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Woman
·noun A female attendant or servant.
II. Woman ·vt To make effeminate or womanish.
III. Woman ·vt ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Woman
Was "taken out of man" (Gen. 2:23), and therefore the man has the preeminence. "The head of the woma...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Work
·noun To ferment, as a liquid.
II. Work ·noun Ore before it is dressed.
III. Work ·add. ·noun Brea...
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woman of pleasure
A prostitute.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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all-
al-l- in words compounded with ad, see adl-.
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An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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All
·conj Although; albeit.
II. All ·adj Only; alone; nothing but.
III. All ·adj <<Any>>.
IV. All ·ad...
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all
The total quantity; quite; wholly.
♦ All aback, when all the sails are taken aback by the winds.
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all sorts of
A Southern expression, synonymous with expert, acute, excellent, capital. It answers to the English ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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of all loves
See love.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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haul of all!
An order to brace round all the yards at once a manœuvre sometimes used in tacking, or on a sudden c...
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rode of all
Improperly so written for rowed of all (which see). The order to throw in and boat the oars.
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rowed of all!
The orders for the rowers to cease, and toss their oars into the boat simultaneously, in naval style...
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woman of the town
A prostitute.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Herb-woman
·noun A woman that sells herbs.
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Tire-woman
·noun A lady's maid.
II. Tire-woman ·noun A dresser in a theater.
...
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Ethiopian woman
The wife of Moses (Num. 12:1). It is supposed that Zipporah, Moses' first wife (Ex. 2:21), was now d...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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good woman
A nondescript, represented on a famous sign in St. Giles's, in the form of a common woman. but witho...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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honest woman
To marry a woman with whom one has cohabitated as a mistress, is termed, making an honest woman of h...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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childing-woman
a breeding woman. North.
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fish-woman
See fish-wife
...
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Ethiopian Woman
The wife of Moses is to described in (Numbers 12:1) She is elsewhere said to have been the daughter ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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capital of a work
In fortification, an imaginary line bisecting its most prominent salient angle.
...
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faces of a work
In fortification, are the two lines forming its most prominent salient angle.
...
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head of a work
In fortification, the part most advanced towards the enemy. In progressive works, such as siege-appr...
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Bantam work
·- Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Grotto-work
·noun Artificial and ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto.
...
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Hand-work
·noun ·see <<Handiwork>>.
...
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Press work
·add. ·- The work of a press agent.
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Sabrina work
·- A variety of applique work for quilts, table covers, ·etc.
...
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Sorrento work
·- Ornamental work, mostly carved in olivewood, decorated with inlay, made at or near Sorrento, Ital...
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Table work
·add. ·- Typesetting of tabular nmatter, or the type matter set in tabular form.
...
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Tut-work
·noun Work done by the piece, as in nonmetaliferous rock, the amount done being usually reckoned by ...
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church work
Said of any work that advances slowly.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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county work
Said of any work that advances slowly.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gingerbread work
Gilding and carving: these terms are particularly applied by seamen on board Newcastle colliers, to ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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horn work
Cuckold-making.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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outen-work
out-door work. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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pole-work
a long tedious business. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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breast-work
A sort of balustrade of rails, mouldings, or stanchions, which terminates the quarter-deck and poop ...
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carved work
The ornaments of a ship which are wrought by the carver.
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clincher-work
The disposition of the planks in the side of any boat or vessel, when the lower edge of every plank ...
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crown-work
In fortification, the largest definite form of outwork, having for its head two contiguous bastioned...
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day's work
In navigation, the reckoning or reduction of the ship's courses and distances made good during twent...
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dicker-work
The timbering of tide-harbours in the Channel. Wattling between piles.
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gingerbread work
Profusely carved decorations of a ship.
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horn-work
In fortification, a form of outwork having for its head a bastioned front, and for its sides two lon...
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iron-work
A general name for all pieces of iron, of whatever figure or size, which are used in the constructio...
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journey-work
Work performed by the day.
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paternoster-work
The framing of a chain-pump.
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quick-work
Generally signifies all that part of a ship which is under water when she is laden; it is also appli...
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rubble-work
A mass of masonry, formed of irregular stones and pebbles imbedded in mortar. It is used in the inte...
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tide's work
The amount of progress a ship has made during a favourable tide. Also, a period of necessary labour ...
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work, to
Said of a ship when she strains in a tempestuous sea, so as to loosen her joints.
...
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work aback
This is said of a steam-engine if reversed, to propel the vessel astern.
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Desire of all nations
(Hag. 2:7), usually interpreted as a title of the Messiah. The Revised Version, however, more correc...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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mother of all saints
The Monosyllable.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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mother of all souls
The same. IRISH.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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All fours
·- All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of a person.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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All hail
·interj All health;
— a phrase of salutation or welcome.
...
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All Saints
·- ·Alt. of All Saints'.
...
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All Saints'
·- The first day of November, called, also, Allhallows or Hallowmas; a feast day kept in honor of al...
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All-hail
·vt To <<Salute>>; to <<Greet>>.
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All-possessed
·adj Controlled by an evil spirit or by evil passions; wild.
...
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Be-all
·noun The whole; all that is to be.
...
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Do-all
·noun General manager; factotum.
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End-all
·noun Complete termination.
...
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Know-all
·noun One who knows everything; hence, one who makes pretension to great knowledge; a wiseacre;
— u...
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Save-all
·noun Anything which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss.
II. Save-all ·noun A device in a c...
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Ty-all
·noun Something serving to tie or secure.
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Uptails all
·- An old game at cards.
II. Uptails all ·- Revelers; roysterers.
III. Uptails all ·- Revelry; con...
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All Hallows
(le Mechele, the More)
See All Hallows the Great.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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all holiday
It is all holiday at Peckham, or it is all holiday with him; a saying signifying that it is all over...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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all hollow
He was beat all hollow, i.e. he had no chance of conquering: it was all hollow, or a hollow thing, i...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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all nations
A composition of all the different spirits sold in a dram-shop, collected in a vessel into which the...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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save-all
A kind of candlestick used by our frugal forefathers, to burn snuffs and ends of candles. Figurative...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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grab-all
n.
a kind of net used for marinefishing near the shore. It is moored to a piece of floatingwood, an...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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all-fired
Very, in a great degree. A low American word.
The first thing I know'd, my trowsers were plastered ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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all-overish
Neither sick nor well. A low word, used both in England and America.
...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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all-standing
Without preparation, suddenly.
This, like many other common expressions, seems to be borrowed from ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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all-winsome
Winsome is a word used in the north of England, (Ang. Sax. winsum, pleasant,) sweet, pleasant. I hav...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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all over
Bearing a resemblance to some particular object. The word is common in familiar language.
The South...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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all-gates
See Bailey's Diet.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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hold-all
A portable case for holding small articles required by soldiers, marines, and small-arm men on servi...
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save-all
, or water-sail.
A small sail sometimes set under the foot of a lower studding-sail.
...
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stern-all
A term amongst whalers, meaning to pull the boat stern foremost, to back off after having entered an...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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through all
Carrying canvas in heavy squalls without starting a stitch. It demands not only courage, but seamanl...
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·OF
(abbreviation) Old French
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Of
·prep During; in the course of.
II. Of ·prep Denoting passage from one state to another; from.
III...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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of
An action of the organs of sense may be either involuntary or voluntary. Accordingly we say to hear,...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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woman and her husband
A married couple, where the woman is bigger than her husband.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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All Fools' Day
·- The first day of April, a day on which sportive impositions are practiced.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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All Souls' Day
·- The second day of November; a feast day of the Roman Catholic church, on which supplications are ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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All-a-mort
·adj ·see <<Alamort>>.
...
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All Hallows Barking
On the north side of Great Tower Street at the south-east corner of Seething Lane. In Tower Ward.
E...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Colemanchurch
Qy. = Katherine (St.) Colman and Colemanchurch (q.v.).
All the references to this church and parish...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Lane
1) Tenements in All Hallows Lane in parish of All Hallows Barking given to the poor of that parish (...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Passage
West out of Gracechurch Street at No. 18 on the north side of All Hallows Church, Lombard Street. In...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Pier
South of All Hallows Lane Stairs in the Thames (O.S. 1875 ; and Bacon, 1912).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Semannescyrce
A Charter of Gilbert, Bishop of London, confirmed the church, " Omnium Sanctorum in London quae dici...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Staining
On the west side of Mark Lane, where the Tower and churchyard still stand, entrance by a passage out...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Stairs
See All Hallows Lane Stairs.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows, Cornhill
A grant of land by Stephen the prior and the convent of Holy Trinity to John the goldsmith held of t...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows, Fenchurch
First mention 1283-4 (Cal. L. Bk. A. p.80).
Forms of name: " All Hallows de Phanchurch," 1283-4 (ib...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Little All Hallows
In Thames Street, 1537 (L. and P. H. VIII. XII. (1), p. 511).
See All Hallows the Less.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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all-a-mort
Struck dumb, confounded. What, sweet one, all-a-mort? SHAKESPEARE.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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shod all round
A parson who attends a funeral is said to be shod all round, when he receives a hat-band, gloves, an...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to beat all hollow
To surpass or overcome completely; thus, "Eclipse beat Sir Henry all hollow." Also, to take wholly b...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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all-to-smash
Smashed to pieces. This expression is often heard in low and familiar language. It is an English pro...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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back off all
The order when the harpooner has thrown his harpoon into the whale. Also, to back off a sudden dange...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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down all chests!
The order to get all the officers' and seamen's chests down below from off the gun-decks when cleari...
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down all hammocks!
The order for all the sailors to carry their hammocks down, and hang them up in their respective ber...
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heaving through all
The surging or slipping of the cable when the nippers do not hold.
...
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one-and-all
A mutinous sea-cry used in the Dutch wars. Also, a rallying call to put the whole collective force o...
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tipping all nines
, or tipped the nines.
Foundering from press of sail.
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cooking a day's work
To save the officer in charge. Reckoning too is cooked, as in a certain Antarctic discovery of land,...
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work a ship, to
To adapt the sails to the force and direction of the wind.
...
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work double-tides, to
Implying that the work of three days is done in two, or at least two tides' work in twenty-four hour...
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working a day's work
Reducing the dead-reckoning and meridian altitudes to noon of each day.
...
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work up junk, to
To draw yarns from old cables, &c., and therewith to make foxes, points, gaskets, sinnet, or spun-ya...
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All Hallows Within the Gate of Bishopsgate
See All Hallows, London Wall.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Unheard-of
·adj New; unprecedented; unparalleled.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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kind of
In a manner, as it were. A sort of qualifying expression; as, 'She made game on it kind o'.'--Forby....
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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rising of
More than; upwards of; as, There were rising of a thousand men killed at the battle of Buena Vista.'...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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All Hallows ad Fenum
See All Hallows the Great.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Barking Churchyard
On the north and east sides of the Church of All Hallows Barking (O.S.). Churchyard mentioned in Wil...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Barking Vicarage
Adjoined the church (Maskell, p.26). Burnt in the Fire and rebuilt (ib.).
Removed 1862 to widen the...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows de Stanningechirche
See All Hallows Staining.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Lane Stairs
At the south end of All Hallows Lane, Dowgate (Bacon, 1912). In Dowgate Ward.
Earliest mention: (St...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows le Grant
See All Hallows the Great.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Staining School
Founded 1669 by Wm. Winter's Will for the education and apprenticeship of 6 boys (Dodsley).
Boys no...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows super Cellarium
See All Hallows the Less.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows the Great
On the east side of All Hallows Lane at the corner of Upper Thames Street. In Dowgate Ward (O.S. 188...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows the Less
On the south side of Thames Street, at the north-west corner of the street called Cole Harbour leadi...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows, Bread Street
On the east side of Bread Street at the corner of Watling Street (O.S. 1875). In Bread Street Ward. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows, Honey Lane
In Honey Lane, at the north-west corner of Honey Lane Market (Leake, 1666). In Cripplegate Ward With...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows, Lombard Street
On the north side of Lombard Street at No.48, and west of Gracechurch Street (P.O. Directory). In La...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows, London Wall
On the north side of London Wall at No. 85 (P.O. Directory). In Broad Street Ward. Parish extends in...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows, Tower Street
See All Hallows Barking.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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agog, all-a-gog
Anxious, eager, impatient: from the Italian AGOGARE, to desire eagerly.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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all-a-taunt-o
See a'taunto
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good-at-all-points
Practical in every particular.
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Bishops of London, Palace of
On the north-west side of St. Paul's Church (S. 373).
Mentioned by Ralph de Diceto in his Opera His...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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receivers of droits of admiralty
Now termed receivers of wreck (which see).
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Beeroth of the children of Jaakan
(Deut. 10:6). The same as Bene-jaakan (Num. 33:31).
...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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captain of a ship of war
Is the commanding officer; as well the post-captain (a title now disused) as those whose proper titl...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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chamber of a piece of ordnance
The end of the bore modified to receive the charge of powder. In mortars, howitzers, and shell-guns,...
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gunner, of a ship of war
A warrant-officer appointed to take charge of the ammunition and artillery on board; to keep the lat...
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master of a ship-of-war
An officer appointed by the commissioners of the navy to attend to the navigating a ship under the d...
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muzzle of a piece of ordnance
The forward extremity of the cylinder, and the metal which surrounds it, extending back to the neck,...
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Beeroth Of The Children Of Jaakan
the wells of the tribe of Bene-Jaakan, which formed one of the halting-places of the Israelites in t...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Rabbath Of The Children Of Ammon
and Rabbath of the Ammonites, [See RABBATH]
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Wisdom Of Jesus, Son Of Sirach
[Ecclesiasticus]
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All Hallows in Parva Roperia
Sir Edward de Kendale at his death granted to Sir William Croyser and others a cellar with one shop ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows in St. Helen's
"Alhaloyns in seynt Heleyns" in Byshoppis Gate Ward, mentioned in Fabyan's list of churches, 1516. Q...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows in the Ropery
See All Hallows the Great.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Lombard Street Churchyard
On the south side of the church (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1880).
...
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All Hallows the Great Churchyard
On the south side of Upper Thames Street. Enclosed and left " in situ " after the removal of the chu...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows the Less Churchyard
At the north-west corner of Cole Harbour, on the south side of Thames Street (O. and M. 1677-O.S.).
...
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Berewards Lane, All Hallows Barking
In Tower Ward in parish of All Hallows Barking, 13 Ed. I. (Ct. H.W. I. 71 and Stow, ed. 1598, p. 95)...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Church Alley, All Hallows Staining
See Star Alley.
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Priest Alley, All Hallows Barking
South out of Great Tower Street, opposite All Hallows Churchyard, and west of the Inland Revenue Off...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Angle of entry
·add. ·- The angle between the tangent to the advancing edge (of an aerocurve) and the line of motio...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Angle of incidence
·add. ·- The angle between the chord of an aerocurve and the relative direction of the undisturbed a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bird of paradise
·- The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Concert of Europe
·add. ·- ·Alt. of European concert.
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Corps of Engineers
·add. ·- In the United States navy, a corps made up of the engineers, which was amalgamated with the...
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Jane-of-apes
·noun A silly, pert girl;
— corresponding to jackanapes.
...
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Leg-of-mutton
·add. ·adj Having the general shape or outline of a leg of mutton; as, a leg-of-mutton, or shoulder-...
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Matter-of-fact
·adj Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities; not fanciful or imaginative; comm...
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Men-of-war
·pl of <<Manofwar>>.
...
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Mother-of-pearl
·noun The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, ·esp. of pearl oysters, river musse...
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Mother-of-thyme
·noun An aromatic plant (Thymus Serphyllum);
— called also wild thyme.
...
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Out-of-door
·adj Being out of the house; being, or done, in the open air; outdoor; as, out-of-door exercise. ·se...
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Volunteers of America
·add. ·- A religious and philanthropic organization, similar to the Salvation Army, founded (1896) b...
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Wheel of fortune
·add. ·- A gambling or lottery device consisting of a wheel which is spun horizontally, articles or ...
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Atonement, Day of
The great annual day of humiliation and expiation for the sins of the nation, "the fast" (Acts 27:9)...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Avenger of blood
(Heb. goel, from verb gaal, "to be near of kin," "to redeem"), the nearest relative of a murdered pe...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Baale of Judah
Lords of Judah, a city in the tribe of Judah from which David brought the ark into Jerusalem (2 Sam....
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Babel, tower of
The name given to the tower which the primitive fathers of our race built in the land of Shinar afte...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Babylon, kingdom of
Called "the land of the Chaldeans" (Jer. 24:5; Ezek, 12:13), was an extensive province in Central As...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Baca, Valley of
(Ps. 84:6; R.V., "valley of weeping," marg., "or balsam trees"), probably a valley in some part of P...
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Baptism of Christ
Christ had to be formally inaugurated into the public discharge of his offices. For this purpose he ...
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Esther, Book of
The authorship of this book is unknown. It must have been obviously written after the death of Ahasu...
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Exodus, Book of
Exodus is the name given in the LXX. to the second book of the Pentateuch (q.v.). It means "departur...
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Ezekiel, Book of
Consists mainly of three groups of prophecies. After an account of his call to the prophetical offic...
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Ezra, Book of
This book is the record of events occurring at the close of the Babylonian exile. It was at one time...
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Fall of man
An expression probably borrowed from the Apocryphal Book of Wisdom, to express the fact of the revol...
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Flame of fire
Is the chosen symbol of the holiness of God (Ex. 3:2; Rev. 2:18), as indicating "the intense, all-co...
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Foreknowledge of God
Acts 2:23; Rom. 8:29; 11:2; 1 Pet. 1:2), one of those high attributes essentially appertaining to hi...
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Forgiveness of sin
One of the constituent parts of justification. In pardoning sin, God absolves the sinner from the co...
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Galilee, Sea of
(Matt. 4:18; 15:29), is mentioned in the Bible under three other names.
1) In the Old Testament it ...
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Gibeah of Judah
(Josh. 15:57), a city in the mountains of Judah, the modern Jeba, on a hill in the Wady Musurr, abou...
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Gibeah of Phinehas
(Josh. 15:57, R.V. marg.), a city on Mount Ephraim which had been given to Phinehas (24:33 "hill," A...
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Gilead, Balm of
The region of Gilead abounded in spices and aromatic gums, which were exported to Egypt and Tyre (Ge...
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Goodness of God
A perfection of his character which he exercises towards his creatures according to their various ci...
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Government of God
See Providence.
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Grace, means of
An expression not used in Scripture, but employed (1) to denote those institutions ordained by God t...
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Habakkuk, Prophecies of
Were probably written about B.C. 650-627, or, as some think, a few years later. This book consists o...
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