Part 11

_Upright-men_, c. the second Rank of the Canting Tribes, having sole right to the first night’s Lodging with the _Dells_. _Go Upright_, said by Taylers and Shoemakers, to their Servants, when any Money is given to make them Drink and signifies, bring it all out in Drink, tho’ the Donor intended less and expects Change or some return of Money.

_Upstarts_, new rais’d to Honour.

_Urchin_, a little sorry Fellow; also a Hedgehog.

_Urines_, Netts to catch Hawks.

_Urinal of the Planets_, _Ireland_, with us, because of its frequent and great Rains, as _Heidelberg, and Cologn_ in _Germany_, have the same Name upon the same Account; also a Chamber-pot, or Glass.

_Utopia_, Fairy-Land, a new Atlantis, or Isle of Pines.

W

_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.

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.