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Wood
·vi To take or get a supply of wood.
II. Wood ·noun Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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wood
In a wood; bewildered, in a maze, in a peck of troubles, puzzled, or at a loss what course to take i...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to wood
To supply or get supplies of wood.--Webster. The boats on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, in their ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Aloes wood
·- ·see <<Agalloch>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Amboyna wood
·- A beautiful mottled and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It is obtained from the Pterocarpus Ind...
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Bethabara wood
·- A highly elastic wood, used for fishing rods, ·etc. The tree is unknown, but it is thought to be ...
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Brazil wood
·- The wood of the oriental Caesalpinia Sapan;
— so called before the discovery of America.
II. Br...
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Calamander wood
·- A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very...
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Campeachy Wood
·- <<Logwood>>.
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Cassava wood
·add. ·- A West Indian tree (Turpinia occidentalis) of the family Staphyleaceae.
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Cocus wood
·- A West Indian wood, used for making flutes and other musical instruments.
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Gopher wood
·- A species of wood used in the construction of Noah's ark.
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Kiabooca wood
·- ·see Kyaboca wood.
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Kyaboca wood
·- Amboyna wood.
II. Kyaboca wood ·- Sandalwood (Santalum album).
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Lingoa wood
·- Amboyna wood.
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Madeira wood
·add. ·- The mahogany tree (Swietenia Mahogoni).
II. Madeira wood ·add. ·- A West Indian leguminous...
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Myall wood
·- A durable, fragrant, and dark-colored Australian wood, used by the natives for spears. It is obta...
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Nicaragua wood
·- Brazil wood.
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Omander wood
·- The wood of Diospyros ebenaster, a kind of ebony found in Ceylon.
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Rosetta wood
·- An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasio...
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Sapan wood
·- A dyewood yielded by Caesalpinia Sappan, a thorny leguminous tree of Southern Asia and the neighb...
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Sappan wood
·- Sapan wood.
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Shittim wood
·noun The wood of the shittah tree.
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Thyine wood
·- The fragrant and beautiful wood of a North African tree (Callitris quadrivalvis), formerly called...
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Wood gum
·add. ·- <<Xylan>>.
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Wood hyacinth
·add. ·- A European squill (Scilla nonscripta) having a scape bearing a raceme of drooping blue, pur...
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Wood partridge
·add. ·- The Canada grouse.
II. Wood partridge ·add. ·- Any of several small partridges of Java, Su...
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Wood tick
·- Any one of several species of ticks of the genus Ixodes whose young cling to bushes, but quickly ...
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Wood-bound
·adj Incumbered with tall, woody hedgerows.
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Wood-layer
·noun A young oak, or other timber plant, laid down in a hedge among the whitethorn or other plants ...
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Wood-note
·noun A wild or natural note, as of a forest bird.
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Wood-sare
·noun A kind of froth seen on herbs.
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Wood-sere
·noun The time when there no sap in the trees; the winter season.
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Wood-wash
·noun ·Alt. of Wood-waxen.
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Wood-wax
·noun ·Alt. of Wood-waxen.
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Wood-waxen
·noun ·same·as <<Woadwaxen>>.
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Thyine wood
Mentioned only in Rev. 18:12 among the articles which would cease to be purchased when Babylon fell....
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Wood-offering
(Neh. 10:34; 13:31). It would seem that in the time of Nehemiah arrangements were made, probably on ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Wood, or À Wood, Anthony
(1632-1695)
Antiquary, was b. at Oxf., where he was ed. and spent most of his life. His antiquarian...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Wood Street
North out of Cheapside, at No.122, to London Wall (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within and Cr...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Wood Wharf
On the east and west sides of Trigg Lane, in Queenhithe Ward (O. and M. 1677, and Strype, 1720 and 1...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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wood pecker
A bystander, who bets whilst another plays.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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beef-wood
n.
the timber of various Australiantrees, especially of the genus Casuarina, and some ofthe Banksia...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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blood-wood
or Blood-tree
n.
a nameapplied, with various epithets, to many of the Gum-trees (q.v.), especially...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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box-wood
n.
a New Zealand wood, Olealanceolata, Hook., N.O. Jasminea (Maori name, Maire). Used by the `Welli...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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camphor-wood
n.
an Australian timber; the woodof Callitris (Frenea) robusta, Cunn., N.O. Coniferae. Called also ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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coopers-wood
n. the timber of an Australiantree, Alphitonia excelsa, Reiss, N.O. Rhamneae.The wood becomes dark w...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cotton-wood
n.
the timber of an Australiantree, Bedfordia salicina, De C., N.O. Compositae.Called Dog-wood (q.v...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ivory-wood
n.
an Australian timber, Siphonodon australe, Benth., N.O. Celastrinae.
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leather-wood
n.
i.q. pinkwood (q.v.).
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lemon-wood
n.
one of the names given bysettlers to the New Zealand tree called by Maoris Tarata (q.v.), or Map...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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marble(-)wood
n.
name applied to awhitish-coloured mottled timber, Olea paniculata,R. Br., N.O. Jasmineae; called...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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milk-wood
n.
a Northern Territory namefor Melaleuca leucadendron, Linn.; called also Paperbark-tree (q.v.).
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musk-wood
n.
See musk-tree.
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partridge-wood
n.
another name for the Cabbage-Palm (q.v.).
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scent-wood
a Tasmanian evergreen shrub, Alyxiabuxifolia, R. Br., N.O. Apocyneae, of the dogbanefamily.
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tallow-wood
n.
another name for one of the Stringy-barks (q.v.), Eucalyptus microcorys,F. v. M., N.O. Myrtaceae...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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tar-wood
n.
name given by the Otago bushmen tothe tree Darrydium colensoi, Hook.; Maori name, Manoao (q.v.)....
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tulip-wood
n.
The name is given,in Australia, to Aphnanthe philipinensis, Planch., N.O. Urticaceae, and to the...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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turnip-wood
n.
the timbers of the trees Akania hillii, J. Hook., N.O. Sapindaceae,and Dysoxylon Muelleri, Benth...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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white wood
See waddy wood
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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waddy wood
or White Wood
n.
name given in Tasmania to the tree Pittosporum bicolor,Hook., N.O. Pittosporeae; ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wood-duck
n.
a name given by the colonists ofNew South Wales and «Swan River» to the Maned Goose, Branta juba...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wood savages
See wood natives
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wood natives
or Wood Savages
obsolete names for the Australian aborigines.
1817. O'Hara, `History of New South ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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yellow-wood
a name applied to several Australiantrees with the epithets of Dark, Light, Deep, etc., inallusion t...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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black wood
Hemlock, pine, spruce, and fir.
Maine.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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button wood
(Platanus occidentalis.) The popular name in New England of the sycamore tree; so called from the ha...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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stam-wood
the roots of trees, stubbed up. S.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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billet-wood
Small wood mostly used for dunnage in stowing ships' cargoes, also for fuel, usually sold by the fat...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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dead wood
Certain blocks of timber, generally oak, fayed on the upper side of the keel, particularly at the ex...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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fathom-wood
Slab and other offal of timber, sold at the yards, by fathom lots: cubic measurement.
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hawse-wood
A general name for the hawse-timbers.
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lag-wood
The larger sticks from the head of an oak-tree when felled.
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peon-wood
See poon-wood.
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wood, to
A gun is said to wood when it takes the port-sills or port-sides, or the trucks the water-ways.
♦ ...
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wood-ends
See hood-ends.
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wood-mulls
Large thick hose worn by the men in coasters and fishing-boats.
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wood-sheathing
All plank applied to strengthen a vessel. (See double, to.)
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Thyine Wood
occurs in (Revelation 18:12) where the margin has "sweet" (wood). There can be little doubt that the...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Wood and Co.'s Wharf
On the Thames at the south end of William Street, west of Chatham Place (Horwood, 1799).
Former nam...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Sea wood louse
·- A sea slater.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ephraim, Wood of
A forest in which a fatal battle was fought between the army of David and that of Absalom, who was k...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Wood, Mrs. Ellen (Price)
(1814-1887)
Novelist, writing as "Mrs. Henry Wood," was b. at Worcester. She wrote over 30 novels, ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Wood, John George
(1827-1889)
Writer on natural history, s. of a surgeon, b. in London, and ed. at home and at Oxf., ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Alban (St.), Wood Street
On the east side of Wood Street, at the corner of Little Love Lane (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Wood Street
See Wood Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Little Wood Street
See Wood Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Michael Wood Street
On the west side of Wood Street, and north side of Huggin Lane. In Cripplegate Ward Within (O.S. 188...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Red Wood Alley
West out of Bishopsgate Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
Called " Ge...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Wood Green Court
South-east out of Harrow Alley, Middlesex Street. In Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 27-O.S...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Wood Street Compter
On the east side of Wood Street, in Cripplegate Ward Within.
One of the Sheriffs' Prisons.
First m...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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king's wood lion
An Ass. Kingswood is famous for the great number of asses kept by the colliers who inhabit that plac...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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botany-bay wood
See botany-bay oak
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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dead-wood fence
n.
The Australian fence, socalled, is very different from the fence of the same name inEngland. It ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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deep yellow-wood
n.
Rhus rhodanthema,F. v. M., N.O. Anacardiaceae. A tree with spreading head;timber valuable. See Y...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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light yellow-wood
i.q. long-jack (q.v.).
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seame of wood
a horse-load. S.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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churd of wood
See cord of wood
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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cord or churd of wood
; as firewood. A statute stack is 8 feet long, 4 feet broad, and 4 feet high.
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dead-wood knees
The upper foremost and aftermost pieces of dead wood; being crooked pieces of timber, the bolting of...
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Coach and Horses Court, Wood Street
See Coach and Horses' Yard4.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Coach and Horses' Inn, Wood Street
See White Horse Inn.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle Inn, Wood Street
On the east side of Wood Street at No. 26, in Cripplegate Ward Within, a few doors north of Gresham ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Gold Street, Wood Street
See Goldsmith Street.
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Huggin Lane, Wood Street
West out of Wood Street, at 115, to Gutter Lane (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Within.
First...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Passage to Wood Street
See Little Love Lane.
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Wood Yard, Church Lane
At the north-east end of Church Lane. In Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed. 1720-Lond. Guide, 1753).
Seems...
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Wood Yard, Gravel Lane
North-west out of Gravel Lane. In Portsoken Ward (Rocque, 1746-Lond. Guide, 1755).
Site now covered...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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babes in the wood
Criminals in the stocks, or pillory.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Ephraim, The Wood Of
a wood, or rather a forest, on the east of Jordan, in which the fatal battle was fought between the ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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And
·conj If; though. ·see <<An>>, ·conj.
II. And ·conj It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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and
• The people who inhabited generally the whole of that country.
• In (Genesis 10:18-20) the seats o...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Bull Inn, Wood Street, Cheapside
See Bell Inn.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Love Lane, Wood Street
See Love Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Lyon in ye Wood Inn
North out of the Wilderness, Dorset Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746).
See Lion in ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Pav'd Court, Wood Street, Cheapside
See Frying Pan Alley and St. Alban's Court.
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(St.) Peter de Wodestrate, Wood Street
See St. Peter Westcheap.
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wood-locks of the rudder
Pieces of timber sheathed with copper, in coppered ships, placed in the throating or scores of the s...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Lion in the Wood Inn, Yard
On the north side of the Wilderness, west of Dorset Street, Whitefriars. In Farringdon Ward Without ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Peter de la Wodewarve, Wood Wharf
See St. Peter Paul's Wharf.
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Castor and Pollux
·- ·see Saint Elmo's fire, under <<Saint>>.
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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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In and an
·adj & ·adv Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. ·see under <<Breeding>...
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In-and-in
·noun An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, eithe...
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Lords and Ladies
·- The European wake-robin (Arum maculatum), — those with purplish spadix the lords, and those with ...
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Make and break
·add. ·- Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
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Tom and Jerry
·add. ·- A hot sweetened drink of rum and water spiced with cinnamon, cloves, ·etc., and beaten up w...
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Tops-and-bottoms
·noun ·pl Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in halves, and then browned in an oven, — used as food fo...
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Tweedledum and Tweedledee
·add. ·- Two things practically alike;
— a phrase coined by John Byrom (1692-1793) in his satire "O...
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Azur and Azzur
Helper.
1) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet (Jer. 28:1).
2) The father of Jaazaniah (Ezek. ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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By and by
Immediately (Matt. 13:21; R.V., "straightway;" Luke 21:9).
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Castor and Pollux
The "Dioscuri", two heroes of Greek and Roman mythology. Their figures were probably painted or scul...
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Jachin and Boaz
The names of two brazen columns set up in Solomon's temple (1 Kings 7:15-22). Each was eighteen cubi...
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Tryphena and Tryphosa
Two female Christians, active workers, whom Paul salutes in his epistle to the Romans (16:12).
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Bell and Crown
On the north side of Holborn, east of Furnival's Inn, in Farringdon Ward Without. The southern porti...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(The) Cat and Fiddle
In the parish of St. Benet Sherehog, 1542 (L. and P. H. VIII. XVII. 393).
Earliest mention: "le Cat...
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(The) Crown and Cushion
See Pay Office.
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The Hand and Still
In Houndesditch at the boundary of Bishopsgate Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 94, and in 1755 ed.).
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Hoare and Co
Premises on the west side of Water Lane, in Farringdon Ward Within (Horwood, 1799).
Site occupied i...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Rose and Crown
A house so called in parish of St. Michael Crooked Lane demised to the use of the church and parish ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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air and exercise
He has had air and exercise, i.e. he has been whipped at the cart's tail; or, as it is generally, th...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bird and baby
The sign of the eagle and child.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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black and white
In writing. I have it in black and white; I have written evidence.
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bubble and squeak
Beef and cabbage fried together. It is so called from its bubbling up and squeaking whilst over the ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bulk and file
Two pickpockets; the bulk jostles the party to be robbed, and the file does the business.
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buttock and file
A common whore and a pick-pocket. Cant.
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buttock and twang, or down buttock and sham file
A common whore, but no pickpocket.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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buttock and tongue
A scolding wife.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to chop and change
To exchange backwards and forwards. To chop, in the canting sense, means making dispatch, or hurryin...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ducks and drakes
To make ducks and drakes: a school-boy's amusement, practised with pieces of tile, oyster-shells, or...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gamon and patter
Common place talk of any profession; as the gamon and patter of a horse-dealer, sailor, &c.
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gog and magog
Two giants, whose effigies stand on each side of the clock in Guildhall, London; of whom there is a ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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guts and garbage
A very fat man or woman. More guts than brains; a silly fellow. He has plenty of guts, but no bowels...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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here and thereian
One who has no settled place of residence.
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hide and seek
A childish game. He plays at hide and seek; a saying of one who is in fear of being arrested for deb...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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inside and outside
The inside of a **** and the outside of a gaol.
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milk and water
Both ends of the busk.
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monks and friars
Terms used by printers: monks are sheets where the letters are blotted, or printed too black; friars...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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orthodoxy and heterodoxy
Somebody explained these terms by saying, the first was a man who had a doxy of his own, the second ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pothooks and hangeks
A scrawl, bad writing.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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quick and nimble
More like a bear than a squirrel. Jeeringly said to any one moving sluggishly on a business or erran...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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quirks and quillets
Tricks and devices. Quirks in law; subtle distinctions and evasions.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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roaratorios and uproars
Oratorios and operas.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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roast and boiled
A nick name for the Life Guards, who are mostly substantial house-keepers; and eat daily of roast an...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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six and tips
Whisky and small beer. IRISH.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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sixes and sevens
Left at sixes and sevens: i.e. in confusion; commonly said of a room where the furniture, &c. is sca...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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tarring and feathering
A punishment lately infliced by the good people of Boston on any person convicted, or suspected, of ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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chock-and-log
n. and adj.
a particularkind of fence much used on Australian stations. The Chock is a thick short ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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tagrag-and-bobtail
n.
a species of sea-weed.See quotation.
1866. S. Hannaford, `Wild Flowers of Tasmania,' p. 80:
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wattle-and-dab
a rough mode of architecture, verycommon in Australia at an early date. The phrase and itsmeaning ar...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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by fits and starts
At short and sudden intervals interruptedly.
As prayer is a duty of daily occurrence, the injunctio...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to cut and run
To be off; to be gone.--Holloway's Prov. Dictionary.
Originally a nautical term. To cut the cable o...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to rake and scrape
To collect.
Where under the sun, says I to myself, did he rake and scrape together such super-super...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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back and forth
Backwards and forwards, applied to a person in walking, as, "He was walking back and forth." A commo...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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black and blue
The color of a bruise; a familiar expression for a bruise, here and in England.
Mistress Ford, good...
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black and white
To put a thing into black and white, is, to commit it to writing. In use in Scotland.--Jamieson.
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chinking and daubing
The process of filling with clay the interstices between the logs of houses in the new countries. In...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cut and dried
Ready made.
I am for John C. Calhoun for the presidency; and will not go for Mr. Van Buren, the man...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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heads and plucks
the refuse of timber trees, as boughs, roots, &c. Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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helm and hawn
the handle of a spade, &c. Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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hither and you
here and there, backwards and forwards. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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marry and shall
i. e. that I will. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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milt and melt
the soft roe of a fish. York.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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money and gold
silver and gold. York.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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peas and sport
See scadding of peas.
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rid and ridden
dispatch and dispatched : It rids well : it goes on fast. It will soon be ridden, i. e. got rid of. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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runches and runchballs
carlock, when dried and withered. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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saugh and sauf
sallow. N.
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snod and snog
neat, handsome : as, snogly gear'd, handsomely dressed. N. SNOG-MALT, smooth, with few combs.
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to and again
backwards and forwards. York and Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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act and intention
Must be united in admiralty law.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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costs and damage
Demurrage is generally given against a captor for unjustifiable detention. Where English merchants p...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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cut and thrust
To give point with a sword after striking a slash.
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den and strond
A liberty for ships or vessels to run or come ashore. Edward I. granted this privilege to the barons...
The Sailor's Word-Book