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bill of sight
, or bill of view
A warrant for a custom-house officer to examine goods which had been shipped for...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Sight
·vi To take aim by a sight.
II. Sight ·vt The instrument of seeing; the eye.
III. Sight ·vt A spec...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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sight
1) A great many.--Brockett, Glossary. A sight of people, is a great multitude. A sight of things, a ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Bill
·noun A pickax, or mattock.
II. Bill ·noun One who wields a bill; a billman.
III. Bill ·noun The b...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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bill
A weapon or implement of war, a pike or halbert of the English infantry. It was formerly carried by ...
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at
at or ast, conj. [Curtius connects the Sanscr. ati, ultra, nimis, the Gr. ἔτι, the Lat. et, and at...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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at
at or I (rarely) ast, conj, but (introducing a contrast to what precedes).
I I. In a transition, b...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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At
·prep The relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock; at twenty-one; at once; at first.
I...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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at
for by. Used in this expression, "Sales at auction."
The English say--"Sales by auction," and this ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Breech sight
·- A device attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye, in conjunction with the front sig...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Long-sight
·noun Long-sightedness.
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Peep sight
·add. ·- An adjustable piece, pierced with a small hole to peep through in aiming, attached to a rif...
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Second-sight
·noun The power of discerning what is not visible to the physical eye, or of foreseeing future event...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sight-hole
·noun A hole for looking through; a peephole.
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Sight-seeing
·noun The act of seeing sights; eagerness for novelties or curiosities.
II. Sight-seeing ·adj Engag...
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Sight-seer
·noun One given to seeing sights or noted things, or eager for novelties or curiosities.
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Sight-shot
·noun Distance to which the sight can reach or be thrown.
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Telescopic sight
·add. ·- A sight consisting of a small telescope, as on a compass or rifle.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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plaguy sight
This is a very common expression in the colloquial language of New England, and means, a great deal....
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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breech-sight
The notch cut on the base ring of a gun.
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chase-sight
Where the sight is usually placed.
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close-sight
The notch in the base-ring of a cannon, to place the eye in a line with the top-sight.
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dispart-sight
A gun-sight fixed on the top of the second reinforce-ring about the middle of the piece for point-bl...
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gun-sight
See disparting a gun, or sights.
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millar's sight
General Millar's simple dispart a sliding pillar bearing a scale graduated to tangents of degrees fo...
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sight-vanes
See vanes.
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Bank bill
·- In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bill book
·- A book in which a person keeps an account of his notes, bills, bills of exchange, ·etc., thus sho...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bill broker
·- One who negotiates the discount of bills.
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Bill holder
·- A person who holds a bill or acceptance.
II. Bill holder ·- A device by means of which bills, ·e...
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Brown bill
·- A bill or halberd of the 16th and 17th centuries. ·see 4th Bill.
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Crane's-bill
·noun A pair of long-beaked forceps.
II. Crane's-bill ·noun The geranium;
— so named from the long...
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Duck's-bill
·adj Having the form of a duck's bill.
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Hedging bill
·- A hedge bill. ·see under <<Hedge>>.
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Ivory-bill
·noun A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp,...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Parrot's-bill
·noun The glory pea. ·see under <<Glory>>.
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Ripper bill
·add. ·- An act or a bill conferring upon a chief executive, as a governor or mayor, large powers of...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Speckled-bill
·noun The American white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons).
...
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Bill Alley
See Billet Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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apothecary's bill
A long bill.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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channel-bill
n.
name given to a birdresembling a large cuckoo, Scythrops novae-hollandiae,Lath. See Scythrops.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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kaka-bill
n.
a New Zealand plant, the Clianthus (q.v.), so called from the supposedresemblance of the flower ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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parrot-bill
n.
See kaka-bill.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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red-bill
n.
bird-name given to Estrelda temporalis, Lath. It is also appliedto the Oyster-catchers (q.v.); a...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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spine-bill
n.
an Australian «Honey-eater,» but not now so classed. There are two species – – The Slender Spine...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wedge-bill
n.
an Australian bird. ThisEnglish name for a species of humming-bird is applied inAustralia to Sph...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bank-bill
A bank-note.
Neither Johnson nor the other lexicographers have the term bank-note, though they all ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cranes-bill
(Geranium maculatum.) The popular name of a native geranium, which grows about fences and the edges ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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way-bill
A list of the passengers in a stage-coach, railroad car, steamboat, or other public conveyance.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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stock's-bill
geranium Robertianum. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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bill-boards
Doubling under the fore-channels to the water-line, to protect the planking from the bill of the anc...
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bill-fish
See gar-fish.
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bill-hook
A species of hatchet used in wooding a ship, similar to that used by hedgers.
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brown bill
The old weapon of the English infantry: hence, perhaps the expression "Brown Bess" for a musket.
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butcher's bill
A nickname for the official return of killed and wounded which follows an action.
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clean bill
(See bill of health.) When all are in health.
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cock-bill
The situation of the anchor when suspended from the cat-head ready for letting go. Also said of a ca...
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fire-bill
The distribution of the officers and crew in case of the alarm of fire, a calamity requiring judicio...
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foul bill
See bill of health.
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hawk's-bill
♦ Chelone imbricata, a well-known turtle frequenting the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, so named from h...
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quarter-bill
A list containing the different stations to which the officers and crew are quartered in time of act...
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quarterly bill
The document by which officers draw three months' personal pay.
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razor-bill
A sea-fowl allied to the auks, Alca torda.
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saw-bill
A name for the goosander, Mergus merganser.
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station-bill
A list containing the appointed posts of the crew when performing any evolution but action.
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victualling-bill
A custom-house document, warranting the shipment of such bonded stores as the master of an outward-b...
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watch-bill
The pocket "watch and station bill," which each officer is expected to produce if required, and inst...
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At one
·- <<Together>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Here-at
·adv At, or by reason of, this; as, he was offended hereat.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Strain at
Simply a misprint for "strain out" (Matt. 23:24).
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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to jump at
To embrace with eagerness; as, 'I made him an offer, and he jumped at it.'
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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at-after
afterwards. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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at anchor
The situation of a vessel riding in a road or port by her anchor.
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touching at
Stopping or anchoring at some intermediate port in the course of a voyage.
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Strain At
(So translated in the Authorized Version, but in the Revised Version "strain out," (Matthew 23:24) w...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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least in sight
To play least in sight; to hide, keep out of the way, or make one's self scarce.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to heave in sight
To come in sight; to appear. This nautical phrase appears to have originated in the fact that an app...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hove-in-sight
The anchor in view. Also, a sail just discovered.
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bill of sale
A widow's weeds.
See house to let.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bill of exchange
A means of remitting money from one country to another. The receiver must present it for acceptance ...
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bill of freedom
A full pass for a neutral in time of war.
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bill of health
A certificate properly authenticated by the consul, or other proper authority at any port, that the ...
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bill of lading
A memorandum by which the master of a ship acknowledges the receipt of the goods specified therein, ...
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bill of sale
A written document by which the property of a vessel, or shares thereof, are transferred to a purcha...
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bill of view
See bill of sight
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bill of store
A kind of license, or custom-house permission, for re-importing unsold goods from foreign ports duty...
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Sleep-at-noon
·noun A plant (Tragopogon pratensis) which closes its flowers at midday; a kind of goat's beard.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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(St.) Botolph at Retheresgate
See St. Botolph Billingsgate.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Conduit at Aldermanbury
See Aldermanbury Conduit.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Conduit at Barking
Bequest of 2/- quit rent to the conduit of Berkynke by Rob. de Conyngham, 1286 (Ct. H. Wills, I. 78)...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Conduit at Bishopsgate
Near the gate inside the walls (S. 175), a little to the west (ib. 176).
Erected by Thomas Kneswort...
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Conduit at Dowgate
A conduit of Thames water made 1568 at the cost of the citizens, and called the Conduit upon Downgat...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Council at London
Held in 833, at which were present the Bishops and "proceribus majoribus" of all England, to take co...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Dolphin at Aldersgate
Described in a deed 1291, as a tenement in the parish of "St. Agnes infra Aldresgate," between the h...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary at Hill
On the west side of St. Mary at Hill (Street) (P.O. Directory). In Billingsgate Ward.
Earliest ment...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Peter at Baynardescastel
See St. Peter Paul's Wharf.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Serjeants-at-Law
A body of barristers of the highest degree, sworn to serve the King's people in their causes.
The J...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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tenant at will
One whose wife usually fetches him from the alehouse.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to be driving at
'What are you driving at?' that is, what are you about? what object have you in view? A colloquial e...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to suit to at
To suit or fit exactly. This old English phrase is often used by ourselves in colloquial language.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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lieutenant-at-arms
Formerly the junior lieutenant, who, with the master-at-arms, was charged with the drilling of the s...
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master-at-arms
In former times was an officer appointed to command the police-duty of a ship, to teach the crew the...
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prisoner at large
Free to take exercise within bounds.
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surveyors at lloyd's
See lloyd's surveyors.
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out at heels, or out at elbows
In declining circumstances.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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heave and in sight
A notice given by the boatswain to the crew when the anchor is drawn up so near the surface of the w...
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sight the anchor, to
To heave it up in sight, in order to prove that it is clear, when, from the ship having gone over it...
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(St.) Anne at the Tourhill
" Anne on the Towr Hill and Abbey of Whit Monkys " (Arnold's Chronicle, p. 247 and p. 75).
" Seynt ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Benedict at Castle Baynard
See St. Benet Paul's Wharf.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Conduit at Aldgate Without
"A fair water conduit, hard without the Gate" (Aldgate), erected 1535 (Stow, ed. 1603, p. 129).
One...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Conduit at Holborn Cross
See Holborn Conduit.
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Conduit at London Wall
In London Wall by Moorgate opposite the northern end of Coleman Street, erected 1517 at the charges ...
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(St.) Mary at Hill, Street
South out of Eastcheap, at No. 28, to Lower Thames Street (P.O. Directory). In Billingsgate Ward.
E...
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(St.) Olave at Crutched Friars
See St. Olave Hart Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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blocked at both ends
Finished. The game is blocked at both ends; the game is ended.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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jack at a pinch
A poor hackney parson.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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old dog at it
Expert, accustomed.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to look blue at one
is to look at one with a countenance expressive of displeasure or dissatisfaction.
The Bishop would...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to shake a stick at
A ridiculous phrase very often heard in low language. When a man is puzzled to give one an idea of a...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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ease, to stand at
To remain at rest.
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entering at custom-house
The forms required of the master of a merchant ship before her cargo can be discharged.
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good-at-all-points
Practical in every particular.
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off at a tangent
Going in a hurry, or in a testy humour.
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notch-sight of a gun
A sight having a V-shaped notch, wherein the eye easily finds the lowest or central point.
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(St.) Benet at, or del Wodewharf
See Benet Paul's Wharf.
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Boss of Water at Billingsgate
Against Boss Alley (q.v.).
Made about 1423 by the Executors of Richard Whittington (S. 17 and 210)....
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(St.) Marie at the Holle, Hupehulle
See St. Mary at Hill.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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hard at his a-se
Close after him.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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capstan, to heave at the
To urge it round, by pushing against the bars, as already described.
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ducking at the yard-arm
A marine punishment unknown, except by name, in the British navy; but formerly inflicted by the Fren...
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fresh hand at the bellows
Said when a gale freshens suddenly.
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Boss of Water at Paul's Wharf
Made about 1423 by the executors of Richard Whittington. In Bosse Lane (S. 17, 364). In Queenhithe W...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Church Rents, St. Mary at Hill
In the records of the parish of St. Mary at Hill (E.E.T. Soc.) there are numerous references to the ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Peter at the Cross of Cheap
See St. Peter Westcheap.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Chapel in the Charnel at St. Mary Spitall
See St. Edmond the Bishop and Marie Magdalen.
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(St.) Mary Magdalen at the Fishmarket, de la Fishstrete
See St. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street.
There was an altar in the Priory Church to St. Mary Magdale...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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earing-cringle, at the head of a sail
In sail-making it is an eye spliced in the bolt-rope, to which the much smaller head-rope is attache...
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At the junction of Aldgate High Street with Leadenhall Street and Fenchurch Street (S. 140-O.S. 1875).
Taken down 1876 and a drinking fountain erected on the site.
There was a well called " Alegate well...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.