White, Richard Grant

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• Grant

  ·vt The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon. II. Grant ·vt The yielding or admission of somet...

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• Grant, James

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• White

  ·noun A white pigment; as, Venice white. II. White ·superl Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; ...

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• White

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• white

  1) to requite ; as, God white you, God requite you. Chesh. Var. Dial. 2) to blame ; you lean all th...

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• Roe, Richard

  ·add. ·- A fictious name for a party, real or fictious, to an act or proceeding. Other names were fo...

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• Bannatyne, Richard

  (d. 1605) Secretary to John Knox, compiled Memorials of Transactions in Scotland from 1569 to 1573....

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• Barnfield, Richard

  (1574-1627) Poet, e.s. of Richard B., gentleman, was b. at Norbury, Shropshire, and ed. at Oxford. ...

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• Baxter, Richard

  (1615-1691) Divine scholar and controversialist, was b. of poor, but genteel, parents at Rowton in ...

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• Bentley, Richard

  (1662-1742) Theologian, scholar, and critic, b. in Yorkshire of humble parentage, went at the age o...

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• Braithwaite, or Brathwaite, Richard

  (1588-1673) Poet, b. near Kendal, and ed. at Oxf., is believed to have served with the Royalist arm...

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• Brome, Richard

  (d. 1652?) Dramatist, the servant and friend of Ben Jonson, produced upwards of 20 plays, some in c...

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• Carew, Richard

  (1555-1620) Translator and antiquary, a county gentleman of Cornwall, ed. at Oxf., made a translati...

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• Corbet, Richard

  (1582-1635) Poet, s. of a gardener, was ed. at Westminster School and Oxf., and entered the Church,...

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• Crashaw, Richard

  (1613?-1649) Poet, s. of William C., a Puritan divine, was b. in London, and ed. at Charterhouse an...

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• Cumberland, Richard

  (1732-1811) Novelist and dramatist, ed. at Westminster and Camb., entered the diplomatic service, a...

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• Edwards, Richard

  (1523?-1566) Poet, was at Oxf., and went to Court, where he was made a Gentleman of the Chapel Roya...

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• Farmer, Richard

  (1735-1797) Shakespearian scholar, b. at Leicester, and ed. at Camb., where he ultimately became Ma...

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• Flecknoe, Richard

  (d. 1678) Poet, said to have been an Irish priest. He wrote several plays, now forgotten, also misc...

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• Ford, Richard

  (1796-1858) Writer on art and travel, ed. at Winchester and Camb., and travelled for several years ...

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• Garnett, Richard

  (1835-1906) Biographer and writer on literature, s. of Richard G., an assistant keeper of Printed B...

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• Gifford, Richard

  (1725-1807) Poet, was ed. at Oxford and took orders. He was the author of a poem, Contemplation. He...

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• Glover, Richard

  (1712-1785) Poet and dramatist, was a London merchant, and M.P. for Weymouth. A scholarly man with ...

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• Gough, Richard

  (1735-1809) Antiquary, was b. in London, and studied at Camb. For many years he made journeys over ...

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• Grafton, Richard

  (d. 1572) Printer and chronicler, printed various ed. of the Bible and Prayer-book; also the Procla...

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• Hakluyt, Richard

  (1553?-1616) Collector of voyages, belonged to a good Herefordshire family of Dutch descent, was b....

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• Hooker, Richard

  (1554?-1600) Theologian, b. near Exeter, of a family the original name of which was Vowell. His abi...

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• Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Lord

  (1809-1885) Poet, s. of Robert (known as "single-speech") M., b. in London, and ed. privately and a...

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• Hurd, Richard

  (1720-1808) Divine, and miscellaneous writer, b. at Congreve, Staffordshire, was ed. at Camb., and ...

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• Jefferies, Richard

  (1848-1887) Naturalist and novelist, s. of a farmer, was b. at Swindon, Wilts. He began his literar...

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• Knolles, Richard

  (1550?-1610) Historian, b. at Coldashby, Northamptonshire, and ed. at Oxf., pub. in 1603 The Histor...

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• Lovelace, Richard

  (1618-1658) Poet, b. at Woolwich, s. of Sir William L., was ed. at Oxf., where he is described by A...

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• Porson, Richard

  (1759-1808) Scholar, s. of the parish clerk of E. Ruston, Norfolk, was distinguished from childhood...

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• Price, Richard

  (1723-1791) Writer on morals, politics, and economics, s. of a dissenting minister, was b. at Tynto...

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• Rolle, Richard

  (1290?-1349) Hermit and poet, b. at Thornton, Yorkshire, was at Oxf. Impressed by the uncertainty a...

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• Savage, Richard

  (1697?-1743) Poet, was probably of humble birth, but claimed to be the illegitimate s. of the Count...

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• Sibbes, Richard

  (1577-1635) Divine, was at Camb., where he held various academic posts, of which he was deprived by...

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• Stanyhurst, Richard

  (1547-1618) Translator, was at Oxf., and studied law at Furnivall's Inn and Lincoln's Inn. He colla...

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• Whateley, Richard

  (1787-1863) Theologian and economist, s. of the Rev. Dr. Joseph W., b. in London, and ed. at a scho...

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• Bagot, Richard

  (b. 1860) Novelist. A Roman Mystery (1899), Casting of Nets (1901), Donna Diana (1903), Temptation ...

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• Lodge, Richard

  LL.D., etc. (b. 1855) Historian. Students' Modern Europe, Richelieu (Foreign Statesmen Series), Th...

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• Whiteing, Richard

  (b. 1840) Novelist, etc. The Democracy (1876), No. 5 John Street (1899), The Yellow Van (1903), Rin...

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• Allen, Charles Grant

  (1848-1899) Scientific writer and novelist, b. in Canada, to which his f., a clergyman, had emigrat...

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• Grant, Mrs. Anne (M'Vicar)

  (1755-1838) Was b. in Glasgow, and in 1779 m. the Rev. James Grant, minister of Laggan, Inverness-s...

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• Grant, James Augustus

  (1827-1892) Traveller, was an officer in the army, and was sent by the Royal Geographical Society a...

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• Cream-white

  ·adj As white as cream. ...

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• Snow-white

  ·adj White as snow; very white. ...

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• Water-white

  ·noun A vinelike plant (Vitis Caribaea) growing in parched districts in the West Indies, and contain...

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• White elephant

  ·add. ·- Something requiring much care and expense and yielding little profit; any burdensome posses...

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• White fly

  ·add. ·- Any one of numerous small injurious hemipterous insects of the genus Aleyrodes, allied to s...

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• White friar

  ·- A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. ·see ...

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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...

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• White list

  ·add. ·- The official list of all transactions, published daily on white paper, divided into sales f...

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• White mustard

  ·add. ·- A kind of mustard (Sinapis alba) with rough-hairy foliage, a long-beaked hispid pod, and pa...

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• White person

  ·add. ·- A person of the Caucasian race (6 Fed. Rep. 256). ...

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• White plague

  ·add. ·- Tuberculosis, ·esp. of the lungs. ...

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• White slave

  ·add. ·- A woman held in involuntary confinement for purposes of prostitution; loosely, any woman fo...

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• White slaver

  ·add. ·- A person engaged in procuring or holding a woman or women for unwilling prostitution. ...

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• White slaving

  ·add. ·- The action of one who procures or holds a woman or women for unwilling prostitution. ...

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• White-blaze

  ·noun ·see White-face. ...

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• White-ear

  ·noun The <<Wheatear>>. ...

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• White-eye

  ·noun Any one of several species of small Old World singing of the genus Zosterops, as Zosterops pal...

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• White-face

  ·noun A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose; — called also white-b...

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• White-foot

  ·noun A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and the coffin. ...

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• White-fronted

  ·adj Having a white front; as, the white-fronted lemur. ...

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• White-heart

  ·noun A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin. ...

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• White-hot

  ·adj White with heat; heated to whiteness, or incandescence. ...

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• White-limed

  ·adj Whitewashed or plastered with lime. ...

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• White-livered

  ·adj Having a pale look; feeble; hence, cowardly; pusillanimous; dastardly. ...

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• White-pot

  ·noun A kind of food made of milk or cream, eggs, sugar, bread, ·etc., baked in a pot. ...

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• White-water

  ·noun A dangerous disease of sheep. ...

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• White, Gilbert

  (1720-1793) Naturalist, b. at Selborne, Hants, and ed. along with the Wartons (q.v.) at their fathe...

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• White Bear

  In Abchurch Lane. Destroyed in the Fire 1666. Rebuilt as " Pontack's," for many years a famous tav...

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• White Bull

  Hostel so called in Westmythfeld, 1445 (Cal. L. Bk. K. p.310). Not further identified. ...

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• White Cross

  In an Inquisition 3 Ed. I. mention is made of water coming down from Smethefeld del Barbican in the ...

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• The White Hart

  1) Tenement called the "Sygne de le Whyte Harte " in Westchepe in parish of St. Mary Colchurch, betw...

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• The White Harte

  1) A messuage so called lying in St. Nicholas Fleshambles in parish of Christchurch, 1568 (Lond. I. ...

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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...

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• White Street

  West out of Moorfields, at No.39, to Moor Lane (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Without. First...

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• The White Swan

  A messuage called the White Swan. In Great Eastcheap in parish of St. Leonard upon Fish street hill,...

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• White Yard

  Out of Lamb Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I ii 108-Boyle, 1799). The site i...

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• lily white

  A chimney-sweeper. ...

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• white ribbin

  Gin. ...

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• white feather

  He has a white feather; he is a coward; an allusion to a game cock, where having a white leather is ...

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• white-livered

  Cowardly, malicious. ...

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• white lie

  A harmless lie, one not told with a malicious intent, a lie told to reconcile people at variance. ...

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• white serjeant

  A man fetched from the tavern or ale-house by his wife, is said to be arrested by the white serjeant...

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• white swelling

  A woman big with child is said to have a white swelling. ...

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• white tape

  Geneva. ...

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• white wool

  Geneva. ...

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• maori, white

  New Zealand miners' name for a stone. See quotation. 1883. `A Citizen,' `Illustrated Guide to Duned...

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• plum, white

  n. local name for Acacia (q.v.). ...

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• white-bream

  See silver-bream ...

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• white wood

  See waddy wood ...

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• white-eye

  n. another name for the bird calledvariously Silver-Eye, Wax-Eye, Blight-Bird, etc., Zosterops (q.v...

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• white-face

  n. a name applied to the Australianbird, Xerophila leucopsis, Gould. Another species isthe Chestnut...

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• white gallinule

  n. one of the birds of thefamily called Rails. The White Gallinule wasrecorded from New South Wales...

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• white-head

  n. a bird of New Zealand, Clitonyx albicapilla, Buller. Found in North Island,but becoming very rar...

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• white-pointer

  n. a New South Wales name forthe White-Shark. See Shark. ...

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• white-top

  n. another name for Flintwood (q.v.). ...

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• white-trevally

  n. an Australian fish.See Trevally. 1882. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, `Fish and Fisheries of NewSout...

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• white nib

  a rook. Yorksh. ...

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• white bite

  The Clupea alba, a well-known fish caught in the Thames, but strictly a sea-fish, erroneously held t...

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• white bait or bite

  The Clupea alba, a well-known fish caught in the Thames, but strictly a sea-fish, erroneously held t...

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• white caps

  Waves with breaking crests, specially between the east end of Jamaica and Kingston; but obtaining ge...

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• white feather

  The figurative symbol of cowardice: a white feather in a cock's tail being considered a proof of cro...

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• white-fish

  A fish of the salmon family, found in the lakes of North America; also a name of the hard-head (whic...

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• white-herring

  A pickled herring in the north, but in other parts a fresh herring is so called. ...

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• white-horse

  A name of the Raia fullonica. (See also white caps.) ...

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• white-lappelle

  A sobriquet for a lieutenant, in allusion to his former uniform. (See lappelle.) ...

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• white-rope

  Rope which has not been tarred. Manilla, coir, and some other ropes, do not require tarring. ...

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• white squall

  A tropical wind said to give no warning; it sweeps the surface with spoon-drift. ...

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• white-tape

  A term amongst smugglers for hollands or gin. ...

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• white-water

  That which is seen over extensive sandy patches, where, owing to the limpidity and shallowness of th...

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• White Hart, White Hart Court

  West out of Bishopsgate, at No, 119, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (P.O. Directory). The date 1480 wa...

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• All Hallows le Grant

  See All Hallows the Great. ...

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• Baker, Sir Richard

  (1568-1645) Historian and religious writer, studied law, was knighted in 1603, and was High Sheriff...

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• Barham, Richard Harris

  (1788-1845) Novelist and humorous poet, s. of a country gentleman, was b. at Canterbury, ed. at St....

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• Blackmore, Sir Richard

  (c. 1650, d. 1729) Poet, one of the Court Physicians to William III. and Anne, wrote several very l...

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• Blackmore, Richard Doddridge

  (1825-1900) Novelist and poet, b. at Longworth, Berks, ed. at Tiverton School and Oxf., practised f...

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• Bury, Richard de

  (1281-1345) S. of Sir Richard Aungerville, b. at Bury St. Edmunds, studied at Oxf., and was a Bened...

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• Church, Richard William

  (1815-1890) Divine, historian, and biographer, was b. at Lisbon, and ed. at Oxf., where he became a...

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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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• Dixon, Richard Watson

  (1833-1900) Historian and poet, s. of Dr. James D., a well-known Wesleyan minister and historian of...

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• Fanshawe, Sir Richard

  (1608-1666) Diplomatist, translator, and poet, b. at Ware Park, Herts, and ed. at Camb., travelled ...

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• Gilder, Richard Watson

  (1844-1909) Poet, b. at Borderstown, New Jersey, was successively a lawyer, a soldier, and a journa...

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• Green, John Richard

  (1837-1883) Historian, was the s. of a tradesman in Oxf., where he was ed., first at Magdalen Coll....

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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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• Hutton, Richard Holt

  (1826-1897) Essayist and miscellaneous writer, was brought up as a Unitarian, and for some time was...

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• Maitland, Sir Richard

  (1496-1586) Poet, f. of M. of Lethington, Sec. of State to Mary Queen of Scots. In his later years ...

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• Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

  (1751-1816) Dramatist and orator, b. in Dublin, the s. of an actor, was ed. at Harrow. In 1772 he e...

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• Steele, Sir Richard

  (1672-1729) Essayist and dramatist, s. of a Dublin attorney, who d. when his s. was 5 years old, wa...

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• Stockton, Francis Richard

  (1834-1902) B. at Philadelphia, was an engraver and journalist. He became well known as a writer of...

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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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• Trench, Richard Chenevix

  (1807-1886) Poet and theologian, b. in Dublin, and ed. at Harrow and Camb., took orders, and after ...

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• Davis, Richard Harding

  (b. 1864) American novelist, etc. Soldiers of Fortune, The Princess Aline, In the Fog, Captain Mack...

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• Le Gallienne, Richard

  (b. 1866) Novelist and poet. Volumes in Folio (1888), The Religion of a Literary Man (1893), Quest ...

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• Great White Way

  ·add. ·- Broadway, in New York City, in the neighborhood chiefly occupied by theaters, as from about...

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• Schwann's white substance

  ·- The substance of the medullary sheath. ...

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• Taylor-White process

  ·add. ·- A process (invented about 1899 by Frederick W. Taylor and Maunsel B. White) for giving toug...

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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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• White, Joseph Blanco

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

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• White, WIlliam Hale

  (c. 1830) Novelist, etc. The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford (1885), Mark Rutherford's Deliverance...

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• White Bear Alley

  West out of Addle Hill, with a passage north to Church Hill, in Castle Baynard Ward (Rocque, 1746-L....

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• White Bear Yard

  South out of Bride Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Lockie, 1816) Not named in the maps. ...

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• White Bell Alley

  North out of Great Eastcheap, east of St. Clement's Lane. In Candlewick Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype,...

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• White Cock Alley

  South out of Thames Street to the Thames, west of and leading to Dyers' Hall (O. and M. 1677). Purc...

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• White Cock Court

  East out of Bread Street, in Bread Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755). Site has been rebuilt...

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• White Fryars Lane

  South out of Whitefriars to the Thames (Leake, 1666). See Whitefriars Street. ...

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• White Fryers Stairs

  At the south end of Waterman's Lane on the Thames, west of Whitefriars Dock (Leake, 1666-L. Guide, 1...

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• White Hall Court

  East from the Tower precinct to St. Katherine's lane (Horwood, 1799-Lockie, 1811). Removed for the ...

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• White Hart Alley

  South out of Leadenhall Street, in Aldgate Ward (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Former name: "White ...

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• White Hart Court

  1) North out of Long Lane, West Smithfield, to the northern boundary of Farringdon Ward Without (Hor...

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• White Hart Inn

  1) On the north side of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without, with a passage to 3 Leg Court (Str...

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• White Hart Street

  East out of Warwick Lane, at No.25, to Paternoster Square (P.O. Directory). In Castle Baynard Ward. ...

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• White Head Court

  In Duke's Place (W. Stow, 1722-P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps. ...

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• White Hind Court

  1) See Bishopsgate Buildings. 2) West out of Coleman Street, in Coleman Street Ward (Boyle, 1799). ...

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• White Hind Yard

  North out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M., 1677). See White Hart Inn. ...

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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...

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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...

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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.

• 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.

• White Legge Entre

  Five tenements and shops in parish of Blessed Mary of Bow called the "White Legge Entre," 4 Ed. VI. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Lion Court

  1) South out of Great Tower Street, east of Beer Lane (P.O. Directory). In Tower Ward. Earliest men...

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• White Lion Square

  North out of Old Bethlem at No.16 (Lockie, 1816-Elmes, 1831). Not named in the maps. ...

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• White Lion Wharf

  South out of Upper Thames Street at No.17, west of Paul's Wharf. In Castle Baynard Ward (P.O. Direct...

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• White Lyon Alley

  See White Lion Court, Cornhill. ...

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• White Lyon Court

  1) East out of Little Bell Alley, in Broad Street Ward (P.C. 1732-Elmes, 1831). The site is now occ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Lyon Tavern

  On the west side of Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746). Site rebuilt for ...

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• White Rampinge Lyon

  See Three Crown Court2, Foster Lane. ...

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• White Rose Court

  South out of Widegate Street to Middlesex Street (L.C.C. List, 1912). First mention: Lockie, 1810. ...

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• White Rose Place

  East out of Whitecross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype ,ed. 1720-O.S.1880). Former name...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Street, Houndsditch

  See Cutler Street. ...

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• White Swan Court

  In Newgate Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. Name derived from the sign...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Swan Inn

  1) In Seething Lane, 1636 (L. and P. Chas. I. I635~6, p.380). No other mention. 2) West out of West...

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• White Swan Stairs

  South out of Thames Street on the Thames (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

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• White Tawyers' Seld

  Seld of Richer de Refham so called in parish of St. Mary de Colchirch, 1328 (Ct. H.W. I. 339). Not ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• black and white

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

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• white-lipped snake

  n. See under snake. ...

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

• 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.

• white for quite

  QUITE, per aphaeresin, pro REQUITE. ...

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

• white boot-top

  A painted white line carried fore and aft on the hammock-netting base. It gives a longer appearance ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Duff, Sir Mountstuart E. Grant

  (1829-1906) Miscellaneous writer, was M.P. for the Elgin Burghs, and Lieut.-Governor of Madras. He ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Burton, Sir Richard Francis

  (1821-1890) Explorer and scholar, s. of an officer in the army, was b. at Barham House, Herts, and ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Dana, Richard Henry, Jr.

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

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Jebb, Sir Richard Claverhouse

  (1841-1905) B. at Dundee, and ed. at St. Columba's Coll., Dublin, Charterhouse, and Camb., at the l...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Temple, Sir Richard Carnac

  C.I.E. (b. 1850) Orientalist, etc. Wide-awake Stories (Punjab Folk Tales) (1884), with Mrs. F.A. S...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Sir Richard Levet's House

  On the north side of Maiden Lane, east of St. John Zachary, in Aldersgate Ward (Strype, 1720 and 175...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Baker, Sir Samuel White

  (1821-1893) Traveller, b. in London, and after being a planter in Ceylon, and superintending the co...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Black and White Alley

  East out of Tower Hill, near Woodruff Lane (Hatton, 1708-Boyle, 1799). Within the Tower precincts. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Black and White Court

  South out of Fleet Lane to Belle Savage Inn and the Old Bailey (Leake, 1666-Elmes, 1831). Strype de...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Great White Bear Court

  North out of Thames Street in Blackfriars, west of Addle Hill, in Castle Baynard Ward (P.C. 1732). ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Little White Bear Court

  North out of Thames Street, in the precinct of Blackfriars (P. C. 1732-Dodsley, 1761). Not named in...

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• White Alley, Coleman Street

  See White's Alley. ...

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• White Bear, Botolph Lane

  See The Bear1. ...

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• White Friers New Wharf

  On the south side of Temple Street to Hawke's Wharf and the Thames (Horwood, 1799-Lockie, 1816). Se...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Hart Inn, Aldersgate

  See The George, Aldersgate. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• White Hart Inn, Yard

  South out of London Wall. In Broad Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1848-51). "White Hart Stables "...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• 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.