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Gate
·noun Manner; gait.
II. Gate ·vt To supply with a gate.
III. Gate ·noun A way; a path; a road; a s...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Gate
1) Of cities, as of Jerusalem (Jer. 37:13; Neh. 1:3; 2:3; 3:3), of Sodom (Gen. 19:1), of Gaza (Judg....
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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gate
a way or path ; gang thy gate, get you gone. N. A sea-gate, a way into the sea through rocks or clif...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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gate
I.
The old name for landing-places, as Dowgate and Billingsgate; also in cliffs, as Kingsgate, Mar...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Gate
The gate and gateways of eastern cities anciently held and still hold an important part, not only in...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Horse
·noun ·see <<Footrope>>, ·adj.
II. Horse ·vi To get on horseback.
III. Horse ·adj A breastband for...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Horse
Always referred to in the Bible in connection with warlike operations, except Isa. 28:28. The war-ho...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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horse
A foot-rope reaching from the opposite quarter of a yard to its arms or shoulders, and depending abo...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Horse
The most striking feature in the biblical notices of the horse is the exclusive application of it to...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Lych gate
·- ·see under <<Lich>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sea-gate
·noun ·Alt. of Sea-gait.
...
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Water gate
·- A gate, or valve, by which a flow of water is permitted, prevented, or regulated.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Beautiful gate
The name of one of the gates of the temple (Acts 3:2). It is supposed to have been the door which le...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Dung-gate
(Neh. 2:13), a gate of ancient Jerusalem, on the south-west quarter. "The gate outside of which lay ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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East gate
(Jer. 19:2), properly the Potter's gate, the gate which led to the potter's field, in the valley of ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Old gate
One of the gates in the north wall of Jerusalem, so called because built by the Jebusites (Neh. 3:6;...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Sheep-gate
One of the gates of Jerusalem mentioned by Nehemiah (3:1, 32; 12:39). It was in the eastern wall of ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Alley Gate
See Shaft Alley.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Augustine's Gate
Leading out of St. Paul's Churchyard at the south-east corner to Watling Street (Leake, 1666).
Firs...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Botolph's Gate
See Botolph's Wharf.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bridge Gate
Said to be one of the four original gates of the City. On London Bridge (S. 42).
New made when the ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bulwark Gate
At Tower Hill. Two signs, the Crooked Billet and the Lion Rampant, described as at the Bulwarke Gate...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Chamberlain's Gate
See Newgate.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cheapside Gate
Proposal to enlarge Cheapside Gate and Temple Bar, 1664 (L. and P. Chas. II. III. p. 549).
The posi...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Gate Lane
In parish of St. Mary Staynings, temp. Q. Elizabeth (Proc. in Chancery, II. 305).
Probably an error...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Gate Yard
At the south-east corner of America Square, behind No. 8, facing Hanover Court, in Portsoken Ward (L...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Goodman's Gate
Mentioned in the bounds of Portsoken Ward as set out in Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 26. Probably north ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Green Gate
Messuage called the "Greene Gate" next Ledenhall and garden, etc., in parish of St. Andrew the Apost...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Helen's Gate
The great Gate of the Priory, called "Saint Elyns gate," on the common way leading to Crosbyes Place...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Martin's Gate
At the upper end of Cheapside, 1580 (L. and P. Ed. VI. D. S. XII. p. 8).
No later mention.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Oyster Gate
A water gate on the Thames, near London Bridge, opposite the church of St. Magnus (1312, Riley's Mem...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's Gate
Identical with St. Augustine's Gate (q.v.).
First mention: " S. Paul's Gate," 1369 (Ct. H.W. II. 13...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Poules Gate
See St. Paul's Gate.
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Saunders Gate
In Aldgate High Street, in Portsoken Ward (P.C. 1732).
No further mention. Not identified.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Wolfes Gate
See Wolsies Gate.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Wolsies Gate
A water gate in the roparie, in parish of All Hallows the Less, of later time called Wolfes Lane, bu...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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drafting-gate
n.
gate used in separatingcattle and sheep into different classes or herds.
1890. `The Argus,' Aug...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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swing-gate
n. Used in its ordinary Englishsense, but specially applied to a patent gate for draftingsheep, inve...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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knife-gate
a run at a friend's table. York.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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whittle-gate
a run at a friend's table. York.
The same as a knife-gate.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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sea gate or gait
A long rolling swell: when two ships are thrown aboard one another by its means, they are said to be...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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tide-gate
A place where the tide runs strong.
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way-gate
The tail-race of a mill.
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Horse Guards
·- A body of cavalry so called; ·esp., a British regiment, called the Royal Horse Guards, which furn...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Horse power
·- The power which a horse exerts.
II. Horse power ·- A machine worked by a horse, for driving othe...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Horse-chestnut
·noun The large nutlike seed of a species of Aesculus (Ae. Hippocastanum), formerly ground, and fed ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Horse-drench
·noun A dose of physic for a horse.
II. Horse-drench ·noun The appliance by which the dose is admin...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Horse-jockey
·noun A trainer and dealer in horses.
II. Horse-jockey ·noun A professional rider and trainer of ra...
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Horse-leech
·noun A farrier; a veterinary surgeon.
II. Horse-leech ·noun A large blood-sucking leech (Haemopsis...
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Horse-leechery
·noun The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses.
...
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Horse-litter
·noun A carriage hung on poles, and borne by and between two horses.
...
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Horse-radish
·noun A plant of the genus Nasturtium (N. Armoracia), allied to scurvy grass, having a root of a pun...
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One-horse
·adj Second-rate; inferior; small.
II. One-horse ·adj Drawn by one horse; having but a single horse...
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Rear-horse
·noun A <<Mantis>>.
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Rocking-horse
·noun The figure of a horse, mounted upon rockers, for children to ride.
...
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Sea horse
·- The <<Walrus>>.
II. Sea horse ·- Any fish of the genus Hippocampus.
III. Sea horse ·- A fabulou...
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Shire horse
·add. ·- One of an English breed of heavy draft horses believed to be descended largely from the hor...
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Stalking-horse
·noun Fig.: Something used to cover up a secret project; a mask; a pretense.
II. Stalking-horse ·no...
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Stone-horse
·noun <<Stallion>>.
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Stud-horse
·noun A stallion, ·esp. one kept for breeding.
...
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White horse
·add. ·- A large mass of tough sinewy substance in the head of sperm whales, just above the upper ja...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Horse-leech
Occurs only in Prov. 30:15 (Heb. alukah); the generic name for any blood-sucking annelid. There are ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Horse Alley
1) Messuages in Horse Alley, Shoe Lane, part of the manor of Holbourne, 23 Eliz. (Proc. in Chanc. II...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Horse Head
A capital messuage or tenement so called in Thames Street given to St. Dunstan's Church (Strype, ed....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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The Horse Shoe
1) On the north side of Great Eastcheap at Nos. 20-22, near the Boar's Head (q.v.), in the parish of...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Horse Yard
See Evans' Court, Basinghall Street.
...
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The White Horse
1) A messuage in Holborne and Fetter Lane, 33 Eliz. (Lond. I p.m. III. 153).
Qy. = White Horse Alle...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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banks's horse
A horse famous for playing tricks, the property of one Banks. It is mentioned in Sir Walter Raleigh'...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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butcher's horse
That must have been a butcher's horse, by his carrying a calf so well; a vulgar joke on an awkward r...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dead horse
To work for the dead horse; to work for wages already paid.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hobby horse
A man's favourite amusement, or study, is called his hobby horse. It also means a particular kind of...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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horse buss
A kiss with a loud smack; also a bite.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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horse coser
A dealer in horses: vulgarly and corruptly pronounced HORSE COURSER. The verb TO COSE was used by th...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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horse godmother
A large masculine woman, a gentlemanlike kind of a lady.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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horse ladder
A piece of Wiltshire wit, which consists in sending some raw lad, or simpleton, to a neighbouring fa...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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religious horse
One much given to prayer, or apt to be down upon his knees.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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running horse
or NAG
A clap, or gleet.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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scarlet horse
A high red, hired or hack horse: a pun on the word HIRED.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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wooden horse
To fide the wooden horse was a military punishment formerly in use. This horse consisted of two or m...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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horse-mackerel
n.
The name is applied inSydney to the fish Auxis ramsayi, Castln., family Scombridae. In New Zeala...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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stock-horse
n.
horse accustomed to go aftercattle used in mustering and cutting-out (q.v.).
1874. W. H. L. Ran...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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clothes-horse
A frame-work for hanging clothes on to dry after they have been washed and ironed, in the form of an...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dead horse
Work for which one has been paid before it is performed. When a workman, on Saturday night, includes...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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horse-colt
"We frequently see in advertisements these terms, horse-colt, mare-colt, &c. A horse-colt is simply ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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horse-foot
(Genus, polyphemus. Lamarck.) The common name of a crustacea, found in our waters from Massachusetts...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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wheel-horse
An intimate friend; one's right hand man. Western.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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horse-block
, HORSE-STONE, stone to mount on horseback. Lane.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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horse-knops
heads of knapweed. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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thill-horse
the shaft-horse. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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dead-horse
A term applied by seamen to labour which has been paid for in advance. When they commence earning mo...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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fillet-horse
The horse employed in the shafts of the limbers.
...
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flemish horse
, is the outer short foot-rope for the man at the earing; the outer end is spliced round a thimble o...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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horse-cockle
See gawky
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hard-horse
A tyrannical officer.
...
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horse-artillery
A branch of field artillery specially equipped to manœuvre with cavalry, having lighter guns, and al...
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horse-buckets
Covered buckets for carrying spirits or water in.
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horse-buckle
The great whelk.
...
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horse-foot
A name of the Limulus polyphemus of the shores of America, where from its shape it is called the hor...
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horse-latitudes
A space between the westerly winds of higher latitudes and the trade-winds, notorious for tedious ca...
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horse-mackerel
A large and coarse member of the Scomber family, remarkably greedy, and therefore easily taken, but ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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horse-marine
An awkward lubberly person. One out of place.
...
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horse-mussel
See duck-mussel.
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horse-potatoes
The old word for yams.
...
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horse-power
A comparative estimate of the capacity of steam-engines, by assuming a certain average effective pre...
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horse-shoe
In old fortification, a low work of this plan sometimes thrown up in ditches.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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horse-tongue
A name applied to a kind of sole.
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horse-up
See horsing-iron.
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irish horse
Old salt beef: hence the sailor's address to his salt beef
"Salt horse, salt horse, what brought y...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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iron-horse
The iron rail of the head; the horse of the fore-sheet or boom-sheet traveller.
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light-horse
A name formerly given to all mounted men who were not encumbered with armour.
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mainsheet-horse
A kind of iron dog fixed at the middle of a wooden beam, stretching across a craft's stern, from one...
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old horse
Tough salt-beef.
...
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race-horse
(Alca?) A duck of the South Seas; thus named, says Cook, for "the great swiftness with which they ru...
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sea-horse
A name for the walrus, Trichecus rosmarus. Also, the hippocampus (which see).
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traverse-horse
See jack-stays.
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water-horse
Cod-fish stacked up in a pile to drain, under the process of cure.
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white-horse
A name of the Raia fullonica. (See also white caps.)
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Benjamin, High Gate Or Gate Of
(Jeremiah 20:2; 37:13; 38:7; Zechariah 14:10) [Jerusalem]
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Ephraim, Gate of
One of the gates of Jerusalem (2 Kings 14:13; 2 Chr. 25:23), on the side of the city looking toward ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Belins-Gate Key
See Billingsgate Stairs.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Fryers Gate
South out of Fleet Street to Silver Street, White Friars, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-L...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Inner Temple Gate
In Inner Temple Lane leading into Fleet Street.
To be rebuilt 1610-11 with the house called "The Pr...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Little Fryer's Gate
South out of Fleet Street to Lombard Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Dodsley, 1761)...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Little Moor Gate
See Blomfield Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Postern, Postern Gate
See Tower Postern.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Red Gate Court
East out of the Minories and apparently communicating with Worley Court and Crown and Shears Court (...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ephraim, Gate Of
one of the gates of the city of Jerusalem, (2 Kings 14:13; 2 Chronicles 25:23; Nehemiah 8:16; 12:39)...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Black Horse Alley
1) East out of Golden Lane. In Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
Site now occupied by offi...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Black Horse Court
1) West out of Aldersgate Street in Aldersgate Ward Without, south of Long Lane (Rocque, 1746-Boyle,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Black Horse Inn
1) On the west side of Water Lane, Whitefriars, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Black Horse Stables
West out of Minories, at its southern end (Rocque, 1746). In Portsoken Ward.
Site has been rebuilt....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Black Horse Yard
1) East out of Little Britain at No.30, four doors north of Cox's Court (Strype, ed. 1755-Lockie, 18...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Flying Horse Court
1) North out of Maiden Lane, west of Wood Street, between Wood Street and Haberdashers' Hall (Strype...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Flying Horse Yard
1) East out of Old Broad Street, in Broad Street Ward (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
Former name : "Wh...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Horse Shoe Court
North out of Ludgate Hill, in Farringdon Ward Without, west of Old Bailey (Bacon, 1912).
First ment...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Horse-shoe Bridge
A bridge over the stream of the Walbrook by the church of St. John upon Walbrook (S. 27 and 230).
E...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Horse-shoe Passage
In Foster Lane (Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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White Horse Alley
1) South out of Holborn, east of Fetter Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
See Stok...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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White Horse Court
1) East out of Noble Street, in Aldersgate Ward, between Lillypot Lane and Oat Lane (Strype, 1720 an...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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White Horse Inn
1) On the east side of Wood Street at No.30, in Cripplegate Ward Within (Rocque, 1746-Lockie, 1816)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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White Horse Yard
1) West out of Coleman Street at No.15, in Coleman Street Ward (P.O. Directory).
First mention: Lea...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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horse-radish tree
n.
name given to Codonocarpus cotinifolius, F. v. M., N.O. Phytolaceae.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Usefu...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fore-sheet horse
An iron bar fastened at its ends athwart the deck before the mast of a sloop, for the foresail-sheet...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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horse-shoe clamp
The iron or copper straps so shaped, used as the fastenings which connect the gripe with the fore-fo...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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horse-shoe hinges
Those by which side-scuttles or ventilators to the cabins are hung.
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horse-shoe rack
A sweep curving from the bitt-heads abaft the main-mast carrying a set of nine-pin swivel-blocks as ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Shallecheth, The gate of
I.e., "the gate of casting out," hence supposed to be the refuse gate; one of the gates of the house...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Red Gate Alley, Minories
East out of Minories at No.71, nearly opposite the Crescent (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).
Not named i...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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salt-cat, or gate
a cake of salt used to decoy pigeons. North.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Black Horse Alley, Barbican
South out of Barbican, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
The site seems now t...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Black Horse Court, Minories
West out of the Minories about the middle. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
In Stryp...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Flying Horse Court, Yard
North out of Fleet Street to Serjeants Inn, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Horse and Groom Yard
North out of Holborn Hill at 129, nearly opposite Fetter Lane (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).
Not named...
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Horse and Trumpet Yard
East out of Crutched Friars, No. 17 (Elmes, 1831). In Aldgate Ward.
First mention: Rocque, 1746.
O...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Horse-shoe Bridge Street
East out of Tower Royal to the church of St. John Walbrook (S. 230).
First mention: A lane leading ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Little Black Horse Court
West out of Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward (P.C 1732-Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
...
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White Horse Alley, Inn
1) North out of Barbican, in Aldersgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
See White Horse...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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White Horse Court, Inn
North out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Hatton, 1708-L. Guide, 1758).
Site now occup...
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White Horse Inn, Barbican
See White Horse Alley.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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White Horse Inn, Yard
On the south side of Fore Street, east of Cripplegate. In Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-B...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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White Horse Yard, Inn
South out of London Wall, in Broad Street Ward, opposite Bethlehem Hospital (O. and M. 1677-Lockie, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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sick as a horse
Horses are said to be extremely sick at their stomachs, from being unable to relieve themselves by v...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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sick as a horse
'I'm as sick as a horse,' is a vulgar phrase which is used when a person is exceedingly sick. As a h...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cock-horse and cockloft
See Baxter's Glossary, in voce COCIDIS.
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Black Horse Alley, Aldersgate Street
See Black Horse Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Black Horse and Hare Inn
South out of Hart Street, with a passage into Fell Street (Strype, ed. 1720 and 1755). In O. and M. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Black Horse Yard, Harrow Alley
West out of Harrow Alley, Middlesex Street (O. and M. 1677-Rocque, 1746). In Portsoken Ward.
See Ro...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Flying Horse Inn, Yard, Houndsditch
East out of Bishopsgate Street and north to Houndsditch, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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White Horse Inn, London Wall
See White Horse Yard.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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White Horse Yard, Seething Lane
East out of Seething Lane, south of the Navy Office (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
Former name: "Carr ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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to carry a horse to water
instead of lead or ride him to water. A Southern expression.--Sherwood, Georgia.
...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Black Horse Yard, Aldgate High Street
North out of Aldgate High Street, between Nos. 34 and 35, turning north-east into Middlesex Street (...
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Broad Way, Flying Horse Yard, Bishopsgate
See Foster Street.
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Flying Horse Yard, Half Moon Alley
West out of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without, south of Half Moon Alley (P.C. 1732-Elm...
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White Horse Alley, Aldgate High Street
See Black Horse Yard, Aldgate High Street.
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White Horse and Half Moon Stables
South out of London Wall. In Broad Street Ward (Rocque, 1746).
"Three Pigeon Alley" (O. and M. 1677...
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White Horse Court, Old Broad Street
See Union Court; White Horse Inn, Yard.
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White Horse Court, Royal Mint Street
North out of Royal Mint Street in the parish of St. Mary Whitechapel (P.C. 1732-O.S. 25 in. 1880). F...
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White Horse Yard, Old Broad Street
See Flying Horse Yard.
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All Hallows Within the Gate of Bishopsgate
See All Hallows, London Wall.
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fallen away from a horse load to a cart load
A saying on one grown fat.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose