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Mast
·noun The vertical post of a derrick or crane.
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mast
[Anglo-Saxon mæst, also meant chief or greatest]. A long cylindrical piece of timber elevated perpen...
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High
·vi To <<Hie>>.
II. High ·noun The highest card dealt or drawn.
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high
In gunnery, signifies tightly fitting the bore; said of shot, wads, &c. Also, a gun is said to be la...
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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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Jury mast
·add. ·- An apparatus to support the trunk and head in spinal disease.
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dur-mast
An inferior oak of more rapid growth than the true English.
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fore-mast
The forward lower-mast in all vessels. (See mast.)
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foretop-mast
See top-mast.
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half-mast
The lowering a flag in respect for the death of an officer.
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jigger-mast
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jury-mast
A temporary or occasional mast erected in a ship in the place of one which has been carried away in ...
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mast-carlings
Those large carlings which are placed at the sides of the masts from beam to beam, to frame the part...
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mast-coat
A conical canvas fitted over the wedges round the mast, to prevent water oozing down from the decks....
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mast-head
The upper part of a mast above the rigging.
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mast-heading
A well-known marine punishment, said to give midshipmen the best time for reading. A court-martial, ...
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mast-holes
The apertures in the deck-partners for stepping the masts.
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mast-hoops
The iron hoops on made or built masts.
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mast-house
In dockyards, where masts are made.
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mast-rope
[Anglo-Saxon mæst-ràp]. That which is used for sending masts up or down.
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mizen-mast
The aftermost mast of a ship (see shrouds, stay, yard, &c.), observing only that the epithet of fore...
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sheer-mast
The peculiar rig of the rafts on the Guayaquil river; also of the piratical prahus of the eastern se...
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skysail-mast
The pole or upper portion of a royal mast, when long enough to serve for setting a skysail; otherwis...
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topgallant-mast
The third mast above the deck; the uppermost before the days of royals and flying kites.
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top-mast
The second division of a mast above the deck. (See mast.)
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trysail-mast
A spar abaft the fore and main mast, for hoisting the trysail.
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Breast-high
·adj High as the breast.
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High five
·add. ·- ·see Cinch (the game).
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High priest
·- A chief priest; ·esp., the head of the Jewish priesthood.
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High steel
·add. ·- Steel containing a high percentage of carbon; high-carbon steel.
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High-blown
·adj Inflated, as with conceit.
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High-bred
·adj Bred in high life; of pure blood.
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High-built
·adj Of lofty structure; tall.
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High-church
·adj Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or polic...
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High-churchism
·noun The principles of the high-church party.
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High-churchman
·noun One who holds high-church principles.
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High-churchmen
·pl of High-churchman.
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High-colored
·adj Having a strong, deep, or glaring color; flushed.
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High-embowed
·adj Having lofty arches.
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High-fed
·adj Pampered; fed luxuriously.
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High-finished
·adj Finished with great care; polished.
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High-flown
·adj Elevated; proud.
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High-flushed
·adj <<Elated>>.
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High-go
·noun A spree; a revel.
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High-handed
·adj Overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a high-handed act.
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High-hearted
·adj Full of courage or nobleness; high-souled.
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High-hoe
·noun The European green woodpecker or yaffle.
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High-holder
·noun The flicker;
— called also high-hole.
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High-low
·noun A laced boot, ankle high.
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High-mettled
·adj Having abundance of mettle; ardent; full of fire; as, a high-mettled steed.
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High-minded
·adj Proud; arrogant.
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High-mindedness
·noun The quality of being highminded; nobleness; magnanimity.
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High-palmed
·adj Having high antlers; bearing full-grown antlers aloft.
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High-pressure
·adj Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life.
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High-priesthood
·noun The office, dignity, or position of a high priest.
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High-priestship
·noun High-priesthood.
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High-principled
·adj Possessed of noble or honorable principles.
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High-proof
·adj So as to stand any test.
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High-raised
·adj Elated with great ideas or hopes.
II. High-raised ·adj Elevated; raised aloft; upreared.
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High-reaching
·adj Reaching high or upward; hence, ambitious; aspiring.
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High-red
·adj Of a strong red color.
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High-seasoned
·adj Enriched with spice and condiments; hence, exciting; piquant.
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High-sighted
·adj Looking upward; supercilious.
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High-souled
·adj Having a high or noble spirit; honorable.
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High-sounding
·adj Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.
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High-spirited
·adj Full of spirit or natural fire; haughty; courageous; impetuous; not brooking restraint or oppos...
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High-stepper
·noun A horse that moves with a high step or proud gait; hence, a person having a proud bearing.
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High-stomached
·adj Having a lofty spirit; haughty.
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High-strung
·adj Strung to a high pitch; spirited; sensitive; as, a high-strung horse.
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High-swelling
·adj Inflated; boastful.
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High-toned
·adj High in tone or sound.
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High-top
·noun A ship's masthead.
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High-wrought
·adj Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate.
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Knee-high
·adj Rising or reaching upward to the knees; as, the water is knee-high.
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Sky-high
·adv & ·adj Very high.
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High place
An eminence, natural or artificial, where worship by sacrifice or offerings was made (1 Kings 13:32;...
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High priest
Aaron was the first who was solemnly set apart to this office (Ex. 29:7; 30:23; Lev. 8:12). He wore ...
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High Holborn
West from Holborn Bars to Drury Lane, outside the City boundary (P.O. Directory).
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High Street
1) See Aldgate, Street?.
2) Thames Street seems to be so described in Anc. Deeds, A. 1779.
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high eating
To eat skylarks in a garret.
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high flyers
Tories, Jacobites.
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high jinks
A gambler at dice, who, having a strong head, drinks to intoxicate his adversary, or pigeon.
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high living
To lodge in a garret, or cockloft
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high pad
A highwayman. CANT.
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high ropes
To be on the high ropes; to be in a passion.
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high shoon
or clouted shoon
A country clown.
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high water
It is high water, with him; he is full of money.
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high ropes
'Upon the high ropes;' i. e. elated; in high spirits.--Grose, Prov. Dict.
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high enough
Said in hoisting in goods, water, or masts.
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high flood
See flood.
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high latitudes
Those regions far removed from the equator towards the poles of the earth above the 50th degree.
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high tide
, or high water.
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high-water
The greatest height of the flood-tide. (See tide.)
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high wind
See heavy gale.
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ropes, high
♦ On the high ropes. To be ceremonious, upstart, invested with brief authority.
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afore the mast
See before the mast.
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before the mast
The station of the working seamen, as distinguishing them from the officers.
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fore-mast man
From "before the mast." A private seaman as distinguished from an officer of a ship.
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foretop-gallant-mast
See topgallant-mast, to which may be added its proper sail, yard, and studding-sail.
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hand mast-piece
The smaller hand mast-spars.
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hand mast-spar
A round mast; those from Riga are commonly over 70 feet long by 20 inches diameter.
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main royal-mast
That above the main topgallant-mast.
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mast-head men
The men stationed aloft to keep a look-out.
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mast-head pendants
See pendant.
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mizen mast-head
Rear-admirals carry their flag at their mizen.
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reefed top-mast
When a top-mast is sprung in or near the cap, the lower piece is cut off, and a new fid-hole cut, by...
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High-churchman-ship
·noun The state of being a high-churchman.
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Aldgate High Street
From Duke Street at 19 and 20 Aldgate to Middlesex Street at 146 Whitechapel High Street. In Portsok...
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High Street, Aldgate
See Aldgate High Street.
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High Timber Street
South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 42, and extending east and west between Broken Wharf and Bro...
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high-and-dry
The situation of a ship or other vessel which is aground, so as to be seen dry upon the strand when ...
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high-water mark
The line made by the water upon the shore, when at its greatest height; it is also designated the fl...
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High Places6813 Priest
The first distinct separation of Aaron to the office of the priesthood, which previously belonged to...
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jury mast. a journiere
mast; i.e. a mast for the day or occasion.
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cheeks of the mast
The faces or projecting parts on each side of the masts, formed to sustain the trestle-trees upon wh...
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dolphin of the mast
A kind of wreath or strap formed of plaited cordage, to be fastened occasionally round the lower yar...
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head of a mast
, or mast-head.
The upper part of any mast, or that whereon the caps or trucks are fitted.
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heel of a mast
The lower end, which either fits into the step attached to the keel, or in top-masts is sustained by...
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pay a mast, to
or pay a yard, to
To anoint it with tar, turpentine, rosin, tallow, or varnish; tallow is particul...
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wring a mast, to
To bend, cripple, or strain it out of its natural position by setting the shrouds up too taut. The p...
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housing of a lower mast
That part of a mast which is below deck to the step in the kelson; of a bowsprit, the portion within...
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Bell Alley, Aldgate High Street
South out of Aldgate High Street, leading into Chequer Yard (O. and M. 1677-P.C. 1732). In Portsoken...
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Butcher Row, Aldgate High Street
On the south side of Aldgate High Street, east from the Minories.
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Chequer Yard, Aldgate High Street
South out of Aldgate High Street, the first turning east from the Minories (O.S. 25 in., 1880 ed.). ...
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Church Lane, Aldgate High Street
See Church Row.
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Church Row, Aldgate High Street
North out of Aldgate High Street, on the north and east sides of St. Botolph's Church and churchyard...
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Crown Inn, Aldgate High Street
North out of Aldgate High Street, east of St. Botolph Aldgate Church and Churchyard (O. and M. 1677)...
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Crown Place, Aldgate High Street
North out of Aldgate High Street, at No. 21. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).
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Dark Lane, High Timber Street
See Dark House Lane.
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Harrow Alley, Aldgate High Street
South out of Aldgate High Street at No. 60. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).
Earliest mention: O...
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Hatchet Alley, Aldgate High Street
North out of Aldgate High Street. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
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Parrot Alley, Aldgate high Street
See The Bore's Head Tavern.
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Sun Court, Aldgate High Street
North out of Aldgate High Street at No. 20. In Portsoken Ward (P.C. 1732-Collingridge, 1908).
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as deaf as the main-mast
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Black Bull Yard, Aldgate High Street
See Aldgate Avenue.
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Black Horse Yard, Aldgate High Street
North out of Aldgate High Street, between Nos. 34 and 35, turning north-east into Middlesex Street (...
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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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Three Tun Tavern, Aldgate High Street
See George Alley.
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White Bear Court, Aldgate High Street
See White Bear Alley.
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White Horse Alley, Aldgate High Street
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Benjamin, High Gate Or Gate Of
(Jeremiah 20:2; 37:13; 38:7; Zechariah 14:10) [Jerusalem]
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Anchor and Harp Alley, Aldgate High Street
See Anchor and Hart Alley.
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Sun and Trumpet Alley, Aldgate High Street
See Sun Court.
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White Bear Alley, Court, Aldgate High Street
See Saville Buildings.
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Bull Inn, Bull Inn Yard, Aldgate High Street
See Aldgate Avenue.
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At the junction of Aldgate High Street with Leadenhall Street and Fenchurch Street (S. 140-O.S. 1875).
Taken down 1876 and a drinking fountain erected on the site.
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