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drowned land
Extensive marshes or other water-covered districts which were once dry and sound land.
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Drowned
·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Drown>>.
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Land
·noun The ground or floor.
II. Land ·noun The inhabitants of a nation or people.
III. Land ·noun U...
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land
How lies the land? How stands the reckoning? Who has any land in Appleby? a question asked the man a...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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land
1) a division in ploughing. N.
2) urine ; to lant or leint ale, to put urine into it to make it str...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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land
In a general sense denotes terra firma, as distinguished from sea; but, also, land-laid, or to lay t...
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Half
·adj Part; side; behalf.
II. Half ·vt To halve. [Obs.] ·see <<Halve>>.
III. Half ·adj Consisting o...
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Half-and-half
·noun A mixture of two malt liquors, ·esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts.
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Land League
·add. ·- In Ireland, a combination of tenant farmers and other, organized, with Charles Stewart Parn...
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Land-poor
·adj Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land.
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Table-land
·noun A broad, level, elevated area of land; a plateau.
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land lopers
Vagabonds lurking about the country who subsist by pilfering.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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land lubbers
Vagabonds lurking about the country who subsist by pilfering.
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land pirates
Highwaymen.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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scratch land
Scotland.
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banana-land
n.
slang name for Queensland,where bananas grow in abundance.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to re-land
To go on shore after having embarked.--Webster.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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land-loper
(Dutch, landlooper.) A vagrant; one who strolls about the country.--Bailey's Dict. Applied by sailor...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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land-lubber
(Dutch, landlooper.) A vagrant; one who strolls about the country.--Bailey's Dict. Applied by sailor...
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burthensome-land
land that yields good crops in general. York. Bus, to bus, to dress. N.
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catch-land
land which is not certainly known to what parish it belongs, and the minister that first gets the ti...
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old land
ground that has lain long untilled, and just ploughed up. The same in Essex is called new lands.
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ope-land
ground ploughed up every year ; ground that is loose and open. S.
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double-land
That appearance of a coast when the sea-line is bounded by parallel ranges of hills, rising inland o...
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land-blink
On Arctic voyages, a peculiar atmospheric brightness on approaching land covered with snow; usually ...
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land-breeze
A current of air which, in the temperate zones, and still more within the tropics, regularly sets fr...
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land-fall
Making the land. "A good land-fall" signifies making the land at or near the place to which the cour...
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land-feather
A sea-cove.
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land ho!
The cry when land is first seen.
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land-ice
Flat ice connected with the shore, within which there is no channel.
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land-louper
[Dutch.]
Meaning he who flies from this country for crime or debt, but not to be confounded with l...
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land-lubber
A useless longshorer; a vagrant stroller. Applied by sailors to the mass of landsmen, especially tho...
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land-sharks
Crimps, pettifogging attorneys, slopmongers, and the canaille infesting the slums of sea-port towns....
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land-slip
The fall of a quantity of land from a cliff or declivity; the land sliding away so as often to carry...
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land-turn
A wind that blows in the night, at certain times, in most hot countries.
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land-waiters
See landing-waiters.
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lubber-land
A kind of El Dorado in sea-story, or country of pleasure without work, all sharing alike.
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sunk land
Shallows and swamps.
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table-land
Land which is flat-topped, however it may be raised more or less above the ordinary level of the vic...
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totty-land
Certain heights on the side of a hill [probably derived from the Anglo-Saxon totian, to elevate].
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Half blood
·noun A person so related to another.
II. Half blood ·noun A person whose father and mother are of ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Half nelson
·add. ·- A hold in which one arm is thrust under the corresponding arm of the opponent, generally be...
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Half tone
·add. ·noun ·Alt. of Half-tone.
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Half-blooded
·adj Degenerate; mean.
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Half-boot
·noun A boot with a short top covering only the ankle. ·see <<Cocker>>, and Congress boot, under <<C...
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Half-bound
·noun Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book.
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Half-bred
·adj Half-blooded.
II. Half-bred ·adj Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good-breeding; not w...
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Half-breed
·adj Half-blooded.
II. Half-breed ·noun A person who is blooded; the offspring of parents of differ...
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Half-brother
·noun A brother by one parent, but not by both.
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Half-caste
·noun One born of a European parent on the one side, and of a Hindoo or Mohammedan on the other. Als...
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Half-clammed
·adj Half-filled.
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Half-cracked
·adj Half-demented; half-witted.
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Half-deck
·noun ·see Half deck, under <<Deck>>.
II. Half-deck ·noun A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat sh...
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Half-decked
·adj Partially decked.
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Half-faced
·adj Showing only part of the face; wretched looking; meager.
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Half-fish
·noun A salmon in its fifth year of growth.
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Half-hatched
·adj Imperfectly hatched; as, half-hatched eggs.
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Half-heard
·adj Imperfectly or partly heard to the end.
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Half-hearted
·adj Lacking zeal or courage; lukewarm.
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Half-hourly
·adj Done or happening at intervals of half an <<Hour>>.
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Half-learned
·adj Imperfectly learned.
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Half-length
·adj Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.
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Half-mast
·noun A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mou...
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Half-moon
·noun The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
II. Half-moon ·noun The moon at the quarters, when half...
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Half-pike
·noun A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a s...
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Half-port
·noun One half of a shutter made in two parts for closing a porthole.
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Half-ray
·noun A straight line considered as drawn from a center to an indefinite distance in one direction, ...
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Half-read
·adj Informed by insufficient reading; superficial; shallow.
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Half-sighted
·adj Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment.
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Half-sister
·noun A sister by one parent only.
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Half-strained
·adj Half-bred; imperfect.
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Half-sword
·noun Half the length of a sword; close fight.
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Half-timbered
·adj Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces filled in with masonry;
— said of buildings.
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Half-tone
·add. ·noun A half step.
II. Half-tone ·add. ·noun A half-tone photo-engraving.
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Half-tounue
·noun A jury, for the trial of a foreigner, composed equally of citizens and aliens.
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Half-wit
·noun A foolish; a dolt; a blockhead; a dunce.
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Half-witted
·adj Weak in intellect; silly.
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Half-yearly
·adj Two in a year; semiannual.
— ·adv Twice in a year; semiannually.
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half cock
'To go off at half cock,' is a metaphorical expression borrowed from the language of sportsmen, and ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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half-beams
Short timbers, from the side to the hatchways, to support the deck where there is no framing. (See f...
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half-cock
To go off at half-cock is an unexpected discharge of a fire-arm; hurried conduct without due prepara...
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half-davit
Otherwise fish-davit (which see).
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half-deck
A space between the foremost bulk-head of the steerage and the fore-part of the quarter-deck. In the...
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half-flood
See flood.
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half-galley
See galley.
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half-hitch
Pass the end of a rope round its standing part, and bring it up through the bight. (See three half-h...
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half-man
A landsman or boy in a coaster, undeserving the pay of a full-man.
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half-mast
The lowering a flag in respect for the death of an officer.
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half-moon
An old form of outwork somewhat similar to the ravelin, originally placed before the salients of bas...
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half-pike
An iron spike fixed on a short ashen staff, used to repel the assault of boarders, and hence frequen...
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half-point
A subdivision of the compass card, equal to 5° 37′ of the circle.
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half-ports
A sort of one-inch deal shutter for the upper half of those ports which have no hanging lids; the lo...
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half-sea
The old term for mid-channel.
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half-speed!
An order in steam navigation to reduce the speed. (See full speed!)
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half-timbers
The short timbers or futtocks in the cant-bodies, answering to the lower futtocks in the square-body...
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half-top
The mode of making ships' tops in two pieces, which are afterwards secured as a whole by what are te...
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No-man's land
·- Fig.: An unclaimed space or time.
II. No-man's land ·- A space amidships used to keep blocks, ro...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Shalim, Land of
Land of foxes, a place apparently to the north-west of Jerusalem (1 Sam. 9:4), perhaps in the neighb...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Shalisha, Land of
Probably the district of Baal-shalisha (2 Kings 4:42), lying about 12 miles north of Lydda (1 Sam. 9...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Zuph, Land of
(1 Sam. 9:5, 6), a district in which lay Samuel's city, Ramah. It was probably so named after Elkana...
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Van Diemen's Land
the name given to the colony nowcalled Tasmania, by Abel Jansz Tasman, the Dutch navigator,in 1642, ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to break up land
To plough up land that has lain long as a meadow, is the sense as understood in the United States. I...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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neck of land
Dividing two portions of water, or it may be the neck of a peninsula.
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no-man's land
A space in midships between the after-part of the belfry and the fore-part of a boat when it is stow...
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sighting the land
Running in to catch a view.
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Half seas over
·- Half drunk.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Half Moon Alley
1) Out of Jewin Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in th...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Half Moon Court
1) West out of Aldersgate Street, with a passage north into Half Moon Alley (q.v.), in Aldersgate Wa...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Half Moon Passage
1) West out of Aldersgate Street, at No. 157, to Bartholomew close, eastern end in Aldersgate Ward, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Half Moon Street
West out of Bishopsgate Street Without. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Lockie, 1810-O.S. 1880).
Forme...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Half Moon, Aldersgate
A tenement so called in parish of St. Bartholomew Smithfield, adjoining shops in parish of St. Botol...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Half Moon, Cheapside
Messuage so called in Westchepe in parish of Blessed Mary Colechurch, 23 Eliz. (Lond. I. p.m. III. 4...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Half Paved Court
East out of Dorset Street to Bridewell Precinct, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 188...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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half seas over
Almost drunk.
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half seas over
Intoxicated; drunk. A sailor's expression.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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half-breadth plan
In ship-building, the same as floor-plan.
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half-minute glass
See glass.
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half seas over
Nearly intoxicated. This term was used by Swift.
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half-tide rocks
Those showing their heads at half-ebb. (See tide.)
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half-topsails, under
Said of a chase about 12 miles distant, the rest being below the horizon.
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half-turn ahead!
An order in steam navigation. (See turn ahead!)
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half-watch tackle
A luff purchase. (See watch-tackle.)
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three half-hitches are more than a king's yacht wants
An exclamatory remark to a green hand, meaning that two are enough.
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Land of Steady Habits
·add. ·- Connecticut;
— a nickname alluding to the moral character of its inhabitants, implied by t...
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Shinar, The Land of
LXX. and Vulgate "Senaar;" in the inscriptions, "Shumir;" probably identical with Babylonia or South...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Shual, The land of
Land of the fox, a district in the tribe of Benjamin (1 Sam. 13:17); possibly the same as Shalim (9:...
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Sinim, The land of
(Isa. 49:12), supposed by some to mean China, but more probably Phoenicia (Gen. 10:17) is intended.
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Tob, The land of
A district on the east of Jodan, about 13 miles south-east of the Sea of Galilee, to which Jephthah ...
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Uz, The land of
Where Job lived (1:1; Jer. 25:20; Lam. 4:21), probably somewhere to the east or south-east of Palest...
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keep the land aboard
Is to sail along it, or within sight, as much as possible, or as close as danger will permit.
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lay the land, to
Barely to lose sight of it.
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make the land, to
To see it from a distance after a voyage.
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Benjamin, The Land Of
The proximity of Benjamin to Ephraim during the march to the promised land was maintained in the ter...
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Canaan, The Land Of
(lit. lowland), a name denoting the country west of the Jordan and the Dead Sea, and between those w...
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Shalim, The Land Of
(the land of foxes), a district through which Saul passed on his journey in quest of his father's as...
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Shalisha, The Land Of
one of the districts traversed by Saul when in search of the asses of Kish. (1 Samuel 9:4) only. It ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Shual, The Land Of
a district named in (1 Samuel 13:17) only. It is pretty certain from the passage that it lay north o...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Half Moon Alley, Bethlem
South out of Bethlem to Petty France. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, 1720 and 1755).
It is sh...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Half Moon Alley, Bishopsgate
See Half Moon Street.
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Half Moon Tavern, Cheapside
See Half Moon Alley.
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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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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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tack and half-tack
Working to windward, or along shore, by long and short boards, or legs, alternately.
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tide and half-tide
Those roadsteads affected by several rivers or channels leading into them; as, for instance, Spithea...
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close with the land, to
To approach near to it.
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heading up the land water
When the flood-tide is backed by a wind, so that the ebb is retarded, causing an overflow.
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Baker's Court, Half Moon Alley
North out of Half Moon Alley, Little Moorfields (Dodsley, 1761-Lockie, 1816). In Cripplegate Ward Wi...
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Baker's Court, Half Moon Street
South out of Half Moon Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, 1720-O.S. 1848-51).
Site now oc...
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Half Moon Alley, Court, Bishopsgate
See Flying Horse Yard.
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half an eye, seeing with
Discerning instantly and clearly.
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half-breadth of the rising
A ship-builder's term for a curve in the floor-plan, which limits the distances of the centres of th...
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half-laughs and purser's grins
Hypocritical and satirical sneers.
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minute and half-minute glasses
See glass.
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make free with the land, to
To approach the shore closely.
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Ball Alley, Half Moon Alley, Bishopsgate
Out of Half Moon Alley, Bishopsgate, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Boyle, 1799-Elmes, 1831).
Not nam...
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Flying Horse Yard, Half Moon Alley
West out of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without, south of Half Moon Alley (P.C. 1732-Elm...
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Half Moon Court, Aldgate High Street
South out of Aldgate High Street, near the eastern boundary of the ward. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M...
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White Horse and Half Moon Stables
South out of London Wall. In Broad Street Ward (Rocque, 1746).
"Three Pigeon Alley" (O. and M. 1677...
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keep a good hold of the land
Is to hug it as near as it can safely be done.
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