matthew walker

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• Walker

  ·vt A fuller of cloth. II. Walker ·noun One who walks; a pedestrian. III. Walker ·noun That with w...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• walker

  a fuller ; a WALK-MILL, a fulling mill : a Belg. WALCHER, fullo; hoc ii verb. Belg. WALCHEN ; Ital. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Matthew

  given; a reward ...

  Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

• Matthew

  Gift of God, a common Jewish name after the Exile. He was the son of Alphaeus, and was a publican or...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Matthew

  (gift of Jehovah). (A contraction, as is also Matthias, of Mattathias. His original name was Levi, a...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• hookee walker

  An expression signifying that the story is not true, or that the thing will not occour. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• night-walker

  A fish of a reddish colour, about the size of a haddock, so named by Cook's people from the greatest...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Arnold, Matthew

  (1822-1888) Poet and critic, s. of Dr. A., of Rugby (q.v.), was b. at Laleham and ed. at Rugby, Win...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Green, Matthew

  (1696-1737) Poet, is known as the author of The Spleen, a lively and original poem in octosyllabic ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Henry, Matthew

  (1662-1714) Commentator, s. of Philip H., a learned Nonconformist divine, was b. in Flintshire. He ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Paris, Matthew

  (c. 1195-1259) Chronicler, entered in 1217 the Benedictine Monastery of St. Albans, and continued t...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Prior, Matthew

  (1664-1721) Poet, b. near Wimborne Minster, Dorset, s. of a joiner who, having d., he was ed. by an...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Hale, Sir Matthew

  (1609-1676) Jurist and miscellaneous writer, has left a great reputation as a lawyer and judge. Ste...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Lewis, Matthew Gregory

  (1775-1818) Novelist, s. of Matthew L., Deputy Sec. in the War Office, was ed. at Westminster and O...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Barrie, James Matthew

  LL.D. (b. 1860) Novelist and dramatist. Auld Licht Idylls, When a Man's Single (1888), A Window in...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Shiel, Matthew Phipps

  (b. 1865) Novelist. The Rajah's Sapphire, Shapes in the Fire, The Yellow Danger, Unto the Third Gen...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• (St.) Matthew Friday Street

  On the east side of Friday Street in Bread Street Ward and Farringdon Ward Within (O.S. 1880). Firs...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• (St.) Matthew Silver Street

  Mentioned in Fabyan's Chronicle. See St. Olave Silver Street. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Matthew, Gospel Of

  Its authorship .-That this Gospel was written by the apostle Matthew there is no reason to doubt. Se...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Matthew, Gospel according to

  The author of this book was beyond a doubt the Matthew, an apostle of our Lord, whose name it bears....

  Easton's Bible Dictionary