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Control
·noun That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint.
II. Control ·add. ·noun the mecha...
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Three-torque system of control
·add. ·- Any system of rudders by which the pilot can exert a turning moment about each of the three...
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System
·noun The collection of staves which form a full score. ·see <<Score>>, ·noun.
II. System ·noun Reg...
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system
The method of disposing the correlative parts of a fortification, proposed variously by many eminent...
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Bell
·vt To utter by bellowing.
II. Bell ·vt To put a bell upon; as, to bell the cat.
III. Bell ·vt To ...
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Bell
The bells first mentioned in Scripture are the small golden bells attached to the hem of the high pr...
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Bell
1) (Le Bell)
Inn called "le Bell" in Mynchynlane, parish of St. Dunstan in le Est, belonging to St ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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bell
♦ Strike the bell. The order to strike the clapper against the bell as many times as there are half ...
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Compound control
·add. ·- A system of control in which a separate manipulation, as of a rudder, may be effected by ei...
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Self-control
·noun Control of one's self; restraint exercised over one's self; self-command.
...
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system of the universe
See copernican system.
...
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Ardois system
·add. ·- A widely used system of electric night signals in which a series of double electric lamps (...
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Autokinetic system
·add. ·- In fire-alarm telegraphy, a system so arranged that when one alarm is being transmitted, no...
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Automixte system
·add. ·- A system (devised by Henri Pieper, a Belgian) of driving automobiles employing a gasoline e...
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Bertillon system
·add. ·- A system for the identification of persons by a physical description based upon anthropomet...
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Block system
·add. ·- A system by which the track is divided into short sections, as of three or four miles, and ...
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Cascade system
·add. ·- A system or method of connecting and operating two induction motors so that the primary cir...
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Case system
·add. ·- The system of teaching law in which the instruction is primarily a historical and inductive...
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Chautauqua system
(of education) ·add. ·- The system of home study established in connection with the summer schools a...
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Conduit system
·add. ·- A system of electric traction, ·esp. for light railways, in which the actuating current pas...
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Continental system
·add. ·- The system of commercial blockade aiming to exclude England from commerce with the Continen...
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Contract system
·add. ·- The sweating system.
II. Contract system ·add. ·- The system of employing convicts by sell...
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Crofton system
·add. ·- A system of prison discipline employing for consecutive periods cellular confinement, assoc...
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Delsarte system
·add. ·- A system of calisthenics patterned on the theories of Fran/ois Delsarte (1811 - 71), a Fren...
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Ganz system
·add. ·- A haulage system for canal boats, in which an electric locomotive running on a monorail has...
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Marconi system
·add. ·- A system or wireless telegraphy developed by G. Marconi, an Italian physicist, in which Her...
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Metric system
·- ·see <<Metric>>, ·adj.
...
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Tandem system
·add. ·- = Cascade system.
...
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Torrens system
·add. ·- A system of registration of titles to land (as distinct from registration of deeds) introdu...
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graham system
A system of dietetics recommended by Sylvester Graham, a lecturer of some celebrity on temperance an...
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binary system
When two stars forming a double-star are found to revolve about each other.
...
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copernican system
The Pythagorean system of the universe, revived by Copernicus in the sixteenth century, and now conf...
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solar system
The sun, planets, and comets, which are assumed to form a system, independent of the surrounding fix...
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ternary system
Three stars in close proximity, and found to be in physical connection, as, for instance, ζ Cancri.
...
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warehousing system
The use of bonding places under charge of officers of the customs, in which goods may be deposited, ...
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Bell animalcule
·- An infusorian of the family Vorticellidae, common in fresh-water ponds.
...
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Bell bearer
·- A Brazilian leaf hopper (Bocydium tintinnabuliferum), remarkable for the four bell-shaped appenda...
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Bell crank
·- A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the ape...
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Bell jar
·- A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having...
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Bell metal
·- A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin;
— used ...
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Bell pepper
·- A species of Capsicum, or Guinea pepper (C. annuum). It is the red pepper of the gardens.
...
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Bell process
·add. ·- The process of washing molten pig iron by adding iron oxide, proposed by I. Lowthian Bell o...
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Bell-faced
·adj Having the striking surface convex;
— said of hammers.
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Bell-mouthed
·adj Expanding at the mouth; as, a bell-mouthed gun.
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Bell-shaped
·adj Having the shape of a wide-mouthed bell; campanulate.
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Dumb-bell
·noun A weight, consisting of two spheres or spheroids, connected by a short bar for a handle; used ...
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Sance-bell
·noun ·Alt. of Sancte bell.
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Sancte bell
·noun ·see Sanctus bell, under <<Sanctus>>.
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The Bell Brewhouse
, Aldgate High Street.
See Crown Place, Royal Mint Street.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Bell, Holborn
A tenement called "le Bell" in parish of St. Andrew in Holbourne between a tenement formerly belongi...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bell Alley
1) West out of Grub Street (Milton Street) in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677, and Hatton, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bell Court
1) West out of Foster Lane, in Aldersgate Ward (Horwood, 1799-Lockie, 1816), north of Bell Square.
...
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Bell Inn
1) On the east side of Warwick Lane, in Castle Baynard Ward (O. and M. 1677-Lockie, 1816).
Strype s...
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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)....
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Bell Tavern
Mentioned in bounds of parish of St. Katherine Creechurch, apparently in Crutched Friars (Strype, ed...
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Bell Wharf
1) South out of Thames Street in parish of St. Benet, Paul's Wharf, at the eastern boundary of the p...
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Bell Yard
1) South out of Carter Lane at No.41 to Knightrider Street, in Castle Baynard Ward (P.O. Directory)....
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Blue Bell
In Bread Street, in Bread Street Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 201).
"Blew Bell," in Cheapsyde me...
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bell swagger
A noisy bullying fellow.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bell-bird
n.
name given to several birds,fromtheir note, like the tinkling of a bell. In Australia,a Honey-ea...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bell-bottomed
adj.
a particular fashion oftrouser affected by the larrikin (q.v.).
1891. `The Argus,' Dec. 5, p....
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bell-topper
n.
The ordinary Australian namefor the tall silk-hat.
1860. W. Kelly, `Life in Victoria,' p. 268 [...
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sleigh-bell
A small hollow ball, made of bell-metal, having a hole in it that passes half round its circumferenc...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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saint's-bell
Kent. The same as the ting-tang in the North.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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bell-buoy
A large can-buoy on which is placed, in wicker-work, a bell, which is sounded by the heaving and set...
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bell-rope
A short rope spliced round a thimble in the eye of the bell-crank, with a double wall-knot crowned a...
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bell-top
A name applied to the top of a quarter-gallery, when the upper stool is hollowed away, or made like ...
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bell-ware
A name of the Zostera marina (which see).
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diving-bell
Used in under-water operations for recovering treasure, raising ships, anchors, &c.
...
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·OF
(abbreviation) Old French
...
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Of
·prep During; in the course of.
II. Of ·prep Denoting passage from one state to another; from.
III...
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of
An action of the organs of sense may be either involuntary or voluntary. Accordingly we say to hear,...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Third-rail system
·add. ·- A system in which a third rail is used for carrying the current for operating the motors, t...
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Bell, Henry Glassford
(1805-1874)
Poet and historian, was a member of the Scottish Bar, and became Sheriff of Lanarkshire...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Scott, William Bell
(1811-1890)
Poet and painter, s. of Robert S., an engraver, and brother of David S., painter, b. in...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Bell, Henry Thomas Mackenzie
(b. 1856)
Poet and critic. Spring's Immortality and other Poems, Christina Rossetti, Pictures of Tr...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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The Bell, Birchin Lane
Messuage called the Bell with a garden situate in parish of St. Edmund the King and Martyr belonging...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Bell, Milk Street
A messuage called the Corner House and now called the Signe of the Bell in parish of St. Mary Magdal...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bell Alley, Barbican
Mentioned 1667 (L. and P. Chas. II. 1667, p. 92).
The Bell Inn on the east side of Aldersgate Stree...
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Bell Alley, Bishopsgate
West out of Bishopsgate Street, near the middle, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
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Bell Inn, Holborn
See Old Bell Inn.
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Bell Inn, Walbrook
See Bell Court.
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Bell Wharf Lane
South out of Upper Thames Street to Greenwich Street and Bell Wharf, opposite No.177 Upper Thames St...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bell Wharf Stairs
At Bell Wharf, Thames Street (q.v.) (Strype, ed. 1755).
...
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Bell Wheel Alley
West out of Mark Lane, nearly opposite Hart Street. In Tower Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
No...
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Five Bell Alley
In Little Moorfields (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Five Bell Court
Out of Leadenhall Street, in Aldgate Ward (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Also called "Cup and Fan Court."...
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Great Bell Alley
East out of Coleman Street, at No. 56, to Moorgate Street (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street Ward.
...
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Little Bell Alley
South from Leathersellers' Buildings to Copthall Buildings on the boundary of Broad Street and Colem...
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Old Bell Inn
On the north side of Holborn at No.123 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within.
First mention: ...
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(St.) Paul's Bell Tower
In the Lib. Cust. I. 343, it is stated that the Campanile used by the citizens to summon the Folkmoo...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Six Bell Alley
In Bearbinder Lane (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
Name derived from the sign, rep...
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Six Bell Court
In Six Bell Passage, Foster Lane (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Six Bell Passage
In Foster Lane (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Ten Bell Court
South out of Snow Hill, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Site now covered by Hol...
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Twelve Bell Court
West out Of Bow Lane, in Cordwainer Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 24-Boyle, 1799).
It communicate...
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Two Bell Alley
On Snow Hill (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
Named after the sign.
...
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White Bell Alley
North out of Great Eastcheap, east of St. Clement's Lane. In Candlewick Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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to bear the bell
To excel or surpass all competitors, to be the principal in a body or society; an allusion to the fo...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bell-frog, golden
n.
See golden bell-frog.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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golden bell-frog
n.
name applied to a largegold and green frog, Hyla aurea, Less., which, unlikethe great majority o...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Unheard-of
·adj New; unprecedented; unparalleled.
...
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kind of
In a manner, as it were. A sort of qualifying expression; as, 'She made game on it kind o'.'--Forby....
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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rising of
More than; upwards of; as, There were rising of a thousand men killed at the battle of Buena Vista.'...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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The Bell, St. Giles' Cripplegate
Messuage called the signe of the Bell and a garden in parish of St. Giles Without Cripplegate, 1565 ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bell Alley, Abchurch Lane
In Abechurch Lane, mentioned in deed of 1649 (End. Ch. Rep. St. Michael Crooked Lane, 1903, p. 8).
...
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Bell Alley, Cannon Street
In Cannon Street, by Budge Row, at Walbrook End (W. Stow, 1722-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps....
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Bell Alley, Coleman Street
See Great Bell Alley.
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Bell Alley, Fenchurch Street
See Bell Court.
...
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Bell Alley, Golden Lane
West out of Golden Lane, on the northern boundary of the City and of Cripplegate Ward Without, runni...
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Bell Alley, Hosier Lane
North out of Hosier Lane. In Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1720, I. iii. 284).
Th...
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Bell and Star Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street, two doors from Earl Street, Blackfriars (Lockie, 1816).
...
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Bell and Wheel Alley
West out of the Minories (O. and M. 1677), near the middle. In Portsoken Ward.
Other names : "Bell ...
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Bell and Wheel Yard
West out of the Minories (O. and M. 1677), near the middle. In Portsoken Ward.
Other names : "Bell ...
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Bell Inn, Coleman Street
Messuage called "The Bell" on the east side of the street called Colman Streete, in parish of St. St...
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Bell Inn, Friday Street
On the West side of Friday Street at No.13, in Bread Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
The ...
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Bell Inn, Grub Street
See Bell Alley1, Grub Street.
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Bell Yard, Fenchnrch Street
See Bell Court.
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Bell Yard, Gracechurch Street
West out of Gracechurch Street, at No.12 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Within.
First mentio...
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Bell Yard, Mincing Lane
See Bell Court.
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Blue Bell Inn, Holborn
See Old Bell Inn.
...
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bell, book, and candle
They cursed him with bell, book, and candle; an allusion to the popish form of excommunicating and a...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Bishops of London, Palace of
On the north-west side of St. Paul's Church (S. 373).
Mentioned by Ralph de Diceto in his Opera His...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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receivers of droits of admiralty
Now termed receivers of wreck (which see).
...
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Beeroth of the children of Jaakan
(Deut. 10:6). The same as Bene-jaakan (Num. 33:31).
...
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captain of a ship of war
Is the commanding officer; as well the post-captain (a title now disused) as those whose proper titl...
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chamber of a piece of ordnance
The end of the bore modified to receive the charge of powder. In mortars, howitzers, and shell-guns,...
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gunner, of a ship of war
A warrant-officer appointed to take charge of the ammunition and artillery on board; to keep the lat...
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master of a ship-of-war
An officer appointed by the commissioners of the navy to attend to the navigating a ship under the d...
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muzzle of a piece of ordnance
The forward extremity of the cylinder, and the metal which surrounds it, extending back to the neck,...
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Beeroth Of The Children Of Jaakan
the wells of the tribe of Bene-Jaakan, which formed one of the halting-places of the Israelites in t...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Rabbath Of The Children Of Ammon
and Rabbath of the Ammonites, [See RABBATH]
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Wisdom Of Jesus, Son Of Sirach
[Ecclesiasticus]
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Bell Alley, Aldgate High Street
South out of Aldgate High Street, leading into Chequer Yard (O. and M. 1677-P.C. 1732). In Portsoken...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bell Alley, Little Tower Hill
North out of Little Tower Hill, east from the Minories (O. and M. 1677).
Earliest mention: "The Bel...
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Bell Alley, St. Katherine's Lane
See Bell Court.
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Bell Savage Yard, Old Bailey
See Ball Court, Old Bailey.
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Bell Yard, Fish Street Hill
West out of Fish Street Hill at No.13, north of Crooked Lane, and opposite the Monument. In Bridge W...
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Little Bell Alley, Grub Street
See Bell Alley.
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Angle of entry
·add. ·- The angle between the tangent to the advancing edge (of an aerocurve) and the line of motio...
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Angle of incidence
·add. ·- The angle between the chord of an aerocurve and the relative direction of the undisturbed a...
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Bird of paradise
·- The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New...
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Concert of Europe
·add. ·- ·Alt. of European concert.
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Corps of Engineers
·add. ·- In the United States navy, a corps made up of the engineers, which was amalgamated with the...
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Jane-of-apes
·noun A silly, pert girl;
— corresponding to jackanapes.
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Leg-of-mutton
·add. ·adj Having the general shape or outline of a leg of mutton; as, a leg-of-mutton, or shoulder-...
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Matter-of-fact
·adj Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities; not fanciful or imaginative; comm...
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Men-of-war
·pl of <<Manofwar>>.
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Mother-of-pearl
·noun The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, ·esp. of pearl oysters, river musse...
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Mother-of-thyme
·noun An aromatic plant (Thymus Serphyllum);
— called also wild thyme.
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Out-of-door
·adj Being out of the house; being, or done, in the open air; outdoor; as, out-of-door exercise. ·se...
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Volunteers of America
·add. ·- A religious and philanthropic organization, similar to the Salvation Army, founded (1896) b...
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Wheel of fortune
·add. ·- A gambling or lottery device consisting of a wheel which is spun horizontally, articles or ...
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Ancient of Days
An expression applied to Jehovah three times in the vision of Daniel (7:9, 13, 22) in the sense of e...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Atonement, Day of
The great annual day of humiliation and expiation for the sins of the nation, "the fast" (Acts 27:9)...
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Avenger of blood
(Heb. goel, from verb gaal, "to be near of kin," "to redeem"), the nearest relative of a murdered pe...
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Baale of Judah
Lords of Judah, a city in the tribe of Judah from which David brought the ark into Jerusalem (2 Sam....
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Babel, tower of
The name given to the tower which the primitive fathers of our race built in the land of Shinar afte...
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Babylon, kingdom of
Called "the land of the Chaldeans" (Jer. 24:5; Ezek, 12:13), was an extensive province in Central As...
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Baca, Valley of
(Ps. 84:6; R.V., "valley of weeping," marg., "or balsam trees"), probably a valley in some part of P...
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Baptism of Christ
Christ had to be formally inaugurated into the public discharge of his offices. For this purpose he ...
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Bashan, Hill of
(Ps. 68:15), probably another name for Hermon, which lies to the north of Bashan.
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Changes of raiment
Were reckoned among the treasures of rich men (Gen. 45:22; Judg. 14:12, 13; 2 Kings 5:22, 23).
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Chiefs of Asia
"Asiarchs," the title given to certain wealthy persons annually appointed to preside over the religi...
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Chronicles, Books of
The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e....
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Coat of mail
The rendering of a Hebrew word meaning "glittering" (1 Sam. 17:5, 38). The same word in the plural f...
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Coming of Christ
(1) with reference to his first advent "in the fulness of the time" (1 John 5:20; 2 John 1:7), or (2...
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Consolation of Israel
A name for the Messiah in common use among the Jews, probably suggested by Isa. 12:1; 49:13. The Gre...
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Crown of thorns
Our Lord was crowned with a, in mockery by the Romans (Matt. 27:29). The object of Pilate's guard in...
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Daniel, Book of
Is ranked by the Jews in that division of their Bible called the Hagiographa (Heb. Khethubim). (See ...
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David, City of
1) David took from the Jebusites the fortress of Mount Zion. He "dwelt in the fort, and called it th...
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Decision, Valley of
A name given to the valley of Jehoshaphat (q.v.) as the vale of the sentence. The scene of Jehovah's...
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Decrees of God
"The decrees of God are his eternal, unchangeable, holy, wise, and sovereign purpose, comprehending ...
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Degrees, Song of
Song of steps, a title given to each of these fifteen psalms, 120-134 inclusive. The probable origin...
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Desolation, Abomination of
(Matt. 24:15; Mark 13:14; comp. Luke 21:20), is interpreted of the eagles, the standards of the Roma...
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Destruction, City of
(Isa. 19:18; Heb. Ir-ha-Heres, "city of overthrow," because of the evidence it would present of the ...
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Drawer of water
(Deut. 29:11; Josh. 9:21, 23), a servile employment to which the Gibeonites were condemned.
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Ephraim, Gate of
One of the gates of Jerusalem (2 Kings 14:13; 2 Chr. 25:23), on the side of the city looking toward ...
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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...
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Esther, Book of
The authorship of this book is unknown. It must have been obviously written after the death of Ahasu...
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Exodus, Book of
Exodus is the name given in the LXX. to the second book of the Pentateuch (q.v.). It means "departur...
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Ezekiel, Book of
Consists mainly of three groups of prophecies. After an account of his call to the prophetical offic...
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Ezra, Book of
This book is the record of events occurring at the close of the Babylonian exile. It was at one time...
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Fall of man
An expression probably borrowed from the Apocryphal Book of Wisdom, to express the fact of the revol...
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Flame of fire
Is the chosen symbol of the holiness of God (Ex. 3:2; Rev. 2:18), as indicating "the intense, all-co...
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Foreknowledge of God
Acts 2:23; Rom. 8:29; 11:2; 1 Pet. 1:2), one of those high attributes essentially appertaining to hi...
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Forgiveness of sin
One of the constituent parts of justification. In pardoning sin, God absolves the sinner from the co...
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Galilee, Sea of
(Matt. 4:18; 15:29), is mentioned in the Bible under three other names.
1) In the Old Testament it ...
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Gibeah of Judah
(Josh. 15:57), a city in the mountains of Judah, the modern Jeba, on a hill in the Wady Musurr, abou...
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Gibeah of Phinehas
(Josh. 15:57, R.V. marg.), a city on Mount Ephraim which had been given to Phinehas (24:33 "hill," A...
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Gilead, Balm of
The region of Gilead abounded in spices and aromatic gums, which were exported to Egypt and Tyre (Ge...
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Goodness of God
A perfection of his character which he exercises towards his creatures according to their various ci...
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Government of God
See Providence.
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Grace, means of
An expression not used in Scripture, but employed (1) to denote those institutions ordained by God t...
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Habakkuk, Prophecies of
Were probably written about B.C. 650-627, or, as some think, a few years later. This book consists o...
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Mount of beatitudes
See Sermon on the mount.
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Mount of corruption
(2 Kings 23:13; Vulg., "mount of offence"), the name given to a part of the Mount of Olives, so call...
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Nahum, Book of
Nahum prophesied, according to some, in the beginning of the reign of Ahaz (B.C. 743). Others, howev...
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