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Buoy
·vi To <<Float>>; to rise like a buoy.
II. Buoy ·vt To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking...
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buoy
A sort of close cask, or block of wood, fastened by a rope to the anchor, to show its situation afte...
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Bell
·vt To utter by bellowing.
II. Bell ·vt To put a bell upon; as, to bell the cat.
III. Bell ·vt To ...
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Bell
The bells first mentioned in Scripture are the small golden bells attached to the hem of the high pr...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Bell
1) (Le Bell)
Inn called "le Bell" in Mynchynlane, parish of St. Dunstan in le Est, belonging to St ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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bell
♦ Strike the bell. The order to strike the clapper against the bell as many times as there are half ...
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Can buoy
·- ·see under Buoy, ·noun.
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buoy-rope
The rope which attaches the buoy to the anchor, which should always be of sufficient strength to lif...
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cone-buoy
See can-buoys.
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nun-buoy
A buoy made of staves, somewhat in the form of a double cone; large in the middle, and tapering rapi...
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buoy-rope knot
Used where the end is lashed to the shank. A knot made by unlaying the strands of a cable-laid rope,...
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tapping a buoy
Clearing it of the water which has entered it by leakage, and would otherwise prevent its watching.
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Bell animalcule
·- An infusorian of the family Vorticellidae, common in fresh-water ponds.
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Bell bearer
·- A Brazilian leaf hopper (Bocydium tintinnabuliferum), remarkable for the four bell-shaped appenda...
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Bell crank
·- A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the ape...
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Bell jar
·- A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having...
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Bell metal
·- A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin;
— used ...
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Bell pepper
·- A species of Capsicum, or Guinea pepper (C. annuum). It is the red pepper of the gardens.
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Bell process
·add. ·- The process of washing molten pig iron by adding iron oxide, proposed by I. Lowthian Bell o...
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Bell-faced
·adj Having the striking surface convex;
— said of hammers.
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Bell-mouthed
·adj Expanding at the mouth; as, a bell-mouthed gun.
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Bell-shaped
·adj Having the shape of a wide-mouthed bell; campanulate.
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Dumb-bell
·noun A weight, consisting of two spheres or spheroids, connected by a short bar for a handle; used ...
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Sance-bell
·noun ·Alt. of Sancte bell.
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Sancte bell
·noun ·see Sanctus bell, under <<Sanctus>>.
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The Bell Brewhouse
, Aldgate High Street.
See Crown Place, Royal Mint Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Bell, Holborn
A tenement called "le Bell" in parish of St. Andrew in Holbourne between a tenement formerly belongi...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bell Alley
1) West out of Grub Street (Milton Street) in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677, and Hatton, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bell Court
1) West out of Foster Lane, in Aldersgate Ward (Horwood, 1799-Lockie, 1816), north of Bell Square.
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Bell Inn
1) On the east side of Warwick Lane, in Castle Baynard Ward (O. and M. 1677-Lockie, 1816).
Strype s...
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Bell Square
1) East out of St. Martin's le Grand to Foster Lane in Aldersgate Ward (Horwood, 1799-Lockie, 1816)....
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Bell Tavern
Mentioned in bounds of parish of St. Katherine Creechurch, apparently in Crutched Friars (Strype, ed...
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Bell Wharf
1) South out of Thames Street in parish of St. Benet, Paul's Wharf, at the eastern boundary of the p...
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Bell Yard
1) South out of Carter Lane at No.41 to Knightrider Street, in Castle Baynard Ward (P.O. Directory)....
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Blue Bell
In Bread Street, in Bread Street Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 201).
"Blew Bell," in Cheapsyde me...
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bell swagger
A noisy bullying fellow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bell-bird
n.
name given to several birds,fromtheir note, like the tinkling of a bell. In Australia,a Honey-ea...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bell-bottomed
adj.
a particular fashion oftrouser affected by the larrikin (q.v.).
1891. `The Argus,' Dec. 5, p....
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bell-topper
n.
The ordinary Australian namefor the tall silk-hat.
1860. W. Kelly, `Life in Victoria,' p. 268 [...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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sleigh-bell
A small hollow ball, made of bell-metal, having a hole in it that passes half round its circumferenc...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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saint's-bell
Kent. The same as the ting-tang in the North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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bell-rope
A short rope spliced round a thimble in the eye of the bell-crank, with a double wall-knot crowned a...
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bell-top
A name applied to the top of a quarter-gallery, when the upper stool is hollowed away, or made like ...
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bell-ware
A name of the Zostera marina (which see).
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diving-bell
Used in under-water operations for recovering treasure, raising ships, anchors, &c.
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stream the buoy, to
To let the buoy fall from the after-part of the ship's side into the water, preparatory to letting g...
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Bell, Henry Glassford
(1805-1874)
Poet and historian, was a member of the Scottish Bar, and became Sheriff of Lanarkshire...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Scott, William Bell
(1811-1890)
Poet and painter, s. of Robert S., an engraver, and brother of David S., painter, b. in...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Bell, Henry Thomas Mackenzie
(b. 1856)
Poet and critic. Spring's Immortality and other Poems, Christina Rossetti, Pictures of Tr...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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The Bell, Birchin Lane
Messuage called the Bell with a garden situate in parish of St. Edmund the King and Martyr belonging...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Bell, Milk Street
A messuage called the Corner House and now called the Signe of the Bell in parish of St. Mary Magdal...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bell Alley, Barbican
Mentioned 1667 (L. and P. Chas. II. 1667, p. 92).
The Bell Inn on the east side of Aldersgate Stree...
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Bell Alley, Bishopsgate
West out of Bishopsgate Street, near the middle, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
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Bell Inn, Holborn
See Old Bell Inn.
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Bell Inn, Walbrook
See Bell Court.
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Bell Wharf Lane
South out of Upper Thames Street to Greenwich Street and Bell Wharf, opposite No.177 Upper Thames St...
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Bell Wharf Stairs
At Bell Wharf, Thames Street (q.v.) (Strype, ed. 1755).
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Bell Wheel Alley
West out of Mark Lane, nearly opposite Hart Street. In Tower Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
No...
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Five Bell Alley
In Little Moorfields (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Five Bell Court
Out of Leadenhall Street, in Aldgate Ward (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Also called "Cup and Fan Court."...
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Great Bell Alley
East out of Coleman Street, at No. 56, to Moorgate Street (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street Ward.
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Little Bell Alley
South from Leathersellers' Buildings to Copthall Buildings on the boundary of Broad Street and Colem...
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Old Bell Inn
On the north side of Holborn at No.123 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within.
First mention: ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Paul's Bell Tower
In the Lib. Cust. I. 343, it is stated that the Campanile used by the citizens to summon the Folkmoo...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Six Bell Alley
In Bearbinder Lane (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
Name derived from the sign, rep...
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Six Bell Court
In Six Bell Passage, Foster Lane (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Six Bell Passage
In Foster Lane (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Ten Bell Court
South out of Snow Hill, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Site now covered by Hol...
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Twelve Bell Court
West out Of Bow Lane, in Cordwainer Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 24-Boyle, 1799).
It communicate...
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Two Bell Alley
On Snow Hill (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
Named after the sign.
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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,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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to bear the bell
To excel or surpass all competitors, to be the principal in a body or society; an allusion to the fo...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bell-frog, golden
n.
See golden bell-frog.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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golden bell-frog
n.
name applied to a largegold and green frog, Hyla aurea, Less., which, unlikethe great majority o...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Bell system of control
·add. ·- ·see <<Cloche>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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The Bell, St. Giles' Cripplegate
Messuage called the signe of the Bell and a garden in parish of St. Giles Without Cripplegate, 1565 ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bell Alley, Abchurch Lane
In Abechurch Lane, mentioned in deed of 1649 (End. Ch. Rep. St. Michael Crooked Lane, 1903, p. 8).
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Bell Alley, Cannon Street
In Cannon Street, by Budge Row, at Walbrook End (W. Stow, 1722-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps....
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Bell Alley, Coleman Street
See Great Bell Alley.
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Bell Alley, Fenchurch Street
See Bell Court.
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Bell Alley, Golden Lane
West out of Golden Lane, on the northern boundary of the City and of Cripplegate Ward Without, runni...
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Bell Alley, Hosier Lane
North out of Hosier Lane. In Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1720, I. iii. 284).
Th...
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Bell and Star Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street, two doors from Earl Street, Blackfriars (Lockie, 1816).
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Bell and Wheel Alley
West out of the Minories (O. and M. 1677), near the middle. In Portsoken Ward.
Other names : "Bell ...
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Bell and Wheel Yard
West out of the Minories (O. and M. 1677), near the middle. In Portsoken Ward.
Other names : "Bell ...
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Bell Inn, Coleman Street
Messuage called "The Bell" on the east side of the street called Colman Streete, in parish of St. St...
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Bell Inn, Friday Street
On the West side of Friday Street at No.13, in Bread Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
The ...
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Bell Inn, Grub Street
See Bell Alley1, Grub Street.
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Bell Yard, Fenchnrch Street
See Bell Court.
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Bell Yard, Gracechurch Street
West out of Gracechurch Street, at No.12 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Within.
First mentio...
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Bell Yard, Mincing Lane
See Bell Court.
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Blue Bell Inn, Holborn
See Old Bell Inn.
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bell, book, and candle
They cursed him with bell, book, and candle; an allusion to the popish form of excommunicating and a...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Bell Alley, Aldgate High Street
South out of Aldgate High Street, leading into Chequer Yard (O. and M. 1677-P.C. 1732). In Portsoken...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bell Alley, Little Tower Hill
North out of Little Tower Hill, east from the Minories (O. and M. 1677).
Earliest mention: "The Bel...
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Bell Alley, St. Katherine's Lane
See Bell Court.
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Bell Savage Yard, Old Bailey
See Ball Court, Old Bailey.
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Bell Yard, Fish Street Hill
West out of Fish Street Hill at No.13, north of Crooked Lane, and opposite the Monument. In Bridge W...
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Little Bell Alley, Grub Street
See Bell Alley.
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veer a buoy in a ship's wake, to
To slack out a rope to which a buoy has been attached, and let it go astern, for the purpose of brin...
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Bell Alley, Labour-In-Vain Hill
West out of Labour-in-Vain Hill and south to Thames Street, in Queenhithe Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle...
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Bell Alley, St. Martin's le Grand
See Bell Square.
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Bell and Bear Alley, Great Eastcheap
See White Bell Alley.
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Bell Court, St. Martin's le Grand
See Bell Square.
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Bell Inn, Old Fish Street Hill
On the west side of Fish Street Hill, south of St. Mounthaw Church, and north of Bell Alley, but not...
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Great Bell Alley, Milton Street, Cripplegate
See Bell Court.
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