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Slot
·noun A bolt or bar for fastening a door.
II. Slot ·noun A broad, flat, wooden bar; a slat or sloat...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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slot
1) to slot a door, to shut it hastily, or in a passion. Lincolnsh.
2) a bolt.
3) the track of cart...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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slot
An archaic term for a castle or fort. Also, a groove or hole where a pin traverses.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Hoop
·vt To drive or follow with a shout.
II. Hoop ·vt To call by a shout or peculiar cry.
III. Hoop ·n...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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hoop
To run the hoop; an ancient marine custom. Four or more boys having their left hands tied fast to an...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hoop
a measure, containing a peck, or a quarter of a strike. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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hoop
The principal hoops of different kinds used for nautical purposes, are noticed under their several n...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Slot machine
·add. ·- A machine the operation of which is started by dropping a coin into a slot, for delivering ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hoop Yard
Tavern on the east side of Fish Street Hill, north of Thames Street. In Bridge Ward Within (Strype, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hoop Tavern
Tavern on the east side of Fish Street Hill, north of Thames Street. In Bridge Ward Within (Strype, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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hoop-pine
n.
another name for the tree Araucaria cunninghami or Moreton-Bay Pine.See Pine.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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sling-hoop
That which suspends the yard from the mast, by which it is hoisted and lowered.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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spider-hoop
The hoop round a mast to secure the shackles to which the futtock-shrouds are attached. Also, an iro...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Cock-a-hoop
·adj Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Round Hoop Court
In Whitecross Street, Cripplegate (Strype, ed. I 755-Boyle, 1799).
!!!!Round Hope Court in Strype. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cock-a-hoop
In full confidence, and high spirits.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Castle on the Hoop
Parish of St. Margaret, Friday Street.
See Le Burgate.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cock and Hoop Court
Out of Addle Hill. In Castle Baynard Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 230, to Boyle, 1799).
Not name...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cock and Hoop Yard
East out of Houndsditch. In Portsoken Ward (in O.S. 1880 ed.).
Earliest mention: O. and M. 1677.
R...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Le Dolphyn upon le Hoop
A brewhouse tenement called "le Dolphyn upon le hoop" in parish of St. Magnus by London Bridge, 23 H...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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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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Swan and Hoop Passage
South out of Cornhill to No.78 Lombard Street. In Cornhill and Langbourn Wards (P.C. 1732-Elmes, 183...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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Pott Inn, Pott on the Hoop
See Pewter Pot Inn.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.