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• Wall

  ·noun The side of a level or drift. II. Wall ·noun The country rock bounding a vein laterally. III...

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• wall

  To walk or crawl up the wall; to be scored up at a public-nouse. Wall-eyed, having an eye with littl...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• wall

  for well, is a common vulgarism in the Northern States. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• wall

  he lies by the wall ; spoken of a person dead but not buried. Norf. and Sun . ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• wall

  A bank of earth to restrain the current and overflowing of water. (See sea-bank.) ...

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• Sea wall

  ·- A wall, or embankment, to resist encroachments of the sea. ...

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• Wall Street

  ·add. ·- A street towards the southern end of the borough of Manhattan, New York City, extending fro...

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• Wall-eye

  ·noun The alewife; — called also wall-eyed herring. II. Wall-eye ·noun A California surf fish (Hol...

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• Wall-eyed

  ·adj Having an eye of a very light gray or whitish color. ...

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• Wall-plat

  ·noun The spotted flycatcher. It builds its nest on walls. ...

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• Wall-sided

  ·adj Having sides nearly perpendicular; — said of certain vessels to distinguish them from those ha...

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• London Wall

  See Wall of London. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Wall Alley

  West out of the Minories (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799). Former names: Wall's Court" (O. and M. 1677-St...

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• wall-knot

  , or wale-knot. A particular sort of large knot raised upon the end of a rope, by untwisting the s...

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• wall-piece

  A very heavy powerful musket, for use in fortified places. ...

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• wall-sided

  The sides of a ship continuing nearly perpendicular down to the surface of the water, like a wall. I...

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• (St.) Alphage London Wall

  On the south side of London Wall at No. 13. In Cripplegate Ward Within. The church stood originally...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• London Wall, Street

  West from Old Broad Street to Cripplegate (P.O. Directory). A street on the line of the old Wall of...

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• London Wall Avenue

  Out of London Wall at No. 31 (P.O. Directory). First mention: L.C.C. List, 1901. ...

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• London Wall Buildings

  On the north side of London Wall, at Blomfield Street. In Coleman Street Ward (P.O. Directory). Fir...

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• Wall of London

  Considerable difference of opinion exists as to the date when the walls that encircled the ancient C...

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• double wall-knot

  With or without a crown, or a double crown, is made by intertwisting the unlaid ends of a rope in a ...

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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...

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• Angel Alley, London Wall

  See Leathersellers' Buildings. ...

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• (St.) Augustine by London Wall

  See St. Augustine Papey. ...

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• Ball Alley, London Wall

  South out of London Wall. In Broad Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799). First mention: In Ward...

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• Bear Alley, London Wall

  Out of London Wall, in parish of All Hallows, London Wall (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799). Called in P.C. S...

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• Conduit at London Wall

  In London Wall by Moorgate opposite the northern end of Coleman Street, erected 1517 at the charges ...

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• lies by the wall

  i. c. is dead. Spoken between the time of death and burial. Norf. and Suff. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Hole in the Wall Court

  At No. 6o Fleet Street (Lockie, 1810). Named after the public house so called. The name is said to...

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• (St.) James' in the Wall Hermitage

  A chapel or hermitage adjoining the north-west corner of the Wall of London near Cripplegate in Farr...

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• Red Lion Alley, London Wall

  See Red Lion Court7. ...

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• Three Tun Alley, London Wall

  See Drapers' Buildings. ...

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• White Horse Inn, London Wall

  See White Horse Yard. ...

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• walking up against the wall

  To run up a score, which in alehouses is commonly recorded with chalk on the walls of the bar. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose