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• Account

  ·noun Importance; worth; value; advantage; profit. II. Account ·noun An estimate or estimation; val...

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• Going

  ·noun <<Departure>>. II. Going ·noun Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing. III. Going ·noun Course o...

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• going

  The state of the roads; the travelling. Ex. 'The going is bad, owing to the deep snow or mud in the ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Upon

  ·prep On; — used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable. ...

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• Upon

  This expression is used instead of "in" in the case of Lothbury, Bucklersbury, Aldermanbury, and Cor...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• going upon the dub

  Going out to break open, or pick the locks of, houses. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Account book

  ·- A book in which accounts are kept. ...

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• flemish account

  A losing, or bad account. ...

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• flemish account

  A deficit in accounts. ...

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• weekly account

  A correct return of the whole complement made every week when in harbour to the senior officer. Also...

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• Away-going

  ·adj Sown during the last years of a tenancy, but not ripe until after its expiration; — said of cr...

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• Easy-going

  ·adj Moving easily; hence, mild-tempered; ease-loving; inactive. ...

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• In-going

  ·noun The act of going in; entrance. II. In-going ·adj Going; entering, as upon an office or a poss...

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• Way-going

  ·adj Going away; departing; of or pertaining to one who goes away. ...

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• Woolward-going

  ·noun A wearing of woolen clothes next the skin as a matter of penance. ...

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• foreign-going

  The ships bound on oceanic voyages, as distinguished from home-traders and coasters. ...

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• going about

  Tacking ship. ...

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• going free

  When the bowlines are slackened, or sailing with the wind abeam. ...

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• going large

  Sailing off the wind. ...

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• going room

  , room The old term for going large, or from, the wind. (See lask, to and large.) It is mentioned by...

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• sea-going

  Fit for sea-service abroad. ...

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• to allot upon

  To intend, to form a purpose; as, I allot upon going to Boston. Used by uneducated people in the int...

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• down upon

  To be down upon, is to seize with avidity, as a bird of prey would pounce down upon its victim. Allu...

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• nigh upon

  Nearly; almost. I got your letter and razor-strap. It's a complete strap as you ever see; and as so...

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• doubling upon

  In a naval engagement, the act of inclosing any part of a hostile fleet between two fires, as Nelson...

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• lap upon

  The mast carlings are said to lap upon the beams by reason of their great depth, and head-ledges at ...

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• raised upon

  When a vessel is heightened in her upper works. ...

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• latitude by account

  That estimated by the log-board, and the last determined by observation. ...

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• longitude by account

  The distance east and west, as computed from the ship's course and distance run, carried forward fro...

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• ocean-going ship

  In contradistinction to a coaster. ...

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• Judah upon Jordan

  The Authorized Version, following the Vulgate, has this rendering in Josh. 19:34. It has been sugges...

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• Conduit upon Cornhill

  In Cornhill opposite the north end of Change Alley and the eastern side of the Royal Exchange. Show...

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• (St.) Michael upon Thames

  See St. Michael Queenhithe. ...

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• (St.) Miltheldrede upon Walbrook

  See St. Mildred Poultry. ...

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• Tun upon Cornhill

  In Cornhill, opposite the north end of Change Alley. Built as a prison for night walkers by Henry le...

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• dance upon nothing

  To be hanged. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• double upon, to

  See doubling upon. ...

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• luff upon luff

  One luff-tackle applied to the fall of another, to afford an increase of purchase. ...

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• ship raised upon

  One of which the upper works have been heightened by additional timbers. About the year 1816 several...

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• six-upon-four

  Reduced allowance; four rations allotted to six men. ...

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• whip upon whip

  A sort of easy purchase, much used in colliers. It consists of one whip applied to the falls of anot...

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• quarterly account of provisions

  A return sent to the Admiral and Victualling Board, at the expiration of every three months. ...

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• clear for going about

  Every man to his station, and every rope an-end. ...

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• going through the fleet

  A cruel punishment, long happily abolished. The victim was sentenced to receive a certain portion of...

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• Le Dolphyn upon le Hoop

  A brewhouse tenement called "le Dolphyn upon le hoop" in parish of St. Magnus by London Bridge, 23 H...

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• dead upon a wind

  Braced sharp up and bowlines hauled. ...

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• (St.) Mildred de Walebroc, upon Walebroke

  See St. Mildred Poultry. ...

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• death's head upon a mop-stick

  A poor miserable, emaciated fellow; one quite an otomy. See otomy.-- He looked as pleasant as the p...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Chapel upon the Charnell in St. Paul's Churchyard

  Newly built chapel in St. Paul's Churchyard beyond the charnel house mentioned in will of Roger Beyv...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.