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Three-square
·adj Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle;
— said especially of a kind of ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Square
·noun A pane of glass.
II. Square ·noun Hence, a pattern or rule.
III. Square ·noun A square piece...
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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...
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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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Square-rigged
·adj Having the sails extended upon yards suspended horizontally by the middle, as distinguished fro...
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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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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Angel Square
South out of Angel Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799-Lockie, 1816).
" Angel Alley "...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bridgewater Square
At the north end of Bridgewater Street, Barbican, at No. 1, in Cripplegate Ward Without (P.O. Direct...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Car Square
West out of Moor Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799-O.S. 1848-51).
Former name : "Car...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Moor Square
West out of Moor Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799 - O.S. 1848-51).
Former names: " ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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 ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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-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.
II. Three-cornered ·adj Having thre...
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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.
II. Three-leaved ·adj Consisting of three...
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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.
II. Three-piled ·adj Having the quality of three-p...
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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-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....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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), ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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three threads
Half common ale, mixed with stale and double beer.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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 Taverns
A station on the Appian Road, along which St. Paul travelled from Puteoli to Rome. (Acts 28:15) The ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Austin Friars Square
Out of Old Broad Street. In Broad Street Ward (L.C.C. List, 1912).
...
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Billiter Square Buildings
At No. 1 Billiter Square (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.
First mention: L.C.C. List, 1912.
...
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Bridgewater Square Buildings
At the junction of Bridgewater Square and Hart's Court (L.C.C. List, 1912). In Cripplegate Ward With...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Crosby Square Passage
Leading into Crosby Square (q.v.) (Hatton, 1708-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Cross Key Square
North out of Little Britain at No. 8 (P.O. Directory). In Aldersgate Ward Without.
First mention: H...
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Gun Square, Houndsditch
East out of Houndsditch, at 150 and 151. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).
Former name : "Gun Yar...
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Lime Street Square
East out of Lime Street at No. 48, south of Leadenhall Street (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.
Fi...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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London Bridge Square
On London Bridge, in Bridge Ward (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Lyme Street Square
See Lime Street Square.
...
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Mewse, Devonshire Square
At the south-east corner of Devonshire Square. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746).
...
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New Street Square
1) On the east side of Great New Street, Shoe Lane (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without.
Fi...
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Printing House Square
At the east end of Printing House Lane, Water Lane, Blackfriars (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Red Cross Square
1) North out of Great Tower Street, between Mark Lane and Seething Lane (O.S. 25 in. 1880).
Earlies...
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Royal Mint Square
South out of Royal Mint Street, east of Cartwright Street (P.O. Directory).
First shown in O.S. 25 ...
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White Lion Square
North out of Old Bethlem at No.16 (Lockie, 1816-Elmes, 1831).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Wood Street Square
West out of Hart Street at No.3 at its junction with Monkwell Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (P.O...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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square main-sail
See main-sail.
...
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square-sail boom
A boom hooked on to an eye-bolt in the fore-part of the fore-mast of a fore-and-aft vessel, to boom ...
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square-topsail sloop
Sloops which carry standing yards.
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stand square, to
To stand or be at right angles relatively to some object.
...
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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...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Three Horseshoe Court
1) North-east out of Angel Court, Snow Hill (Rocque, 1746).-
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 (...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Three Leg Alley
1) West out of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without, near Bethlem Churchyard (Strype, ed....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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three-legged mare
The gallows, formerly consisting of three posts, over which were laid three transverse beams. This c...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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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The Sailor's Word-Book
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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three half-hitches are more than a king's yacht wants
An exclamatory remark to a green hand, meaning that two are enough.
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Taverns, The Three
[Three Taverns TAVERNS]
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Three Nun Inn, Aldgate; Three Nuns Hotel
See Three Nuns Yard.
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(St.) Katherine's Square, East Smithfield
West out of St. Katherine's Court (Horwood, 1799).
Former name : "St. Katherine's Court" (Rocque, 1...
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Passage to ye Square
See Prince's Street2, Bridgewater Square.
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Queen's Colledge Passage Square, or Queen's Square Passage
South out of Leadenhall Street and east to Lime Street. In Lime Street Ward (Strype, 1720 and 1755)....
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Silver Street, Bridgewater Square
East out of Charles Street to Collier's Court, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Hatton, 1708-O.S. 1880)....
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square in the head
Very bluff and broad in the fore-body.
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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...
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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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