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Bridge
·vt To open or make a passage, as by a bridge. II. Bridge ·add. ·noun A card game resembling whist....

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bridge
To make a bridge of any one's nose; to push the bottle past him, so as to deprive him of his turn of...

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to bridge
To build a bridge, or bridges; as, 'to bridge a river.'--Webster. Mr. Todd, in his edition of Johns...

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Auction bridge
·add. ·- A variety of the game of bridge in which the players, beginning with the dealer, bid for th...

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Bridge-ward
·noun The principal ward of a key. II. Bridge-ward ·noun A bridge keeper; a warden or a guard for a...

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Leg bridge
·add. ·- A type of bridge for small spans in which the floor girders are rigidly secured at their ex...

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Water bridge
·- ·see Water table. ...

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Wheatstone's bridge
·- ·see under <<Bridge>>. ...

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Blackfriars Bridge
A bridge across the Thames above London Bridge extending from the southern end of New Bridge Street ...

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Bridewell Bridge
Bridge over the Fleet opposite Bridewell at the end of Paved Alley, built of timber before the Fire,...

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Bridge Gate
Said to be one of the four original gates of the City. On London Bridge (S. 42). New made when the ...

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Bridge House
A dwelling-house attached to St. Thomas' Chapel on London Bridge, and quite distinct from the Bridge...

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Bridge Street
South from Easteheap to Old London Bridge. Now Fish Street Hill. Earliest mention found in records ...

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Fleet Bridge
Over the Fleet River between Fleet Street and Ludgate Hill, near Fleet Prison, in Farringdon Ward Wi...

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Hermitage Bridge
See Swing Bridge, Hermitage Entrance. ...

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Holborn Bridge
At the east end of Holborn Hill and north end of Fleet Market over the Fleet, at its junction with t...

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London Bridge
Extends across the River Thames from Adelaide Place and King William Street to High Street, Southwar...

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Mill Bridge
In St. Catherine's Thames Street (P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps. Qy. = Mille Dock. ...

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Southwark Bridge
Connects the north and south sides of the river from Queen Street Place to Bankside, Southwark. Desi...

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Temple Bridge
Order for repair of the Bridge of the New Temple by which persons coming to Parliament and Councils ...

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Tower Bridge
Over the Thames, from the eastern boundary of the Tower to Southwark, parish of St. John Horseleydow...

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Traitors' Bridge
At the Tower of London (Strype, ed. 1755~B0yle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

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asses'-bridge
The well-known name of prop. 5, b. i. of Euclid, the difficulty of which makes many give in. ...

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bridge-islet
A portion of land which becomes insular at high-water as Old Woman's Isle at Bombay, and among other...

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bridge-train
An equipment for insuring the passage of troops over a river. Pontooners. (See pontoon.) ...

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drowning-bridge
A sluice-gate for overflowing meadows. ...

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floating bridge
A passage formed across a river or creek by means of bridges of boats, as over the Douro, Rhine, &c....

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Bridge House Court
West out of Gracechurch Street, at No. 37, opposite Talbot Court (Lockie, 1816). Shown in Horwood, ...

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Bridge House Rents
On the north side of Newgate Street, opposite Warwick Lane, in 1546 and 1617, shown in a "plat of th...

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Bridge Ward School
In Old Swan Lane, on the west side (Lockie, 1810). Not named in the maps. ...

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Bridge Ward Within
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, known as Bridge Ward Within, in contradistinction to Southw...

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Bridge Ward Without
= Southwark. Not included in the present work. ...

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Horse-shoe Bridge
A bridge over the stream of the Walbrook by the church of St. John upon Walbrook (S. 27 and 230). E...

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Little Bridge Street
East out of New Bridge Street to St. Martin's Court, on the boundary of Farringdon Wards Within and ...

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London Bridge Square
On London Bridge, in Bridge Ward (P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps. ...

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London Bridge Waterworks
See Water Works, London Bridge. ...

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London Bridge Wharf
On the east side of London Bridge and the south side of Lower Thames Street (P.O. Directory). In Bri...

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(St.) Margaret Bridge Street
See St. Margaret Fish Street Hill. ...

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New Bridge Street
South from Fleet Street to Blackfriars Bridge (P.O. Directory). On the boundary of Farringdon Ward W...

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Southwark Bridge Stairs
Adjoining Southwark Bridge on the west (O.S. 1894). First mention: O.S. 1875. ...

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Tower Bridge Approach
On the northern side of the Tower Bridge, from Mansel Street at Tower Hill to the Bridge (O.S. 1894-...

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Cistern at Fleet Bridge
Made in 1478 by the inhabitants of Fleet Street at their own charges for the receipt of the waste wa...

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Conduit at Fleet Bridge
A cistern or conduit for receipt of spring water made by the inhabitants of Fleet Street in 1478, bu...

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Forcier, near London Bridge
Erected by Peter Moris, a Dutchman, in 1582, for the supply of water to the eastern part of the City...

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Horse-shoe Bridge Street
East out of Tower Royal to the church of St. John Walbrook (S. 230). First mention: A lane leading ...

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(St.) Michael towards London Bridge
See St. Michael Crooked Lane. ...

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(St.) Olave by London Bridge
Qy. = Olave (St.) Hart Street or Olave (St.) Southwark. ...

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Swing Bridge, Hermitage Entrance
Over the Hermitage Entrance to the London Docks (O.S. 25 in. 1897). Former name : " Hermitage Bridg...

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(St.) Thomas Chapel, London Bridge
Erected over the centre pier of the first stone bridge on the east side, 1176-1209. "Capella beati ...

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Water House, London Bridge
See Water Works, London Bridge. ...

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Water Works, London Bridge
On the west side of Old London Bridge, opposite St. Magnus Church, in Bridge Ward Within (O. and M. ...

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(St.) Margaret de Froscherche, by London Bridge
See St. Margaret Fish Street Hill. ...

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