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windmills in the head
Foolish projects.
...
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Square
·noun A pane of glass.
II. Square ·noun Hence, a pattern or rule.
III. Square ·noun A square piece...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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square
Honest, not roguish. A square cove, i.e. a man who does not steal, or get his living by dishonest me...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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square
I.
An instrument formed by a stock and a tongue fixed at right angles. Also, in the army, a format...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Dog's Head in the Pot
A shop called the Dogges Hedde in the potte in parish of St. Peter in Cheap, 4 Ed. VI. 1550 (Lond. I...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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bulk-head, the
Afore, is the partition between the forecastle and gratings in the head, and in which are the chase-...
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by the head
When a ship is deeper forward than abaft.
...
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in the wind
The state of a vessel when thrown with her head into the wind, but not quite all in the wind (see al...
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-head
(suffix.) A variant of -hood.
...
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Head
·noun Power; armed force.
II. Head ·noun The antlers of a deer.
III. Head ·noun Tiles laid at the ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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head
n.
the rammer for crushing quartz ingold-mining.
1890. `Goldfields of Victoria,' p.7:
«Forty addi...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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head
face ; I told him to his head, I told him to his face. Berks.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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head
The upper part or end of anything, as a mast-head, a timber-head. Also, an ornamental figure on a sh...
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in
in (old forms endŏ and indŭ, freq. in ante-class. poets; cf. Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4; id. ap. Macr. S...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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in
in I old indu, prep.with acc.or abl.
I I. With acc., in space, with verbs implying ent...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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in-
in- an inseparable particle cf. Gr. ἀ-, ἀν-; Germ. and Eng. un-, which, prefixed to an adj., negati...
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-in
·- A suffix. ·see the Note under -ine.
...
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In
·noun A reentrant angle; a nook or corner.
II. In ·noun One who is in office;
— the opposite of ou...
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In-
·- An inseparable prefix, or particle, meaning not, non-, un- as, inactive, incapable, inapt. In- re...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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in
for into. Mr. Colman, in remarking upon the prevalence of this inaccuracy in New York, says: "We get...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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in
The state of any sails in a ship when they are furled or stowed, in opposition to out, which implies...
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In-and-in
·noun An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, eithe...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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berthing of the head
See head-boards.
...
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captain of the head
Not a recognized rating, but an ordinary man appointed to attend to the swabs, and to keep the ship'...
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gratings of the head
See head-gratings.
...
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knee of the head
A large flat piece of timber, fixed edgeways, and fayed upon the fore-part of a ship's stem, support...
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rails of the head
Curved pieces of timber extending from the bows on each side to the continuation of the ship's stem,...
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Hole in the air
·add. ·- = Air hole, above.
...
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Ephraim in the wilderness
(John 11: 54), a town to which our Lord retired with his disciples after he had raised Lazarus, and ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Thorn in the flesh
(2 Cor. 12:7-10). Many interpretations have been given of this passage.
1) Roman Catholic writers t...
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Burnt in the Fire 1666.
Not further identified.
...
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Le Cok in the Houpe
A tenement so called in parish of St. Alphege at London Wall 1349 (Ct. H.W. I. 566).
No further ref...
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(St.) Dunstan in the East
On the west side of St. Dunstan's Hill at No. 2 (P.O. Directory). In Tower Ward.
Earliest mention f...
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(St.) Dunstan in the West
On the north side of Fleet Street at No. 187 (P.O. Directory), between Fetter Lane and Chancery Lane...
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(St.) James' in the Temple
See Temple Church.
...
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(St.) Martin in the Jewry
Thomas the priest of St. Martin's in the Jewry is mentioned in a Deed about 1197, as witness to a gr...
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(St.) Olave in the Shamb1es
Parish mentioned in Will of Milo de Wynton, 1273-4 (Ct. H.W. I. 16).
Perhaps the church of St. Nich...
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Pye in the Royall
A Messuage so called in the parish of St. Michael Paternoster Church, 1565 (Lond. I. p.m. II. 35).
...
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(St.) Stephen in the Jewry
See St. Stephen Coleman Street.
...
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(St.) Ursula in the Poultry
Seint Vrsula, chapel in the Pultry, mentioned in the list of Parish Churches of London in Arnold's C...
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babes in the wood
Criminals in the stocks, or pillory.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dicked in the nob
Silly. Crazed.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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drop in the eye
Almost drunk.
...
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flush in the pocket
Full of money. The cull is flush in the fob. The fellow is full of money.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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shove in the mouth
A dram.
...
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ten in the hundred
An usurer; more than five in the hundred being deemed usurious interest.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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wheelband in the nick
Regular drinking over the left thumb.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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wolf in the breast
An extraordinary mode of imposition, sometimes practised in the country by strolling women, who have...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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wolf in the stomach
A monstrous or canine appetite.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to flash in the pan
To fail of success. A metaphor borrowed from a gun, which, after being primed and ready to be discha...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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down in the mouth
Dispirited, dejected, disheartened.--Brockett's Glossary.
...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dyed in the wool
Ingrained; thorough.
The Democrats, on the authority of Mr. Cameron's letter, are beginning to clai...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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shot in the neck
Drunk. A Southern phrase.
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cloth in the wind
Too near to the wind, and sails shivering. Also, groggy.
...
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cross in the hawse
Is when a ship moored with two anchors from the bows has swung the wrong way once, whereby the two c...
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down in the mouth
Low-spirited or disheartened.
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elbow in the hawse
Two crosses in a hawse. When a ship, being moored in a tide-way, swings twice the wrong way, thereby...
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flash in the pan
An expressive metaphor, borrowed from the false fire of a musket, meaning to fail of success after p...
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jack in the basket
A sort of wooden cap or basket on the top of a pole, to mark a sand-bank or hidden danger.
...
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jack in the box
A very handy engine, consisting of a large wooden male screw turning in a female one, which forms th...
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jack in the dust
See jack in the bread-room
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lay in the oars
Unship them from the rowlocks, and place them fore and aft in the boat.
...
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sheet in the wind
Half intoxicated; as the sail trembles and is unsteady, so is a drunken man.
...
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turn in the hawse
Two crosses in a cable.
...
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wind in the teeth
Dead against a ship.
...
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Bezer In The Wilderness
a city of refuge in the downs on the east of the Jordan. (4:43; Joshua 20:8; 21:36; 1 Chronicles 6:7...
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Wandering In The Wilderness
[Wilderness Of The Wandering OF THE WANDERING]
...
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crossing the cables in the hatchway
A method by which the operation of coiling is facilitated; it alludes to hempen cables, which are no...
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Square-rigged
·adj Having the sails extended upon yards suspended horizontally by the middle, as distinguished fro...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Square-toed
·noun Having the toe square.
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Square-toes
·noun A precise person;
— used contemptuously or jocularly.
...
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T square
·- ·see under <<T>>.
...
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Three-square
·adj Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle;
— said especially of a kind of ...
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Try-square
·noun An instrument used by carpenters, joiners, ·etc., for laying off right angles off right angles...
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America Square
On the south side of John Street, Minories. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).
First mention: Horw...
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Angel Square
South out of Angel Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799-Lockie, 1816).
" Angel Alley "...
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Bell Square
1) East out of St. Martin's le Grand to Foster Lane in Aldersgate Ward (Horwood, 1799-Lockie, 1816)....
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Billiter Square
West out of Billiter Street at No. 11. In Aldgate Ward and Langbourn Ward (P.O. Directory).
Seems t...
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Bridgewater Square
At the north end of Bridgewater Street, Barbican, at No. 1, in Cripplegate Ward Without (P.O. Direct...
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Car Square
West out of Moor Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799-O.S. 1848-51).
Former name : "Car...
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Cartwright Square
At the southern end of Cartwright Street, east of the Royal Mint (O.S. 25 in 1880 ed.).
Formerly kn...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cook's Square
East out of Long Alley. In Bishopsgate Ward Without, near the northern boundary of the ward (O.S. 18...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Crosby Square
East out of Bishopsgate at No. 34 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Within.
First mention: "Cro...
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Devonshire Square
At the east end of Devonshire Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
First mention: ...
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Ebenezer Square
East out of Gravel Lane and extending south-east to Meeting House Court. In Portsoken Ward (Horwood,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Falcon Square
Between Falcon Street and Silver Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without and Farringdon Ward Within (P.O...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Gold Square
See Gould Square.
...
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Gough Square
At the top of Wine Office Court, Fleet Street (P.O. Directory).
First mention: "Gough's Square" (P....
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Gould Square
East out of Cooper's Row. In Aldgate Ward (O.S. 25, in, 1880).
First mention: "Gould's Square" (P.C...
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Haberdashers' Square
West out of Milton Street between Nos. 3 and 4, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, 1720-L.C.C. Lis...
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Haydon Square
At No. 23 Haydon Street, on the north side.
In Minories precinct, now in the parish of St. Botolph,...
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Heydon Square
See Haydon Square.
...
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Honesty Square
West out of St. John's Court, Chick Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
Si...
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Honeysuckle Square
East out of Milton Street at No. 47, in Cripplegate Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
Formerly called ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Jeffrey's Square
East out of St. Mary Axe (O.S. 1894-6). In Aldgate Ward.
First mention: Strype, 1720.
At the time ...
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Ludgate Square
West out of Creed Lane at No. 7 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within.
First mention: O.S. 18...
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Marine Square
See Wellclose Square.
...
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May Square
On the west side of Whitecross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O.S. 1875-80).
"Tyson Court" in...
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Mitre Square
North out of Mitre Street at No. 9 (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.
First mention: O.S. 1848-51.
...
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Monument Square
On the east side of Fish Street Hill, extending to Pudding Lane. In Billingsgate Ward and Bridge War...
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Moor Square
West out of Moor Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799 - O.S. 1848-51).
Former names: " ...
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New Square
On the west side of the Minories at No.130, south of St. Botolph's Vestry Hall. In Portsoken Ward (P...
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Nicholl Square
Between Well Street and Castle Street, Aldersgate Street (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate and Alders...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Nixon's Square
At the north end of Goldsmith's Alley and Bull Head Court, Jewin Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Paternoster Square
North out of Paternoster Row, at No.30, leading to Ivy Lane and Rose Street (P.O. Directory). In Cas...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Petticoat Square
At the western end of Nightingale Place, west of Middlesex Street. In Portsoken Ward (Rocque, 1746-O...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Printer's Square
See Printing House Square.
...
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Prujean Square
West out of Old Bailey at No. 61 (P.O. Directory).
First mention: " Prujean Court or Square" (Locki...
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Queen Square
West out of Aldersgate Street, at No. 159a, to Bartholomew Close. In Aldersgate Ward and Farringdon ...
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Queen's Square
See Queen's Colledge Passage Square.
...
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Salisbury Square
At the south end of Salisbury Court, Fleet Street (P.O. Directory).
First mention: 1689 (H. MSS. Co...
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Spital Square
East out of Bishopsgate at No. 310. In the liberty of Norton Folgate (P.O. Directory).
First mentio...
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Sun Square
North out of Sun Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).
Not named in the m...
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Trinity Square
On the north side of Tower Hill (P.O. Directory).
Laid out in Horwood, 1799.
First mention: Lockie...
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Turner's Square
South out of Amelia Place (O.S. 1848-51 to O.S. 25 in. 1880). In Portsoken Ward.
Removed for the ex...
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Union Square
In the Minories (Strype, ed. 1755~Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Warwick Square
West out of Warwick Lane at No. 7 1/2 (P.O. Directory). In Castle Baynard Ward and Farringdon Ward W...
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Wellclose Square
At Nos. 71 and 72 St. George Street, in the Borough of Stepney, outside the City boundary (P.O. Dire...
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square toes
An old man: square toed shoes were anciently worn in common, and long retained by old men.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to square up
To put oneself in an attitude fit for boxing. Provincial in various parts of England.--Halliwell.
Y...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cap-square
The clamp of iron which shuts over the trunnions of a gun to secure them to the carriage, having a c...
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hollow square
The square generally used by British infantry; a formation to resist cavalry. Each side is composed ...
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oblong square
A name improperly given to a parallelogram. (See three-square.)
...
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rallying square
That formed by skirmishers or dispersed troops when suddenly menaced by cavalry, each man as he runs...
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rising-square
In ship-carpentry, a square used in the whole moulding, upon which is marked the height of the risin...
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square-butted
The yard-arms of small shipping so made that a sheave-hole can be cut through without weakening the ...
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square-frames
In marine architecture, implies those frames which are square with the line of the keel, having no b...
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square-knot
The same as reef-knot.
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square ribbons
A synonym of horizontal lines, or horizontal ribbons.
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square-rigged
Ships having chiefly square sails; a term used in contradistinction to all vessels which do not use ...
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square-sail
The flying sail, set on the fore-yard of a schooner, or the spread-yard of a cutter or sloop.
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square-sails
Colloquially applied to the courses; but the term may be used for any four-cornered sail extended to...
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square-sterned
Implies a stern where the wing-transom is at right angles with the stern-post. (See pink and round s...
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square timbers
Those timbers which stand square with, or perpendicular to, the keel.
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square tuck
The after-part of a ship's bottom, when terminated in the same direction up and down as the wing-tra...
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square yards!
The order to attend to the lifts and braces, for going before the wind.
♦ To square a yard. In wor...
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three-square
An odd word applied to staysails, or anything triangular, as was the oblong square to a parallelogra...
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The
·vi ·see <<Thee>>.
II. The (·art·def) A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their me...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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beak-head bulk-head
The old termination aft of the space called beak-head, which inclosed the fore part of the ship.
...
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Chapel in (St.) Dunstan in the East Churchyard
There was a chapel "upon the charnell in the chirch haue of Seint Dunstan in the Est," mentioned in ...
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Addle-head
·noun ·Alt. of Addle-pate.
...
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Cittern-head
·noun Blockhead; dunce;
— so called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved hea...
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Cubbridge-head
·noun A bulkhead on the forecastle and half deck of a ship.
...
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Death's-head
·noun A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the conventional personification of de...
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Dragon's head
·- ·Alt. of Dragon's tail.
...
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Feather-head
·noun A frivolous or featherbrained person.
...
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Giddy-head
·noun A person without thought fulness, prudence, or judgment.
...
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Head gear
·noun ·Alt. of <<Headgear>>.
...
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Head-cheese
·noun A dish made of portions of the head, or head and feet, of swine, cut up fine, seasoned, and pr...
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Head-hunter
·noun A member of any tribe or race of savages who have the custom of decapitating human beings and ...
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Head-lugged
·adj Lugged or dragged by the head.
...
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Hot-head
·noun A violent, passionate person; a hasty or impetuous person; as, the rant of a hot-head.
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Pope's head
·add. ·- A long-handled brush for dusting ceilings, ·etc., also for washing windows.
...
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Shock-head
·adj Shock-headed.
...
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Snake's-head
·noun The Guinea-hen flower;
— so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales ...
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Torsion head
·add. ·- That part of a torsion balance from which the wire or filament is suspended.
...
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Tough-head
·noun The ruddy duck.
...
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Tow-head
·noun The hooded merganser.
II. Tow-head ·noun An urchin who has soft, whitish hair.
III. Tow-head...
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Turk's-head
·add. ·noun The melon cactus.
II. Turk's-head ·add. ·noun Any of several species of Echinocactus.
...
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Woolly-head
·noun A <<Negro>>.
...
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Head-bands
(Heb. kishshurim), properly girdles or belts for the waist (Isa. 3:20, R.V., "sashes;" Jer. 2:32, re...
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Head-dress
Not in common use among the Hebrews. It is first mentioned in Ex. 28:40 (A.V., "bonnets;" R.V., "hea...
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Bishop's Head
A messuage so called in Coleman Street in parish of St. Stephen 27 Eliz. 1585 (Lond. I. p.m. III. p....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Boar's Head
On the north side of Great Eastcheap in the parish of St. Clement Eastcheap, at Nos. 20-22, near the...
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Bore's Head
Mentioned in Circuit of St. Giles' parish (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 87).
Boar's Head, Cripplegate,...
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The Bull Head
A tavern so called within the precinct of St. Martin le Grand, 32 H. viii. 1541 (L. and P. H. VIII. ...
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Dog's Head
In Aldersgate Street (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
...
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The Horse Head
A capital messuage or tenement so called in Thames Street given to St. Dunstan's Church (Strype, ed....
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King's Head
1) Parish of St. Gregory.
A capital messuage, in parish of St. Gregory, in ward of Castle Baynard, ...
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Moryan's Head
In Bread Street, given to the Parish of All Hallows, 9 Eliz. (Strype, Ed. 1720, I. iii. 201).
No la...
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Paul's Head
A hostel so called near " Poulescheyae" in parish of St. Gregory, in Castle Baynard Ward (Strype, Ed...
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The Rammes Head
Brewhouse of Roger James called "The Rammes Head" in parish of All Hallows Barking, 1591 (Maskell, p...
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Saracen's Head
1) See The Horse Head and King's Head.
2) South out of Little Carter Lane in parish of St. Mary Mag...
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cod's head
A stupid fellow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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head rails
Teeth.
SEA PHRASE.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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jolter head
A large head; metaphorically a stupid fellow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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sheep's head
Like a sheep's head, all jaw; saying of a talkative man or woman.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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swelled head
A disorder to which horses are extremely liable, particularly those of the subalterns of the army. T...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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big-head
n.
a fish. The name is used locallyfor various fishes; in Australia it is Eleotrisnudiceps, Castln....
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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blue-head
n.
Tasmanian name for the fishcalled the blue-groper (q.v.)
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bull-head
n.
The name is applied to manyfishes of different families in various parts of the world,none of wh...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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copper-head
n.
See under snake.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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head-station
n.
the principal buildings,including the owner's or manager's house, the hut, store, etc.,of a shee...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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leather-head
n.
another name for the Friar-bird (q.v.), Philemon corniculatus, Lath.See Tropidorhynchus.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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maori-head
n.
a swamp tussock, so called froma fancied resemblance to the head of a Maori. (Compare Black-boy....
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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white-head
n.
a bird of New Zealand, Clitonyx albicapilla, Buller. Found in North Island,but becoming very rar...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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yellow-head
n.
name given to a bird of NewZealand, Clitonyx ochrocephala, or Native Canary (q.v.), common in So...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to head off
To get before; to intercept. Ex. 'The thief ran fast, but the officer managed to head him off.'
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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angel-head
The hook or barb of an arrow; probably angle-head.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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cross-head
In a steamer's engine, is on the top of the piston-rod athwart the cylinder; and there is another fi...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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dead-head
A kind of dolphin (which see). Also, a rough block of wood used as an anchor-buoy.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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dun-head
In east-country barges the after-planking which forms the cabin.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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family-head
When the stem was surmounted with several full-length figures, as was the custom many years ago.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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fell-head
The top of a mountain not distinguished by a peak.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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fiddle-head
When there is no figure; this means that the termination of the head is formed by a scroll turning a...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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figure-head
A carved bust or full-length figure over the cut-water of a ship; the remains of an ancient supersti...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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futtock-head
In ship-building, is a name for the 5th, the 7th, and the 9th diagonals, the intervening bevellings ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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gilt-head
, or gilt-poll.
The Sparus aurata, a fish of the European and American seas, with a golden mark be...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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grey-head
A fish of the haddock kind, taken on the coast of Galloway.
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The Sailor's Word-Book