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Bon
·adj Good; valid as security for something. ...

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Ton
·- ·pl of Toe. II. Ton ·noun A measure of weight or quantity. III. Ton ·noun The weight of twenty ...

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ton
, or tun [from the Anglo-Saxon tunne]. In commerce, 20 cwt., or 2240 lbs., but in the cubical cont...

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ton for ton and man for man
A phrase implying that ships sailing as consorts, ought fairly to divide whatever prize they take. ...

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Bon Silene
·- A very fragrant tea rose with petals of various shades of pink. ...

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Bon vivant
·p.pr. A good fellow; a jovial companion; a free liver. ...

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Bon-accord
·noun Good will; good fellowship; agreement. ...

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bon grace
Junk-fenders; for booming off obstacles from a ship's sides or bows. (See bowgrace.) ...

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Assay ton
·add. ·- A weight of 29.166 + grams used in assaying, for convenience. Since it bears the same relat...

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Foot ton
·add. ·- A unit of energy or work, being equal to the work done in raising one ton against the force...

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Metric ton
·add. ·- A weight of 1,000 kilograms, or 2,204.6 pounds avoirdupois. ...

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Ton mile
·add. ·- A unit of measurement of the freight transportation performed by a railroad during a given ...

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Ton mileage
·add. ·- Ton miles collectively; ·esp., the total ton miles performed by a railroad in a given perio...

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t'on-end
upright. It mult be set a t'on end. My wife keeps a t'on end yet : i. e. she is not brought to bed y...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
t'on t'other
one another. Derb. ...

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Three Ton Alley
In Long Lane (P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps. ...

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Three Ton Alley, Ivy Lane
See Ship Alley and Three Tuns Alley, Court, Newgate Street. ...

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