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  • 101Ward of Wolmar de Essex —    Identified with Billingsgate Ward (q.v.).    In Cal. L. Bk. B. p.269 the house of John le Breton is described as in the parish of St. Mary attenhull in the ward of Wolmar de Essex of Billingsgate, 5 Ed. I. (1277) …

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  • 102Wards —    The wards seem generally to have grown along the line of a main street and often about a main crossing. The street which forms the main artery of the Ward generally gives it its name.    1. Each of the principal gates gives or has given its… …

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  • 103Malediction — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Malediction >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 malediction malediction malison curse imprecation denunciation execration anathema ban proscription excommunication commination thunders of the Vatican fulmination …

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  • 104Circumlocution — Cir cum*lo*cu tion, n. [L. circumlocutio, fr. circumloqui, locutus, to make use of circumlocution; circum + loqui to speak. See {Loquacious}.] The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout… …

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  • 105Circumlocution office — Circumlocution Cir cum*lo*cu tion, n. [L. circumlocutio, fr. circumloqui, locutus, to make use of circumlocution; circum + loqui to speak. See {Loquacious}.] The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or… …

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  • 106Flitting — Flitt ing, Flytting Flytt ing, n. Contention; strife; scolding; specif., a kind of metrical contest between two persons, popular in Scotland in the 16th century. [Obs. or Scot.] These flytings consisted of alternate torrents of sheer Billingsgate …

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  • 107Flytting — Flitting Flitt ing, Flytting Flytt ing, n. Contention; strife; scolding; specif., a kind of metrical contest between two persons, popular in Scotland in the 16th century. [Obs. or Scot.] These flytings consisted of alternate torrents of sheer… …

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  • 108Traffic — Traf fic, n. [Cf. F. trafic, It. traffico, Sp. tr[ a]fico, tr[ a]fago, Pg. tr[ a]fego, LL. traficum, trafica. See {Traffic}, v.] 1. Commerce, either by barter or by buying and selling; interchange of goods and commodities; trade. [1913 Webster] A …

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  • 109Traffic return — Traffic Traf fic, n. [Cf. F. trafic, It. traffico, Sp. tr[ a]fico, tr[ a]fago, Pg. tr[ a]fego, LL. traficum, trafica. See {Traffic}, v.] 1. Commerce, either by barter or by buying and selling; interchange of goods and commodities; trade. [1913… …

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  • 110Traffic taker — Traffic Traf fic, n. [Cf. F. trafic, It. traffico, Sp. tr[ a]fico, tr[ a]fago, Pg. tr[ a]fego, LL. traficum, trafica. See {Traffic}, v.] 1. Commerce, either by barter or by buying and selling; interchange of goods and commodities; trade. [1913… …

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