North country

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• Country

  ·adv The rock through which a vein runs. II. Country ·adv Rural regions, as opposed to a city or to...

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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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• country

  A term synonymous with station. The place whither a ship happens to be ordered. ...

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• north

  From the Anglo-Saxon nord. ...

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• Country bank

  ·add. ·- A national bank not in a reserve city. ...

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• Country club

  ·add. ·- A club usually located in the suburbs or vicinity of a city or town and devoted mainly to o...

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• Country cousin

  ·add. ·- A relative from the country visiting the city and unfamiliar with city manners and sights. ...

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• Country seat

  ·- A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city. ...

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• Country-base

  ·noun ·same·as Prison base. ...

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• Country-dance

  ·noun ·see <<Contradance>>. ...

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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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• country harry

  A waggoner. CANT. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• country put

  An ignorant country fellow. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• north allertons

  Spurs; that place, like Rippon, being famous for making them. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• summer country

  n. In New Zealand (South Island), country which can be used in summer only; mountainland in Otago a...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• winter country

  in New Zealand (South Island),land so far unaffected by snow that stock is wintered on it. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• old country

  A term applied to Great Britain, originally by natives from that country, but now understood and use...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• east-country

  A term applied to the regions bordering on the Baltic. ...

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• following, north or south

  See quadrant. ...

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• maritime country

  A country which has its shores washed by the sea. ...

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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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• old country

  A very general designation for Great Britain among the Americans. The term is never applied to any p...

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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...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• North London Railway

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

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• Never, Never Country

  or Never, Never Land See quotations. Mr. Cooper's explanation (1857 quotation) isnot generally acce...

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• east-country ships

  The same as easterlings. ...

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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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• west-country parson

  A fish, the hake (Gadus merluccius), is so called, from a black streak on its back, and from its abu...

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• Samaria, Country Of

  Samaria at first included all the tribes over which Jeroboam made himself king, whether east or west...

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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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