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Bill
·noun A pickax, or mattock.
II. Bill ·noun One who wields a bill; a billman.
III. Bill ·noun The b...
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bill
A weapon or implement of war, a pike or halbert of the English infantry. It was formerly carried by ...
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Fire
·vt To drive by fire.
II. Fire ·vt To <<Cauterize>>.
III. Fire ·vi To be irritated or inflamed wit...
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Fire
1) For sacred purposes. The sacrifices were consumed by fire (Gen. 8:20). The ever-burning fire on t...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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to fire
To fling with the hand, as a stone or other missile.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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fire!
The order to put the match to the priming, or pull the trigger of a cannon or other fire-arm so as t...
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Fire
is represented as the symbol of Jehovah's presence and the instrument of his power, in the way eithe...
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Bank bill
·- In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand...
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Bill book
·- A book in which a person keeps an account of his notes, bills, bills of exchange, ·etc., thus sho...
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Bill broker
·- One who negotiates the discount of bills.
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Bill holder
·- A person who holds a bill or acceptance.
II. Bill holder ·- A device by means of which bills, ·e...
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Brown bill
·- A bill or halberd of the 16th and 17th centuries. ·see 4th Bill.
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Crane's-bill
·noun A pair of long-beaked forceps.
II. Crane's-bill ·noun The geranium;
— so named from the long...
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Duck's-bill
·adj Having the form of a duck's bill.
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Hedging bill
·- A hedge bill. ·see under <<Hedge>>.
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Ivory-bill
·noun A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp,...
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Parrot's-bill
·noun The glory pea. ·see under <<Glory>>.
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Ripper bill
·add. ·- An act or a bill conferring upon a chief executive, as a governor or mayor, large powers of...
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Speckled-bill
·noun The American white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons).
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Bill Alley
See Billet Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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apothecary's bill
A long bill.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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channel-bill
n.
name given to a birdresembling a large cuckoo, Scythrops novae-hollandiae,Lath. See Scythrops.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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kaka-bill
n.
a New Zealand plant, the Clianthus (q.v.), so called from the supposedresemblance of the flower ...
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parrot-bill
n.
See kaka-bill.
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red-bill
n.
bird-name given to Estrelda temporalis, Lath. It is also appliedto the Oyster-catchers (q.v.); a...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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spine-bill
n.
an Australian «Honey-eater,» but not now so classed. There are two species – – The Slender Spine...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wedge-bill
n.
an Australian bird. ThisEnglish name for a species of humming-bird is applied inAustralia to Sph...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bank-bill
A bank-note.
Neither Johnson nor the other lexicographers have the term bank-note, though they all ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cranes-bill
(Geranium maculatum.) The popular name of a native geranium, which grows about fences and the edges ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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way-bill
A list of the passengers in a stage-coach, railroad car, steamboat, or other public conveyance.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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stock's-bill
geranium Robertianum. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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bill-boards
Doubling under the fore-channels to the water-line, to protect the planking from the bill of the anc...
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bill-fish
See gar-fish.
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bill-hook
A species of hatchet used in wooding a ship, similar to that used by hedgers.
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brown bill
The old weapon of the English infantry: hence, perhaps the expression "Brown Bess" for a musket.
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butcher's bill
A nickname for the official return of killed and wounded which follows an action.
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clean bill
(See bill of health.) When all are in health.
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cock-bill
The situation of the anchor when suspended from the cat-head ready for letting go. Also said of a ca...
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foul bill
See bill of health.
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hawk's-bill
♦ Chelone imbricata, a well-known turtle frequenting the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, so named from h...
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quarter-bill
A list containing the different stations to which the officers and crew are quartered in time of act...
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quarterly bill
The document by which officers draw three months' personal pay.
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razor-bill
A sea-fowl allied to the auks, Alca torda.
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saw-bill
A name for the goosander, Mergus merganser.
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station-bill
A list containing the appointed posts of the crew when performing any evolution but action.
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victualling-bill
A custom-house document, warranting the shipment of such bonded stores as the master of an outward-b...
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watch-bill
The pocket "watch and station bill," which each officer is expected to produce if required, and inst...
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Anthony's Fire
·- ·see Saint Anthony's Fire, under <<Saint>>.
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Ash-fire
·noun A low fire used in chemical operations.
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Back fire
·add. ·- A fire started ahead of a forest or prairie fire to burn only against the wind, so that whe...
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Back-fire
·add. ·vi To have or experience a back fire or back fires;
— said of an internal-combustion engine....
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Elmo's fire
·- ·see <<Corposant>>; also Saint Elmo's Fire, under <<Saint>>.
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Fire beetle
·- A very brilliantly luminous beetle (Pyrophorus noctilucus), one of the elaters, found in Central ...
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Fire-fanged
·adj Injured as by fire; burned;
— said of manure which has lost its goodness and acquired an ashy ...
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Fire-new
·adj Fresh from the forge; bright; quite new; brand-new.
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Fire-set
·noun A set of fire irons, including, commonly, tongs, shovel, and poker.
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Knobbling fire
·- A bloomery fire. ·see <<Bloomery>>.
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Pin-fire
·add. ·adj Having a firing pin to explode the cartridge; as, a pin-fire rifle.
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Rapid-fire
·add. ·adj ·Alt. of Rapid-firing.
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Rim-fire
·add. ·adj Having the percussion fulminate in a rim surrounding the base, distinguished from center-...
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fire priggers
Villains who rob at fires under pretence of assisting in removing the goods.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fire ship
A wench who has the venereal disease.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fire shovel
He or she when young, was fed with a fire shovel; a saying of persons with wide mouths.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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spit fire
A violent, pettish, or passionate person.
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bush-fire
n.
forests and grass on fire in hotsummers.
1868. C. Dilke, `Greater Britain,' vol. ii. part iii. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fire-stick
n.
name given to thelighted stick which the Australian natives frequently carryabout, when moving f...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fire-tree
n.
a tree of New Zealand; anothername for Pohutukawa (q.v.). For QueenslandFire-tree, see Tulip-tre...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to fire away
To begin; to go on. An expression borrowed from the language of soldiers and sailors.
A well-known ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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fire-cracker
A little paper cylinder filled with powder or combustible matter, imported from China. It receives i...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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fire-new
New from the forge; brand-new.--Johnson. This old and nearly obsolete expression is sometimes used b...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cold fire
a fire laid ready for lighting. York.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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shel fire
electric sparks, often seen on clothes at night. Kent.
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fire-elding
The word Fire is redundant; for Elding itself means fuel.
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fire-flaughts
lightning, or the northern lights. N.
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fire-potter
a poker. Lane.
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concentrated fire
The bringing the whole or several guns to bear on a single point.
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curved fire
A name coming into use with the increasing application of the fire of heavy and elongated shells to ...
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direct fire
One of the five varieties into which artillerists usually divide horizontal fire (which see).
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enfilade fire
Is that which sweeps a line of works or men from one end to the other; it is on land nearly the equi...
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fire-flaire
See fiery-flaw
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fire-arms
Every description of arms that discharge missiles by gunpowder, from the heaviest cannon to a pistol...
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fire-arrows
Missiles in olden times carrying combustibles; much used in the sea-fights of the middle ages.
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fire-away
Go on with your remarks.
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fire-ball
In meteorology, a beautiful phenomenon seen at times, the origin of which is as yet imperfectly acco...
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fire-balls
Are used for destroying vessels run aground, and firing buildings. They are made of a composition of...
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fire-bare
An old term from the Anglo-Saxon for beacon.
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fire-bars
The range fronting a steam-boiler.
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fire-booms
Long spars swung out from a ship's side to prevent the approach of fire-ships, fire-stages, or vesse...
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fire-box
A space crossing the whole front of the boiler over the furnace doors, opposite the smoke-box.
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fire-buckets
Canvas, leather, or wood buckets for quarters, each fitted with a sinnet laniard of regulated length...
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fire-door
An access to the fire-place of an engine.
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fire-drake
A meteor, or the Corpo Santo. Also, a peculiar fire-work, which Shakspeare in Henry VIII. thus menti...
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fire-eater
One notoriously fond of being in action; much humbled by iron-clads.
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fire-flaughts
The aurora borealis, or northern lights.
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fire-hearth
The security base of the galley-range and all its conveniences.
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fire-hoops
A combustible invented by the knights of Malta to throw among their besiegers, and afterwards used i...
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fire-lock
Formerly the common name for a musket; the fire-arm carried by a foot-soldier, marine, or small-arm ...
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fire-rafts
Timber constructions bearing combustible matters, used by the Chinese to destroy an enemy's vessel.
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fire-rails
See rails.
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fire-roll
A peculiar beat of the drum to order people to their stations on an alarm of fire. Summons to quarte...
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fire-screens
Pieces of fear-nought, a thick woollen felt put round the hatchways in action.
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fire-ship
A vessel filled with combustible materials, and fitted with grappling-irons, to hook and set fire to...
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fire-swab
The bunch of rope-yarns sometimes secured to the tompion, saturated with water to cool the gun in ac...
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fire-works
See pyrotechny.
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galling-fire
A sustained discharge of cannon, or small arms, which by its execution greatly annoys the enemy.
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grazing-fire
That which sweeps close to the surface it defends.
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gun-fire
The morning or evening guns, familiarly termed "the admiral falling down the hatchway."
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hang-fire
When the priming burns without igniting the cartridge, or the charge does not rapidly ignite after p...
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horizontal fire
From artillery, is that in which the piece is laid either direct on the object, or with but small el...
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plunging fire
A pitching discharge of shot from a higher level, at such an angle that the shot do not ricochet.
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port-fire
A stick of composition, generally burning an inch a minute, used to convey fire from the slow-match ...
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vertical fire
In artillery, that directed upward at such an angle as that it will fall vertically, or nearly so, t...
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bill at sight
To pay a bill at sight; to be ready at all times for the venereal act.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bill of sale
A widow's weeds.
See house to let.
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bill of exchange
A means of remitting money from one country to another. The receiver must present it for acceptance ...
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bill of freedom
A full pass for a neutral in time of war.
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bill of health
A certificate properly authenticated by the consul, or other proper authority at any port, that the ...
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bill of lading
A memorandum by which the master of a ship acknowledges the receipt of the goods specified therein, ...
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bill of sale
A written document by which the property of a vessel, or shares thereof, are transferred to a purcha...
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bill of view
See bill of sight
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bill of sight
, or bill of view
A warrant for a custom-house officer to examine goods which had been shipped for...
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bill of store
A kind of license, or custom-house permission, for re-importing unsold goods from foreign ports duty...
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Rapid-fire mount
·add. ·- A mount permitting easy and quick elevation or depression and training of the gun, and fitt...
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Flame of fire
Is the chosen symbol of the holiness of God (Ex. 3:2; Rev. 2:18), as indicating "the intense, all-co...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Fire Ball Alley
See Partridge Court.
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Fire Ball court
East out of Houndsditch. In Portsoken Ward (25 Eliz. 1583) (Lond. Inq. p.m. III. p. 64) to O.S. 25 i...
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Fire Ball Court
Near First (Aldermanbury) Postern, London Wall (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the map...
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Fire of London
In 1666, from September 2nd to 6th.
Commenced at the house of a baker in Pudding Lane, near London ...
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Sun Fire Office
See Bank Buildings1, Cornhill.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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to fire a slug
To drink a dram.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hell fire dick
The Cambridge driver of the Telegraph. The favorite companion of the University fashionables, and th...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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elmo's fire, st.
See compasant.
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fire, loss by
Is within the policy of insurance, whether it be by accident, or by the fault of the master or marin...
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fire-and-lights
Nickname of the master-at-arms.
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fire-hearth-carline
The timber let in under the beams on which the fire-hearth stands, with pillars underneath, and choc...
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repeating fire-arm
One by which a number of charges, previously inserted, may be fired off in rapid succession, or afte...
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Burnt in the Fire 1666.
Not further identified.
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false fire, blue flames
A composition of combustibles filled into a wooden tube, which, upon being set fire to, burns with a...
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Hand in Hand Fire Office
At No. 1 Bridge Street, Blackfriars, on the east side (Elmes, 1831).
Est. 1696 in Angel Court, Snow...
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Phoenix Assurance Co., Fire Offlce
On the south side of Lombard Street at the northeast corner of Abchurch Lane at No.19 (P.O. Director...
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to fire into the wrong flock
is a metaphorical expression used at the West, denoting that one has mistaken his object, as when a ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to have one's fat in the fire
is to have one's plans frustrated. A vulgar expression borrowed from the vocabulary of the kitchen.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.