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<h1>The Letter W</h1>
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<h2>WADDLE</h2>
<p>to go like a Duck.</p>
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<h2>WAG</h2>
<h2><i>Waggish</i></h2>
<p>arch, gamesome, pleasant.</p>
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<h2>WALLOWISH</h2>
<p>a malkish, ill Taste.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> WAP</h2>
<p>to lie with a Man. <i class="eg">If she
won't wap for a Win, let her trine for a
Make</i>; if she won't lie with a Man for
a Penny, let her hang for a Half-penny.
<i class="eg">Mort wap-apace</i>; a Woman
of Experience, or very expert at the
Sport.</p>
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<h2>WAPPER-<i>Eyed</i></h2>
<p>that has sore or
running Eyes.</p>
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<h2>WAPPING</h2>
<p>the Act of Coition.</p>
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<h2>WARM</h2>
<p>well lined of flush in the
Pocket.</p>
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<h2>WARMING-<i>Pan</i></h2>
<p>an old fashion'd
large Watch. <i class="eg">A Scotch Warming-Pan</i>;
a She-bed-fellow.</p>
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<h2>WARREN</h2>
<p>he that is Security for
Goods taken up on Credit, by extravagant
young Gentlemen; also a
Boarding-school, or a Bawdy-house,
which are too much the same Thing.</p>
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<h2>WASH</h2>
<p>Paint for Faces.</p>
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<h2>WASPISH</h2>
<p>peevish.</p>
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<h2>WATER-<i>Pad</i></h2>
<p>one that robs Ships,
Hoys, Lighters, Barges or Boats in the
River of <i>Thames</i>. A sort of BADGERS. Which see.</p>
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<h2>WATTLES</h2>
<p>Ears; also Sheep-folds.</p>
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<h2>WEB</h2>
<p>Cloth of any Sort.</p>
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<h2>WEDGE</h2>
<p>Plate, or Silver or Gold
Moveables and trinkets: Also Money.</p>
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<h2>WELSH <i>Fiddle</i></h2>
<h2>or <i>Scotch-Fiddle</i></h2>
<p>the Itch.</p>
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<h2>WESTMINSTER-<i>Wedding</i></h2>
<p>a
Whore and a Rogue married together.</p>
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<h2>WET-<i>Quaker</i></h2>
<p>a Drunkard of that Sect.</p>
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<h2>WHEADLE</h2>
<p>a Sharper. <i class="eg">To cut a
Wheadle</i>; to decoy, by Fawning and
Insinuation.</p>
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<h2>WHEEL-<i>Band in the Nick</i></h2>
<p>regular
drinking over the left Thumb.</p>
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<h2>WHETSTONE's <i>Park</i></h2>
<p>a Lane betwixt
<i>Holbourn</i> and <i>Lincoln's-Inn-Fields</i>,
formerly a noted Nest for Whores,
now dispark'd.</p>
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<h2>WHIDS</h2>
<p>Words.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> WHIDDLE</h2>
<p>to enter into a Parley,
to compound with, or take off by
a Bribe; as, <i class="eg">Did you Whiddle with the
Cull?</i> Did you bribe or compound with
the Evidence? Also to impeach, or
discover; as, <i class="eg">He Whiddles</i>; He Peaches.
<i class="eg">He Whiddles the whole Scrap</i>; He
discovers all he knows. <i class="eg">The Cull has
whiddled, because we would not tip him
a Snack</i>; The Dog has discovered because
we did not give him a Share.
<i class="eg">They Whiddle-Thief, and we must Brush</i>;
They cry out Thieves, and we must
fly.</p>
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<h2>WHIDDLER</h2>
<p>a Peacher (or rather
Impeacher) of his Gang.</p>
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<h2>WHIG-<i>Land</i></h2>
<p>Scotland.</p>
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<h2>WHINERS</h2>
<p>Prayers, Supplications, &c.</p>
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<h2>WHIP-<i>Shire</i></h2>
<p>Yorkshire.</p>
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<h2>WHIPSTER</h2>
<p>a sharp, or subtle
Fellow.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> WHIP <i>off</i></h2>
<p>to steal, to drink cleverly,
to snatch and to run away.
<i class="eg">Whipt through the Lungs</i>; Run through
the Body with a Sword. <i class="eg">Whipt in at
the Glaze</i>; Got in at the Window.</p>
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<h2>WHIM</h2>
<p>a Maggot.</p>
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<h2>WHIMSICAL</h2>
<p>maggotish.</p>
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<h2>WHIMPER</h2>
<p>a low or small Cry.</p>
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<h2>WHINDLE</h2>
<p>a low or feigned Cry.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> WHINE</h2>
<p>to cry squeekingly.</p>
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<h2>WHINYARD</h2>
<p>a Sword.</p>
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<h2>WHIPPER-<i>Snapper</i></h2>
<p>a very small
sprightly Boy.</p>
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<h2>WHIP-<i>Jacks</i></h2>
<p>counterfeit Mariners
begging with false Passes, pretending
Ship-wrecks, great Losses at Sea, narrow
Escapes, &c. telling dismal Stories,
having learnt <i>Tar-Terms</i> on purpose:
but are meer Cheats, and will
not stick to rob a Booth at a Fair, or
an House in soem By-road. They
often carry their Morts or Wenches,
which the pretend to be their Wives,
whom they miraculously saved in the
Shipwreck, altho' all their Children
were drowned, the Ship splitting on
a Rock near the <i>Lands-End</i>, with such
like Forgeries.</p>
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<h2>WHIRLEGIGS</h2>
<p>Testicles.</p>
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<h2>WHISK</h2>
<p>a little inconsiderable, impertinent Fellow.</p>
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<h2>WHISKER</h2>
<p>a great Lye.</p>
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<h2>WHISKINS</h2>
<p>shallow, brown Bowls
to drink out of.</p>
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<h2>WHISTLE</h2>
<p>the Throat. <i class="eg">Wet your
Whistle</i>: liquor your Throat.</p>
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<h2>WHIT</h2>
<p>Newgate. As, <i class="eg">Five Rum-padders,
are rub'd in the Darkmans and
of the Whit, and are pik'd into the Deuseaville</i>;
Five Highway-men in the
Night broke <i>newgate</i>, and are gone
into the Country.</p>
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<h2>WHITE-<i>Chappel-Portion</i></h2>
<p>two torn
Smocks, and what Nature gave.</p>
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<h2>WHITE-<i>Tape</i></h2>
<p>See <i>Tape</i>.</p>
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<h2>WHITE <i>Wool</i></h2>
<p>Silver.</p>
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<h2>WHITHER-<i>D'ye-go</i></h2>
<p>an insolent
prescribing, <i>very</i>, Wife.</p>
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<h2>WHORE's <i>Kitling</i></h2>
<h2>or <i>Whore's Son</i></h2>
<p>a Bastard.</p>
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<h2>WHOW-<i>Ball</i></h2>
<p>a Milk-maid.</p>
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<h2>WIBBLE</h2>
<p>sad Drink.</p>
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<h2>WICKET</h2>
<p>a Casement, also a little
Door. As, <i class="eg">Tout through the Wicket,
and see where a Cully pikes with his
Gentry mort, whose Muns are the Rummest
I ever touted before</i>; Look through
the Casement, and see where the Man
walks with a Gentlewoman, whose
Face is the fairest, I have ever seen.</p>
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<h2>WICHER-<i>Cully</i></h2>
<p>See <i>Witcher-Cully</i>.</p>
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<h2>WIDOWS-<i>Weeds</i></h2>
<p>mourning
Cloaths. <i class="eg">A Grass-Widow</i>; One that
pretends to have been married, but
never was, yet has Children.</p>
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<h2>WILD <i>Rogues</i></h2>
<p>such as are trained
up from Children to <i>Nim</i> golden or
silver Buttons off of 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.</p>
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<h2>WILES</h2>
<p>Tricks, Intrigues, cunning
Stratagems.</p>
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<h2>WILY</h2>
<p>cunning, crafty, intriguing.</p>
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<h2>WILLING-<i>Tit</i></h2>
<p>a little Horse that
Travels chearfully; also a coming Girl.</p>
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<h2>WILLOW</h2>
<p>poor, and of no Reputation.</p>
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<h2>WIN</h2>
<p>a Penny. <i class="eg">To win</i>; To steal.
<i class="eg">Won</i>; Stollen. <i class="eg">The Cull has won a
Couple of rum Glimsticks</i>; The Rogue
has stole a pair of Silver Candlesticks.</p>
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<h2>WIND-<i>Fall</i></h2>
<p>a great Fortune fallen
unexpectedly by the Death of a Friend.</p>
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<h2>WINDY-<i>Fellow</i></h2>
<p>without Sense or
Reason.</p>
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<h2>WIND-<i>Mills in the Head</i></h2>
<p>empty
Projects.</p>
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<h2>WINK</h2>
<p>a Signal or Intimation. <i class="eg">He
tipt the Wink</i>; He gave the Sign or Signal.</p>
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<h2>WINNINGS</h2>
<p>Money, or Reward:
<i class="eg">Winnings for Wapping</i>; Money given a
Woman for lying with her.</p>
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<h2>WIPE</h2>
<p>a Blow; also a Reflection.
<i class="eg">He tipt him a rum Wipe</i>; He gave him
a swinging Blow. <i class="eg">I gave him a Wipe</i>;
I spoke something that cut him, or
gaul'd him. <i class="eg">He wip'd his Nose</i>; He
gull'd him.</p>
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<h2>WIPER</h2>
<p>a Handkerchief. <i class="eg">Nim the
Wiper</i>; To steal the Handkerchief.</p>
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<h2>WIPER-<i>Drawer</i></h2>
<p>a Handkerchief-stealer.
<i class="eg">He drew a broad, narrow, cam,
or speck'd Wiper</i>; He pick'd Pockets of
a broad, or narrow, Ghenting, Cambrick,
or colour'd Handkerchief.</p>
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<h2>WIRE-<i>Draw</i></h2>
<p>a Fetch or Trick to
wheedle in <i>Bubbles</i>; also to screw,
over-reach, or deal hard with. <i class="eg">Wire-drawn</i>;
so served or treated.</p>
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<h2>WISE <i>Man of Gotham</i></h2>
<p>a Fool.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> WIT</h2>
<p>to know or understand.</p>
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<h2><i>The</i> WIT</h2>
<p><i>Newgate</i>, <i>New Prison</i>, or
<i>Bridewell</i>. The same as <i>Whit</i>.</p>
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<h2>WITCHER</h2>
<p>Silver.</p>
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<h2>WITCHER-<i>Bubber</i></h2>
<p>a Silver Bowl.
<i class="eg">The Cull is piked with the Witcher-bubber</i>
The Rogue is marched off with
the Silver-bowl.</p>
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<h2>WITCHER-<i>Cully</i></h2>
<p>a Silver-smith.</p>
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<h2>WITCHER-<i>Tilter</i></h2>
<p>a Silver-hilted
Sword. <i class="eg">He has bit, or drawn the
Witcher-tilter</i>; He has stole the Silver-hilted Sword.</p>
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<h2><i>To</i> WOBBLE</h2>
<p>to boil. <i class="eg">The Pot wobbles</i>; i.e. The Pot boils;
the Meat is enough.</p>
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<h2>WOMAN <i>of the Town</i></h2>
<p>a Prostitute,
or common Harlot.</p>
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<h2>WOMBLE-<i>Ty-Cropt</i></h2>
<p>the Indisposition
of a Drunkard after a Debauch in
Wine or other Liquors: As, <i class="eg">He is
Womble-ty Cropt</i>; He is Cropsick, &c.</p>
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<h2>WOODEN-<i>Ruff</i></h2>
<p>a Pillory. <i class="eg">He wore
the Wooden-ruff</i>; He stood in the Pillory.</p>
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<h2>WOOD-<i>Pecker</i></h2>
<p>a By-stander that
bets, while others game.</p>
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<h2><i>In a</i> WOOD</h2>
<h2>or, <i>In a Maze</i></h2>
<p>In a
Peck of Troubles; being in a Doubt,
or at a Loss, what Course to take, by
Reason of some very critical Turn in
one's Affairs; or, among <i>Canters</i>, by
being surpriz'd, and in great Danger
of being taken, in a Robbery, or any
other unlawful Act.</p>
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<h2>WOOLLY-<i>Crown</i></h2>
<p>a soft-headed
Fellow.</p>
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<h2>WOOL-<i>Gathering</i></h2>
<p>as, <i class="eg">Your Wits
are a Wool gathering</i>; said of a Person
in a serious, or, as 'tis called, in a
brown Study; or who knows not
what he does.</p>
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<h2>WORD-<i>Pecker</i></h2>
<p>one that plays with
Words: A Punster.</p>
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<h2>WORM'D</h2>
<p>undermined, rooked,
cheated, tricked; <i class="eg">Wormed out of</i>, inveigled
out of, or deluded.</p>
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