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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.
| Son of | { | Apollo, a Scholar. |
| { | Mars, Soldier. | |
| { | 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.
| Swinging | { | Clap, | } | a very great one. |
| { | Lye, | } | ||
| { | 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.