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• Joseph

  ·noun An outer garment worn in the 18th century; ·esp., a woman's riding habit, buttoned down the fr...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Joseph

  increase; addition ...

  Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

• Joseph

  Remover or increaser. 1) The elder of the two sons of Jacob by Rachel (Gen. 30:23, 24), who, on the...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• joseph

  A woman's great coat. Also, a sheepish bashful young fellow: an allusion to Joseph who fled from Pot...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• joseph

  A very old-fashioned riding coat for women, scarcely now to be seen or heard of--Forby's Vocabulary....

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Joseph

  (increase). • The elder of the two sons of Jacob by Rachel. He was born in Padan-aram (Mesopotamia)...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Addison, Joseph

  (1672-1719) Poet, essayist and statesman, was the s. of Lancelot Addison, Dean of Lichfield. B. nea...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Butler, Joseph

  (1692-1752) Theologian, b. at Wantage, s. of a Presbyterian linen-draper, was destined for the mini...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Glanvill, Joseph

  (1636-1680) Controversialist and moral writer, b. at Plymouth, and ed. at Oxf., took orders, and he...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Hall, Joseph

  (1574-1656) Divine, b. at Ashby-de-la-Zouche, and ed. at Camb., he entered the Church, and became i...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Priestly, Joseph

  (1733-1804) Chemist, theologian, and political writer, s. of a draper at Fieldhead, Yorkshire, wher...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Ritson, Joseph

  (1752-1803) Antiquary and critic, b. at Stockton-on-Tees, settled in London as a conveyancer, at th...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Skipsey, Joseph

  (1832-1903) Poet, b. near North Shields, and from childhood worked in the mines. He pub. a few piec...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Spence, Joseph

  (1699-1768) Anecdotist, b. at Kingsclere, Hants, and ed. at Winchester and Oxf., he entered the Chu...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Warton, Joseph

  (1722-1800) Critic, elder s. of the Rev. Thomas W., Prof. of Poetry at Oxf., was ed. at Basingstoke...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Conrad, Joseph

  Novelist. Almayer's Folly (1895), An Outcast of the Islands (1896), Tales of Unrest (1898), Lord Jim...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Jacobs, Joseph

  (b. 1854) Writer on folk-lore and Jewish history. English Fairy Tales (1890), Celtic Fairy Tales (1...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• great joseph

  A surtout. CANT. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Drake, Joseph Rodman

  (1795-1820) Poet, b. at New York, studied medicine, d. of consumption. He collaborated with F. Hall...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Lightfoot, Joseph Barber

  (1828-1889) Theologian and scholar, b. at Liverpool, and ed. at King Edward's School, Birmingham, a...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Shorthouse, Joseph Henry

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

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• White, Joseph Blanco

  (1775-1841) Poet, s. of a merchant, an Irish Roman Catholic resident at Seville, where he was b., b...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Hocking, Rev. Joseph

  Novelist. Zillah (1892), The Birthright (1897), Esau (1904), Chariots of the Lord (1905), A Strong M...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Crowe, Sir Joseph Archer

  (1825-1896) Writer on art, s. of the above, was b. in London. Most of his childhood was spent in Fr...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

  (1814-1873) Novelist, s. of a Dean of the Episcopal Church of Ireland, and grand-nephew of Richard ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Lockyer, Sir Joseph Norman

  K.C.B., F.R.S. (b. 1836) Astronomer. Elementary Lessons in Astronomy (1870), Studies in Spectrum A...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph

  F.R.S., LL.D. (b. 1851) Scientist and psychologist. Elementary Mechanics (1881), Modern Views of E...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Sir Joseph Sheldon's House

  On the south side of St. Paul's Churchyard, in Castle Baynard Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755). A...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.