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east-country
A term applied to the regions bordering on the Baltic.
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Country
·adv The rock through which a vein runs.
II. Country ·adv Rural regions, as opposed to a city or to...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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country
A term synonymous with station. The place whither a ship happens to be ordered.
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Ships
Early used in foreign commerce by the Phoenicians (Gen. 49:13). Moses (Deut. 28:68) and Job (9:26) m...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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East
·adv <<Eastward>>.
II. East ·vi To move toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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East
1) The orient (mizrah); the rising of the sun. Thus "the east country" is the country lying to the e...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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east
About east, is about right; in the proper manner. A common slang expression in New England. See walk...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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east
From the Anglo-Saxon, y'st. One of the cardinal points of the compass. Where the sun rises due east,...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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East
The Hebrew term kedem properly means that which is before or in front of a person, and was applied t...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Country bank
·add. ·- A national bank not in a reserve city.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Country club
·add. ·- A club usually located in the suburbs or vicinity of a city or town and devoted mainly to o...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Country cousin
·add. ·- A relative from the country visiting the city and unfamiliar with city manners and sights.
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Country seat
·- A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city.
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Country-base
·noun ·same·as Prison base.
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Country-dance
·noun ·see <<Contradance>>.
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North country
A general name for the countries that lay north of Palestine. Most of the invading armies entered Pa...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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country harry
A waggoner. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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country put
An ignorant country fellow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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summer country
n.
In New Zealand (South Island), country which can be used in summer only; mountainland in Otago a...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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winter country
in New Zealand (South Island),land so far unaffected by snow that stock is wintered on it.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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old country
A term applied to Great Britain, originally by natives from that country, but now understood and use...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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maritime country
A country which has its shores washed by the sea.
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old country
A very general designation for Great Britain among the Americans. The term is never applied to any p...
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black ships
The name by which the English builders designate those constructed of teak in India.
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corporal, ship's
In a ship of war was, under the master-at-arms, employed to teach the sailors the use of small arms;...
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demonstration-ships
Those kept in a certain state of preparation for war, though on a peace establishment.
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drill-ships
A recent establishment of vessels in which the volunteers composing the Royal Naval Reserve are dril...
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lofty ships
Once a general name for square-rigged vessels:
"A mackerel sky and mares' tails
Make lofty ships...
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munition ships
Those which carry the naval stores for a fleet, as distinguished from the victuallers.
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reckoning, ship's
The ship's position resulting from the courses steered, and distances run by log, brought up from th...
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ship's books
The roll of the crew, containing every particular in relation to entry, former ships, &c.
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ship's husband
The agent or broker who manages her accounts with regard to work performed, repairs, &c., under refi...
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ship's lungs
Dr. Hall's name for the bellows with which he forced the foul air out of ships.
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ship's papers
Documents descriptive of a vessel, her owners, cargo, destination, and other particulars necessary f...
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ship's steward
The person who manages the victualling or mess departments. In the navy, paymaster's steward.
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thwart-ships
Across the ship, or from one side to the other. (See athwart.)
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troop-ships
A class of vessel of excellent account, during war, in the hands of government; far preferable to hi...
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East Indian
·- Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies.
II. East Indian ·noun A native of, or a dweller i...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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East-insular
·adj Relating to the Eastern Islands; East Indian.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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East gate
(Jer. 19:2), properly the Potter's gate, the gate which led to the potter's field, in the valley of ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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East sea
(Joel 2:20; Ezek. 47:18), the Dead Sea, which lay on the east side of the Holy Land. The Mediterrane...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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East wind
The wind coming from the east (Job 27:21; Isa. 27:8, etc.). Blight caused by this wind, "thin ears" ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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East Passage
West out of Cloth Street to Cloth Fair and New Court, with a passage north into Long Lane. In Farrin...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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East Smithfield
A district lying just outside the walls of London, east of the Tower, stretching south to the Thames...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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East Street
East out of Finsbury Circus at No. 21 to Blomfield Street (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street Ward.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Smithfield, East
See East Smithfield.
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down east
Far away in that bearing. This term, as down west, &c., is an Americanism, recently adopted into our...
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east wind
This, in the British seas, is generally attended with a hazy atmosphere, and is so ungenial as to co...
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Never, Never Country
or Never, Never Land
See quotations. Mr. Cooper's explanation (1857 quotation) isnot generally acce...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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west-country parson
A fish, the hake (Gadus merluccius), is so called, from a black streak on its back, and from its abu...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Samaria, Country Of
Samaria at first included all the tribes over which Jeroboam made himself king, whether east or west...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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classification of ships
A register made of vessels according to the report rendered in by special surveyors. (See navy and L...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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iron-plated ships
See armour-clad.
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Arthur Street East
East out of King William Street at No. 46 to Monument Square (O.S.). In Bridge Ward Within.
Erected...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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East Harding Street
East out of Great New Street, at No. 12, to Gunpowder Alley (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Wit...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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East India Avenue
South out of Leadenhall Street between Nos. 15 and 16 (P.O. Directory). In Lime Street Ward.
Erecte...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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East India Chambers
On the south side of Leadenhall Street at No. 23, opposite St. Mary Axe (P.O. Directory).
First men...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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East India House
At the north-west corner of Lime Street (Horwood, 1799), extending to Leadenhall Market. In Lime Str...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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East Smithfield School
Founded 1673 by Sir Samuel Sterling for sixteen poor boys of the parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate (Dod...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Katherine's East Smithfield
See St. Katherine's Street, East Smithfield.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Lower East Smithfield
West from Little Thames Street to the Hermitage Swing Bridge and Basin (P.O. Directory).
In the eig...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Upper East Smithfield
East from Littie Tower Hill to Dock Street (P.O. Directory).
Earliest mention: Lockie, 1810.
Forme...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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east india hoy
A sloop formerly expressly licensed for carrying stores to the E. I. Company's ships.
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north-east passage
To the Pacific, or round the north of Europe, has been divided into three parts, thus:
1. From Arc...
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crossing a ship's wake
When a ship sails over the transient track which another has just passed, i.e. passes close astern o...
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filling a ship's bottom
Implies covering the bottom of a ship with broad-headed nails, so as to give her a sheathing of iron...
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line-of-battle ships
Formerly those of 74 guns and upwards; or in these iron days, any vessel capable of giving and takin...
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ship's registry and certificate
An official record of a ship's size, the bills of lading, ownership, &c.
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stationing a ship's company
Arranging the crew for the ready execution of the evolutionary duties of a ship.
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verification of ship's papers
In this necessary process it is declared that papers of themselves prove nothing, and require to be ...
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East, Children of the
The Arabs as a whole, known as the Nabateans or Kedarenes, nomad tribes (Judg. 6:3, 33; 7:12; 8:10)....
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Butcher Row, East Smithfield
South-east from Upper East Smithfield to Lower East Smithfield (Lockie's Topog. 1810-Elmes' Topog. D...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cock Alley, East Smithfield
North out of Upper East Smithfield (In Bacon's map, 1912).
Earliest mention: Hatton, 1708.
Site se...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cooper's Court, East Smithfield
See Hooper's Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Covent Garden, East Smithfield
Inhabited by foreigners in 1635 (L. and P. Chas. I. Dom. S. 1635, p. 594).
Not mentioned in any of ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Covent Rentes, East Smithfield
Messuage called "le Covent Rentes" in Estsmythfeld in parish of St. Botolph without Algate belonging...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Dunstan in the East
On the west side of St. Dunstan's Hill at No. 2 (P.O. Directory). In Tower Ward.
Earliest mention f...
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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Half Moon, East Smithfield
Messuage called the Half Moon, in East Smithfield, in parish of St. Botolph Without Aldgate (Strype,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Helmet Court, East Smithfield
A small court west out of Butcher Row, at No. 31, by Helmet Steps (Hatton, 1708-Lockie, 1810).
In S...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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John's Court, East Smithfield
South out of Upper East Smithfield (P.C. 1732-Lockie, 1810).
Former name : "Jennings Rents" (Survey...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Katherine Wheel, East Smithfield
West of Hermitage Dock (Rocque, 1746). A tenement called "le Katheryn Whele" in East Smithfield was ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Katherine's Churchyard, East Smithfield
North and east of the church, the part south of the church is called "Green Churchyard" (Strype, 172...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Katherine's Court, East Smithfield
East out of St. Katherine's Square and west of the church (Lockie, 1810). (Survey of St. Katherine's...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Katherine's Square, East Smithfield
West out of St. Katherine's Court (Horwood, 1799).
Former name : "St. Katherine's Court" (Rocque, 1...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Katherine's Stairs, East Smithfield
East of Irongate Stairs, on the Thames (Survey of St. Katherine's, 1686, Sloane MS. 3254-A. 1-Lockie...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Katherine's Street, East Smithfield
East from the Tower to Hermitage Bridge (Lockie, 1810).
Former name : "St. Katherine's" (O. and M. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Katherine's Wharf, East Smithfield
Between Irongate Wharf west and St. Katherine's Dock Entrance east (O.S. ed. 1894).
Mentioned in 14...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Mouse Alley, East Smithfield
See Dean Street.
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Nightingale Lane, East Smithfield
South out of Upper East Smithfield to the Docks (P.O. Directory).
Earliest mention: " Nightingale l...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Red Lion, East Smithfield
Brewhouse so called, which belonged to St. Mary Graces, near the brewhouse called " Le three Kyngs,"...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Swan Court, East Smithfield
See Nightingale Court.
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deaden a ship's way, to
To retard a vessel's progress by bracing in the yards, so as to reduce the effect of the sails, or b...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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spoliation of a ship's papers
An act which, by the maritime law of every court in Europe, not only excludes further proof, but doe...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bush Alley, Upper East Smithfield
See Brush Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Dunstan in the East, Churchyard
On the north and south sides of the Church (O.S.). Churchyard of the Church of St. Dunstan in East c...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Red Cross Street, East Smithfield
North-east out of Butcher Row to Nightingale Lane (Hatton, 1708-Lockie, 1810).
Removed for the form...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Sun Court, Upper East Smithfield
North out of Upper East Smithfield at No.20 (Lockie, 1810-Bacon's map, 1912).
Other names: "Sun Yar...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Swan Street, Upper East Smithfield
North-east from Butcher Row to East Smithfield at No.102, with a branch to Nightingale Lane (Lockie,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Swann Alley, Upper East Smithfield
See Swan Street, Upper East Smithfield.
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run athwart a ship's course, to
To cross her path.
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Custom House Stairs, East and West
East and west of the Custom House, on the river (O.S. 1894-6). The Stairs East are in Tower Ward. Th...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Gun Yard, Little Tower Hill, East
East out of Little Tower Hill. In St. Katherine's precinct (O. and M. 1677-Lond. Guide, 1758).
Also...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Chapel in (St.) Dunstan in the East Churchyard
There was a chapel "upon the charnell in the chirch haue of Seint Dunstan in the Est," mentioned in ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Preist Alley, St. Dunstan in the East
North out of Church Alley, opposite St. Dunstans Church (Strype, 1720 and 1755).
Former form: " Pri...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(Holy) Trinity Chapel, St. Dunstan's in the East
See St. Dunstan in the East.
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veer a buoy in a ship's wake, to
To slack out a rope to which a buoy has been attached, and let it go astern, for the purpose of brin...
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