come to Perfection.
_Riveted_, or _Rooted_ Customs, or Habits; inveterate or confirmed
Diseases.
_Roam_, to wander far and wide from Home.
_Roberds-men_, c. the third (old) Rank of the Canting Crew, mighty
Thieves, like _Robin-hood_.
_Rochester-portion_, two torn Smocks, and what Nature gave.
_Roe._ _A Fair Roe-buck_, the fifth Year; _a Roe-buck of the first Head_,
the fourth Year; _a Hemuse_, the third Year; _a Gyrle_, the second Year;
_a Kid_, the first Year; _a Roe Beddeth_, Lodgeth; _a Roe Belloweth_,
maketh a Noise at Rutting time.
_Roger_, c. a Portmantle, a Goose; also a Man’s Yard.
_Rogues_, c. the fourth Order of Canters. _A Rogue in Grain_, a very
great Rogue. _A Great-he-rogue_, a sturdy swinging Rogue.
_Romance_, a feigned pleasant History. _To Romance_, to lie pleasantly,
to Stretch in Discourse.
_Romboyles_, c. Watch and Ward.
_Romboyl’d_, c. sought after with a Warrant.
_Romer_, a drinking Glass; also wider.
_Rook_, c. a Cheat, a Knave. _To Rook_, c. to Cheat or play the Knave.
_Rope._ _Upon the High-ropes_, Cock-a-hoop. _Give him Rope enough and
he’ll Hang himself_, he’ll Decoy himself within his own Destiny.
_Rosy-gills_, c. Sanguine or fresh-colour’d.
_Rost-meat-cloths_, Holiday-cloths. _You cannot fare well, but you must
cry Rost-meat_, you can’t meet with good Chear, but you must tell Tales.
_To give one Rost-meat, and Beat him with the Spit_, to do one a Curtesy,
and Twit or Upbraid him with it. _To rule the Rost_, to be Master, or
Paramount. _Roasted_, Arrested. _I’ll Roast the Dab_, I will Arrest the
Rascal.
_Rot-gut_, very small or thin Beer.
_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.)
S
_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.