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Bell system of control
·add. ·- ·see <<Cloche>>.
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Torque
·noun That which tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces.
II. Torque ·noun A turning or twisti...
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Control
·noun That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint.
II. Control ·add. ·noun the mecha...
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System
·noun The collection of staves which form a full score. ·see <<Score>>, ·noun.
II. System ·noun Reg...
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system
The method of disposing the correlative parts of a fortification, proposed variously by many eminent...
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Compound control
·add. ·- A system of control in which a separate manipulation, as of a rudder, may be effected by ei...
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Self-control
·noun Control of one's self; restraint exercised over one's self; self-command.
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Three
·adj One more than two; two and one.
II. Three ·noun A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii...
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system of the universe
See copernican system.
...
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Ardois system
·add. ·- A widely used system of electric night signals in which a series of double electric lamps (...
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Autokinetic system
·add. ·- In fire-alarm telegraphy, a system so arranged that when one alarm is being transmitted, no...
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Automixte system
·add. ·- A system (devised by Henri Pieper, a Belgian) of driving automobiles employing a gasoline e...
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Bertillon system
·add. ·- A system for the identification of persons by a physical description based upon anthropomet...
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Block system
·add. ·- A system by which the track is divided into short sections, as of three or four miles, and ...
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Cascade system
·add. ·- A system or method of connecting and operating two induction motors so that the primary cir...
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Case system
·add. ·- The system of teaching law in which the instruction is primarily a historical and inductive...
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Chautauqua system
(of education) ·add. ·- The system of home study established in connection with the summer schools a...
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Conduit system
·add. ·- A system of electric traction, ·esp. for light railways, in which the actuating current pas...
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Continental system
·add. ·- The system of commercial blockade aiming to exclude England from commerce with the Continen...
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Contract system
·add. ·- The sweating system.
II. Contract system ·add. ·- The system of employing convicts by sell...
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Crofton system
·add. ·- A system of prison discipline employing for consecutive periods cellular confinement, assoc...
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Delsarte system
·add. ·- A system of calisthenics patterned on the theories of Fran/ois Delsarte (1811 - 71), a Fren...
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Ganz system
·add. ·- A haulage system for canal boats, in which an electric locomotive running on a monorail has...
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Marconi system
·add. ·- A system or wireless telegraphy developed by G. Marconi, an Italian physicist, in which Her...
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Metric system
·- ·see <<Metric>>, ·adj.
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Tandem system
·add. ·- = Cascade system.
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Torrens system
·add. ·- A system of registration of titles to land (as distinct from registration of deeds) introdu...
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graham system
A system of dietetics recommended by Sylvester Graham, a lecturer of some celebrity on temperance an...
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binary system
When two stars forming a double-star are found to revolve about each other.
...
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copernican system
The Pythagorean system of the universe, revived by Copernicus in the sixteenth century, and now conf...
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solar system
The sun, planets, and comets, which are assumed to form a system, independent of the surrounding fix...
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ternary system
Three stars in close proximity, and found to be in physical connection, as, for instance, ζ Cancri.
...
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warehousing system
The use of bonding places under charge of officers of the customs, in which goods may be deposited, ...
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Chief of the three
A title given to Adino the Eznite, one of David's greatest heroes (2 Sam. 23:8); also called Jashobe...
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gentleman of three ins
In debt, in gaol, and in danger of remaining there for life: or, in gaol, indicted, and in danger of...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gentleman of three outs
That is, without money, without wit, and without manners: some add another out, i.e. without credit....
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Three-coat
·adj Having or consisting of three coats;
— applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, fl...
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Three-color
·add. ·adj Designating, or pert. to, a photomechanical process employing printings in three colors, ...
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Three-cornered
·adj Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat.
II. Three-cornered ·adj Having thre...
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Three-decker
·noun A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.
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Three-flowered
·adj Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.
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Three-handed
·adj Said of games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one; as, ...
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Three-leafed
·adj ·Alt. of Three-leaved.
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Three-leaved
·adj Producing three leaves; as, three-leaved nightshade.
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Three-lobed
·adj Having three lobes.
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Three-mile
·add. ·adj Of or pertaining to three miles; as, the three-mile limit, or the limit of the marine bel...
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Three-nerved
·adj Having three nerves.
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Three-parted
·adj Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite.
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Three-pile
·noun An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile.
...
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Three-piled
·adj Fig.: Extravagant; exaggerated; high-flown.
II. Three-piled ·adj Having the quality of three-p...
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Three-ply
·adj Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having ...
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Three-pointed
·adj Having three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate.
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Three-port
·add. ·adj Having three ports; specif.: Designating a type of two-cycle internal-combustion engine i...
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Three-quarter
·adj Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five;
— said of portraitures.
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Three-score
·adj Thrice twenty; sixty.
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Three-sided
·adj Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three-sided stem, leaf, petiole, pedunc...
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Three-square
·adj Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle;
— said especially of a kind of ...
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Three-valved
·adj Consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with three valves; as, a three-valved pericarp....
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Three-way
·adj Connected with, or serving to connect, three channels or pipes; as, a three-way cock or valve.
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The Three Cranes
A famous tavern in the parish of St. Martin Vintry in the Ward of Vintree, 22 Eliz. (1580) (Lond. I....
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The Three Cappes
An Inn so called in parish of St. Andrew in Holborn, 36 H. VIII. 1544 (L. and P. H. VIII. XIX. (2), ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Three Crowns
Messuage so called in parish of St. Stephen in Colemanstrete, 1569 and 1576 (Lond. I. p.m. 18 Eliz. ...
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The Three Kings
Brewhouse and wharf in East Smithfield, west of the Katherine Wheel and Mille Docke, part of the pos...
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The Three Legs
In Cannon Street, 1655 (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 201).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Three Nonnes
Tenement so called in parish of St. James Garlykhith, 22 H. VIII. 1530 (L. and P. H. VIII. Vol. IV. ...
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The Three Tuns
1) A tavern in Guildhall Yard. General Monk lodged at this tavern by Guildhall Gate, 1659 (Gent. Mag...
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three threads
Half common ale, mixed with stale and double beer.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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three-deckers
Ships with three full batteries.
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three sisters
Formerly the badge of office of boatswains' mates and masters-at-arms, made of three rattans bound t...
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three-square
An odd word applied to staysails, or anything triangular, as was the oblong square to a parallelogra...
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Three Taverns
A station on the Appian Road, along which St. Paul travelled from Puteoli to Rome. (Acts 28:15) The ...
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·OF
(abbreviation) Old French
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Of
·prep During; in the course of.
II. Of ·prep Denoting passage from one state to another; from.
III...
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of
An action of the organs of sense may be either involuntary or voluntary. Accordingly we say to hear,...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Third-rail system
·add. ·- A system in which a third rail is used for carrying the current for operating the motors, t...
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Taverns, The three
A place on the great "Appian Way," about 11 miles from Rome, designed for the reception of traveller...
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Three Anchor Alley
In Shoe Lane (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
Name derived from the sign.
...
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Three Arrows Brewhouse
Near to Sun Court, Golden Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 93).
Not nam...
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Three Bowl Court
South-west out of Houndsditch. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677-Dodsley, 1761).
Seems to have been...
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Three CCC Court
In Garlick Hill, in Vintry Ward (Lond. Guide, 1758-Boyle, 1799).
Perhaps the same as "Three Crown C...
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Three Colt Court
1) At the west end of Slade's Buildings and south out of Angel Alley (Horwood, 1799-Elmes, 1831).
F...
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Three Colt Inn
On the south side of Bevis Marks, near Duke's Place (Hatton, 1708).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Three Crane Stairs
At the south end of Queen Street, on the Thames, in Vintry Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 13-Lockie...
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Three Crane Street
In Thames Street (Strype, ed. 1755). Not named in the maps.
...
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Three Crane Tavern
South out of Poultry, opposite St. Mildred's Church (Strype, maps, ed. 1720 and 1755).
Cleared away...
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Three Cranes Lane
South out of Upper Thames Street, at No.77, to Three Cranes Wharf (P.O. Directory). In Vintry Ward.
...
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Three Cranes Wharf
Adjoining Red Lion Wharf east and Southwark Bridge west. In Vintry Ward (P.O. Directory).
First men...
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Three Crown Alley
1) See Three Crown Court, Minories.
2) South-west out of Houndsditch (O. and M. 1677).
Site rebuil...
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Three Crown Court
1) West out of Garlick Hill, in Vintry Ward (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
See Church Place.
2) Wes...
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Three Crowns Yard
In Bride Lane (W. Stow, 1722-Boyle, 1799).
"Three Crown Alley" in Stow, 1722.
Not named in the map...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Three Cup Court
South out of Newgate Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
Or " King's H...
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Three Cups Inn
1) On the east side of Goswell Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Lockie, 1816).
Si...
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Three Dagger Court
1) North out of Fore Street at 110, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-L.C.C. List, 1901).
...
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Three Diamond Court
South out of Hosier Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
Site now occupie...
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Three Dove Court
In St. Martin le Grand (W. Stow, 1722). Not named in the maps.
...
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Three Faulcon Court
East out of Red Cross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, 1720 and 1755).
Site now occupie...
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Three Fox Court
1) West out of St. Clement's Lane. In Langbourn Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
The site is now ...
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The Three Gilded Ankers
A tenement so called in Westcheape in parish of St. Vedast, 1558 (London. I. p.m. I. 166).
No later...
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Three Griffin Yard
In Aldgate Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Three Herring Court
1) East out of Creechurch Lane. In Aldgate Ward (O.S. 1875).
First mention: P.C. 1732.
Called "Thr...
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Three Horseshoe Court
1) North-east out of Angel Court, Snow Hill (Rocque, 1746).-
Part of "Angel Court" in Horwood.
Sit...
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Three Horshoe Alley
East out of Fetter Lane to Thavie's Inn, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
Site now occu...
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Three Horshoe Court
East out of Whitecross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Rocque, I746~Boyle, 1799).
Site is now ...
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Three King Court
1) South out of Lombard Street at No.33, with a passage into Nag's Head Court and out into St. Cleme...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Three Kings Court
North out of Fleet Street at No.150, between Fetter Lane and Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Three Leg Alley
1) West out of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without, near Bethlem Churchyard (Strype, ed....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Three Legges Alley
In parish of St. Mary le Bow in Cheapside, or West Chepe 27 H. VIII. 1536 (L. and P. H. VIII. X. p.1...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Three Mariner Court
North out of Fore Street at No.102, in Cripplegate WardWithout, west of Grub Street (Horwood, 1799-E...
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Three Mariners Court
In Fleet Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Three Needle Street
See Threadneedle Street.
...
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Three Nun Court
East out of Aldermanbury at No. 19 (P.O. Directory). In Bassishaw Ward and Cripplegate Ward Within, ...
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Three Nunnes Alley
See Three Nuns Court.
...
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Three Nuns Court
North out of Threadneedle Street, between St. Christopher's Church and Prince's Street In Broad Stre...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Three Nuns Yard
North out of Aldgate High Street, east of St. Botolph's Church (Rocque, 1746-O.S. 25 in. 1880).
For...
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Three Pidgeon Court
North out of Angel Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746).
The site is now occupied by t...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Three Pigeon Alley
South out of London Wall. In Broad Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755)
Site seems occupied by...
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Three Pigeon Court
South out of Jewin Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
Site now occup...
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Three Pigeons Court
North out of Barbican, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Boyle, 1799).
First mention: "Three Pigeon Alle...
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Three Sisters Court
In St. Catherine's Court, in St. Katherine's precinct (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Site now occupied by...
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Three Slipper Court
West out of Hand Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 108-Boyle, 1799).
Sit...
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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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Three Sun Court
See Sumner Court.
...
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Three Ton Alley
In Long Lane (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Three Tun Court
1) East out of St. Michael's Lane at No. 24. In Bridge Ward Within and Candlewick Ward (Strype, 1720...
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Three Tun Tavern
1) On the east side of St. Martin le Grand, at the south-west corner of Bell Court, in Aldersgate Wa...
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Three Tun Yard
In Cloth Fair (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799) Not named in the maps.
...
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Three Tuns Alley
In Aldermanbury (Lockie, 1816).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Three Tuns Court
East out of Red Cross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (P.C. 1732-O.S. 1880).
The site is now oc...
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Three Tuns Passage
West out of Ivy Lane, at No.15, to Paternoster Square (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within.
...
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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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three-penny upright
A retailer of love, who, for the sum mentioned, dispenses her favours standing against a wall.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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three-legged mare
The gallows, formerly consisting of three posts, over which were laid three transverse beams. This c...
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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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three-cocked hat
A silly article of sea-wear now happily passing away, retained only by coachmen, lord-mayor's men, a...
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three half-hitches are more than a king's yacht wants
An exclamatory remark to a green hand, meaning that two are enough.
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Taverns, The Three
[Three Taverns TAVERNS]
...
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Three Nun Inn, Aldgate; Three Nuns Hotel
See Three Nuns Yard.
...
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Unheard-of
·adj New; unprecedented; unparalleled.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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kind of
In a manner, as it were. A sort of qualifying expression; as, 'She made game on it kind o'.'--Forby....
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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rising of
More than; upwards of; as, There were rising of a thousand men killed at the battle of Buena Vista.'...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Bishops of London, Palace of
On the north-west side of St. Paul's Church (S. 373).
Mentioned by Ralph de Diceto in his Opera His...
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receivers of droits of admiralty
Now termed receivers of wreck (which see).
...
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(The) Angel and Three Crowns
-In St. Paul's Churchyard, 1673 (L. and P. Chas. II. XIV.).
No later reference.
...
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Three Colt Court, Yard
South out of London Wall with a passage to Little Swan Alley. In Coleman Street Ward (Rocque, 1746-B...
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Three Crown Court, Minories
West out of the Minories. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677-Lond. Guide, 1758).
Former names: "Thre...
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The Three Crowns, Foster Lane
See Three Crown Court2.
...
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Three Falcon, Faulcon Court
North out of Fleet Street at No.144.
See Cheshire Court.
Name derived from the sign.
...
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Three Kings Alley, Minories
See Three King Court.
...
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Three Leg Court, Yard
East out of Whitecross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
Site now o...
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Three Pigeon Alley, Barbican
See Three Pigeon Court.
...
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Three Tuns Alley, Court
South out of Newgate Street, with a passage to Newgate Market and east to Ivy Lane. In Farringdon Wa...
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Three Tuns Court, Alley
In Threadneedle Street (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Beeroth of the children of Jaakan
(Deut. 10:6). The same as Bene-jaakan (Num. 33:31).
...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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captain of a ship of war
Is the commanding officer; as well the post-captain (a title now disused) as those whose proper titl...
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chamber of a piece of ordnance
The end of the bore modified to receive the charge of powder. In mortars, howitzers, and shell-guns,...
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gunner, of a ship of war
A warrant-officer appointed to take charge of the ammunition and artillery on board; to keep the lat...
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master of a ship-of-war
An officer appointed by the commissioners of the navy to attend to the navigating a ship under the d...
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muzzle of a piece of ordnance
The forward extremity of the cylinder, and the metal which surrounds it, extending back to the neck,...
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Beeroth Of The Children Of Jaakan
the wells of the tribe of Bene-Jaakan, which formed one of the halting-places of the Israelites in t...
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Rabbath Of The Children Of Ammon
and Rabbath of the Ammonites, [See RABBATH]
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Wisdom Of Jesus, Son Of Sirach
[Ecclesiasticus]
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Angle of entry
·add. ·- The angle between the tangent to the advancing edge (of an aerocurve) and the line of motio...
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Angle of incidence
·add. ·- The angle between the chord of an aerocurve and the relative direction of the undisturbed a...
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Bird of paradise
·- The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New...
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Concert of Europe
·add. ·- ·Alt. of European concert.
...
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Corps of Engineers
·add. ·- In the United States navy, a corps made up of the engineers, which was amalgamated with the...
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Jane-of-apes
·noun A silly, pert girl;
— corresponding to jackanapes.
...
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Leg-of-mutton
·add. ·adj Having the general shape or outline of a leg of mutton; as, a leg-of-mutton, or shoulder-...
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Matter-of-fact
·adj Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities; not fanciful or imaginative; comm...
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Men-of-war
·pl of <<Manofwar>>.
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Mother-of-pearl
·noun The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, ·esp. of pearl oysters, river musse...
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Mother-of-thyme
·noun An aromatic plant (Thymus Serphyllum);
— called also wild thyme.
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Out-of-door
·adj Being out of the house; being, or done, in the open air; outdoor; as, out-of-door exercise. ·se...
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Volunteers of America
·add. ·- A religious and philanthropic organization, similar to the Salvation Army, founded (1896) b...
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Wheel of fortune
·add. ·- A gambling or lottery device consisting of a wheel which is spun horizontally, articles or ...
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Atonement, Day of
The great annual day of humiliation and expiation for the sins of the nation, "the fast" (Acts 27:9)...
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Avenger of blood
(Heb. goel, from verb gaal, "to be near of kin," "to redeem"), the nearest relative of a murdered pe...
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Baale of Judah
Lords of Judah, a city in the tribe of Judah from which David brought the ark into Jerusalem (2 Sam....
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Babel, tower of
The name given to the tower which the primitive fathers of our race built in the land of Shinar afte...
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Babylon, kingdom of
Called "the land of the Chaldeans" (Jer. 24:5; Ezek, 12:13), was an extensive province in Central As...
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Baca, Valley of
(Ps. 84:6; R.V., "valley of weeping," marg., "or balsam trees"), probably a valley in some part of P...
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Baptism of Christ
Christ had to be formally inaugurated into the public discharge of his offices. For this purpose he ...
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Bashan, Hill of
(Ps. 68:15), probably another name for Hermon, which lies to the north of Bashan.
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Esther, Book of
The authorship of this book is unknown. It must have been obviously written after the death of Ahasu...
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Exodus, Book of
Exodus is the name given in the LXX. to the second book of the Pentateuch (q.v.). It means "departur...
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Ezekiel, Book of
Consists mainly of three groups of prophecies. After an account of his call to the prophetical offic...
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Ezra, Book of
This book is the record of events occurring at the close of the Babylonian exile. It was at one time...
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Fall of man
An expression probably borrowed from the Apocryphal Book of Wisdom, to express the fact of the revol...
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Flame of fire
Is the chosen symbol of the holiness of God (Ex. 3:2; Rev. 2:18), as indicating "the intense, all-co...
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Foreknowledge of God
Acts 2:23; Rom. 8:29; 11:2; 1 Pet. 1:2), one of those high attributes essentially appertaining to hi...
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Forgiveness of sin
One of the constituent parts of justification. In pardoning sin, God absolves the sinner from the co...
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Galilee, Sea of
(Matt. 4:18; 15:29), is mentioned in the Bible under three other names.
1) In the Old Testament it ...
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Gibeah of Judah
(Josh. 15:57), a city in the mountains of Judah, the modern Jeba, on a hill in the Wady Musurr, abou...
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Gibeah of Phinehas
(Josh. 15:57, R.V. marg.), a city on Mount Ephraim which had been given to Phinehas (24:33 "hill," A...
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Gilead, Balm of
The region of Gilead abounded in spices and aromatic gums, which were exported to Egypt and Tyre (Ge...
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Goodness of God
A perfection of his character which he exercises towards his creatures according to their various ci...
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Government of God
See Providence.
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Grace, means of
An expression not used in Scripture, but employed (1) to denote those institutions ordained by God t...
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Habakkuk, Prophecies of
Were probably written about B.C. 650-627, or, as some think, a few years later. This book consists o...
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