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North
·adv <<Northward>>. II. North ·vi To turn or move toward the north; to veer from the east or west t...

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north
From the Anglo-Saxon nord. ...

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North country
A general name for the countries that lay north of Palestine. Most of the invading armies entered Pa...

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North Alley
In Basinghall Street (P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps. ...

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North Buildings
In Eldon Street, Finsbury (L.C.C. List, 1901). Not named in the maps. ...

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North Court
Out of St. John's Court, Smithfield (Wheatley). So named after John North, uncle of Sir Dudley Nort...

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North Street
South out of Ropemaker Street to White Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799-O.S. 1880)...

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following, north or south
See quadrant. ...

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north following
For this and north preceding, see quadrant. ...

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north sea
The Jamaica name for the north swell. (See ground-sea.) ...

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north-wester
This wind in India usually commences or terminates with a violent gust from that quarter, with loud ...

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north wind
This wind in the British seas is dry and cold, and generally ushers in fair weather and clear skies....

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North Star State
·add. ·- Minnesota; — a nickname. ...

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North, Sir Thomas
(1535?-1601?) Translator, 2nd s. of the 1st Lord N., may have studied at Camb. He entered Lincoln's...

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North London Railway
North from Liverpool Street along the western boundary of Bishopsgate Ward Without to the northern b...

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north-away yawl
The old term for Norway yawl (which see). ...

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north-east passage
To the Pacific, or round the north of Europe, has been divided into three parts, thus: 1. From Arc...

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north-west passage
By Hudson's Bay into the Pacific Ocean has been more than once attempted of late years, but hitherto...

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north passage to the indies
The grand object of our maritime expeditions at a remote period, prosecuted with a boldness, dexteri...

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Gun Yard, Little Tower Hill, North
North out of Little Tower Hill (O. and M. 1677). Site has been rebuilt. ...

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