Chapter M (2)

_Rovers_, Pirates, Wanderers, Vagabonds. _To Shoot at Rovers_, at Random. _To Rove about_, to wander idly up and down.

_Rough_, Unpolisht, Unmannerly, Uncouth. _To lie Rough_, in one’s Clothes all Night.

_Round-dealing_, Plain, Honest Dealing.

_Round-summ_, a Lusty-Summ.

_Round-heads_, the Parliamentarian Party in the great Rebellion, that begun 1641.

_Rout_, (of Wolves) a Company.

_Rouse_, (the Buck) Dislodge him.

_Rawland-for-an-Oliver_, to give as good as he brought.

_Roysters_, c. rude, Roaring Rogues.

_Rub_, c. to Run away. _A Rub_, an Impediment, Obstacle, Hinderance, Stop, or Difficulty. _Rub on_, to Live indifferently. _Rub’d off_, c. Broke, and run away. _Rub through the World_, to Live Tollerably well in it.

_Rubbers_, Two (and sometimes Three) Games to make up; also a Rencounter with drawn Sword, and Reflections made upon any one.

_Rub-rub_, us’d on Greens when the Bowl Flees too fast, to have it forbear, if Words wou’d do it.

_Rub-up_, or refresh the Memory.

_Rub-up_, or Scower Armour, _&c._

_Rubs us to the Whit_, c. sends us to Newgate.

_Ruby-face_, very red.

_Ruck_, a Bumble, or Heap.

_Rud_, a small Fish with a forked Tail, between which and the Roach, there is much about the same difference, as between the Herring and the Pilchard.

_Ruff_, an old-fashioned double Band; also a noted Bird, and a Fish, Pope, like a small Pearch, and when the Hawk hits the Prey, and yet not Trusses it.

_Ruffin_, c. the Devil; also a Justice of Peace, and also an Assasin.

_Rufflers_, c. the first Rank of Canters; also notorious Rogues. _To Ruffle_, to disorder any thing.

_Ruff-mans_, c. the Woods or Bushes.

_Ruff-peck_, c. Bacon. _As the Ruffin nab the Cuffin queere, and let the Harmanbeck Trime with his Kinchins about his Colquarron_, c. let the Devil take Justice, and let the Constable Hang with his Children about his Neck.

_Ruffter-hood_, a plain and easy Leather-hood worn by a Hawk, when first drawn.

_Rug._ _It’s all Rug_, c. the Game is secured.

_Rum_, c. gallant, Fine, Rich, best or excellent; also a West-Indian Drink stronger than Brandy, drawn from Dreggs of Sugar for the most part, yet sometimes from Fruits, and Rows of Fish; best when old, much us’d in Punch.

_Rumly_, c. bravely, cleaverly, delicately, &c.

_Rum-booze_, c. Wine; also very good or strong Drink.

_Rum-boozing-Welts_, c. bunches of Grapes.

_Rum-beck_, c. any Justice of the Peace.

_Rum-bob_, c. a young Prentice; also a sharp, sly Trick, and a pretty short Wig.

_Rum-bite_, c. a cleaver Cheat, a neat Trick.

_Rum-bleating cheat_, c. a very fat Weather.

_Rum-blower_, c. a very Handsom Mistress, kept by a particular Man.

_Rum-bluffer_, c. a jolly Host, Inn-keeper, or Victualler.

_Rum-bughar_, c. a very Pretty and Valuable Dog.

_Rum-bung_, c. a full Purse.

_Rum-bubber_, c. a cleaver or dextrous Fellow at Stealing Silver-Tankards (formerly) from Publick Houses.

_Rum-cod_, c. a good Purse of Gold, or round Summ of Money.

_Rum cove_, c. a great Rogue.

_Rum-cul_, c. a rich Fool, that can be easily _Bit_, or Cheated by any body; also one that is very generous and kind to a Mistress, and as

_Rum-chub_, c. which is (among the Butchers) one that is easily perswaded to believe what they say of the Goodness, and also to give them an extraod’nary Price for their Meat, a very ignorant Market-man or Woman, that Laies out a great deal of Money with, and is _Bit_ by them.

_Rum-clout_, c. a Silk, fine Cambrick, or Holland Handkerchief.

_Rum-cole_, c. new Money, or Medals, curiously Coyn’d.

_Rum-dropper_, c. a Vintner.

_Rum-duke_, c. a jolly handsom Man. _Rum-dutchess_, c. a jolly handsom Woman. _Rum-dukes_, c. the boldest or stoutest Fellows (lately) amongst the _Alsatians_, _Minters_, _Savoyards_, &c. Sent for to remove and guard the Goods of such Bankrupts as intended to take Sanctuary in those Places.

_Rum-doxy_, c. a Beautiful Woman, or light Lady.

_Rum-degen_, c. a Silver-hilted or inlaid Sword.

_Rum-dell_, c. as _Rumdoxy_.

_Rum-diver_, c. an compleat, or cleaver Pick-pocket.

_Rum-drawers_, c. Silk Stockings, or very fine Worsted Hose.

_Rum-dubber_, c. an experienc’d or expert Picker of Locks.

_Rumford-Lyon_, a Calf.

_Rum-fun_, c. a cleaver Cheat, or sharp Trick.

_Rum-file_, c. as _Rum-diver_.

_Rum-gutlers_, c. Canary-Wine.

_Rum-glymmar_, c. King or Chief of the Link-boies.

_Rum-ghelt_, c. as _Rum-cole_.

_Rum-hopper_, c. a Drawer. _Rum-hopper, tip us presently a Boozing-cheat of Rum-gutlers_, c. Drawer fill us presently a Bottle of the best Canary.

_Rum-kicks_, c. Silver or Gold Brocade Breeches, or very rich with Gold or Silver Galoon.

_Rum-mawn’d_, c. one that Counterfeits himself a Fool.

_Rum-mort_, c. a Queen or great Lady.

_Rum-nab_, c. a Beaver, or very good Hat.

_Rum-ned_, c. a very silly Fellow.

_Rum-nantz_, c. true French Brandy.

_Rum-pad_, c. the Highway.

_Rum-padders_, c. the better sort of Highway-men, well Mounted and Armed.

_Rum-peepers_, c. a Silver Looking-glass.

_Rump-and-Kidney Men_, c. Fidlers that Play at Feasts, Fairs, Weddings, _&c._ And Live chiefly on the Remnants of Victuals.

_Rumbling_, the rolling of Thunder, motion of a Wheel-barrow, or the noise in the Gutts.

_Rum-prancer_, c. a very beautiful Horse.

_Rum-quidds_, c. a great Booty, or large Snack.

_Rum-ruff peck_, c. Westphalia-Ham.

_Rum-squeeze_, c. much Wine or good Liquor given among the Fidlers.

_Rum-snitch_, c. a good fillip on the Nose.

_Rum-tol_, c. as Rum degen, the newest Cant of the two.

_Rum-tilter_, c. as _Rumtol_.

_Rum-topping_, c. a rich commode or Head-dress.

_Rum-ville_, c. _London_.

_Rum-wiper_, c. as _Rum-clout_.

_Run-ryot_, to turn Spark, and run out of all; also when Hounds run at a whole Herd of Deer.

_Running-stationers_, Hawkers, or those that cry News and Books about the Streets.

_Runt_, a little, short, truss Man or Beast.

_Runts_, Canary-Birds above three Years old.

_Runner_, c. as _Budge_; also a Galley, or nimble Vessel, to make quick Voyages, as also to escape Privateers, Pirates, _&c._

_Rup_, a filthy Boil, or Swelling on the Rump of Poultry, Corrupting the whole Body, Cured with Salt and Water.

_Rustic_, a clownish Country Fellow.

_Rustygutts_, an old blunt Fellow.

_Rutt_, Copulation (of Deer.)

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_Sack_, c. a Pocket. _Dive into his Sack_, c. to Pick his Pocket.

_Sails_, Hawk’s Wings; also Windmill-wings. _How you Sail about?_ How you Santer about?

_Salamander_, a Bomb-vessel; also a certain Creature (said) to Live in the Fire, and a Stone (lately) found in _Pensylvania_ full of Cotton, which will not (as a modern Author affirms) consume in the Fire; and a red-hot Iron to light Tobacco with.

_Sales-men_, Brokers who sell Cattel for the Graziers to the Butchers, before, and at the Beast-Market; also Sellers of ready-made Cloaths.

_Salesman’s-dog_, the same as _Barker_.

_Sally_, a fit of Passion, or Humor.

_Salmon_, c. the Beggers Sacrament or Oath.

_Salt_, Lecherous, Proud. _To come after with Salt and Spoons_, of one that is none of the Hastings.

_Salt-cel_, a Rope’s end used to Drub the Boies and Sailors on board of Ship.

_Salvages_, Barbarous People, Inhabiting near the Sea-Coasts in the Maritim Counties, who make a Prey of what the Sea has (in Pity) spared, Living upon the Spoil of Shipwrecks.

_Samlets_, so called the Spring following after they are Spawn’d, and tho’ then but a little bigger than a Minnow, will (as Authors say) grow to be a Salmon in as short a time as a Goslin will to be a Goose.

_Sandy-pate_, one red-hair’d.

_Sap-pate_, a Fool.

_Saunter_, to loiter Idly, a Term borrowed from those Religious Counterfeits, who under the colour of Pilgrimages, to the _Holy Land_, us’d to get many Charities, crying still, _Sainct terre, Sainct terre_, having nothing but the Holy Land in their Mouths, tho’ they stay’d alwaies at Home.

_Saucy_, impudent, bold. _More sauce than Pig_, _Your Sauce-Pan runs over_, you are exceeding bold.

_Sawny_, a Fool. _He’s a meer Sawny_, he is very soft, tho’ (in Scotch) it is only for Alexander.

_Scab_, a sorry Wench, or Scoundril-Fellow.

_Scamper_, c. to run away, or Scowre off, either from Justice, as Thieves, Debtors, Criminals, that are pursued; or from ill fortune, as Soldiers that are repulst or worsted.

_Scandalous_, c. a Periwig.

_Scandal-proof_, a thorough pao’d _Alsatian_, or _Minter_, one harden’d or past Shame.

_Shift the Scene_, call a new Cause, or change the Discourse.

_School-butter_, a Whipping. _I School’d him_, I chid him severely.

_School of Venus_, c. a Bawdy-house.

_Sconce_, _to build a large Sconce_, to run deep upon Tick, or Trust.

_Scotch-bobby_, a little sorry, scrubbed, low Horse of that Country.

_Scotch mist_, a sober, soaking Rain.

_Scoundrel_, a Hedge-bird or sorry Scab.

_Scoure_, c. to wear. _To Scoure the Cramp-rings_, c. to wear Boks.

_Scout_, c. a Watch.

_Scowre_, c. to run away or scamper. _Let us Scowre, or we shall be Boned_, c. let us run away or we shall be Taken.

_Scowrers_, c. Drunkards, beating the Watch, breaking Windows, clearing the Streets, &c.

_Scrip_, c. a shred or scrap of Paper. _As the Cully did freely blot the Scrip, and sipt me 40 Hogs_, c. one enter’d into Bond with me for 40 Shillings.

_Scrub_, a Ragamuffin.

_Scrubado_, the Itch.

_Scrape all_, a Money-Scrivener: also a miserable Wretch, or griping Fellow.

_Screw_, _to Screw one up_, to exact upon one, or Squeeze one in a Bargain or Reckoning.

_Scud_, the course or motion of the Clouds, in Fleeting.

_Scud-away_, to Sail, Ride, or Run very fast.

_Scumm_, the Riff-Raff, or Tagrag and Long-tail. _Rake Hell and Shim the Devil._

_Scut_, the Tail of a Hare or Coney.

_Scuttle_, to run away; also a square hole to go down through the Deck.

_Sealer_, c. one that gives Bonds and Judgments for Goods and Money.

_Season of Beasts_, a Hart or Buck begins at the end of Fencer-Month, 15 Days after Midsumer-day, and lasteth till Holyrood-day. The Fox till Christmass, and lasteth till the Annuntiation of the blessed Virgin. The Hinde or Doe at Holyrood-day, till Candlemass. The Roe-buck at Easter, till Michaelmas. The Roe at Michaelmas till Candlemass. The Hare at Michaelmas, till the end of _February_. The Wolf from Christmas, till the Annunciation of the blessed Virgin. The Boar at Christmass, and continues to the Purification of our Lady.

_Second-sighted_, such as (they say) can, and do see Spirits, Apparitions, _&c._

_Secret_, _let into the secret_, c. when one is drawn in at Horse-racing, Cock-fighting, Bowling, and other Sports or Games, and _Bit_.

_Seeling_, when a Hawk first taken, is so blinded with a Thred run through the Eye-lids, that she Seeth not, or very little, the better to make her endure the Hood; also a sudden healing forced by the motion of the Sea or Wind.

_Seraglio_, a Bawdy-house; also the Great Turk’s Palace.

_Seraglietto_, a lowsy, sorry Bawdy-house, a meer Dog-hole.

_Setters_, or _Setting-dogs_, they that draw in _Bubbles_, for old Gamesters to Rook; also a Sergeant’s Yeoman, or Bailiff’s Follower, or Second, and an Excize-Officer to prevent the Brewers defrauding the King.

_Sewet_, Deer’s Grease.

_Shabby_, in poor, sorry Rigging.

_Shabberoon_, a Ragamuffin.

_Shab’d-off_, sneakt, or slid away.

_Shaftsbury_, a Gallon-pot full of Wine, with a Cock.

_Shag-bag_, a poor, shabby Fellow.

_Shallow-pate_, a foolish silly, empty Fellow.

_Sham_, c. a Cheat, or Trick. _Cut a Sham_, c. to play a Rogue’s Trick.

_Shamble-legg’d_, one that goes wide, and shuffles his Feet about, _Shake your Shambles_ haste, begon.

_Shameless_, a bold forward Blade.

_Shanks_, Leggs. _There’s Shanks_, there’s ill Leggs.

_Shanker_, a little Scab or Pox on the Nut or Glans of the Yard.

_Shappeau_, c. or _Shappo_, c. for _Chappeau_, a Hat, the newest Cant _Nab_ being very old, and grown too common.

_Shapee_, said (often) to an ill-made Man. _Show your Shaper_, turn about, march off, be gone. _Great in more Shapes_, great in more Professions, or Capacities. _Great in all Shapes_, great in all the Branches of any one, or more Professions: As, great in all the Parts or Branches of the Law; (an universal Lawyer). Great in all the Parts or Branches of Learning; (an universal Scholar).

_Shark_, c. a Sharper; also a Large voracious Fish.

_Sharper_, c. a Cheat, one that Lives by his Witts.

_Sharp_, subtil, ready, quick or nimble-witted, forward, of lively Apprehension; also Poor and Needy.

_Sharpers-tools_, c. false Dice.

_Sharp-set_, very Hungry.

_Shaver_, a _Cunning_

_Shaver_, a subtil, smart Fellow. _He Shaves close_, he gripes, squeezes, or extorts very severely.

_Shavings_, c. the Clippings of Money.

_She is with Cub_, when the Fox hath Young ones in her.

_She-napper_, c. a Woman Thief-catcher; also a Cock, (he) or Hen (she) Bawd, a Procuress and Debaucher of young Virgins; a Maiden-head-jobber.

_Sheep-biter_, a poor, sorry, sneaking, ill-lookt Fellow.

_Sheepish_, (Fellow) bashful, peaking.

_Sheep’s-head_, a Fool, a Block-head.

_Sheep-shearers_, c. Cheats.

_Shie_, coy, squeamish, cold, or averse.

_Shock_, a Brunt. _To stand the Shock_, to bear the brunt.

_Shocking_, what is offensive, grating, grievous.

_Shop_, c. a prison.

_Shopt_, c. imprison’d.

_Shop-lift_, c. one that Steals under pretence of Cheap’ning.

_Shoe-makers-stocks_, pincht with strait Shoes. _No Man knows where the Shoe pinches but he that wears it_, or another’s Cross like him that bears it. _Who goes worse Shod than the Shoe-maker’s Wife?_ _One Shoe will not fit all Feet_, Men are not all of a Size, nor all Conveniences of a Last. _To throw an old Shoe after one_, or wish them good Luck in their Business.

_Short-pots_, false, cheating Potts used at Ale-houses, and Brandy-shops.

_Shot_, _Shotlings_, large, lean Piggs bought to fatten. _To Pay one’s Shot_, to Pay one’s Club or Proportion.

_Shot ’twixt Wind and Water_, Clapt, or Poxt.

_Shoulder-clapper_, c. a Sergeant or Bailiff.

_Shoulder-sham_, c. a Partner to a File.

_Shove the Tumbler_, c. to be Whipt at the Cart’s Tail.

_Shred_, a Tailer.

_Shrieketh_, the Noise a Badger makes at Rutting Time.

_Shrouds_, burying Cloths, (now) Woollen, (anciently) Linnen; also Steps or Ladders (on board of Ship) to go up to the Topps.

_Shuffler_, a Bird like, but not so big as a Duck, having a broader Bill.

_Shuffling-Fellow_, a slippery, shifting, Fellow.

_Shurk_, c. a Sharper.

_Sice_, c. Six pence.

_Sickrel_, a puny, sickly Creature.

_Siege_, a Stool to set upon; also used by Physitians to their Patients. _How many Sieges have you had?_ i. e. How many Stools have you had? Upon taking a Purge _&c._

_Simkin_, a Fool.

_Simon_, c. Six-pence.

_Simples_, Follies, also Plants or Physical Herbs. _He must be cut of the Simples_, Care must be taken to cure him of his Folly.

_Simpleton_, a silly Creature, or Tony.

_Single_, the Tail of a Hart, Buck or other Deer.

_Singler_, or _Sanglier_, a wild Boar after the _4th_ Year.

_Single-ten_, a very foolish, silly Fellow; also Nails of that size.

_Sir John_, the Country-Vicar or Parson.

_Sir Timothy_, one that Treats every Body, and Pays the Reckonings every where.

_Six and eight-pence_, c. the usual Fee given, to carry back the Body of the Executed Malefactor, to give it Christian Burial.

_Skew_, c. a Begger’s Wooden Dish. _To look a Skew_, or on one side.

_Skew-fisted_, awkward, ungainly.

_Skin-flint_, a griping, sharping, close-fisted Fellow.

_Skinker_, that fills the Glass or Cup. _Who Skinks?_ Who pours out the Liquor.

_Skipper_, c. a Barn; also a Dutch Master of a Ship or Vessel.

_Skip-jacks_, c. youngsters that Ride the Horses for Sale.

_Skip-kennel_, a Foot-boy, or Laquais.

_Slam_, c. a Trick; also a Game entirely lost without getting one on that side.

_Slat_, c. a Sheet.

_Slate_, c. a half Crown.

_Sleeping House_, without Shop, Ware-house; or Cellar, only for a private Family.

_Sleeveless-errand_, such as Fools are sent on, the first of April.

_Sleeveless story_, a Tale of a Tub, or of a Cock and a Bull. _To laugh in one’s Sleeves_, inwardly slyly.

_Slice_, when a Hawk _Muteth_ a great distance from her.

_Slippery Trick, or Fellow_, deceitful, as having two properties of Ice, smooth and slippery.

_Slot_, the footing of a Hart.

_Slough_, a deep miry Hole.

_Slubber’d over_, Work slightly wrought, or huddled up in haste.

_Slubber-degullion_, a slovenly, dirty, nasty Fellow.

_Slug_, a drone, or dull Tool; also a Bullet, beat into another Shape.

_Slur_, c. a Cheat at Dice; also a slight Scandal or Affront.

_Sly-boots_, a seeming Silly, but subtil Fellow.

_Smack_, a Tang, or ill Taste.

_Smacking-cove_, c. a Coachman.

_Smart-money_, given by the King, when a Man in Land or Sea-Service has a Leg Shot or Cut off, or is disabled.

_Smart_, witty, sharp; also pain.

_Smatterer_, one half-learned. _A Smattering._, a slight Tincture in any Skill or Learning.

_Smeller_, c. a Nose.

_Smelling-cheat_, c. a Nose-gay; also an Orchard or Garden.

_Smelts_, c. half Guineas. _Tip me a Smelt_, c. Prithee lend me half a Guinea.

_Smirk_, a finical, spiuce Fellow. _To Smirk_, to look pleasantly.

_Smiter_, c. an Arm.

_Smash_, c. to kick down Stairs. _The Chubbs, toute the Blosses, they Smash and make them brush_, c. the Sharpers catch their Mistresses at the Tavern, making merry without them. Kick them down Stairs, and force them to rub off.

_Smock-fac’d_, fair Snout.

_Smoke_, to Smoke or Smell a Design. _It is smok’t_, c. it is made Public, all have notice. _Smoke him, Smoke him again_, to affront a Stranger at his coming in.

_Smoker_, a Vessel to Blind the Enemies, to make way for the _Machine_ to Play; also a Tobacconist.

_Smoky_, c. Jealous. _No Smoke but there is some Fire_ as _no Reeds but there is some Water_, of a thing that will out, because Smoke is a sign of one, and Reeds or Rushes of the other.

_Smug_, a Black-smith; also neat and spruce.

_Smuglers_, c. those that Cheat the King of his Customs by private Imports and Exports.

_Smutty_, Bawdy.

_Snack_, c. share or part, _to go Snacks_, c. to go halves or share and share alike. _Tip me my Snack, or else I’ll Whiddle_, c. Give me my share, or I’ll tell.

_Snaffle_, c. a Highwayman that has got Booty.

_Snaggs_, large Teeth; also Snails.

_Snappish_, (a Man) peevish, quarrelsom; (a Dog) apt to Bite.

_Snapt_, Taken, Caught.

_Sneak_, c. _goes upon the Sneak at Munns_, c. he privately gets into Houses or Shops at Night, and Steals undiscover’d. _A Sneaking Budge_, c. one that Robbs alone.

_Sneaker_, (of Punch) a small Bowl.

_Sneaking_, sheepish, or mean-spirited.

_Snearing_, flickering, fleering.

_Snickering_, Laughing in his Sleeve or privately.

_Snilch_, c. to Eye or See any Body. _The Cull Snilches_, c. the man Eyes you or Sees you.

_Snitch_, c. _Snitchel_, c. a Filip on the Nose.

_Snite_, c. to Wipe, or Flap. _Snite his Snitch_, c. Wipe his Nose, or give him a good Flap on the Face. _Sniting_, a Hawk’s Sneezing.

_Sniveling-Fellow_, a Whining Fellow.

_Snow-broth_, Snow-water.

_Snub_, to Check, or Rebuke.

_Snuff_, Pet; also Tobacco taken in Snush.

_Snuffle_, to Speak through the Nose from a Cold or worse.

_Snudge_, c. one that lurks under a Bed, to watch an opportunity to Rob the House.

_Sock_, c. a Pocket; also to Beat. _Not a Rag in my Sock_, c. I han’t a Farthing in my Pocket. _I’ll Sock ye_, c. I’ll Drub ye tightly.

_Socket-money_, Demanded and Spent upon Marriage.

_Soft_, Foolish.

_Sohoe_, _Seehoe_, said aloud at the starting a Hare.

_Soker_, a Toper, or Fuddle-cap. _An old Soker_, a true Pitcher-man. _To set Soking_, to ply the Pot.

_Soldier’s-bottle_, a large one.

_Solomon_, c. the Mass.

{ _Apollo_, a Scholar.
{ _Mars_, Soldier.
_Son of_ { _Venus_, a Lover of Women.
{ _Mercury_, a Wit.
{ _Parclement_, a Lawyer.

_Sooterkin_, a By-word upon the Dutch Women, from a Maggot, or Fancy, that their using Stoves so much, Breeds a kind of Animal in their Wombs, like a Mouse, which at their Delivery skips out.

_Soreth_, the Footings of a Hare in the open Field.

_Sorrel-pate_, red Hair’d.

_Sorter_, (at the Post Office) that puts or Digests the Letters into Order or Method.

_Soul-driver_, a Parson. _He is a Soul_, or loves Brandy. _Of a Noble Soul_, very generous. _A Narrow-Soul’d Fellow_, a poor-spirited, or stingy Fellow.

_Souldiers-Mawn’d_, c. a Counterfeit Sore or Wound in the Left Arm.

_Sounder_, a Company of Swine, or wild-Boars.

_Soupe_, Broth, Porridge.

_Souse_. _Not a Souse_, not a Penny. (French Money)

_Sow’s baby_, a Pig.

_Sowse-crown_, a Fool.

_Sow-child_, a Female Child. _He has the wrong Sow by the Ear_, or is in a wrong Box.

_Sowre_, Crabbed, Surly. Ill-conditioned.

_Soyl_, when any Deer is hard Hunted, and betakes himself to Swimming in any River.

_Spangles_, c. ends of Gold or Silver.

_Spanish-gout_, the Pox.

_Spanish-money_, fair Words and Compliments.

_Spark_, a spruce, trim, gay Fellow. _A lewd Spark_, a Man of the Town, or Debauchee.

_Sparring-blows_, the first Strokes to try the goodness of young Cocks Heels; also those in a Battel before the Cocks come to Mouth it.

_Sparrow-mouth’d_, a Mouth o Heavenly wide, as Sir _P. Sidney_ calls it.

_Speckt-wiper_, c. a colour’d Handkerchief.

_Spider-catcher_, a Spindle for a Man.

_Spider-web_, the subtilties of Logic, which (as _Aristo_ the Chiote said) tho’ artificial to sight, were yet of no Use.

_Spill_, a small Reward or gift of Money.

_Spindle-shankt_, very small-legg’d.

_Spirit-awky_, as _Kidnap_.

_Spiritual-flesh-broker_, a Parson.

_Spitter_, a red Male Hart of a Year old.

_Splenetic_, Melancholic.

_Split-fig_, a Grocer.

_Splitter-of-Causes_, a Lawyer.

_Split my windpipe_, a foolish kind of a Curse among the _Beaux_.

_Spraints_, the Excrements of an Otter.

_Spring a Partridge_, c. People drawn in, to be _Bit_. _To spring Partridge’s_, to raise them. _A Springe_, a Snare, or Nooze to catch Hares, as a Ginn is a Snare or Nooze to catch Birds.

_Spunge_, to drink at others Cost. _Spunging-house_, a By-prison. _A Spunging Fellow_, one that lives upon the rest and Pays nothing.

_Squab_, a very fat, truss Person, a new Hatcht Chick; also a Couch.

_Squinte-fuego_, one that Squints very much.

_Squeek_, c. to discover, or impeach; also to cry out. _They Squeek beef upon us_, c. cry out Highway-men or Thieves after us. _The Cull Squeeks_, c. the Rogue Peaches.

_Squeeker_, c. a Barboy; also a Bastard, or any other child. _Stifle the Squeeker_, c. to Murder the Child and throw it into a House of Office.

_Squawl_, to throw a wry; also to cry a loud.

_Squeemish_, nice.

_Squeeze_, to gripe or skrew hard.

_Squeezing of Wax_, being Bound for any Body; also sealing of Writings.

_Squire of Alsatia_, a Man of Fortune, drawn in, cheated, and ruin’d by a pack of poor, lowsy, spunging, bold Fellows that liv’d (formerly) in White-Fryers. _The Squire_, a Sir _Timothy Treat-all_; also a Sap-pate. _Squirish_, foolish; also one that pretends to Pay all Reckonings, and is not strong enough in the Pocket. _A fat Squire_, a rich Fool.

_Stag_, _Staggard_, see Hart.

_Stallion_, c. a Whore-Master; also a Stone-Horse kept to cover Mares.

_Stall-whimper_, c. a Bastard.

_Stalling_, c. making or ordaining.

_Stalling-ken_, c. a Broker’s Shop, or any House that receives stolen-Goods.

_Stale_ { _Jest_, old, dull.
{ _Maid_, at her last Prayers.

_Stam-flesh_, c. to Cant.

_Stammel_, a brawny, lusty, strapping Wench.

_Stamps_, c. Legs.

_Stampers_, c. Shoes; also Carriers.

_Starched_, affected, proud, stiff.

_Start_, (Drink) Brewers emptying several Barrels into a great Tub, and thence conveying it through a Leather-pipe down the Cellar into the Butts.

_Starter_, c. a Question. _I am no Starter_, I shan’t flinch, or cry to go Home.

_Start the Hare_, put her up.

_Statues_, either Images in Brass or Stone, or Men without motion.

_Steenkirk_, a Muslin-neckcloath carelessly put on, first, at the Battel of _Steenkirk_, afterwards a Fashion for both Sexes.

_Steppony_, a Decoction of Raisins of the Sun, and Lemons in Conduit-water, sweetned with Sugar and Bottled up.

_Stern_, the Tail of a Wolf; also the hind part of a Ship.

_Stick flamms_, c. a pair of Gloves.

_Stickle-bag_, a very small prickly Fish, without Scales, a choice Bait for a Trout. _A great Stickler_, a zealous Man in the Cause or Interest he espouses. _It Sticks in his Stomach_, he resents it.

_Stiff_, _Stiff-rump_, proud, stately.

_Sting-bum_, a Niggard.

_Stingo_, humming, strong Liquor.

_Stingy_, covetous, closed-fisted, sneaking.

_Stitch_, a Tayler.

_Stitch oack_, very strong Ale.

_Stock-jobbing_, a sharp, cunning cheating Trade of Buying and Selling Shares of Stock in East India, Guinea and other Companies; also in the Bank, Exchequer, _&c._

_Stock-drawers_, c. Stockings.

_Stone_ { _Dead_, quite.
{ _Doublet_, a Prison.

_Stop-hole Abbey_, c. the Nick-name of the chief Rendezvouz of the Canting Crew of _Gypsies_, _Beggers_, _Cheats_, _Thieves_, _&c. Stop my Vitals_, a silly Curse in use among the _Beaux_.

_Stoter_, c. a great Blow. _Stoter him_, c. or _tip him a Stoter_, c. settle him, give him a swinging Blow.

_Stout_, very strong, Malt-Drink.

_Stow_, c. you have said enough. _Stow you bene Cove_, c. hold your Peace good Fellow. _Stow your Whidds and Plant ’em; for the Cove of the Ken can cant ’em_, Take care what you say, for the Man of the House understands you; also to hoard Treasure, or lay up Corn in Granaries or Drink in Cellars. Hence Stoward, or Steward.

_Strain-hard_, to ly heartily.

_Strait-lac’d_, precise, squeemish, puritanical, nice.

_Straping_, c. lying with a Wench.

_Strapping-Lass_, a swinging two-handed Woman.

_Stress of weather_, foul weather at Sea. _At a Stress_, at a pinch.

_Stretching_, hanging. _He’ll Stretch for it_, he’ll be Hang’d. _He Stretcht hard_, told a whisking Ly.

_Stretcher_, the piece of Wood that lies cross the Boat, where on the Water-man rests his Feet.

_Strike_, c. to Beg, to Rob; also to borrow Money. _Strike all the Cheats_, c. Rob all you meet. _Strike the Cull_, c. Beg of that Gentleman. _Strike the Cly_, c. get that Fellow’s Money from him. _He has Struck the Quidds_, c. he has got the _Cole_ from him. _He Strikes every Body_, c. he borrows Money every where, he runs in every one’s Debt. _A Strike_, (of _Corn_) a Bushel.

_Strip_, c. to Rob or _Gut_ a House, to unrig any Body, or to _Bite_ them of their Money. _Strip the Ken_, c. to _Gut_ the House. _Strip the Table_, c. to Winn all the Money on the Place. _Stripts_, poor, Naked. _We have Stript the Cull_, c. We have got all the Fool’s Money. _The Cove’s Stript_, c. the Rogue has not a _Jack_ left to help himself.

_Strommel_, c. Straw.

_Strowlers_, c. Vagabonds, Itinerants, Men of no settled Abode, of a Precarious Life, Wanderers of Fortune, such as, Gypsies, Beggers, Pedlers, Hawkers, Mountebanks, Fidlers, Country-Players, Rope-dancers, Juglers, Tumblers, showers of Tricks, and Raree-show-men.

_Strowling-morts_, c. pretending to be Widows, sometimes Travel the Countries, making Laces upon Ewes, Beggers-tape, _&c._ Are light Finger’d, Subtil, Hypocritical, Cruel, and often dangerous to meet, especially when a _Ruffler_ is with them.

_Study_, a Closet of Books. _In a brown Study_, musing, pensive, careful.

_Strum_, c. a Periwig. _Rum-strum_, c. a long Wig; also a handsom Wench, or Strumpet.

_Stuff_, Nonsense, idle, ridiculous, impertinent Talk.

_Stuling-ken_, c. as _Stalling-ken_, c.

_Stum_, the Flower of fermenting Wine, used by Vintners, when their Wine is down or flat, to make it Drink up and brisk; also when they Brew, to make their mixtures, (by putting them into a new Ferment) all of one Taste. _Stumm’d Wines are very unwholesom, and may be discover’d, by a white Froth round the sides of the Glass._

_Stubble-it_, c. hold your Tongue.

_Sturdy-beggers_, c. the fifth and last of the most ancient Order of Canters.

_Sub-beau_, or _Demibeau_, a would-be fine.

_Sub-bois_, Maples, Birch, Sallow, and Willow.

_Suck_, c. Wine or strong Drink. _This is rum Suck_, c. it is excellent Tipple. _We’ll go and Suck our Faces, but if they toute us, we’ll take rattle and brush_, c. let’s go to Drink and be merry, but if we be Smelt, by the People of the House, we must Scower off. _He loves to Suck his Face_, he delights in Drinking.

_Suckey_, c. drunkish, maudlin, half Seas o’er.

_Suit and Cloak_, good store of Brandy or any agreable Liquor, let down Gutter-lane.

_Sun burnt_, having many Male Children.

_Sunny-bank_, a good, rousing Winter-Fire.

_Superstitious-Pies_, Minc’d, or Christmas-Pies, so Nick-nam’d by the _Puritans_, or _Precisians_, tho’ they can Eat em; but affecting to be singular, make them a Month or six Weeks before Christmas, or the Feast of Christ.

_Supernaculum_, not so much as a Drop left to be poured upon the Thumb-nail, so cleaverly was the Liquor tipt off.

_Supoueb_, c. an Hostess or Landlady.

_Surtout_, a loose, great, or riding Coat.

_Sutler_, c. he that Pockets up, Gloves, Knives, Handkerchiefs, Snuff and Tobacco-boxes, and all the lesser Moveables; also a Scullion or Huckster, one that follows an Army, to sell Meat, Drink, _&c._

_Swadlers_, c. the tenth Order of the Canting Tribe. _To Swaddle_, to Beat lustily with a Cane or Cable’s end. _I’ll Swaddle your Hide_, I’ll bang your Back.

_Swag_, c. a Shop. _Rum Swag_, c. full of rich Goods.

_Swagger_, to vapour or bounce.

_Swallow_, (Falsities for Truths) to believe them.

_Sweets_, the Dreggs of Sugar used by Vintners, to allay the undue fermenting or fretting of their Wine.

_Sweetners_, c. Guinea-Droppers, Cheats Sharpers. _To Sweeten_, c. to decoy, draw in, and _Bite_. _To be Sweet upon_, c. to coakse, wheedle, entice or allure.

_Swig-men_, c. the 13th Rank of the Canting Crew, carrying small Habberdashery-Wares about, pretending to sell them to colour their Roguery. _A hearty Swig_, a lusty Draught. _To Swig it off_, to Drink it all up.

_Swill-belly_, a great Drinker.

_Swimmer_, a Counterfeit (old) Coyn.

{ _Clap_, }
_Swinging_ { _Lye_, } a very great one.
{ _Fellow_, }

I _Swing’d him off_, I layd on and beat him well-favoredly. _He is swing’d off_, damnably Clapt.

_Swinish_, (fellow) raking, greedy, gluttonous, covetous.

_Swabbers_, the Ace of Hearts, Knave of Clubs, Ace and Duce of Trumps; also the Sorriest Sea-Men put to Wash and clean the Ship.

_Swop_, to barter or Truck.

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_Tackle_, c. a Mistress; also good Cloths. _The Cull has tipt his Tackle Rum rigging_, c. or, _has Tipt his Bloss Rum-tackle_, c. the keeping Coxcomb has given his Mistress very fine Cloths.

_Taffy_, a Welshman or David. _Taffy’s Day_, the first of March.

_Tables_, a Game. _Turn the tables_, make it your own Case.

_Take the Culls in_, c. Seize the Men, in order to Rob them.

_Take-time_, never to thrust but with advantage. _Very taking_, acceptable, agreeable, or becoming. _It Takes well_, or, _the Town Takes it_, the Play pleas’d, or was acted with Applause, or the Book Sells well. _No doubt but it will Take_, no question but it will sell.

_Talent_, the same with Capacity, Genius, Inclination or Ability; also 375_l._ in Silver, and 4500_l._ in Gold. _His Talent does not lye that way_, he has no Genius for it, or his Head does not lean to it.

_Tale-tellers_, a sort of Servants in use with the great Men in _Ireland_, to Lull them a sleep with Tales and Stories of a Cock and a Bull, _&c._ _I tell you my Tale, and my Tales-man_, or Author.

_Tall boy_, a Pottle or two Quart-pot full of Wine.

_Talons_, or _Pounces_, a Bird’s Claws as Fangs are Beast’s Claws.

_Tally-men_, Brokers that let out Cloths at moderate Rates to wear per Week, Month, or Year.

_Tame-fellow_, tractable, easy, manageable.

_Tamper_, to practise upon one.

_Tant_, _Tantest_, Mast of a Ship or Man, Tall, Tallest.

_Tantivy-boies_, high-Flyers, or High-flown Church-men, in opposition, to the moderate Church-men; or Latitudinarians a lower sort of Flyers, like Batts, between Church-men and Dissenters.

_Taplash_, Wretched, sorry Drink, or Hog-wash.

_Tappeth_, see, _Beateth_.

_Tariff_, a Book of Rates or Customs; also another of the Current Coin.

_Tarnish_, to Fade.

_Tar_, _Tarpaulin_, a Seaman; also a piece of Canvas (tarr’d) laid over the Hatches to keep out Wet.

_Tar-terms_, proper Sea-Phrases, or Words.

_Tart dame_, sharp, quick.

_Tartar_, a sharper. _To catch a Tartar_, in stead of catching, to be catcht in a Trap.

_Tatter-de-mallion_, c. a ragged, tatter’d Begger, sometimes half Naked, with design to move Charity, having better Cloths at Home. _In Tatters_, in Raggs. _Tatter’d and Torn_, rent and torn.

_Tattler_, c. an Alarm, or Striking Watch, or (indeed) any.

_Tatts_, c. false Dice.

_Tat-monger_, c. a Sharper, or Cheat, using false Dice.

_Tatling_ { _Fellow_, } prating, impertinent.
{ or _Woman_, }

_Taunts_, Girds, Quips, or Jeers. _To Taunt_, to Jeer or Flout.

_Taudry_, garish, gawdy, with Lace or mismatched and staring Colours: A Term borrow’d from those times when they Trickt and Bedeckt the Shrines and Altars of the Saints, as being at vye with each other upon that occasion. The Votaries of St. _Audrey_ (an Isle of _Ely_ Saint) exceeding all the rest in the Dress and Equipage of her Altar, it grew into a Nay-word, upon any thing very Gawdy, that it was all Taudry, as much as to say all St. _Audrey_.

_Tayle_, c. a Sword.

_Tayle-drawers_, c. Sword-stealers. _He drew the Cull’s Tayle rumly_, c. he whipt away the Gentleman’s Sword cleverly.

_Teague-land_, Ireland.

_Teague-landers_, Irishmen.

_Tears of the Tankard_, Drops of the good Liquor that fall beside.

_Tegg_, see _Doe_.

_Temperade_, an East-Indian-dish, now in use in _England_, being a Fowl Fricasied, with high Sauce, Blancht Almonds and Rice.

_Temperament_, an Expedient or Medium; also a due proportion of the four Humors.

_Temple-pickling_, the Pumping of Bailives, Bumms, Setters, Pick-pockets, &c.

_Tender-parnel_, a very nicely Educated creature, apt to catch Cold upon the least blast of Wind.

_Terce_, the Nails of the Sword-hand quite down.

_Tercel-gentle_, c. a Knight or Gentleman of a good Estate; also any rich Man.

_Terra-firma_, an Estate in Land; also a Continent. _Has the Cull any Terra Firma?_ Has the Fool any Land?

_That That_ or _There_, to a Hare.

_Thwack_, to Beat with a Stick or Cudgel.

_The Dragon upon St. George_, c. the Woman uppermost.

_Thief-takers_, who make a Trade of helping People (for a gratuity) to their lost Goods and sometimes for Interest or Envy snaping the Rogues themselves; being usually in fee with them, and acquainted with their Haunts.

_Thorn-back_, an old Maid; also a well known Fish, said to be exceeding Provocative.

_Thorough-cough_, farting at the same time.

_Thorough-passage_, in at one Ear, and out at t’other.

_Thorough-stitch_, over Shoes, over Boots.

_The Three-legged-stool_, Tyburn.

_Three-threads_, half common Ale, and the rest Stout or Double Beer.

_Threpps_, c. Three-pence.

_Thrumms_, c. Threepence. _Tip me Thrumms_, c. Lend me Three-pence.

_Thummikins_, a Punishment (in _Scotland_) by hard Squeezing or Pressing of the Thumbs to extort Confession, which Stretches them prodigiously and is very painful. In Camps, and on board of Ships, lighted Matches are clapt between the Fingers to the same intent.

_Tib_, a young Lass.

_Tib of the Buttery_, c. a Goose.

_Tickrum_, c. a Licence. _To run a tick_, to go on the Score, or a trust.

_Tickle-pitcher_, a Toss-pot, or Pot-companion.

_Tiffing_, c. lying with a Wench.

_Tilter_, a Sword, _to tilt_, to fight with Rapier, or pushing Swords, _run a tilt_, a swift Pursuit, also Drink made to run faster.

_Tint for tant_, hit for hit, and dash for dash.

_Tip_, c. to give or lend; also Drink and a draught. _Tip your Lour_, or _Cole or I’ll Mill ye_, c. give me your Money or I’ll kill ye. _Tip the Culls a Sock, for they are sawcy_, c. Knock down the Men for resisting. _Tip the Cole to Adam Tiler_, c. give your Pick-pocket Money presently to your running Comrade. _Tip the Mish_, c. give me the Shirt. _Tip me a Hog_, c. lend me a Shilling. _Tip it all off_, Drink it all off at a Draught. _Don’t spoil his Tip_, don’t baulk his Draught. _A Tub of good Tip_, (for Tipple) a Cask of strong Drink. _To Tip off_, to Dye.

_Tipler_, a Fuddle-cap or Toss-pot.

_Tipsy_, a’most Drunk.

_Tiring_, Dressing; also when a Leg or Pinion of a Pullet, Pigeon, _&c._ is given to a Hawk to pluck at. _Tiring-room_, a Dressing-Room. _A Tire-woman_, one that teaches to Dress in the Hair, when in Fashion, and when out, to cut the Hair, and Dress the Head.

_Tit-bit_, a fine Snack, or choice Morsel.

_Tit-tat_, the aiming of Children to go at first.

_Tittle-tattle_, foolish, idle, impertinent Talk.

_Titter_, to Laugh at a Feather.

_Titter-totter_, who is upon the Reel, at every jog, or Blast of Wind.

_Toge_, c. a Coat.

_Togemans_, c. a Gown or Cloak. _I have Bit the Togemans_, c. I have Stole the Cloak. _’Tis a Rum-togemans_, ’tis a good Camlet-Cloak, _Let’s nim it_, c. let’s whip it off.

_Tokens_, the Plague, also Presents from one to another, and Farthings. _Not a Token left_, not one Farthing remaining. _Tom-fool’s-token_, Money.

_Tol_, _Toledo_, c. a Sword. _Bite the Tol_, c. to Steal the Sword.

_A Rum-tol_, c. a Silver-hilted Sword. _A Queer-tol_, c. a Brass or Steel hilted or ord’nary Sword.

_Tom-boy_, a Ramp, or _Tomrig_.

_Tom of Bedlam_, c. the same as _Abram-man_.

_Tom conney_, c. very silly Fellow.

_Tom rig_, a Ramp.

_Tom-thumb_, a Dwarf or diminitive Fellow. _Come by Tom Long the Carrier_, of what is very late, or long a coming.

_Tongue-pad_, a smooth, Glib-tongued, insinuating Fellow.

_Tony_, a silly Fellow, or Ninny. _A meer Tony_, or Simpleton.

_Tool_, an Implement fit for any Turn, the Creature of any Cause or Faction; a meer Property or Cat’s Foot.

_Top_, c. to Cheat, or Trick any one; also to insult. _What do you Top upon me?_ c. do you stick a little Wax to the Dice to keep them together, to get the Chance, you wou’d have? _He thought to have to Topt upon me_, c. he design’d to have Put upon me, Sharpt me, Bullied me, or Affronted me.

_Tope_, to Drink. _An old Toper_, a staunch Drunkard. _To Tope it about, or Dust it about_, to Drink briskly about.

_Top-diver_, a Lover of Women. _An old Top-diver_, one that has Lov’d _Old-hat_ in his time.

_Top-heavy_, Drunk.

_Topping-fellow_, who has reacht the Pitch and greatest Eminence in any Art; the Master, and the Cock of his Profession.

_Topping cheat_, c. the Gallows.

_Topping cove_, c. the Hangman.

_Torch-cul_, the same as _Bum-fodder_.

_Torcoth_, a Fish having a red Belly, found only in the Pool _Sinperis_, in _Carnarvanshire_.

_Tories_, Zealous Sticklers for the Prerogative and Rights of the Crown, in behalf of the Monarchy; also Irish-thieves, or _Rapparies_.

_Tost_, to name or begin a new Health. _Who Tost’s now?_ Who Christens the Health? _An old Tost_, a pert pleasant old Fellow.

_Totty-headed_, Giddy-headed, Hare-brain’d.

_Tout_, c. to look out Sharp, to be upon one’s Guard. _Who Touts?_ c. who looks out sharp? _Tout the Culls_, c. Eye those Folks which way they take. _Do you Bulk and I’ll File_, c. if you’ll jostle him, I will Pick his Pocket.

_Touting-ken_, c. a Tavern or Ale-house Bar.

_Tourn_, Copulation of Roes.

_Tower-hill-play_, a slap on the Face and a kick on the Breech.

_Town-bull_, one that rides all the Women he meets.

_Tower_, a Woman’s false Hair on their Fore-heads. _Towring Thoughts_, Ambitious Aspiring. _To Tower_, to sore on High. _They have been round the Tower with it_, c. that Piece of Money has been Clipt.

_Trace_, the Footing of a Hare in the Snow.

_Track_, c. to go.

_Track up the Dancers_, c. whip up the Stairs.

_Tract_, the footing of a Boar.

_Train_, a Hawk’s or Peacock’s Tail; also Attendants or Retinue.

_Trajoning_, when a Roe crosses and doubles.

_Transnear_, c. to come up with any body.

_Translators_, Sellers of old Shoes and Boots, between Shoe-makers and Coblers; also that turn or Translate one Language into another.

_Transmogrify_, to alter, or new vamp.

_Tranter_, the same as _Crocker_.

_Trapan_, c. he that draws in or wheedles a _Cull_, and _Bites_ him. _Trapan’d_, c. Sharpt, ensnar’d.

_Trapes_, a dangling Slattern.

_Trassing_, when the Hawk raiseth any Fowl aloft, and soaring with it, at length descendeth with it to the Ground.

_Tree the Martern_, Dislodge him.

_Treewins_, c. Three-pence.

_Trigry-mate_, an idle She-Companion.

_Trib_, c. a Prison. _He is in Trib_, for _Tribulation_, c. he is layd by the Heels, or in a great deal of Trouble.

_Trim_, Dress. In _a sad Trim_, Dirty, Undrest. _A Trim-Lad_, a spruce, neat, well trickt Man.

_Trimmer_, a moderate Man, betwixt _Whig_ and _Tory_, between Prerogative and Property. _To Trim_, to hold fair with both sides. _Trim the Boat_, poise it. _Trim of the Ship_, that way she goes best.

_Trimming_, c. Cheating People of their Money.

_Trine_, c. to Hang; also Tyburn. _Trining_, c. Hanging.

_Trinkets_, Porringers, and also any little odd thing, Toies and Trifles.

_Tringum-Trangum_, a Whim, or Maggot.

_Tripolin_, Chalk, nick-nam’d and us’d by the _French_ Perfumers as _Alabaster_ is by the _English_.

_Trip_, a short Voyage or Journey; also an Error of the Tongue, or Pen, a stumble, a false step, a miscarriage, or a Bastard.

_Troateth_, see _Growneth_

_Trotters_, Feet, usually Sheeps. _Shake your Trotters_, troop off, be gone. _An old Trot_, a sorry base old Woman. _A Dog Trot_, a pretty Pace.

_Troll-away_, bowl away, or trundle away.

_Troll-about_, saunter, loiter, wander about.

_Trolly-lolly_, coarse Lace once much in fashion, now worn only by the meaner sort.

_Trollop_. _A great Trollop_, a lusty coarse Ramp or Tomrig.

_Trooper_, c. a half Crown.

_Trounc’d_, troubled, Cast in Law, Punisht. _I’ll Trounce the Rogue_, I’ll hamper him.

_Truck_, to swop or barter.

_Trug_, a dirty Puzzel, an ord’nary sorry Woman; also the third part of a Bushel, and a Tray for Milk.

_Trull_, c. a Whore; also a Tinker’s travelling Wife or Wench, and to trundle.

_Trumpery_, old Ware, old Stuff, as old Hatts, Boots, Shoes, _&c._ Trash and Trumpery. _For want of good Company, welcome Trumpery._

_Trundlers_, c. Pease.

_Trunk_, c. a Nose; also the body of a Tree, or Man, without Head, Arms or Leggs. _How fares your old Trunk?_ c. Does your Nose stand fast?

_Trusty-Trojan_, or _Trusty-Trout_, a sure Friend or Confident.

_Tuck’t_, Hang’d.

_Tumbler_, c. a Cart. _To shove the Tumbler_, c. to be Whipt at the Cart’s Tail; also one that Decoys, or draws others into Play, and one that shows Tricks with and without a Hoop; a low Silver Cup to Drink out of, and a Coney Dog.

_Tup_, Copulation of Ram and Ewe. _Venison out of Tup-park_, Mutton.

_Turk_, any cruel hard-hearted Man.

_Turky-Merchants_, drivers of Turkies.

_Turkish-shore_, Lambeth, Southwark and Roderhith-side of the Water.

_Turkish Treatment_, very sharp or ill dealing in Business.

_Turn-coat_, he that quits one and embraces another Party.

_Turnep-pate_, White or Fair-hair’d.

_Twang_, a smack or ill Taste.

_Tweak_, _in a Tweak_, in a heavy taking, much-vext, or very angry.

_Twelver_, c. a Shilling.

_Twist_, half Tea, half Coffee; also a Bough, and to Eat. _To Twist lustily_, to Feed like a Farmer.

_Twit_, to hit in the Teeth.

_Twitter_, to Laugh much with little Noise; also to Tremble.