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Cock
·noun A small boat.
II. Cock ·noun A faucet or valve.
III. Cock ·noun The indicator of a balance.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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The Cock
1) On the north side of Fleet Street, facing Middle Temple Gate, behind the bouses in Fleet Street. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cock, or chief cock of the walk
The leading man in any society or body; the best boxer in a village or district.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cock
That curved arm affixed to the lock of small arms, which, when released by the touch of the trigger,...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Cock
(Matthew 26:34; Mark 13:35; 14:30) etc. The domestic cock and hen were early known to the ancient Gr...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Boat
·vi To go or row in a boat.
II. Boat ·vt To place in a boat; as, to boat oars.
III. Boat ·vt To tr...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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boat
A small open vessel, conducted on the water by rowing or sailing.
The construction, machinery, and...
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The Cock, Cock Alley
The sign of the Cocke in Woodstreate and the alley called "Cocke Alley," 36 H. VIII. 1544 (L. and P....
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Air cock
·- A faucet to allow escape of air.
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Cock-brained
·adj Giddy; rash.
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Cock-padle
·noun ·see <<Lumpfish>>.
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Dandy-cock
·noun ·f ·Alt. of Dandy-hen.
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Grease cock
·add. ·- ·Alt. of <<Cup>>.
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Sea cock
·- The black-bellied plover.
II. Sea cock ·- A gurnard, as the European red gurnard (Trigla pini).
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Try cock
·add. ·- A cock for withdrawing a small quantity of liquid, as for testing.
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Water cock
·- A large gallinule (Gallicrex cristatus) native of Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the b...
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Cock-crowing
In our Lord's time the Jews had adopted the Greek and Roman division of the night into four watches,...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Cock Alehouse
Adjoining the Church of St. Bartholomew by the Exchange (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 123).
Demolished ...
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Cock Alley
1) On the north side of Ludgate Street, a passage to Amen Corner and other places (O. and M. 1677-Bo...
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Cock Court
1) South out of Ludgate Hill at No. 19, in Farringdon Ward Without (Hatton, 1708-Elmes, 1831).
A pa...
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Cock Hill
South out of Catherine Wheel Alley to New Street, Bishopsgate (P.O Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward W...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cock Inn
On the south side of Leadenhall Street at No. 51, opposite Creechurch Lane (Lockie, 1810-16).
Not n...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cock Lane
1) East out of Snow Hill, at No. 9, to Giltspur Street (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without....
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Cock Yard
1) West out of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
~The s...
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bully cock
One who foments quarrels in order to rob the persons quarrelling.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cock ale
A provocative drink.
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cock alley
The private parts of a woman.
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cock lane
The private parts of a woman.
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cock bawd
A male keeper of a bawdy-house.
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cock hoist
A cross buttock.
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cock pimp
The supposed husband of a bawd.
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cock robin
A soft, easy fellow.
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cock-sure
Certain: a metaphor borrowed front the cock of a firelock, as being much more certain to fire than t...
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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shy cock
One who keeps within doors for fear of bailiffs.
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spatch cock
(Abbreviation of DISPATCH COCK.) A hen just killed from the roost, or yard, and immediately skinned,...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cock-schnapper
n.
a fish; the smallest kind of Schnapper (q.v.). See also Count-fish.
1882. Rev. I. E. Tenison-Wo...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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half cock
'To go off at half cock,' is a metaphorical expression borrowed from the language of sportsmen, and ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cock-leet
i. e. cock-light, day-break ; or sometimes the dusk of the evening. Exmoor.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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gor-cock
, GOR-HEN, grouse, according to the sex. York.
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lob-cock
a clumsy lubberly fellow. North.
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shirl-cock
a thrush. Derb.
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skiddey-cock
a water-rail. W.
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cock-bill
The situation of the anchor when suspended from the cat-head ready for letting go. Also said of a ca...
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cock-paddle
A name of the paddle or lump-fish (Cyclopterus lumpus).
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half-cock
To go off at half-cock is an unexpected discharge of a fire-arm; hurried conduct without due prepara...
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harp-cock
An old modification of the harpoon.
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lob-cock
A lubber; an old term of utter contempt.
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pet-cock
A tap, or valve on a pump.
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skiddy-cock
A west-country term for the water-rail.
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sweetening cock
A wholesome contrivance for preventing fetid effluvia in ships' holds, by inserting a pipe through t...
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Boat bug
·- An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta;
— so called from swimming on its back, whi...
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Boat shell
·- A marine univalve shell of the genus Cymba.
II. Boat shell ·- A marine gastropod of the genus Cr...
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Boat-shaped
·adj ·see <<Cymbiform>>.
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Boat-tail
·noun A large grackle or blackbird (Quiscalus major), found in the Southern United States.
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Flying boat
·add. ·- A compact form of hydro-aeroplane having one central body, or hull.
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Hatch-boat
·noun A vessel whose deck consists almost wholly of movable hatches;
— used mostly in the fisheries...
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Jolly-boat
·noun A boat of medium size belonging to a ship.
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Light-boat
·noun Light-ship.
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Mackinaw boat
·add. ·- A flat-bottomed boat with a pointed prow and square stern, using oars or sails or both, use...
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Masoola boat
·- A kind of boat used on the coast of Madras, India. The planks are sewed together with strands of ...
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Massoola boat
·- ·see Masoola boat.
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Masula boat
·- ·same·as Masoola boat.
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Una boat
·- The English name for a catboat;
— so called because Una was the name of the first boat of this k...
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Ferry boat
(2 Sam. 19:18), some kind of boat for crossing the river which the men of Judah placed at the servic...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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bum boat
A boat attending ships to retail greens, drams, &c. commonly rowed by a woman; a kind of floating ch...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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chebacco boat
Probably the same as the xebec of the Mediterranean. A description of fishing vessel employed in the...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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advice-boat
A small fast-sailing vessel in advance of a fleet, employed to carry intelligence with all possible ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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billy boat
See billy boy
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boat-buoys
Means added to increase the buoyancy of life-boats, &c.
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boat-chocks
Clamps of wood upon which a boat rests when stowed on a vessel's deck.
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boat-cloak
A mantle for the officer going on duty; when left in the boat it is in the coxswain's charge.
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boat-davit
A curved piece of timber with a sheave at its outer end, which projects over the boat's stern, while...
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boat-fast
See painter.
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boat-geer
A general name for the rigging and furniture of a boat.
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boat-hire
Expenses for the use of shore-boats.
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boat-hook
An iron hook with a straight prong at its hinder part; it is fixed upon a pole, by the help of which...
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boat-keeper
One of the boat's crew who remains in charge of her during the absence of the others. In small vesse...
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boat-nails
Those supplied for the carpenter's use are of various lengths, generally rose-headed, square at the ...
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boat-rope
A separate rope veered to the boat to be towed at the ship's stern.
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boat-skids
Portable pieces of plank used to prevent chafing when a boat is hoisted or lowered. (See skids.)
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bolt-boat
An old term for a boat which makes good weather in a rough sea.
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bum-boat
A boat employed to carry provisions, vegetables, and small merchandise for sale to ships, either in ...
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canal-boat
A barge generally towed by horses, but furnished with a large square-sail for occasional use.
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chebacco boat
A description of fishing-vessel employed in the Newfoundland fisheries. It is probably named from Ch...
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crab-boat
Resembles a large jolly-boat.
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dawk-boat
A boat for the conveyance of letters in India; dawk being the Hindostanee for mail.
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dredger-boat
One that uses the net so called, for turbots, soles, sandlings, &c.
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fishing-boat
A stout fishing-vessel with two lug-sails.
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fly-boat
A large flat-bottomed Dutch vessel, whose burden is generally from 300 to 600 tons. It is distinguis...
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foot-boat
A west-country term for a boat used solely to convey foot passengers.
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guard-boat
A boat appointed to row the rounds amongst the ships of war in any harbour, &c., to observe that the...
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guinea-boat
A fast-rowing galley, of former times, expressly built for smuggling gold across the Channel, in use...
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gunning-boat
, or gunning-shout.
A light and narrow boat in which the fen-men pursue the flocks of wild-fowl.
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haaf-boat
One fitted for deep-water fishing.
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hag-boat
See heck-boat.
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hatch-boat
A sort of small vessel known as a pilot-boat, having a deck composed almost entirely of hatches.
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heck-boat
The old term for pinks. Latterly a clincher-built boat with covered fore-sheets, and one mast with a...
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hog-boat
See heck-boat.
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house-boat
One with a cabin; a coche d'eau.
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ice-boat
A peculiar track-schuyt for the Dutch canals in winter.
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jolly-boat
A smaller boat than the cutter, but likewise clincher-built. It is generally a hack boat for small w...
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life-boat
One of such peculiar construction that it cannot sink or be swamped. It is equipped for attending wh...
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lobster-boat
A bluff, clincher-built vessel, fitted with a well, to preserve the lobsters alive.
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long boat
Is carvel-built, full, flat, and high, and is usually the largest boat belonging to a ship, furnishe...
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lug-boat
The fine Deal boats which brave the severest weather; they are rigged as luggers, and dip the yards ...
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mackerel-boat
A stout clinch-worked vessel, with a large fore-sail, sprit-sail, and mizen.
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monkey-boat
A half-decked boat above-bridge on the Thames.
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negro-boat
See almadia.
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passage-boat
A small vessel employed in carrying persons or luggage from one port to another. Also, a ferry-boat....
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peter-boat
A fishing-boat of the Thames and Medway, so named after St. Peter, as the patron of fishermen, whose...
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pitch-boat
A vessel fitted for boiling pitch in, which should be veered astern of the one being caulked.
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quarter-boat
Any boat is thus designated which is hung to davits over the ship's quarter.
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rocket-boat
Flat-bottomed boats, fitted with rocket-frames to fire Congreve rockets from, in naval bombardment.
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sea-boat
A good sea-boat implies any vessel adapted to bear the sea firmly and lively without labouring heavi...
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stal-boat
A peculiar fishing-boat, mentioned in statute 27 Eliz. c. 21.
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surf-boat
A peculiar kind of flat-bottomed boat, varying according to local exigencies, for landing men, or go...
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team-boat
A ferry-boat worked with horses by paddle-wheel propulsion.
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tilt-boat
One expressly fitted like a tilt-waggon, to preserve powder or other fragile stores from the weather...
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tod-boat
A broad flat Dutch fishing-boat.
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track-boat
[from the Dutch treck-schuyt]. A vessel used on a canal or narrow stream.
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whale-boat
A boat varying from 26 to 56 feet in length, and from 4 to 10 feet beam, sharp at both ends, and adm...
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Cock-a-hoop
·adj Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.
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The Cock, Jewry Street
See Cock Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Cock Alley
North out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without, and east to White Cross Street (Rocque, 1746-...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Little Cock Alley
1) North out of Redcross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, 1720-London Guide, 1758).
It ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Pheasant Cock Yard
See Pheasant Court.
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White Cock Alley
South out of Thames Street to the Thames, west of and leading to Dyers' Hall (O. and M. 1677).
Purc...
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White Cock Court
East out of Bread Street, in Bread Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
Site has been rebuilt...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cock-a-whoop
Elevated, in high-spirits, transported with joy.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cock your eye
Shut one eye: thus translated into apothecaries Latin.--Gallus tuus ego.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to whip the cock
A piece of sport practised at wakes, horse-races, and fairs in Leicestershire: a cock being tied or ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cock-a-bully
n. a popular name for the NewZealand fish Galaxias fasciatus, Gray, a corruption ofits Maori name Ko...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cock-eyed bob
a local slang term in Western Australiafor a thunderstorm.
1894. `The Age,' Jan. 20, p. 13, col. 4:...
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cock-a-hoop
In full confidence, and high spirits.
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Torpedo-boat destroyer
·add. ·- A larger, swifter, and more powerful armed type of torpedo boat, originally intended princi...
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boat the anchor
Place the anchor in-board in the boat.
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boat the oars
Put them in their proper places fore and aft on the thwarts ready for use.
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japanese whale-boat
A long, open, and sharp rowing-boat of Japan.
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trim the boat!
The order to sit in the boat in such a manner as that she shall float upright. Also, to edge aft, so...
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yarmouth herring-boat
A clincher-built vessel with lug-sails, similar to the drift or mackerel boats.
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Cock Alley, East Smithfield
North out of Upper East Smithfield (In Bacon's map, 1912).
Earliest mention: Hatton, 1708.
Site se...
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Cock Alley, Fleet Lane
See Cock Court.
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Cock Alley, Jewry Street
See Cock Court.
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Cock Alley, Ludgate Hill
See Cock Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cock and Bottle Court
East out of Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 122).
Not name...
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Cock and Hoop Court
Out of Addle Hill. In Castle Baynard Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 230, to Boyle, 1799).
Not name...
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Cock and Hoop Yard
East out of Houndsditch. In Portsoken Ward (in O.S. 1880 ed.).
Earliest mention: O. and M. 1677.
R...
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Cock and Key Alley
Near Water Lane, Whitefriars, in Farringdon Ward Without.
In a Wardmote Inquest, 1560, the inhabita...
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Cock and Lion Court
On the south side of Cornhill at No. 41, east of Birchin Lane (Lockie, 1816).
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Cock and Py Court
See Cockpit Court1, Poppings Court.
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Cock and Wheatsheaf Alley
See Clock and Wheatsheaf Alley, Court.
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Cock Yard, Wormwood Street
See Cock Alley.
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Horshoe Alley, Cock Lane
See Horshoe Court.
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Thacker's Court, Cock Yard
West out of Cock Yard on the west side of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, e...
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cock of the company
A weak man, who from the desire of being the head of the company associates with low people, and pay...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cock-horse and cockloft
See Baxter's Glossary, in voce COCIDIS.
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ears of a boat
The knee-pieces at the fore-part on the outside at the height of the gunwale.
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moor the boat, to
To fasten her with two ropes, so that the one shall counteract the other, and keep her in a steady p...
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snake-boat of cochin
See pamban manche
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wind a boat, to
To change her position by bringing her stern round to the place where the head was. (See wending.)
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Cock and Crown Court, Aldersgate
See Rose and Rainbow Court.
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Red Lion Place, Cock Lane
See Red Lion Buildings.
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cock and a bull story
A roundabout story, without head or tail, i.e. beginning or ending.
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bundling things into a boat
Loading it in a slovenly way.
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fore-sheets of a boat
The inner part of the bows, opposite to stern-sheets, fitted with gratings on which the bowman stand...
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stroke-side of a boat
That in which the after starboard rowlock is placed, or where the after oar is rowed if single-banke...
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well-room of a boat
The place in the bottom where the water lies, between the ceiling and the platform of the stern-shee...
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Cock Alley, St. Martin's le Grand
See Cock Court.
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Fasal Cock Yard, Angel Alley, Bishopsgate
See Pheasant Court.
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row in the same boat, to
To be of similar principles.
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banbury story of a cock and a bull
A roundabout, nonsensical story.
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