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Cap
·vt To deprive of cap.
II. Cap ·noun A covering for the head.
III. Cap ·vt To salute by removing t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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to cap
1) To take one's oath. I will cap downright; I will swear home. CANT.
2) To take off one's hat or c...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to cap
To excel; to surpass. Ex. To cap all. Used in familiar language in New England. Mr. Hartshorne, in h...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cap
, cob
head, chief, or master. Cumb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cap
A strong thick block of wood having two large holes through it, the one square, the other round, use...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bishop's length
·- A canvas for a portrait measuring 58 by 94 inches. The half bishop measures 45 by 56.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bishop's-weed
·noun Goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria).
II. Bishop's-weed ·noun An umbelliferous plant of the genus...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bishop's-wort
·noun Wood betony (Stachys betonica); also, the plant called fennel flower (Nigella Damascena), or d...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bishops Court
1) In Chick Lane (W. Stow, 1722).
Not further identified.
2) West out of Old Bailey at No.17 (P.O....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bishop's Court
1) West out of Coleman Street at No.6. In Coleman Street Ward. (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
The si...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bishop's Fields
See Mary (St.) Bishopsgate (Hospital of) [Mary without Bishopsgate, Hospital of?].
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bishop's Head
A messuage so called in Coleman Street in parish of St. Stephen 27 Eliz. 1585 (Lond. I. p.m. III. p....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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bishop's finger
a guide-post which shews the right way it does not go. Cant term.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Flat-cap
·noun A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London aft...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Phrygian cap
·add. ·- A close-fitting cap represented in Greek art as worn by Orientals, assumed to have been con...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Service cap
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Service hat.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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cap acquaintance
Persons slightly acquainted, or only so far as mutually to salute with the hat on meeting. A woman w...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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custard cap
The cap worn by the sword-bearer of the city of London, made hollow at the top like a custard.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hum cap
Very old and strong beer, called also stingo.
See stingo.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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trencher cap
The square cap worn by the collegians. at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bowsprit-cap
The crance or cap on the outer end of the bowsprit, through which the jib-boom traverses.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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cap, to
To puzzle or beat in argument. To salute by touching the head-covering, as Shakspeare makes Iago's f...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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cap-scuttle
A framing composed of coamings and head-ledges raised above the deck, with a top which shuts closely...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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cap-shore
A supporting spar between the cap and the trestle-tree.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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cap-square
The clamp of iron which shuts over the trunnions of a gun to secure them to the carriage, having a c...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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monmouth cap
A flat worsted cap formerly worn by soldiers and sailors. In the old play Eastward Ho, it is said, "...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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night-cap
Warm grog taken just before turning in.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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priest's-cap
An outwork which has three salient angles at the head and two inwards.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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sea-cap
The white drift or breaks of a wave. White horses of trades.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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to cap the climax
is to surpass everything. A letter from Mexico, in speaking of the excesses of the American soldiers...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Cardinal Cap Alley, Cornhill
See Swan and Hoop Passage.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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to set her cap for him
To direct her attentions to him; to endeavor to win his affections. Dr. Johnson notices the phrase, ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.