birth-marks

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• Birth

  ·noun ·see <<Berth>>. II. Birth ·noun The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birt...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Birth

  As soon as a child was born it was washed, and rubbed with salt (Ezek. 16:4), and then swathed with ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• birth

  a place or station ; a good birth ; mine is the next birth. Kent. This word is used by seamen of all...

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

• Cross-birth

  ·noun Any preternatural labor, in which the body of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Birth-day

  The observance of birth-days was common in early times (Job 1:4, 13, 18). They were specially celebr...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Bevis Marks

  East from St. Mary Axe at No. 52 to Duke Street (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward. First mention: S...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• (St.) Mark's Alley

  An alley in St. Clements Lane called "St. Marckes Aley," 1482 (Anc. Deeds, C. 1058). Not further id...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• leading-marks

  Those objects which, kept in line or in transit, guide the pilot while working into port, as trees, ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• ripple-marks

  The ripply appearance left at low water on the flat part of a sandy beach. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• squaring marks

  See square ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• birth-day suit

  He was in his birth-day suit, that is, stark naked. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• marks and deeps

  Marks are the measured notifications on the hand lead-line, with white, blue, and red bunting, leath...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Plough Yard, Bevis Marks

  South out of Bevis Marks. In Aldgate Ward (Strype, 1720 and 1755). "Plow Yard" (O. and M. 1677). N...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Plow Yard, Bevis Marks

  See Plough Yard ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Nag's Head Inn, Bevis Marks

  On the north side of Bevis Marks, near its junction with Camomile Street. In AIdgate Ward (O. and M....

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• thwart-marks, to a harbour

  Two objects on the land, which, brought into line with each other, mark the safe course between shoa...

  The Sailor's Word-Book