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letter men
See king's letter men.
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Letter
·noun One who retards or hinders.
II. Letter ·noun Learning; erudition; as, a man of letters.
III....
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Letter
In Rom. 2:27, 29 means the outward form. The "oldness of the letter" (7:6) is a phrase which denotes...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Kings
of Judah and Israel. For the list see table at the end of this volume.
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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men
mēn for mēne, see 2 ne.
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An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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Men
·noun ·pl of Man.
II. Men ·pl of <<Man>>.
III. Men ·pron A man; one;
— used with a verb in the si...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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men
them; e.g. put min up, i.e. put them up. Exm.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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men
The ship's company in general.
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Black letter
·- The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the fi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Black-letter
·adj Written or printed in black letter; as, a black-letter manuscript or book.
II. Black-letter ·a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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News-letter
·noun A circular letter, written or printed for the purpose of disseminating news. This was the name...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Night letter
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Night lettergram.
...
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Red-letter
·adj Of or pertaining to a red letter; marked by red letters.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sea letter
·- The customary certificate of national character which neutral merchant vessels are bound to carry...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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dead letter
A writing or precept without any authority or force; a letter left in a post office and not called f...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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letter-board
Another term for name-board (which see).
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letter-book
A book wherein is preserved a copy of all letters and orders written by the captain of a ship on pub...
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sea-letter
See passport.
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King's Bench
·- Formerly, the highest court of common law in England;
— so called because the king used to sit t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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King's dale
Mentioned only in Gen. 14:17; 2 Sam. 18:18, the name given to "the valley of Shaveh," where the king...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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King's Alley
In Gutter Lane, in precincts of St. Martin's le Grand.
Mentioned in Survey of Rents, etc. (30-33 H....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Arms
On the west side of Bishopsgate at No.128 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Without.
At the cor...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Bench
See Prisons.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The King's Brewhouse
East out of St. Katherine's in East Smithfield (Rocque, 1746).
Site now occupied by warehouses.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Court
1) North out of Half Moon Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Lockie, 1816).
Site now occupied by ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Head
1) Parish of St. Gregory.
A capital messuage, in parish of St. Gregory, in ward of Castle Baynard, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The King's Wardrobe
Between Carter Lane north and St. Andrew's Church south, Puddle Dock Hill west and Addle Hill east. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Three Kings
Brewhouse and wharf in East Smithfield, west of the Katherine Wheel and Mille Docke, part of the pos...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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king's plate
Fetters.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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king's pictures
Coin, money.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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king's bencher
The busiest of the galley orators: also galley-skulkers.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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king's own
All the articles supplied from the royal magazines, and marked with the broad arrow. Salt beef or ju...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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king's parade
A name given to the quarter-deck of a man-of-war, which is customarily saluted by touching the hat w...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Decoy-men
·pl of Decoy-man.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Men-pleaser
·noun One whose motive is to please men or the world, rather than God.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Remainder-men
·pl of Remainder-man.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Trencher-men
·pl of Trencher-man.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Wise men
Mentioned in Dan. 2:12 included three classes, (1) astrologers, (2) Chaldeans, and (3) soothsayers. ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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abram men
Pretended mad men.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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affidavit men
Knights of the post, or false witnesses, said to attend Westminster Hall, and other courts of justic...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dead men
A cant word among journeymen bakers, for loaves falsely charged to their masters' customers; also em...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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lambskin men
The judges: from their robes lined and bordered with ermine.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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phoenix-men
Firemen belonging to an insurance office, which gave a badge charged with a phoenix: these men were ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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resurrection men
Persons employed by the students in anatomy to steal dead bodies out of church-yards.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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robert's men
The third old rank of the canting crew, mighty thieves, like Robin Hood.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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tally men
Brokers that let out clothes to the women of the town.
See rabbit suckers.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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government men
n.
an obsolete euphemistic namefor convicts, especially for assigned servants (q.v.).
1846. G. H. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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abraham-men
A cant term for vagabonds, who formerly begged about under pretence of having been discharged destit...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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ack-men
, or ack-pirates
Fresh-water thieves; those who steal on navigable rivers.
...
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barge-men
The crew of the barge, who are usually picked men. Also, the large maggots with black heads that inf...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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beach-men
A name applied to boatmen and those who land people through a heavy surf.
...
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carpet-men
Those officers who, without services or merit, obtain rapid promotion through political or other int...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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dead-men
The reef or gasket-ends carelessly left dangling under the yard when the sail is furled, instead of ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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dogger-men
The seafaring fishermen belonging to doggers.
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forced men
Those serving in pirate vessels, but who refused to sign articles.
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forecastle-men
Sailors who are stationed on the forecastle, and are generally, or ought to be, prime seamen.
...
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foretop-men
Men stationed in the fore-top in readiness to set or take in the smaller sails, and to keep the uppe...
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good men
The designation of the able, hard-working, and willing seamen.
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green-men
The five supernumerary seamen who had not been before in the Arctic Seas, whom vessels in the whale-...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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hoppo-men
Chinese custom-house officers.
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host-men
An ancient guild or fraternity at Newcastle, to whom we are indebted for the valuable sea-coal trade...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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kroo-men
, or crew-men.
Fishmen. A tribe of African negroes inhabiting Cape Palmas, Krou-settra, and Settra...
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liberty-men
Those on leave of absence.
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loc-men
, or loco-men.
An old term for pilots.
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material men
The persons who furnish all tackles and stores, &c., to repair or fit out ships. The high court of A...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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nipper-men
Foretop-men employed to bind the nippers about the cables and messenger, and to whom the boys return...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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port-men
A name in old times for the inhabitants of the Cinque Ports; the burgesses of Ipswich are also so ca...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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quota-men
Those raised for the navy at enormous expense by Pitt's quota-bill, in 1795, under bounties of from ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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shoute-men
The old name for the lightermen of the Thames.
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side-men
See side-boys
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top-men
Selected smart seamen stationed in the several tops, to attend the taking in or setting of the upper...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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widows' men
Imaginary sailors, formerly borne on the books as A.B.'s for wages in every ship in commission; they...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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red letter day
A saint's day or holiday, marked in the calendars with red letters. Red letter men; Roman Catholics:...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Dale, the king's
The name of a valley, the alternative for "the valley of Shaveh" (q.v.), near the Dead Sea, where th...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Artirce, The King's
In Lime Street.
Stow describes it as a mansion house of the Kings, 14 Ed. I. (S. 152), and Strype s...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Arms Buildings
1) East out of Wood Street at No. 10, in Cripplegate Ward Within (O.S. 1875).
It adjoins the site o...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Arms Court
1) South out of Ludgate Hill, east of Fleet Bridge, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Arms Inn
1) On the north-west side of Crutched Friars (Hatton, 1708).
Not named in the maps.
2) North out o...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Arms Tavern
On the south side of Newgate Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 195).
Not...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Arms Yard
1) In Lothbury (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) North out of Snow Hill, n...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Bench Office
At the southern end of King's Bench Walk, Temple (Strype, 1720, Horwood, 1799).
See King's Bench Wa...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Bench Walk
On the north side of the Temple Gardens, within the Temple precincts (P.O. Directory).
First mentio...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's College Rents
By Church Hill, Carter Lane (P.C. 1732).
"King's College Lane," Bristol Street, in Strype, ed. 1755...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The King's Head, Cheapside
See The Crowned Seld.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Head Court
1) North-west out of Gravel Lane. In Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed. 1720-Boyle, 1799).
Only partly bui...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Head Inn
1) On the west side of the Old Change, at No.17, in Castle Baynard Ward (O. and M. 1677-Lockie, 1816...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Head Tavern
On the east side of Chancery Lane, with a passage south to Fleet Street (Rocque, 1746).
Site has be...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Printing House
In Blackfriars, 1643-4 (L. and P. Chas. I. XIX. p. 12).
Burnt down 1742, but rebuilt and made the c...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Weigh House
See Weigh House, Eastcheap.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Three Kings Court
North out of Fleet Street at No.150, between Fetter Lane and Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (...
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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king's bad bargain
One of the king's bad bargains; a malingeror, or soldier who shirks his duty.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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king's head inn
The prison of Newgate.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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escheator, the king's
An officer at the exchequer of very ancient establishment, under the lord-treasurer, whose business ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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king's hard bargain
A useless fellow, who is not worth his hire.
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Men-of-war
·pl of <<Manofwar>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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king john's men
He is one of king John's men, eight score to the hundred: a saying of a little undersized man.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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men of straw
Hired bail, so called from having straw stuck in their shoes to distinguish them.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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men of kent
Men born east of the river Medway, who are said to have met the Conqueror in a body, each carrying a...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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raree shew men
Poor Savoyards, who subsist by shewing the magic lantern and marmots about London.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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continuous service men
Those seamen who, having entered for a period, on being paid off, are permitted to have leave, and r...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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five-share men
In vessels, as whalers, where the men enter on the chances of success, &c., in shares.
...
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harbour-duty men
Riggers, leading men, and others, ordered to perform the dockyard or port duties, too often superann...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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king john's men
The Adullamites of the navy.
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main-yard men
Those in the doctor's list.
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mast-head men
The men stationed aloft to keep a look-out.
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small-arm men
Those of the crew selected and trained to the use of small-arms. When they have effected their board...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Kings, The Books of
The two books of Kings formed originally but one book in the Hebrew Scriptures. The present division...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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King's Arms Coach Office
West out of Bishopsgate Street at 106, north of Thread-needle Street (Lockie, 1810-1816).
Not named...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The King's Head, Newgate Street
See Queen's Head Passage.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Street, Water Lane
See Pav'd Alley.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Little King's Head Court
Near Shoe Lane (Strype, ed. 1755-Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary, King's Chapel of
The king had caused it to be made out of a synagogue of the Jews, and granted to the chaplain Simon ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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New King's Head Court
In Houndsditch, in Portsoken Ward (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Three Kings Alley, Minories
See Three King Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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drawing the king's picture
Coining. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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wise men of gotham
Gotham is a village in Nottinghamshire; its magistrates are said to have attempted to hedge in a cuc...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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command-of-mind men
Steady officers, who command coolly.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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merry men of may
Dangerous currents formed by the ebb-tides.
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turn over men, to
To discharge them out of one ship into another.
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King's Arms Inn, Snow Hill
See King's Arms Yard.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Head Court, Whitecross Street
See King's Arms Yard.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Head Court, Widegate Street
Out of Widegate Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 108).
There is a cour...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Head Tavern, Mark Lane
See London Tavern, Mark Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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history of the four kings
or CHILD'S BEST GUIDE TO THE GALLOWS
A pack of cards. He studies the history of the four kings assi...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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king's bargain: good or bad
; said of a seaman according to his activity and merit, or sloth and demerit.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Star Of The Wise Men
[Magi]
...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Kings, First And Second Books Of
originally only one book in the Hebrew canon, from in the LXX. and the Vulgate the third and fourth ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary