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Dragon
·noun A variety of carrier pigeon.
II. Dragon ·noun A fierce, violent person, ·esp. a woman.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dragon
1) Heb. tannim, plural of tan. The name of some unknown creature inhabiting desert places and ruins ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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dragon
An old name for a musketoon.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Dragon
The translators of the Authorized Version, apparently following the Vulgate, have rendered by the sa...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Piece
·noun A castle; a fortified building.
II. Piece ·noun One of the superior men, distinguished from a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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piece
A wench. A damned good or bad piece; a girl who is more or less active and skilful in the amorous co...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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piece
A little while. 'Stay a piece.' Provincial in the north of England.--Johnson. The common expression ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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piece
applied to time : Stay a piece ; i. e. a little while. York.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Rouge dragon
·noun One of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sea dragon
·- A dragonet, or sculpin.
II. Sea dragon ·- The <<Pegasus>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dragon well
(Neh. 2:13), supposed by some to be identical with the Pool of Gihon.
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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The Green Dragon
A messuage called the Green Dragon in parish of St. Martin Ludgate, 25 Eliz. 1582 (Lond. I. p.m. III...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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flap dragon
A clap, or pox.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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snap dragon
A Christmas gambol: raisins and almonds being put into a bowl of brandy, and the candles extinguishe...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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sea-dragon
n.
any Australian fish of any oneof the three species of the genus Phyllopteryx, family Syngnathida...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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superb-dragon
n.
an Australian marine fish, Phyllopteryx foliatus, Shaw. See Sea-Dragon.
1880. Mrs. Meredith, `T...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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dragon beam or piece
A strut or abutment.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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dragon-volant
The old name for a gun of large calibre used in the French navy, whence the term was adopted into ou...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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sea-dragon
An early designation of the stinging-weever.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Chimney-piece
·noun A decorative construction around the opening of a fireplace.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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cod piece
The fore flap of a man's breeches. Do they bite, master? where, in the cod piece or collar?--a jocul...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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cart-piece
An early battering cannon mounted on a peculiar cart.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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chamber-piece
See chamber
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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cross-piece
The transverse timber of the bitts. Also, a rail of timber extending over the windlass of some merch...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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dagger-piece
, or dagger-wood.
A timber or plank that faces on to the poppets of the bilge-ways, and crosses th...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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face-piece
A piece of elm tabled on to the knee of the head, in the fore-part, to assist the conversion of the ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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gunner's piece
In destroying and bursting guns, means a fragment of the breech, which generally flies upward.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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hailshot-piece
A sort of gun supplied of old to our ships, with dice of iron as the missile.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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head-piece
A term for the helmet.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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lengthening-piece
The same as short top-timber (which see).
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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main-piece
The strong horizontal beam of the windlass, supported at the ends by iron spindles in the windlass-b...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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port-piece
An ancient piece of ordnance used in our early fleets.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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jaw-piece
See rolling-chock
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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shoe-piece
A board placed under the heel of a spar, or other weighty mass, to save the deck. In some cases inte...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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sweep-piece
A block at the bottom of the port-sill for receiving the chock of the gun-carriage, and to aid in tr...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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time-piece
, chronometer
An instrument adapted for measuring mean time. The result of many years of study and e...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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vent-piece
The movable fitment which closes the breech and contains the vent in Armstrong breech-loading guns.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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wall-piece
A very heavy powerful musket, for use in fortified places.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Golden Dragon Yard
Out of Long Lane, West Smithfield, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 284).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Green Dragon Court
1) West out of St. Andrew's Hill at No. 11 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within.
First menti...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Green Dragon Inn
West out of Bishopsgate Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1848-51).
Earliest ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Green Dragon Tavern
Vault under the Chapter House of St. Paul's let to keeper of Green Dragon Tavern on the other side o...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Green Dragon Yard
On the south side of Long Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
"Green Drago...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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hand mast-piece
The smaller hand mast-spars.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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piece of eight
The early name for the coin of the value of 8 reals, the well-known Spanish dollar.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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port-piece chamber
A paterero for loading a port-piece at the breech.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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yard-arm piece
An octagonal piece of timber supplied to replace a yard-arm if shot away. It is one-third the length...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Piece Of Gold
The rendering "pieces of gold," as in (2 Kings 5:5) is very doubtful; and "shekels of gold") as desi...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Piece Of Silver
I. In the Old Testament the word "pieces" is used in the Authorized Version for a word understood in...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Green Dragon Coach Office
On the south side of Fleet Street at No. 56, east of Serjeants' Inn, in Farringdon Ward Without (Loc...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Green Dragon Inn, Long Lane
See Green Dragon Yard, Long Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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main-piece of the rudder
The rudder-stock, or piece which is connected by the rudder-bands to the stern-post.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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chamber of a piece of ordnance
The end of the bore modified to receive the charge of powder. In mortars, howitzers, and shell-guns,...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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muzzle of a piece of ordnance
The forward extremity of the cylinder, and the metal which surrounds it, extending back to the neck,...
The Sailor's Word-Book