WEDGE-FEEDER, silver spoon.
WEED, a cigar; _the_ WEED, tobacco generally.
WELL, to pocket, or place as in a well.
WENCH, provincial and old-fashioned term for a girl, derived from WINK.
In _America_, negro girls only are termed WENCHES.
WEST CENTRAL, a water-closet, the initials being the same as those
of the London Postal District. It is said that for this reason very
delicate people refuse to obey Rowland Hill’s instructions in this
particular.
WET, a drink, a “drain.”
WET, to drink. Low people generally ask an acquaintance to WET any
recently purchased article, _i.e._, to stand treat on the occasion;
“WET your whistle,” _i.e._, take a drink; “WET the other eye,” _i.e._,
take another glass.
WET QUAKER, a drunkard of that sect; a man who pretends to be
religious, and is a dram drinker on the sly.
WHACK, a share or lot; “give me my WHACK,” give me my share. _Scotch_,
SWEG, or SWACK.
WHACK, to beat; WHACK, or WHACKING, a blow or thrashing.
WHACKING, large, fine, or strong.
WHALE, “very like a WHALE in a teacup,” said of anything that is very
improbable; taken from a speech of Polonius in _Hamlet_.
WHEEDLE, to entice by soft words. “This word cannot be found to derive
itself from any other, and therefore is looked upon as wholly invented
by the CANTERS.”—_Triumph of Wit_, 1705.