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The capital city of England. London paste (Med.), a paste made of caustic soda and unslacked lime; -- used as a caustic to destroy tumors and other morbid enlargements. -- London pride. (Bot.) (a) A garden name for Saxifraga umbrosa, a hardy perennial herbaceous plant, a native of high lands in Great Britain. (b) A na…

A neutral tint given to spectacles, shade glasses for optical instruments, etc., which reduces the intensity without materially changing the color of the transmitted light.

The Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus).

A native or inhabitant of London. Shak.

A characteristic of Londoners; a mode of speaking peculiar to London.

To impart to (one) a manner or character like that which distinguishes Londoners.

t; to emphasize. In Bosnia, the struggle between East and West was even more accentuated. London Times.

; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle. "A laudable account of the city of London." Howell.

A duty payable to the lord mayor of London by the sellers of ale within the city.

ook to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London to inspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is a sinecure. [Also called aletaster.] [Eng.]

all this is long of you." Shak. "This increase of price is all along of the foreigners." London Punch.

r Alsace in Germany, or of Alsatia or White Friars (a resort of debtors and criminals) in London.

An imprecation; a curse; a malediction. Finally she fled to London followed by the anathemas of both [families]. Thackeray.

The stretched and vivid anatomism of their [i. e., the French] great figure painters. The London Spectator.

Opposition to vaccination. London Times.

; a body of helpers. [Obs.] Wat Tyler [was] killed by valiant Walworth, the lord mayor of London, and his assistance, . . . John Cavendish. Fuller.

ation for the name of a particular thing; as, "He has gone to town," for, "He has gone to London."

In the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member. [Obs.]

A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester. [Eng.] Oxf. Gloss.

refuse; to let go by; to shirk. [Obs. or Obsolescent] By reason of the contagion then in London, we balked the Evelyn. Sick he is, and keeps his bed, and balks his meat. Bp. Hall. Nor doth he any creature balk, But lays on all he meeteth. Drayton.