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Star
·noun The polestar; the north star.
II. Star ·noun That which resembles the figure of a star, as an...
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The Star
Great Eastcheap.
See Star Court.
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Day
·noun Those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by usage or law for work.
II. Day ·noun ...
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Day
The Jews reckoned the day from sunset to sunset (Lev. 23:32). It was originally divided into three p...
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day
The astronomical day is reckoned from noon to noon, continuously through the twenty-four hours, like...
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Day
The variable length of the natural day at different seasons led in the very earliest times to the ad...
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day.
• "Evening." Before the captivity the Jews divided the night into three watches, (Psalms 63:6; 90:4)...
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Brittle star
·- Any species of ophiuran starfishes. ·see <<Ophiuroidea>>.
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Dog Star
·- Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the Greater Dog, and the brightest star in th...
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Sea star
·- A starfish, or brittle star.
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Star drift
·add. ·- Similar and probably related motion of the stars of an asterism, as distinguished from appa...
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Star stereogram
·add. ·- A view of the universe of brighter stars as it would appear to an observer transported into...
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Star-blind
·adj Half blind.
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Star-chamber
·noun An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat wit...
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Star-crossed
·adj Not favored by the stars; ill-fated.
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Star-read
·noun Doctrine or knowledge of the stars; star lore; astrology; astronomy.
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Star-spangled
·adj Spangled or studded with stars.
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Sun star
·- ·see Sun star, under <<Sun>>.
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Star, Morning
A name figuratively given to Christ (Rev. 22:16; comp. 2 Pet. 1:19). When Christ promises that he wi...
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Star Alley
1) See Star Court, Minories.
2) South out of Rosemary Lane, near the west end (Hatton, 1708).
Not ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Star Court
1) West out of Huggin Lane to Bread Street Hill, in Queenhithe Ward (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
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Star Inn
On the east side of Fish Street Hill. In Bridge Ward Within, north of tlie Monument (O.and M. 1677-L...
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Star Yard
See Moor Square.
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star gazer
A horse who throws up his head; also a hedge whore.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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star lag
Breaking shop-windows, and stealing some article thereout.
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star-fern
n.
name given in Victoria to Gleichenia flabellata, R. Br.; called also Fan-fern. See Fern.
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blazing star
(Aletris farinosa.) A plant, the root of which is greatly esteemed by the Indians and people of the ...
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brittle-star
The common name of a long-rayed star-fish (Ophiocoma rosula).
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double-star
Two stars so close together as to be separable only with a telescope. They are either optically so o...
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fallen-star
A name for the jelly-fish or medusa, frequently thrown ashore in summer and autumn.
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feather-star
The Comatula rosacea, one of the most beautiful of British star-fishes.
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fixed star
See stars, fixed.
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leming-star
An old name for a comet.
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lode-star
The north star. But Spenser alludes to any star as a guide to mariners:
"Like as a ship, whose lod...
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morning star
An offensive weapon of the mediæval times, consisting of a staff, to which was attached an iron ball...
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pole-star
α Ursæ minoris. This most useful star is the lucida of the Little Bear, round which the other compon...
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sea-star
A common rayed or star-like animal, belonging to the class Echinodermata. Also called star-fish (Ast...
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ship-star
The Anglo-Saxon scyp-steora, an early name for the pole-star, once of the utmost importance in navig...
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star, double
See double-star.
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star, temporary
See temporary stars.
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star, variable
See variable stars.
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star-fishes
See sea-star.
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star-forts
Those traced in the form of a star, with alternate salient and re-entering angles. They are not in m...
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star-glint
A meteorite.
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star-pagoda
A gold coin of the East Indies. In Madras its value is 7 s. 6 d.
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sun-star
The Solaster papposus, one of the largest and handsomest of our radiated star-fishes.
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triple star
Three stars situated in close proximity, but apparently only optically connected. (See ternary syste...
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Boxing day
·add. ·- The first week day after Christmas, a legal holiday on which Christmas boxes are given to p...
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Childermas day
·- A day (December 28) observed by mass or festival in commemoration of the children slain by Herod ...
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Class day
·add. ·- In American colleges and universities, a day of the commencement season on which the senior...
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Columbus Day
·add. ·- The 12th day of October, on which day in 1492 Christopher Columbus discovered America, land...
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Day lily
·- A genus of plants (Funkia) differing from the last in having ovate veiny leaves, and large white ...
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Day-coal
·noun The upper stratum of coal, as nearest the light or surface.
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Day-labor
·noun Labor hired or performed by the day.
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Day-laborer
·noun One who works by the day;
— usually applied to a farm laborer, or to a workman who does not w...
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Day-net
·noun A net for catching small birds.
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Day-peep
·noun The <<Dawn>>.
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Decoration Day
·add. ·- = Memorial Day.
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Discovery Day
·add. ·- = Columbus Day, above.
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Dog day
·- ·Alt. of <<Dogday>>.
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Dominion Day
·add. ·- In Canada, a legal holiday, July lst, being the anniversary of the proclamation of the form...
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Gaud-day
·noun ·see <<Gaudy>>, a feast.
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Inauguration Day
·add. ·- The day on which the President of the United States is inaugurated, the 4th of March in eve...
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Independence Day
·add. ·- In the United States, a holiday, the 4th of July, commemorating the adoption of the Declara...
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Labor Day
·add. ·- In most of the States and Territories of the United States, a day, usually the first Monday...
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Memorial Day
·add. ·- A day, May 30, appointed for commemorating, by decorating their graves with flowers, by pat...
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Mother's Day
·add. ·- A day appointed for the honor and uplift of motherhood by the loving remembrance of each pe...
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Patriots' Day
·add. ·- A legal holiday in the States of Massachusetts and Maine, April 19, the anniversary of the ...
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Pioneers' Day
·add. ·- In Utah, a legal holiday, July 24, commemorated the arrival, in 1847, of Brigham Young and ...
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Tag day
·add. ·- A day on which contributions to some public or private charity or fund are solicited promis...
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Term day
·add. ·- A day which is a term (as for payment of rent), or is a day in a term, as of the sitting of...
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To-day
·noun The present day.
II. To-day ·prep On this day; on the present day.
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Twelfth-day
·noun ·see <<Twelfthtide>>.
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Working-day
·adj Pertaining to, or characteristic of, working days, or workdays; everyday; hence, plodding; hard...
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Birth-day
The observance of birth-days was common in early times (Job 1:4, 13, 18). They were specially celebr...
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Lord's day
Only once, in Rev. 1:10, was in the early Christian ages used to denote the first day of the week, w...
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Day, John
(b. 1574)
Dramatist, s. of a Norfolk yeoman, was at Camb., 1592-3. It is only since 1881 that his w...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Day, Thomas
(1748-1789)
Miscellaneous writer, was b. in London, ed. at the Charterhouse and at Oxf., and called...
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banyan day
A sea term for those days on which no meat is allowed to the sailors: the term is borrowed from the ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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collar day
Execution day.
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execution day
Washing day.
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rainy day
To lay up something for a rainy day; to provide against a time of necessity or distress.
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winter's day
He is like a winter's day, short and dirty.
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every-day
Common; usual.
Men of genius forget things of common concern, which make no slight impression on ev...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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training-day
The day when the militia are called out to be reviewed.
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allemash-day
i. e. Allumage-day, the day on which the Canterbury silk-weavers begin to work by candle-light. Kent...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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carling-day
the second Sunday preceding Easter, when parched peas are served up at most tables in Northumberland...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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childermas-day
Innocents-day. North.
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day-tale
a day-labourer. York.
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good-day
a holiday. Staffordsh.
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day-book
An old and better name for the log-book; a journal [Fr.]
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day-mates
Formerly the mates of the several decks now abolished. (See sub-lieutenant.)
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day-sky
The aspect of the sky at day-break, or at twilight.
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field-day
A day of exercise and evolutions.
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gained day
The twenty-four hours, or day and night, gained by circumnavigating the globe to the eastward. It is...
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liberty-day
A day announced for permitting a part of the crew to go ashore.
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lost day
The day which is lost in circumnavigating the globe to the westward, by making each day a little mor...
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lunar day
The interval between a departure and return of the moon to the meridian.
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nautical day
This day commences at noon, twelve hours before the civil day, and ends at noon of the day following...
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sidereal day
The interval between the departure and return of a star to the meridian; in other words, its two suc...
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solar day
Is the interval which elapses between two successive meridian transits of the sun, and is the unit o...
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Lone-Star State
·add. ·- Texas;
— a nickname alluding to the single star on its coat of arms, being the device used...
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North Star State
·add. ·- Minnesota;
— a nickname.
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Water star grass
·- An aquatic plant (Schollera graminea) with grassy leaves, and yellow star-shaped blossoms.
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Seven Star Court
1) In Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
Name derived fr...
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Star Court, Houndsditch
South out of Woolsack Alley. In Portsoken Ward (Strype, 1720-55).
Seems to be shown in O. and M. 16...
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Star Court, Minories
West out of Minories. In Portsoken Ward (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
Former names: "Tarr Alley" (O. ...
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to star the glaze
To break and rob a jeweller's show glass. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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star of Bethlehem
. The Old World plant is Ornithogalum umbellatum; the name is given in Australiato Chamaescilla cory...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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brood-hen star
The cluster of the Pleiades.
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physical double-star
See double-star and binary system.
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All Fools' Day
·- The first day of April, a day on which sportive impositions are practiced.
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All Souls' Day
·- The second day of November; a feast day of the Roman Catholic church, on which supplications are ...
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Latter-day saint
·- A Mormon;
— the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints being the name assumed by the whole ...
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New Year's Day
·- the first day of a calendar year; the first day of January. Often colloquially abbreviated to New...
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Atonement, Day of
The great annual day of humiliation and expiation for the sins of the nation, "the fast" (Acts 27:9)...
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Jezreel, Day of
The time predicted for the execution of vengeance for the deeds of blood committed there (Hos. 1:5)....
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birth-day suit
He was in his birth-day suit, that is, stark naked.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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paddington fair day
An execution day, Tyburn being in the parish or neighbourhood of Paddington. To dance the Paddington...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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red letter day
A saint's day or holiday, marked in the calendars with red letters. Red letter men; Roman Catholics:...
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saint geoffrey's day
Never, there being no saint of that name: tomorrow-come-never, when two Sundays come together.
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wry neck day
Hanging day.
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up-a-day
A fondling expression of a nurse to a child, when she takes it up in her arms, or lifts it over some...
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dyze-man's-day
Childermas, or Innocents' Day. North. E.
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St. Jeffery's-day
never. York.
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pack-rag day
Michaelmas-day, when servants change their places, and remove their clothes. Norf. and Suff.
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well-a-day!
alas! Various.
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Lords Day, The
(Kuriake Hemera), (Revelation 1:10) (only), the weekly festival of our Lord's resurrection, and iden...
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Bell and Star Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street, two doors from Earl Street, Blackfriars (Lockie, 1816).
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Seven Star Alley, Houndsditch
See Hanover Court.
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Star Alley, Mark Lane
West out of Mark Lane, north of Hart Street, and running north to Fenchurch Street. In Tower Ward (P...
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Star Alley, Seething Lane
West out of Seething Lane, opposite Green Arbour Court (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755). In Tower Ward....
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Star Court, Nightingale Lane
West out of Nightingale Lane (Horwood, 1799).
Former names : " Willow-tree Yard " (Strype, 1720, an...
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Star Yard, Huggin Lane
See Star Court1.
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Star Yard, Petty France
Mentioned in 1672 in L. and P. Chas. II. Dom. S. XIII. p.626.
Not further identified.
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bird's-foot sea-star
The Palmipes membranaceus, one of the Asterinidæ, with a flat thin pentagonal body, of a bright scar...
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officer of the day
A military officer whose immediate duty is to attend to the interior economy of the corps to which h...
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Atonement, The Day Of
I. The great day of national humiliation, and the only one commanded in the Mosaic law. [Fasts] The ...
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apparent place of a star
This is the position for any day which it seems to occupy in the heavens, as affected with aberratio...
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astronomical place of a star or planet
Its longitude or place in the ecliptic, reckoned from the first point of Aries, according to the nat...
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mean place of a star
Its position at a given time, independent of aberration and nutation.
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Star Of The Wise Men
[Magi]
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Seven Star Alley, Royal Mint Street
See Seven Star Court.
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