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Star
·noun The polestar; the north star.
II. Star ·noun That which resembles the figure of a star, as an...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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The Star
Great Eastcheap.
See Star Court.
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Dog
·noun A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.
II. Dog ·noun A quadruped of the genus Canis, ·esp. the d...
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Dog
Frequently mentioned both in the Old and New Testaments. Dogs were used by the Hebrews as a watch fo...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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dog
An old dog at it; expert or accustomed to any thing. Dog in a manger; one who would prevent another ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to dog
To hunt as a dog, insidiously and indefatigably.--Johnson.
I have been pursued, dogged, and way-lai...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dog
The hammer of a fire-lock or pistol; that which holds the flint, called also dog-head. Also, a sort ...
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Dog
an animal frequently mentioned in Scripture. It was used by the hebrews as a watch for their houses,...
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Brittle star
·- Any species of ophiuran starfishes. ·see <<Ophiuroidea>>.
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Day-star
·noun The sun, as the orb of day.
II. Day-star ·noun The morning star; the star which ushers in the...
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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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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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blazing star
(Aletris farinosa.) A plant, the root of which is greatly esteemed by the Indians and people of the ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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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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Curtail dog
·- A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the fo...
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Dog bee
·- A male or drone bee.
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Dog day
·- ·Alt. of <<Dogday>>.
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Dog days
·- A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variously placed by almanac makers between the...
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Dog fancier
·- One who has an unusual fancy for, or interest in, dogs; also, one who deals in dogs.
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Dog-brier
·noun The dog-rose.
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Dog-eared
·adj Having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled by careless or long-continued usage;
—...
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Dog-faced
·adj Having a face resembling that of a dog.
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Dog-fox
·noun A male fox. ·see the Note under Dog, ·noun, 6.
II. Dog-fox ·noun The Arctic or blue fox;
— a...
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Dog-headed
·adj Having a head shaped like that of a dog;
— said of certain baboons.
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Dog-hearted
·adj Inhuman; cruel.
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Dog-legged
·adj Noting a flight of stairs, consisting of two or more straight portions connected by a platform ...
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Dog-rose
·noun A common European wild rose, with single pink or white flowers.
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Dog-weary
·adj Extremely weary.
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Red dog
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Red-dog flour.
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Sea dog
·- The common seal.
II. Sea dog ·- An old sailor; a salt.
III. Sea dog ·- The <<Dogfish>>.
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Skittle-dog
·noun The piked dogfish.
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Spitz dog
·- A breed of dogs having erect ears and long silky hair, usually white;
— called also Pomeranian d...
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Water dog
·- The <<Menobranchus>>.
II. Water dog ·- A sailor, ·esp. an old sailor; an old salt.
III. Water d...
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Old Dog
See Queen's Arms.
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dog booby
An awkward lout, clodhopper, or country fellow.
See clod hopper and lout. A bitch booby; a country ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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butcher's dog
To be like a butcher's dog, i.e. lie by the beef without touching it; a simile often applicable to m...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dog buffers
Dog stealers, who kill those dogs not advertised for, sell their skins, and feed the remaining dogs ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dog latin
Barbarous Latin, such as was formerly used by the lawyers in their pleadings.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dog vane
A cockade.
SEA TERM.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hunt's dog
He is like Hunt's dog, will neither go to church nor stay at home. One Hunt, a labouring man at a sm...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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jolly dog
A merry facetious fellow; a BON VIVANT, who never flinches from his glass, nor cries to go home to b...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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sad dog
A wicked debauched fellow; one of the ancient family of the sad dogs. Swift translates it into Latin...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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salesman's dog
A barker. Vide BARKER.
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dog-fish
n.
The name belongs to variousfishes of distinct families, chiefly sharks. In Australia,it is used ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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kangaroo-dog
n.
a large dog, lurcher,deerhound, or greyhound, used for hunting the Kangaroo.
1806. `History of ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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native dog
n.
Another name for the dingo (q.v.).
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pig-dog
n.
a dog used in hunting wild pigs.
1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' c. ii.p. 6...
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wild dog
n.
i.q. dingo (q.v.).
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dog cheap
Anything exceedingly cheap; or, as Dr. Johnson says, as cheap as dog's meat.
Good store of harlots,...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dog sick
A common expression, meaning very sick at the stomach.
He that saieth he is dog sick, or sick as a ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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prairie-dog
(Aretomys ludovicianus.) Called by the Indians Wistonwish. A variety of the marmot. It has received ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dog-whipper
a church beadle. North,
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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long dog
a greyhound. Derb.
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angle-dog
, or angle-twitch
A large earth-worm, sought for bait.
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bull-dog
, or muzzled bull-dog
The great gun which stands "housed" in the officer's ward-room cabin. Genera...
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dog-bolt
A cap square bolt.
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dog-drave
A kind of sea-fish mentioned in early charters.
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dog-fish
A name commonly applied to several small species of the shark family.
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dog-shores
Two long square blocks of timber, resting diagonally with their heads to the cleats. They are placed...
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dog-sleep
The uncomfortable fitful naps taken when all hands are kept up by stress.
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dog-stopper
Put on before all to enable the men to bit the cable, sometimes to fleet the messenger.
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dog-tongue
A name assigned to a kind of sole.
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dog-vane
A small vane made of thread, cork, and feathers, or buntin, fastened on the end of a half-pike, and ...
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dog-watch
The half-watches of two hours each, from 4 to 6, and from 6 to 8, in the evening. By this arrangemen...
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raft-dog
A broad flat piece of iron, having a sharp point at each end, with the extremities bent at right ang...
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sea-dog
A name of the common seal.
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water-dog
See water-gall.
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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. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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Red-dog flour
·add. ·- The lowest grade of flour in milling. It is dark and of little expansive power, is secured ...
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Black Dog Alley
1) In East Smithfield (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) East out of Seething Lane...
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Dog Tavern Court
See Dog Tavern Yard.
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Dog Tavern Yard
North out of Thames Street. In Billingsgate Ward (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Former names : "Dog Taver...
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noisy dog racket
Stealing brass knockers from doors.
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bull-dog ant
n.
(frequently shortened to Bull-dog or Bull-ant)
an ant of large size witha fierce bite. The name...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bull-dog shark
i.q. bull-head1 (q.v.).
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red dog money
A term applied, in the State of New York, to certain bank notes which have on their back a large red...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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muzzled bull-dog
See bull-dog
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dog-bitch-thimble
An excellent contrivance by which the topsail-sheet-block is prevented making the half cant or turn ...
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Shepheard and Dog Alley, Shepherd and Dog Alley
See Red Lyon Yard, Houndsditch.
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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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Dog and Bear Inn
See Carpenter's Buildings.
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dog in a doublet
A daring, resolute fellow. In Germany and Flanders the boldest dogs used to hunt the boar, having a ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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old dog at it
Expert, accustomed.
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sick as a dog
A common expression, meaning very sick at the stomach.
He that saieth he is dog sick, or sick as a ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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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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dirty dog and no sailor
or soldier.
A mean, spiritless, and utterly useless rascal.
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Seven Star Alley, Royal Mint Street
See Seven Star Court.
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