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Lock hospital
·- A hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Lock
·noun A grapple in wrestling.
II. Lock ·noun A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
III. Lock ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Lock
The Hebrews usually secured their doors by bars of wood or iron (Isa. 45:2; 1 Kings 4:3). These were...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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lock
1) A scheme, a mode. I must fight that lock; I must try that scheme.
2) Character. He stood a queer...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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lock!
an exclamation of surprise ; as, what! heyday! Exm.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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lock
I.
The striking instrument by which fire is produced for the discharge of a gun, containing the co...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Lock
Where European locks have not been introduced, the locks of eastern houses are usually of wood, and ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Hospital
·adj <<Hospitable>>.
II. Hospital ·noun A place for shelter or entertainment; an <<Inn>>.
III. Hos...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hospital (New)
See St. Mary Bethlehem, and New Hospital without Bishopsgate.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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hospital
A place appointed for the reception of sick and wounded men, with a regular medical establishment. (...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Double-lock
·vt To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hammer lock
·add. ·- A hold in which an arm of one contestant is held twisted and bent behind his back by his op...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hip lock
·add. ·- A lock in which a close grip is obtained and a fall attempted by a heave over the hip.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Lock step
·- A mode of marching by a body of men going one after another as closely as possible, in which the ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Lock stitch
·- A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of two threads together, as in the work done by s...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Lock-down
·noun A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting;
— used by lumbermen.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Lock-weir
·noun A waste weir for a canal, discharging into a lock chamber.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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soap-lock
A lock of hair made to lie smooth by soaping it. Hence also a name given to a low set of fellows who...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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black-lock
A trout thought to be peculiar to Lough Melvin, on the west of Ireland.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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fire-lock
Formerly the common name for a musket; the fire-arm carried by a foot-soldier, marine, or small-arm ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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lock, to
To entangle the lower yards when tacking.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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lock-fast
A modified principle in the breech-loading of fire-arms.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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wheel-lock
A small machine attached to the old musket for producing sparks of fire.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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(St.) Bartholomew's Hospital
On the south side of West Smithfield (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without.
Founded by Raher...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bethlehem Hospital
See Old Bethlehem Hospital.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bridewell Hospital
See Bridewell.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Christ's Hospital
On the north side of Newgate Street on the site occupied by the Grey Friars Monastery (O.S. 1894).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hospital Passage
Leading from Christ's Hospital into Butcherhall Lane (Dodsley, 1761).
Not identified in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Katherine's Hospital
On Tower Hill, to the east of the Tower.
Founded by Q Matilda, the wife of King Stephen, before 114...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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haslar hospital
A fine establishment near Gosport, for the reception and cure of the sick and wounded of the Royal N...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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hospital-ship
A vessel fitted to receive the sick, either remaining in port, or accompanying a fleet, as circumsta...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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lock up house
A spunging house; a public house kept by sheriff's officers, to which they convey the persons they h...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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(St.) Anthony, Hospital of
On the north side of Threadneedle Street (S. 181). In Broad Street Ward. Stow tells us that there wa...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bethlehem Hospital Chapel
The little chapell of Beelem wythout Bisshops Gate (Arnold's Chronicle, 1500-1521, p. 255).
Taken d...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bishopsgate, Hospital Without
The references under this name are very numerous, and they seem to refer both to Bethlehem Hospital ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Christ Church Hospital
See Christ's Hospital.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Aldermanbary, Hospital
See Elsing Spital.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Metropolitan Free Hospital
On the east side of Devonshire Square (O.S. 1880). In Bishopsgate Ward Without.
The site was former...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Old Bethlehem Hospital
On the east side of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without. Founded by Simon Fitz Mary, She...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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lock, stock, and barrel
The whole. A figurative expression borrowed from sportsmen, and having reference to a gun.
Look at ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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lock, stock, and barrel
An expression derived from fire-arms, and meaning the whole.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Chapel in Bartholomew Hospital
See St. Bartholomew the Less.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cripplegate, New Hospital Within
See Elsing Spital.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Giles' Hospital, without Cripplegate
A hospital of the French order founded temp. Edward I., afterwards suppressed with other alien prior...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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London Lying-in Hospital
In Shaftesbury House, Aldersgate Street.
Instituted 1750. Removed 1771 to City Road.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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New Hospital without Bishopsgate
See St. Mary Spital and Old Bethlehem Hospital.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Passage to the Hospital
See Christ Church Passage.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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hammer, of a gun-lock
Formerly the steel covering of the pan from which the flint of the cock struck sparks on to the prim...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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(St.) Bartholomew Chapel, within the Hospital
See St. Bartholomew the Less.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hermitage by St. Bartbolomew's Hospital
Grant to Katheren, late wife of W. Hardell, of 20 foot of land in Smithfield, next to the Chapel of ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hospital for Lunatics, Barking Church
Hospital founded in parish of Barking church, 44 Ed. III., for poor priests and others sick of the p...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary within Cripplegate, Hospital of
See Elsing Spital.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary without Bishopsgate, Hospital of
See Old Bethlehem Hospital and St. Mary Spital.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, Moorfields
On the south side of City Road in
Borough of Finsbury (P.O. Directory).
It was originally founded ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hospital for Diseases of the Skin
On the east side of New Bridge Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (O.S. 1880).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.