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Volant
·adj Nimble; light and quick; active; rapid. II. Volant ·adj Represented as flying, or having the w...

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volant
A piece of steel on a helmet, presenting an acute angle to the front. ...

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

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Dragon
1) Heb. tannim, plural of tan. The name of some unknown creature inhabiting desert places and ruins ...

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dragon
An old name for a musketoon. ...

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Dragon
The translators of the Authorized Version, apparently following the Vulgate, have rendered by the sa...

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passe-volant
A name applied by the French to a Quaker or wooden gun on board ship; but it was adopted by our earl...

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Rouge dragon
·noun One of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms. ...

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Sea dragon
·- A dragonet, or sculpin. II. Sea dragon ·- The <<Pegasus>>. ...

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Dragon well
(Neh. 2:13), supposed by some to be identical with the Pool of Gihon. ...

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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...

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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...

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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
dragon piece
A strut or abutment. ...

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

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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...

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

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