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Own
·adj To hold as property; to have a legal or rightful title to; to be the proprietor or possessor of...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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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own, to
To be a proprietor in a ship.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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queen's own
Sea provision (when a queen reigns); similar to king's own.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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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.
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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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keep her own
Not to fall off; not driven back by tide.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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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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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.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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king's head inn
The prison of Newgate.
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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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The Sailor's Word-Book
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king's letter men
An extinct class of officers, of similar rank with midshipmen. The royal letter was a kind of promis...
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.
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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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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.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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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