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great guns and small-arms
The general armament of a ship. Also, a slang term for the blowing and raining of heavy weather.
...
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small-arms
The muskets, pistols, cutlasses, tomahawks, and boarding-pikes, in charge of the gunner, on board sh...
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Blowing
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Blow>>.
II. Blowing ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Blow>>.
...
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blowing
verbal n.
boasting.
1873. A. Trollope, `Australia and New Zealand,' vol. i. p. 387:
«A fine art m...
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Small
·vt To make little or less.
II. Small ·adv Not loudly; faintly; timidly.
III. Small ·noun <<Smallc...
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small
The narrow part of the tail of a whale, in front of the flukes. Also, that part of the anchor-shank ...
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Arms
·noun Instruments or weapons of offense or defense.
II. Arms ·noun The legs of a hawk from the thig...
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arms
The munitions of war, all kinds of weapons whether for offence or defence. Those in a ship are canno...
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barrel of small arms
The tube through which the bullets are discharged. In artillery the term belongs to the construction...
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Great
·superl Pregnant; big (with young).
II. Great ·noun The whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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great
1) This word is used variously. A great Christian, for a pious man; great horse is applied to a smal...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dry-blowing
n.
a Western Australian term ingold-mining.
1894. `The Argus,' March 28, p. 5, col. 5:
«When wate...
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blowing hard
Said of the wind when it is strong and steady.
...
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blowing weather
A nautical term for a continuance of strong gales. (See gale.)
...
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battering guns
Properly guns whose weight and power fit them for demolishing by direct force the works of the enemy...
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chase-guns
Such guns as are removed to the chase-ports ahead or astern, if not pivot-guns.
...
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garrison guns
These are more powerful than those intended for the field; and formerly nearly coincided with naval ...
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minute-guns
Fired at intervals of a minute each during the progress of important funerals.
...
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ship-guns
Those cast expressly for sea-service.
...
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Small Alley
South out of Great Eastcheap. In Candlewick Ward (Strype, 1720 and 1755).
Used for stables in Stryp...
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to sing small
To be humbled, confounded, or abashed, to have little or nothing to say for one's-self.
...
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small clothes
Breeches: a gird at the affected delicacy of the present age; a suit being called coat, waistcoat, a...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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small fry
Young children; persons of little importance.
Let there be any question to be decided, which Gen. J...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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small potatoes
An epithet applied to persons, and signifying mean, contemptible; as, 'He is very small potatoes.' S...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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sing small
To make a bullying boaster sing small, by lowering his arrogance.
...
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small-helm
One of the principal results of sound seamanship is the proper trim of the vessel and the sail carri...
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small sails
Top-gallant-studding-sails and the kites.
...
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small stuff
The term for spun-yarn, marline, and the smallest kinds of rope, even for yarns.
...
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arms of a great gun
The trunnions.
...
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And
·conj If; though. ·see <<An>>, ·conj.
II. And ·conj It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive...
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and
• The people who inhabited generally the whole of that country.
• In (Genesis 10:18-20) the seats o...
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King's Arms
On the west side of Bishopsgate at No.128 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Without.
At the cor...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Queen's Arms
In Ludgate Street, in parish of St. Martins, in Farringdon Ward Within. Afterwards known as the "Dog...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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fire-arms
Every description of arms that discharge missiles by gunpowder, from the heaviest cannon to a pistol...
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lodge arms
The word of command to an armed party preparatory to their breaking off.
...
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order arms!
The word of command, with muskets or carbines, to bring the butt to the ground, the piece vertical a...
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port arms!
The military word of command to bring the fire-lock across the front of the body, muzzle slanting up...
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present arms!
The military word of command to salute with the musket.
...
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secure arms!
Place them under the left arm, to guard the lock from the weather or rain.
...
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shoulder arms!
The military word of command to carry the musket vertically at the side of the body, and resting aga...
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Arms, Armor
The subject naturally divides itself into- I. Offensive weapons: Arms. II. Defensive weapons:
Armor...
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(The) Great Garden, Great Gardens
See Great Garden Street.
...
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blowing the grampus
Throwing water over a sleeper on watch.
...
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grampus, blowing the
Sluicing a person with water, especially practised on him who skulks or sleeps on his watch.
...
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Oxford Arms, Oxford Arms Inn
At the west end of Oxford Arms Passage, Warwick lane. In Farringdon Ward Within (O.S. 1880).
Earlie...
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Great-bellied
·adj Having a great belly; bigbellied; pregnant; teeming.
...
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Great-grandchild
·noun The child of one's grandson or granddaughter.
...
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Great-granddaughter
·noun A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter.
...
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Great-grandfather
·noun The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
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Great-grandmother
·noun The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother.
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Great-grandson
·noun A son of one's grandson or granddaughter.
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Great-hearted
·adj High-spirited; fearless.
II. Great-hearted ·adj Generous; magnanimous; noble.
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Great-heartedness
·noun The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity.
...
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Tun-great
·adj Having the circumference of a tun.
...
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The Great Conduit in Westcheap
At the eastern end of Cheapside in the parish of St. Mary Colechurch, opposite the Hospital of St. T...
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Great Eastcheap
See Eastcheap.
...
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Great Minories
See Minories.
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great intimate
As great as shirt and shitten a-se.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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great joseph
A surtout. CANT.
...
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great big
Very large. Often used by children.
...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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great with
Intimate with; high in favor with.--Craven Glossary. Dr. Webster notices this word in the same sense...
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great circle
One whose assumed plane passes through the centre of the sphere, dividing it equally.
...
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great gun
The general sea-term for cannons, or officers of great repute.
...
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great ocean
The Pacific, so called from its superior extent.
...
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great shakes
See shakes.
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bed-of-guns
A nautical phrase implying ordnance too heavy for a ship's scantling, or a fort over-gunned.
...
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built-up guns
Recently invented guns of great strength, specially adapted to meet the requirements of rifled artil...
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draw the guns
To extract the charge of wad, shot, and cartridge from the guns.
...
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tubes, for guns
A kind of portable priming, for insertion into the vent,
of various patterns. (See friction-tube, ...
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pomegranate, small native
n.
another name forthe Native Orange. See orange.
...
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small-arm men
Those of the crew selected and trained to the use of small-arms. When they have effected their board...
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steer small, to
To steer well and within small compass, not dragging the tiller over from side to side.
...
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Bell and Bear Alley, Great Eastcheap
See White Bell Alley.
...
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College of Arms
On the north side of Queen Victoria Street at No. 135 in Castle Baynard's Ward, west of St. Peter's ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ipswich Arms Inn
At the east end of Cullum Street, before it turns south into Fenchurch Street. In Langbourn Ward (O....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Arms Buildings
1) East out of Wood Street at No. 10, in Cripplegate Ward Within (O.S. 1875).
It adjoins the site o...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Arms Court
1) South out of Ludgate Hill, east of Fleet Bridge, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Arms Inn
1) On the north-west side of Crutched Friars (Hatton, 1708).
Not named in the maps.
2) North out o...
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King's Arms Tavern
On the south side of Newgate Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 195).
Not...
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King's Arms Yard
1) In Lothbury (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) North out of Snow Hill, n...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Oxford Arms Inn
On the east side of Giltspur Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
Site is now occup...
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Oxford Arms Passage
West out of Warwick Lane, in Farringdon Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1880).
So called as being ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Queen's Arms Alley
East out of Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, 1720-Boyle, 1799).
Former name: "Queens ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Queen's Arms Tavern
1) In Bow in Hand Court, between 77 and 78 Cheapside (Wheatley).
Not named in the maps.
2) In St. ...
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beat to arms
The signal by drum to summon the men to their quarters.
...
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cessation of arms
A discontinuation or suspension of hostilities.
...
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lieutenant-at-arms
Formerly the junior lieutenant, who, with the master-at-arms, was charged with the drilling of the s...
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master-at-arms
In former times was an officer appointed to command the police-duty of a ship, to teach the crew the...
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place of arms
In fortification, a space contrived for the convenient assembling of troops for ulterior purposes; t...
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stand of arms
A complete set for one man; now-a-days, simply a musket and bayonet. Also, an arm-stand holding the ...
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suspension of arms
A short truce agreed upon by contending forces, for a special object of importance.
...
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Great White Way
·add. ·- Broadway, in New York City, in the neighborhood chiefly occupied by theaters, as from about...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Alexander the Great
The king of Macedonia, the great conqueror; probably represented in Daniel by the "belly of brass" (...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Herod the Great
(Matt. 2:1-22; Luke 1:5; Acts 23:35), the son of Antipater, an Idumaean, and Cypros, an Arabian of n...
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(St.) Bartholomew the Great
On the north side of Bartholomew Close, West Smithfield (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Bear Alley
West out of Seacoal Lane to the Fleet Ditch or New Canal, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Bear Quay
See Bear Quay.
...
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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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Great Blackhorse Court
Out of Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without (P.C. 1732-Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the ma...
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Great Bush Lane
See Bush Lane.
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Great Carter Lane
See Carter Lane.
...
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Great Cock Alley
North out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without, and east to White Cross Street (Rocque, 1746-...
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Great Dice Key
It occupies the site of Smart's Key in O. and M. 1677, and Rocque, 1746, but in Strype it is shown b...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Distaff Lane
West out of Friday Street to Old Change, in Bread Street Ward, and Farringdon Ward Within (O.S. 1848...
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Great Elbow Lane
See College Street.
...
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Great Fryers Gate
South out of Fleet Street to Silver Street, White Friars, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-L...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Garden Street
East out of St. Katherine's Lane to Helmet Court and Butcher Row (Lockie, 1810).
Former names : A t...
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Great Knightrider Street
See Knightrider Street.
...
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Great New Street
North-east from West Harding Street to Dean Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
Fi...
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Great Old Bailey
See Old Bailey.
...
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Great Oxford Court
South out of Camomile Street. In Lime Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
So named as occupyi...
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Great Prescott Street
East from 95 Mansell Street to 104 Leman Street (P.O. Directory). In Goodman's Fields.
Former names...
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Great Rutland Court
See Rutland Place.
...
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Great Shire Lane
North from Temple Bar to Carey Street, the south-eastern corner only being in Farringdon Ward Withou...
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Great Somer's Key
Between Lyons Key east and Dark House Lane west. In Billingsgate Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great St. Helens
East out of Bishopsgate, at No. 38, to Crosby Square and St. Mary Axe (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsga...
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Great Swan Alley
East out of Coleman Street, at No. 66, across Moorgate Street, at No. 39, to Little Swan Alley (P.O....
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Great Tower Hill
See Tower Hill.
...
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Great Tower Street
East from No. 40 Eastcheap to Tower Dock, Tower Hill. In Tower Ward (P.O. Directory).
Widened from ...
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Great Trinity Lane
East out of Queen Victoria Street, at No. 71, to Garlick Hill (P.O. Directory). In Vintry, Cordwaine...
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Great Western Wharf
Between Greenwich Street and the Thames, adjoining Dowgate Wharf, west of Dowgate Dock (O.S.) at No....
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Great Winchester Street
West out of Old Broad Street at No. 53 and north to No. 73 London Wall. In Broad Street Ward (P.O. D...
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Great Wood Street
See Wood Street.
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(Holy) Trinity the Great
See Holy Trinity, Priory of.
...
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great-circle sailing
Is a method for determining a series of points in an arc of a great circle between two points on the...
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great-line fishing
That carried on over the deeper banks of the ocean. (See line-fishing.) It is more applicable to han...
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Synagogue, The Great
On the return of the Jews from Babylon, a great council was appointed according to rabbinic traditio...
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Great Northern Railway Goods' Station and Depot
On the north side of Royal Mint Street (P.O. Directory).
Covers the site of Merchant Taylors' Almsh...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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running out, and running in, the lower deck guns
The old practice of morning and evening evolutions in a line-of-battle ship, wind and weather permit...
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Arms of the City
Argent, plain cross gules, in the dexter chief canton a sword erect in pale of the second.
Crest : ...
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Bakers' Arms Alley, Minories
North out of Rosemary Lane, towards the middle of that street by the Bakers' Arms (Hatton, 1708-Elme...
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Currier's Arms Inn Yard
In Fann's Alley, Aldersgate Street (Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
...
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King's Arms Coach Office
West out of Bishopsgate Street at 106, north of Thread-needle Street (Lockie, 1810-1816).
Not named...
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lie under arms, to
To remain in a state of preparation for immediate action.
...
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All Hallows the Great
On the east side of All Hallows Lane at the corner of Upper Thames Street. In Dowgate Ward (O.S. 188...
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(St.) Bartholomew the Great, Churchyard
On the western side of the church.
Shown in O. and M. 1677.
...
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Great Ashentree Court, Whitefriars
See Ashen Tree Court.
...
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Great Cross in Cheapside
In West Cheap in the parish of St. Peter West Cheap, in the ward of Farringdon Within, opposite the ...
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Great St. Bartholomew Close
See Bartholomew Close.
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Great St. Helen Churchyard
See St. Helen Churchyard.
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Great St. Hellen's Court
Out of Bishopsgate Street Within, in Bishopsgate Ward Within (Strype, ed. 1755-L. Guide, 1758).
Not...
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Great St. Thomas Apostle
West out of Queen Street, at No. 28, to 26 Garlick Hill in Vintry Ward (P.O. Directory).
First ment...
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Great Synagogue, Duke Street
On the south side of Duke Street next to No. 31 (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.
First mention: R...
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Great White Bear Court
North out of Thames Street in Blackfriars, west of Addle Hill, in Castle Baynard Ward (P.C. 1732).
...
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Great Winchester Street Buildings
On the north side of Great Winchester Street, at No. 1, in Broad Street Ward (L.C.C. List, 1912).
A...
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Castor and Pollux
·- ·see Saint Elmo's fire, under <<Saint>>.
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Half-and-half
·noun A mixture of two malt liquors, ·esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts.
...
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In and an
·adj & ·adv Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. ·see under <<Breeding>...
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In-and-in
·noun An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, eithe...
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Lords and Ladies
·- The European wake-robin (Arum maculatum), — those with purplish spadix the lords, and those with ...
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Make and break
·add. ·- Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
...
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Tom and Jerry
·add. ·- A hot sweetened drink of rum and water spiced with cinnamon, cloves, ·etc., and beaten up w...
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Tops-and-bottoms
·noun ·pl Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in halves, and then browned in an oven, — used as food fo...
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Tweedledum and Tweedledee
·add. ·- Two things practically alike;
— a phrase coined by John Byrom (1692-1793) in his satire "O...
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Azur and Azzur
Helper.
1) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet (Jer. 28:1).
2) The father of Jaazaniah (Ezek. ...
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By and by
Immediately (Matt. 13:21; R.V., "straightway;" Luke 21:9).
...
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Castor and Pollux
The "Dioscuri", two heroes of Greek and Roman mythology. Their figures were probably painted or scul...
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Jachin and Boaz
The names of two brazen columns set up in Solomon's temple (1 Kings 7:15-22). Each was eighteen cubi...
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Tryphena and Tryphosa
Two female Christians, active workers, whom Paul salutes in his epistle to the Romans (16:12).
...
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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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(The) Cat and Fiddle
In the parish of St. Benet Sherehog, 1542 (L. and P. H. VIII. XVII. 393).
Earliest mention: "le Cat...
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(The) Crown and Cushion
See Pay Office.
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The Hand and Still
In Houndesditch at the boundary of Bishopsgate Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 94, and in 1755 ed.).
...
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Hoare and Co
Premises on the west side of Water Lane, in Farringdon Ward Within (Horwood, 1799).
Site occupied i...
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The Rose and Crown
A house so called in parish of St. Michael Crooked Lane demised to the use of the church and parish ...
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air and exercise
He has had air and exercise, i.e. he has been whipped at the cart's tail; or, as it is generally, th...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bird and baby
The sign of the eagle and child.
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black and white
In writing. I have it in black and white; I have written evidence.
...
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bubble and squeak
Beef and cabbage fried together. It is so called from its bubbling up and squeaking whilst over the ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bulk and file
Two pickpockets; the bulk jostles the party to be robbed, and the file does the business.
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buttock and file
A common whore and a pick-pocket. Cant.
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buttock and twang, or down buttock and sham file
A common whore, but no pickpocket.
...
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buttock and tongue
A scolding wife.
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to chop and change
To exchange backwards and forwards. To chop, in the canting sense, means making dispatch, or hurryin...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ducks and drakes
To make ducks and drakes: a school-boy's amusement, practised with pieces of tile, oyster-shells, or...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gamon and patter
Common place talk of any profession; as the gamon and patter of a horse-dealer, sailor, &c.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gog and magog
Two giants, whose effigies stand on each side of the clock in Guildhall, London; of whom there is a ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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guts and garbage
A very fat man or woman. More guts than brains; a silly fellow. He has plenty of guts, but no bowels...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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here and thereian
One who has no settled place of residence.
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hide and seek
A childish game. He plays at hide and seek; a saying of one who is in fear of being arrested for deb...
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inside and outside
The inside of a **** and the outside of a gaol.
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milk and water
Both ends of the busk.
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monks and friars
Terms used by printers: monks are sheets where the letters are blotted, or printed too black; friars...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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orthodoxy and heterodoxy
Somebody explained these terms by saying, the first was a man who had a doxy of his own, the second ...
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pothooks and hangeks
A scrawl, bad writing.
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quick and nimble
More like a bear than a squirrel. Jeeringly said to any one moving sluggishly on a business or erran...
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quirks and quillets
Tricks and devices. Quirks in law; subtle distinctions and evasions.
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roaratorios and uproars
Oratorios and operas.
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roast and boiled
A nick name for the Life Guards, who are mostly substantial house-keepers; and eat daily of roast an...
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six and tips
Whisky and small beer. IRISH.
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sixes and sevens
Left at sixes and sevens: i.e. in confusion; commonly said of a room where the furniture, &c. is sca...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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tarring and feathering
A punishment lately infliced by the good people of Boston on any person convicted, or suspected, of ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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chock-and-log
n. and adj.
a particularkind of fence much used on Australian stations. The Chock is a thick short ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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by fits and starts
At short and sudden intervals interruptedly.
As prayer is a duty of daily occurrence, the injunctio...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to cut and run
To be off; to be gone.--Holloway's Prov. Dictionary.
Originally a nautical term. To cut the cable o...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to rake and scrape
To collect.
Where under the sun, says I to myself, did he rake and scrape together such super-super...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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back and forth
Backwards and forwards, applied to a person in walking, as, "He was walking back and forth." A commo...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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black and blue
The color of a bruise; a familiar expression for a bruise, here and in England.
Mistress Ford, good...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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black and white
To put a thing into black and white, is, to commit it to writing. In use in Scotland.--Jamieson.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.