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Bartholomew
a son that suspends the waters
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
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Bartholomew
Son of Tolmai, one of the twelve apostles (Matt. 10:3; Acts 1:13); generally supposed to have been t...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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(St.) Bartholomew
1) The belfry struck by lightning 49 H.III.1264-5 (French Chronicle, p.6)
The church is simply call...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bartholomew
(son of Tolmai), one of the twelve apostles of Christ. (Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:14; Acts 1:1...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Tide
·prep Violent confluence.
II. Tide ·prep Time; period; season.
III. Tide ·noun To pour a tide or f...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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tide
A regular periodical current of waters, setting alternately in a flux and reflux; it is owing to the...
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...
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Griffin, Bartholomew?
(fl. 1596)
Poet, of whom almost nothing is known, pub. in 1596 a collection of 62 sonnets under the...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Warburton, Bartholomew Eliot George
(1810-1852)
Miscellaneous writer, b. in County Galway, travelled in the East, and pub. an account o...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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(St.) Bartholomew Court
East out of Pie Corner, Giltspur Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
N...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bartholomew Close
At 32 Little Britain, on the west, south and east sides of St. Bartholomew the Great (P.O. Directory...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bartholomew Fair
A celebrated fair held in West Smithfield at Bartholomewtide, lasting about 14 days. Described by St...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bartholomew Lane
South out of Lothbury to Threadneedle Street at No.63, on the east side of the Bank of England. In B...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bartholomew Place
East out of Bartholomew Close at No.38 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without.
First mention:...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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bartholomew baby
A person dressed up in a tawdry manner, like the dolls or babies sold at Bartholomew fair.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Ebb tide
·- The reflux of tide water; the retiring tide;
— opposed to flood tide.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Tide-rode
·adj Swung by the tide when at anchor;
— opposed to wind-rode.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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low tide
When there is no money in a man's pocket.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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yule-tide
Christmas. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cross-tide
The varying directions of the flow amongst shoals that are under water. (See current.)
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double-tide
Working double-tides is doing extra duty. (See work double-tides, to.)
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ebb-tide
The receding or running out of the sea, in contradistinction to flood.
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eddy-tide
When the water runs back from some obstacle to the free passage of the stream.
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falling tide
, or ebb of tide.
This phrase, implying a previous flow of tide towards high-water, requires here ...
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flood-tide
The flux of the tide, or the time the water continues rising. When the water begins to rise, it is c...
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high tide
, or high water.
Figuratively, a full purse. Constance, in Shakspeare's King John, uses the term h...
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lee-tide
A tide running in the same direction as the wind, and forcing a ship to leeward of the line upon whi...
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spring-tide
The periodical excess of the elevation and depression of the tide, which occurs when both the sun an...
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tide or tidal harbour
A port which can only be entered at a certain time of flood.
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tide-ball
A ball hoisted to denote when the depth of water permits vessels to enter a bar-harbour, or to take ...
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tide-gate
A place where the tide runs strong.
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tide-gauge
An instrument contrived for measuring the height of the tides.
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tide-pool
A sort of basin worn in seaside rocks.
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tide-rip
Those short ripplings which result from eddies, or the passage of the tide over uneven bottom; also ...
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tide-rode
The situation of a vessel at anchor when she swings by the force of the tide. In opposition to wind-...
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tide-way
The mid-stream; or a passage or channel through which the tide sets, and runs strongly.
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true tide
Opposed to cross-tide (which see).
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weather-tide
The reverse of lee-tide. That which, running contrary to the direction of the wind, by setting again...
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windward tide
See weather-tide.
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(St.) Bartholomew Moor Lane
On the east side of Moor Lane north of the Metropolitan Railway. In Cripplegate Ward Without (O.S. 1...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Bartholomew the Great
On the north side of Bartholomew Close, West Smithfield (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Bartholomew the Less
On the eastern side of West Smithfield, north of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, within the Hospital pre...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Bartholomew the Little
See St. Bartholomew by the Exchange.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Bartholomew without Aldersgate
See St. Bartholomew the Great.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Bartholomew without Bishopsgate
Parish mentioned 17 Ed. III. 1343 (Cal. P. R. Ed. III. 1343-5, p. 115) and temp. Rich. III. in L. an...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Little St. Bartholomew
House there mentioned 1613. The site is not indicated. Probably near St. Bartholomew's Hospital (H. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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across the tide
A ship riding across tide, with the wind in the direction of the tide, would tend to leeward of her ...
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athwart the tide
See across the tide.
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ebb of tide
See falling tide
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half-tide rocks
Those showing their heads at half-ebb. (See tide.)
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tide, ebb of
The falling tide.
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velocity of tide or current
, depends on several circumstances. First, the tide varies with the state of the moon, running stron...
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(St.) Bartholomew beside St. Anthony
See St. Bartholomew by the Exchange.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Bartholomew by the Exchange
At the south-east corner of Bartholomew Lane. In Broad Street Ward. The parish is in Broad Street an...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Bartholomew the Great, Churchyard
On the western side of the church.
Shown in O. and M. 1677.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Bartholomew the Less Lane
Wm. Herewardestoke directed that he should be buried in the Church of St. Bartholomew the Less, and ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Bartholomew the Less, Churchyard
Little St. Bartholomew Churchyard is shown to the south of the Hospital in O. and M. 1677.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bartholomew Court, Gravel Lane
North out of Gravel Lane, between Petticoat Lane and Gravel Lane (Rocque, 1746). In Portsoken Ward.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bartholomew Court, Little Britain
East out of Little Britain, near Bartholomew Close (Hatton, 1708 to P.C. 1732).
Not named in the ma...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bartholomew Court, Throgmorton Street
See Throgmorton Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Chapel in Bartholomew Hospital
See St. Bartholomew the Less.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great St. Bartholomew Close
See Bartholomew Close.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ship Court, Bartholomew Lane
See Capel Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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fluctuation of the tide
The rising and falling of the waters.
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strength of the tide
Where it runs strongest, which in serpentine courses will be found in the hollow curves.
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turn of the tide
The change from ebb to flood, or the contrary.
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(St.) Bartholomew Chapel, within the Hospital
See St. Bartholomew the Less.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.