·superl Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince.
See Cannon Alley. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
West of St. Botolph Bishopsgate with a passage to Moorfields. In Bishopsgate Ward Without. Stow desc...
1) Tenements so called in parish of St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield, 1563, within the Clo...
A little dirty attorney, ready to undertake any litigious or bad cause: it is derived from the Frenc...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Small charges borne partly by a ship, and partly by a cargo, such as expenses of towing, &c. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A divisional seaman of the first class, ranking with a sergeant or corporal. ...
North out of St. Paul's Churchyard and west to Paul's Alley. In Farringdon Ward Within (O. and M. 16...
Mentioned in 1672 in L. and P. Chas. II. Dom. S. XIII. p.626. Not further identified. ...