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Dragon
·noun A variety of carrier pigeon. II. Dragon ·noun A fierce, violent person, ·esp. a woman. III. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Dragon
1) Heb. tannim, plural of tan. The name of some unknown creature inhabiting desert places and ruins ...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Dragon
The translators of the Authorized Version, apparently following the Vulgate, have rendered by the sa...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Rouge dragon
·noun One of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Sea dragon
·- A dragonet, or sculpin. II. Sea dragon ·- The <<Pegasus>>. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Dragon well
(Neh. 2:13), supposed by some to be identical with the Pool of Gihon. ...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
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.
flap dragon
A clap, or pox. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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
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
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
dragon piece
A strut or abutment. ...

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dragon beam or piece
A strut or abutment. ...

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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...

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sea-dragon
An early designation of the stinging-weever. ...

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Golden Dragon Yard
Out of Long Lane, West Smithfield, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 284). Not ...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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Green Dragon Yard
On the south side of Long Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799). "Green Drago...

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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.
Green Dragon Inn, Long Lane
See Green Dragon Yard, Long Lane. ...

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