Lamb

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• Lamb

  1) Heb. kebes, a male lamb from the first to the third year. Offered daily at the morning and the ev...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Le Lamb

  A messuage so called in parish of St. Dunstan in "le Weste" on the north side of Fleatstreate, 31 El...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• to lamb

  To beat. Lamb pye; a beating: from lambo. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Lamb, Charles

  (1775-1834) Essayist and poet, was b. in London, his f. being confidential clerk to Samuel Salt, on...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Lamb Alley

  1) West out of Bishopsgate, in Bishopsgate Ward Without, at No. 144 (O.S. 1880, and N. and Q. 11th S...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Lamb Court

  1) North out of Lamb Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799-Elmes, 1831). First mention:...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• holy lamb

  A thorough-paced villain. IRISH. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• lamb down

  v. tr. 1) To knock down a cheque or a sum of money in a spree.There is an old English verb, of Scan...

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

• baa-lamb

  A pet term for a lamb in England and America. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• cosset-lamb

  colt a cade lamb or colt brought up by hand. Norf. and SufF. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• gimmer-lamb

  a ewe-lamb ; also a two years old sheep. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• lamb-storms

  storms which happen about the time when lambs fall. North, and Norf. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Lamb, Lady Caroline

  (1785-1828) Novelist, dau. of 3rd Earl of Bessborough, m. the Hon. William Lamb, afterwards Lord Me...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Lamb Yard, Lamb's Yard, Lamb Alley, Bishopsgate

  See Lamb Court. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Hoare's Yard, Lamb Alley, Bishopsgate

  See Smith's Buildings and Slade's Buildings. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Lamb Court, Hart Street, Cripplegate

  See Lamb's Chapel Court. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Sugar Loaf Court, Lamb Alley

  West out of Lamb Mley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, ed 1720, I. ii. 108-Lond. Guide, 1758). ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.