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Cap
·vt To deprive of cap.
II. Cap ·noun A covering for the head.
III. Cap ·vt To salute by removing t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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to cap
1) To take one's oath. I will cap downright; I will swear home. CANT.
2) To take off one's hat or c...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to cap
To excel; to surpass. Ex. To cap all. Used in familiar language in New England. Mr. Hartshorne, in h...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cap
, cob
head, chief, or master. Cumb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cap
A strong thick block of wood having two large holes through it, the one square, the other round, use...
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Square
·noun A pane of glass.
II. Square ·noun Hence, a pattern or rule.
III. Square ·noun A square piece...
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square
Honest, not roguish. A square cove, i.e. a man who does not steal, or get his living by dishonest me...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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square
I.
An instrument formed by a stock and a tongue fixed at right angles. Also, in the army, a format...
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Bishop's cap
·- A plant of the genus Mitella; miterwort.
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Flat-cap
·noun A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London aft...
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Phrygian cap
·add. ·- A close-fitting cap represented in Greek art as worn by Orientals, assumed to have been con...
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Service cap
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Service hat.
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cap acquaintance
Persons slightly acquainted, or only so far as mutually to salute with the hat on meeting. A woman w...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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custard cap
The cap worn by the sword-bearer of the city of London, made hollow at the top like a custard.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hum cap
Very old and strong beer, called also stingo.
See stingo.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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trencher cap
The square cap worn by the collegians. at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bowsprit-cap
The crance or cap on the outer end of the bowsprit, through which the jib-boom traverses.
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cap, to
To puzzle or beat in argument. To salute by touching the head-covering, as Shakspeare makes Iago's f...
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cap-scuttle
A framing composed of coamings and head-ledges raised above the deck, with a top which shuts closely...
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cap-shore
A supporting spar between the cap and the trestle-tree.
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monmouth cap
A flat worsted cap formerly worn by soldiers and sailors. In the old play Eastward Ho, it is said, "...
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night-cap
Warm grog taken just before turning in.
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priest's-cap
An outwork which has three salient angles at the head and two inwards.
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sea-cap
The white drift or breaks of a wave. White horses of trades.
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Square-rigged
·adj Having the sails extended upon yards suspended horizontally by the middle, as distinguished fro...
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Square-toed
·noun Having the toe square.
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Square-toes
·noun A precise person;
— used contemptuously or jocularly.
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T square
·- ·see under <<T>>.
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Three-square
·adj Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle;
— said especially of a kind of ...
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Try-square
·noun An instrument used by carpenters, joiners, ·etc., for laying off right angles off right angles...
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America Square
On the south side of John Street, Minories. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).
First mention: Horw...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Angel Square
South out of Angel Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799-Lockie, 1816).
" Angel Alley "...
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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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Billiter Square
West out of Billiter Street at No. 11. In Aldgate Ward and Langbourn Ward (P.O. Directory).
Seems t...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bridgewater Square
At the north end of Bridgewater Street, Barbican, at No. 1, in Cripplegate Ward Without (P.O. Direct...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Car Square
West out of Moor Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799-O.S. 1848-51).
Former name : "Car...
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Cartwright Square
At the southern end of Cartwright Street, east of the Royal Mint (O.S. 25 in 1880 ed.).
Formerly kn...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cook's Square
East out of Long Alley. In Bishopsgate Ward Without, near the northern boundary of the ward (O.S. 18...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Crosby Square
East out of Bishopsgate at No. 34 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Within.
First mention: "Cro...
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Devonshire Square
At the east end of Devonshire Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
First mention: ...
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Ebenezer Square
East out of Gravel Lane and extending south-east to Meeting House Court. In Portsoken Ward (Horwood,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Falcon Square
Between Falcon Street and Silver Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without and Farringdon Ward Within (P.O...
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Gold Square
See Gould Square.
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Gough Square
At the top of Wine Office Court, Fleet Street (P.O. Directory).
First mention: "Gough's Square" (P....
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Gould Square
East out of Cooper's Row. In Aldgate Ward (O.S. 25, in, 1880).
First mention: "Gould's Square" (P.C...
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Haberdashers' Square
West out of Milton Street between Nos. 3 and 4, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, 1720-L.C.C. Lis...
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Haydon Square
At No. 23 Haydon Street, on the north side.
In Minories precinct, now in the parish of St. Botolph,...
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Heydon Square
See Haydon Square.
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Honesty Square
West out of St. John's Court, Chick Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
Si...
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Honeysuckle Square
East out of Milton Street at No. 47, in Cripplegate Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
Formerly called ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Jeffrey's Square
East out of St. Mary Axe (O.S. 1894-6). In Aldgate Ward.
First mention: Strype, 1720.
At the time ...
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Ludgate Square
West out of Creed Lane at No. 7 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within.
First mention: O.S. 18...
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Marine Square
See Wellclose Square.
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May Square
On the west side of Whitecross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O.S. 1875-80).
"Tyson Court" in...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Mitre Square
North out of Mitre Street at No. 9 (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.
First mention: O.S. 1848-51.
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Monument Square
On the east side of Fish Street Hill, extending to Pudding Lane. In Billingsgate Ward and Bridge War...
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Moor Square
West out of Moor Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799 - O.S. 1848-51).
Former names: " ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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New Square
On the west side of the Minories at No.130, south of St. Botolph's Vestry Hall. In Portsoken Ward (P...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Nicholl Square
Between Well Street and Castle Street, Aldersgate Street (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate and Alders...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Nixon's Square
At the north end of Goldsmith's Alley and Bull Head Court, Jewin Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Paternoster Square
North out of Paternoster Row, at No.30, leading to Ivy Lane and Rose Street (P.O. Directory). In Cas...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Petticoat Square
At the western end of Nightingale Place, west of Middlesex Street. In Portsoken Ward (Rocque, 1746-O...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Printer's Square
See Printing House Square.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Prujean Square
West out of Old Bailey at No. 61 (P.O. Directory).
First mention: " Prujean Court or Square" (Locki...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Queen Square
West out of Aldersgate Street, at No. 159a, to Bartholomew Close. In Aldersgate Ward and Farringdon ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Queen's Square
See Queen's Colledge Passage Square.
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Salisbury Square
At the south end of Salisbury Court, Fleet Street (P.O. Directory).
First mention: 1689 (H. MSS. Co...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Spital Square
East out of Bishopsgate at No. 310. In the liberty of Norton Folgate (P.O. Directory).
First mentio...
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Sun Square
North out of Sun Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).
Not named in the m...
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Trinity Square
On the north side of Tower Hill (P.O. Directory).
Laid out in Horwood, 1799.
First mention: Lockie...
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Turner's Square
South out of Amelia Place (O.S. 1848-51 to O.S. 25 in. 1880). In Portsoken Ward.
Removed for the ex...
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Union Square
In the Minories (Strype, ed. 1755~Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
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Warwick Square
West out of Warwick Lane at No. 7 1/2 (P.O. Directory). In Castle Baynard Ward and Farringdon Ward W...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Wellclose Square
At Nos. 71 and 72 St. George Street, in the Borough of Stepney, outside the City boundary (P.O. Dire...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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square toes
An old man: square toed shoes were anciently worn in common, and long retained by old men.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to square up
To put oneself in an attitude fit for boxing. Provincial in various parts of England.--Halliwell.
Y...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hollow square
The square generally used by British infantry; a formation to resist cavalry. Each side is composed ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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oblong square
A name improperly given to a parallelogram. (See three-square.)
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rallying square
That formed by skirmishers or dispersed troops when suddenly menaced by cavalry, each man as he runs...
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rising-square
In ship-carpentry, a square used in the whole moulding, upon which is marked the height of the risin...
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square-butted
The yard-arms of small shipping so made that a sheave-hole can be cut through without weakening the ...
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square-frames
In marine architecture, implies those frames which are square with the line of the keel, having no b...
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square-knot
The same as reef-knot.
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square ribbons
A synonym of horizontal lines, or horizontal ribbons.
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square-rigged
Ships having chiefly square sails; a term used in contradistinction to all vessels which do not use ...
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square-sail
The flying sail, set on the fore-yard of a schooner, or the spread-yard of a cutter or sloop.
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square-sails
Colloquially applied to the courses; but the term may be used for any four-cornered sail extended to...
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square-sterned
Implies a stern where the wing-transom is at right angles with the stern-post. (See pink and round s...
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square timbers
Those timbers which stand square with, or perpendicular to, the keel.
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square tuck
The after-part of a ship's bottom, when terminated in the same direction up and down as the wing-tra...
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square yards!
The order to attend to the lifts and braces, for going before the wind.
♦ To square a yard. In wor...
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three-square
An odd word applied to staysails, or anything triangular, as was the oblong square to a parallelogra...
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to cap the climax
is to surpass everything. A letter from Mexico, in speaking of the excesses of the American soldiers...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Austin Friars Square
Out of Old Broad Street. In Broad Street Ward (L.C.C. List, 1912).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Billiter Square Buildings
At No. 1 Billiter Square (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.
First mention: L.C.C. List, 1912.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bridgewater Square Buildings
At the junction of Bridgewater Square and Hart's Court (L.C.C. List, 1912). In Cripplegate Ward With...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Crosby Square Passage
Leading into Crosby Square (q.v.) (Hatton, 1708-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Cross Key Square
North out of Little Britain at No. 8 (P.O. Directory). In Aldersgate Ward Without.
First mention: H...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Gun Square, Houndsditch
East out of Houndsditch, at 150 and 151. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).
Former name : "Gun Yar...
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Lime Street Square
East out of Lime Street at No. 48, south of Leadenhall Street (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.
Fi...
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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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Lyme Street Square
See Lime Street Square.
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Mewse, Devonshire Square
At the south-east corner of Devonshire Square. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746).
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New Street Square
1) On the east side of Great New Street, Shoe Lane (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without.
Fi...
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Printing House Square
At the east end of Printing House Lane, Water Lane, Blackfriars (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward...
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Red Cross Square
1) North out of Great Tower Street, between Mark Lane and Seething Lane (O.S. 25 in. 1880).
Earlies...
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Royal Mint Square
South out of Royal Mint Street, east of Cartwright Street (P.O. Directory).
First shown in O.S. 25 ...
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White Lion Square
North out of Old Bethlem at No.16 (Lockie, 1816-Elmes, 1831).
Not named in the maps.
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Wood Street Square
West out of Hart Street at No.3 at its junction with Monkwell Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (P.O...
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square main-sail
See main-sail.
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square-sail boom
A boom hooked on to an eye-bolt in the fore-part of the fore-mast of a fore-and-aft vessel, to boom ...
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square-topsail sloop
Sloops which carry standing yards.
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stand square, to
To stand or be at right angles relatively to some object.
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Cardinal Cap Alley, Cornhill
See Swan and Hoop Passage.
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to set her cap for him
To direct her attentions to him; to endeavor to win his affections. Dr. Johnson notices the phrase, ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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(St.) Katherine's Square, East Smithfield
West out of St. Katherine's Court (Horwood, 1799).
Former name : "St. Katherine's Court" (Rocque, 1...
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Passage to ye Square
See Prince's Street2, Bridgewater Square.
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Queen's Colledge Passage Square, or Queen's Square Passage
South out of Leadenhall Street and east to Lime Street. In Lime Street Ward (Strype, 1720 and 1755)....
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Silver Street, Bridgewater Square
East out of Charles Street to Collier's Court, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Hatton, 1708-O.S. 1880)....
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square in the head
Very bluff and broad in the fore-body.
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New Court, St, Katherine's Square
See St. Katherine's New Court.
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Queen's Square Passage, Leadenhall Street
See Queen's Colledge Passage Square.
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square-sterned and british built
A phrase to express the peculiar excellence of our first-class merchantmen.
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Crosleys Square, Hart Street, Tower Street
See New London Street.
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