for a Make_, c. If she won’t Lie with a Man for a Penny, let her Hang for
a Half-penny. _Mort wap-apace_ c. a Woman of Experience, or very expert
at the Sport.
_Wapper-eyed_, that has Sore or running Eyes.
_Warm_, welllined or flush in the Pocket.
_Warming-pan_, an old fashion’d large Watch. _A Scotch Warming-pan_, a
She-bed-fellow.
_Warren_, c. he that is Security for Goods taken up, on Credit, by
Extravagant young Gentlemen; also a Boarding-school and a Bawdy-house.
_Wash_, After-wort; also Paint for Faces.
_Waspish_, peevish.
_Water-Pad_, c. one that Robbs Ships in the Thames.
_Wattles_, Ears; also Sheep-folds.
_Weak_, Silly, half witted.
_Welsh-Camp_, a Field betwixt Lambs-Conduit and Grays Inn-lane, where the
Mob got together in great numbers, doing great mischief.
_Welsh-fiddle_, the Itch.
_Westminster-Wedding_, a Whore and a Rogue Married together.
_Wet-Quaker_, a Drunkard of that Sect.
_Wheadle_, c. a Sharper. _To cut a Wheadle_, c. to Decoy, by Fawning and
Insinuation.
_Wheel-band in the Nick_, regular Drinking over the left Thumb.
_When we enter’d the Ken, we loapt up the Dancers, and Fagotted all
there_, c. when we got into the House, we whipt up Stairs and Bound all
the People there.
_Wheatgear_, a Bird smaller than a Dottrel, choice _Peck_.
_Whether-go-ye_, a Wife.
_Whet_, a Draught or Sup to encourage the Appetite.
_Whet-stones-park_, a Lane betwixt Holborn and Lincolns-Inn-fields, fam’d
for a Nest of Wenches, now de-park’d.
_Whids_, c. Words.
_Whiddle_, c. to tell, or discover. He Whiddles, c. he Peaches. _He
Whiddles the whole Scrap_, c. he discovers all he knows. _The Cull
has Whiddled, because we wou’dn’t tip him a Snack_, c. the Dog has
discover’d, because we didn’t give him a share. _They Whiddle beef, and
we must Brush_, c. they cry out Thieves, we are Pursued, and must Fly.
_Whiddler_, c. a Peacher (or rather Impeacher) of his Gang.
_Whiggs_, the Republicans or Common-wealths-men, under the Name of
Patriots, and Lovers of Property; originally the Field-conventiclers in
the West of _Scotland_.
_Whiggish_, Factious, Seditious, Restless, Uneasy.
_Whig-land_, Scotland.
_Whip-shire_, Yorkshire.
_Whipster_, a sharp, or subtil Fellow.
_Whip off_, c. to Steal, to Drink cleaverly, to Snatch, and to run away.
_Whipt through the Lungs_, run through the Body with a Sword. _Whipt in
at the Glaze_, c. got in at the Window.
_Whim_, a Maggot.
_Whimsical_, Maggotish.
_Whimper_, a low, or small Cry. _What a Whimpering you keep?_
_Whindle_, a low or feigned Crying.
_Whineth_, see _Otter_. _To Whine_, to cry squeekingly, as at
Conventicles.
_Whinyard_, a Sword.
_Whipper-snapper_, a very small but sprightly Boy.
_Whip-Jacks_, c. the tenth Order of the Canting Crew; Counterfeit
Mariners Begging with false Passes, pretending Shipwrecks, great Losses
at Sea, _&c._ narrow escapes; telling dismal Stories, having learnt
_Tar-terms_ on purpose, but are meer Cheats.
_Whirlegigs_, Testicles.
_Whisk_, a little inconsiderable, impertinent Fellow.
_Whisker_, a great Lie.
_Whiskins_, c. shallow, brown Bowls to Drink out of.
_Whistle_, a derisory Term for the Throat. _Wet your Whistle_, to Liquor
your Throat.
_Whit_, c. Newgate. _As five Rum-padders, are Rub’d in the Dark man’s out
of the Whit, and are pik’d in to the Deuseaville_, c. five Highway-men in
the Night broke Newgate, and are gone into the Countrey.
_White-liver’d_, Cowardly; also Pale Visag’d.
_White-wool_, c. Silver.
_White-chappel-portion_, two torn Smocks, and what Nature gave.
_Whow-ball_, a Milk-maid.
_Whur_, the rising or fluttering of Partridge or Pheasant.
_Wicket_, c. a Casement, also a little Door. _As toute through the
Wicket, and see where a Cully pikes with his Gentry-mort, whose Munns are
the Rummest I ever touted before_ c. look through the Casement and see
where the Man walks with a Gentlewoman, whose Face is the fairest I have
ever seen.
_Wicher-Cully_, c. a Silver-smith.
_Wide_, when the Biass of the Bowl holds not enough.
_Widows-Weeds_, Mourning Cloths. _A Grass-Widow_, one that pretends to
have been Married, but never was, yet has Children.
_Whores-kitling_, a Bastard.
_Whore-son_, a Bastard.
_Wild-boar_, the fourth Year, at which Age or a little before he leaveth
the _Sounder_, and is called a _Singler_, or _Sanglier_, _Hogsteer_,
the third Year; _Hog_, the second Year; _Pig of the Sounder_, the first
Year. _A Boar coucheth_, Lodgeth; _Rear the Boar_, Dislodge him. _A Boar
freemeth_, maketh a noise at rutting Time.
_Wild-Rogues_, c. the fifth Order of Canters, such as are train’d up
from Children to _Nim_ Buttons off Coats, to creep in at Cellar and
Shop-Windows, and to slip in at Doors behind People, also that have been
whipt, Burnt in the fist and often in Prison for Roguery.
_Wiles_, Engins to take Deer; also Tricks Intrigues.
_Wily_, cunning crafty, intriguing.
_Willing-Tit_, a little Horse that Travels chearfully.
_Willow_, c. Poor, and of no Reputation.
_Wind-fall_, a great Fortune fallen unexpectedly by the Death of a
Friend, or Wood fell by high Winds, _&c._
_Wind-mills in the Head_, empty Projects. _He’ll go as near the Wind as
another_, live as thrifty and wary as any one.
_Win_, c. a Penny. _To Win_, c. to Steal. _Won_, c. Stolen. _The Cull
has won a couple of Rum glimsticks_, c. the Rogue has Stole a pair of
Silver-Candlesticks.
_Windy-fellow_, without Sense or Reason.
_Wink_, c. a Signal or Intimation. _He tipt the Wink_, c. he gave the
Sign or Signal.
_Wipe_, c. a Blow; also a Reflection. _He tipt him a rum Wipe_, c. he
gave him a swinging Blow. _I gave him a Wipe_, I spoke something that cut
him, or gaul’d him. _He Wipt his Nose_, c. he gull’d him.
_Wiper_, c. a Handkerchief. _Nim the Wiper_ c. to Steal the Handkerchief.
_Wiper-drawer_, c. a Handkerchief Stealer. _He drew a broad, narrow, cam,
or Speckt Wiper_, c. he Pickt-pockets of a broad, or narrow, Ghenting,
Cambrick, or Colour’d Handkerchief.
_Wire-draw_, c. a Fetch or Trick to wheedle in _Bubbles_; also to screw,
over-reach, or deal hard with. _Wire-drawn_, c. so serv’d, or treated.
_Wise Man of Gotham_, a Fool.
_Witcher_, c. Silver.
_Witcher-bubber_, c. a Silver-bowl. _The Cull is pik’d with the
Witcher-bubber_, c. the Rogue is marched off with the Silver-Bowl.
_Witcher-tilter_, c. a Silver-hilted Sword. _He has bit_, or _drawn the
Witcher-tilter_, c. he has Stole the Silver-hilted Sword.
_Within the Sword_, from the Sword to the Right Hand.
_Without the Sword_, all the Man’s-Body above the Sword.
The _Witt_, c. Newgate.
_Woman of the Town_, a Lewd, common Prostitute.
_Womble te-cropt_, see _Crop-sick_.
_Wooden-ruff_, c. a Pillory, the Stocks at the other end. _Hudibras_. _He
wore the Wooden-ruff_, c. he stood in the Pillory.
_Wood-pecker_, c. a Bystander that bets; also a bird of that Name. _In a
Wood_, at a loss.
_Wooly-crown_, a Fool. _Your Wits are a Wool-gathering_, _are in a Wild
goose-chace_.
_Word-pecker_, one that play’s with Words.
_Worm’d out of_, Rookt, Cheated, Trickt.
_Wreath_, the Tail of a Boar; also a Torce between the Mantle and the
Crest.
X
_Xantippe_, a Scold; also the froward Wife of _Socrates_.
Y
_Yarmouth-Capon_, Red Herring.
_Yarmouth-Coach_, a sorry low Cart to ride on, drawn by one Horse.
_Yarmouth-Pie_, made of Herrings, highly Spic’d, and Presented by the
City of _Norwich_, (upon the forfeiture of their Charter) annually to the
King.
_Yarum_, c. Milk.
_Yea and Nay-Men_, Quakers.
_Yearn_, when Beagles bark and cry at their Game.
_Yellow_, Jealous.
_Yellow-boy_, c. Piece of Gold of any Coin.
_Yeoman of the Mouth_, an Officer belonging to his Majestie’s Pantry.
_Yoak’d_, Married.
_Yorkshire-Tike_, a Yorkshire manner of Man.
Z
_Zany_, a Mountebanks Merry-Andrew, or Jester, to distinguish him from a
Lord’s Fool.
_Zuche_, a wither’d or dry Stock or Stub of a Tree.
FINIS.
Transcriber’s Note
It’s fair to say that the typesetting of this book was _bad_, and it has
taken some cleanup to produce a usable e-text. Corrected without further
note:
Erroneous or omitted punctuation
Word spacing
Turned type (u for n, w for m, b for d, etc)
Broken type (v for y, n for h, etc)
Type substitutions that are easy to make in error (c for e, i for l,
P for F, etc)
Missing letters, if there was a clear gap indicating that one should
have been there and it was also obvious what the letter should
be
Repeated words
List of changes made to the text:
Entry _Academy_, “Genteleman” changed to “Gentleman” (Gentleman-like
Exercises)
Entry _Birds of a Feather_, “Brids” changed to “Birds” (To kill two
Birds)
Entry _Bone_, “or any other Goal” changed to “or any other Gaol”
Entry _Bowsingken_, “Dink” changed to “Drink” (Strong Drink)
Entry _Box_, “alse” changed to “false” (made false steps)
Entry _Case_, “don” changed to “done” (there’s no good to be done)
Entry _Chop-houses_, “boy’d” changed to “boyl’d” (boyl’d and roast
Mutton)
Entry _Cloy_, “Hankerchief” changed to “Handkerchief” (Steal the
Handkerchief)
Entry _Common Women_, “Sreets” changed to “Streets” (Plyers in the
Streets)
Entry _Coarse_, “he” changed to “the” (Course of the Moon)
Entry _Dead-men_, “Tarvern” changed to “Tavern” (on a Tavern-table)
Entry _Dells_, “off” changed to “of” (any of the Fraternity)
Entry _Dig the Badger_, “dislodg” changed to “dislodge” (dislodge him)
Entry _Domerars_, “Tougus” changed to “Tongues” (had their Tongues
cut out)
Entry _Domerars_, “Toungs” also changed to “Tongues” (the tip of
their Tongues)
Entry _Dragg’d_, “Precints” changed to “Precincts” (Precincts of the
Inns of Court)
Entry _Fair Speech_, “Spech” changed to “Speech” (You have made a
Fair Speech)
Entry _Fetids_, “Vegetabes” changed to “Vegetables” (Vegetables, or
Animals)
Entry _Fussocks_, “Flusom” changed to “Fulsom” (a Fulsom, Fat,
Strapping Woman)
Entry _Glib_, “o Kub” changed to “a Rub” (Smooth, without a Rub.)
Entry _Gypsies_, “promicuously” changed to “promiscuously” (Living
promiscuously)
Entry _Hackum_, “a c.” changed to “a” (a Fighting Fellow)
Entry _Jarke-men_, “Countefeit” changed to “Counterfeit” (who make
Counterfeit Licences)
Entry _Lord_, “coorked” changed to “crooked” (crooked, deformed, or
ill-shapen)
Entry _Louse-land_, “Scoth” changed to “Scotch” (A Scotch Louse-trap)
Entry _Mab_, “carelesly” changed to “carelessly” (Drest carelessly,
like a Slattern)
Entry _Nask_, “Bridewel” changed to “Bridewell” (c. the Bridewell in
Tuttle-Fields)
Entry _Palliards_, “Seaventh” changed to “Seventh” (the Seventh Rank)
Entry _Pedlars_, “Scoth” changed to “Scotch” (Scotch Merchants)
Entry _Pentice Nab_, “brm’d” changed to “brim’d” (a very broad-brim’d
Hat)
Entry _Platter-fac’d-jade_, “vere” changed to “very” (a very broad,
ord’nary faced Woman)
Entry _Play it off_, “thorw” changed to “throw” (to throw away, at
Gaming)
Entry _Quietists_, “Paryer” changed to “Prayer” (wholly for Mental
Prayer)
Entry _Rub_, “Tolleraly” changed to “Tollerably” (to Live Tollerably)
Entry _Salt-cel_, “baord” changed to “board” (Sailors on board)
Entry _Scotch-bobby_, “Conutry” changed to “Country” (Horse of that
Country)
Entry _Stingy_, “covetuos” changed to “covetous” (covetous,
closed-fisted)
Entry _Tat-monger_, “fase” changed to “false” (using false Dice)
Entry _Torcoth_, “on-” changed to “only” (found only in the Pool)
Entry _Transnear_ was printed _Tansnear_, obviously wrong from
alphabetical ordering
Entry _Tup_, “Eve” changed to “Ewe” (Copulation of Ram and Ewe)
Entry _Whistle_, “Troat” changed to “Throat” (to Liquor your Throat)
Where there was any doubt whatsoever, the original word has been left as
printed, even if it appears not to make any sense.