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Fathom
·noun The measure or extant of one's capacity; depth, as of intellect; profundity; reach; penetratio...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fathom
(Old A.S. faethm, "bosom," or the outstretched arms), a span of six feet (Acts 27:28). Gr. orguia (f...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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fathom
[Anglo-Saxon, fædm].
The space of both arms extended. A measure of 6 feet, used in the length of c...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Fathom
[Weights And Measures AND Measures]
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Wood
·vi To take or get a supply of wood.
II. Wood ·noun Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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wood
In a wood; bewildered, in a maze, in a peck of troubles, puzzled, or at a loss what course to take i...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to wood
To supply or get supplies of wood.--Webster. The boats on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, in their ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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wood and wood
When two pieces of timber are so let into each other as to join close. Also, when a tree-nail is dri...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Aloes wood
·- ·see <<Agalloch>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Amboyna wood
·- A beautiful mottled and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It is obtained from the Pterocarpus Ind...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bethabara wood
·- A highly elastic wood, used for fishing rods, ·etc. The tree is unknown, but it is thought to be ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Brazil wood
·- The wood of the oriental Caesalpinia Sapan;
— so called before the discovery of America.
II. Br...
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Calamander wood
·- A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very...
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Campeachy Wood
·- <<Logwood>>.
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Cassava wood
·add. ·- A West Indian tree (Turpinia occidentalis) of the family Staphyleaceae.
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Cocus wood
·- A West Indian wood, used for making flutes and other musical instruments.
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Gopher wood
·- A species of wood used in the construction of Noah's ark.
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Kiabooca wood
·- ·see Kyaboca wood.
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Kyaboca wood
·- Amboyna wood.
II. Kyaboca wood ·- Sandalwood (Santalum album).
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Lingoa wood
·- Amboyna wood.
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Madeira wood
·add. ·- The mahogany tree (Swietenia Mahogoni).
II. Madeira wood ·add. ·- A West Indian leguminous...
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Myall wood
·- A durable, fragrant, and dark-colored Australian wood, used by the natives for spears. It is obta...
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Nicaragua wood
·- Brazil wood.
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Omander wood
·- The wood of Diospyros ebenaster, a kind of ebony found in Ceylon.
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Rosetta wood
·- An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasio...
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Sapan wood
·- A dyewood yielded by Caesalpinia Sappan, a thorny leguminous tree of Southern Asia and the neighb...
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Sappan wood
·- Sapan wood.
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Shittim wood
·noun The wood of the shittah tree.
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Thyine wood
·- The fragrant and beautiful wood of a North African tree (Callitris quadrivalvis), formerly called...
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Wood gum
·add. ·- <<Xylan>>.
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Wood hyacinth
·add. ·- A European squill (Scilla nonscripta) having a scape bearing a raceme of drooping blue, pur...
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Wood partridge
·add. ·- The Canada grouse.
II. Wood partridge ·add. ·- Any of several small partridges of Java, Su...
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Wood tick
·- Any one of several species of ticks of the genus Ixodes whose young cling to bushes, but quickly ...
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Wood-bound
·adj Incumbered with tall, woody hedgerows.
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Wood-layer
·noun A young oak, or other timber plant, laid down in a hedge among the whitethorn or other plants ...
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Wood-note
·noun A wild or natural note, as of a forest bird.
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Wood-sare
·noun A kind of froth seen on herbs.
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Wood-sere
·noun The time when there no sap in the trees; the winter season.
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Wood-wash
·noun ·Alt. of Wood-waxen.
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Wood-wax
·noun ·Alt. of Wood-waxen.
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Wood-waxen
·noun ·same·as <<Woadwaxen>>.
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Thyine wood
Mentioned only in Rev. 18:12 among the articles which would cease to be purchased when Babylon fell....
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Wood-offering
(Neh. 10:34; 13:31). It would seem that in the time of Nehemiah arrangements were made, probably on ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Wood, or À Wood, Anthony
(1632-1695)
Antiquary, was b. at Oxf., where he was ed. and spent most of his life. His antiquarian...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Wood Street
North out of Cheapside, at No.122, to London Wall (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within and Cr...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Wood Wharf
On the east and west sides of Trigg Lane, in Queenhithe Ward (O. and M. 1677, and Strype, 1720 and 1...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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wood pecker
A bystander, who bets whilst another plays.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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beef-wood
n.
the timber of various Australiantrees, especially of the genus Casuarina, and some ofthe Banksia...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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blood-wood
or Blood-tree
n.
a nameapplied, with various epithets, to many of the Gum-trees (q.v.), especially...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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box-wood
n.
a New Zealand wood, Olealanceolata, Hook., N.O. Jasminea (Maori name, Maire). Used by the `Welli...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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camphor-wood
n.
an Australian timber; the woodof Callitris (Frenea) robusta, Cunn., N.O. Coniferae. Called also ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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coopers-wood
n. the timber of an Australiantree, Alphitonia excelsa, Reiss, N.O. Rhamneae.The wood becomes dark w...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cotton-wood
n.
the timber of an Australiantree, Bedfordia salicina, De C., N.O. Compositae.Called Dog-wood (q.v...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ivory-wood
n.
an Australian timber, Siphonodon australe, Benth., N.O. Celastrinae.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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leather-wood
n.
i.q. pinkwood (q.v.).
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lemon-wood
n.
one of the names given bysettlers to the New Zealand tree called by Maoris Tarata (q.v.), or Map...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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marble(-)wood
n.
name applied to awhitish-coloured mottled timber, Olea paniculata,R. Br., N.O. Jasmineae; called...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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milk-wood
n.
a Northern Territory namefor Melaleuca leucadendron, Linn.; called also Paperbark-tree (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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musk-wood
n.
See musk-tree.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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partridge-wood
n.
another name for the Cabbage-Palm (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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scent-wood
a Tasmanian evergreen shrub, Alyxiabuxifolia, R. Br., N.O. Apocyneae, of the dogbanefamily.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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tallow-wood
n.
another name for one of the Stringy-barks (q.v.), Eucalyptus microcorys,F. v. M., N.O. Myrtaceae...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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tar-wood
n.
name given by the Otago bushmen tothe tree Darrydium colensoi, Hook.; Maori name, Manoao (q.v.)....
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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tulip-wood
n.
The name is given,in Australia, to Aphnanthe philipinensis, Planch., N.O. Urticaceae, and to the...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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turnip-wood
n.
the timbers of the trees Akania hillii, J. Hook., N.O. Sapindaceae,and Dysoxylon Muelleri, Benth...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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white wood
See waddy wood
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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waddy wood
or White Wood
n.
name given in Tasmania to the tree Pittosporum bicolor,Hook., N.O. Pittosporeae; ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wood-duck
n.
a name given by the colonists ofNew South Wales and «Swan River» to the Maned Goose, Branta juba...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wood savages
See wood natives
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wood natives
or Wood Savages
obsolete names for the Australian aborigines.
1817. O'Hara, `History of New South ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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yellow-wood
a name applied to several Australiantrees with the epithets of Dark, Light, Deep, etc., inallusion t...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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black wood
Hemlock, pine, spruce, and fir.
Maine.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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button wood
(Platanus occidentalis.) The popular name in New England of the sycamore tree; so called from the ha...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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stam-wood
the roots of trees, stubbed up. S.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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billet-wood
Small wood mostly used for dunnage in stowing ships' cargoes, also for fuel, usually sold by the fat...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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dead wood
Certain blocks of timber, generally oak, fayed on the upper side of the keel, particularly at the ex...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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hawse-wood
A general name for the hawse-timbers.
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lag-wood
The larger sticks from the head of an oak-tree when felled.
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peon-wood
See poon-wood.
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wood, to
A gun is said to wood when it takes the port-sills or port-sides, or the trucks the water-ways.
♦ ...
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wood-ends
See hood-ends.
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wood-mulls
Large thick hose worn by the men in coasters and fishing-boats.
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wood-sheathing
All plank applied to strengthen a vessel. (See double, to.)
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Thyine Wood
occurs in (Revelation 18:12) where the margin has "sweet" (wood). There can be little doubt that the...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Sea wood louse
·- A sea slater.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ephraim, Wood of
A forest in which a fatal battle was fought between the army of David and that of Absalom, who was k...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Wood, Mrs. Ellen (Price)
(1814-1887)
Novelist, writing as "Mrs. Henry Wood," was b. at Worcester. She wrote over 30 novels, ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Wood, John George
(1827-1889)
Writer on natural history, s. of a surgeon, b. in London, and ed. at home and at Oxf., ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Alban (St.), Wood Street
On the east side of Wood Street, at the corner of Little Love Lane (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Wood Street
See Wood Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Little Wood Street
See Wood Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Michael Wood Street
On the west side of Wood Street, and north side of Huggin Lane. In Cripplegate Ward Within (O.S. 188...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Red Wood Alley
West out of Bishopsgate Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
Called " Ge...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Wood Green Court
South-east out of Harrow Alley, Middlesex Street. In Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 27-O.S...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Wood Street Compter
On the east side of Wood Street, in Cripplegate Ward Within.
One of the Sheriffs' Prisons.
First m...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Wood Street Square
West out of Hart Street at No.3 at its junction with Monkwell Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (P.O...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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king's wood lion
An Ass. Kingswood is famous for the great number of asses kept by the colliers who inhabit that plac...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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botany-bay wood
See botany-bay oak
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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dead-wood fence
n.
The Australian fence, socalled, is very different from the fence of the same name inEngland. It ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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deep yellow-wood
n.
Rhus rhodanthema,F. v. M., N.O. Anacardiaceae. A tree with spreading head;timber valuable. See Y...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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light yellow-wood
i.q. long-jack (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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seame of wood
a horse-load. S.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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churd of wood
See cord of wood
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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cord or churd of wood
; as firewood. A statute stack is 8 feet long, 4 feet broad, and 4 feet high.
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dead-wood knees
The upper foremost and aftermost pieces of dead wood; being crooked pieces of timber, the bolting of...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Castle Inn, Wood Street
On the east side of Wood Street at No. 26, in Cripplegate Ward Within, a few doors north of Gresham ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Gold Street, Wood Street
See Goldsmith Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Huggin Lane, Wood Street
West out of Wood Street, at 115, to Gutter Lane (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Within.
First...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Passage to Wood Street
See Little Love Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Wood and Co.'s Wharf
On the Thames at the south end of William Street, west of Chatham Place (Horwood, 1799).
Former nam...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Wood Yard, Church Lane
At the north-east end of Church Lane. In Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed. 1720-Lond. Guide, 1753).
Seems...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Wood Yard, Gravel Lane
North-west out of Gravel Lane. In Portsoken Ward (Rocque, 1746-Lond. Guide, 1755).
Site now covered...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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babes in the wood
Criminals in the stocks, or pillory.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Ephraim, The Wood Of
a wood, or rather a forest, on the east of Jordan, in which the fatal battle was fought between the ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Bull Inn, Wood Street, Cheapside
See Bell Inn.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Love Lane, Wood Street
See Love Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Lyon in ye Wood Inn
North out of the Wilderness, Dorset Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746).
See Lion in ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Pav'd Court, Wood Street, Cheapside
See Frying Pan Alley and St. Alban's Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Peter de Wodestrate, Wood Street
See St. Peter Westcheap.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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wood-locks of the rudder
Pieces of timber sheathed with copper, in coppered ships, placed in the throating or scores of the s...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Coach and Horses Court, Wood Street
See Coach and Horses' Yard4.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Coach and Horses' Inn, Wood Street
See White Horse Inn.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Lion in the Wood Inn, Yard
On the north side of the Wilderness, west of Dorset Street, Whitefriars. In Farringdon Ward Without ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Peter de la Wodewarve, Wood Wharf
See St. Peter Paul's Wharf.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.