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Middle
·adj Intermediate; intervening. II. Middle ·adj the <<Waist>>. III. Middle ·adj Equally distant fr...

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Band
·vt A bond. II. Band ·- imp. of Bind. III. Band ·vt A belt or strap. IV. Band ·vt Pledge; securit...

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band
a string of any kind. North. ...

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band
The musicians of a band are called idlers in large ships. Also a small body of armed men or retainer...

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Band
The "band of Roman soldiers" referred to in (Matthew 27:27) and elsewhere was the tenth part of a le...

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Middle-age
·- Of or pertaining to the Middle Ages; mediaeval. ...

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Middle-aged
·adj Being about the middle of the ordinary age of man; between 30 and 50 years old. ...

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Middle-earth
·noun The world, considered as lying between heaven and hell. ...

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Middle-ground
·noun That part of a picture between the foreground and the background. ...

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Middle Court
In Bartholomew Close, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps. ...

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Middle Row
1) In Newgate Street, extending from Blow bladder street to Newgate Market (Leake, 1666). In Farring...

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Middle Street
West out of Cloth Street to King Street and Cloth Fair (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without....

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Middle Temple
One of the Inns of Court (q.v.). On the western side of the Temple precincts, to the west of Middle...

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middle-timber
That timber in the stern which is placed amidships. ...

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middle-topsail
A deep-roached sail, set in some schooners and sloops on the heel of their top-masts between the top...

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middle-wales
The three or four thick strakes worked along each side between the lower and middle-deck-ports in th...

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middle-watch
The portion of the crew on deck-duty from midnight to 4 A.M. ...

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middle-watcher
The slight meal snatched by officers of the middle-watch about five bells (or 2·30 A.M.) ...

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Band fish
·- A small red fish of the genus Cepola; the ribbon fish. ...

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Reef-band
·noun A piece of canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for ...

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Augustus band
(Acts 27:1.: literally, of Sebaste, the Greek form of Augusta, the name given to Caesarea in honour ...

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Italian band
The name of the Roman cohort to which Cornelius belonged (Acts 10:1), so called probably because it ...

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band-kitt
a kind of great can with a cover; called in Yorkshire a BOW-KITE. ...

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calling-band
a leading string, or back-string, for children. Sometimes called only a CAL. York, - West Riding. ...

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shirt-band
a band. N. ...

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band-fish
, or ribbon-fishes A popular name of the Gymnetrus genus. ...

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belly-band
A strip of canvas, half way between the close-reef and the foot of square sails, to strengthen them....

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coral-band
See sand and coral bank or islet. ...

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humla-band
A northern term for the grommet to an oar-pin or thole. ...

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reef-band
A narrow band of canvas sewed on the reef-line to support the strain of the reef-points. It is pierc...

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Augustus Band
(Acts 27:1) [Army] ...

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Italian Band
[Army] ...

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Troop, Band
These words are employed to represent the Hebrew word gedud, which has invariably the sense of an ir...

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Middle New Street
East out of Great New Street at No. 18 and New Street Square, Fetter Lane (P.O. Directory). In Farri...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Middle Temple Hall
On the west side of Middle Temple Lane, within the Temple precincts (P.O. Directory). Great Hall new...

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Middle Temple Lane
South out of Fleet Street at No. 3 through the Temple precincts (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward...

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middle-latitude sailing
A method of converting departure in difference of longitude, and vice versâ, by using the middle lat...

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