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Stone
·noun A precious stone; a gem.
II. Stone ·noun One of the testes; a testicle.
III. Stone ·noun The...
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Stone
Stones were commonly used for buildings, also as memorials of important events (Gen. 28:18; Josh. 24...
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stone
Two stone under weight, or wanting; an eunuch. Stone doublet; a prison. Stone dead; dead as a stone....
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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stone
The old term for a gun-flint.
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Cross
·noun Church lands.
II. Cross ·prep Athwart; across.
III. Cross ·vi To be inconsistent.
IV. Cross...
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Cross
In the New Testament the instrument of crucifixion, and hence used for the crucifixion of Christ its...
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(Holy) Cross
See Crutched Friars.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cross
To come home by weeping cross; to repent at the conclusion.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Cross
As the emblem of a slave's death and a murderer's punishment, the cross was naturally looked upon wi...
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Stone Cross in Cheap
Hugh of the Stone Cross in the Ward of Chepe is mentioned in 10 Ed. I. 1282 in Cal. L. Bk. B. p.13.
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Alum stone
·- A subsulphate of alumina and potash; alunite.
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Amazon stone
·noun A variety of feldspar, having a verdigris-green color.
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Arch stone
·- A wedge-shaped stone used in an arch; a voussoir.
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Caen stone
·- A cream-colored limestone for building, found near Caen, France.
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Dry-stone
·adj Constructed of uncemented stone.
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Gravel-stone
·noun A pebble, or small fragment of stone; a calculus.
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Grindle stone
·- A <<Grindstone>>.
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Jew's-stone
·noun ·Alt. of <<Jewstone>>.
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Moabite stone
·add. ·- A block of black basalt, found at Dibon in Moab by Rev. F. A. Klein, Aug. 19, 1868, which b...
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Perpend stone
·- ·see <<Perpender>>.
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Perpent stone
·- ·see <<Perpender>>.
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Portland stone
·- A yellowish-white calcareous freestone from the Isle of Portland in England, much used in buildin...
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Pumice stone
·- ·same·as <<Pumice>>.
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Purbeck stone
·- A limestone from the Isle of Purbeck in England.
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Rocking-stone
·noun A stone, often of great size and weight, resting upon another stone, and so exactly poised tha...
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Stepping-stone
·noun Fig.: A means of progress or advancement.
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Stone-blind
·adj As blind as a stone; completely blind.
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Stone-cold
·adj Cold as a stone.
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Stone-dead
·adj As dead as a stone.
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Stone-deaf
·adj As deaf as a stone; completely deaf.
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Stone-hearted
·adj Hard-hearted; cruel; pitiless; unfeeling.
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Stone-horse
·noun <<Stallion>>.
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Stone-still
·adj As still as a stone.
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Stumbling-stone
·noun A stumbling-block.
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Moabite Stone
A basalt stone, bearing an inscription by King Mesha, which was discovered at Dibon by Klein, a Germ...
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Sardine stone
(Rev. 4:3, R.V., "sardius;" Heb. odhem; LXX., Gr. sardion, from a root meaning "red"), a gem of a bl...
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London Stone
A rounded block of stone set in a large stone case, in which is an oval opening through which it can...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Stone Court
1) East out of Gutter Lane, in Farringdon Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1720 and 1755).
"Ston...
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Stone Rente
A tenement so called in parish of St. Laurence Jewry, 20 Rich. II. 1397 (Cal. P.R. Rich. II. 1396-9,...
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Stone Wharf
Messuage and wharf called " Stonwharf" in parish of All Hallows de Berkingecherche, 1304 (Ct. H.W. I...
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Waetmundes Stone
In a grant by King Aelfred and Ethelred to the Bishop and Church of Worcester in 889, mention is mad...
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stone jug
Newgate, or any other prison.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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oamaru stone
n.
Oamaru is a town on the eastcoast of the South Island of New Zealand. It produces a finebuilding...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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stone-lifter
n.
a Melbourne name for the fish Kathetostoma laeve, Bl., family T rachinidae,one of the genera of ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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burr-stone
A species of silex or quartz occurring in morphous masses, partly compact, but containing many irreg...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cling-stone
A variety of the peach in which the flesh adheres, or clings, firmly to the stone. When the stone re...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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curb-stone
A border to a pavement, consisting of stone slabs set on edge, which form the separation between it ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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stone-root
(Lat. Collinconia Canadensis.) A plant used in medicine. Its properties are diuretic and stomachic.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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stone toter
The most singular fish in this part of the world [the Southern States] is called the stone-toter, wh...
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grindle-stone
a grind-stone. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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hud-stone
the side of a fire-grate, to set any thing upon. North.
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battling-stone
A large stone with a smooth surface by the side of a stream, on which washers beat their linen.
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drip-stone
The name usually given to filters composed of porous stone.
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holy-stone
A sandstone for scrubbing decks, so called from being originally used for Sunday cleaning, or obtain...
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stone-bow
A cross-bow for shooting stones.
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suck-stone
An archaic name for the remora.
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Cross-armed
·adj With arms crossed.
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Cross-banded
·adj A term used when a narrow ribbon of veneer is inserted into the surface of any piece of furnitu...
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Cross-bearer
·noun A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions.
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Cross-birth
·noun Any preternatural labor, in which the body of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, ...
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Cross-bun
·noun A bun or cake marked with a cross, and intended to be eaten on Good Friday.
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Cross-buttock
·add. ·noun A throw in which the wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, places his left leg a...
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Cross-crosslet
·noun A cross having the three upper ends crossed, so as to from three small crosses.
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Cross-days
·noun ·pl The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension.
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Cross-examination
·noun The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he has been called and...
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Cross-examine
·vt To examine or question, as a witness who has been called and examined by the opposite party.
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Cross-examined
·Impf & ·p.p. of Cross-examine.
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Cross-examiner
·noun One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination.
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Cross-examining
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Cross-examine.
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Cross-eye
·noun ·see <<Strabismus>>.
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Cross-eyed
·adj Affected with strabismus; squint-eyed; squinting.
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Cross-fertilize
·add. ·vt To fertilize, as the stigmas of a flower or plant, with the pollen from another individual...
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Cross-fertilized
·add. ·Impf & ·p.p. of Cross-fertilize.
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Cross-fertilizing
·add. ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Cross-fertilize.
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Cross-garnet
·noun A hinge having one strap perpendicular and the other strap horizontal giving it the form of an...
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Cross-pawl
·noun ·same·as Cross-spale.
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Cross-purpose
·noun A counter or opposing purpose; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory.
II. Cross-...
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Cross-question
·vt To cross-examine; to subject to close questioning.
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Cross-questioned
·Impf & ·p.p. of Cross-question.
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Cross-questioning
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Cross-question.
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Cross-reading
·noun The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns,...
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Cross-spale
·noun ·Alt. of Cross-spall.
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Cross-spall
·noun One of the temporary wooden braces, placed horizontally across a frame to hold it in position ...
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Cross-springer
·noun One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the corners in a diagonal direction. [See Il...
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Cross-staff
·noun A surveyor's instrument for measuring offsets.
II. Cross-staff ·noun An instrument formerly u...
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Cross-stitch
·noun A form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and in pairs, the thread of one stitch cross...
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Cross-tail
·noun A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.
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Cross-tie
·noun A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place.
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Cross-tining
·noun A mode of harrowing crosswise, or transversely to the ridges.
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Cross-vaulting
·noun Vaulting formed by the intersection of two or more simple vaults.
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Cross-week
·noun Rogation week, when the cross was borne in processions.
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Holy cross
·- The cross as the symbol of Christ's crucifixion.
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Peltier's cross
·add. ·- A cross formed of two strips of different metals, to illustrate the Peltier effect.
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Red Cross
·add. ·- The crusaders or the cause they represented.
II. Red Cross ·add. ·- A hospital or ambulanc...
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Broken Cross
At the western end of Cheapside. near the church of St. Michael le Querne. Erected by the Earl of Gl...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cow Cross
See St. John Street.
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Cross Alley
North out of George Alley, with a passage west to Shoe Lane at No. 32. In Farringdon Ward Without (H...
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Cross Court
Out of London Wall (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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The Cross Keys
Messuages and tenements called the "Cross Keys" and the "Woodwharfe" near Paul's Wharf in parish of ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cross Lane
1) East out of St. Mary-at-Hill to Harp Lane (P.O. Directory), crossing St. Dunstan's Hill. In Billi...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cross Street
West out of King Street to Milk Street Market, crossing Laurence Lane (Hatton, 1708-Strype, ed. 1755...
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The Golden Cross
The sign of the Golden Cross in Temys Street, 1538 (L. and P. H. VIII. XIV. (1), p. 220).
No later ...
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Holborn Cross
Near the Conduit at Snow Hill, in parish of St. Sepulchre. (Stow 387).
First mention: "Holbourn Cro...
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Holy Cross
See Holy Cross.
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Minories' Cross
In Agas' map at the junction of the Minories and Little Tower Hill.
It is also shown on Haiward and...
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(St.) Paul's Cross
At the north-east end of the Cathedral (O.S. 1880).
"About the middest of the Churchyard is a pulpi...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Red Cross
1) In Watling Street. Rent given to parish of All Hallows, Bread_Street (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 1...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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White Cross
In an Inquisition 3 Ed. I. mention is made of water coming down from Smethefeld del Barbican in the ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cross dishonest
A cross cove; any person who lives by stealing or in a dishonest manner.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cross bite
One who combines with a sharper to draw in a friend; also, to counteract or disappoint. CANT.--This ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cross buttock
A particular lock or fall in the Broughtonian art, which, as Mr. Fielding observes, conveyed more pl...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cross patch
A peevish boy or girl, or rather an unsocial ill-tempered man or woman.
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weeping cross
To come home by weeping cross; to repent.
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Southern Cross
n.
The constellation of theSouthern Cross is of course visible in places farther norththan Australi...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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criss-cross
1) A mark in the shape of a cross; especially that of those who cannot sign their own names. Mr. Har...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cross-eye
That sort of squint, by which both the eyes turn towards the nose, so that the rays, in passing to t...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cross-fox
A fox whose color is between the common reddish-yellow and the silver-gray, having on its back a bla...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cross-grained
Perverse; troublesome; vexatious.--Johnson.
Or what the plague did Juno mean,
That cross-grain'd...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cross-patch
An ill-tempered person. A vulgar word, used alike in England and America. Patch is a very old word o...
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criss-cross
The mark of a man who cannot write his name.
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cross-bars
Round bars of iron, bent at each end, used as levers to turn the shank of an anchor.
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cross-bitt
The same as cross-piece (which see).
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cross-bored
Bored with holes alternately on the edges of planks, to separate the fastenings, so as to avoid spli...
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cross-bow
An ancient weapon of our fleet, when also in use on shore.
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cross-chocks
Large pieces of timber fayed across the dead-wood amidships, to make good the deficiency of the heel...
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cross-fish
A northern name for the asterias or star-fish; so called from the Norwegian kors-fisk. Also, the Ura...
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cross-grained
Not straight-grained as in good wood; hence the perverse and vexatious disposition of the ne'er-do-w...
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cross-head
In a steamer's engine, is on the top of the piston-rod athwart the cylinder; and there is another fi...
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cross-pawls
See cross-spales.
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cross-piece
The transverse timber of the bitts. Also, a rail of timber extending over the windlass of some merch...
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cross-sea
A sea not caused by the wind then blowing. During a heavy gale which changes quickly (a cyclone, for...
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cross-somer
A beam of timber.
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cross-spales
or spalls.
Temporary beams nailed across a vessel to keep the sides together, and support the ship...
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cross-staff
See fore-staff.
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cross-swell
This is similar to a cross-sea, except that it undulates without breaking violently.
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cross-tail
In a steam-engine, is of the same form as the cylinder cross-head: it has iron straps catching the p...
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cross-tide
The varying directions of the flow amongst shoals that are under water. (See current.)
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cross-timbers
See cross-piece.
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cross-trees
Certain timbers supported by the cheeks and trestle-trees at the upper ends of the lower and top mas...
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southern cross
The popular name of a group of stars near the South Pole, which are somewhat in the figure of a cros...
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Ro-setta stone
·- A stone found at Rosetta, in Egypt, bearing a trilingual inscription, by aid of which, with other...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Stone Cutter's Yard
West out of Poor Jewry Lane. In Aldgate Ward (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799), west of Northumberland Alle...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Stone Cutters' Yard
South out of Half Moon Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 108).
The site ...
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(St.) Swithin, London Stone
On the north side of Cannon Street at No.113, at the south-west corner of St. Swithin's Lane (P.O. D...
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Abel, Stone Of
(the great abel)
the place where the ark rested in the field of Joshua at Beth-shemesh. (1 Samuel 6...
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Bohan, Stone Of
a stone erected in honor of Bohan on the boundary between Judah and Benjamin, in the valley of Achor...
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Moabite Stone, The
In the year 1868 Rev. F. Klein, of the Church Missionary Society at Jerusalem, found at Dhiban (the ...
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Andrew Cross Alley
Adjoining the church of St. Andrew Holborn on the west and called with other premises the " Church L...
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Cow Cross Street
See St. John Street.
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(Holy) Cross, Friars of
House of Crouched or Crossed Fryers founded 1298, at the south-east corner of Hart Street (S. 149). ...
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(Holy) Cross, West Smithfield
Ecclesia Sanctae Crucis infra Hospitale Sancti Bartholomaei in Westsmythefelde Londoniarum pertinet ...
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Cross in Cheapside
See Great Cross in Cheapside.
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Cross Key Court
1) South out of London Wall at No. 44 to Coleman Street Ward (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street War...
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Cross Key Square
North out of Little Britain at No. 8 (P.O. Directory). In Aldersgate Ward Without.
First mention: H...
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Cross Keys Yard
See Cross Keys Alley.
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Cross Keys Alley
,Cross Keys Inn, Cross Keys Yard
East out of White Cross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. an...
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Cross Keys Court
1) North-west out of Chick Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
The site ...
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Cross Keys Inn
1) On the south side of Holborn, in Farringdon Ward Without, east of Fetter Lane (O. and M. 1677).
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Gold Cross Court
See Golden Cross Court.
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Golden Cross Court
1) Out of Cateaton Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
Named after the s...
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Holborn Cross Street
"Tenements in Holbourne crosse streete" belonging to Wm. Nuttall, 1559 (Ct. H.W. II. 670).
Perhaps ...
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The Red Cross, Cripplegate
Probably a house with this sign, for in an Inquisition 2 Ed. I. Alicia de Batonia is said to have di...
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Red Cross Alley
1) East out of Church Alley to London Bridge (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, i 799). In Bridge Ward Within.
Th...
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Red Cross Court
1) South out of Cow Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 284, to Elmes, 1831)...
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Red Cross Square
1) North out of Great Tower Street, between Mark Lane and Seething Lane (O.S. 25 in. 1880).
Earlies...
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Red Cross Street
North from No. 1 Fore Street to Barbican at No. 31 (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Without.
F...
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Red Cross Tavern
In Barbican at No.32, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, ed .1720-Elmes, 1831).
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christ-cross row
The alphabet in a horn-book: called Christ-cross Row, from having, as an Irishman observed, Christ's...
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holy-cross toad
n. See catholic frog.
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cross-bar-shot
The famed cross-bar-shot, or properly bar-shot, used by the Americans: when folded it presented a ba...
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cylinder cross-head
An adaptation on the top of the piston-rod, stretching out athwart the cylinder, from the ends of wh...
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jack cross-trees
Single iron cross-trees at the head of long topgallant-masts, to support royal and skysail masts.
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(St.) Martin towards London Stone
Parr'. s' Mart'. vs lundeneston, 13th cent. (MSS. D. and C. St. Paul's, W.D. 12).
Qy. = St. Martin ...
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Conduit at Holborn Cross
See Holborn Conduit.
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(Holy) Cross or Holy Rood
An old parish in Aldgate Ward, conterminous with the Parish of Holy Trinity (S. 142). Stow tells us ...
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Great Cross in Cheapside
In West Cheap in the parish of St. Peter West Cheap, in the ward of Farringdon Within, opposite the ...
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Red Cross Alley, Minories
See Maidenhead Alley.
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Red Cross Coal Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street, on the west side of London Bridge, near Old Swan (Lockie, 1810 and...
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cross in the hawse
Is when a ship moored with two anchors from the bows has swung the wrong way once, whereby the two c...
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pales and cross-pales
The interior shores by which the timbers of a ship are kept to the proper breadth while in frame.
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(St.) Andrews Cross on the Hoop
A tenement and garden so called in Fleet Street in parish of St. Dunstan between the tenement of the...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Red Cross Street, East Smithfield
North-east out of Butcher Row to Nightingale Lane (Hatton, 1708-Lockie, 1810).
Removed for the form...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Peter at the Cross of Cheap
See St. Peter Westcheap.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Red Cross Court, Great Tower Street
See Red Cross Square.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.