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-one
·- A suffix indicating that the substance, in the name of which it appears, is a ketone; as, acetone...
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One
·adj Single; inmarried.
II. One ·noun A single person or thing.
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Hand
·noun Rate; price.
II. Hand ·vi To <<Cooperate>>.
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Hand
Called by Galen "the instrument of instruments." It is the symbol of human action (Ps. 9:16; Job 9:3...
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hand
A sailor. We lost a hand; we lost a sailor. Bear a hand; make haste. Hand to fist; opposite: the sam...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hand
A phrase often used for the word man, as, "a hand to the lead," "clap more hands on," &c.
♦ To han...
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hand-over-hand
Hauling rapidly upon any rope, by the men passing their hands alternately one before the other, or o...
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hand-under-hand
Descending a rope by the converse of hand-over-hand ascent.
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At one
·- <<Together>>.
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Conversazi-one
·noun A meeting or assembly for conversation, particularly on literary or scientific subjects.
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One-horse
·adj Second-rate; inferior; small.
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One-sided
·adj Growing on one side of a stem; as, one-sided flowers.
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Self-one
·adj <<Secret>>.
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Young one
·add. ·- A young human being; a child; also, a young animal, as a colt.
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deep-one
A thorough-paced rogue, a sly designing fellow: in opposition to a shallow or foolish one.
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long one
A hare; a term used by poachers.
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old one
The Devil. Likewise an expression of quizzical familiarity, as "how d'ye do, OLD ONE?"
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young one
A familiar expression of contempt for another's ignorance, as "ah! I see you're a young one." How d'...
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nary-one
for neither. A common vulgarism.
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one o'clock
♦ Like one o'clock. With speed; rapidly.
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Black Hand
·add. ·- A lawless or blackmailing secret society, ·esp. among Italians.
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Bloody hand
·- A red hand, as in the arms of Ulster, which is now the distinguishing mark of a baronet of the Un...
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Bow hand
·- The hand that holds the bow, ·i.e., the left hand.
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First-hand
·adj Obtained directly from the first or original source; hence, without the intervention of an <<Ag...
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Free-hand
·adj Done by the hand, without support, or the guidance of instruments; as, free-hand drawing. ·see ...
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Hand flus
·pl of <<Handful>>.
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Hand staves
·pl of <<Hand>>.
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Hand-hole
·noun A small hole in a boiler for the insertion of the hand in cleaning, ·etc.
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Hand-tight
·adj As tight as can be made by the hand.
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Hand-winged
·adj Having wings that are like hands in the structure and arrangement of their bones;
— said of ba...
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Hand-work
·noun ·see <<Handiwork>>.
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Left-hand
·adj Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right; as, the left-hand side; the left-han...
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Red-hand
(·adj / ·adv) ·Alt. of Red-handed.
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Right-hand
·adj Chiefly relied on; almost indispensable.
II. Right-hand ·adj Situated or being on the right; n...
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Text hand
·add. ·- A large hand in writing;
— so called because it was the practice to write the text of a bo...
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Text-hand
·noun A large hand in writing;
— so called because it was the practice to write the text of a book ...
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Two-hand
·adj Employing two hands; as, the two-hand alphabet. ·see <<Dactylology>>.
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Left hand
Among the Hebrews, denoted the north (Job 23:9; Gen. 14:15), the face of the person being supposed t...
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Hand Alley
1) On Snow Hill, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) Sou...
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Hand Court
1) West out of Philip Lane in Cripplegate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
Also called : "...
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old hand
Knowing or expert in any business.
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spoon hand
The right hand.
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hand-fish
n.
a Tasmanian fish, Brachionichthys hirsutus, Lacep., family Pediculati. The name is used in the n...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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hand, old
n.
one who has been a convict.
1861. T. McCombie, `Australian Sketches,' p. 141:
«The men who hav...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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iron hand
a term of Victorian politics. It was a new Standing Order introducing what has since been called the...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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on hand
At hand; present. A colloquial expression in frequent use.
The Anti-Sabbath meeting, so long talked...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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car-hand
the left hand. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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gaulish-hand
the left hand. N.
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nigh-hand
hard by. North.
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hand-grenade
A small shell for throwing by hand. (See grenade.)
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hand-gun
An old term for small arms in the times of Henry VII. and VIII.
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hand-lead
A small lead used in the channels, or chains, when approaching land, and for sounding in rivers or h...
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hand-line
A line bent to the hand-lead, measured at certain intervals with what are called marks and deeps fro...
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hand-pump
The common movable pump for obtaining fresh water, &c., from tanks or casks.
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hand-saw
The smallest of the saws used by shipwrights, and used by one hand.
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hand-screw
A handy kind of single jack-screw.
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hand-tight
A rope hauled as taut as it can be by hand only.
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old hand
A knowing and expert person.
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second-hand
A term in fishing-boats to distinguish the second in charge.
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taut hand
A strict disciplinarian.
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Hand in Hand Fire Office
At No. 1 Bridge Street, Blackfriars, on the east side (Elmes, 1831).
Est. 1696 in Angel Court, Snow...
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Two-to-one
·add. ·adj Designating, or pert. to, a gear for reducing or increasing a velocity ratio two to one.
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One Swan Yard
West out of Bishopsgate at No. 179. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-1890; and mentioned 17...
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One Tun Yard
In Whitecross Street, Cripplegate (Strype, Ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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one in ten
A parson: an allusion to his tithes.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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one of us
A woman of the town, a harlot.
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three to one
He is playing three to one, though sure to lose; said of one engaged in the amorous congress.
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ripping one up
telling him all his faults, Exm.
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one-and-all
A mutinous sea-cry used in the Dutch wars. Also, a rallying call to put the whole collective force o...
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one! two!! three!!!
The song with which the seamen bowse out the bowlines; the last haul being completed by belay O!
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Four-in-hand
·noun A team of four horses driven by one person; also, a vehicle drawn by such a team.
II. Four-in...
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Double Hand Court
See Double Hood Court.
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The Hand and Still
In Houndesditch at the boundary of Bishopsgate Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 94, and in 1755 ed.).
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Hand Alley, Bishopsgate
See New Street9, Bishopsgate.
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Hand Alley, Houndsditch
South-west out of Houndsditch, near the northern boundary of the ward. In Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed...
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hand basket portion
A woman whose husband receives frequent presents from her father, or family, is said to have a hand-...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to bear a hand
A seaman's phrase. To be ready ; to go to work; to assist.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to stand in hand
To concern; to behoove.--Holloway, Prov. Dict. This phrase is a colloquial one in New England. Ex. '...
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hand and glove
Intimate, familiar; i. e. as closely united as a hand and its glove. 'They are hand and glove togeth...
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hand to mouth
'To live from hand to mouth,' is said of a person who spends his money as fast as he gets it, who ea...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hand mast-piece
The smaller hand mast-spars.
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hand mast-spar
A round mast; those from Riga are commonly over 70 feet long by 20 inches diameter.
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lend a hand
A request to another to help.
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right-hand rope
That which is laid up and twisted with the sun, that is to the right hand; the term is opposed to wa...
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washing the hand
A common hint on leaving a ship disliked.
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dot and go one
To waddle: generally applied to persons who have one leg shorter than the other, and who, as the sea...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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one of my cousins
A woman of the town, a harlot.
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two to one shop
A pawnbroker's: alluding to the three blue balls, the sign of that trade: or perhaps to its being tw...
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to give it to one
is to rate, scold, or beat him severely.--Holloway, Prov. Dict. Used in the same sense in America.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to look blue at one
is to look at one with a countenance expressive of displeasure or dissatisfaction.
The Bishop would...
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Hand Alley, Philip Lane
See Hand Court.
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Hand and Crown Alley
North out of Holborn, opposite Holborn Bridge, between King's Arms Inn and Swan Inn, in Farringdon W...
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Hand and Crown Court
1) North-east out of Gravel Lane. In Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 27-Boyle, 1799).
Remo...
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Hand and Pen Alley
On Great Tower Hill, within the Tower precincts (P.C. 1732-Lond. Guide, 1758).
Not named in the map...
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Hand and Pen Court
1) South out of Barbican, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
The site is now o...
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Stable Yard, Hand Alley
South out of Hand Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746).
Demolished towards the end of ...
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hand and pocket shop
An eating house, where ready money is paid for what is called for.
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Bird and Hand Alley, Court
In Cheapside (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
"Bird in Hand Alley" in Boyle.
See Bird in Hand Alley, Court...
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Bird in Hand Alley, Court
South out of Cheapside at No.76 (P.O. Directory). West of Bucklersbury, in Cheap Ward.
First mentio...
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Hand Yard, Chequer Yard, Dowgate
See Hand Court2.
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fresh hand at the bellows
Said when a gale freshens suddenly.
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Hand and Hatchet Alley, Tower Hill
See Hatchet Alley.
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looking as if one could not help it
Looking like a simpleton, or as if one could not say boh! to a goose.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose