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Lesbian
·adj Of or pertaining to the island anciently called Lesbos, now Mitylene, in the Grecian Archipelag...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Love
·noun A thin silk stuff.
II. Love ·noun Due gratitude and reverence to God.
III. Love ·noun Cupid,...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Love
This word seems to require explanation only in the case of its use by our Lord in his interview with...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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love
OF ALL LOVES! a phrase of entreaty. Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Free-love
·noun The doctrine or practice of consorting with the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Love-drury
·noun <<Affection>>.
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Love-making
·noun <<Courtship>>.
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Love-sick
·adj Originating in, or expressive of, languishing love.
II. Love-sick ·adj Languishing with love o...
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Love-sickness
·noun The state of being love-sick.
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Self-love
·noun The love of one's self; desire of personal happiness; tendency to seek one's own benefit or ad...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Love Court
South out of George Alley, Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Lockie, 1816).
"Lo...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Love Lane
1) A parcel of land and garden called "la Lovelane," in parish of St. Christopher, in the ward of Br...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cupboard love
Pretended love to the cook, or any other person, for the sake of a meal. My guts cry cupboard; i.e. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Love Feasts
(Agape), (2 Peter 2:13; Jude 1:12) an entertainment in which the poorer members of the church partoo...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Light-o'-love
·noun Hence: A light or wanton woman.
II. Light-o'-love ·noun An old tune of a dance, the name of w...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Peacock, Thomas Love
(1785-1866)
Novelist, b. at Weymouth, the only child of a London merchant, was in boyhood at variou...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Little Love Lane
East out of Wood Street at No. 37 (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Within, with a passage south...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Love Lane, Aldermanbury
West from Aldermanbury, at No. 66, to 36 Wood Street (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Within.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cream-pot love
Such as young fellows pretend to dairymaids, to get cream and other good things from them.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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family of love
Lewd women; also, a religious sect.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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love begotten child
A bastard.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Great Love Lane, Wood Street
See Love Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.