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Eagle
·noun A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars.
II. Eagle ·noun A northern con...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Eagle
(Herb. nesher; properly the griffon vulture or great vulture, so called from its tearing its prey wi...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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eagle
n.
There are nine species of the trueEagle, all confined to the genus Haliaetus, such as the Baldhe...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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eagle
A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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eagle
I.
The insignia of the Romans, borrowed also by moderns, as Frederic of Prussia and Napoleon. Also...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Eagle
(Heb. nesher, i.e. a tearer with the beak). At least four distinct kinds of eagles have been observe...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Double
·adv Twice; doubly.
II. Double ·noun Double beer; strong beer.
III. Double ·noun An old term for a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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double
To tip any one the double; to run away in his or her debt.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Bald eagle
·- The white-headed eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) of America. The young, until several years old,...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bold eagle
·- an Australian eagle (Aquila audax), which destroys lambs and even the kangaroo.
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Eagle-eyed
·adj Sharp-sighted as an <<Eagle>>.
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Eagle-sighted
·adj Farsighted and strong-sighted; sharp-sighted.
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Eagle-winged
·adj Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like an <<Eagle>>.
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Gier-eagle
·noun A bird referred to in the Bible (Lev. xi. 18and Deut. xiv. 17) as unclean, probably the Egypti...
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Sea eagle
·- The eagle ray. ·see under <<Ray>>.
II. Sea eagle ·- Any one of several species of fish-eating ea...
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Spread-eagle
·adj Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly bombast...
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Water eagle
·- The <<Osprey>>.
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Gier eagle
Heb. raham = "parental affection," Lev. 11:18; Deut. 14:17; R.V., "vulture"), a species of vulture l...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Eagle Court
South from Little St. Thomas Apostles to Great St. Thomas Apostles (Strype, ed. 1720 and 1755). In C...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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spread eagle
A soldier tied to the halberts in order to be whipped; his attitude bearing some likeness to that fi...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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eagle-hawking
n.
bush slang: plucking wool offdead sheep.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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eagle-ray
n.
name belonging to any large Ray of the family Myliobatidae; the New Zealandspecies is Myliobatis...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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sea-eagle
A large ray-fish with a pair of enormous fins stretching out from either side of the body, and a lon...
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spread eagle
A person seized in the rigging; generally a passenger thus made to pay his entrance forfeit.
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Double dealer
·- One who practices double dealing; a deceitful, trickish person.
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Double dealing
·- False or deceitful dealing. ·see Double dealing, under <<Dealing>>.
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Double first
·- A degree of the first class both in classics and mathematics.
II. Double first ·- One who gains ...
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Double pedro
·add. ·- Cinch (the game).
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Double-acting
·adj Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; as, a d...
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Double-bank
·vt To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.
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Double-banked
·adj Applied to a kind of rowing in which the rowers sit side by side in twos, a pair of oars being ...
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Double-barreled
·adj ·Alt. of Double-barrelled.
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Double-barrelled
·adj Having two barrels;
— applied to a gun.
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Double-breasted
·adj Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons and buttonholes on each side; as, ...
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Double-charge
·vt To <<Overcharge>>.
II. Double-charge ·vt To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder.
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Double-decker
·noun A man-of-war having two gun decks.
II. Double-decker ·add. ·noun A biplane aeroplane or kite....
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Double-dye
·vt To dye again or twice over.
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Double-dyed
·adj Dyed twice; thoroughly or intensely colored; hence; firmly fixed in opinions or habits; as, a d...
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Double-ender
·noun A locomotive with pilot at each end.
II. Double-ender ·noun A vessel capable of moving in eit...
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Double-entendre
·noun A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or in...
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Double-eyed
·adj Having a deceitful look.
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Double-faced
·adj Deceitful; hypocritical; treacherous.
II. Double-faced ·adj Having two faces designed for use;...
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Double-handed
·adj Having two hands.
II. Double-handed ·adj Deceitful; deceptive.
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Double-headed
·adj Having two heads; bicipital.
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Double-hung
·adj Having both sashes hung with weights and cords;
— said of a window.
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Double-lock
·vt To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security.
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Double-milled
·adj Twice milled or fulled, to render more compact or fine;
— said of cloth; as, double-milled ker...
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Double-quick
·noun Double-quick time, step, or march.
II. Double-quick ·vi & ·vt To move, or cause to move, in d...
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Double-ripper
·noun A kind of coasting sled, made of two sleds fastened together with a board, one before the othe...
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Double-shade
·vt To double the natural darkness of (a place).
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Double-surfaced
·add. ·adj Having two surfaces;
— said specif. of aeroplane wings or aerocurves which are covered o...
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Double-tongue
·noun Deceit; duplicity.
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Double-tongued
·adj Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful.
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Double-tonguing
·noun A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes; also, the rap...
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double jug
A man's backside. Cotton's Virgil.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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double, to
To cover a ship with an extra planking, usually of 4 inches, either internally or externally, when t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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double-banked
When two opposite oars are pulled by rowers seated on the same thwart; or when there are two men lab...
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double-bitted
Two turns of the cable round the bitts instead of one.
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double-block
One fitted with a couple of sheaves, in holes side by side.
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double-breeching
Additional breeching on the non-recoil system, or security for guns in heavy weather.
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double-capstan
One shaft so constructed as to be worked both on an upper and lower deck, as in ships of the line, o...
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double-crown
A name given to a plait made with the strands of a rope, which forms part of several useful and orna...
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double dutch coiled against the sun
Gibberish, or any unintelligible or difficult language.
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double-futtocks
Timbers in the cant-bodies, extending from the dead-wood to the run of the second futtock-head.
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double insurance
Where the insured makes two insurances on the same risks and the same interest.
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double-ironed
Both legs shackled to the bilboe-bolts.
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double-jack
See jack-screw.
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double-land
That appearance of a coast when the sea-line is bounded by parallel ranges of hills, rising inland o...
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double-sided
A line-of-battle ship painted so as to show the ports of both decks; or a vessel painted to resemble...
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double-star
Two stars so close together as to be separable only with a telescope. They are either optically so o...
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double-tide
Working double-tides is doing extra duty. (See work double-tides, to.)
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double-whip
A whip is simply a rope rove through a single block; a double whip is when it passes through a lower...
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star, double
See double-star.
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The Black Spread Eagle
Or Stationers House against St. Dunstan's Church, in Fleet Street, 1653 (H. MSS. Com. 7th Rep. 459)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Spread Eagle Court
1) West out of Chancery Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without,. north of Fleet Street (O. and M. 1677).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Double-beat valve
·- ·see under <<Valve>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Double Hand Court
See Double Hood Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Double Hood Court
North out of Upper Thames Street by Campion Lane in Dowgate Ward (Boyle, 1799).
First mention: O. a...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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double-acting engine
One in which the steam acts upon the piston against a vacuum, both in the upward and downward moveme...
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double deck-nails
See deck-nails.
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double-headed maul
One with double faces; top-mauls in contradistinction to pin-mauls.
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double-headed shot
Differing from bar-shot by being similar to dumb-bells, only the shot are hemispherical.
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double-image micrometer
Has one of its lenses divided, and separable to a certain distance by a screw, which at the same tim...
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double upon, to
See doubling upon.
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double wall-knot
With or without a crown, or a double crown, is made by intertwisting the unlaid ends of a rope in a ...
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physical double-star
See double-star and binary system.
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double cocoa-nut
See sea cocoa-nut
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Black Spread Eagle Court
1) In Finch Lane, Cornhill (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) East out of Bread St...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Eagle and Child Alley
East out of Shoe Lane at No. 39 to Fleet Market at No. 61, in Farringdon Ward Without (Elmes, 1831)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Eagle and Child Court
West of Panier Ally, in Farringdon Ward Within (Strype, ed. 1720 and 1755).
No later mention.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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East Smithfield Double Passage
On Tower Hill (Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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work double-tides, to
Implying that the work of three days is done in two, or at least two tides' work in twenty-four hour...
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Spread Eagle Inn and Yard
On the east side of Gracechurch Street, with a passage into Leadenhall Market. In Bishopsgate Ward W...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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double-bank a rope, to
To clap men on both sides.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Eagle and Child Alley, St. Katherine's
See Bleek's [Black's Rents?] Rents.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.