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Gravy
·noun Liquid dressing for meat, fish, vegetables, ·etc.
II. Gravy ·noun The juice or other liquid m...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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gravy
Used in New England instead of juice, as the gravy of a pie.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Without
·adv Outside of the house; out of doors.
II. Without ·conj Unless; except;
— introducing a clause....
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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without
unless. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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without
Outside, as, studding-sail without studding-sail; or, without board, outside a ship.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Goose
·noun A silly creature; a simpleton.
II. Goose ·noun Any large bird of other related families, rese...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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goose
A taylor's goose; a smoothing iron used to press down the seams, for which purpose it must be heated...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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goose
n.
English bird-name. The Australianspecies are – – Cape Barren Goose – – Cereopsis novae-hollandia...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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goose
A tailor's smoothing-iron. It is a jocular saying that 'A tailor, be he ever so poor, is always sure...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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gravy-eyed
Blear-eyed, one whose eyes have a running humour.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Without-door
·adj Outdoor; exterior.
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Brand goose
·- A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called in America brant. ·see <<Brant>>.
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Ember-goose
·noun The loon or great northern diver. ·see <<Loon>>.
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Goose egg
·add. ·- In games, a zero; a score or record of naught;
— so named in allusion to the egglike outli...
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Goose-rumped
·add. ·adj Having the tail set low and buttocks that fall away sharply from the croup;
— said of ce...
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Imber-goose
·noun The loon. ·see Ember-goose.
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Sea goose
·- A <<Phalarope>>.
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Solan goose
·- The common gannet.
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Way-goose
·noun ·see Wayz-goose, ·noun, 2.
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Wayz-goose
·noun A stubble goose.
II. Wayz-goose ·noun An annual feast of the persons employed in a printing o...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Goose Alley
South out of Bow Churchyard to Twelve Bell Court. In Cordwainer Ward (Boyle, 1799).
First mention: ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Goose Lane
See Goose Alley, Bow Churchyard.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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goose riding
A goose, whose neck is greased, being suspended by the legs to a cord tied to two trees or high post...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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greenwich goose
A pensioner of Greenwich Hospital.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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strangle goose
A poulterer.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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taylors goose
An iron with which, when heated, press down the seams of clothes.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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colonial goose
n.
a boned leg of muttonstuffed with sage and onions. In the early days the sheep wasalmost the sol...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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goose-teal
n.
the English name for a verysmall goose of the genus Nettapus. The Australianspecies are – – Gree...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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magpie-goose
n.
a common name for theAustralian Goose, Anseranus melanoleuca, Lath.; calledalso Swan-goose, and ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to goose boots
To repair them by putting on a new front half way up, and a new bottom.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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gone goose
'It's a gone goose with him,' means that he is past recovery. The phrase is a vulgarism in New Engla...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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goose-grass
goose-tansy, argentina, or auscrina. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cole-goose
A name for the cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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dunter-goose
A name in the Orkneys for the Somateria mollissima, or eider-duck.
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ember-goose
(OR IMBER?)
A name for the great northern diver or loon (Colymbus glacialis).
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gone-goose
A ship deserted or given up in despair (in extremis).
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goose-neck
A curved iron, fitted outside the after-chains to receive a spare spar, properly the swinging boom, ...
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horie-goose
A northern name for the Anser bernicla, or brent-goose.
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rood-goose
A name for the brent-goose.
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sly-goose
A northern term for the sheldrake, Tadorna vulpanser.
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solan-goose
The gannet, Sula bassana, a well-known sea fowl, frequenting the coasts of many countries in the nor...
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(St.) Bartholomew without Aldersgate
See St. Bartholomew the Great.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Bartholomew without Bishopsgate
Parish mentioned 17 Ed. III. 1343 (Cal. P. R. Ed. III. 1343-5, p. 115) and temp. Rich. III. in L. an...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bishopsgate, Hospital Without
The references under this name are very numerous, and they seem to refer both to Bethlehem Hospital ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bishopsgate Ward Without
See Bishopsgate Ward.
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(St.) Botolph without Bishopsgate
On the west side of Bishopsgate at No. 117 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Without.
Stow says...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bridge Ward Without
= Southwark. Not included in the present work.
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Cistern without Cripplegate
See Conduit without Cripplegate.
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(St.) Clare without Aldgate
Of the Order of Nuns Minoresses.
Founded by Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, the King's brother, 22 Ed. I...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Conduit without Cripplegate
In Fore Street, not far from the east end of St. Giles' Church (S. 18, 303, 432).
Made in 1478 by t...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Edmund Without Newgate
See St. Sepulchre.
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Farringdon Ward Without
The westernmost of the City wards, outside the walls, and extending north to the parish of Clerkenwe...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Giles' without Aldersgate
Parish mentioned 23 H. VIII. 1532 (L. and P. H. VIII. V. 449).
Qy. = St. Giles' without Cripplegate...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Giles' without Cripplegate
On the south side of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
First mention: Gran...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Without Aldersgate
Various bequests to the new chapel of St. Mary the Virgin without Aldresgate, or to the new work of ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary without Aldgate
See St. Mary Whitechapel.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Nicholas without Algate
Presentation of Master Richard Lythum, Chaplain to the Church of St. Nicholas without Algate in the ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Olave without Bishopsgate
Anc. Deeds, C. 410, 13 Ed. IV.
Qy- = Olave (St.) Bradestrat.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Stephen without Newgate
Rents in this parish are mentioned in will of Gilbert le Palmer, 1249 (Ct. H.W. I. 617).
Probably a...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Wild Goose Court
See Wingoose Alley.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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wild-goose chase
A tedious uncertain pursuit, like the following a flock of wild geese, who are remarkably shy.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cape-barren goose
n.
See goose.
1852. Mrs. Meredith, `My Home in Tasmania,' vol. i. p. 114,[Footnote]:
«The `Cape B...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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goose-man chick
a gosling. York, and Glouc. The syllable MAN is redundant, as in FURZE-MAN PIG, a hedge-hog.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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mother cary's goose
The name given by Captain Cook's people to an oceanic brown bird, Procellaria gigantea, which Pernet...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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(St.) Botolph without Aldersgate Churchyard
On the south side of St. Botolph's Church, between Aldersgate Street and King Edward Street (O.S.).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Conduit at Aldgate Without
"A fair water conduit, hard without the Gate" (Aldgate), erected 1535 (Stow, ed. 1603, p. 129).
One...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Edmund Sepulcher Without Newgate
See St. Sepulchre.
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George Yard, Bishopsgate Without
See George and Catherine Wheel Alley.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Giles' Hospital, without Cripplegate
A hospital of the French order founded temp. Edward I., afterwards suppressed with other alien prior...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Giles' without Cripplegate Churchyard
On the south and west sides of the church. In Cripplegate Ward Without, bounded by the City Wall on ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Half Moon, Bishopsgate Without
Described in a Release of 1543 as "le Signe de le hulfe Mone" belonging to St. Michael's Church, Cor...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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New Hospital without Bishopsgate
See St. Mary Spital and Old Bethlehem Hospital.
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(St.) Nicholas within, without, Newgate
See St. Nicholas Shambles.
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Soaper's Alley, Bishopsgate Without
See Sweet Apple Court.
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Goose Alley, Fleet Market
See Braziers' Buildings.
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Horseshoe, Horshoe Alley, Bishopsgate Without
See Sweet Apple Court.
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(St.) Mary without Bishopsgate, Hospital of
See Old Bethlehem Hospital and St. Mary Spital.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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New Church Haw, without Alderugate
A plot of land purchased by Sir Walter Manny in 1349 to be a burial place outside the City walls for...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Three Colts Alley, Bishopsgate Without
See Three Colt Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Fox and Goose Inn, Yard
On the south side of London Wall, in Cripplegate Ward Within (Hatton, 1708-Boyle, 1799), between Col...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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goose-wings of a sail
The situation of a course when the buntlines and lee-clue are hauled up, and the weather-clue down. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Three Tun Alley, Bishopsgate St. Without
See Farrar's Rents.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Nicholas de Farndone Without
Identified with Farringdon Ward Without (q.v.).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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such a reason pist my goose
or MY GOOSE PIST
Said when any one offers an absurd reason.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Annunciation of the Virgin Mary Without Aldrichegate (Chapel of)
John Bret directed that he should be buried in the new churchyard of this chapel, 1349 (Ct. H.W. I. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.