Part 9

_Ridge_, or _row of Hills_, extended in a Line.

_Ridicule_, to Railly or turn any thing to a Jest. _To turn it all to Ridicule_, to make a Mock of it.

_Rigging_, c. Cloaths.

_I’ll Unrig the Bloss_, c. I will Strip the Wench.

_Rum Rigging_, c. fine Cloaths. _The Cull has Rum Rigging, let’s Ding him, and Mill him, and Pike_, c. the Man has very good Cloths, let us Knock him Down, Rob him, and Scour off.

_Rill_, a Rivulet, or small River.

_Ring_, c. Money extorted by Rogues on the High-way, or by Gentlemen Beggers. _A Ring_, a Concourse of People for Wrestling, Cudgel-playing, _&c._ _A Ring of Hills_, a round Circle of Hills.

_Ring-walks_, the Dew-rounds made by Huntsmen, when they go drawing in their Springs at Hart-Hunting.

_Ripe_, ready, come to maturity. _Matters are not Ripe_, not ready, or come to Perfection.

_Riveted_, or _Rooted_ Customs, or Habits; inveterate or confirmed Diseases.

_Roam_, to wander far and wide from Home.

_Roberds-men_, c. the third (old) Rank of the Canting Crew, mighty Thieves, like _Robin-hood_.

_Rochester-portion_, two torn Smocks, and what Nature gave.

_Roe._ _A Fair Roe-buck_, the fifth Year; _a Roe-buck of the first Head_, the fourth Year; _a Hemuse_, the third Year; _a Gyrle_, the second Year; _a Kid_, the first Year; _a Roe Beddeth_, Lodgeth; _a Roe Belloweth_, maketh a Noise at Rutting time.

_Roger_, c. a Portmantle, a Goose; also a Man’s Yard.

_Rogues_, c. the fourth Order of Canters. _A Rogue in Grain_, a very great Rogue. _A Great-he-rogue_, a sturdy swinging Rogue.

_Romance_, a feigned pleasant History. _To Romance_, to lie pleasantly, to Stretch in Discourse.

_Romboyles_, c. Watch and Ward.

_Romboyl’d_, c. sought after with a Warrant.

_Romer_, a drinking Glass; also wider.

_Rook_, c. a Cheat, a Knave. _To Rook_, c. to Cheat or play the Knave.

_Rope._ _Upon the High-ropes_, Cock-a-hoop. _Give him Rope enough and he’ll Hang himself_, he’ll Decoy himself within his own Destiny.

_Rosy-gills_, c. Sanguine or fresh-colour’d.

_Rost-meat-cloths_, Holiday-cloths. _You cannot fare well, but you must cry Rost-meat_, you can’t meet with good Chear, but you must tell Tales. _To give one Rost-meat, and Beat him with the Spit_, to do one a Curtesy, and Twit or Upbraid him with it. _To rule the Rost_, to be Master, or Paramount. _Roasted_, Arrested. _I’ll Roast the Dab_, I will Arrest the Rascal.

_Rot-gut_, very small or thin Beer.

_Rovers_, Pirates, Wanderers, Vagabonds. _To Shoot at Rovers_, at Random. _To Rove about_, to wander idly up and down.

_Rough_, Unpolisht, Unmannerly, Uncouth. _To lie Rough_, in one’s Clothes all Night.

_Round-dealing_, Plain, Honest Dealing.

_Round-summ_, a Lusty-Summ.

_Round-heads_, the Parliamentarian Party in the great Rebellion, that begun 1641.

_Rout_, (of Wolves) a Company.

_Rouse_, (the Buck) Dislodge him.

_Rawland-for-an-Oliver_, to give as good as he brought.

_Roysters_, c. rude, Roaring Rogues.

_Rub_, c. to Run away. _A Rub_, an Impediment, Obstacle, Hinderance, Stop, or Difficulty. _Rub on_, to Live indifferently. _Rub’d off_, c. Broke, and run away. _Rub through the World_, to Live Tollerably well in it.

_Rubbers_, Two (and sometimes Three) Games to make up; also a Rencounter with drawn Sword, and Reflections made upon any one.

_Rub-rub_, us’d on Greens when the Bowl Flees too fast, to have it forbear, if Words wou’d do it.

_Rub-up_, or refresh the Memory.

_Rub-up_, or Scower Armour, _&c._

_Rubs us to the Whit_, c. sends us to Newgate.

_Ruby-face_, very red.

_Ruck_, a Bumble, or Heap.

_Rud_, a small Fish with a forked Tail, between which and the Roach, there is much about the same difference, as between the Herring and the Pilchard.

_Ruff_, an old-fashioned double Band; also a noted Bird, and a Fish, Pope, like a small Pearch, and when the Hawk hits the Prey, and yet not Trusses it.

_Ruffin_, c. the Devil; also a Justice of Peace, and also an Assasin.

_Rufflers_, c. the first Rank of Canters; also notorious Rogues. _To Ruffle_, to disorder any thing.

_Ruff-mans_, c. the Woods or Bushes.

_Ruff-peck_, c. Bacon. _As the Ruffin nab the Cuffin queere, and let the Harmanbeck Trime with his Kinchins about his Colquarron_, c. let the Devil take Justice, and let the Constable Hang with his Children about his Neck.

_Ruffter-hood_, a plain and easy Leather-hood worn by a Hawk, when first drawn.

_Rug._ _It’s all Rug_, c. the Game is secured.

_Rum_, c. gallant, Fine, Rich, best or excellent; also a West-Indian Drink stronger than Brandy, drawn from Dreggs of Sugar for the most part, yet sometimes from Fruits, and Rows of Fish; best when old, much us’d in Punch.

_Rumly_, c. bravely, cleaverly, delicately, &c.

_Rum-booze_, c. Wine; also very good or strong Drink.

_Rum-boozing-Welts_, c. bunches of Grapes.

_Rum-beck_, c. any Justice of the Peace.

_Rum-bob_, c. a young Prentice; also a sharp, sly Trick, and a pretty short Wig.

_Rum-bite_, c. a cleaver Cheat, a neat Trick.

_Rum-bleating cheat_, c. a very fat Weather.

_Rum-blower_, c. a very Handsom Mistress, kept by a particular Man.

_Rum-bluffer_, c. a jolly Host, Inn-keeper, or Victualler.

_Rum-bughar_, c. a very Pretty and Valuable Dog.

_Rum-bung_, c. a full Purse.

_Rum-bubber_, c. a cleaver or dextrous Fellow at Stealing Silver-Tankards (formerly) from Publick Houses.

_Rum-cod_, c. a good Purse of Gold, or round Summ of Money.

_Rum cove_, c. a great Rogue.

_Rum-cul_, c. a rich Fool, that can be easily _Bit_, or Cheated by any body; also one that is very generous and kind to a Mistress, and as

_Rum-chub_, c. which is (among the Butchers) one that is easily perswaded to believe what they say of the Goodness, and also to give them an extraod’nary Price for their Meat, a very ignorant Market-man or Woman, that Laies out a great deal of Money with, and is _Bit_ by them.

_Rum-clout_, c. a Silk, fine Cambrick, or Holland Handkerchief.

_Rum-cole_, c. new Money, or Medals, curiously Coyn’d.

_Rum-dropper_, c. a Vintner.

_Rum-duke_, c. a jolly handsom Man. _Rum-dutchess_, c. a jolly handsom Woman. _Rum-dukes_, c. the boldest or stoutest Fellows (lately) amongst the _Alsatians_, _Minters_, _Savoyards_, &c. Sent for to remove and guard the Goods of such Bankrupts as intended to take Sanctuary in those Places.

_Rum-doxy_, c. a Beautiful Woman, or light Lady.

_Rum-degen_, c. a Silver-hilted or inlaid Sword.

_Rum-dell_, c. as _Rumdoxy_.

_Rum-diver_, c. an compleat, or cleaver Pick-pocket.

_Rum-drawers_, c. Silk Stockings, or very fine Worsted Hose.

_Rum-dubber_, c. an experienc’d or expert Picker of Locks.

_Rumford-Lyon_, a Calf.

_Rum-fun_, c. a cleaver Cheat, or sharp Trick.

_Rum-file_, c. as _Rum-diver_.

_Rum-gutlers_, c. Canary-Wine.

_Rum-glymmar_, c. King or Chief of the Link-boies.

_Rum-ghelt_, c. as _Rum-cole_.

_Rum-hopper_, c. a Drawer. _Rum-hopper, tip us presently a Boozing-cheat of Rum-gutlers_, c. Drawer fill us presently a Bottle of the best Canary.

_Rum-kicks_, c. Silver or Gold Brocade Breeches, or very rich with Gold or Silver Galoon.

_Rum-mawn’d_, c. one that Counterfeits himself a Fool.

_Rum-mort_, c. a Queen or great Lady.

_Rum-nab_, c. a Beaver, or very good Hat.

_Rum-ned_, c. a very silly Fellow.

_Rum-nantz_, c. true French Brandy.

_Rum-pad_, c. the Highway.

_Rum-padders_, c. the better sort of Highway-men, well Mounted and Armed.

_Rum-peepers_, c. a Silver Looking-glass.

_Rump-and-Kidney Men_, c. Fidlers that Play at Feasts, Fairs, Weddings, _&c._ And Live chiefly on the Remnants of Victuals.

_Rumbling_, the rolling of Thunder, motion of a Wheel-barrow, or the noise in the Gutts.

_Rum-prancer_, c. a very beautiful Horse.

_Rum-quidds_, c. a great Booty, or large Snack.

_Rum-ruff peck_, c. Westphalia-Ham.

_Rum-squeeze_, c. much Wine or good Liquor given among the Fidlers.

_Rum-snitch_, c. a good fillip on the Nose.

_Rum-tol_, c. as Rum degen, the newest Cant of the two.

_Rum-tilter_, c. as _Rumtol_.

_Rum-topping_, c. a rich commode or Head-dress.

_Rum-ville_, c. _London_.

_Rum-wiper_, c. as _Rum-clout_.

_Run-ryot_, to turn Spark, and run out of all; also when Hounds run at a whole Herd of Deer.

_Running-stationers_, Hawkers, or those that cry News and Books about the Streets.

_Runt_, a little, short, truss Man or Beast.

_Runts_, Canary-Birds above three Years old.

_Runner_, c. as _Budge_; also a Galley, or nimble Vessel, to make quick Voyages, as also to escape Privateers, Pirates, _&c._

_Rup_, a filthy Boil, or Swelling on the Rump of Poultry, Corrupting the whole Body, Cured with Salt and Water.

_Rustic_, a clownish Country Fellow.

_Rustygutts_, an old blunt Fellow.

_Rutt_, Copulation (of Deer.)

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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.

{ _Apollo_, a Scholar. { _Mars_, Soldier. _Son of_ { _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.