A nick name for the surgeon's servant on board a man of war, sometimes for the surgeon himself: from the water gruel prescribed to the sick, which is called loblolley.
·noun A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son. II. Boy ·vt To act as a ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·add. ·- Orig., a member of the "Boy Scouts," an organization of boys founded in 1908, by Sir R. S. ...
·- A boy employed on shipboard. ...
North out of Ludgate Hill at No. 60 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Without. First mention: Elmes, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
A dram drinker. Cant. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A roaring, mad, blustering fellow, a scourer of the streets, or kicker up of a breeze. ...
A rogue, a hector, a bully, or sharper. CANT. ...
A dull simple fellow. ...
A noisy, riotous fellow. ...
A bottle, or two-quart pot. ...
In New England, a romping girl; called also a tom-boy. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
A Humber or east-coast boat, of river-barge build, and a trysail; a bluff-bowed north-country trader...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A boy whose duty is to attend and serve the officers and passengers in the cabin. ...
A man who attended the surgeon and his assistants, to summon the sick, and attend on them. A man is ...
The caulker's apprentice, who attends to bring oakum, pitch, &c. ...
Boys apprenticed to learn their sea-duties, but generally appointed as servants. ...
1) North out of Chick Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.C. 1732-Elmes, 1831). Not named in the ma...
South out of Upper Thames Street, behind No.53, opposite Bread Street Hill (Lockie, 1810 and 1816). ...
North out of Ludgate Hill, in Farringdon Ward Without (Hatton, 1708-Horwood, 1799). Next the Seven S...
See Golden Fleece Court. ...
See Bear and Ragged Staff. ...
On the south side of Leadenhall Street, at No.8 (Lockie, 1810 and 1816). Coach office for Essex. ...
West out of Little Elbow Lane. In Vintry Ward (Rocque 1746-Boyle, 1799). The site is now occupied b...
An excellent, though roystering fellow. ...
See Black Dog Alley. ...