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Half
·adj Part; side; behalf.
II. Half ·vt To halve. [Obs.] ·see <<Halve>>.
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Three
·adj One more than two; two and one.
II. Three ·noun A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii...
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Half-and-half
·noun A mixture of two malt liquors, ·esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts.
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Half blood
·noun A person so related to another.
II. Half blood ·noun A person whose father and mother are of ...
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Half nelson
·add. ·- A hold in which one arm is thrust under the corresponding arm of the opponent, generally be...
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Half tone
·add. ·noun ·Alt. of Half-tone.
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Half-blooded
·adj Degenerate; mean.
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Half-boot
·noun A boot with a short top covering only the ankle. ·see <<Cocker>>, and Congress boot, under <<C...
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Half-bound
·noun Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book.
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Half-bred
·adj Half-blooded.
II. Half-bred ·adj Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good-breeding; not w...
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Half-breed
·adj Half-blooded.
II. Half-breed ·noun A person who is blooded; the offspring of parents of differ...
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Half-brother
·noun A brother by one parent, but not by both.
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Half-caste
·noun One born of a European parent on the one side, and of a Hindoo or Mohammedan on the other. Als...
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Half-clammed
·adj Half-filled.
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Half-cracked
·adj Half-demented; half-witted.
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Half-deck
·noun ·see Half deck, under <<Deck>>.
II. Half-deck ·noun A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat sh...
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Half-decked
·adj Partially decked.
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Half-faced
·adj Showing only part of the face; wretched looking; meager.
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Half-fish
·noun A salmon in its fifth year of growth.
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Half-hatched
·adj Imperfectly hatched; as, half-hatched eggs.
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Half-heard
·adj Imperfectly or partly heard to the end.
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Half-hearted
·adj Lacking zeal or courage; lukewarm.
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Half-hourly
·adj Done or happening at intervals of half an <<Hour>>.
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Half-learned
·adj Imperfectly learned.
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Half-length
·adj Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.
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Half-mast
·noun A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mou...
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Half-moon
·noun The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
II. Half-moon ·noun The moon at the quarters, when half...
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Half-pike
·noun A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a s...
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Half-port
·noun One half of a shutter made in two parts for closing a porthole.
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Half-ray
·noun A straight line considered as drawn from a center to an indefinite distance in one direction, ...
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Half-read
·adj Informed by insufficient reading; superficial; shallow.
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Half-sighted
·adj Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment.
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Half-sister
·noun A sister by one parent only.
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Half-strained
·adj Half-bred; imperfect.
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Half-sword
·noun Half the length of a sword; close fight.
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Half-timbered
·adj Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces filled in with masonry;
— said of buildings.
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Half-tone
·add. ·noun A half step.
II. Half-tone ·add. ·noun A half-tone photo-engraving.
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Half-tounue
·noun A jury, for the trial of a foreigner, composed equally of citizens and aliens.
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Half-wit
·noun A foolish; a dolt; a blockhead; a dunce.
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Half-witted
·adj Weak in intellect; silly.
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Half-yearly
·adj Two in a year; semiannual.
— ·adv Twice in a year; semiannually.
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half cock
'To go off at half cock,' is a metaphorical expression borrowed from the language of sportsmen, and ...
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half-beams
Short timbers, from the side to the hatchways, to support the deck where there is no framing. (See f...
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half-cock
To go off at half-cock is an unexpected discharge of a fire-arm; hurried conduct without due prepara...
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half-davit
Otherwise fish-davit (which see).
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half-deck
A space between the foremost bulk-head of the steerage and the fore-part of the quarter-deck. In the...
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half-flood
See flood.
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half-galley
See galley.
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half-hitch
Pass the end of a rope round its standing part, and bring it up through the bight. (See three half-h...
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half-man
A landsman or boy in a coaster, undeserving the pay of a full-man.
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half-mast
The lowering a flag in respect for the death of an officer.
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half-moon
An old form of outwork somewhat similar to the ravelin, originally placed before the salients of bas...
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half-pike
An iron spike fixed on a short ashen staff, used to repel the assault of boarders, and hence frequen...
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half-point
A subdivision of the compass card, equal to 5° 37′ of the circle.
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half-ports
A sort of one-inch deal shutter for the upper half of those ports which have no hanging lids; the lo...
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half-sea
The old term for mid-channel.
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half-speed!
An order in steam navigation to reduce the speed. (See full speed!)
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half-timbers
The short timbers or futtocks in the cant-bodies, answering to the lower futtocks in the square-body...
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half-top
The mode of making ships' tops in two pieces, which are afterwards secured as a whole by what are te...
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Three-coat
·adj Having or consisting of three coats;
— applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, fl...
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Three-color
·add. ·adj Designating, or pert. to, a photomechanical process employing printings in three colors, ...
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Three-cornered
·adj Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat.
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Three-decker
·noun A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.
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Three-flowered
·adj Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.
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Three-handed
·adj Said of games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one; as, ...
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Three-leafed
·adj ·Alt. of Three-leaved.
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Three-leaved
·adj Producing three leaves; as, three-leaved nightshade.
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Three-lobed
·adj Having three lobes.
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Three-mile
·add. ·adj Of or pertaining to three miles; as, the three-mile limit, or the limit of the marine bel...
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Three-nerved
·adj Having three nerves.
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Three-parted
·adj Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite.
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Three-pile
·noun An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile.
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Three-piled
·adj Fig.: Extravagant; exaggerated; high-flown.
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Three-ply
·adj Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having ...
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Three-pointed
·adj Having three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate.
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Three-port
·add. ·adj Having three ports; specif.: Designating a type of two-cycle internal-combustion engine i...
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Three-quarter
·adj Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five;
— said of portraitures.
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Three-score
·adj Thrice twenty; sixty.
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Three-sided
·adj Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three-sided stem, leaf, petiole, pedunc...
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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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Three-valved
·adj Consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with three valves; as, a three-valved pericarp....
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Three-way
·adj Connected with, or serving to connect, three channels or pipes; as, a three-way cock or valve.
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The Three Cranes
A famous tavern in the parish of St. Martin Vintry in the Ward of Vintree, 22 Eliz. (1580) (Lond. I....
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The Three Cappes
An Inn so called in parish of St. Andrew in Holborn, 36 H. VIII. 1544 (L. and P. H. VIII. XIX. (2), ...
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The Three Crowns
Messuage so called in parish of St. Stephen in Colemanstrete, 1569 and 1576 (Lond. I. p.m. 18 Eliz. ...
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The Three Kings
Brewhouse and wharf in East Smithfield, west of the Katherine Wheel and Mille Docke, part of the pos...
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The Three Legs
In Cannon Street, 1655 (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 201).
Not named in the maps.
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Three Nonnes
Tenement so called in parish of St. James Garlykhith, 22 H. VIII. 1530 (L. and P. H. VIII. Vol. IV. ...
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The Three Tuns
1) A tavern in Guildhall Yard. General Monk lodged at this tavern by Guildhall Gate, 1659 (Gent. Mag...
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three threads
Half common ale, mixed with stale and double beer.
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three-deckers
Ships with three full batteries.
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three sisters
Formerly the badge of office of boatswains' mates and masters-at-arms, made of three rattans bound t...
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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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Three Taverns
A station on the Appian Road, along which St. Paul travelled from Puteoli to Rome. (Acts 28:15) The ...
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Half seas over
·- Half drunk.
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Half Moon Alley
1) Out of Jewin Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in th...
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Half Moon Court
1) West out of Aldersgate Street, with a passage north into Half Moon Alley (q.v.), in Aldersgate Wa...
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Half Moon Passage
1) West out of Aldersgate Street, at No. 157, to Bartholomew close, eastern end in Aldersgate Ward, ...
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Half Moon Street
West out of Bishopsgate Street Without. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Lockie, 1810-O.S. 1880).
Forme...
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Half Moon, Aldersgate
A tenement so called in parish of St. Bartholomew Smithfield, adjoining shops in parish of St. Botol...
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Half Moon, Cheapside
Messuage so called in Westchepe in parish of Blessed Mary Colechurch, 23 Eliz. (Lond. I. p.m. III. 4...
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Half Paved Court
East out of Dorset Street to Bridewell Precinct, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 188...
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half seas over
Almost drunk.
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half seas over
Intoxicated; drunk. A sailor's expression.
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half-breadth plan
In ship-building, the same as floor-plan.
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half-drowned land
Shores which are rather more elevated and bear more verdure than drowned land (which see).
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half-minute glass
See glass.
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half seas over
Nearly intoxicated. This term was used by Swift.
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half-tide rocks
Those showing their heads at half-ebb. (See tide.)
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half-topsails, under
Said of a chase about 12 miles distant, the rest being below the horizon.
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half-turn ahead!
An order in steam navigation. (See turn ahead!)
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half-watch tackle
A luff purchase. (See watch-tackle.)
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Taverns, The three
A place on the great "Appian Way," about 11 miles from Rome, designed for the reception of traveller...
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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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Three Arrows Brewhouse
Near to Sun Court, Golden Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 93).
Not nam...
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Three Bowl Court
South-west out of Houndsditch. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677-Dodsley, 1761).
Seems to have been...
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Three CCC Court
In Garlick Hill, in Vintry Ward (Lond. Guide, 1758-Boyle, 1799).
Perhaps the same as "Three Crown C...
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Three Colt Court
1) At the west end of Slade's Buildings and south out of Angel Alley (Horwood, 1799-Elmes, 1831).
F...
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Three Colt Inn
On the south side of Bevis Marks, near Duke's Place (Hatton, 1708).
Not named in the maps.
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Three Crane Stairs
At the south end of Queen Street, on the Thames, in Vintry Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 13-Lockie...
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Three Crane Street
In Thames Street (Strype, ed. 1755). Not named in the maps.
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Three Crane Tavern
South out of Poultry, opposite St. Mildred's Church (Strype, maps, ed. 1720 and 1755).
Cleared away...
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Three Cranes Lane
South out of Upper Thames Street, at No.77, to Three Cranes Wharf (P.O. Directory). In Vintry Ward.
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Three Cranes Wharf
Adjoining Red Lion Wharf east and Southwark Bridge west. In Vintry Ward (P.O. Directory).
First men...
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Three Crown Alley
1) See Three Crown Court, Minories.
2) South-west out of Houndsditch (O. and M. 1677).
Site rebuil...
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Three Crown Court
1) West out of Garlick Hill, in Vintry Ward (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
See Church Place.
2) Wes...
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Three Crowns Yard
In Bride Lane (W. Stow, 1722-Boyle, 1799).
"Three Crown Alley" in Stow, 1722.
Not named in the map...
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Three Cup Court
South out of Newgate Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
Or " King's H...
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Three Cups Inn
1) On the east side of Goswell Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Lockie, 1816).
Si...
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Three Dagger Court
1) North out of Fore Street at 110, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-L.C.C. List, 1901).
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Three Diamond Court
South out of Hosier Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
Site now occupie...
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Three Dove Court
In St. Martin le Grand (W. Stow, 1722). Not named in the maps.
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Three Faulcon Court
East out of Red Cross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, 1720 and 1755).
Site now occupie...
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Three Fox Court
1) West out of St. Clement's Lane. In Langbourn Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
The site is now ...
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The Three Gilded Ankers
A tenement so called in Westcheape in parish of St. Vedast, 1558 (London. I. p.m. I. 166).
No later...
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Three Griffin Yard
In Aldgate Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Three Herring Court
1) East out of Creechurch Lane. In Aldgate Ward (O.S. 1875).
First mention: P.C. 1732.
Called "Thr...
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Three Horseshoe Court
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Part of "Angel Court" in Horwood.
Sit...
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Three Horshoe Alley
East out of Fetter Lane to Thavie's Inn, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
Site now occu...
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Three Horshoe Court
East out of Whitecross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Rocque, I746~Boyle, 1799).
Site is now ...
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Three King Court
1) South out of Lombard Street at No.33, with a passage into Nag's Head Court and out into St. Cleme...
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Three Kings Court
North out of Fleet Street at No.150, between Fetter Lane and Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (...
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Three Leg Alley
1) West out of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without, near Bethlem Churchyard (Strype, ed....
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Three Legges Alley
In parish of St. Mary le Bow in Cheapside, or West Chepe 27 H. VIII. 1536 (L. and P. H. VIII. X. p.1...
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Three Mariner Court
North out of Fore Street at No.102, in Cripplegate WardWithout, west of Grub Street (Horwood, 1799-E...
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Three Mariners Court
In Fleet Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Three Needle Street
See Threadneedle Street.
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Three Nun Court
East out of Aldermanbury at No. 19 (P.O. Directory). In Bassishaw Ward and Cripplegate Ward Within, ...
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Three Nunnes Alley
See Three Nuns Court.
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Three Nuns Court
North out of Threadneedle Street, between St. Christopher's Church and Prince's Street In Broad Stre...
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Three Nuns Yard
North out of Aldgate High Street, east of St. Botolph's Church (Rocque, 1746-O.S. 25 in. 1880).
For...
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Three Pidgeon Court
North out of Angel Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746).
The site is now occupied by t...
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Three Pigeon Alley
South out of London Wall. In Broad Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755)
Site seems occupied by...
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Three Pigeon Court
South out of Jewin Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
Site now occup...
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Three Pigeons Court
North out of Barbican, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Boyle, 1799).
First mention: "Three Pigeon Alle...
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Three Sisters Court
In St. Catherine's Court, in St. Katherine's precinct (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Site now occupied by...
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Three Slipper Court
West out of Hand Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 108-Boyle, 1799).
Sit...
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Three Still Court
East out of Bishopsgate Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Hatton, 1708-Boyle, 1799).
Rents from ...
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Three Sun Court
See Sumner Court.
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Three Ton Alley
In Long Lane (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
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Three Tun Court
1) East out of St. Michael's Lane at No. 24. In Bridge Ward Within and Candlewick Ward (Strype, 1720...
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Three Tun Tavern
1) On the east side of St. Martin le Grand, at the south-west corner of Bell Court, in Aldersgate Wa...
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Three Tun Yard
In Cloth Fair (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799) Not named in the maps.
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Three Tuns Alley
In Aldermanbury (Lockie, 1816).
Not named in the maps.
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Three Tuns Court
East out of Red Cross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (P.C. 1732-O.S. 1880).
The site is now oc...
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Three Tuns Passage
West out of Ivy Lane, at No.15, to Paternoster Square (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within.
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three to one
He is playing three to one, though sure to lose; said of one engaged in the amorous congress.
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three-penny upright
A retailer of love, who, for the sum mentioned, dispenses her favours standing against a wall.
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three-legged mare
The gallows, formerly consisting of three posts, over which were laid three transverse beams. This c...
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one! two!! three!!!
The song with which the seamen bowse out the bowlines; the last haul being completed by belay O!
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three-cocked hat
A silly article of sea-wear now happily passing away, retained only by coachmen, lord-mayor's men, a...
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Taverns, The Three
[Three Taverns TAVERNS]
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Three Nun Inn, Aldgate; Three Nuns Hotel
See Three Nuns Yard.
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Half Moon Alley, Bethlem
South out of Bethlem to Petty France. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, 1720 and 1755).
It is sh...
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Half Moon Alley, Bishopsgate
See Half Moon Street.
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Half Moon Tavern, Cheapside
See Half Moon Alley.
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Half Moon, Bishopsgate Without
Described in a Release of 1543 as "le Signe de le hulfe Mone" belonging to St. Michael's Church, Cor...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Half Moon, East Smithfield
Messuage called the Half Moon, in East Smithfield, in parish of St. Botolph Without Aldgate (Strype,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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tack and half-tack
Working to windward, or along shore, by long and short boards, or legs, alternately.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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tide and half-tide
Those roadsteads affected by several rivers or channels leading into them; as, for instance, Spithea...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Chief of the three
A title given to Adino the Eznite, one of David's greatest heroes (2 Sam. 23:8); also called Jashobe...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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(The) Angel and Three Crowns
-In St. Paul's Churchyard, 1673 (L. and P. Chas. II. XIV.).
No later reference.
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Three Colt Court, Yard
South out of London Wall with a passage to Little Swan Alley. In Coleman Street Ward (Rocque, 1746-B...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Three Crown Court, Minories
West out of the Minories. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677-Lond. Guide, 1758).
Former names: "Thre...
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The Three Crowns, Foster Lane
See Three Crown Court2.
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Three Falcon, Faulcon Court
North out of Fleet Street at No.144.
See Cheshire Court.
Name derived from the sign.
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Three Kings Alley, Minories
See Three King Court.
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Three Leg Court, Yard
East out of Whitecross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
Site now o...
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Three Pigeon Alley, Barbican
See Three Pigeon Court.
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Three Tuns Alley, Court
South out of Newgate Street, with a passage to Newgate Market and east to Ivy Lane. In Farringdon Wa...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Three Tuns Court, Alley
In Threadneedle Street (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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gentleman of three ins
In debt, in gaol, and in danger of remaining there for life: or, in gaol, indicted, and in danger of...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gentleman of three outs
That is, without money, without wit, and without manners: some add another out, i.e. without credit....
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Baker's Court, Half Moon Alley
North out of Half Moon Alley, Little Moorfields (Dodsley, 1761-Lockie, 1816). In Cripplegate Ward Wi...
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Baker's Court, Half Moon Street
South out of Half Moon Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, 1720-O.S. 1848-51).
Site now oc...
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Half Moon Alley, Court, Bishopsgate
See Flying Horse Yard.
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half an eye, seeing with
Discerning instantly and clearly.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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minute and half-minute glasses
See glass.
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The Sailor's Word-Book