Five

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• Five-finger

  ·noun ·see <<Cinquefoil>>. II. Five-finger ·noun A starfish with five rays, ·esp. Asterias rubens. ...

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• Five-leaf

  ·noun Cinquefoil; five-finger. ...

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• Five-leafed

  ·adj ·Alt. of Five-leaved. ...

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• Five-leaved

  ·adj Having five leaflets, as the Virginia creeper. ...

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• Five-twenties

  ·noun ·pl Five-twenty bonds of the United States (bearing six per cent interest), issued in 1862, '6...

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• High five

  ·add. ·- ·see Cinch (the game). ...

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• five shillings

  The sign of five shillings, i.e. the crown. Fifteen shillings; the sign of the three crowns. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• five-corners

  n. name given to the fruit of anAustralian tree and to the tree itself, Syphelia triflora,Andr., N....

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• five-fingers

  The name given to the Asterias, or star-fish, found on our shore. Cocker in 1724 describes it thus: ...

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• Five Bell Alley

  In Little Moorfields (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Five Bell Court

  Out of Leadenhall Street, in Aldgate Ward (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799). Also called "Cup and Fan Court."...

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• Five Foot Lane

  1) See Fye Foot Lane. 2) Out of Bread Street (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799). Qy. = Fye Foot Lane (q.v.). ...

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• Five Inkhorn Court

  West out of Middlesex Street, south of Gravel Lane. In Portsoken Ward (Rocque, 1746). Site occupied...

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• five-share men

  In vessels, as whalers, where the men enter on the chances of success, &c., in shares. ...

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• sign of the: five shillings

  The crown. TEN SHILLINGS. The two crowns. FIFTEEN SHILLINGS. The three crowns. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Five Foot Court, Old Fish Street Hill

  See Five Foot Lane. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.