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Waddle, to go like a Duck.
Wag. Waggish, Arch, Gamesom, Pleasant.
Wag-Tail, a light Woman.
Wallowish, a malkish, ill Taste.
Wap, c. to Lie with a Man. If she won’t wap for a Winne, let her trine 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.