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gun-room
A compartment on the after-end of the lower gun-deck of large ships of war, partly occupied by the j...
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Lady
·noun A wife;
— not now in approved usage.
II. Lady ·adj Belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike...
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lady
A crooked or hump-backed woman.
...
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Room
·adj Spacious; roomy.
II. Room ·vi To occupy a room or rooms; to <<Lodge>>; as, they arranged to ro...
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to room
To occupy a room; to lodge.--Worcester.
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room
A name given to some reserved apartment in a ship, as
♦ The bread-room. In the aftermost part of t...
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Room
The references to "room" in (Matthew 23:6; Mark 12:39; Luke 14:7,8; 20:46) signify the highest place...
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Gun
·noun Violent blasts of wind.
II. Gun ·- of <<Gin>>.
III. Gun ·noun A piece of heavy ordnance; in ...
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gun
He is in the gun; he is drunk: perhaps from an allusion to a vessel called a gun, used for ale in th...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gun
a flaggon for ale. N.
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gun
The usual service name for a cannon (which see); it was originally called great gun, to distinguish ...
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lady of easy virtue
A woman of the town, an impure, a prostitute.
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Lady-killer
·noun A gallant who captivates the hearts of women.
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Lady-killing
·noun The art or practice of captivating the hearts of women.
...
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Elect lady
To whom the Second Epistle of John is addressed (2 John 1:1). Some think that the word rendered "lad...
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Morgan, Lady (Sydney Owenson)
(1780?-1859)
Novelist, dau. of Robert Owenson, an actor, was the author of several vivacious Irish ...
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cool lady
A female follower of the camp, who sells brandy.
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old lady
n.
name given to a moth, ErebusPluto.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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son of a gun
This phrase is heard in low language with us as in England.
...
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carriage of a gun
The frame on which it is mounted for firing, constructed either exclusively for this purpose, or als...
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chase of a gun
That part of the conical external surface extending from the moulding in front of the trunnions to t...
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face of a gun
The surface of the metal at the extremity of the muzzle.
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handles of a gun
The dolphins.
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mouldings of a gun
The several rings and ornaments.
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neck of a gun
The narrow part where the chase meets the swell of the muzzle.
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range of a gun
The horizontal distance which it will send a shot, at a stated elevation, to the point of its first ...
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son of a gun
An epithet conveying contempt in a slight degree, and originally applied to boys born afloat, when w...
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Amber room
·- A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia, which was richly decorated with walls and ...
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By-room
·noun A private room or apartment.
...
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Drawing-room
·noun The company assembled in such a room; also, a reception of company in it; as, to hold a drawin...
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Sea room
·- Room or space at sea for a vessel to maneuver, drive, or scud, without peril of running ashore or...
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Tiring-room
·noun The room or place where players dress for the stage.
...
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Withdrawing-room
·noun A room for retirement from another room, as from a dining room; a drawing-room.
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elbow room
Sufficient space to act in. Out at elbows; said of an estate that is mortgaged.
...
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keeping-room
A common sitting-room; the parlor in New England. The term is chiefly used in the interior, although...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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state-room
A small room in a ship or steam-vessel for one or two passengers.--Worcester.
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bare-room
An old phrase for bore-down.
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bread-room
The lowest and aftermost part of the orlop deck, where the biscuit is kept, separated by a bulk-head...
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capstan-room
See room.
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cook-room
, or cook-house.
The galley or caboose containing the cooking apparatus, and where victuals are dr...
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filling room
Formerly a small place parted off and lined with lead, in a man-of-war magazine, wherein powder may ...
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fish-room
A space parted off by bulk-heads in the after-hold, now used for waste stores, but formerly used for...
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light-room
In a ship-of-war, a small space parted off from the magazine, having double-glass windows for more s...
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going room
, room
The old term for going large, or from, the wind. (See lask, to and large.) It is mentioned by...
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sea-room
Implies a sufficient distance from land, rocks, or shoals wherein a ship may drive or scud without d...
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shell-room
An important compartment in ships of war, fitted up with strong shelves to receive the shells when c...
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slop-room
The place appointed to keep the slops in, for the ship's company; generally well aft and dry.
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spirit-room
A place or compartment abaft the after-hold, to contain the ship's company's spirits.
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state-room
A sleeping cabin, or small berth, detached from the main cabin of merchantmen or saloon of passenger...
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trade-room
A part of the steerage of a Yankee notion-trader where light goods and samples of the cargo are kept...
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turning-room
Space in a narrow channel for a ship to work in.
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ward-room
The commissioned officers' mess-cabin, on the main-deck in ships of the line.
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Wars of the Lord, The Book of the
(Num. 21:14, 15), some unknown book so called (comp. Gen. 14:14-16; Ex. 17:8-16; Num. 14:40-45; 21:1...
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Fear of the Lord the
Is in the Old Testament used as a designation of true piety (Prov. 1:7; Job 28:28; Ps. 19:9). It is ...
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bear, the constellations of the
Ursa Major and Minor, most important to seamen, as instantly indicating by the pointers and pole-sta...
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Dispersion, The Jews Of The
or simply THE DISPERSION, was the general title applied to those Jews who remained settled in foreig...
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Willows, The Brook Of The
a wady mentioned by Isaiah, (Isaiah 15:7) in his dirge over Moab. It is situated on the southern bou...
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Air gun
·- A kind of gun in which the elastic force of condensed air is used to discharge the ball. The air ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Gatling gun
·- An American machine gun, consisting of a cluster of barrels which, being revolved by a crank, are...
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Hotchkiss gun
·add. ·- A built-up, rifled, rapid-fire gun of oil-tempered steel, having a rectangular breechblock ...
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Krupp gun
·- A breech-loading steel cannon manufactured at the works of Friedrich Krupp, at Essen in Prussia. ...
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Maxim gun
·add. ·- A kind of machine gun;
— named after its inventor, Hiram S. Maxim.
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Vickers' gun
·add. ·- One of a system of guns manufactured by the firm of Vickers' Sons, at Sheffield, ·Eng. now ...
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Whitworth gun
·- A form of rifled cannon and small arms invented by Sir Joseph Whitworth, of Manchester, England.
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Wire gun
·add. ·- = Wire-wound gun.
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Gun Alley
1) West out of Moorfields, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
In Rocque, 174...
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Gun Yard
1) Out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
2) West out...
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air-gun
A silent weapon, which propels bullets by the expansive force of air only.
...
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armstrong gun
Invented by Sir William Armstrong. In its most familiar form, a rifled breech-loading gun of wrought...
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cotton, gun
See gun-cotton.
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cutty-gun
A northern term for a short pipe.
...
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dahlgren gun
A modification of the Paixhan gun, introduced into the United States service by Lieut., now Admiral,...
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evening gun
The warning-piece, after the firing of which the sentries challenge.
...
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field-gun
See field-artillery.
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gally-gun
A kind of culverin.
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great gun
The general sea-term for cannons, or officers of great repute.
...
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gun-chambers
In early artillery, a movable chamber with a handle, like a paterero, used in loading at the breech....
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gun-cotton
An explosive compound, having some advantages over gunpowder, but so irregular hitherto in its actio...
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gun-fire
The morning or evening guns, familiarly termed "the admiral falling down the hatchway."
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gun-gear
Everything pertaining to its handling.
...
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gun-harpoon
See harpoon.
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gun-ladle
See ladle, for a gun.
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gun-lod
A vessel filled with combustibles, but rather for explosion than as a fire-ship.
...
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gun-metal
The alloy from which brass guns are cast consists of 100 parts of copper to 10 of tin, retaining muc...
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gun-pendulum
See ballistic pendulum.
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gun-searcher
An iron instrument with several sharp-pointed prongs and a wooden handle: it is used to find whether...
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gun-shot
Formerly, the distance up to which a gun would throw a shot direct to its mark, without added elevat...
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gun-sight
See disparting a gun, or sights.
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gun-slings
Long rope grommets used for hoisting in and mounting them.
...
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gun-stones
An old term for cannon-balls, from stones having been first supplied to the ordnance and used for th...
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hand-gun
An old term for small arms in the times of Henry VII. and VIII.
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morning gun
The gun fired from the admiral's or senior officer's ship, to announce day-break, which is answered ...
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needle-gun
One wherein the ignition for the cartridge is produced by the penetration of the detonating priming ...
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paixhan gun
Introduced by the French General Paixhan about 1830, for the horizontal firing of heavy shells; havi...
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pivot-gun
Mounted on a frame carriage which can be turned radially, so as to point the piece in any direction....
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rodman gun
One cast on the excellent method of Captain Rodman, formerly of the United States Ordnance viz. on a...
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whitworth gun
A piece rifled by having a twisted hexagonal bore, and throwing a more elongated shot with a sharper...
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jack in the bread-room
, or jack in the dust.
The purser's steward's assistant in the bread and steward's room.
...
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The
·vi ·see <<Thee>>.
II. The (·art·def) A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their me...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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well-room of a boat
The place in the bottom where the water lies, between the ceiling and the platform of the stern-shee...
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·OF
(abbreviation) Old French
...
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Of
·prep During; in the course of.
II. Of ·prep Denoting passage from one state to another; from.
III...
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of
An action of the organs of sense may be either involuntary or voluntary. Accordingly we say to hear,...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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arms of a great gun
The trunnions.
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hammer, of a gun-lock
Formerly the steel covering of the pan from which the flint of the cock struck sparks on to the prim...
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loops of a gun-carriage
The iron eye-bolts to which the tackles are hooked.
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notch-sight of a gun
A sight having a V-shaped notch, wherein the eye easily finds the lowest or central point.
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sole of a gun-port
The lower part of it, more properly called port-sill.
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transom of a gun-carriage
A cross piece of timber uniting the cheeks; generally between the trunnion-holes and the fore axle-t...
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vent-field of a gun
The raised tablet in the metal near the breech in which the vent is bored.
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st of the of the wind and current
See direction of the wind and current
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Baillie, Lady Grizel
(1665-1746)
Poetess, dau. of Sir Patrick Home or Hume, afterwards Earl of Marchmont, was married to...
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Barnard, Lady Anne (Lindsay)
(1750-1825)
Poet, e. dau. of the 5th Earl of Balcarres, married Andrew Barnard, afterwards Colonial...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Bury, Lady Charlotte
(1775-1861)
Novelist, dau. of the 5th Duke of Argyll, and m. first to Col. J. Campbell, and second ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Fullerton, Lady Georgiana (Leveson-Gower)
(1812-1885)
Novelist, dau. of the 1st Earl Granville, and sister of the eminent statesman. She wrot...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Guest, Lady Charlotte(Bertie)
(1812-1895)
Dau. of the 9th Earl of Lindsey, m. in 1833 Sir Josiah J. Guest, a wealthy ironmaster, ...
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Lamb, Lady Caroline
(1785-1828)
Novelist, dau. of 3rd Earl of Bessborough, m. the Hon. William Lamb, afterwards Lord Me...
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Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley (Pierrepont)
(1690-1762)
Letter-writer, was the eldest dau. of the 1st Duke of Kingston. In her youth she combin...
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Scott, Lady John (Alicia Ann Spottiswoode)
(1801-1900)
M. Lord John Scott. She was the writer of a number of Scottish songs characterised by t...
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Lady Bitch's House
Opposite Banister's Court, now or later the dwelling of Dr. Salmon, a good large building, with a gr...
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Lady Holles' School
At the south-east corner of Redcross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O.S. 1880).
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lady, puppy's mamma
Jocular ways of calling a woman a bitch.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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lady dacre's wine
Gin.
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pig-faced lady
n.
an old name in Tasmania forthe Boar-fish (q.v.).
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losing the number of the mess
Dead, drowned, or killed. (See number.)
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Concert of the powers
·add. ·- An agreement or understanding between the chief European powers, the United States, and Jap...
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Out-of-the-way
·adj ·see under Out, ·adv
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Acts of the Apostles
The title now given to the fifth and last of the historical books of the New Testament. The author s...
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Adam, the city of
Is referred to in Josh. 3:16. It stood "beside Zarethan," on the west bank of Jordan (1 Kings 4:12)....
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Canaan, the language of
Mentioned in Isa. 19:18, denotes the language spoken by the Jews resident in Palestine. The language...
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Chief of the three
A title given to Adino the Eznite, one of David's greatest heroes (2 Sam. 23:8); also called Jashobe...
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Congregation, mount of the
(Isa. 14:13), has been supposed to refer to the place where God promised to meet with his people (Ex...
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Covering of the eyes
Occurs only in Gen. 20:16. In the Revised Version the rendering is "it (i.e., Abimelech's present of...
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Dedication, Feast of the
(John 10:22, 42), i.e., the feast of the renewing. It was instituted B.C. 164 to commemorate the pur...
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East, Children of the
The Arabs as a whole, known as the Nabateans or Kedarenes, nomad tribes (Judg. 6:3, 33; 7:12; 8:10)....
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Ephraim, The tribe of
Took precedence over that of Manasseh by virtue of Jacob's blessing (Gen. 41:52; 48:1). The descenda...
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Fishing, the art of
Was prosecuted with great industry in the waters of Palestine. It was from the fishing-nets that Jes...
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Fountain of the Virgin
The perennial source from which the Pool of Siloam (q.v.) is supplied, the waters flowing in a copio...
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Harosheth of the Gentiles
(Judg. 4:2) or nations, a city near Hazor in Galilee of the Gentiles, or Upper Galilee, in the north...
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Hebrew of the Hebrews
One whose parents are both Hebrews (Phil. 3:5; 2 Cor. 11:22); a genuine Hebrew.
...
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Intercession of the Spirit
(Rom. 8:26, 27; John 14:26). "Christ is a royal Priest (Zech. 6:13). From the same throne, as King, ...
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Isaiah, The Book of
Consists of prophecies delivered (Isa. 1) in the reign of Uzziah (1-5), (2) of Jotham (6), (3) Ahaz ...
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Joshua, The Book of
Contains a history of the Israelites from the death of Moses to that of Joshua. It consists of three...
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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...
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Maccabees, Books of the
There were originally five books of the Maccabees. The first contains a history of the war of indepe...
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Moreh, the Hill of
Probably identical with "little Hermon," the modern Jebel ed-Duhy, or perhaps one of the lower spurs...
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Mount of the Amalekites
A place near Pirathon (q.v.), in the tribe of Ephraim (Judg. 12:15).
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Mount of the Amorites
The range of hills which rises abruptly in the wilderness of et-Tih ("the wandering"), mentioned Deu...
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Mount of the congregation
Only in Isa. 14:13, a mythic mountain of the Babylonians, regarded by them as the seat of the gods. ...
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Mount of the valley
(Josh. 13:19), a district in the east of Jordan, in the territory of Reuben. The "valley" here was p...
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Numbering of the people
Besides the numbering of the tribes mentioned in the history of the wanderings in the wilderness, we...
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Oreb, The rock of
The place where Gideon slew Oreb after the defeat of the Midianites (Judg. 7:25; Isa. 10:26). It was...
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Perseverance of the saints
Their certain continuance in a state of grace. Once justified and regenerated, the believer can neit...
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Ramath of the south
(Heb. Ramath-negeb). The Heb. negeb is the general designation for south or south-west of Judah. Thi...
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Resurrection of the dead
Will be simultaneous both of the just and the unjust (Dan. 12:2; John 5:28, 29; Rom. 2:6-16; 2 Thess...
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Ruth The Book of
Was originally a part of the Book of Judges, but it now forms one of the twenty-four separate books ...
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Salt, The city of
One of the cities of Judah (Josh. 15:62), probably in the Valley of Salt, at the southern end of the...
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Schools of the Prophets
(1 Sam. 19:18-24; 2 Kings 2:3, 5, 7, 12, 15) were instituted for the purpose of training young men f...
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Shallecheth, The gate of
I.e., "the gate of casting out," hence supposed to be the refuse gate; one of the gates of the house...
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Shiloah, The waters of
=Siloah, (Neh. 3:15) and Siloam (q.v.)
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Shinar, The Land of
LXX. and Vulgate "Senaar;" in the inscriptions, "Shumir;" probably identical with Babylonia or South...
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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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Siloah, The pool of
Heb. shelah; i.e., "the dart", Neh. 3:15; with the art. shiloah, "sending," Isa. 8:6 (comp. 7:3)=Sil...
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Simeon, The tribe of
Was "divided and scattered" according to the prediction in Gen. 49:5-7. They gradually dwindled in n...
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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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Tower of the furnaces
(Neh. 3:11; 12:38), a tower at the north-western angle of the second wall of Jerusalem. It was proba...
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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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Witness of the Spirit
(Rom. 8:16), the consciousness of the gracious operation of the Spirit on the mind, "a certitude of ...
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Arms of the City
Argent, plain cross gules, in the dexter chief canton a sword erect in pale of the second.
Crest : ...
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Ferm of the City (King's)
Mentioned in will of John de Pulteneye, 1349 (Ct. H.W. I. 610).
The fee farm rent paid to the Crown...
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Gates of the City
According to Stow these were originally four in number, Aldgate, Aldersgate, Ludgate, and Bridgegate...
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Guildhall of the Teutons
See Steelyard.
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Hall of the Danes
See Danes (Hall of).
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Liberties of the Tower
See Tower Liberty.
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(St.) Mary of the Piu
See St. Mary Magdalen of the Guildhall.
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Pui, Fraternity of the
A brotherhood of French and English traders in London united for certain charitable purposes and the...
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Sac, Friars, of the
See Penitentia (Fratres de).
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Warden of the City
Appointed by the King from time to time in place of the Mayor, when the City had incurred his disple...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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admiral of the blue
who carries his flag on the main-mast. A landlord or publican wearing a blue apron, as was formerly ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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brother of the blade
A soldier BUSKIN. A player. BUNG. A brewer QUILL. An author. STRING. A fiddler. WHIP. A coachman.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cock of the company
A weak man, who from the desire of being the head of the company associates with low people, and pay...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cup of the creature
A cup of good liquor.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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foreman of the jury
One who engrosses all the talk to himself, or speaks for the rest of the company.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gift of the gab
A facility of speech.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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man of the town
A rake, a debauchee.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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man of the turf
A horse racer, or jockey.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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man of the world
A knowing man.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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master of the mint
A gardener.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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master of the rolls
A baker.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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master of the wardrobe
One who pawns his clothes to purchase liquor.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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mother of the maids
A bawd.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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postilion of the gospel
A parson who hurries over the service.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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surveyor of the highways
One reeling drunk.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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surveyor of the pavement
One standing in the pillory.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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tears of the tankard
The drippings of liquor on a man's waistcoat.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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tib of the buttery
A goose. CANT. Saint Tibb's evening; the evening of the last day, or day of judgment: he will pay yo...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose