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Gauge
·noun Measure; dimensions; estimate.
II. Gauge ·vt To measure or determine with a gauge.
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gauge
An instrument for measuring shot, wads, &c. For round shot there are two kinds, viz. the high gauge,...
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Broad
·superl Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
II. Broad ·superl Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
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Sea gauge
·- ·see under Gauge, ·noun.
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Water gauge
·- A wall or bank to hold water back.
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Wedge gauge
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Wedge gage.
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wind-gauge
See anemometer
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brine-gauge
See salinometer.
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gauge-cocks
A neat apparatus for ascertaining the height of the water in a steamer's boiler.
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gauge-rod
A graduated iron for sounding the pump-well.
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lee-gauge
Implies being farther from the point whence the wind blows, than another vessel in company.
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mercurial gauge
A curved tube partly filled with mercury, to show the pressure of steam in an engine.
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rain-gauge
See pluviometer
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pressure-gauge
The manometer of a steam-engine.
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sea-gauge
An instrument used by Drs. Hale and Desaguliers to investigate the depth of the sea, by the pressure...
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tide-gauge
An instrument contrived for measuring the height of the tides.
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Broad Church
·- A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respec...
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Broad seal
·- The great seal of England; the public seal of a country or state.
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Broad-brimmed
·adj Having a broad brim.
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Broad-horned
·adj Having horns spreading widely.
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Broad-leafed
·adj Having broad, or relatively broad, leaves.
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Broad-leaved
·adj ·Alt. of Broad-leafed.
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Broad Alley
In parish of St. Margaret Lothbury, mentioned in will of Sir Henry Kebyll, 1514. Site now covered by...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Broad Court
See St. James' Place.
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Broad Street
See Old Broad Street, New Broad Street, Little Broad Street.
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Broad Walk
In the Tower precincts (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799). Also called "Northumberland Place" in P.C. Survey.
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broad-leaf
n.
a settlers' name for Griselinia littoralis, Raoul; Maori name, Paukatea.
1879. W. N. Blair, `Bu...
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broad arrow
The royal mark for government stores of every description. To obliterate, deface, or remove this mar...
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broad axe
Formerly a warlike instrument; also for beheading; specially applied to the axe of carpenters for ma...
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broad cloth
Square sails.
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broad pennant
A swallow-tailed piece of buntin at the mast-head of a man-of-war; the distinctive mark of a commodo...
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broad r.
See broad arrow.
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Broad Street Avenue
West out of New Broad Street, at No. 17, to Blomfield Street (P.O. Directory).
First mention: L.C.C...
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Broad Street Buildings
South out of Liverpool Street, at Nos. 2, 5, and 11 (P.O. Directory).
Formerly these buildings form...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Broad Street Chambers
At 37 Old Broad Street, opposite Winchester Street, by the Excise Office (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831)....
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Broad Street Mews
West out of New Broad Street at its junction with Broad Street Buildings. In Bishopsgate Ward Withou...
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Broad Street Place
West out of Blomfield Street (P.O. Directory), forming part of East Street.
First mention: Lockie, ...
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Broad Street Station
On the north side of Liverpool Street, North London Railway Terminus (P.O. Directory). On the wester...
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Broad Street Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, bounded north and east by Bishopsgate Ward, north and west ...
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Little Broad Street
South from Throgmorton Street to Threadneedle Street. In Broad Street Ward (Strype, 1720-Lond. Guide...
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New Broad Street
North out of Old Broad Street to Liverpool Street (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Without. Als...
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Old Broad Street
South from London Wall and Wormwood Street to No.53 Threadneedle Street (P.O. Directory). In Broad S...
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broad of water
An extensive lake with a channel communicating with the sea, or a wide opening of a river after pass...
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Broad Street Ward School
See Coleman Street Ward School.
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French Court, Broad Street
See Hercules' Passage.
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New Broad Street Court
On the east side of Broad Street Buildings. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (O.S.1880).
The site is now...
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Adam Court, Old Broad Street
See Adam's Court.
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New Court, Old Broad Street
South-east out of Old Broad Street, in Broad Street Ward, at No.7 (Rocque, 1746-Elmes, 1831).
Rebui...
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Broad Way, Flying Horse Yard, Bishopsgate
See Foster Street.
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White Horse Court, Old Broad Street
See Union Court; White Horse Inn, Yard.
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White Horse Yard, Old Broad Street
See Flying Horse Yard.
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Ward Schools, Broad Street Ward and Coleman Street Ward
See Coleman Street Ward School.
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