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Lying
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Lie, to tell a falsehood.
II. Lying ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Lie>>.
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lying
The situation of a whale when favourable for sticking the "lie" usually occurs after feeding.
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oars!
The order to cease rowing, by lifting the oars from the water, and poising them on their looms horiz...
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His
·pron The possessive of he; as, the book is his.
II. His ·pron Belonging or pertaining to him;
— u...
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lie on your oars!
The order to desist rowing, without laying the oars in.
♦ Lay out on your oars! is the order to gi...
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lay or lie on your oars!
The order to desist rowing, without laying the oars in.
♦ Lay out on your oars! is the order to gi...
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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
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On
·prep <<Of>>.
II. On ·prep At the peril of, or for the safety of.
III. On ·prep In progress; proce...
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On
pain; force; iniquity
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
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On
Light; the sun, (Gen. 41:45, 50), the great seat of sun-worship, called also Bethshemesh (Jer. 43:13...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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on
prep.
Used for In, in many cases,especially of towns which sprang from Goldfields, and where theori...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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on
to be a little on is to be tipsy. Derb.
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on
The sea is said to be "on" when boisterous; as, there is a high sea on.
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Lying-in
·noun The act of bearing a child.
II. Lying-in ·noun The state attending, and consequent to, childb...
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down-lying
just going to be brought to bed. N.
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lying along
See laying along.
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lying-to
See lie-to, to.
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down oars!
The order on shoving off a boat when the men have had them "tossed up."
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out-oars
The order to take to rowing when the sails give but little way on a boat.
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lying out on a yard
To go out towards the yard-arms.
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bank of oars
[banco, Sp.] A seat or bench for rowers in the happily all but extinct galley: these are properly ca...
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boat the oars
Put them in their proper places fore and aft on the thwarts ready for use.
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Ca-on
·noun A deep gorge, ravine, or gulch, between high and steep banks, worn by water courses.
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Hanger-on
·noun One who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service; a dependent; one who adheres to o...
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Hangers-on
·pl of Hanger-on.
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On dit
·- They say, or it is said.
II. On dit ·noun A flying report; rumor; as, it is a mere on dit.
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On-hanger
·noun A hanger-on.
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On-looker
·noun A looker-on.
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On-looking
·adj Looking on or forward.
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Pi-on
·noun ·see Monkey's puzzle.
II. Pi-on ·noun The edible seed of several species of pine; also, the t...
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Putter-on
·noun An <<Instigator>>.
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Slip-on
·noun A kind of overcoat worn upon the shoulders in the manner of a cloak.
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hanger on
A dependant.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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try on
To endeavour. To live by thieving. Coves who try it on; professed thieves.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to carry on
To riot; to frolic.
Everybody tuck Christmas, especially the niggers, and sich carryins-on--sich da...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to hold on
To wait; stop. 'Hold on a minute;' originally a sea phrase.
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to let on
To mention; to disclose; to betray a knowledge or consciousness of anything. 'He never let on,' i. e...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to light on
To fall on; to come to by chance; to happen to find.--Webster.
As in the tides of people once up, t...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to take on
To grieve; to fret at a misfortune or disappointment.
"Why, Polly, what's the matter, gal," inquire...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to tell on
To tell of; to tell about.
"Well," says the Gineral, "I am glad I didn't understand him, for now it...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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goings on
Behavior; actions; conduct. Used by us as in England mostly in a bad sense. See Carryings on.
Prett...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hanger-on
A dependant; one who eats and drinks without payment.--Johnson.
They all excused themselves save tw...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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on hand
At hand; present. A colloquial expression in frequent use.
The Anti-Sabbath meeting, so long talked...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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leck-on
pour on more liquor. N. Perhaps from LEEK. N.
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lite on
to* lite on, to rely on. N.
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minnin-on
a forenoon luncheon. York.
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think on
think of it ; as, I will if I think on.
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broadside-on
The whole side of a vessel; the opposite of end-on.
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clap on!
The order to lay hold of any rope, in order to haul upon it.
Also, to "Clap on the stoppers before...
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end-on
Said particularly of a ship when only her bows and head-sails are to be seen, but generally used in ...
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holding-on
The act of pulling back the hind part of any rope.
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hold on
keep all you have got in pulling a rope.
♦ Hold on a minute. Wait or stop.
♦ Hold on with your n...
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on board
Within a ship; the same as aboard.
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on end
The same as an-end (which see). Top-masts and topgallant-masts are on end, when they are in their pl...
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set on!
The order to set the engine going on board a steamer.
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shutting on
Joining the arms of an anchor to its shank. Also, welding one piece of iron to another to lengthen i...
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tail on
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The order to clap on to a rope.
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burnt his fingers
When a person has suffered loss by a speculation, he is said to have burnt his fingers. It is used i...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cutting his painter
Making off suddenly or clandestinely, or "departed this life."
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water his hole
A saying used when the cable is up and down, to encourage the men to heave heartily, and raise the s...
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London Lying-in Hospital
In Shaftesbury House, Aldersgate Street.
Instituted 1750. Removed 1771 to City Road.
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lay in the oars
Unship them from the rowlocks, and place them fore and aft in the boat.
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muffle the oars, to
To put some matting or canvas round the loom when rowing, to prevent its making a noise against the ...
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toss in your oars!
The order to desist rowing, and throw the oars in out of the rowlocks.
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toss the oars up!
Throw them up out of the rowlocks, and raise them perpendicularly an-end; the act is intended as a c...
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the cut of his jib
The form of his profile, the cast of his countenance; as, "I knew him by the cut of his jib." A naut...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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brought to his bearings
Reduced to obedience.
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unrove his life-line
Departed this life.
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block, on the
1) On the promenade above referred to.
1896. `The Argus,' July 17, p. 4. col. 7:
«We may slacken p...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to put on airs
To assume airs of importance.
You don't see no folks putting on airs in election time; every fellow...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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off and on
Vacillating, changeable, undecided; in which sense it is much used with us. In England it is also us...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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joys on thee!
sometimes GOODING ON THEE! an imprecation of blessing. Derb.
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carrying on duty
The operations of the officer in charge of the deck or watch.
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carry on, to
To spread all sail; also, beyond discretion, or at all hazards. In galley-slang, to joke a person ev...
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crack on, to
to carry all sail.
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dead-on-end
The wind blowing directly adverse to the vessel's intended course.
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dragging on her
Said of a vessel in chase, or rounding a point, when she is obliged to carry more canvas to a fresh ...
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hang on her!
In rowing, is the order to stretch out to the utmost to preserve or increase head-way on the boat.
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off and on
When a ship beating to windward approaches the shore by one board, and recedes from it when on the o...
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on a bowline
Close to the wind, when the sail will not stand without hauling the bowlines.
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on a wind
Synonymous with on a bowline.
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on deck there!
The cry to call attention from aloft or below.
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on either tack
Any way or every way; a colloquialism.
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on-shore winds
Those which blow from the offing, and render bays uncomfortable and insecure.
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on the beam
Implies any distance from a ship on a line with her beams, or at right angles with the keel.
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on the bow
At any angle on either side of the stem up to 45°; then it is either four points on the bow, or four...
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on the quarter
Being in that position with regard to a ship, as to be included in the angles which diverge from rig...
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protections, on paper
, against impressment, were but little regarded. Yet seafaring men above 55, and under 18, were by s...
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right on end
In a continuous line; as the masts should be.
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hard at his a-se
Close after him.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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sorrow shall be his sops
He shall repent this. Sorrow go by me; a common expletive used by presbyterians in Ireland.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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too big for his breeches
is said of a man who is above his business; arrogant; haughty.
Gentlemen, I was one of the first to...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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happy man be his dole!
a good wish ; as, may happiness be his lot. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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bearings, to bring to his
Used in conversation for "to bring to reason." To bring an unruly subject to his senses, to know he ...
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every man to his station
See station.
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Sermon on the mount
After spending a night in solemn meditation and prayer in the lonely mountain-range to the west of t...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Blakehors on the Hope
See Blackhorse Alley, Court, Fleet Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle on the Hoop
Parish of St. Margaret, Friday Street.
See Le Burgate.
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Le Dolfyn on le Hoope
See LE Dolphyn upon le Hoop.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Helm on ye Hoope
Tenement of Thomas de Lillyngston so called in parish of St. Peter de Cornhull, 1361 (Ct. H.W. II. 3...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hert on ye Hop
A tenement so called without Crepelgate, 1348-9 (Ct. H.W. I. 530).
Not further identified.
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Horsheved on the Hoop
Tenement so called in parish of St. Mary Colechurche near the Conduit, south of the Poultry, in Chea...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Iren on the Hope
A tenement so called in parish of St. Mary Magdalene in Olde fisshe-strete, in ward of Castle baynar...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Le Scot on the Hoop
Tenement brewhouse so called in Bishopsgate Street between the tenement of the Prior of the Hospital...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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clap on the shoulder
An arrest for debt; whence a bum bailiff is called a shoulder-clapper.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dowse on the chops
A blow in the face.
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laid on the shelf
Pawned.
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devil-on-the-coals
n.
a Bushman's name fora small and quickly-baked damper.
1862. Rev. A. Polehampton, `Kangaroo Land...
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wallaby track, on the
or On the Wallaby,or Out on the Wallaby
or simply Wallaby
,as adj. [slang].
Tramping the country ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to be on one's taps
is to be always ready on one's feet, literally on one's shoes; a metaphor borrowed from the shoemake...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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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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bend on the tack
In hoisting signals, that piece of rope called the distant line which keeps the flags so far asunder...
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bent on a splice
Going to be married.
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carrying on the war
Making suitable arrangements for carrying on the lark or amusement.
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fill and stand on
A signal made after "lying by" to direct the fleet to resume their course.
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holding on the slack
Doing nothing. (See eyelids.)
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hold on, good sticks!
An apostrophe often made when the masts complain in a fresh squall, or are over-pressed, and it is u...
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spots on the sun
See maculæ.
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Laying On Of Hands
This "formed at an early period a part of the ceremony observed on the appointment and consecration ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Jacob and his Twelve Sons Inn
East out of Red Cross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
The site is now occupie...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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staggering bob, with his yellow pumps
A calf just dropped, and unable to stand, killed for veal in Scotland: the hoofs of a young calf are...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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(St.) Andrews Cross on the Hoop
A tenement and garden so called in Fleet Street in parish of St. Dunstan between the tenement of the...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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White Hart on the Hoop
A tenement called "Whitehart," otherwise "Hyltonsyn," opposite the lane called Chancellors lane, 147...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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to pinch on the parson's side
To defraud the parson of his tithe.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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die on the fin, to
An expression applied to whales, which when dying rise to the surface, after the final dive, with on...
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laying or lying out on a yard
To go out towards the yard-arms.
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take water on board, to
To ship a sea.
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Pott Inn, Pott on the Hoop
See Pewter Pot Inn.
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mine a-se on a bandbox
An answer to the offer of any thing inadequate to the purpose for which it is wanted, just as a band...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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born with a silver spoon in his mouth
To inherit a fortune by birth.
Mr. Hood, in his History of Miss Kilmansegg, says
She was one of th...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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born with a silver spoon in his mouth
Said of a person who, by birth or connection, has all the usual obstacles to advancement cleared awa...
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england expects every man will do his duty
This is introduced into a naval vocabulary, not as wanting explanation, but that in recording the mo...
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All Hallows on the Hay, over Heywharf
See All Hallows the Great.
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moor with a spring on the cable, to
See spring.
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