·- A canvas for a portrait measuring 58 by 94 inches. The half bishop measures 45 by 56.
·adj <<Distance>>. II. Length ·vt To <<Lengthen>>. III. Length ·adj A portion of space or of time ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·adj Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture. ...
·noun A portrait or statue representing the whole figure. II. Whole-length ·adj Representing the wh...
A measure of about 100 fathoms, by which the distances of ships in a fleet are frequently estimated....
The Sailor's Word-Book
The distance between the object-glass and the eye-piece of a telescope. ...
·- A plant of the genus Mitella; miterwort. ...
·noun Goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria). II. Bishop's-weed ·noun An umbelliferous plant of the genus...
·noun Wood betony (Stachys betonica); also, the plant called fennel flower (Nigella Damascena), or d...
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.
1) West out of Coleman Street at No.6. In Coleman Street Ward. (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831). The si...
See Mary (St.) Bishopsgate (Hospital of) [Mary without Bishopsgate, Hospital of?]. ...
A messuage so called in Coleman Street in parish of St. Stephen 27 Eliz. 1585 (Lond. I. p.m. III. p....
a guide-post which shews the right way it does not go. Cant term. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
On the north-west side of St. Paul's Church (S. 373). Mentioned by Ralph de Diceto in his Opera His...