Brougham and Vaux, Henry, 1st Lord

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• Brougham

  ·noun A light, close carriage, with seats inside for two or four, and the fore wheels so arranged as...

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• Henry

  ·noun The unit of electric induction; the induction in a circuit when the electro-motive force induc...

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• And

  ·conj If; though. ·see <<An>>, ·conj. II. And ·conj It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive...

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• and

  • The people who inhabited generally the whole of that country. • In (Genesis 10:18-20) the seats o...

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• Alford, Henry

  (1810-1871) Theologian, scholar, poet, and miscellaneous writer, s. of a clergyman, was b. in Londo...

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• Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, 1st Viscount

  (1678-1751) Statesman and philosopher, s. of Sir Henry St. J., b. at Battersea, and ed. at Eton and...

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• Brooke, Henry

  (1703-1783) Novelist and dramatist, b. in Ireland, s. of a clergyman, studied law, but embraced lit...

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• Carey, Henry

  (d. 1743) Dramatist and song-writer, was believed to be an illegitimate s. of George Savile, Marqui...

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• Chettle, Henry

  (1565-1607?) Dramatist. Very little is known of him. He ed. R. Greene's Groat's-worth of Wit (1592)...

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• Cockburn, Henry

  (1779-1854) Scottish judge and biographer, b. (probably) and ed. in Edin., became a distinguished m...

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• Cockton, Henry

  (1807-1852) Novelist, b. in London, is only remembered as an author for his novel of Valentine Vox ...

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• Constable, Henry

  (1562-1613) Poet, s. of Sir Robert C., ed. at Camb., but becoming a Roman Catholic, went to Paris, ...

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• Drummond, Henry

  (1851-1897) Theological and scientific writer, b. at Stirling, and ed. at Edin., he studied for the...

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• Fawcett, Henry

  (1833-1884) Statesman and economist, b. at Salisbury, and ed. at Camb., where he became Fellow of T...

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• Fielding, Henry

  (1707-1754) Novelist, was b. at Sharpham Park, near Glastonbury. His father was General Edmund F., ...

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• Glapthorne, Henry

  (fl. 1640) Dramatist, had a high reputation among his contemporaries, though now almost forgotten. ...

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• Hallam, Henry

  (1777-1859) Historian, s. of a Dean of Wells, was b. at Windsor, and ed. at Eton and Oxf. He was ca...

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• Harland, Henry

  (1861-1905) Novelist, b. of American parentage at St. Petersburg, and ed. at Rome. Thereafter he we...

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• Henry VIII

  (1491-1547) Besides writing songs including The Kings Ballad, was a learned controversialist, and c...

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• Henry, Matthew

  (1662-1714) Commentator, s. of Philip H., a learned Nonconformist divine, was b. in Flintshire. He ...

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• Henry, Robert

  (1718-1790) Historian, b. at St. Ninians, Stirlingshire, entered the Church of Scotland, becoming o...

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• King, Henry

  (1592-1669) Poet, s. of a Bishop of London, was ed. at Westminster School and Oxf. He entered the C...

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• Kingsley, Henry

  (1830-1876) Novelist, brother of the above, ed. at King's Coll., London, and Oxf., which he left wi...

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• Mackenzie, Henry

  (1745-1831) Novelist and miscellaneous writer, s. of a physician in Edin., where he was b. and ed. ...

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• More, Henry

  (1614-1687) Philosopher, b. at Grantham, and ed. at Camb., took orders, but declined all preferment...

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• Morley, Henry

  (1822-1894) Writer on English literature, s. of an apothecary, was b. in London, ed. at a Moravian ...

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• Reed, Henry

  (1808-1854) Critic, was Prof. of English Literature in the Univ. of Pennsylvania. He d. in a shipwr...

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• Reeve, Henry

  (1813-1895) Editor, etc., s. of a physician, was on the staff of the Times, the foreign policy of w...

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• Rogers, Henry

  (1806-1877) Critic and theologian, was a minister of the Congregationalist Church, and ultimately P...

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• Timrod, Henry

  (1829-1867) Poet, b. at Charleston, S. Carolina, of German descent, was ruined by the Civil War, an...

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• Vaughan, Henry

  (1622-1695) Poet, b. in the parish of Llansaintffraed, Brecknock, and as a native of the land of th...

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• James, Henry

  (b. 1843) American novelist and critic. A Passionate Pilgrim (1875), The American (1877), The Europ...

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• Dalling and Bulwer, William Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer, 1st Lord

  (1801-1872) Elder brother of Lord Lytton (q.v.), and a distinguished diplomatist. He represented En...

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• Beecher, Henry Ward

  (1813-1887) Orator and divine, s. of Lyman B. and bro. of Harriet Beecher Stowe, was one of the mos...

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• Bell, Henry Glassford

  (1805-1874) Poet and historian, was a member of the Scottish Bar, and became Sheriff of Lanarkshire...

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• Henry the Minstrel

  Blind Harry ...

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• Boker, George Henry

  (1823-90) Poet, was in the American Diplomatic Service. Among his dramas, generally tragedies, are ...

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• Buckle, Henry Thomas

  (1821-1862) Historical writer, s. of a wealthy shipowner in London, was b. at Lee in Kent. Though n...

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• Byron, Henry James

  (1834-1884) Dramatist, b. at Manchester, entered the Middle Temple, but soon took to writing for th...

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• Cary, Henry Francis

  (1772-1844) Translator, was b. at Gibraltar, and ed. at Oxf., where he was distinguished for his cl...

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• Clinton, Henry Fynes

  (1781-1852) Chronologist, b. at Gamston, Notts, ed. at Southwell, Westminster, and Oxf., where he d...

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• Dana, Richard Henry

  (1787-1879) Novelist and critic, b. at Camb., Mass., was called to the Bar in 1817. Among his novel...

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• Henry of Huntingdon

  (1084-1155) Historian, was Archdeacon of Huntingdon from 1109. His Historia Anglorum (History of th...

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• Henry, The Minstrel

  see Blind Harry. ...

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• Horne, Richard Henry or Hengist

  (1803-1884) Eccentric poet, was b. in London, and ed. at Sandhurst for the East India Company Servi...

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• Huxley, Thomas Henry

  (1825-1895) Scientific writer, s. of an assistant master in a public school, was b. at Ealing. From...

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• Ireland, William Henry

  (1777-1835) Forger of Shakespeare manuscripts, s. of an antiquarian bookseller in London. He claime...

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• Kames, Henry Home, Lord

  (1696-1782) Miscellaneous writer, s. of Geo. H., of Kames, Berwickshire, was admitted an advocate i...

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• Knight, Henry Gally

  (1786-1846) A country gentleman of Yorkshire, ed. at Eton and Camb., was the author of several Orie...

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• Lewes, George Henry

  (1817-1878) Philosopher and miscellaneous writer, b. in London, and ed. at Greenwich, and in Jersey...

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• Liddell, Henry George

  (1811-1898) Historian, etc. Ed. at Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxf., of which in 1855 he became...

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• Liddon, Henry Parry

  (1829-1890) Divine, s. of a captain in the navy, was b. at North Stoneham, Hants, and ed. at King's...

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• Lister, Thomas Henry

  (1800-1842) Novelist, ed. at Westminster and Camb., was latterly the first Registrar-General for En...

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• Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

  (1807-1882) Poet, was b. at Portland, Maine, the s. of Stephen L., a lawyer. From childhood he care...

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• Lyte, Henry Francis

  (1793-1847) Hymn-writer, b. at Ednam, near Kelso, of an ancient Somersetshire family, and ed. at Tr...

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• Manning, Henry Edward

  (1808-1892) Cardinal and theologian. B. at Totteridge, Herts, and ed. at Harrow and Oxf., where he ...

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• Mansel, Henry Longueville

  (1820-1871) Metaphysician, s. of a clergyman, was b. at Cosgrave, Northamptonshire, and ed. at Merc...

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• Milman, Henry Hart

  (1791-1868) Poet and historian, s. of Sir Francis M., a distinguished physician, ed. at Eton and Ox...

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• Newman, John Henry

  (1801-1890) Theologian, s. of a London banker, and brother of the above, was ed. at Ealing and Trin...

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• Pearson, Charles Henry

  (1830-1894) B. at Islington, ed. at Rugby and King's Coll., London, at the latter he became Prof. o...

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• Pye, Henry James

  (1745-1813) A country gentleman of Berkshire, who pub. Poems on Various Subjects and Alfred, an Epi...

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• Robinson, Henry Crabb

  (1775-1867) Diarist, b. at Bury St. Edmunds, was articled to an attorney in Colchester. Between 180...

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• Savile, Sir Henry

  (1549-1622) Scholar, ed. at Oxf., where he lectured on mathematics. He was afterwards Warden of Mer...

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• Shaw, Henry Wheeler ("Josh Billings")

  (1818-1885) Humorist, b. in Massachusetts. After working on steam-boats and farming, he became an a...

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• Shorthouse, Joseph Henry

  (1834-1903) Novelist, b. at Birmingham, where he was a chemical manufacturer. Originally a Quaker, ...

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• Spelman, Sir Henry

  (1564?-1641) Historian and antiquary, b. at Congham, Norfolk, studied at Camb., and entered Lincoln...

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• Stanhope, Philip Henry, 5th Earl Stanhope

  (1805-1875) Historian, was b. at Walmer, and ed. at Oxf. He sat in the House of Commons for Wootton...

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• Stoddard, Richard Henry

  (1825-1903) Poet, b. at Hingham, Mass., worked in a foundry, and afterwards in New York Custom Hous...

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• Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of

  (1517?-1547) Poet, s. of Thomas H., 3rd Duke of Norfolk, was ed. by John Clerke, a learned and trav...

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• Taylor, Sir Henry

  (1800-1886) Dramatist, s. of a gentleman farmer in the county of Durham. After being at sea for som...

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• Thoreau, Henry David

  (1817-1862) Essayist, poet, and naturalist, was b. at Concord, Massachusetts. His f., of French ext...

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• Tuckerman, Henry Theodore

  (1813-1871) Essayist, etc., b. in Boston, Mass. He was a sympathetic and delicate critic, with a gr...

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• Underwood, Francis Henry

  (1825-1894) Critic and biographer, b. in Massachusetts, was American Consul at Glasgow and Leith. H...

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• White, Henry Kirke

  (1785-1806) Poet, s. of a butcher at Nottingham. At first assisting his f., next a stocking weaver,...

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• Wotton, Sir Henry

  (1568-1639) Diplomatist and poet, s. of a Kentish gentleman, was b. at Boughton Park, near Maidston...

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• Beeching, Rev. Henry Charles

  D.Litt. (b. 1859) Miscellaneous writer. In a Garden and other Poems (1895), Pages from a Private D...

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• Bell, Henry Thomas Mackenzie

  (b. 1856) Poet and critic. Spring's Immortality and other Poems, Christina Rossetti, Pictures of Tr...

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• Bullen, Arthur Henry

  (b. 1857) Ed. of Old English writers. Ed. Works of John Day, dramatist (1881), Collection of Old En...

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• Butcher, Samuel Henry

  LL.D., etc. (b. 1850) Scholar. Prose Translation of the Odyssey (1879), with A. Lang, Some Aspects...

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• Dobson, Henry Austin

  LL.D. (b. 1840) Poet and biographer. Poems, Vignettes in Rhyme (1873), Proverbs in Porcelain (1877...

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• Dudeney, Mrs. Henry (Whiffin)

  (b. 1866) Novelist. A Man with a Maid (1897), Folly Corner, Men of Marlowe's, Robin Brilliant, Wise...

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• Haggard, Henry Rider

  (b. 1856) Novelist, etc. The Witch's Head (1885), King Solomon's Mines (1886), She (1887), Jess (18...

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• Hewlett, Maurice Henry

  (b. 1861) Poet and novelist. Earthwork out of Tuscany (1895), The Masque of Dead Florentines (1895)...

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• Jones, Henry Arthur

  (b. 1851) Dramatist. A Clerical Error (1879), The Silver King (1882), Saints and Sinners (1884), Th...

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• Sayce, Archibald Henry

  D.Litt., LL.D., etc. (b. 1846) Orientalist and philologist, etc. Principles of Comparative Philolo...

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• King Henry Yard

  West out of Nightingale lane. In East Smithfield (Rocque, 1746-Lockie, 1810). Former name : "King H...

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• Dana, Richard Henry, Jr.

  (1815-1882) Miscellaneous writer, s. of the above, ed. at Harvard, but on his eyesight giving way s...

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• Hunt, James Henry Leigh

  (1784-1859) Essayist and poet, was b. at Southgate, and ed. at Christ's Hospital. A selection of hi...

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• Kingston, William Henry Giles

  (1814-1880) Writer of tales for boys, b. in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where hi...

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• Layard, Sir Austin Henry

  (1817-1894) Explorer of Nineveh, b. at Paris, s. of a Ceylon civilian. After spending some years in...

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• Myers, Frederic William Henry

  (1843-1901) Poet and essayist, s. of a clergyman, was b. at Keswick, and ed. at Cheltenham and Camb...

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• Rawlinson, Sir Henry Cresswicke

  (1810-1895) Brother of the above, entered the service of the East India Company, and held many impo...

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• Sala, George Augustus Henry

  (1828-1895) Journalist and novelist, b. in London of Italian ancestry, began life as an illustrator...

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• Stanley, Sir Henry Morton

  (1841-1904) Traveller in Africa, b. in America, went to find, and found, Livingstone, and wrote an ...

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• Smeaton, Wm. Henry Oliphant

  M.A. (b. 1856) Novelist, etc. By Adverse Winds (1895), Our Laddie (1897), Treasure Cave of the Blu...

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• Watson, Henry Brereton Marriott

  (b. 1863) Novelist, etc. Lady Faintheart (1890), The Web of the Spider (1891), Diogenes of London (...

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• Wicksteed, Rev. Philip Henry

  (b. 1844) Writer on Dante, political economy, etc. Translation of the Bible for Young People (1882)...

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• Sir Henry Tulce's House

  At the north end of Warnford Court, south of Drapers Gardens (O. and M. 1677). Site now occupied by...

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• Castor and Pollux

  ·- ·see Saint Elmo's fire, under <<Saint>>. ...

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• Half-and-half

  ·noun A mixture of two malt liquors, ·esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts. ...

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• In and an

  ·adj & ·adv Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. ·see under <<Breeding>...

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• In-and-in

  ·noun An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, eithe...

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• Lords and Ladies

  ·- The European wake-robin (Arum maculatum), — those with purplish spadix the lords, and those with ...

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• Make and break

  ·add. ·- Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker. ...

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• Tom and Jerry

  ·add. ·- A hot sweetened drink of rum and water spiced with cinnamon, cloves, ·etc., and beaten up w...

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• Tops-and-bottoms

  ·noun ·pl Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in halves, and then browned in an oven, — used as food fo...

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• Tweedledum and Tweedledee

  ·add. ·- Two things practically alike; — a phrase coined by John Byrom (1692-1793) in his satire "O...

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• Azur and Azzur

  Helper. 1) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet (Jer. 28:1). 2) The father of Jaazaniah (Ezek. ...

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• By and by

  Immediately (Matt. 13:21; R.V., "straightway;" Luke 21:9). ...

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• Castor and Pollux

  The "Dioscuri", two heroes of Greek and Roman mythology. Their figures were probably painted or scul...

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• Jachin and Boaz

  The names of two brazen columns set up in Solomon's temple (1 Kings 7:15-22). Each was eighteen cubi...

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• Tryphena and Tryphosa

  Two female Christians, active workers, whom Paul salutes in his epistle to the Romans (16:12). ...

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• Bell and Crown

  On the north side of Holborn, east of Furnival's Inn, in Farringdon Ward Without. The southern porti...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• (The) Cat and Fiddle

  In the parish of St. Benet Sherehog, 1542 (L. and P. H. VIII. XVII. 393). Earliest mention: "le Cat...

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• (The) Crown and Cushion

  See Pay Office. ...

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• The Hand and Still

  In Houndesditch at the boundary of Bishopsgate Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 94, and in 1755 ed.). ...

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• Hoare and Co

  Premises on the west side of Water Lane, in Farringdon Ward Within (Horwood, 1799). Site occupied i...

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• The Rose and Crown

  A house so called in parish of St. Michael Crooked Lane demised to the use of the church and parish ...

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• air and exercise

  He has had air and exercise, i.e. he has been whipped at the cart's tail; or, as it is generally, th...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bird and baby

  The sign of the eagle and child. ...

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• black and white

  In writing. I have it in black and white; I have written evidence. ...

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• bubble and squeak

  Beef and cabbage fried together. It is so called from its bubbling up and squeaking whilst over the ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bulk and file

  Two pickpockets; the bulk jostles the party to be robbed, and the file does the business. ...

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• buttock and file

  A common whore and a pick-pocket. Cant. ...

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• buttock and twang, or down buttock and sham file

  A common whore, but no pickpocket. ...

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• buttock and tongue

  A scolding wife. ...

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• to chop and change

  To exchange backwards and forwards. To chop, in the canting sense, means making dispatch, or hurryin...

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• ducks and drakes

  To make ducks and drakes: a school-boy's amusement, practised with pieces of tile, oyster-shells, or...

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• gamon and patter

  Common place talk of any profession; as the gamon and patter of a horse-dealer, sailor, &c. ...

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• gog and magog

  Two giants, whose effigies stand on each side of the clock in Guildhall, London; of whom there is a ...

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• guts and garbage

  A very fat man or woman. More guts than brains; a silly fellow. He has plenty of guts, but no bowels...

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• here and thereian

  One who has no settled place of residence. ...

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• hide and seek

  A childish game. He plays at hide and seek; a saying of one who is in fear of being arrested for deb...

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• inside and outside

  The inside of a **** and the outside of a gaol. ...

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• milk and water

  Both ends of the busk. ...

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• monks and friars

  Terms used by printers: monks are sheets where the letters are blotted, or printed too black; friars...

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• orthodoxy and heterodoxy

  Somebody explained these terms by saying, the first was a man who had a doxy of his own, the second ...

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• pothooks and hangeks

  A scrawl, bad writing. ...

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• quick and nimble

  More like a bear than a squirrel. Jeeringly said to any one moving sluggishly on a business or erran...

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• quirks and quillets

  Tricks and devices. Quirks in law; subtle distinctions and evasions. ...

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• roaratorios and uproars

  Oratorios and operas. ...

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• roast and boiled

  A nick name for the Life Guards, who are mostly substantial house-keepers; and eat daily of roast an...

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• six and tips

  Whisky and small beer. IRISH. ...

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• sixes and sevens

  Left at sixes and sevens: i.e. in confusion; commonly said of a room where the furniture, &c. is sca...

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• tarring and feathering

  A punishment lately infliced by the good people of Boston on any person convicted, or suspected, of ...

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• chock-and-log

  n. and adj. a particularkind of fence much used on Australian stations. The Chock is a thick short ...

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• tagrag-and-bobtail

  n. a species of sea-weed.See quotation. 1866. S. Hannaford, `Wild Flowers of Tasmania,' p. 80: «I...

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• wattle-and-dab

  a rough mode of architecture, verycommon in Australia at an early date. The phrase and itsmeaning ar...

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• by fits and starts

  At short and sudden intervals interruptedly. As prayer is a duty of daily occurrence, the injunctio...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• to cut and run

  To be off; to be gone.--Holloway's Prov. Dictionary. Originally a nautical term. To cut the cable o...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• to rake and scrape

  To collect. Where under the sun, says I to myself, did he rake and scrape together such super-super...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• back and forth

  Backwards and forwards, applied to a person in walking, as, "He was walking back and forth." A commo...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• black and blue

  The color of a bruise; a familiar expression for a bruise, here and in England. Mistress Ford, good...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• black and white

  To put a thing into black and white, is, to commit it to writing. In use in Scotland.--Jamieson. I ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• chinking and daubing

  The process of filling with clay the interstices between the logs of houses in the new countries. In...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• cut and dried

  Ready made. I am for John C. Calhoun for the presidency; and will not go for Mr. Van Buren, the man...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• hither and yon

  This expression is often used in the country towns of New England for here and there. It is never he...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• hums and hahs

  A familiar expression applied to one who hesitates in speaking. 'None of your hums and hahs!' that i...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• long and short

  The end; the result; the upshot. You see I should have bore down on Sol Gills yesterday, but she to...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• off and on

  Vacillating, changeable, undecided; in which sense it is much used with us. In England it is also us...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• out and out

  1) Thorough. Henry Clay is such a statesman as the country wanted. We want a long tried, well known...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• sixes and sevens

  'To be at sixes and sevens,' is to be in a state of disorder and confusion. A ludicrous expression t...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• spack and applejees

  (Dutch.) Pork and apples, cooked together. An ancient Dutch dish made in New York. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• tarring and feathering

  A punishment sometimes inflicted by indignantly virtuous mobs in Southern and Western States, on per...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• ways and means

  The committee of 'ways and means,' in legislation, is a committee to whom is intrusted the considera...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• whig and tory

  Names of political parties. The history of the origin of these names is thus given by Cooke: "Accord...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• whigs and democrats

  It is very difficult to give a precise, accurate, and satisfactory definition of the principles dist...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• fending and proving

  disputing, arguing pro and con. C. ...

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

• heads and plucks

  the refuse of timber trees, as boughs, roots, &c. Derb. ...

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

• helm and hawn

  the handle of a spade, &c. Derb. ...

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

• hither and you

  here and there, backwards and forwards. N. ...

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

• marry and shall

  i. e. that I will. North. ...

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

• milt and melt

  the soft roe of a fish. York. ...

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

• money and gold

  silver and gold. York. ...

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

• peas and sport

  See scadding of peas. ...

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

• rid and ridden

  dispatch and dispatched : It rids well : it goes on fast. It will soon be ridden, i. e. got rid of. ...

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

• runches and runchballs

  carlock, when dried and withered. N. ...

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

• saugh and sauf

  sallow. N. ...

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

• snod and snog

  neat, handsome : as, snogly gear'd, handsomely dressed. N. SNOG-MALT, smooth, with few combs. ...

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

• to and again

  backwards and forwards. York and Derb. ...

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

• act and intention

  Must be united in admiralty law. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• costs and damage

  Demurrage is generally given against a captor for unjustifiable detention. Where English merchants p...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• cut and thrust

  To give point with a sword after striking a slash. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• den and strond

  A liberty for ships or vessels to run or come ashore. Edward I. granted this privilege to the barons...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• fast and loose

  An uncertain and shuffling conduct. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• fifer and fidler

  Two very important aids in eliciting exact discipline; for hoisting, warping, and heaving at the cap...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• fire-and-lights

  Nickname of the master-at-arms. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• fore-and-aft

  From head to stern throughout the ship's whole length, or from end to end; it also implies in a line...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• fore-and-after

  A cocked hat worn with the peak in front instead of athwart. Also, a very usual term for a schooner ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• full and by

  Sailing close-hauled on a wind; when a ship is as close as she will lie to the wind, without sufferi...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• pudding and dolphin

  A larger and lesser pad, made of ropes, and put round the masts under the lower yards. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• rank and file

  This word includes corporals as well as privates, all below sergeants. (See file.) ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• ribs and trucks

  Used figuratively for fragments. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• round and grape

  A phrase used when a gun is charged at close quarters with round shot, grape, and canister; termed a...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• rouse and bit

  The order to turn out of the hammocks. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• soak and send!

  The order to pass wet swabs along. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• stamp and go!

  The order to step out at the capstan, or with hawsers, topsail-halliards, &c., generally to the fife...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• stock and fluke

  The whole of anything. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book