Lamb's-quarters

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• quarters

  The several stations where the officers and crew of a ship of war are posted in time of action. (See...

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• Lambs

  are the young of sheep, but originally included also the young of goats. They formed an important pa...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• close-quarters

  , or close-fights Certain strong bulk-heads or barriers of wood, formerly stretching across a merc...

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• disposed quarters

  The distribution when the camp is marked about a place besieged. ...

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• head-quarters

  The place where the general, or commanding officer, takes up his quarters. Also, the man-of-war, or ...

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• winter-quarters

  The towns or posts occupied during the winter by troops who quit the campaign for the season. Also, ...

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• Lamb's Alley

  South out of Hart Street, London Wall, at its western end, in Farringdon Ward Within (det.) (O. and ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Lamb's Buildings

  South of the Temple Church, in the centre of Tanfield Court, within the Temple precincts (P.O. Direc...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Lamb's Chapel

  ,-At the north-west corner of Monkwell Street, in Cripplegate Ward and Farringdon Ward Within (det.)...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Lamb's Conduit

  See Holborn Conduit. ...

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• Lamb's Yard

  In Bishopsgate Street Without (Dodsley, 1761). Not named in the maps. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• lamb's wool

  Apples roasted and put into strong ale. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• lamb's quarfer

  (Chenopodium authelminticum.) The popular name of an herb at the South.--Williams's Florida. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• beat to quarters

  The order for the drummer to summon every one to his respective station. ...

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• Lamb's Chapel Alley

  South out of Hart Street, at its western end, in Farringdon Ward Within. See Lamb Alley. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Lamb's Chapel Court

  At the north-west corner of Hart Street, London Wall, in Farringdon Ward Within (det.) (Strype, ed. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• lamb's-wool sky

  A collection of white orbicular masses of cloud. ...

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• quarters of the yards

  The space comprehended between the slings, or middle and half-way out on the yard-arms. ...

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• Lamb's Court, Abchurch Lane

  See Lamb Court. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

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

  See Lamb Court. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.