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Guard
·vt Watch; heed; care; attention; as, to keep guard.
II. Guard ·noun To fasten by binding; to <<Gir...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Guard
1) Heb. tabbah (properly a "cook," and in a secondary sense "executioner," because this office fell ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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guard
The duty performed by a body of men stationed to watch and protect any post against surprise. A divi...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Castle
·noun Any strong, imposing, and stately mansion.
II. Castle ·noun A small tower, as on a ship, or a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Castle
A military fortress (1 Chr. 11:7), also probably a kind of tower used by the priests for making know...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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The Castle
1) An inn called the Castle near the Bars of West Smithfield belonged to Wm. Creswick, 1390 and 1405...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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castle
A place strong by art or nature, or by both. A sort of little citadel. (See forecastle, aft-castle, ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Castle
[Fenced Cities CITIES]
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Avant-guard
·noun The van or advanced body of an army. ·see <<Vanguard>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Axle guard
·- The part of the framing of a railway car or truck, by which an axle box is held laterally, and in...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Stack-guard
·noun A covering or protection, as a canvas, for a stack.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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black guard
A shabby, mean fellow; a term said to be derived from a number of dirty, tattered roguish boys, who ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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guard-fish
n.
Erroneous spelling of Garfish (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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after-guard
The men who are stationed on the quarter-deck and poop, to work the after-sails. It was generally co...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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baggage-guard
A small proportion of any body of troops on the march, to whom the care of the whole baggage is assi...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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forage-guard
A party detached to cover foragers, those wooding, watering, &c.
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guard-boards
Synonymous with chain-wales.
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guard-boat
A boat appointed to row the rounds amongst the ships of war in any harbour, &c., to observe that the...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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guard-book
Report of guard; a copy of which is delivered at the admiral's office by the officer of the last gua...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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guard-fish
A corruption of the word gar-fish.
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guard-irons
Curved bars of iron placed over the ornaments of a ship to defend them from damage.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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guard-ship
A vessel of war appointed to superintend the marine affairs in a harbour, and to visit the ships whi...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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health-guard
Officers appointed to superintend the due observance of the quarantine regulations.
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main-guard
The principal guard of a garrison town, usually posted in the place-of-arms, or the market-place.
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quarter-guard
A small guard posted in front of each battalion in camp.
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rear-guard
That part of the army which brings up and protects the rear.
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water-guard
Custom-house officers employed to prevent fraud on the revenue in vessels arriving at, or departing ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Castle, Egerton
(b. 1858)
Novelist. Consequences (1891), The Light of Scarthey (1895), The Jerningham Letters (1896...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Baynard's Castle
On the Thames, opposite Addle Hill (O. and M. 1677), now Nos. 12 and 13 Upper Thames Street (P.O. Di...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle Alley
1) See Castle Court, Birchin Lane.
2) South out of Threadneedle Street to Cornhill, on the western ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle Baynard (Parish of)
Tenements in the parishes of Castle Baynard, St. Mary de Aldermarichirche, H. Trinity the Less, etc....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle Court
1) East out of White Cross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
The si...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle Lane
Next to Puddle Wharf, "between the Black Friars and the Thames, called 26 Ed. III., Castle Lane" (S....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle Street
1) By Fleet Ditch (W. Stow, 1722).
Qy. = Newcastle Street.
2) See Newcastle Street, Farringdon Str...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle Tavern
1) On the west side of Honey Lane Market and Milk Street, in Cripplegate Ward Within (Strype, 1720 a...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle Yard
1) See Furnival Street.
2) South out of Upper Thames Street to the Thames at No. 34 (P.O. Directory...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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aft-castle
An elevation on the after-part of our ships of war, opposed to forecastle, for the purpose of fighti...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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castle-wrights
Particular artificers employed in the erection of the early ship's castles.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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hind-castle
A word formerly used for the poop, as being opposed to fore-castle.
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report of guard
The document rendered in by the guard-boat, of every vessel boarded during her hours of duty, with t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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(St.) Andrew Castle Baynard
See St. Andrew by the Wardrobe.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Baynard's Castle Lane
In Upper Thames Street (Strype, 1755-Boyle, 1799). Probably leading to the Wharf.
Not named in the ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Baynard's Castle Stairs
See Baynard's Castle Wharf.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Baynard's Castle Wharf
South out of Thames Street at Baynard's Castle, in Castle Baynard Ward (W. Stow, 1722). In the paris...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle Baynard Dock
See Baynard's Castle Wharf.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle Baynard Lane
Place with houses in lane of "Baynardescastel," 18 Ed. III 1344 (Cal. P.R. Ed. III. 1343-5, p. 337)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle Baynard Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City of London, to the south. Bounded on the north and west by Fa...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle Baynard Wharf
On the south side of Upper Thames Street at Nos. 12 and 13 (P.O. Directory). In Castle Baynard Ward....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle Court, Houndsditch
See Goring Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle Street, Houndsditch
See Goring Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle Tavern Court
West out of Milk Street with a narrow passage into Wood Street (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii, 90).
So n...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle Yard, Houndsditch
See Goring Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Watergate, Castle Baynard
Wharf called " Powyls Wharffe," alias "Sondayes wharffe," in the west part of the common water calle...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Wateringplace, Castle Baynard
See Watergate, Castle Baynard.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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turn out the guard!
The order for the marines of the guard to fall in, on the quarter-deck, in order to receive a superi...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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(St.) Benedict at Castle Baynard
See St. Benet Paul's Wharf.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle and Falcon Hotel
On the east side of Aldersgate Street, next to London Wall (O.S. 1894). In Aldersgate Ward Without.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle Court, Birchin Lane
East out of Birchin Lane, at No. 23, to St. Michael's Alley. In Cornhill Ward (P.O. Directory).
Fir...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle Court, Budge Row
South out of Budge Row at No. 10 to Cloak Lane. In Vintry and Cordwainer Wards (W. Stow, 1720-Elmes,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle Court, College Hill
See Newcastle Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle Court, Lawrence Lane
West out of Lawrence Lane at No. 22. In Cheap Ward and Cripplegate Ward Within (P.O. Directory).
Fi...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle Court, Threadneedle Street
See Bank Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle Inn, Wood Street
On the east side of Wood Street at No. 26, in Cripplegate Ward Within, a few doors north of Gresham ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle on the Hoop
Parish of St. Margaret, Friday Street.
See Le Burgate.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle Tavern, Whitechapel Bars
Mentioned in Strype's description of the bounds of Portsoken Ward, the bounds, after the Bars, cross...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Anchor Lane, Castle Baynard Ward
See Anchor Wharf.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle and Faulcon Inn, Cripplegate
See Falcon Square.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castle Lane, Upper Thames Street
See Castle Yard.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.