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double wall-knot
With or without a crown, or a double crown, is made by intertwisting the unlaid ends of a rope in a ...
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Knot
·noun A protuberant joint in a plant.
II. Knot ·noun ·see <<Node>>.
III. Knot ·noun An ornamental ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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knot
A crew, gang, or fraternity. He has tied a knot with his tongue, that he cannot untie with his teeth...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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knot
A large knob formed on the extremity of a rope, generally by untwisting its ends, and interweaving t...
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Wall
·noun The side of a level or drift.
II. Wall ·noun The country rock bounding a vein laterally.
III...
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Wall
Cities were surrounded by walls, as distinguished from "unwalled villages" (Ezek. 38:11; Lev. 25:29-...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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wall
To walk or crawl up the wall; to be scored up at a public-nouse. Wall-eyed, having an eye with littl...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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wall
for well, is a common vulgarism in the Northern States.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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wall
he lies by the wall ; spoken of a person dead but not buried. Norf. and Sun .
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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wall
A bank of earth to restrain the current and overflowing of water. (See sea-bank.)
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Clytie knot
·add. ·- In hair dressing, a loose, low coil at the back of the head, like the knot on the head of t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cuckold's knot
·- A hitch or knot, by which a rope is secured to a spar, the two parts of the rope being crossed an...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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wharl-knot
a hard knot. Lane.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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bowline-knot
That by which the bowline-bridles were fastened to the cringles: the bowline-knot is made by an invo...
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cuckold's-knot
or neck.
A knot by which a rope is secured to a spar
the two parts of the rope crossing each oth...
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diamond-knot
An ornamental knot worked with the strands of a rope, sometimes used for bucket-strops, on the foot-...
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granny's knot
This is a term of derision when a reef-knot is crossed the wrong way, so as to be insecure. It is th...
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overhand knot
Is made by passing the end of a rope over its standing part, and through the bight.
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reef-knot
Is one in which the ends fall always in a line with the outer parts; in fact, two loops, easy to unt...
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shroud-knot
See knot.
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slip-knot
, or slippery-hitch.
One which will not bear any strain, but will either become untied, or will tr...
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snarl-knot
A northern expression for a knot that cannot be drawn loose.
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square-knot
The same as reef-knot.
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stopper-knot
Single and double wall, without crowning, and the ends stopped together.
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walker's knot
See matthew walker.
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wale-knot
See wall-knot
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Sea wall
·- A wall, or embankment, to resist encroachments of the sea.
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Wall Street
·add. ·- A street towards the southern end of the borough of Manhattan, New York City, extending fro...
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Wall-eye
·noun The alewife;
— called also wall-eyed herring.
II. Wall-eye ·noun A California surf fish (Hol...
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Wall-eyed
·adj Having an eye of a very light gray or whitish color.
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Wall-plat
·noun The spotted flycatcher. It builds its nest on walls.
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Wall-sided
·adj Having sides nearly perpendicular;
— said of certain vessels to distinguish them from those ha...
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London Wall
See Wall of London.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Wall Alley
West out of the Minories (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
Former names: Wall's Court" (O. and M. 1677-St...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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wall-piece
A very heavy powerful musket, for use in fortified places.
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wall-sided
The sides of a ship continuing nearly perpendicular down to the surface of the water, like a wall. I...
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top-knot pigeon
n.
an Australian bird, Lopholaimus antarcticus, Shaw.
1891. Francis Adams, `John Webb's End,' p. 3...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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buoy-rope knot
Used where the end is lashed to the shank. A knot made by unlaying the strands of a cable-laid rope,...
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french shroud-knot
The shroud-knot with three strands single walled round the bights of the other three and the standin...
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running bowline-knot
Is made by taking the end round the standing part, and making a bowline upon its own part.
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(St.) Alphage London Wall
On the south side of London Wall at No. 13. In Cripplegate Ward Within.
The church stood originally...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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London Wall, Street
West from Old Broad Street to Cripplegate (P.O. Directory).
A street on the line of the old Wall of...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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London Wall Avenue
Out of London Wall at No. 31 (P.O. Directory).
First mention: L.C.C. List, 1901.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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London Wall Buildings
On the north side of London Wall, at Blomfield Street. In Coleman Street Ward (P.O. Directory).
Fir...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Wall of London
Considerable difference of opinion exists as to the date when the walls that encircled the ancient C...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Fox and Knot Court
West out of Cow Lane and north through Fox and Knot Inn to Chick Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (H...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Fox and Knot Inn
See Fox and Knot Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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sprit-sail sheet knot
May be crowned and walled, or double-walled, and is often used as a stopper-knot.
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All Hallows, London Wall
On the north side of London Wall at No. 85 (P.O. Directory). In Broad Street Ward. Parish extends in...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Angel Alley, London Wall
See Leathersellers' Buildings.
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(St.) Augustine by London Wall
See St. Augustine Papey.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ball Alley, London Wall
South out of London Wall. In Broad Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
First mention: In Ward...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bear Alley, London Wall
Out of London Wall, in parish of All Hallows, London Wall (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Called in P.C. S...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Conduit at London Wall
In London Wall by Moorgate opposite the northern end of Coleman Street, erected 1517 at the charges ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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lies by the wall
i. c. is dead. Spoken between the time of death and burial. Norf. and Suff.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Hole in the Wall Court
At No. 6o Fleet Street (Lockie, 1810).
Named after the public house so called.
The name is said to...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) James' in the Wall Hermitage
A chapel or hermitage adjoining the north-west corner of the Wall of London near Cripplegate in Farr...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Red Lion Alley, London Wall
See Red Lion Court7.
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Three Tun Alley, London Wall
See Drapers' Buildings.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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White Horse Inn, London Wall
See White Horse Yard.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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walking up against the wall
To run up a score, which in alehouses is commonly recorded with chalk on the walls of the bar.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose