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·noun A race, as distinguished by its speech. II. Language ·vt To communicate by language; to expre...

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Billingsgate
·noun Coarsely abusive, foul, or profane language; vituperation; ribaldry. II. Billingsgate ·noun A...

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Billingsgate
This name has been variously used to designate : one of the City gates, a port or quay on the Thames...

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Sea language
·- The peculiar language or phraseology of seamen; sailor's cant. ...

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Chaldee language
Employed by the sacred writers in certain portions of the Old Testament, viz., Dan. 2:4-7, 28; Ezra ...

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Hebrew language
The language of the Hebrew nation, and that in which the Old Testament is written, with the exceptio...

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ship-language
The shibboleth of nautic diction, as tau'sle, fok'sle, for top-sail, forecastle, and the like. ...

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Hebrew Language
The books of the Old Testament are written almost entirely in the Hebrew language. It is a branch of...

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Billingsgate Buildings
On the north side of Lower Thames Street, at Monument Street (P.O. Directory). In Billingsgate Ward....

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Billingsgate Dock
See Billingsgate. ...

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Billingsgate Market
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Billingsgate Stairs
Adjoining Billingsgate Dock on the west (Rocque, 1746). In Billingsgate Ward. In Leake, 1666, calle...

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Billingsgate Ward
1) One of the twenty-six wards of the City fronting the river, and extending west from Tower Ward to...

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(St.) Botolph Billingsgate
On the south side of Thames Street, between Botolph Wharf and Cock's key (Leake, 1666). In Billingsg...

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Romeland, Billingsgate
A large open space at the head of Billingsgate Dock, in the parish of St. Mary at Hill, in Billingsg...

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Billingsgate Key, Quay
See Billingsgate Stairs. ...

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Billingsgate Ward School
On the east side of Botolph Lane. In Billingsgate Ward (O.S.). Erected on the site of the churchyar...

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(St.) Botolph Billingsgate, Churchyard
East out of Botolph Lane, south of Botolph Alley. In Billingsgate Ward (Strype, 1720 and 1755, and R...

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Oate Lane, Billingsgate
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Canaan, the language of
Mentioned in Isa. 19:18, denotes the language spoken by the Jews resident in Palestine. The language...

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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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the crack, or all the crack. the fashionable theme, the go. the crack lay, of late is used, in the cant language, to signify the art and mystery of house-breaking.
Crust, sea biscuit, or ammunition loaf; also the backside. Farting crackers; breeches. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose