A NEW DICTIONARY.

Abram-cove, c. a Naked or poor Man, also a lusty strong Rogue.

Abram-men, c. the seventeenth Order of the Canting-crew. Beggers antickly trick’d up with Ribbands, Red Tape, Foxtails, Rags, &c. pretending Madness to palliate their Thefts of Poultrey, Linnen, &c.

Academy, c. a Bawdy-house, also an University or School to learn Gentleman-like Exercises.

Accutrements, c. fine rigging (now) for Men or Women, (formerly) only Trappings for Horses. Well accoutred, c. gentilly dress’d.

Acquests, and Acquisitions, the rights of Fortune purchased by Labour, Arts or Arms, oppos’d to Hereditary and Paternal.

Acteon, a Cuckold.

Acteon’d, Cuckolded, or made a Cuckold of.

Adam’s-ale, Water.

Adam-tiler, c. a Pick-pocket’s Camerade, who receives Stolen Money or Goods, and scowers off with them.

Addle-pate, one full of Whimsies and Projects, and as empty of Wit.

Addle-plot, a Martin-mar-all.

Adrift, loose. I’ll turn ye adrift, a Tar-phrase; I’ll prevent ye doing me any harm.

Affidavit men, Knights of the Post, Mercenary Sweaters for Hire, Inhabitants (formerly) of White Friers, now dispersed.

Aft and Abase, towards the Stern, or hinder Part of the Ship.

Aim, Endeavour or Design. To aim or level at a Mark, he has mist his Aim or End.

Air of a Song, the Tune.

Air of a Face or picture, the Configuration and consent of Parts in each.

Airy, Light, brisk, pleasant; also a Nest of Hawks; He is an Airy Fellow.

Alabaster, mixt by all the knavish Perfumers with the Hair-Powder they sell, to make it weigh heavy, being of it self very cheap, that their Gain may be the greater, found destructive to the Hair and Health.

Alsatia, White Friers.

Alsatia the higher, the same.

Alsatia the lower, the Mint in Southwark.

Alsatians, the Inhabitants, such as, broken Gentlemen, Tradesmen, &c. Lurking there.

Allay, the Embasing of a purer and finer Metal, by mixing it with an inferior or coarser Metal, as of pale Gold with a Silver-Allay, or of deep Gold with an Allay of Copper; also whatever is used to qualify what is bitter or nauseous in Compositions, as gilding of Pills, sweetning of Boluses, or Powders.

Aloft, above or over Head; also anciently an Upper-room or Garret, now more us’d in Compounds, as Cock-loft, Hay-loft, &c.

Altemall, altogether.

Altitudes, the Man is in his Altitudes, he is Drunk.

Ambidexter, one that goes snacks in gaming with both Parties; also a Lawyer that takes Fees of Plaintif and Defendant at once.

Ambient-Air, Air abroad oppos’d to that pent and shut up in Wells, Vaults, Caves, &c. Or else the outward Air in the House, oppos’d to that shut up in the Cavities of Vessels, Glasses Vials, &c.

Ambrol, among the Tarrs for Admiral.

Amphibious Creatures, of a doubtful kind or of a double Element; as a Bat is between a Bird and a Beast; an Otter between a Beast and a Fish, and a Puffin with the rest of the Sea-Fowl, between Fowl and Fish.

Amuse, to throw dirt in one’s Eyes, by diverting one from a serious Thought to a pleasant one.

Amusement, a Blind or Disengagement from deep Thoughts to more Diverting.

An Ark, c. a Boat or Wherry.

Anglers, c. Cheats, petty Thievs, who have a Stick with a hook at the end, with which they pluck things out of Windows, Grates, &c. also those that draw in People to be cheated.

Animal, a Fool. He is a meer Animal, he is a very silly Fellow.

Antechambers, forerooms for receiving of Visits, as the back and Drawing Rooms are For Lodgings, anciently called Dining-rooms.

Antidote, a very homely Woman, also a medicine against Poyson.

Antient, at Sea, for Ensign, or Flag.

Anticks, little Images on Stone, on the out side of old Churches. Antick postures or dresses, such as are odd, ridiculous and singular, the habits and motions of Fools, Zanies, or Merry-andrews, of Mountebanks, with Ribbands, mismatched colours and Feathers.

Antiquary, a curious Critick in old Coins, Stones and Inscriptions, in Worm-eaten Records, and ancient Manuscripts; also one that affects and blindly doats, on Relicks, Ruins, old Customs Phrases and Fashions.

Antiquated-Rogue, Old, out of date, that has forgot or left off his Trade of Thieving, &c. also superannuated, obsolete Customs, or Words, such as are worn out, out of use and Fashion.

Apart, severally, asunder.

Apartments, Rooms apart, private Lodgings, inner Chambers, secret and withdrawn from the rest. Recesses of the House opposed to the Ante-chambers.

Arack, an East-Indian Brandy, or strong Spirit drawn from Rice, and (sometimes) Roes of Fish, best when old, much us’d in Punch, the double distill’d Goa most esteem’d.

Areh, { Rogue, Witty.

{ Wag, Pleasant.

{ Whore, Cunning.

Armi, to bear Arms, a Profession not unbecoming a Gentleman, for Books and Arms are Gentlemens Burdens.

Armour, in his Armour, Pot-valiant.

Aristippus, a Diet-drink, or Decoction of Sarsa, China, &c. Sold at certain Coffee-houses, and drank as T.

Arsworm, a little diminutive Fellow.

Ascendant, Power, Influence, as, he has the Ascendant over him, or an Hank upon him; also the Horoscope, or point of the Ecliptic that rises at one’s Nativity.

Assig, now us’d for Assignation, an Appointment or meeting.

Assuming, conceited, as, an Assuming Fellow, one that abounds in his own Sense, and imposes it upon every Man else.

Assurance, Confidence, as, a Man of Assurance, one that has a stock of Confidence.

Aunt, a Bawd, as one of my Aunts, one of the same Order.

Autem, c. a Church, also Married.

Autem mort, c. a Married-woman, also the Twenty fourth Order of the Canting Tribe, Travelling, Begging (and often Stealing) about the Country, with one Child in Arms another on Back, and (sometimes) leading a third in the Hand.

Auxiliary beauty, Dress, Paint, Patches, setting of Eye-brows, and licking the Lipps with red.

B

Babler, a great Talker.

Backt, dead, as he wishes the old Man backt, he longs to have his Father upon six Mens shoulders, or as his Back’s up, he is in a fume, or angry.

Bacon, as he sav’d his Bacon, he has escap’d with a whole Skin. A good voice to beg Bacon, said in jear of an ill voice.

Badge, a mark of Distinction among poor People; as, Porters, Water-men, Parish-Pensioners and Hospital-boys, Blew-coats and Badges being the ancient Liveries.

Badgers, they that buy up a quantity of Corn and hoard it up in the same Market, till the price rises; or carry it to another, where it bears a better. Also a Beast for sport, Badger Eartheth, Lodgeth.

Badjob, an ill bout, bargain, or business.

Baffle, to worst, or defeat. A baffled Cause, worsted, defeated.

Baggage, a Whore or Slut.

Bagonet or Bisnet, a Dagger.

Bail-dock, the place in the Court, where the Prisoners are kept till called to be Arraign’d.

Balsom, c. Money.

Balderdash, ill, unpleasant, unwholesom mixtures of Wine, Ale, &c.

Banbury-story, of a Cock and a Bull, silly chat.

Banditti, Highwaymen, (Horse or Foot) Rogues of any kind, now, but strictly Italian Outlaws.

Bandog, a Bailiff, or his Follower, a Sergeant, or his Yeoman; also a very fierce Mastive.

Bandore, a Widows mourning Peak; also a Musical Instrument.

Bandy, a play at Ball with a Bat; also to follow a Faction.

Bandy-legg’d, crooked.

Bang, a blow, to Bang, to beat.

Banillas, a Seed growing in a Cod, somewhat resembling a Kidney-bean, on Trees in the Indies, much us’d in Chocolate.

Banter, a pleasant way of prating, which seems in earnest, but is in jest, a sort of ridicule, What do you banter me? i. e. do you pretend to impose upon me, or to expose me to the Company, and I not know your meaning.

Bantling, a Child.

Barker, a Salesman’s Servant that walks before the Shop, and cries, Cloaks, Coats, or Gowns, what d’ye lack, Sir?

Barketh, the Noise a Fox makes at Rutting time.

Barnacle, c. a good job, or a snack easily got, also Fish growing on Ships sides when foul, and a Brake for unruly Horses Noses, also the Gratuity to Jockeys, for selling or buying Horses.

Barnacles, c. the Irons Fellons wear in Goal.

Bar-wig, between a bob and a long one.

Basset, a Game at Cards.

Baste, to beat, as, I’ll baste your sides Sirrah, I’ll bang you lustily.

Bastonado-ing, a Cudgelling.

Batten, c. to Fatten.

Battner, c. an Ox.

Batter, the ingredients for a Pudding or Pan-cake, when they are all mixt and stirred together.

Battery, beating, assault, also, striking with the Edge and feble of one’s Sword, upon the edge and feble of his Adversaries.

Batter’d-bully, an old well cudgell’d and bruis’d huffing Fellow.

Baubee, a half-penny.

Baubels, c. Jewels, also trifles and Childrens Play-things.

Bawdy-baskets, c. the Twenty third Rank of Canters, with Pins, Tape, Obscene Books, &c. to sell, but live more by Stealing.

Bawdy-batchelors, that live long Unmarried.

Bawdy-house-bottle, a very small one.

Bay-windows, embowed, as of old, standing out from the rest of the Building. Stand at bay, as Deer will, when closely pursued, or being hard run, turn Head against the Hounds.

Beach, the Sea-shore, or Strand.

Bear-garden-discourse, common, filthy, nasty Talk. If if had been a Bear it would have bit you, of him that makes a close search after what just lies under his Nose. As good take a Bear by the Tooth, of a bold desperate Undertaking. Go like the Bear to the Stake, or hang an Arse. As many tricks as a dancing Bear, or more than are good.

Beard-splitter, an enjoyer of Women.

Beateth, the noise a Hare makes at Rutting time.

Beating, striking the Feble of the Adversary’s Sword, with the Fort and edge of one’s own.

Beau, a silly Fellow that follows the Fashions nicely, Powdering his Neck, Shoulders, &c.

Beautrap, a Sharper.

Beck, c. a Beedle.

Beetle-head, a heavy dull Block-head.

Beldam, a scolding old Woman.

Belle, a nice, gay, fluttring foolish Woman that follows every Fashion, also fair.

Belloweth, see Roe.

Belly-cheat, c. an Apron.

Belsh, all Mault drinks.

Belweather, chief or Leader of the Flock, Master of misrule, also a clamorous noisy Man.

Bene, c. good.

Bene-cove, c. a good Fellow.

Bene-ship, c. very good, also Worship.

Bene-bowse, c. strong Liquor, or very good Drink.

Bene-darkmans, c. good night.

Benfeakers of Gyoes, c. Counterfeiters of Passes.

Benefit of Clergy, see Neck-verse.

Ben, a Fool.

Bennish, Foolish.

Beside-himself, distracted, beside the Cushion, a mistake, beside the Lighter, in a bad condition.

Besom, a Broom.

Bestrid, Mounted or got up astride.

Bess, c. bring bess and glym, c. forget not the Instrument to break open the Door and the Dark-lanthorn.

Betty, c. a small Engin to force open the Doors of Houses; also, a quarter Flask of Wine.

Bever, an afternoon’s Lunchion.

Beveridge, a Garnish-money, for any thing; also Wine and Water.

Bevy, a company of Roes, Quails, &c. Bevy Grease, Roes fat.

Bewildred, at a stand or nonplus in Business, not knowing what to do, also lost in a Wood.

Biddy, a Chicken, also Bridget.

Big, choice Barley-making, the best Mault.

Biggin, a Woman’s Coif.

Biggot, an obstinate blind Zealot.

Biggotry, an obstinate blind Zeal.

Bil-boa, c. a Sword.

Bite the Bil from the Cull, c. whip the Sword from the Gentleman’s side.

Bilk, c. to cheat. Bilk the Ratling-cove, c. to sharp the Coach-man of his hire.

Bilk’d, c. defeated, disappointed.

Billeting, Foxes Excrements. Billeting of Soldiers, Quartering them.

Billet-doux, a Love letter.

Bill-of-sale, a Bandore, or Widow’s Peak.

Billingsgate-dialect, Scolding, ill Language, foul Words.

Binding, securing the Adversary’s Sword with Eight or ten Inches of one’s one, upon Five or six of his.

Bing, c. to go, &c.

Bing-awast, c. get you hence. Bing’d awast in a Darkmans, c. stole away in the Night-time. Bing we to Rume vile, c. go we to London.

Bingo, c. Brandy.

Bingo-boy, c. a great Drinker or Lover thereof.

Bingo-club, c. a set of Rakes, Lovers of that Liquor.

Birds of a Feather, c. Rogues of the same gang; also, those of the same Profession, Trade or Employment. To kill two Birds with one Stone, to dispatch two Businesses at one Stroke.

Bird-witted, Wild-headed, not Solid or Stayed, opposed to a Sober-Wit.

Bit, c. Robb’d, Cheated or Out-witted. Also Drunk, as, he has bit his Grannam; he is very Drunk. Bit the Blow, c. accomplish’d the Theft, plaied the Cheat, or done the Feat: You have Bit-a great Blow, c. you have Robb’d some body of a great deal, or to a considerable value.

Bite, c. a Rogue, Sharper or Cheat; also a Woman’s Privities.

Bite the Biter, c. to Rob the Rogue, Sharp the Sharper, or Cheat the Cheater.

Bite the Cully, c. to put the cheat on the silly Fellow.

Bite the Roger, c. to Steal the Portmanteau. Bite the Wiper, c. to Steal the Handkerchief. The Cull wapt the Morts bite, c. the Fellow enjoyed the Whore briskly. He will not bite, or swallow the Bait. He won’t be drawn in, to bite on the bit; to be pinched, or reduced to hard Meat, a scanty or sorry sort of Living.

Bitter-cold, very Cold.

Black and White, under one’s Hand, or in Writing.

Blab, a Sieve of Secrets, a very prating Fellow that tells all he knows.

Black-box, a Lawyer.

Black-coat, a Parson.

Black-guard, Dirty, Nasty, Tatter’d roguish Boys, that attend (at the Horse-Guards) to wipe Shoes, clean Boots, water Horses, or run of Errands.

Blackjack, a Leather-Jug to drink in.

Black-Indies, Newcastle, from whence the Coals are brought.

Blackmuns, c. Hoods and Scarves of Alamode and Lustrings.

Black-mouth, foul, malicious, Railing, or Reflecting.

Blacken, to blast or asperse.

Black-spy, c. the Devil.

Blank, baffled, down-look’t, sheepish, guilty.

Bleak, sharp, piercing Weather.

Bleach, to whiten.

Bleaters, c. they that are cheated by Jack-in-a box.

Bleating cheat, c. a Sheep.

Bleed freely, c. part with their Money easily.

Blemish, when Hounds or Beagles find where the Chace has been, and make a proffer to enter, but return.

Blew-John, Wash, or Asterwort.

Blind-cheeks, the Breech Kiss my Blind-cheeks, Kiss my Ar—.

Blind-excuse, a sorry shift. A Blind Ale-house, or Blind Lane, obscure, of no Sign, Token, or Mark.

Blind harpers, c. Beggers counterfeiting blindness, with Harps or Fiddles.

Blind-man’s-buff, a play us’d by Children blindfolded. Bluffed, contracted from Blind-man’s-buff, he that is Blinded in the Play.

Blind-man’s-holiday, when it is too dark to see to Work.

Blind side, every Man’s weak Part.

Bloated, Smoked Herrings; also, one puffed or swelled with false Fat, and has not a Healthy Complexion.

Blobber-lipp’d, very thick, hanging down, or turning over.

Block, a silly Fellow.

Block-houses, c. Prisons, also Forts upon Rivers.

Blockish, Stupid.

Blockstock, See Block.

Bloss, c. a Thief or Shop-lift, also, a Bulhes pretended Wife, or Mistress, whom he guards, and who by her Trading supports him, also a Whore.

Blot the Skrip and jark it, c. to stand Engaged, or be Bound for any body.

Blot in the Tables, what is fair to be hit.

Blot in a Scutcheon, a blemish or imputation upon any one.

Bloud, ’twill breed ill Bloud, of what will produce a misunderstanding or Difference.

Blower, c. a Mistress, also a Whore.

Blowing, c. the same.

Blow-off-on the grounsills, c. to lie with a Woman on the Floor or Stairs.

Blown upon, seen by several, or slighted; not blown upon, a secret piece of News or Poetry, that has not taken air, spick and span-new. To blow Hot and Cold with a Breath, or play fast and loose.

Blow off the loose corns, c. to Lie now and then with a Woman. It is blow’d, c. it is made publick, and all have notice.

Blubber, Whale-oyl, (imperfect.)

Blubbering, much Crying.

Bluffer, c. a Host, Inn-keeper or Victualler, to look bluff, to look big, or like Bull-beef.

Blunder, an Ignorant Mistake.

Blunderbuss, a Dunce, an unganely Fellow, also a short Gun carrying Twenty Pistol-Bullets at one Charge.

Bluster, to huff, a blustring Fellow, a rude ratling Fellow.

Boor, see wild Boar.

Boarding-school, c. Bridewell.

Boarding-scholars, c. Bridewell-birds.

Bob, c. a Shop-lift’s camrade, assistant, or receiver, also a very short Periwig, and for Robert. It’s all bob, c. all is safe, the Bet is secured.

Bob’d, c. Cheated, Trick’d, Disappointed, or Baulk’d.

Bob-tail, a light Woman, also a short Arrow-head.

Bode-ill, to presage or betoken ill. Also in Holland, a Bode is a Messinger, attending the Burgo-Masters, and executing their Orders.

Bodle, Six make a Penney, Scotch Coin.

Boer, a Country-Fellow or Clown.

Boerish, Rude, Unmannerly, Clownish.

Boggs, Irish Fastnesses or Marshes.

Bog-houses, Privies.

Bog-landers, Irish Men.

Bog-trotters, Scotch or North Country Moss-troopers or High-way Men formerly, and now Irish Men.

Boisterous Fellow or, Sea, Blustering, Rude, Rough.

Boldface, Impudent. A Bold Harbour, where Ships may Ride at Anchor with safety, a bold Shore where Ships may Sail securely.

Bolter of White Friers, c. one that Peeps out, but dares not venture abroad, as a Coney bolts out of the Hole in a Warren, and starts back again.

Bolting, the leaping by one’s Adversary’s Left-side quite out of all measure.

Boltsprit, a Nose. He has broke his Boltsprit, he has lost his Nose with the Pox.

Bombast-poetry, in Words of lofty Sound and humble Sense.

Bone, c. to Apprehend, Seize, Take or Arrest. I’ll Bone ye, c. I’ll cause you to be Arrested. We shall be Bon’d, c. we shall be Apprehended for the Robbery. The Cove is Bon’d and gon to the Whit, c. the Rogue is taken up and carried to Newgate, or any other Gaol. The Cull has Bon’d the Fen, (for Fence) or Bloss that bit the Blow, c. the Man has Taken the Thief that Robb’d his House, Shop, or Pickt his Pocket. He has bit his Blow, but if he be Bon’d, he must shove the Tumbler, c. he has Stole the Goods, or done the Feat, but if he be Taken, he’ll be Whipt at the Cart-tail. I have Bon’d her Dudds Fagg’d, and Brush’d, c. I have took away my Mistress Cloathes, Beat her, and am troop’d off. Boning the Fence, c. finding the Goods where Conceal’d, and Seizing, he made no bones of it, he swallow’d it without Drinking after it.

Bonny-clapper, sower Butter-milk.

Booby, a dull heavy Lob.

Booberkin, the same.

Boon, a Gift, Reward, or Gratification.

Boon-companion, a merry Drinking Fellow.

Boot, a Scotch Torture, or Rack, for the Leg, is to draw to Confession.

What Boots it? What Avails it?

Booty-play, false, Cheating, also Plunder, the Bowls Booty, when great Odds are laid, and he goes Halves, his Cast is designed by Bad.

Boracho, a But, a Drunkard, and a Hogskin.

Borde, c. a Shilling, half a Borde, c. Sixpence.

Bordel-lo, a Bawdy-House.

Boreson or Bauson, a Badger.

Bottle-head, void of Wit.

Bottom, a Man of no Bottom, of no Basis of Principles, or no settlement of Fortune, or of no Ground in his Art. Let every Tub stand on it’s own Bottom, or every one look to his own footing. A Tale of a Tub with the Bottom out, a sleeveless frivolous Tale.

Boughs, he is up in the Boughs, or a top of the House, of one upon the Rant, or in a great Ferment.

Bounce, to boast and vapour. A meer Bounce, a Swaggering Fellow.

Bouncer, c. a Bully.

Bout, a Tryal, Act, Essay.

Bowse, c. Drink, or to Drink, see Benbowse and Rumbowse.

Bowsy, c. Drunk. We Bows’d it about, we Drank damn’d hard.

Bowsingken, c. an Ale-house. The Cul tipt us a Hog, which we melted in Rumbowse, c. the Gentleman gave us a Shilling, which we spent in Strong Drink.

Box, to Fight with the Fists. Box it about Boys, Drink briskly round. In a wrong Bow, of one that has taken wrong measures, or made false steps. A pretty Box, a Compleat little House, also a small drinking place.

Bracket-face, Ugly, Homely, Illfavor’d.

Bragget, Meed, and Ale sweetned with Honey.

Brag, Braggadocio, A vapouring, Swaggering, Bullying Fellow.

Brat, a little Child.

Branchers, Canary-Birds of the first Year.

Bravado, a Vapouring, or Bouncing.

Bravo, a Mercenary Murderer, that will Kill any Body.

Brawl, Squabble, or Quarrel. To Brangle, and Brawl, to Squabble and Scold.

Brazen-fac’d, Bold, Impudent, Audacious.

Bread and Cheese Bowling-green, a very ord’nary one, where they play for Drink and Tobacco, all wet, as ’tis called.

Bread and Cheese Constables, that treats their Neighbors and Friends at their coming into Office with such mean Food only.

Breaking Shins, c. borrowing of Money.

Breast, in the breast of the Judge, what he keeps in Reserve, or Suspence.

Briers, in the Briers, in trouble.

Brook, he cannot brook it, bear or endure it.

Brickle, Brittle, ape to Break.

Bristol-milk, Sherry.

Bristol-stone, Sham-Diamonds.

Broach’d, Opinion or Doctrine, Published, Divulged.

Brimming, a Boor’s copulating with a Sow, also now us’d for a Man’s with——

Brim, or Brimstone, a very Impudent, Lew’d Woman.

Brock, see Hart.

Brock’s Sister, see Hind.

Broke, Officers turn’d out of Commission, Traders Absconding, Quitting their Business and Paying no Debts.

Bromigham-conscience, very bad, Bromigham-protestants, Dissenters or Whiggs. Bromigham-wine, Balderdash, Sophisticate Taplash.

Brother-starling, that Lies with the same Woman, or Builds in the same Nest.

Brother of the { Blade, a Sword-Man or Soldier.

{ Gussit, a Pimp, Procurer, also, a Whore-Master.

{ Quill, of the Scribbling Tribe.

{ String, a Fidler, or Musician.

Brothel-house, a Bawdy House.

Brow-beat, to Cow, to Daunt, to awe with Big Looks, or Snub.

Brown-study, a Deep Thought or Speculation.

Brush, c. to Fly or Run away. The Cully is Brusht or Rub’d, c. the Fellow is march’d off, or Broke. Bought a Brush, c. Run away: Also a small Faggot, to light the other at Taverns, and a Fox’s Tail.

Brusher, c. an exceeding full Glass.

Bub, c. Drink. Rum-bub, c. very good Tip.

Bub, or Bubble, c. one that is Cheated; also an Easy, Soft Fellow.

Bubber, c. a drinking Bowl; also a great Drinker, and he that used to Steal Plate from Publick-houses.

Bube, c. the Pox. The Mort has tipt the Bube upon the Cully, c. the Wench has Clapt the Fellow.

Buckaneers, West-Indian Pirates, of several Nations; also the Rude Rabble in Jamaica.

Buckle, to Bend or give Way. He’ll buckle to no Man, he won’t Yield or Stoop to any Man.

Buck, Great Buck, the Sixth Year. Buck of the first Head, the Fifth Year, a Sore, the Fourth Year, a Sorel, the Third Year, a Pricket, the Second Year, a Fawn, the First Year. A Buck Lodgeth. Rouze the Buck, Dislodge him. A Buck Growneth or Troateth, makes a Noise at Rutting time.

Buck-fitches, c. old Leacherous, Nasty, Stinking Fellows; also He Polecats, and their Fur.

Buck’s Face, a Cuckold.

Buck, Copulation of Conies.

Bucksom, Wanton, Merry.

Budge, c. one that slips into an House in the Dark, and taketh Cloaks, Coats, or what comes next to Hand, marching off with them; also Lambs-fur, and to stir, or move. Standing Budge, c. the Thieves Scout or Perdu.

Bufe, c. a Dog.

Buffcoat, a Soldier, or Redcoat.

Buffer, c. a Rogue that kills good sound Horses, only for their Skins, by running a long Wyre into them, and sometimes knocking them on the Head, for the quicker Dispatch.

Buffenapper, c. a Dog-stealer, that Trades in Setters, Hounds, Spaniels, Lap, and all sorts of Dogs, Selling them at a round Rate, and himself or Partner Stealing them away the first opportunity.

Buffers-nab, c. a Dog’s Head, used in a Counterfeit Seal to a false Pass.

Buffle-head, a Foolish Fellow.

Buffoon, a Great Man’s Jester or Fool.

Buffoonery, Jesting or playing the Fool’s Part. To stand Buff, to stand Tightly or Resolutely to any thing.

Bugher, c. a Dog.

Bugging, c. taking Money by Bailiffs and Serjeants of the Defendant not to Arrest him.

Busy-bodies, Pryers into other Folks Concerns, such as thrust their Sickle in another’s Harvest; and will have an Oar in every Boat. As busy as a Hen with one Chick, of one that has a great deal of business and nothing to do.

Bulchim, a Chubbingly Boy or Lad.

Bulls-Eye, c. a Crown or Five shilling Piece.

Bull-head, see Miller’s Thumb.

Bull, an absurd contradiction or incongruity; also false Hair worn (formerly much) by Women. A Town-bull, a Whore-master. To look like Bull-beef, to look Big and Grim.

Bulk and File, c. one jostles while the other Picks the Pocket.

Bulker, c. one that lodges all Night on Shop-windows and Bulkheads.

Bulky, strong like common Oyl, also of large bulk or size.

Bullet-headed, a dull silly Fellow.

Bully, c. a supposed Husband to a Bawd, or Whore; also a huffing Fellow.

Bully huff, c. a poor sorry Rogue that haunts Bawdy-houses, and pretends to get Money out of Gentlemen and others, Ratling and Swearing the Whore is his Wife, calling to his assistance a parcel of Hectors.

Bully-fop, c. a Maggot-pated, huffing, silly ratling Fellow.

Bully-rock, c. a Hector, or Bravo.

Bully-ruffins, c. Highway-men, or Padders.

Bully-trap, c. or Trapan, c. a Sharper, or Cheat.

Bum, a Bailiff, or Serjeant; also one’s Breech.

Bumbast, see Bombast.

Bumbaste, to Beat much, or hard, on the Breech.

Bumble, Cloaths setting in a heap, or ruck.

Bumfodder, what serves to wipe the Tail.

Bumpkin, a Country Fellow or Clown.

Bumper, a full Glass.

Bundletail, a short Fat or squat Lass.

Bungler, an unperforming Husband, or Mechanic.

Bung, c. a Purse, Pocket, or Fob.

Bung-nipper, c. a Cut-purse, or Pickpocket. Claying the Bung, c. cutting the Purse, or Picking the Pocket.

Bunting-time, when the Grass is high enough to hide the young Men and Maids.

Buntlings, c. Pettycoats. Hale up the Main-buntlings, c. take up the Woman’s Pettycoats.

Bunny, a Rabbit.

Bur, a Cloud, or dark Circle about the Moon, boding Wind and Rain; also the part next to the Deer’s Head.

Burlesque, Raillery in Verse, or Verse in Ridicule.

Burnish, to spread, or grow broad; also to refresh Plate, being the Trade of a

Burnisher, depending on Gold and Silver-Smiths.

Burnt, Poxt, or swingingly Clapt.

Burnt the Town, when the Soldiers leave the Place without paying their Quarters.

Burre, a Hanger on, or Dependant.

Bustle, a Fray, Stir, Tumult in the Streets; also a Noise in any Place. What a Bustle you make? What a Hurry or Rattle you Cause? Bustle about, to be very Stirring, or bestir one’s Stumps.

Butcher’d, Barbarously Murder’d on the Ground, or Kill’d before his Sword is out; also in Cold Bloud.

Butter, c. to double or treble the Bet or Wager to recover all Losses: No Butter will stick on his Bread, nothing thrives or goes forward in his Hand. He knows on which side his Bread is Butter’d, or the Stronger side, and his own Interest.

Butter-boxes, Dutchmen.

Butter’d Bun, Lying with a Woman that has been just Layn with by another Man.

Buttock, c. a Whore.

Buttock-broker, a Bawd, also a Match-maker. A Buttock and File, c. both Whore and Pickpocket.

Buttock and Twang, or a downright Buttock and sham File, c. a Common Whore but no Pickpocket.

Buzzard, c. a foolish soft Fellow, easily drawn in and Cullied or Trickt.

By-blow, a Bastard.

C

Cabal, a secret Junto of Princes, a seated knot of Statesmen, or of Conspirators against the State in Counter-Cabal.

Cabbage, a Taylor, and what they pinch from the Cloaths they make up; also that part of the Deer’s Head where the Horns are Planted.

Cabob, a Loin of Mutton Roasted with an Onyon betwixt each joint; a Turkish and Persian Dish but now used in England.

Cacafuego, a Shite-fire; also a furious fierce Felow.

Cackle, c. to discover. The Cull Cackles, c. the Rogue tells all.

Cackling-cheats, c. Chickens, Cocks or Hens.

Cackling-farts, c. Eggs.

Cadet, or Cadee, a Gentleman that Bears Arms in hopes of a Commission; also a younger Brother.

Caffan, c. Cheese.

Cakehis, Cake is Dough, of a Miscarriage or failure of Business. The Devil ow’d her a Cake, and has pai’d her a Loaf, when instead of a small, a very great Disaster or Misfortune has happen’d to a Woman.

Call, a Lesson, Blowed on the Horn to comfort the Hounds.

Caliver, a small Sea-Gun.

Calle, c. a Cloak or Gown.

Cambridge-Fortune, a Woman without any Substance.

Cameleon-Diet, Air, or a very thin slender Diet.

Cameronians, Field-Conventiclers, (in Scotland) great outward Zealots, and very squeemish Precisians.

Camesa, c. a Shirt or Shift.

Campaign-coat, Originally only such as Soldiers wore, but afterwards a Mode in Cities. See Surtout.

Canary-Bird, a little Arch or Knavish, a very Wag.

Cane upon Abel, a good Stick or Cudgel well-favoredly laid on a Man’s Shoulders.

Canal, a Channel, Kennel, Pipe, Passage, fine Pond, or small River.

Cannal, choice Coals, very Fat or Pitchy that Blaze and Burn pleasantly.

Canibal, a cruel rigid Fellow in dealing; also Men-Eaters.

Cank, c. Dumb. The Cull’s Cank, c. the Rogue’s Dumb.

Cannikin, c. the Plague, also (among the Dutch) a little Kan with a Spout to pour out the Wine or Beer, making it Froth As great as Cup and Cann; or as great as two Inkle-makers.

Cant, c. to speak, also (Cheshire) to grow Strong and Lusty; also to Kick or throw any thing away.

Canterbury, a sort of a short or Hand-gallop; from the Road leading to that famous City (of Kent) on which they Ride (for the most part) after that manner.

Canting, c. the Cypher or Mysterious Language, of Rogues, Gypsies, Beggers, Thieves, &c.

Canting-crew, c. Beggers, Gypsies; also Dissenters in Conventicles, who affect a disguised Speech, and disguised Modes of Speaking, and distinguish themselves from others by a peculiar Snuffle and Tone, as the Shibboleth of their Party; as Gypsies and Beggers have their peculiar Jargon; and are known no less by their several Tones in Praying, than Beggers are by their whining Note in Begging.

Cap, c. to Swear. I’ll Cap downright, c. I’ll Swear home. Or (in another Sense) he may fling up his Cap after it, when a thing or business is past Hope.

Capitation-Drugget, a Cheap, Slight Stuff, called so from the Tax of that Name.

Capricious, Whimsical, Fantastic, Freakish.

Captain-Hackum, c. a Fighting, Blustring Bully.

Captain-Queere nabs, c. a Fellow in poor Cloths, or Shabby.

Captain-Sharp, c. a great Cheat; also a Huffing, yet Sneaking, Cowardly Bully; and a noted English Buckaneer.

Captain-Tom, a Leader of, and the Mob.

Captious, Touchy, Snuffy, apt to take Exception.

Caravan, c. a good round sum of Money about a Man, and him that is Cheated of it; also a great Convoy of Arabian, Grecian, Persian, Turkish, and other Merchants, Travelling with Camels from Place to Place; also a sort of Wagon.

Carbuncle-Face, very Red and full of large Pimples.

Card-Wool, to cleanse and prepare it for Spinning: Also a Game; a sure Card, a trusty Tool, or Confiding Man; a cooling Card, cold comfort, no hope; a Leading Card, an Example or Precedent.

Cargo, c. a good round Sum of Money about a Man; also the Lading of a Ship.

Carouse, to Drink hard, or Quaff heartily.

Carpet-road, Level and very good.

Carriers, Pigeons that will with safety, and almost incredible Swiftness convey Letters from one Place to another, much used at Smyrna and Aleppo; also Milk-womens Hirelings, or Servants, that carry the Pail Morning and Evening.

Carrots, Red hair’d People, from the Colour of the well known Root of that Name, whence came

Carrot-pated, used in derision.

Carted-Whore, Whipt publickly, and packt out of Town. The Cart before the Horse, of a thing preposterous, and out of Place.

Cash, c. Cheese.

Case, c. a House, Shop, or Ware-house; also a Bawdy-house. Toute the Case, c. to view, mark, or eye the House or Shop. There’s a peerey, ’tis snitcht, c. there are a great many People, there’s no good to be done. ’Tis all Bob, and then to dub the gigg, c. now the coast is clear, there’s good Booty, let’s fall on, and Rob the House. A Case fro, c. a Whore that Plies in a Bawdy-house.

Caster, c. a Cloak.

Cast, to Bowl. A bad cast, an ill laid Bowl, or at great distance from the Jack. He is Cast for Felon and Dose, c. found guilty of Felony and Burglary.

Cat, a common Whore or Prostitute.

Catch-fart, a Foot-Boy.

Catching-harvest, when the Weather is Showery and Unsettled.

Catch-pole, a Serjeant, or Bayliff that Arrests People.

Cat-in-pan, turn’d, of one that has chang’d Sides or Parties. Who shall hang the Bell about the Cat’s Neck, said of a desperate Undertaking.

Catchup, a high East-India Sauce.

Caterwauling, Men and Women desirous of Copulation, a Term borrowed from Cats.

Cathedral, old-fashioned, out of Date, Ancient; also a chief Church in a Bishop’s See.

Catharpin-fashion, when People in Company Drink cross, and not round about from the Right to the Left, or according to the Sun’s motion; also small Ropes to keep the Shrouds, taut or tight, and the Mast from Rolling.

Catting, drawing a Fellow through a Pond with a Cat.

Catstick, used by Boies at Trap-ball.

Cattle, Whores. Sad Cattle, Impudent Lewd Women.

Catmatch, c. when a Rook is Engag’d amongst bad Bowlers.

Cavalcade, a publick Show on Horseback.

Cavaulting School, c. a Bawdy-house.

Caudge-paw’d, Left Handed.

Caveating, or Disengaging, flipping the Adversary’s Sword, when ’tis going to bind or secure one’s own.

Caw-handed, awkward not dextrous, ready or nimble.

Changeable-ribbon, or Silks, of diverse Colours, resembling those of Doves-necks, or of the Opal Stone.

Chafe, in a great Chafe, a great heat or pet. To Chafe, to fret or fume. Chafing, fretting or fuming, Chafing and fretting, being the same with fretting and fuming, hence a

Chafing dish, that carries Fire.

Chaft, c. well beaten or bang’d; also much rub’d or bath’d.

Chagrin, moody, out of humour, pensive, melancholy, much troubled.

Chalk, used in Powder by the Perfumers to mix with their Grounds; and also scented Hair-Powders, being cheap and weighing heavy; found to Burn and destroy Wiggs and all Hair in general.

Chanticlere, a Cock.

Chape, the Tip at the End of a Fox’s Tail; also the Cap at the End of the Scabbard of a Sword.

Character, a distinguishing Sign or Mark of Distinction, the same among Great Men or Ministers, that a Badge is among Low and little People. As a Man of Character, of Mark or Note, as Privy-Chancellors, Judges, Foreign Ministers, Ministers of State, &c.

Chare-women, Under-drudges, or Taskers, assistants to Servantmaids.

Char, a Task or Work. A good Char well Char’d, a Work well over.

Chates, c. the Gallows.

Chat, Talk, Prate.

Chatter, to Talk fast or jabber.

Chattering fellow, a noisy prating Man.

Chatts, c. Lice. Squeeze the Chatts, c. to Crack or Kill those Vermin.

Cheap, Contemptible. How Cheap you make your self, how Contemptible you render your self or undervalue your self.

Chear, good or bad, high or ordinary fare. How Chear you? How fare you? Chear up, be of good courage, hence chearful, or chearly, for one in Heart, or that keeps up his Spirits, prety chearly, indifferent hearty or lightsom.

Cheats, Sharpers, which see; also Wristbands or sham Sleeves worn (in good Husbandry) for true, or whole ones.

Chicken, a feeble, little creature, of mean Spirit; whence a Chicken-hearted Fellow, or Hen-hearted Fellow, a Dastard.

Childish, Foolish.

Childing-women, Breeding.

China-Ale, From the well known East-Indian Drug of that Name, of which they ought to put some, but they seldom do any into it, making it sweet only and adding a little Spice.

Chink, c. Money, because it chinks in the Pocket.

Chip, a Child.

Chip of the old Block, a Son that is his Father’s likeness; more particularly the Son of a Cooper, or one brought up to the same Trade.

Chirping-merry, very pleasant over a Glass of good Liquor.

Chit, a Dandyprat, or Dergen.

Chittiface, a little puiny Child.

Chitchat, idle Prate, or empty Talk.

Chive, c. a Knife.

Chop, to change, or barter.

Chopping-boy, a bouncing Boy. To chop up Prayers, to huddle them up, or slubber them over in posthast. A Chop by chance, a rare Contingence, an extraordinary or uncommon Event, out of course.

Chopps, (of a Man) his Face (of Mutton) a Bone or Cut.

Chounter, to talk pertly, and (sometimes) angrily.

Chouse, to cheat or trick.

Chop-houses, where Both boyl’d and roast Mutton (in chopps) are alwayes ready.

Chub, c. he is a young chub, or a meer chub, c. very ignorant or inexperienc’d in gaming, not at all acquainted with Sharping. A good Chub, said by the Butchers; when they have met with a silly raw Customer and they have Bit him.

Chuck-farthing, a Parish-Clerk (in the Satyr against Hypocrites) also a Play among Boies.

Chum, a Chamber-fellow, or constant Companion.

Church-yard-cough, that will terminate in Death.

Churl, an Ill-natur’d Fellow; a selfish, sordid Clown. To put a Churl upon a Gentleman, to Drink Ale or any Mault-Liquor immediately after Wine.

Ciento, an old Game at Cards.

Citt, for Citizen.

Civil List, all the Officers and Servants in the King’s Family.

Clack, a Woman’s Tongue.

Clammed, Starved, or Famished.

Clan, Family, Tribe, Faction, Party in Scotland chiefly, but now anywhere else.

Clank, c. a Silver-tankard.

Clanker, a swinging Lie.

Clank-napper, c. a Silver-tankard Stealer. See Bubber.

Rum-clank, c. a large Silver-tankard. Tip me a rum Clank a Booz, c. give me a double Tankard of Drink.

Clap, a Venereal Taint.

Clapperclaw’d, beat soundly, or paid off in earnest.

Clapperdogeon, c. a Begger-born and Bred.

Clark, or Clerk, Scholar or Book-learned.

Clerk-ship, or Clergy, Scholarship or Book-learning, though of late the one be more restrained to a Clergyman, and the other appropriate to a Clergyman’s Skill or Qualifications; because it may be heretofore, none but the Clergy were learned, or so much as taught to Read. Hence the Benefit of Clergy, (or Reading) &c. legit ut Clericus, in the Law, for him that cou’d Read his Neck-verse, like a Clerk or Scholar, when so few perhaps were Scholars or Clerks, that every one that could but only Read, passed for no less: We say still, the greatest Clarks (or Scholars) are not the Wisest Men: And the Scots much to the same Effect. An Ounce of Mother-Wit is worth a Pound of Clergy, or Book-learning.

Claw’d off, lustily lasht, also swingingly Poxt.

Clear, c. very Drunk. The Cull is clear, let’s Bite him. c. The Fellow is Damn’d Drunk, let’s Sharp him.

Cleave, has two contrary Senses under one Sound; for to cleave, (Verb Neuter) is to cling close or stick fast, and to cleave, (verb Active) is to part or divide; as to cleave asunder, when Cleft and Cloven.

Clench, a pun or quible; also to nick a Business by timing it.

Cleymes, c. Sores without Pain raised on Beggers Bodies by their own Artifice and cunning, (to move charity) by bruising Crows-foot, Speerwort, and Salt together, and clapping them on the Place, which frets the Skin, then with a Linnen rag, which sticks close to it; they tear off the Skin, and strew on it a little Powder’d Arsnick, which makes it look angrily or ill favoredly, as if it were a real Sore.

Click, c. to Snatch. I have Clickt the Nab from the Cull, c. I whipt the Hat from the Man’s Head. Click the rum Topping, c. Snatch that Woman’s fine Commode.

Clicker, the Shoemaker’s Journey-man, or Servant, that Cutts out all the Work, and stands at or walks before the Door, and saies, what d’ye’ lack Sir, what d’ye buy Madam.

Clicket, Copulation of Foxes, and sometimes, used waggishly for that of Men and Women.

Clinker, c. a crafty Fellow.

Clinkers, c. the Irons Felons wear in Goals.

Clip, to hug or embrace. To clip and cling, of a close hug or fast embrace. To Clip the Coin, to diminish or Impair it. To clip the King’s English, not to Speak Plain, when one’s Drunk.

Clod-hopper, c. a Plough-man.

Clodpate, a heavy, dull Fellow.

Close, reserv’d, silent, not talkative, or open.

Close-confident, a trusty Bosom-friend.

Close-fisted, covetous, stingy, pinching.

Clotts, or thick dropps of Bloud clottered or in clots.

Cloud, c. Tobacco. Will ye raise a Cloud, c. shall we Smoke a Pipe?

Clouds, or Cloudy-Sky, in opposition to clear open Sky; as Clouds in Gemms and Stones, to clear ones; and Clouded Fate, to a clear pleasant one. Under a Cloud, in disgrace, under misfortunes or disasters; Speaks in the Clouds, of one that flies or soars in Talking above the common reach or capacity.

Cloudy, dark complexion’d.

Clout, c. a Handkerchief.

Cloy, c. to Steal. Cloy the Clout, c. to Steal the Handkerchief. Cloy the Lour, c. to Steal the Money; also, in another Sense, to Cloy, is to Nauseate or Satiate.

Cloyers, c. Thieves, Robbers, Rogues.

Cloying, c. Stealing, Thieving, Robbing; also Fulsom or Satiating.

Clowes, c. Rogues.

Clown, a Country-Fellow, also one very Ill-bred or unmannerly, Being.

Clownish, rustical, unpolish’d, uncouth.

Club, each Man’s particular Shot, also a Society of Men agreeing to meet according to a Scheme of Orders under a slight Penalty to promote Trade and Friendship.

Cluck, the noise made by Hens, when they set upon their Eggs to Hatch and are disturb’d, or come off to Eat, and also when they wou’d have Eggs put under them for that purpose.

Clump, a Heap or Lump.

Clunch, a clumsy Clown, an awkward or unhandy Fellow.

Clutch the Fist, or close the Hand, whence Clutches. I’ll keep out of your Clutches or Claws; the Clutches of the Parish, the Constable or Beadle.

Clutchfisted, the same as Closefisted.

Clutter, Stir. What a Clutter you keep? What a stir you make?

Cly, c. Money. To Cly the Jerk, c. to be Whipt. Let’s strike his Cly, c. let’s get his Money from him; also a Pocket, Filed a cly, c. Pickt a Pocket.

Coach-wheel, { Fore { Half a Crown.

{ Hind { A Crown or Five Shilling-Piece.

Coals to Newcastle when the Drawer carries away any Wine in the Pot or Bottle. To blow the Coals, to raise differences between Parties. He’ll carry no Coals, not be Pissed upon, or Imposed upon, nor bear a Trick, or take an Affront, or tamely pass by any ill Treatment. Let him that has need blow the Coals, Let him Labour that wants.

Cob, a Dollar (in Ireland.)

Cobble, to mend or patch.

Cobbled, bunglingly done.

Cobble-colter, c. a Turkey. A rum Cobble-colter, c. a fat large Cock-Turkey.

Cobweb-cheat, easily found out.

Cobweb-pretence, slight, trivial, weak.

Cock-a-hoop, upon the high Ropes Rampant, Transported.

Cockish, wanton uppish, forward.

Cockale, pleasant Drink, said to be provocative.

Cock-baw’d, a Man that follows that base Employment.

Cocker, one skill’d in, or much delighted with the sport of Cock-fighting.

Cockney, Born within the Sound of Bow-bell; (in London) also one ignorant in Country Matters.

Cock-oyster, the Male.

Cock pimp, a Supposed Husband to a Bawd.

Cock-robbin, a soft easy Fellow.

Cock-sure, very Sure.

Cod, a good sum of Money; also a Fool. A meer Cod, a silly, shallow Fellow. A rum Cod, c. a good round sum of Money. A jolly or lusty Cod, c. the same. An honest Cod, a trusty Friend.

Codders, gatherers of Peascods.

Cod’s Head, a Fool.

Codsounds, the Pith or Marrow in the Cod’s Back, esteem’d as choice Peck.

Cofe, c. as Cove.

Cog, to cheat at Dice, Cog a Die, to conceal or secure a Die; also the Money or whatever the Sweetners drop to draw in the Bubbles; also to wheedle, as Cog a Dinner, to wheedle a Spark out of a Dinner.

Cogue, of Brandy, a small Cup or Dram.

Coker, c. a Lye, rum Coker, c. a whisking Lye.

Cokes, the Fool in the Play, or Bartholomew-Fair, and hence (perhaps) Coxcomb.

Cold, shy, or averse to Act.

Cold-Tea, Brandy. A couple of cold words, a Curtain-Lecture. Cold-Iron, Derisory Periphrasis for a Sword. In cold Blood, when the heat of War, or Passion are over. The Matter will keep cold, it will stay a while, and not be the worse for keeping.

Cole, c. Money.

Coliander-seed, c. Money.

Collation, a Treat or Entertainment.

College, c. Newgate; also the Royal Exchange.

Collegiates, c. those Prisoners and Shop-keepers.

Collogue, wheedle.

Colquarron, c. a Man’s Neck.

Colt, c. an Inn-keeper that lends a Horse to a Highway-man, or to Gentlemen Beggers; also a Lad newly bound Prentice.

Coltish, said when an old Fellow is frolicksom or wanton; or he has a Colt’s Tooth.

Colt bowl, laid short of the Jack by a

Colt bowler, a raw or unexperienc’d Person.

Colt-veal, very red.

Come, c. to Lend. Has he come it? c. has he lent it you?

Comical, very pleasant, or diverting.

Coming-women, such as are free of their Flesh; also breeding Women.

Commission, c. a Shirt.

Commode, a Woman’s Head-dress, easily put on, and as soon taken off.

Common garden-gout, or rather Covent-garden, the Pox.

Common Women, Whores, Plyers in the Streets and at Bawdy-Houses.

Complement, the Ship’s or Regiment’s compleat Number or Company.

Comfortable Importance, a Wife.

Conceited, a Self-lover, and Admirer, Wise in his own Opinion.

Coney-sitteth.

Confect, c. Counterfeit.

Conger, a Set or Knot of Topping Book-sellers of London, who agree among themselves, that whoever of them Buys a good Copy, the rest are to take off such a particular number, as (it may be) Fifty, in Quires, on easy Terms. Also they that joyn together to Buy either a Considerable, or Dangerous Copy. And a great over-grown Sea-Eel.

Conjurers, Astrologers, Physiognomists, Chiromancers, and the whole Tribe of Fortune-tellers, by the common People (Ignorantly) so called.

Consent, Leave, Approbation, Agreement. Affected by Consent, as one Sore Eye infects the other, (unseen) because they are both strung with one Optic Nerve: As in two Strings set to an Unison, upon the Touch of One, the other will Sound.

Consult of Physicians, Two, or more.

Content, a thick Liquor, made up in Rolls in imitation of Chocolate, Sold in some Coffee-Houses.

Contre-temps, making a Pass or Thrust without any advantage, or to no purpose.

Convenient, c. a Mistress; also a Whore.

Conveniency, c. a Wife; also a Mistress.

Conundrums, Whimms, Maggots, and such like.

Cony, a silly Fellow, a meer Cony, very silly indeed.

Cook-ruffin, c. the Devil of a Cook, or a very bad one.

Cool-crape, a slight Chequer’d Stuff made in imitation of Scotch Plad.

Cooler, a Woman.

Cool-Lady, a Wench that sells Brandy (in Camps).

Cool nantz, Brandy.

Cool Tankard, Wine and Water, with a Lemon, Sugar and Nutmeg.

Copper-nos’d, extremely Red.

Coquet, a flippant, pert Gossip.

Corky-brain’d Fellow, silly, foolish.

Corinthian, a very impudent, harden’d, brazen-fac’d Fellow.

Cornish-hug, a hard gripe, or squeeze.

Corn-jobber, an Enhancer of the Price, by early buying, monopolizing, and sharp tricks. A great Harvest of a little Corn, a great adoe in a little Matter. He measures my Corn by his own Bushel, he muses as he uses, he thinks me Bad because he is so himself.

Cornuted, made a Cuckold of.

Corny-fac’d, a very Red or Blue pimpled Phiz.

Cosset, a Fondling Child.

Cosset-Colt or Lamb, brought up by Hand, made Tame, and used to follow any Body about the House.

Costard, the Head, I’ll give ye a knock on the Costard, I’ll hit ye a blow on the Pate.

Coster-monger, a Wholesale Dealer in Apples, Pears, &c.

Cot for Cotquean, a Man that meddles with Womens matters.

Cotton, they don’t cotton, they don’t agree well.

Cote, a sorry, slight Country-House or Hovel, now a Cottage. Hence the Compounds yet in use, of Dove-cote, Sheep-cote, &c.

Couchee, going to Bed I was at Court at the Couchee, I attended the King at his going to Bed.

Couch a Hogs-head, c. to go to Bed.

Cove, c. a Man, a Fellow, also a Rogue. The Cove was bit, c. the Rogue was out-sharp’d or out-witted. The Cove has bit the Cole, c. The Rogue has Stolen the Money. The Cove’s a rum Diver, c. that Fellow is a cleaver Pick-pocket.

Covey of Whores, a well fill’d Bawdy-house; also of Partridges, a Nest or Brood.

Counterfeit-cranks, c. the Twentieth Rank or Order of the Canting Tribe.

Counterfeit, a Cheat Or Impostor. A Counterfeiter of Hands, a Forger. A Counterfeiter of Persons, a Sham. Counterfeit Gemms or Jewels, Bristol-stones. Counterfeits, for the most part exceed the Truth. Thus a Flatterer pleases more than a Friend; a Braggadochio-coward thunders more than a Hero; a Mountebank promises more than a Doctor, and a Hypocrite over-acts a Religious Man, as a Counterfeit Gem is often fairer than a True one.

Country-put, a silly Country-Fellow.

Couped up, Imprison’d, Environ’d, Surrounded Pent up.

Court-promises, fair Speeches, or empty Promises without performances. Much the same with Court-holy-water. Court-card, a gay fluttering Fellow. Court-tricks, State-Policy.

Course, or rather

Coarse, homely, ord’nary, oppos’d to fine; as Coarse treatment, rough or rude Dealing; Coarse fare, homely Food; a Coarse Dish, a mean one; Coarse or Hard-Favor’d, oppos’d to Fair or Handsom. Of Course of Custom; out of Course, extraordinary, or out of the way; a Horse-Course a Race, also the place where the Race is Run. A Water-course, a Drain. Course of Law, the proceedings, at Law, The Law must have its Course, or run freely. I’ll take a Course with you, I’ll hamper ye, or stick close on your Skirts. A Course of Physick, an Order or set Constitution of Physick, for a continuance or course of time. Course of the Sun, Yearly or Daily, a Yearly or Daily Revolution, Course of the Moon, the Circle of a Month.

Court-holy-water, Court Promises.

Cow-hearted, fearful or Hen-hearted.

Cows-thumb, when a thing is done exactly, nicely, or to a Hair.

Cows-baby, a Calf.

Coxcomb, a Fool; a silly Coxcomb, a very foolish Fellow.

Crabbed, sower, churls.

Crab-lice, { Cock, Male. } Vermin breeding in Moist and Hairy Parts of the Body.

{ Hen, Female. }

Crack, c. a Whore.

Cracker, c. an Arse; also Crust.

Crackish, c. Whorish.

Cracking, Boasting, Vaporing. Crackt credit, Lost, Gone. Broken. Crackt-title, Unsound Crackt-brains, lost Wits.

Crackmans, c. Hedges.

Cramped, a weight with a string tied to one’s Toe, when a Sleep, much used by School-boies, one to another; also obstructed or hampered in any Business whatever.

Crag, a Neck; also a Rock.

Cramp-rings, c. Bolts or Shackles.

Cramp-words, difficult or uncommon.

Crank, brisk, pert.

Cranksided-ship, that does not bear Sail well.

Cranked-shells or Stones, wrinkled or wreathed.

Crap, c. Money. Nim the Crap, c. to Steal the Money. Wheedle for Crap, c. to coakse Money out of any Body.

Crash, c. to Kill.

Crash the Cull, c. Kill the Fellow.

Crashing-cheats, c. Teeth.

Craz’d, Mad.

Crazy, infirm or distemper’d.

Creatures, Men raised by others, and their Tools ever after.

Creeme, to slip or slide any thing into another’s Hand.

Crew, the Coxon and Rowers in the Barge, or Pinnace, are called the Boats-crew, in distinction from the Complement of Men on Board the Ship, who are term’d the Ships-company, not Crew; also an ill Knot or Gang, as a Crew of Rogues.

Crimp, one that undertakes for, or agrees to unlade a whole Ship of Coals. To play Crimp, to lay or bet on one side, and (by foul play) to let t’other win, having a share of it. Run a Crimp, to run a Race or Horse-match fouly or knavishly. He Crimps it, he plays booty. A Crimping Fellow, a sneaking Cur.

Crinkums, the French Pox.

Crispin, a Shoe-maker, from the St. of that Name, their Patron.

Crispin’s Holy-day, ev’ry Munday in the Year, but more particularly the Twenty fifth of October, whereon the whole Fraternity fail not to lay they Hearts in Soak.

Crochets in the crown, whimsies, Maggots.

Crockers, Forestallers, Regraters, see Badgers.

Croker, c. a Groat or Four-pence. The Cull tipt me a Croker, c. the Fellow gave me a Groat.

Crony, a Camerade or intimate Friend; an old Crony, one of long standing; used also for a tough old Hen.

Crop, one with very short Hair; also a Horse whose Ears are Cut.

Crop-ear’d-Fellow, whose Hair is so short it won’t hide his Ears.

Croppin-ken, c. a Privy, or Bog-house.

Crop-sick, Stomack-sick.

Crossbite, c. to draw in a Friend, yet snack with the Sharper.

Crosspatch, a peevish froward Person.

Crotiles, Hares Excrements.

Crow-over, to insult or domineer. To pluck a Crow with one, to have a bout with him. Strut like a Crow in a Gutter, said in jeer of the Stalking of a proud Fellow. The Crow thinks her own Bird the Fairest, applied to those that dote on their foul issues. As good Land as any the Crow Flies over, with regard it may be, to the Crow’s being a long Liver; as no Carrion will kill a Crow, to his being so hardy a Bird.

Crowder, a Fidler.

Crown, the top of the Head or Hat; Imperial or Regal Crown. Where the Earth is raised it is said, to be Crown’d with Hills, in Poetry. The End Crowns all, said both of the Event of Actions, and Finishing of Works. In the Crown-Office, Drunk; also to Crown, to pour on the Head.

Cruisers, c. Beggers; also nimble Friggats Coasting to and fro for Prizes, and to carry Orders, &c.

Crump, c. one that helps Sollicitors to Affidavit-men, and Swearers, and Bail, who for a small Sum will be Bound or Swear for any Body; on that occasion, putting on good Cloaths to make a good appearance, that Bail may be accepted.

Crump-back’d, Crooked or Huncht-backt.

Crumplings, wrinkled Codlings, usually the least, but sweetest.

Crusty-beau, one that lies with a Cover over his Face all Night, and uses Washes, Paint, &c.

Cub, or young Cub, c. a new Gamester drawn in to be rookt; also a young Bear, a Fox, and a Martern the first Year.

Cucumbers, Taylers.

Cucumber-time, Taylers Holiday, when they have leave to Play, and Cucumbers are in season.

Cudgelliers, a Mob rudely arm’d; also Cudgel-Players.

Cuffin, c. a Man.

Cuffin-quire, c. see Quire-cuffin.

Culp, a kick, or blow, also a bit of any thing.

Culp of the Gutts, (Suffolk) a hearty kick at the Belly.

Cull, Cully, c. a Man, a Fop, a Rogue, a Fool or silly Creature that is easily drawn in and Cheated by Whores or Rogues. Cully napps us, c. the Person Robb’d, apprehends us. A Bob-cull, c. a sweet-humour’d Man to a Whore, and who is very Complaisant. A Curst-cull, c. an ill-natur’d Fellow, a Churl to a Woman.

Culm, the small or dust of Sea-coal.

Cunning-shaver, a sharp Fellow.

Cup-shot, Drunk.

Cup of Comfort, as

Cup of the Creature, Strong-liquor. A Cup too low, when any of the Company are mute or pensive. To carry one’s Cup even between two Parties, to be equal and indifferent, between them. Many things fall out between the Cup and the Lip, or many things intervene between the forming and accomplishing a Design.

Cur, a Dog of a mungrel Breed, good for nothing.

Curle, c. Clippings of Money.

Currish-fellow, snapping, snarling.

Curmudgeon, an old Covetous Fellow, a Miser.

Currant-coyn, good and Lawful Money. Currant Custom, a received custom, the

Current, Stream; also humor or bent of the People.

Cursitors, c. Vagabonds; the first (old) Rank of Canters.

Curst, a curst Cur, a sower, surly, snarling, fierce Dog; a Curst Cow has short Horns.

Curtals, c. the Eleventh Rank of the Canting Crew.

Curtail’d, cut off, shorten’d.

Curtezan, a gentile fine Miss or Quality Whore.

Curtain-Lecture, Womens impertinent Scolding at their Husbands.

Cushion, beside the Cushion, beside the Mark.

Cut, Drunk. Deep Cut, very Drunk. Cut in the Leg or Back, very drunk. To Cut, c. to Speak. To Cut bene, c. to Speak gently, civilly or kindly; to Cut bene (or bennar) Whidds, c. to give good Words. To Cut quire whidds, c. to give ill Language. A Cut or Chop of Meat. Cut and come again, of Meat that cries come Eat me. A cutting wind, very sharp. Of the precize Cut or Stamp, a demure starcht Fellow. No Present to be made of Knives, because they Cut kindness. Ready Cut and Dried, or turned for the purpose. Not Cut out for it, nor turned for it. To Cut another out of any business, to out-doe him far away, or excell, or circumvent. I’ll cut you out business, I’ll find you Work enough. A Book with Cuts or Figures; Brass or Wooden Cutts or Prints from Copper-plates, or Wood. A Cut throat House or Town, where sharp and Large Reckonings are imposed, as at Gravesend, Deal, Dover, Portsmouth, Plimouth, Harwich, Helvoetsluyce, the Briel, and indeed all Sea-ports, nay and Common-wealths too, according to the observation of a late Learned Traveller in his ingenious Letters publish’d in Holland.

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Dab, c. expert exquisite in Roguery; a Rum-dab, c. a very Dextrous fellow at fileing, thieving, Cheating, Sharping, &c. He is a Dab at it, He is well vers’d in it.

Dablers, in Poetry, meer Pretenders.

Dace, c. Two-pence, Tip me a Dace. c. Lend Two-pence, or pay so much for me.

Dag, a Gun.

Draggle-tail, a nasty dirty Slut.

Damask the Claret, Put a roasted Orange slasht smoking hot in it.

Damber, c. a Rascal.

Damme-boy, a roaring mad, blusttring fellow, a Scourer of the Streets.

Dancers, c. Stairs.

Dandyprat, a little puny Fellow.

Dangle, to hang.

Dapper-fellow, a short, pert, brisk, tidy Fellow.

Darby, c. ready Money.

Darbies, c. Irons, Shackles or Fetters.

Darkmans, c. The night, The Child of darkness, c. a Bell-man.

Darkmans-Budge, c. a House-creeper, one that slides into a House in the dusk, to let in more Rogues to rob.

Dash, a Tavern-Drawer. A dash of Gentian, Wormwood, or stale Beer, a slight touch or tincture of each, to dash or brew as Vintners jumble their Wines together, when they sophisticate them. A dash of Rain, a sudden, short, impetuous pouring down, to distinguish it from a soft Shower, or a sprinkling of Rain.

Dastard, a Coward.

Dawn, Day-break or peep of Day, as the Dusk is twilight or shadow of the Evening. One may see day at a little hole, or discover the Lyon by his Paw.

Dawbing, bribing; also ill painting or thick laying on of Colours: Hence bedawb’d with Gold or Silver-Lace, when it is laid thick or close on.

Dead Cargo, not a quarter or half freighted. To wait for dead mens shoes, for what is little worth, or may never come to pass. To play or work for a dead horse, for a trifle.

Dead-men, empty-Pots or bottles on a Tavern-table.

Dear Joies, Irishmen.

Debauchee, a Rake-hel.

Decayed Gentleman or Tradesman, broken.

Deckt-out, tricked up in fine Cloaths.

Decus, c. a Crown or five shilling-piece. The Cull tipt me a score of Decuses, c. my Camerade lent me five Pounds.

Deft-Fellow, a tidy, neat little Man.

Defunct, dead and gone.

Degen, c. a Sword. Nimm the Degen, c. steal the Sword, or whip it from the Gentleman’s Side.

Deists, against the Trinity.

Dells, c. the twenty sixth order of the canting Tribe; young bucksome Wenches, ripe and prone to Venery, but have not lost their Virginity, which the upright man pretends to, and seizes: Then she is free for any of the Fraternity; also a common Strumpet.

Dequarting, throwing of the left Foot and Body backwards.

Dergin, a very short Man or Woman.

Desperate Fellow, fit for any lewd Prank or Villany, desperate condition, without any hopes.

Devil drawer, a sory Painter.

Deuseavile, c. the Country.

Deuseavile-Stampers, c. Country-Carriers.

Dews wins, c. two Pence.

Dewitted, cut in pieces, as that great Statesman John de Witt, was in Holland Anno 1672. by the Mob.

Diamond cut Diamond, bite the Biter.

Dibble, a poaking Stick to set Beans with.

Die like a Dog, to be hang’d, the worst Employment a Man can be put to. Die on a Fish-day, or in his shoes the same, die like a Rat. To be poysoned.

Dig the Badger, dislodge him.

Dimber, c. pretty.

Dimber-cove, a pretty Fellow.

Dim-mort, c. a pretty Wench.

Dimber-Damber, c. a Top-man or Prince among the Canting Crew; also the chief Rogue of the Gang, or the compleatest Cheat.

Dimple, a small graceful dent in the Chin called in Ignoramus, Loves pretty Dimple.

Din, c. what a din you keep! what a noise you make!

Dine with Duke Humphrey, to go without a Dinner.

Ding, c. to knock down. Ding the Cull, c. knock down the Fellow.

Ding-boy, c. a Rogue, a Hector, a Bully, Sharper.

Ding-dong, helter-skelter.

Dint, edge or force dint of the sword, edge of the Sword, dint of argument, force or power of Argument.

Dippers, Ana-baptists.

Dipt, engag’d or in debt, Land pawn’d or mortgag’d. Damnably dipt, deep in debt, He has dipt his Terra firma, he has mortgaged his dirty Acres. He has dipt his Bill, he is almost drunk. The cull has dipt his Tol, c. the Spark has pawn’d his Sword. The Dell has dipt her Rigging, c. the Whore has pawn’d her Cloaths.

Dirty Acres, an Estate in Land.

Dirty Beau, a slovenly Fellow, yet pretending to Beauishness.

Dirty puzzle, a sorry Slattern or Slut.

Disaffection, a disorder of any part of the Body. Disaffected to the State. Malecontents or factious.

Disgruntled, disobliged or distasted.

Disingenuous, or indirect dealing, oppos’d to dealing on the Square.

Disguis’d, drunkish.

Dismal ditty, a Psalm at the Gallows; also a dull Ballad, or silly Song.

Dive, c. to pick a Pocket.

Diver, c. a Pick-pocket.

Doash, c. a cloak.

Dock, c. to lie with a Woman. The Cull Dockt the Dell in the Darkmans the Rogue lay with a Wench all night.

Doctor, c. a false Die that will run but two or three Chances. They put the Doctor upon him, c. they cheated him with false Dice.

Dog’d, follow’d close, way-laid. Agree like Dog and Cat, of those that are at variance. Every Dog will have his day, none so wretched but has his good Planet. An easy thing to find a Stick to beat a Dog, or it costs little to trouble those that cannot help themselves. It is an ill Dog is not worth the whistling after; or spare to speak spare to speed. He play’d me a Dog-trick, he did basely and dirtily by me.

Dogged, Sullen, pouting, or in the Dumps.

Doggrel, a Term for the meanest and basest Verse; such as Ballads, Bellmens-songs, and the like Meeter of snow hill.

Doit, half a Farthing. Dutch Money, eight to a Penny, not a doit left, he has spent all.

Doll, a wooden Block to make up Commodes upon, also a Child’s Baby.

Doltish, c. Foolish.

Dolthead, a Fool.

Domerars, c. Rogues, pretending to have had their Tongues cut out, or to be born dumb and deaf, who artificially turning the tip of their Tongues, into their Throat, and with a stick makeing it bleed, weak people think it the stump of their Tongue; one of whom being askt hastily how long he had been dumb? answer’d but three weeks, this is the twenty first Order of Canters, the Word also signifing Mad-men.

Dotard, An old drowsy Fellow come to Dotage.

Doudy, An ugly coarse hard favored Woman. She is a meer Doudy that is, very ugly.

Dover court, all Speakers and no Hearers.

Down hills, c. Dice that run low.

Doxies, c. She-beggers, Trulls, Wenches. Whores, the twenty fifth Rank of Canters; being neither, Maids, Wives, nor Widdows, will for good Victuals, or a very small piece of money prostitute their Bodies, protesting they never did so before, and that meer necessity then oblig’d them to it (tho’ common Hackneys). These are very dextrous at picking Pockets (in the action) and so barbarous as often to murder the Children thus got.

Drab, a Whore, or Slut, a Dirty drab, a very nasty Slut.

Drag, a Fox’s Tail.

Dragg’d, through the Horse-pond or Bog-house. Bailives and Sergeants are served so that presume to arrest any Body within the Verge of the Court-royal, or Precincts of the Inns of Court.

Dragg’d up, as the Rakes call it, educated or brought up.

Dray, of Squirrels.

Drawers, c. Stockings.

Drawing, Beating the Bushes after the Fox.

Draw-Litches, c. the fourth (old) Order of the Canting Tribe of Rogues.

Drawling in Speech, or dreaming of Speech when the Words are drawn out at length, and keep as great a distance from one another, as if they were not all of a Company.

Dreaming Fellow, a dull, drowsy, heavy Creature. Drift, Design, Aim, Intent.

Drill, to draw in, and entice by degrees; also boring of Pearl.

Dripper, a sort of Clap, or venereal gleating.

Dripping-weather, the same with dropping.

Dromedary, c. a Thief or Rogue, also a kind of Camel with two bunches on his Back. You are a purple Dromedary, c. You are a Bungler or a dull Fellow at thieving.

Drommerars, c. see Domerars.

Droppers, c. Sweetners.

Drop a cog, c. to let fall (with design to draw in and cheat) a Piece of Gold; also the piece it self.

Drop-in-his-eye, almost drunk.

Droop, to fall away, to pine, to break with Age or Infirmity, a drooping bird that hangs the Wing.

Drovers, Horse-leaders in Fairs, or Markets, and Graziers or Drivers of Beasts.

Drub, beat with a stick or Cable-end.

Drudge, or rather dredge, the way of catching Oysters; also a laborious Person.

Drumbelo, a dull heavy Fellow. A meer drumbelo, a very Slug.

Drunk with a continuando, de die in diem.

Dry blows, or dry-basting for Rib roasting.

Dry-bob, a smart or sharp Repartee.

Dry-boots, a sly, close cunning Fellow.

Dry-drinking, without a bit of Victuals. Dry-wine, a little rough upon, but very grateful to the Palate.

Dry youth, sharp, close, witty.

Dub, c. a Pick-lock-key.

Dub, the Giger, c. open the Door. We’ll strike it upon the dub, c. we will rob that Place.

Dubber, c. a Picker of Locks.

Dub’d, Knighted.

A Duce, c. two Pence.

Duck-leggs, short-leggs.

Dudds, c. Cloaths or Goods. Rum dudds, c. fine or rich cloaths or Goods.

Dudd, Cheats wonne. c. Cloaths and things stolen. Abram Cove has wonne (or bit) Rum dudds. c. the poor Fellow has stolen very costly Cloaths.

Dudgeon, Anger, Quarrel, Displeasure.

Duke of Exeter’s Daughter, a Rack in the Tower of London, to torture and force Confession; supposed to be introduced by him, sometimes (formerly) now not in use.

Dullard, a heavy dull stupid Fellow.

Dulpickle, the same.

Dum-found, to beat soundly. I dumfounded the sawcy Rascal, I bang’d his Back tightly. In the dumps, troubled, chagrin, melancholic.

Dunaker, c. a Cow-stealer.

Duncarring, Buggering.

Dunner, a Sollicitor for Debts.

Dunn’d, teiz’d, or much importun’d.

Dunder head, a dull heavy Creature.

Dundering Rake, a thundering Rake, or of the Rank, one develishly lewd.

Dup, c. to enter, or open the door, dup the ken, c. enter the House, dup the boozing ken and booz a gage, c. go into the Ale-house and drink a Pot.

Durance, a Prison.

Durk, a short Dagger, in use with the Scots, as Stilletto is with the Italians.

Dusk, or Twilight, the shadow of the Evening, as Dawn is Daybreak or peep of Day.

Dust, money, down with your Dust, deposit your Money, pay your Reckoning. Also in another sence, dust it away drink quick about.

Dutchified, in the Dutch Interest, or of that Faction.

Dutch-Reckoning, or Alte-mall, a verbal or Lump-account without particulars.

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Eager, warm, or earnest in Debate; also sharp Liquors, as hard Beer, Wine turned soure, &c. Hence the Compounds, Vinegar, Alegar.

Eagle, c. the winning Gamester.

Earnest, c. Part or Share. Tip me my earnest, c. give me my Snack or Dividend.

Easy, facil, supple, pliable, managable. He is an easy fellow, very silly or soft, an easy mort, c. a forward or coming wench.

Ebb-water, c. when there’s but little Money in the Pocket.

Edge-tools, as Scythes, Swords, and such as are set or ground, as Razors. Knives, Scissors, Sheers, &c. to distinguish them from flat Tools and Tongs, &c. ’tis ill jesting with Edged tools or trusting unexpert Men with dangerous things. Fall back fall edge or come what will.

Effort, an Endeavour or Proffer, a Weak Effort, an Offer in vain.

Egge one on, to prick him on, to provoke or stir him up. He’ll be glad to take Eggs for his money, or to compound the matter with Loss. You come in with your five Eggs a penny, and four of ’em addle, of a Pragmatical Prater, or Busi-body, that wasts many Words to little purpose. To leave a Nest-egg, to have alwaies a Reserve to come again. As sure as Eggs be Eggs. When nothing is so sure. As full of Roguery as an Egg is full, of Meat.

Elbow-grease, a derisory Term for Sweat. It will cost nothing but a little Elbow-grease; in a jeer to one that is lazy, and thinks much of his Labour. Who is at your Elbow? a Caution to a Lyer. He lives by shaking of the Elbow; a Gamester.

Elonge, to stretch forward the right Arm and Leg, and to keep a close Left-foot.

Elevated, pufft up; also raised to Honour, Dignity, &c. Above the common Elevation, above the common Level.

Eminence, a Rising opposed to a flat Ground, rais’d to an Eminence of pitch of greatness; to make a figure, or be a Man of mark in the World, i. e. to be conspicuous, as a City set on a Hill cannot be hid. His Eminence, the Title given to a Cardinal.

Empty-fellow, Silly.

Empty-skull’d, Foolish.

Empty-talk, silly, idle vain Discourse, more Noise then Sense.

Ends, Aim, Design, Drift, and variously used in composition as, Candle-ends, Ends of gold and silver, Shreds of either. Cable-ends, finger-ends for extremity or utmost part of either. ’Tis good to make both Ends meet, or to cut your Coat according to your Cloth. Every thing has an End, and a Pudding has two.

English-cane, an oaken Plant.

English Manufacture, Ale, Beer, or Syder.

Ensnaring Questions, Interrogatories laid to trap and catch one.

Entries, where the Deer have lately passed the thickets.

Epicurean, one that indulges himself, nice of Palate, very curious and a critick in eating.

Equip, c. to furnish one.

Equipt, c. rich; also having new Clothes. Well equipt, c. plump in the Pocket, or very full of Money; also very well drest. The Cull equipt me with a brace of Meggs, c. the Gentleman furnish’d me with a couple of Guineas.

Eriffs, Canary-birds two years old.

Evasion, a Shift, sly or indirect Answer.

Eves-drop, to be an

Eves-dropper, one that skulks, lurks at or lies under his Neighbor’s Window or Door.

Ewe or the White Ewe, c. a Top-woman among the Canting Crew, very Beautiful.

Execution-day, Washing-day; also that on which the Malefactors Die.

Exigence, a special or extraordinary occasion, a pinch.

Expedient, a ready shift or trick to deliver one from any difficulty, or danger near at hand.

Ey, of Pheasants, the whole Brood of young ones.

Eye-sore, an Annoyance, whatever is grievous or offensive, an unwelcome dish or guest. All that you get you may put in your Eye and see ne’er the worse, a pleasant Periphrasis or Round of Words, for getting nothing at all. ’Tis good to have an Eye to the main Chance, or look to your Hits. What the Eye ne’er sees the Heart ne’er rues: Or out of Sight, out of Mind.

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Facer, c. a Bumper without Lip-room.

Face, in Wine, the Colour. A good Face, a very fine bright Colour. To make a Face, to make a show or feign; also to wryth, contract or distort the Face in Contempt or Derision. To set a good Face upon a bad Cause, or Matter, to make the best of it. A good Face needs no Band, or no advantage to set it off. The Broad-fac’d Bird, or the Bird that is all Face under Feathers, a Periphrasis for an Owl. Face about to the Right or Left, turn about. To Face Danger, to meet it. Facing of the Sleeve, the Turn-up.

Facetious, full of Merry Tales and Jests, pleasantly merry.

Factitious, Bodies made by Art, as Glass, Paper, and all Compound or made Metals, as Brass, Steel, Pewter, Latin &c.

Fadge, it won’t fadge or doe.

Fag, c. to Beat.

Fag’d, c. Beaten.

Fag the Bloss, c. bang the Wench.

Fag the Fen, c. drub the Whore.

Faggot the Culls, c. Bind the Men.

Faggots, Men Muster’d for Souldiers, not yet Listed.

Fair Roe-Buck, the Fifth Year.

Fair Speech, or fine Words. Fair-spoken, or Courteous. A Fair Day, or Fair Weather. Fair in the Cradle, and foul in the Saddle, a pretty Boy, and a hard-favor’d Man. Soft and Fair goes far; or not more Haste than good Speed. Fair and far off; wide of the Mark. You have made a Fair Speech, said in derision of one that spends many Words to little purpose. A Fair or Market for Beasts. A Day after the Fair, a Day too late, of one that has out-stayed his Markets.

Fall-a-bord, fall on and Eat heartily.

Fallacies, Cheats, Tricks, Deceipts.

Falter, to fail or more particularly a failure, or Trip of the Tongue, entangled with the Palsy, produced also from excess of Drink, or Guilt.

Famms, c. Hands.

Fambles, c. Hands.

Famble-cheats, c. Gold-rings, or Gloves.

Famgrasp, c. to agree or make up a Difference. Famgrasp the Cove, c. to agree with the Adversary.

Family of Love, Lewd Women, Whores; also a Sect.

Fangs, Beast-claws as Talons are of a Bird.

Fanning, or refreshing of the Trees or Woods with Wind. Fanning or refreshing of a Close Room, opening the Windows. Fire-fanns, little Hand-Skreens for the Fire.

Fantastick, Whimsical, Freakish, or Capricious. A Fantastick Dress, very particular, remarkable.

Fardel, a Bundle.

Fardy, for Ferdinando.

Fare, Hire; also a litter of Piggs.

Farting-crackers, c. Breeches.

Fast-friends, sure or trusty.

Fastner, c. a Warrant.

Fastnesses, Boggs.

Fat, the last landed, inned or stow’d of any sort of Merchandize whatever, so called by the several Gangs of Water-side-Porters, &c.

Fat Cull, c. a rich Fellow. All the Fat is in the Fire, of a miscarriage or shrewd Turn. Change of Pasture makes Fat Calves, of him that thrives upon mending his Commons.

Faulkner, c. see Tumbler, first Part.

Faytors, c. the Second (old) Rank of the Canting Crew.

Feat, strange, odd.

Feats of Activity, exercise, or Agility of Body in Tumbling, turning through a Hoop, Running, Leaping, Vaulting, Wrestling, Pitching of the Bar, Quoiting, &c. or Slights of Hand, Tricks, Legerdemain, &c.

Feats of Chivalry, Exploits of War, Riding the great Horse, Tilting, Tournaments, Running at the Ring, &c.

Feather-bed-lane, any bad Road, but particularly that betwixt Dunchurch and Daintrie. He has a Feather in his Cap, a Periphrasis for a Fool. Play with a Feather, of things that are gamesom and full of Play, as Kittens and Kids. To Feather his Nest, to enrich himself by indirect means, or at the Expence of others. Fine Feathers make fine Birds, Gay Cloaths make fine Folks.

Feble, the narrowest Part of the Sword-blade nearest the Point.

Feinting, or Falsifying, to deceive the Adversary, by pretending to thrust in one Place, and really doing it in another.

Fence, c. to Spend or Lay out. Fence his Hog, c. to Spend his Shilling. A Fence, c. a Receiver and Securer of Stolen-goods.

Fencing Cully, c. a Broker, or Receiver of Stolen-goods.

Fencing-ken, c. the Magazine, or Ware-house, where Stolen-goods are secured.

Ferme, c. a Hole.

Fermerly Beggers, c. all those that have not the Sham-sores or Cleymes.

Ferret, c. a Tradesman that sells Goods to young Unthrifts, upon Trust at excessive Rates.

Ferreted, c. Cheated; also driven out of Holes and lurking Places, and hunted as Conies, by a little, Fierce, red-eyed Beast. Hence Ferret eyed, or Eyes as red as a Ferret.

Fetch, a Trick or Wheedle. A meer Fetch, that is far fetched, or brought in by Head and Shoulders.

Fetids, Vegetables, or Animals, rank and strong-scented; as Garlick, Assa fœtida, &c. Pole-cats, Foxes, Goats, &c.

Fewmets, Deers Excrements.

Fib, c. to beat; also a little Lie.

Fib the Cove’s quarons in the Rum-pad, for the Lour in his Bung, c. Beat the Man in the High-way lustily for the Money in his Purse.

Fickle, mutable, or changeable, of many Minds in a short time.

Fiddle, c. a Writ to Arrest.

Fiddle-faddle, meer silly Stuff, or Nonsense; Idle, Vain Discourse.

Fidlers-pay, Thanks and Wine.

Filch, c. to Steal.

Filchers, c. Thieves, Robbers. A good Filch, c. a Staff, of Ash or Hazel, with a Hole through, and a Spike at the bottom, to pluck Cloathes from a Hedge or any thing out of a Casement.

Filching-cove, c. a Man-thief.

Filching-mort, c. a Woman-thief.

File, c. to Rob, or Cheat. The File, c. a Pick-pocket.

Fine-mouth’d, nice, dainty.

Finical, spruce, neat.

Finify, to trick up or dress sprucely.

Fire-drakes, Men with a Phenix for their Badge, in Livery, and Pay from the Insurance-Office, to extinguish Fires, covering their Heads with an Iron-pot, or Head-piece; also a Fiery Meteor, being a great unequal Exhalation inflamed between a Hot and a Cold Cloud.

Fire-ship, a Pockey Whore.

Fire-side, a Health to the Wife and Children.

Firkin of foul Stuff, a very Homely coarse corpulent Woman.

Fishing Bill, in Chancery, to make what Discoveries may be. Who Cries Stinking Fish? or who dispraises his own Ware? Good Fish when it is Caught, of what is not got so soon as reckoned upon. All is Fish that comes to Net, of him that flies boldly at all Game. I have other Fish to Fry, I am otherwise taken up, engag’d, or have other Business on my Hands.

Fixen, a froward, peevish Child; also a She-Fox.

Fizzle, a little or low-sounding Fart.

Flabby, flimsy, not sound, firm or solid.

Flagg, c. a Groat; also a coarse rough Stone us’d in Paving. To Flagg, to fall off, droop, decline, or fail; also to suspend or let fall a Suit or Prosecution. The Flag of Defiance is out, (among the Tarrs) the Fellow’s Face is very Red, and he is Drunk.

Flam, a Trick, or Sham-story.

Flanderkin, a very large Fat Man or Horse; also Natives of that Country.

Flanders-fortunes, of small Substance.

Flanders-pieces, Pictures that look fair at a distance, but coarser near at Hand.

Flapdragon, a Clap or Pox.

Flare, to Shine or glare like a Comet or Beacon.

Flash, c. a Periwig. Rum Flash, c. a long, full, high-priz’d Wig. Queer Flash, c. a sorry weather-beaten Wig, not worth Stealing, fit only to put on a Pole or dress a Scare-Crow. Flash-ken, c. a House where Thieves use, and are connived at.

Flasque, a Bottle (or it’s resemblance) of Sand, bound about with Iron, into which the melted Metal is by Coyners and others poured; also a Pottle or five Pints and half, that quantity, formerly of Florence, now of any Wine; A Box for Gun-powder; a Carriage for Ordinance; an Arch-line somewhat distant from the corner of the Chief, and swelling by degrees toward the middle of the Escutcheon.

Flat, dead Drink; also dull Poetry or Discourse.

Flavour, Scent of Fruits; as Peaches, Quinces, &c. Or of Wines, as Rhenish, Canary, &c.

Flaunting, tearing-fine. To Flaunt it, to Spark it, or Gallant it.

Flaw, a water-flaw and a crack in Chrystals, as well as a speck in Gemms and Stones.

Flaw’d, c. Drunk.

Flay, to flea or skinn. He’ll flay a Flint, of a meer Scrat or Miser.

Flear, to grinn. A Flearing Fool, a grinning silly Fellow.

Fleece, to Rob, Plunder or Strip; also Wooll, the true Golden-Fleece of England, a clear Spring, or Flowing Fountain of Wealth.

Fleet, swift of Wing or Foot, in flight or Course, used not only of Birds upon the Wing, but of winged Arrows, resembling them in Flight.

Flegmatic, dull, heavy. A Flegmatic Fellow, a drowsy insipid Tool, an ill Companion.

Flesh-broker, a Match-maker; also a Bawd; between whom but little difference, for they both (usually) take Money.

Flibustiers, West-Indian Pirates, or Buckaneers, Free-booters.

Flicker, c. a Drinking Glass. Flicker snapt, c. the Glass is broken. Nim the Flicker, c. Steal the Glass. Rum Flicker, c. a large Glass or Rummer. Queer Flicker, c. a Green or ordinary Glass. To Flicker, to grin or flout. Flickering, grinning or laughing in a Man’s Face.

Flicking, c. to cut, cutting.

Flick me some Panam and Cash, c. cut me some Bread and Cheese.

Flick the Peeter, c. cut off the Cloak-bag or Port-manteau.

Flip, Sea Drink, of small Beer, (chiefly) and Brandy, sweetned and Spiced upon occasion: A Kan of Sir. Clously, is among the Tarrs, a Kan of choice Flip, with a Lemon squeez’d in, and the Pill hung round.

Flippant, pert and full of Prattle.

Flimsy, flabby, not firm, sound or solid.

Flocks and Herds, Flocks are of lesser Cattel, Herds are of Black Cattel, a Flock of Sheep or Goats, and sometimes of Birds, as Pidgeons; and in Imitation of the Gregarious Creatures, Men, that are sociable, are said to follow and flock after one another as Sheep, or to flock together to see Shows and Spectacles.

Flog, c. to Whip Flog’d, c. severely Lasht.

Flogging-cove, c. the Beadle, or Whipper in Bridewell, or any such Place.

Flogging-stake, c. a Whipping-post.

Flogg’d at the Tumbler, c. Whipt ac the Cart’s Arse.

Flogging, c. a Naked Woman’s whipping (with Rods) an Old (usually) and (sometimes) a Young Lecher. As the Prancer drew the Queer-Cove, at the cropping of the Rotan, the Rum Pads of the Rum vile, and was Flogg’d by the Rum Cove, c. the Rogue was dragg’d at the Cart’s tail through the chief Streets of London, and was soundly Whipt by the Hangman.

Florence, a Wench that is touz’d and ruffled.

Florentine, a made Dish of Minced Meats, Currans, Spice, Eggs, &c. Bak’d.

Flounce, to toss, to fling and flounce, to fling and toss.

Flout, a jeer, to flout or jeer.

Flummery, a cleansing Dish made of Oatmeal boyl’d in Water to a kind of Jelly or Consistence and strained.

Flush in the Pocket, c. full of Money. The Cull is flush in the Fob, the Spark’s Pocket is well Lined with Money. Flushing in the Face, a frequent redning, occasion’d by a sudden Question, surprize, and also from a distemper’d Liver.

Flustered, Drunk.

Flute, c. the Recorder of London, or of any other Town.

Flutter, or Flie low, anciently to Flitter, hence a Flitter-mouse or Bat; as much as to say, a Flying Mouse, as an Owl is a Flying-Cat.

Flyers, c. Shoes.

Flying-Camps, Beggers plying in Bodies at Funerals.

Fob, c. a cheat, trick; also a little Pocket.

Fob off, slyly to cheat or deceive.

Fogus, c. Tobacco. Tip me gage of Fogus, c. give me a Pipe of Tobacco.

Foiling, the Footing of Deer on the Grass, scarce seen.

Folks, the Servants, or ordinary People, as Country-folks, Harvest-Folks, Work-folks, &c. The Folks Bread or Pudding, for the coarsest Bread or Pudding.

Fool’s Coat, or Colours, a Motley of incongruous Colours too near a Kin to match, as Red and Yellow, which is the Fool’s Coat with us, as Blew and Green is with the French. A Fool’s-Coat, a Tulip so called, striped with Red and Yellow.

Fools-Cap, a sort of Paper so called.

Footman’s Mawnd, c. an artificial Sore made with unslack’d Lime, Soap and the Rust of old Iron; on the Back of a Begger’s hand, as if hurt by the bite or kick of a Horse.

Foot-pad, c. see Low-pad, for one Foot in the Grave, a Pariphrasis an old Man. He has the length of his Foot.

Fop, Foppish, one that is singular or affected in Dress, Gestures, &c.

Foplin, the same, only younger.

Forebode, to presage, betoken or fore-show.

Foreboding-signs, tokens, Presages of ill Luck; as spilling of the Salt, a Hare’s crossing the Way; Croaking of Ravens; Screaking of Screach-Owls. Or of ill Weather, either natural Signs or artificial; as, Aches, Corns, Cry of a Peacock, Water-galls, Weather-Glasses, &c.

Forecast, contrivance or laying a design; Precaution, or the Wisdom of Prevention, which is beyond the Wisdom of Remedy. To Forecast, to contrive, or digest Matters for Execution.

Foreman of the Jury, he that engrosses all the Talk to himself.

Forestall, to antedate or anticipate.

Fork, c. a Pick-pocket. Let’s fork him, c. let us Pick that Man’s Pocket, the newest and most dextrous way: It is, to thrust the Fingers, strait, stiff, open, and very quick into the Pocket, and so closing them, hook what can be held between them.

Fork is often Rakes Heir, or after a scraping Father comes a scattering Son.

Forlorn-hope, c. losing Gamesters; also in another Sense, a Party of Soldiers, &c. put upon the most desperate Service.

Fort, the broad Part of the Sword-blade nearest to the Hilt.

Fortune, a rich Maid, or wealthy Widdow, an Heiress.

Fortune-hunters, Pursuers of such to obtain them in Marriage. A Creature of Fortune, one that Lives by his Wits. A Soldier of Fortune, the Heir of his own Right-hand as the Spaniards call him. A Gamester of Fortune, one that Lives by shaking his Elbow. He has made his Fortune, he has got a good Estate.

Fortune-Tellers, c. the Judges of Life and Death, so called by the Canting Crew: Also Astrologers, Physiognomists, Chiromancers, &c.

Founder’d, { Horse, Lame.

{ Ship at sea, that sprung a Leak and Sunk down-right.

Foundling, a Child dropt in the Streets for the Parish (the most able) to keep.

Foul Jade, an ordinary coarse Woman.

Foul Wine, when it stinks; also when unfine, or Lees flying in the Glass.

Fox, the second Year; also a sharp cunning Fellow. Fox’d, Drunk. He has caught a Fox, he is very Drunk. An old Fox, after the second Year; also a subtil old Fellow; also an old broad Sword. A Fox-blade, a Sword-blade with a Fox (or some thing like it) Grav’d on it, esteem’d good Metal.

Foxkennelleth, Lodgeth.

Foy, a farewell or taking leave, usually a Parting-glass. To Pay his Foy, to make his Friends Merry, before he leaves them.

Foyl-cloy, c. a Pick-pocket, a Thief, a Rogue.

Foyst, c. a Cheat, a Rogue; also a close strong Stink, without Noise or Report.

Fraters, c. the eighth Order of Canters, such as Beg with a Sham-patents or Briefs for Spitals, Prisons, Fires, &c.

Fray, an Encounter, or Disorder. Better come at the latter end of a Feast, than the beginning of a Fray. To Fray, to scare or frighten; also to break or crack in wearing. Hence frail, brittle or soon broke; and when Deer rub and push their Heads against Trees to get the pells of their new Horns off.

Freak, a Whim or Maggot.

Freakish, Fantastic, Whimsical, Capricious.

Freameth, see Wild Boar.

Free-booters, Lawless Robbers, and Plunderers; also Soldiers serving for that Privilege without Pay, and Inroaders.

Freeholder, he whose Wife goes with him to the Ale-house; also he that has to the Value of Fourty Shillings (or more) a Year in Land.

Freeze, a thin, small, hard Cyder much us’d by Vintners and Coopers in parting their Wines, to lower the Price of them, and to advance their Gain.

French Gout, the Pox. A blow with a French Faggot Stick, when the Nose is fallen by the Pox.

Frenchified, in the French Interest or Mode; also Clapt or Poxt.

Fresh-man, a Novice, in the University.

Fresh-water-seamen, that have never been on the Salt, or made any Voyage, meer Land-Men.

Fret, to fume or chafe; also Wine in fermenting is said to be upon the Fret.

Fricassee, any Fried Meats, but chiefly of Rabbets.

Friggat, well rigg’d, a Woman well Drest and Gentile.

Frigid, a weak disabled Husband, cold, impotent.

Frippery, old Clothes.

Froe, c. for Urowe, (Dutch) a Wife, Mistress, or Whore. Brush to your Froe, (or Bloss,) and wheedle for Crap, c. whip to your Mistress and speak her fair to give, or lend you some Money.

Frog-landers, Dutchmen.

Frolicks, lewd or merry Pranks, pleasant Rambles, and mad Vagaries.

Frummagem’d, c. choaked.

Frump, a dry Bob, or Jest.

Fuants, Excrements of all Vermin.

Fubbs, a loving, fond Word used to prety little Children and Women; also the Name of a Yacht.

Fuddle, Drink. This is Rum fuddle, c. this is excellent Tipple.

Fuddle-cap, a Drunkard.

Fulsom, is a Nauseous sort of Excess; as fulsom fat, loathsom fat, or fat to loathing. Fulsom flattery, nauseous or gross Flattery laid on too thick; as Embroidery too thick Laid on is dawbing with Gold or Silver-lace.

Fumbler, an unperforming Husband, one that is insufficient, a weak Brother.

Fumblers-Hall, the Place where such are to be put for their Nonperformance.

Fun, c. a Cheat, or slippery Trick; also an Arse. What do you fun me? Do you think to Sharp or Trick me? I’ll Kick your fun, c. I’ll Kick your Arse. He put the Fun upon the Cull, c. he sharp’d the Fellow. I Funn’d him, c. I was too hard for him, I out-witted or rook’d him.

Fund, or Fond, a Bank, or Stock or Exchequer of Money, or Moneys worth; also a Bottom or Foundation.

A Staunch Fund, a good Security.

Funk, c. Tobacco Smoak; also a strong Smell or Stink. What a Funk here is! What a thick Smoak of Tobacco is here! Here’s a damn’d Funk, here’s a great Stink.

Furbish-up, to Scrub-up, to Scowre, or Refresh old Armour, &c. He is mightily Furbish’d up on a suddain, when a Man not accustom’d to wear fine Cloaths, gets a good Suit on his Back.

Fur-men, c. Aldermen.

Fussocks, a meer Fussocks, a Lazy Fat-Ars’d Wench. A Fat Fussocks, a Fulsom, Fat, Strapping Woman.

Fustian-verse, Verse in Words of lofty Sound, and humble Sense.

Fustiluggs, a Fulsom, Beastly, Nasty Woman.

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Gad up and down, to Fidle and Fisk, to run a Gossiping.

Gadding-Gossips, way-going Women, Fidging and Fisking every where. A Gad of Steel.

Gag, c. to put Iron-pinns into the Mouths of the Robbed, to hinder them Crying out.

Gage, c. a Pot or Pipe. Tip me a Gage, c. give me a Pot or Pipe or Hand hither, the Pot or Pipe.

Gallant, a very fine Man; also a Man of Metal, or a brave Fellow; also one that Courts or keeps, or is Kept by a Mistress. Gallant a Fan, to break it with Design, or Purpose to have the Opportunity and Favour to Present a better.

Gambals, Christmas Gamballs, merry Frolicks or Pranks.

Game, c. Bubbles drawn in to be cheated, also at a Bawdy-house, Lewd Women. Have ye any Game Mother? Have ye any Whores Mistress Bawd, and in another Sense. What you game me? c. do you jeer me, or pretend to expose me, to make a May-game of me.

Gamesome, Wanton, Frolicksom, Playful.

Gan, c. a Mouth.

Ganns, c. the Lipps.

Gang, an ill Knot or Crew of Thieves, Pick-pockets or Miscreants; also a Society of Porters under a Regulation, and to go.

Gape-feed, whatever the gazing Crowd idly stares and gapes after; as Puppet-shows, Rope-dancers, Monsters, and Mountebanks, any thing to feed the Eye.

Garish, gaudy, tawdry, bedawbed with Lace, or all bedeck’t with mismatcht, or staring Colours.

Garnish-money, what is customarily spent among the Prisoners at first coming in.

Gaume, see Paume.

Gaunt, lank, thin, hollow.

Gears, Rigging or Accoutrements. Head-gear, the Linnen or dress of the Head. In his Gears, ready Rigg’d or Drest. Out of his Gears, out of Kelter, or out of sorts.

Gee. It wont Gee, it won’t Hit, or go.

Gelt, c. Money. There is no Gelt to be got, c. Trading is very Dead.

Gentian-wine, Drank for a Whet before Dinner.

Gentry-cove, c. a Gentleman.

Gentry-cove-ken, c. a Nobleman’s or Gentleman’s House.

Gentry-mort, c. a Gentlewoman.

George, c. a half Crown piece. He tipt me Forty Georges for my Earnest; c. he paid me Five Pounds for my Share or Snack.

Gibbrish, the Canting Tongue, or Jargon.

Gig, c. a Nose; also a Woman’s Privities. Snichel the Gig, c. Fillip the Fellow on the Nose. A young Gig, a wanton Lass.

Gigger, c. a Door. Dub the Gigger, c. open the Door with the Pick-lock that we may go in and Rob the House.

Giglers, c. wanton Women. Gigling, Laughing loud and long.

Gill, a Quartern (of Brandy, Wine, &c.) also a homely Woman. Every Jack must have his Gill. There’s not so Ord’nary a Gill, but there’s at Sorry a Jack. Gill-ale, Physic-ale.

Gillflurt, a proud, Minks.

Gilt, c. a Pick-lock; also a Slut or light Housewife.

Gimcrack, a spruce Wench; also a Bauble or Toy.

Ginger-bread, Money.

Gingerly, gently, softly, easily.

Gin, a snare or nooze, to catch Birds, as a spring is to catch Hares.

Gingumbobs, Toies or Baubles.

Ginny, c. an Instrument to lift up a Grate, the better to Steal what is in the Window.

Gipp, to cure or cleanse Herrings in order to Pickling.

Girds, Taunts, Quips, Gibes or Jeers. Bitter Girds, Biting sharp Reflections. Under his Girdle, within his Power, or at his Beck. If you are angry, you may turn the Buckle of your Girdle be hind you, to one Angry for a small Matter, and whose Anger is as little valued.

Give Nature a Fillip, to Debauch a little now and then with Women, or Wine.

Glade, Shade.

Glance of an Eye, a Cast of the Eye; at the first Glance, at a Brush or at the first Cast.

Glanders, filthy yellow Snot at (Horses) Noses, caught from Cold.

Glare, a Glister; also the weak Light of a Comet, Candle, or Glow-worm. To Glare, or blaze like a Comet, or Candle. Hence Glore, as Pottage Glore, or Shine with Fat.

Glaive, a Bill or Sword.

Glaver, to Fawn and Flatter. A Glavering Fellow, a False Flattering Fellow.

Glaze, c. the Window.

Glazier, c. one that creeps in at Casements, or unrips Glass-windows to Filch and Steal.

Glaziers, c. Eyes. The Cove has Rum Glaziers, c. that Rogue has excellent Eyes, or an Eye like a Cat.

Glee, Mirth, Pastime.

Gleam, a weak or waterish Light; hence a Glimmering or Twinkling of a Star.

Glib, Smooth, without a Rub. Glib tongued Voluble, ready or Nimble tongued.

Glim, c. a Dark-Lanthorn used in Robbing Houses; also to burn in the Hand. As the Cull was Glimm’d, he gangs to the Nubb, c. if the Fellow has been Burnt in the Hand, he’ll be Hang’d now.

Glimfenders, c. Andirons. Rum Glimfenders, Silver Andirons.

Glimflashy, c. angry or in a Passion. The Cull is Glimflashy, c. the Fellow is in a Heat.

Glimmer, c. Fire.

Glimjack, c. a Link-boy.

Glimmerer, c. the Twenty second Rank of the Canting Tribe, begging with Sham Licences, pretending to Losses by Fire, &c.

Glimstick, c. a Candlestick. Rum Glimsticks, c. Silver Candlesticks. Queer Glimsticks, c. Brass, Pewter or Iron Candlesticks.

Glow, either to Shine or be Warm, as Glow-worm from the first, and glowing of the Cheeks, or glowing of Fire, with relation to the last.

Goads, c. those that Wheedle in Chaomen for Horse-coursers.

Goalers-Coach, a Hurdle.

Goat, a Lecher, or very Lascivious Person.

Goatish, Lecherous, Wanton, Lustful.

Gob, c. the Mouth; also a Bit or Morsel; hence Gobbets, now more in use for little Bits; as a Chop of Meat is a good Cut. Gift of the Gob, a wide, open Mouth; also a good Songster, or Singing-master.

God’s Penny, Earnest Money, to bind a Bargain.

Gold-droppers, Sweetners, Cheats, Sharpers.

Going upon the Dub, c. Breaking a House with Picklocks.

Gold-finch, c. he that has alwaies a Purse or Cod of Gold in his Fob.

Gold-finders, Emptiers of Jakes or Houses of Office.

Good Fellow, a Pot-companion or Friend of the Bottle.

Goose, or Goose-cap, a Fool. Find fault with a Fat Goose, or without a Cause. Go Shoe the Goose. Fie upon Pride when Geese go Bare-legg’d. He’ll be a Man among the Geese when the Gander is gon, or a Man before his Mother. A Tayler’s Goose Roasted, a Red-hot smoothing Iron, to Close the Seams. Hot and heavy like a Tayler’s Goose, may be applied to a Passionate Coxcomb.