Shades fitted to instruments of reflection for preventing the bright rays of the sun from hurting the eye of the observer.
·vt To darken to obscure. II. Dark ·adj Deprived of sight; blind. III. Dark ·noun The condition of...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
blind. QUITE DARK, stone blind. North. ALMOST DARK, nearly blind. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Formerly a heavy-armed body of foot; more recently applied to Irish infantry soldiers. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Two small speculums on one of the radii of a quadrant or sextant; the one half of the fore horizon-g...
The half-hour glasses employed to measure the periods of the watch, so that the several stations the...
·adj Dark as a pitch; pitch-black. ...
1) East out of Lower East Smithfield, facing Butcher Row (P.C. 1732, to Elmes, 1831). Called also "...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
A married man that keeps a mistress, whom he visits only at night, for fear of discovery. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
1) South out of the eastern end of High Timber Street to the Thames. In Queenhithe Ward (Horwood, 17...
(Fr. bois d'arc.) A western tree, the wood of which is used to make bows with. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
See glass. ...
See Church Passage. ...
See Dark House Lane. ...