Glossary list
Glossaries
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| boreas¹ | The north-wind; the god of the north-wind. [OED]
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| bowsprit | A large spar or boom running out from the stem of a vessel, to which (and the jib-boom and flying jib-boom, which extend beyond it) the foremast stays are fastened. [OED]
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| boxkeeper¹ | Box keeper: an attendant at the boxes in a theatre. [OED]
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| Bradshaw's_Guide¹ | George Bradshaw (1800-1853) published his first book of Railway Time Tables in 1839. It was immediately successful and Bradshaw's Railway Guide was published under varying title, every month for 120 years.
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| Bradshaw(1) | Bradshaw's Railway Guide. A series of railway timetables and travel guide books published by W.J. Adams of London. George Bradshaw initiated the series in 1839. The Bradshaw's range of titles continued after his death in 1853 until 1961
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| Brass¹ | Copper coins; and by extension cash of any denomination
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| breeches¹ | The OED says that although "Breeches are distinguished from trousers by coming only just below the knee, dialectally (and humorously) breeches includes trousers.
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| Brimstone |
Alternative name for sulfer, here implying smoke and fire.
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| Britannia¹ | Britain personified as a woman; the figure representing this, depicted wearing a helmet, holding a shield and trident, and usually seated, emblematic of Britain (or England) esp. as an imperial or sea power, or as a symbol of nationalism.
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| broadside¹ | A single sheet with the text printed on one side. Often decorated with woodcut illustrations. Commonly bearing the text of songs - usually without musical notation. Sold cheaply by street vendors and pedlars. Also employed as a medium for articles copied from newspapers, election addresses etc.
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| broker¹ | Broker: One who, for a commission, buys and sells stocks on behalf of clients. [OED].
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| brose(1) | Oatmeal with boiling water added [Dictionary of the Scots Language]
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| broughams¹ |
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| Brown(1) | Copper coin(s).
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| Bruce¹ | Robert the Bruce (1274-1329), King of Scots 1306-1329. led Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against England most famous for his viatory at Bannockburn, 1314
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| Brummagem |
Colloquial name for Birmingham mainly used in the midlands of England
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| Brunel¹ | Isambard Kingdom Brunel FRS (1806–1859) an English mechanical and civil engineer who desingedand oversaw the construction of; amopng other things : the Great Western Railway, the SS Great Western (1838), SS Great Britain (1843) and the SS Great Eastern (1858)
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brunnel¹ |
| bubbing |
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| Bubble¹ | From 17th c. onwards often applied to delusive commercial or financial schemes,
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| buck'd up¹ | Buck up To dress up [OED]
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