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anchor-stock
A bar at the upper end of the shank, crossing the direction of the flukes transversely, to steady th...
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blade of an anchor
That part of the arm prepared to receive the palm.
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eye of an anchor
The hole in the shank wherein the ring is fixed.
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nuts of an anchor
Two projections either raised or welded on the square part of the shank, for securing the stock to i...
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peak of an anchor
The bill or extremity of the palm, which, as seamen by custom drop the k, is pronounced pea; it is t...
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trend of an anchor
The lower end of the shank, where it thickens towards the arms, usually at one-third from the crown....
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anchor-stock-fashion
The method of placing the butt of one wale-plank nearly over the middle of the other; and the planks...
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anchor-stock tackle
A small tackle attached to the upper part of the anchor-stock when stowing the anchor, its object be...
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an
ăn, conj. [etym. very obscure; v. the various views adduced in Hand, I. p. 296, with which he seems ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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an
an I conj.
I I. Prop., in a disjunctive question introducing the latter c...
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An
·conj If;
— a word used by old English authors.
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Stock
·vt To put in the stocks.
II. Stock ·noun The beater of a fulling mill.
III. Stock ·noun A race or...
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stock
A good stock; i.e. of impudence. Stock and block; the whole: he has lost stock and block.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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stock
n.
The word has many meanings. In theone from which the Australian compounds are made, it denotesho...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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stock
Cattle in general; the cattle belonging to a farm. Provincial in the North of England.--Pegge's Glos...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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stock
cattle in general.
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lift an anchor, to
Either by the purchase; or a ship if she has not sufficient cable on a steep bank lifts, or shoulder...
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Anchor
·noun An emblem of hope.
II. Anchor ·noun An <<Anchoret>>.
III. Anchor ·vi To <<Stop>>; to fix or ...
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Anchor
From Acts 27:29, 30, 40, it would appear that the Roman vessels carried several anchors, which were ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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The Anchor
A house so called near Aldermanbury given to the parish of St. Olave Jewry (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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anchor
Bring your a-se to an anchor, i.e. sit down. To let go an anchor to the windward of the law; to keep...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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anchor
of a buckle, the chape. Glou.
...
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anchor
A large and heavy instrument in use from the earliest times for holding and retaining ships, which i...
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bring-to an anchor, to
To let go the anchor in the intended port. "All hands bring ship to an anchor!" The order by which t...
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wash of an oar
See blade of an oar
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blade or wash of an oar
Is the flat part of it which is plunged into the water in rowing. The force and effect in a great me...
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cheeks of an embrasure
The interior faces or sides of an embrasure.
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flank of an army
The right or left side or end, as distinguished from the front and rear a vulnerable point. Also, th...
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inclination of an orbit
The angle which the path of a comet or planet makes with the plane of the ecliptic.
...
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magnitude of an eclipse
The proportion which the eclipsed part of the surface of the sun or moon bears to the diameter; it i...
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y's of an instrument
The Y-shaped bearings for the telescope axis, on the precision of which the value of an astronomical...
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An 't
·- An it, that is, and it or if it. ·see <<An>>, ·conj
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an-end
The position of any spar when erected perpendicularly to the deck. The top-masts are said to be an-e...
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Debenture stock
·add. ·- The debt or series of debts, collectively, represented by a series of debentures; a debt se...
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Mahon stock
·- An annual cruciferous plant with reddish purple or white flowers (Malcolmia maritima). It is call...
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Stock-blind
·adj Blind as a stock; wholly blind.
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Stock-still
·adj Still as a stock, or fixed post; perfectly still.
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Tool-stock
·noun The part of a tool-rest in which a cutting tool is clamped.
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Treasury stock
·add. ·- Issued stock of an incorporated company held by the company itself.
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Trustee stock
·add. ·- High-grade stock in which trust funds may be legally invested.
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Stock Exchange
Between Throgmorton Street north and Threadneedle Street south, at No.23 Throgmorton Street (P.O. Di...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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live stock
Lice or fleas.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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stock drawers
Stockings.
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stock jobbers
Persons who gamble in Exchange Alley, by pretending to buy and sell the public funds, but in reality...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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stock-agent
n.
more usually in the form Stockand Station-agent. The circumstances of Australian life makethis a...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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stock-holder
n.
a grazier; owner of largeherds of cattle, or flocks of sheep.
1820. Lieut. Chas. Jeffreys, `Del...
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stock-horse
n.
horse accustomed to go aftercattle used in mustering and cutting-out (q.v.).
1874. W. H. L. Ran...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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stock-hut
n.
the hut of a stock-man.
1833. C. Sturt, `Southern Australia,' vol. ii. c. ii. p. 21:
«We cross...
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stock-keep
v.
a quaint compound verb.
1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. x. p. 96(1890):
«`What ...
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stock-keeper
n.
equivalent to a shepherd,or herdsman.
1821. Governor Macquarie, `Government Notice,' June 30, 1...
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stock-man
n.
used in Australia for a manemployed to look after stock.
1821. Governor Macquarie, `Government ...
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stock-rider
n.
a man employed to look aftercattle, properly on an unfenced station.
1870. A. L. Gordon, `Bush ...
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stock-riding
n.
the occupationof a Stock-rider (q.v.).
1880. Fison and Howitt, `Kamilaroi and Kurnai,' p. 260[F...
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stock-route
n.
When land is first let insurveyed blocks to a Squatter (q.v.), and is, of course,unfenced, the l...
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stock-up
v.
complete the number of animalson a station, so that it may carry its full complement.
1890. Rol...
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stock-whip
n.
whip for driving cattle.See quotations.
1857. W. Howitt, `Tallangetta,' vol. i. p. 100:
«The s...
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rudder-stock
The main piece of a rudder.
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stock-fish
Ling and haddock when sun-dried, without salt, were called stock-fish, and used in the navy, but are...
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beam of the anchor
Synonymous with anchor-stock.
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shoe of the anchor
A flat block of hard wood, convex on the back, and having a hole sufficiently large to contain the b...
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stopper of the anchor
A strong rope attached to the cat-head, which, passing through the anchor-ring, is afterwards fasten...
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Anchor escapement
·add. ·- The common recoil escapement.
II. Anchor escapement ·add. ·- A variety of the lever escape...
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Anchor light
·add. ·- The lantern shown at night by a vessel at anchor. International rules of the road require v...
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Anchor shot
·add. ·- A shot made with the object balls in an anchor space.
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Anchor space
·add. ·- In the balk-line game, any of eight spaces, 7 inches by 3/, lying along a cushion and bisec...
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Anchor watch
·add. ·- A detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck at night when a vessel is at anchor.
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Anchor-hold
·noun Hence: Firm hold: security.
II. Anchor-hold ·noun The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to w...
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Sea anchor
·- ·see Drag sail, under 4th Drag.
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Sheet anchor
·vt Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger; the best hope or refuge.
II. Sheet...
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Anchor Alley
South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 68 to Three Cranes, on the west side of Vintners' Hall (P.O....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Anchor Inn
On the west side of Duck Lane, in Aldersgate Ward (Rocque, 1746-L. Guide, 1758).
The site is now oc...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Anchor Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street at No.9 to the Thames, in Castle Baynard Ward, between Crown and Ho...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Blue Anchor
Strype says that the part of Houndsditch in Bishopsgate Ward Without extends to the Blue Anchor (Str...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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anchor-ball
A pyrotechnical combustible attached to a grapnel for adhering to and setting fire to ships.
...
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anchor-chocks
Pieces indented into a wooden anchor-stock where it has become worn or defective in the way of the s...
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anchor-davit
See davit.
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anchor-hold
The fastness of the flukes on the ground; also the act of having cast anchor, and taken the ground. ...
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anchor-hoops
Strong iron hoops, binding the stock to the end of the shank and over the nuts of the anchor.
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anchor-ice
The ice which is formed on and incrustates the beds of lakes and rivers: the ground-gru of the easte...
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anchor-lining
The short pieces of plank fastened to the sides of the ship, under the fore-channels, to prevent the...
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anchor-ring
Formerly the great ring welded into the hole for it. Recent anchors have Jew's-harp shackles, easily...
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anchor-seat
An old term for the prow of a ship, still in use with eastern nations Chinese, Japanese, &c.
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anchor-shackle
An open link of iron which connects the chain with the anchor
a "Jew's-harp" shackle.
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anchor-smith
A forger of anchors.
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anchor-stocking
is a mode of securing and working planks in general with tapered butts.
...
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anchor-watch
A subdivision of the watch kept constantly on deck during the time the ship lies at single anchor, t...
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at anchor
The situation of a vessel riding in a road or port by her anchor.
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floating anchor
A simple machine consisting of a fourfold canvas, stretched by two cross-bars of iron, rivetted in t...
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flood-anchor
That which the ship rides by during the flood-tide.
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foul anchor
An anchor is said to be foul, or fouled, either when it hooks some impediment under water, or when t...
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ice-anchor
A bar of round iron tapered to a point, and bent as a pot-hook; a hole is cut in the ice, the point ...
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lee-anchor
The leeward one, if under weigh; or that to leeward to which a ship, when moored, is riding.
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pilot's-anchor
A kedge used for dropping a vessel in a stream or tide-way.
...
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rodgers' anchor
The excellent small-palmed, very strong and good-holding anchor. It is the result of many years' stu...
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sea-anchor
That which lies towards the offing when a ship is moored.
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sheet-anchor
One of four bower anchors supplied, two at the bows, and one at either chest-tree abaft the fore-rig...
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shore-anchor
That which lies between the shore and the ship when moored.
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single anchor
A ship unmoored, having hove up one bower, rides by the other.
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spare anchor
An additional anchor the size of a bower.
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stream-anchor
A smaller one by two-thirds than the bowers, and larger than the kedges, used to ride steady, or moo...
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up anchor
Pipe to weigh; every man to his station.
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waist-anchor
An additional or spare anchor stowed before the chess-tree. (See spare anchor.)
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weather-anchor
That lying to windward, by which a ship rides when moored.
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·OF
(abbreviation) Old French
...
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Of
·prep During; in the course of.
II. Of ·prep Denoting passage from one state to another; from.
III...
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of
An action of the organs of sense may be either involuntary or voluntary. Accordingly we say to hear,...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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In and an
·adj & ·adv Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. ·see under <<Breeding>...
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to hang an arse
To hang back, to hesitate.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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well-an-ere!
alas! Derb. N .
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working an observation
Reducing the altitudes or distances of heavenly bodies by calculation.
...
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stock and fluke
The whole of anything.
...
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Blue Anchor Alley
1) In Great Minories (Dodsley, 1761).
Not further identified.
2) In St. Katherine's precinct (Dods...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Blue Anchor Court
In Salisbury Court, Fleet Street (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Blue Anchor Inn
On the south-west side of Duck Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without, at the Corner of Little Britain (O....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Blue Anchor Yard
West out of Coleman Street at No. 1 and north to London Wall. In Coleman Street Ward (Rocque, 1746-E...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Three Anchor Alley
In Shoe Lane (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
Name derived from the sign.
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boat the anchor
Place the anchor in-board in the boat.
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cat the anchor
When the cat is hooked and "cable enough" veered and stoppered, the anchor hangs below the cat-head,...
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shoulder the anchor
When a seaman forgets his craft, and gives his ship too little cable to ride by, she may be thrown a...
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jack in an office
An insolent fellow in authority.
...
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every rope an-end
The order to coil down the running rigging, or braces and bowlines, after tacking, or other evolutio...
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feather an oar, to
In rowing, is to turn the blade horizontally, with the top aft, as it comes out of the water. This l...
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London Joint Stock Bank
1) On the west side of Princes Street at No. 5 (Head Office) (P.O. Directory). In Broad Street Ward....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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lock, stock, and barrel
The whole. A figurative expression borrowed from sportsmen, and having reference to a gun.
Look at ...
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lock, stock, and barrel
An expression derived from fire-arms, and meaning the whole.
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Unheard-of
·adj New; unprecedented; unparalleled.
...
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kind of
In a manner, as it were. A sort of qualifying expression; as, 'She made game on it kind o'.'--Forby....
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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rising of
More than; upwards of; as, There were rising of a thousand men killed at the battle of Buena Vista.'...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Anchor and Hart Alley
North out of Aldgate High Street, near the eastern boundary of Portsoken Ward and within the ward. "...
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drag the anchor, to
The act of the anchors coming home.
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fish the anchor, to
To turn up the flukes of an anchor to the gunwale for stowage, after being catted.
♦ Other fish to...
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sight the anchor, to
To heave it up in sight, in order to prove that it is clear, when, from the ship having gone over it...
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owl in an ivy bush
He looks like an owl in an ivy bush; frequently said of a person with a large frizzled wig, or a wom...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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half an eye, seeing with
Discerning instantly and clearly.
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oar, to shove in an
To intermeddle, or give an opinion unasked.
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Bishops of London, Palace of
On the north-west side of St. Paul's Church (S. 373).
Mentioned by Ralph de Diceto in his Opera His...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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receivers of droits of admiralty
Now termed receivers of wreck (which see).
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lay in sea-stock, to
To make provision for the voyage.
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Anchor Lane, Castle Baynard Ward
See Anchor Wharf.
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Anchor Lane, Street, Vintry Ward
See Anchor Alley.
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Blew Anchor Inn, Duck Lane
See Blue Anchor Inn.
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Blue Anchor Alley, Rosemary Lane
See Crown and Shears Place and Red Gate Court.
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bring home the anchor, to
is to weigh it. It applies also when the flukes slip or will not hold; a ship then brings home her a...
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drag for the anchor, to
The same as creep or sweep.
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run away with her anchor
Said of a ship when she drags or "shoulders" her anchor; drifting away owing to the anchor not holdi...
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sheer to the anchor, to
To direct the ship's bows by the helm to the place where the anchor lies, while the cable is being h...
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walking away with the anchor
Said of a ship which is dragging, or shouldering, her anchor; or when, from fouling the stock or upp...
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Beeroth of the children of Jaakan
(Deut. 10:6). The same as Bene-jaakan (Num. 33:31).
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captain of a ship of war
Is the commanding officer; as well the post-captain (a title now disused) as those whose proper titl...
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chamber of a piece of ordnance
The end of the bore modified to receive the charge of powder. In mortars, howitzers, and shell-guns,...
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gunner, of a ship of war
A warrant-officer appointed to take charge of the ammunition and artillery on board; to keep the lat...
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master of a ship-of-war
An officer appointed by the commissioners of the navy to attend to the navigating a ship under the d...
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muzzle of a piece of ordnance
The forward extremity of the cylinder, and the metal which surrounds it, extending back to the neck,...
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Beeroth Of The Children Of Jaakan
the wells of the tribe of Bene-Jaakan, which formed one of the halting-places of the Israelites in t...
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Rabbath Of The Children Of Ammon
and Rabbath of the Ammonites, [See RABBATH]
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Wisdom Of Jesus, Son Of Sirach
[Ecclesiasticus]
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Angle of entry
·add. ·- The angle between the tangent to the advancing edge (of an aerocurve) and the line of motio...
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Angle of incidence
·add. ·- The angle between the chord of an aerocurve and the relative direction of the undisturbed a...
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Bird of paradise
·- The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New...
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Concert of Europe
·add. ·- ·Alt. of European concert.
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Corps of Engineers
·add. ·- In the United States navy, a corps made up of the engineers, which was amalgamated with the...
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Jane-of-apes
·noun A silly, pert girl;
— corresponding to jackanapes.
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Leg-of-mutton
·add. ·adj Having the general shape or outline of a leg of mutton; as, a leg-of-mutton, or shoulder-...
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Matter-of-fact
·adj Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities; not fanciful or imaginative; comm...
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Men-of-war
·pl of <<Manofwar>>.
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Mother-of-pearl
·noun The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, ·esp. of pearl oysters, river musse...
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Mother-of-thyme
·noun An aromatic plant (Thymus Serphyllum);
— called also wild thyme.
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Out-of-door
·adj Being out of the house; being, or done, in the open air; outdoor; as, out-of-door exercise. ·se...
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Volunteers of America
·add. ·- A religious and philanthropic organization, similar to the Salvation Army, founded (1896) b...
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Wheel of fortune
·add. ·- A gambling or lottery device consisting of a wheel which is spun horizontally, articles or ...
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Atonement, Day of
The great annual day of humiliation and expiation for the sins of the nation, "the fast" (Acts 27:9)...
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Avenger of blood
(Heb. goel, from verb gaal, "to be near of kin," "to redeem"), the nearest relative of a murdered pe...
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Baale of Judah
Lords of Judah, a city in the tribe of Judah from which David brought the ark into Jerusalem (2 Sam....
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Babel, tower of
The name given to the tower which the primitive fathers of our race built in the land of Shinar afte...
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Babylon, kingdom of
Called "the land of the Chaldeans" (Jer. 24:5; Ezek, 12:13), was an extensive province in Central As...
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Baca, Valley of
(Ps. 84:6; R.V., "valley of weeping," marg., "or balsam trees"), probably a valley in some part of P...
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Baptism of Christ
Christ had to be formally inaugurated into the public discharge of his offices. For this purpose he ...
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Bashan, Hill of
(Ps. 68:15), probably another name for Hermon, which lies to the north of Bashan.
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Changes of raiment
Were reckoned among the treasures of rich men (Gen. 45:22; Judg. 14:12, 13; 2 Kings 5:22, 23).
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Chiefs of Asia
"Asiarchs," the title given to certain wealthy persons annually appointed to preside over the religi...
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Chronicles, Books of
The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e....
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Coat of mail
The rendering of a Hebrew word meaning "glittering" (1 Sam. 17:5, 38). The same word in the plural f...
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Esther, Book of
The authorship of this book is unknown. It must have been obviously written after the death of Ahasu...
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Exodus, Book of
Exodus is the name given in the LXX. to the second book of the Pentateuch (q.v.). It means "departur...
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Ezekiel, Book of
Consists mainly of three groups of prophecies. After an account of his call to the prophetical offic...
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Ezra, Book of
This book is the record of events occurring at the close of the Babylonian exile. It was at one time...
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Fall of man
An expression probably borrowed from the Apocryphal Book of Wisdom, to express the fact of the revol...
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Flame of fire
Is the chosen symbol of the holiness of God (Ex. 3:2; Rev. 2:18), as indicating "the intense, all-co...
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Foreknowledge of God
Acts 2:23; Rom. 8:29; 11:2; 1 Pet. 1:2), one of those high attributes essentially appertaining to hi...
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Forgiveness of sin
One of the constituent parts of justification. In pardoning sin, God absolves the sinner from the co...
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Galilee, Sea of
(Matt. 4:18; 15:29), is mentioned in the Bible under three other names.
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Gibeah of Judah
(Josh. 15:57), a city in the mountains of Judah, the modern Jeba, on a hill in the Wady Musurr, abou...
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Gibeah of Phinehas
(Josh. 15:57, R.V. marg.), a city on Mount Ephraim which had been given to Phinehas (24:33 "hill," A...
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Gilead, Balm of
The region of Gilead abounded in spices and aromatic gums, which were exported to Egypt and Tyre (Ge...
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Goodness of God
A perfection of his character which he exercises towards his creatures according to their various ci...
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Government of God
See Providence.
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Grace, means of
An expression not used in Scripture, but employed (1) to denote those institutions ordained by God t...
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Habakkuk, Prophecies of
Were probably written about B.C. 650-627, or, as some think, a few years later. This book consists o...
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