spider-hoop

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• Spider

  ·noun A trevet to support pans or pots over a fire. II. Spider ·noun Any one of various other arach...

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• Spider

  The trust of the hypocrite is compared to the spider's web or house (Job 8:14). It is said of the wi...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• spider

  n. See katipo. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• spider

  A cast iron frying-pan with three legs. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• spider

  An iron out-rigger to keep a block clear of the ship's side. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Spider

  The Hebrew word 'accabish in (Job 8:24; Isaiah 59:5) is correctly rendered "spider." Put semamith is...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Hoop

  ·vt To drive or follow with a shout. II. Hoop ·vt To call by a shout or peculiar cry. III. Hoop ·n...

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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

• hoop

  a measure, containing a peck, or a quarter of a strike. N. ...

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

• hoop

  The principal hoops of different kinds used for nautical purposes, are noticed under their several n...

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• Ballooning spider

  ·- A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( ·esp. species of Lycosa) do thi...

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• Sea spider

  ·- Any pycnogonid. II. Sea spider ·- Any maioid crab; a spider crab. ·see <<Maioid>>, and Spider cr...

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• Spider stitch

  ·add. ·- A stitch in lace making used to fill in open spaces with threads resembling a cobweb. ...

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• Spider web

  ·- ·Alt. of Spider's web. ...

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• Water spider

  ·- A water mite. II. Water spider ·- Any spider that habitually lives on or about the water, especi...

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• spider-shanked

  Thin-legged. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• spider-orchis

  n. name given in Tasmaniato the Orchid Caladenia pulcherrima, F. v. M. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• spider-lines

  A most ingenious substitution of a spider's long threads for wires in micrometer scales, intended fo...

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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.

• 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.

• hoop-pine

  n. another name for the tree Araucaria cunninghami or Moreton-Bay Pine.See Pine. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• sling-hoop

  That which suspends the yard from the mast, by which it is hoisted and lowered. ...

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• slot-hoop

  The same as truss-hoops. ...

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• red-streaked spider

  or Black-and-red Spider ,an Australasian spider ( Latrodectus scelio, Thorel.),called in New Zealan...

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• Cock-a-hoop

  ·adj Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially. ...

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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.

• cock-a-hoop

  In full confidence, and high spirits. ...

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• black-and-red spider

  See red-streaked spider ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Castle on the Hoop

  Parish of St. Margaret, Friday Street. See Le Burgate. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• 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.

• Cock and Hoop Yard

  East out of Houndsditch. In Portsoken Ward (in O.S. 1880 ed.). Earliest mention: O. and M. 1677. R...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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• White Hart on the Hoop

  A tenement called "Whitehart," otherwise "Hyltonsyn," opposite the lane called Chancellors lane, 147...

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• Pott Inn, Pott on the Hoop

  See Pewter Pot Inn. ...

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