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Burn
·noun A small stream. II. Burn ·noun A disease in vegetables. ·see <<Brand>>, ·noun, 6. III. Burn ...

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burn
, or bourne The Anglo-Saxon term for a small stream or brook, originating from springs, and windin...

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Still
·adv Constant; continual. II. Still ·noun A steep hill or ascent. III. Still ·vt To cause to fall ...

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burn crust
A jocular name for a baker. ...

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burn-trout
A northern term for a small species of river-trout. ...

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spanish-burn
A specious method of hiding defects in timber, by chopping it in pieces. ...

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Still-closing
·adj Ever closing. ...

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Still-hunt
·noun A hunting for game in a quiet and cautious manner, or under cover; stalking; hence, colloquial...

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Stock-still
·adj Still as a stock, or fixed post; perfectly still. ...

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Stone-still
·adj As still as a stone. ...

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Still Alley
1) East out of Houndsditch at No, 104. On the boundary of Portsoken and Bishopsgate Wards (O. and M....

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Still Yard
On Tower Hill (W. Stow, 1722-P. Clerks, 1732). Not named in the maps. ...

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stand-still
He was run to a stand-still; i.e. till he could no longer move. ...

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still-house
A common term in the United States for a distillery. Despise it not, ye Bards to terror steel'd, W...

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still water
Another name for slack-tide; it is also used for water under the lee of headlands, or where there is...

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burn the ken
Strollers living in an alehouse without paying their quarters, are said to burn the ken. CANT. ...

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burn the water
A phrase denoting the act of killing salmon in the night, with a lister and lighted torch in the boa...

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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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Saxton's Still House
On the west side of Dung Wharf, in Farringdom Ward Without (Rocque, 1746). Site now occupied by the...

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Stilliarde, Still Yard
See The Steelyard. ...

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Three Still Court
East out of Bishopsgate Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Hatton, 1708-Boyle, 1799). Rents from ...

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