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Go
·noun A glass of spirits.
II. Go ·noun Act; working; operation.
III. Go ·p.p. <<Gone>>.
IV. Go ·n...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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the go
The mode; the fashion. 'This is all the go.'
What! Ben, my old hero, is this your renown?
Is thi...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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go!
A word sometimes given when all is ready for the launch of a vessel from the stocks.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
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On
·prep <<Of>>.
II. On ·prep At the peril of, or for the safety of.
III. On ·prep In progress; proce...
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On
pain; force; iniquity
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
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On
Light; the sun, (Gen. 41:45, 50), the great seat of sun-worship, called also Bethshemesh (Jer. 43:13...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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on
prep.
Used for In, in many cases,especially of towns which sprang from Goldfields, and where theori...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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on
to be a little on is to be tipsy. Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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on
The sea is said to be "on" when boisterous; as, there is a high sea on.
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Go-between
·noun An intermediate agent; a broker; a procurer;
— usually in a disparaging sense.
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Go-by
·noun A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to g...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Go-devil
·add. ·noun A rough sled or dray used for dragging logs, hauling stone, ·etc.
II. Go-devil ·add. ·n...
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Go-out
·noun A sluice in embankments against the sea, for letting out the land waters, when the tide is out...
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High-go
·noun A spree; a revel.
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go, the
The dash. The mode. He is quite the go, he is quite varment, he is prime, he is bang up, are synonim...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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go between
A pimp or bawd.
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go shop
The Queen's Head in Duke's court, Bow street, Covent Garden; frequented by the under players: where ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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go-ashore
n.
an iron pot or cauldron, withthree iron feet, and two ears, from which it was suspended bya wire...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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the go by
To give one the go by is to deceive him; to leave him in the lurch.--Craven Glossary.
TO GO BY
To ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to go for
To be in favor of. Thus, 'I go for peace with Mexico,' means I am in favor of peace with Mexico, or,...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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go ahead
To proceed; to go forward. A seaman's phrase which has got
I was tired out and wanted a day to rest...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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go-cab
a vulgar oath. N.
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go ahead!
or go on!
The order to the engineer in a steamer.
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go ashores
The seamen's best dress.
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go by
stratagem
♦ To give her the go by, is to escape by deceiving.
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go down
The name given to store-houses and magazines in the East Indies.
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go slow
The order to the engineer to cut off steam without stopping the play of the engine.
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sentry go!
The order to the new sentry to proceed to the relief of the previous one.
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weather-go
The end of a rainbow, as seen in the morning in showery weather.
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Ca-on
·noun A deep gorge, ravine, or gulch, between high and steep banks, worn by water courses.
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Hanger-on
·noun One who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service; a dependent; one who adheres to o...
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Hangers-on
·pl of Hanger-on.
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On dit
·- They say, or it is said.
II. On dit ·noun A flying report; rumor; as, it is a mere on dit.
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On-hanger
·noun A hanger-on.
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On-looker
·noun A looker-on.
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On-looking
·adj Looking on or forward.
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Pi-on
·noun ·see Monkey's puzzle.
II. Pi-on ·noun The edible seed of several species of pine; also, the t...
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Putter-on
·noun An <<Instigator>>.
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Slip-on
·noun A kind of overcoat worn upon the shoulders in the manner of a cloak.
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hanger on
A dependant.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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try on
To endeavour. To live by thieving. Coves who try it on; professed thieves.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to carry on
To riot; to frolic.
Everybody tuck Christmas, especially the niggers, and sich carryins-on--sich da...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to hold on
To wait; stop. 'Hold on a minute;' originally a sea phrase.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to let on
To mention; to disclose; to betray a knowledge or consciousness of anything. 'He never let on,' i. e...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to light on
To fall on; to come to by chance; to happen to find.--Webster.
As in the tides of people once up, t...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to take on
To grieve; to fret at a misfortune or disappointment.
"Why, Polly, what's the matter, gal," inquire...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to tell on
To tell of; to tell about.
"Well," says the Gineral, "I am glad I didn't understand him, for now it...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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goings on
Behavior; actions; conduct. Used by us as in England mostly in a bad sense. See Carryings on.
Prett...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hanger-on
A dependant; one who eats and drinks without payment.--Johnson.
They all excused themselves save tw...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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on hand
At hand; present. A colloquial expression in frequent use.
The Anti-Sabbath meeting, so long talked...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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leck-on
pour on more liquor. N. Perhaps from LEEK. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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lite on
to* lite on, to rely on. N.
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minnin-on
a forenoon luncheon. York.
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think on
think of it ; as, I will if I think on.
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broadside-on
The whole side of a vessel; the opposite of end-on.
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clap on!
The order to lay hold of any rope, in order to haul upon it.
Also, to "Clap on the stoppers before...
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end-on
Said particularly of a ship when only her bows and head-sails are to be seen, but generally used in ...
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holding-on
The act of pulling back the hind part of any rope.
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hold on
keep all you have got in pulling a rope.
♦ Hold on a minute. Wait or stop.
♦ Hold on with your n...
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on board
Within a ship; the same as aboard.
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on end
The same as an-end (which see). Top-masts and topgallant-masts are on end, when they are in their pl...
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set on!
The order to set the engine going on board a steamer.
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shutting on
Joining the arms of an anchor to its shank. Also, welding one piece of iron to another to lengthen i...
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tail on
, or tally on
The order to clap on to a rope.
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Merry-go-round
·noun Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement; ·esp., a ring of flying hobbyhorses.
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thorough go nimble
A looseness, a violent purging.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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whither-go-ye
A wife: wives being sometimes apt to question their husbands whither they are going.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bung, to go
v.
to fail, to become bankrupt.This phrase of English school-boy slang, meaning to go off withan ex...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to go it blind
To accede to any object with out due consideration. Mr. Greeley, in speaking of General Taylor's cla...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to go it strong
To perform an act with vigor or without scruple.
President Polk in his message goes it strong for t...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to go to pot
To be destroyed, wasted, or ruined.--Johnson. Webster. Though much used, it is considered a low phra...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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as good's go
In the phrase, I'd as good's go to New York, instead of "I might as well go to New York." "I'd as go...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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go-by-ground
a little go-by-ground ; a diminutive person.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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go ashore, to
To land on leave.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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happy-go-lucky
A reckless indifference as to danger.
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stamp and go!
The order to step out at the capstan, or with hawsers, topsail-halliards, &c., generally to the fife...
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touch-and-go
Said of anything within an ace of ruin; as in rounding a ship very narrowly to escape rocks, &c., or...
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block, on the
1) On the promenade above referred to.
1896. `The Argus,' July 17, p. 4. col. 7:
«We may slacken p...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to put on airs
To assume airs of importance.
You don't see no folks putting on airs in election time; every fellow...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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off and on
Vacillating, changeable, undecided; in which sense it is much used with us. In England it is also us...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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joys on thee!
sometimes GOODING ON THEE! an imprecation of blessing. Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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carrying on duty
The operations of the officer in charge of the deck or watch.
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carry on, to
To spread all sail; also, beyond discretion, or at all hazards. In galley-slang, to joke a person ev...
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crack on, to
to carry all sail.
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dead-on-end
The wind blowing directly adverse to the vessel's intended course.
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dragging on her
Said of a vessel in chase, or rounding a point, when she is obliged to carry more canvas to a fresh ...
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hang on her!
In rowing, is the order to stretch out to the utmost to preserve or increase head-way on the boat.
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off and on
When a ship beating to windward approaches the shore by one board, and recedes from it when on the o...
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on a bowline
Close to the wind, when the sail will not stand without hauling the bowlines.
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on a wind
Synonymous with on a bowline.
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on deck there!
The cry to call attention from aloft or below.
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on either tack
Any way or every way; a colloquialism.
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on-shore winds
Those which blow from the offing, and render bays uncomfortable and insecure.
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on the beam
Implies any distance from a ship on a line with her beams, or at right angles with the keel.
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on the bow
At any angle on either side of the stem up to 45°; then it is either four points on the bow, or four...
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on the quarter
Being in that position with regard to a ship, as to be included in the angles which diverge from rig...
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protections, on paper
, against impressment, were but little regarded. Yet seafaring men above 55, and under 18, were by s...
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right on end
In a continuous line; as the masts should be.
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dot and go one
To waddle: generally applied to persons who have one leg shorter than the other, and who, as the sea...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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go by the ground
A little short person, man or woman.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to go the big figure
To do things on a large scale.
Why, our senators go the big figure on fried oysters and whisky punc...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to go the whole figure
To go to the fullest extent in the attainment of any object.
Go the whole figure for religious libe...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to go the whole hog
A Western vulgarism, meaning to be out and out in favor of anything. A softened form of the phrase i...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to go through the mill
A metaphor alluding to grain which has been through the mill. A Western editor observed that the mai...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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as good as go
In the phrase, I'd as good's go to New York, instead of "I might as well go to New York." "I'd as go...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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joy go with thee!
a favourable wish ; sometimes used ironically. Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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let go and haul!
or afore haul!
The order to haul the head-yards round by the braces when the ship casts on the oth...
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let go under foot
See under foot.
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Sermon on the mount
After spending a night in solemn meditation and prayer in the lonely mountain-range to the west of t...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Blakehors on the Hope
See Blackhorse Alley, Court, Fleet Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle on the Hoop
Parish of St. Margaret, Friday Street.
See Le Burgate.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Le Dolfyn on le Hoope
See LE Dolphyn upon le Hoop.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Helm on ye Hoope
Tenement of Thomas de Lillyngston so called in parish of St. Peter de Cornhull, 1361 (Ct. H.W. II. 3...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hert on ye Hop
A tenement so called without Crepelgate, 1348-9 (Ct. H.W. I. 530).
Not further identified.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Horsheved on the Hoop
Tenement so called in parish of St. Mary Colechurche near the Conduit, south of the Poultry, in Chea...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Iren on the Hope
A tenement so called in parish of St. Mary Magdalene in Olde fisshe-strete, in ward of Castle baynar...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Le Scot on the Hoop
Tenement brewhouse so called in Bishopsgate Street between the tenement of the Prior of the Hospital...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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clap on the shoulder
An arrest for debt; whence a bum bailiff is called a shoulder-clapper.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dowse on the chops
A blow in the face.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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laid on the shelf
Pawned.
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devil-on-the-coals
n.
a Bushman's name fora small and quickly-baked damper.
1862. Rev. A. Polehampton, `Kangaroo Land...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wallaby track, on the
or On the Wallaby,or Out on the Wallaby
or simply Wallaby
,as adj. [slang].
Tramping the country ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to be on one's taps
is to be always ready on one's feet, literally on one's shoes; a metaphor borrowed from the shoemake...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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on one's own hook
A phrase much used in familiar language, denoting on one's own account; as, 'He is doing business on...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bend on the tack
In hoisting signals, that piece of rope called the distant line which keeps the flags so far asunder...
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bent on a splice
Going to be married.
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carrying on the war
Making suitable arrangements for carrying on the lark or amusement.
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fill and stand on
A signal made after "lying by" to direct the fleet to resume their course.
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holding on the slack
Doing nothing. (See eyelids.)
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hold on, good sticks!
An apostrophe often made when the masts complain in a fresh squall, or are over-pressed, and it is u...
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lie on your oars!
The order to desist rowing, without laying the oars in.
♦ Lay out on your oars! is the order to gi...
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lay or lie on your oars!
The order to desist rowing, without laying the oars in.
♦ Lay out on your oars! is the order to gi...
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lying on his oars
Taking a rest; at ease.
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spots on the sun
See maculæ.
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Laying On Of Hands
This "formed at an early period a part of the ceremony observed on the appointment and consecration ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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let go by the run
, or let go by the run.
Cast off at once.
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(St.) Andrews Cross on the Hoop
A tenement and garden so called in Fleet Street in parish of St. Dunstan between the tenement of the...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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White Hart on the Hoop
A tenement called "Whitehart," otherwise "Hyltonsyn," opposite the lane called Chancellors lane, 147...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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to pinch on the parson's side
To defraud the parson of his tithe.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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die on the fin, to
An expression applied to whales, which when dying rise to the surface, after the final dive, with on...
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lying out on a yard
To go out towards the yard-arms.
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laying or lying out on a yard
To go out towards the yard-arms.
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take water on board, to
To ship a sea.
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Pott Inn, Pott on the Hoop
See Pewter Pot Inn.
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mine a-se on a bandbox
An answer to the offer of any thing inadequate to the purpose for which it is wanted, just as a band...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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All Hallows on the Hay, over Heywharf
See All Hallows the Great.
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moor with a spring on the cable, to
See spring.
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the crack, or all the crack. the fashionable theme, the go. the crack lay, of late is used, in the cant language, to signify the art and mystery of house-breaking.
Crust, sea biscuit, or ammunition loaf; also the backside. Farting crackers; breeches.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose