectlyshortened to Melanotus). Ca...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
hen-hawk
(Falco lineatus.) The popular name of the red-shouldered hawk of naturalists. ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
mud-hen
The common name of the Virginia Rail ornithologists. It inhabits small streams and marshes. ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
prairie-hen
The pinnated grouse of ornithologists. It is also called Heath-hen and Grouse in some parts of the c...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
clocking hen
a hen desirous of sitting to hatch her eggs. N. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
clucking hen
a hen desirous of sitting to hatch her eggs. N. ...

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hen-bawks
a hen-roost, from the bawks of which it consists. See BAWKS. N. ...

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cape-hen
See molly-mawk. ...

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hen-frigate
A ship wherein the captain's wife interfered in the duty or regulations. ...

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sea-hen
A name of the fish Trigla lyra, or crooner (which see). ...

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(St.) Bartholomew Moor Lane
On the east side of Moor Lane north of the Metropolitan Railway. In Cripplegate Ward Without (O.S. 1...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Little Moor Gate
See Blomfield Street. ...

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moor across, to
To lay out one of the anchors across stream. ...

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moor along, to
To anchor in a river with a hawser on shore to steady her. ...

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Blue Hen State
·add. ·- The State of Delaware; — a popular sobriquet. It is said, though the story lacks proof, to...

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moon-eyed hen
A squinting wench. ...

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brood-hen star
The cluster of the Pleiades. ...

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Carr Yard, Moor Lane
See Car Square. ...

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moor quarter-shot, to
To moor quartering, between the two ways of across and along. ...

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moor the boat, to
To fasten her with two ropes, so that the one shall counteract the other, and keep her in a steady p...

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Hen and Chickens Court
North out of Fleet Street at No. 183, east of St. Dunstan's church, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.O....

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New Pump Court, Moor Lane
See Pump Court. ...

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moor a cable each way, to
Is dropping one anchor, veering out two cables' lengths, and letting go another anchor from the oppo...

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moor with a spring on the cable, to
See spring. ...

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as fat as a hen in the forehead
A saying of a meagre person. ...

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