prize-goods

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• Prize

  ·noun Estimation; valuation. II. Prize ·noun A contest for a reward; competition. III. Prize ·noun...

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• prize

  A vessel captured at sea from the enemies of a state, or from pirates, either by a man-of-war or pri...

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• Goods

  ·noun ·pl ·see <<Good>>, ·noun, 3. ...

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• goods

  cattle. Derb. ...

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

• prize-acts

  Though expiring with each war, are usually revived nearly in the same form. ...

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• prize-court

  A department of the admiralty court; (oyer et terminer) to hear and determine according to the law o...

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• prize-list

  A return of all the persons on board, whether belonging to the ship, or supernumeraries, at the time...

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• prize-master

  The officer to whom a prize is given in charge to carry her into port. ...

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• prize-money

  The profits arising from the sale of prizes. It was divided equally by chart. 5 Hen. IV. ...

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• scotch prize

  A mistake; worse than no prize, or one liable to hamper the captors with heavy law expenses. ...

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• Consumer's goods

  ·add. ·- Economic goods that directly satisfy human wants or desires, such as food, clothes, picture...

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• Dress goods

  ·- A term applied to fabrics for the gowns of women and girls; — most commonly to fabrics of mixed ...

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• Dry goods

  ·- A commercial name for textile fabrics, cottons, woolens, linen, silks, laces, ·etc., — in distinc...

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• Producer's goods

  ·add. ·- Goods that satisfy wants only indirectly as factors in the production of other goods, such ...

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• Steelbow goods

  ·- Those goods on a farm, such as corn, cattle, implements husbandry, ·etc., which may not be carrie...

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• Good's Rents

  In the Minories (Strype, ed. 1755-Dodsley, 1761). Not named in the maps. Named after the builder o...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• run goods

  A maidenhead, being a commodity never entered. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bale goods

  Merchandise packed in large bundles, not in cases or casks. ...

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• gruff-goods

  An Indian return cargo consisting of raw materials cotton, rice, pepper, sugar, hemp, saltpetre, &c....

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• kentledge goods

  In lieu of ballast. ...

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• running goods

  Landing a cargo of contraband articles. ...

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• shipping goods

  Receiving and stowing them on board. ...

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• stowage goods

  Those which usually pay freight according to bulk. ...

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• prize act of 1793

  Ordained that the officers and sailors on board every ship and vessel of war shall have the sole pro...

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• custom-house goods

  The stock in trade of a prostitute, because fairly entered. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• as good's go

  In the phrase, I'd as good's go to New York, instead of "I might as well go to New York." "I'd as go...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• runners of foreign goods

  Organized smugglers. ...

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• Great Eastern Railway Goods' Receiving Office

  On the west side of Laurence Lane at No. 23, in Cheap Ward, on the western boundary of the ward (P.O...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Great Northern Railway Goods' Station and Depot

  On the north side of Royal Mint Street (P.O. Directory). Covers the site of Merchant Taylors' Almsh...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.