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Mill
·noun To beat with the fists.
II. Mill ·noun To roll into bars, as steel.
III. Mill ·noun A <<Pugi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Mill
For grinding corn, mentioned as used in the time of Abraham (Gen. 18:6). That used by the Hebrews co...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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mill
A chisel.
to mill
To rob; also to break, beat out, or kill. I'll mill your glaze; I'll beat out yo...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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mill
A boxing match, whether standing up or nailed to a chest.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Mill
The mills of the ancient Hebrews probably differed but little from those at present in use in the Ea...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Lay
·vt A plan; a scheme.
II. Lay ·noun An obligation; a vow.
III. Lay ·Impf of Lie, to recline.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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lay
Enterprize, pursuit, or attempt: to be sick of the lay. It also means a hazard or chance: he stands ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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lay
1) Terms or conditions of a bargain; price. Ex. 'I bought the articles at a good lay;' 'He bought hi...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Barker's mill
·- A machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Craze-mill
·noun ·Alt. of Crazing-mill.
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Crazing-mill
·noun A mill for grinding tin ore.
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Mill-cake
·noun The incorporated materials for gunpowder, in the form of a dense mass or cake, ready to be sub...
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Mill-sixpence
·noun A milled sixpence;
— the sixpence being one of the first English coins milled (1561).
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Tilt-mill
·noun A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of tilting is carried on.
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Walk-mill
·noun A fulling mill.
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Water mill
·- A mill whose machinery is moved by water;
— distinguished from a windmill, and a steam mill.
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Mill, James
(1773-1836)
Philosopher and historian, s. of a shoemaker, was b. at Montrose, and showing signs of ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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The Horse Mill
Tenement called "le Horsmylle" in Graschirchstrete in parish of St. Peter upon Cornhulle granted to ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Mill Alley
See Great Bell Alley, Coleman Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Mill Bridge
In St. Catherine's Thames Street (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
Qy. = Mille Dock.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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water-mill
A woman's private parts.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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wind-mill
The fundament. She has no fortune but her mills; i.e. she has nothing but her **** and a*se.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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flouring-mill
A grist mill.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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boltin-mill
a hand-mill. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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mill-holms
watery places about a mill-dam. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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smilting-mill
a furnace for melting lead-ore. Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Lay reader
·add. ·- A layman authorized to read parts of the public service of the church.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Lay shaft
·add. ·noun ·Alt. of <<Layshaft>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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chiving lay
Cutting the braces of coaches behind, on which the coachman quitting the box, an accomplice robs the...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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clouting lay
Picking pockets of handkerchiefs.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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drag lay
Waiting in the streets to rob carts or waggons.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dub lay
Robbing houses by picking the locks.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fam lay
Going into a goldsmith's shop, under pretence of buying a wedding ring, and palming one or two, by d...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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kid lay
Rogues who make it their business to defraud young apprentices, or errand-boys, of goods committed t...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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peter lay
The department of stealing portmanteaus, trunks, &c.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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prad lay
Cutting bags from behind horses. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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roost lay
Stealing poultry.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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smug lay
Persons who pretend to be smugglers of lace and valuable articles; these men borrow money of publica...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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toby lay
The highway. High toby man; a highway-man. Low toby man; a footpad.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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o'er- lay
a surcingle. Lane.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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lay, to
To come or go; as, lay aloft, lay forward, lay aft, lay out. This is not the neuter verb lie mispron...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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lay-days
The time allowed for shipping or discharging a cargo; and if not done within the term, fair weather ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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lay in
The opposite of lay out. The order for men to come in from the yards after reefing or furling. It al...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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lay lords
The civil members of the admiralty board.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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lay-to
To bring the weather-bow to the sea, with one sail set, and the helm lashed a-lee. (See lie-to, to.)...
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Mill, John Stuart
(1806-1873)
Philosopher, s. of the above, b. in London, was ed. by his f. with the view of making h...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Wind Mill Alley
West out of Minories. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677).
Site now occupied by offices and business...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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lay, by the
When a man is paid in proportion to the success of the voyage, instead of by the month. This is comm...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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to go through the mill
A metaphor alluding to grain which has been through the mill. A Western editor observed that the mai...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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avoir du pois lay
Stealing brass weights off the counters of shops. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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lay-overs for meddlers
A reply to a troublesome question on the part of a child, in answer to 'What's that?.' A turn-over i...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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lay a gun, to
So to direct it as that its shot may be expected to strike a given object; for which purpose its axi...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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lay her course, to
To be able to sail in the direction wished for, however barely the wind permits it.
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lay in the oars
Unship them from the rowlocks, and place them fore and aft in the boat.
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lay of a rope
The direction in which its strands are twisted; hawser is right-handed; cablet left-handed.
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lay or lie on your oars!
The order to desist rowing, without laying the oars in.
♦ Lay out on your oars! is the order to gi...
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lay the land, to
Barely to lose sight of it.
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lay in sea-stock, to
To make provision for the voyage.
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lay up a ship, to
To dismantle her.
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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.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose