http://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=Vulgar Tongue 1811 2005-06-15T13:48:29Z http://everything2.com:80/user/Vulgar+Tongue+1811/writeups/SwaddleVulgar Tongue 1811http://everything2.com:80/user/Vulgar Tongue 18112005-06-15T13:48:29Z2005-06-15T13:48:29Z <dl><dt><strong>to swaddle</strong></dt> <dd><br>To beat with a <a href="/title/stick">stick</a>.</dd></dl> <dl><dt><strong>swaddlers</strong></dt> <dd><br>The tenth order of the <a href="/title/canting+tribe">canting tribe</a>, who not only rob, but beat, and often murder passengers. <i><a href="/title/Cant">Cant</a></i>.<br> <br> Swaddlers is also the Irish name for <a href="/title/methodist">methodist</a>.</dd></dl> <p align="right">The <a href="/title/1811+Dictionary+of+the+Vulgar+Tongue">1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue</a>.</p> http://everything2.com:80/user/Vulgar+Tongue+1811/writeups/SwagVulgar Tongue 1811http://everything2.com:80/user/Vulgar Tongue 18112005-06-15T13:45:11Z2005-06-15T13:45:11Z <dl><dt><strong>swag</strong></dt> <dd><br>A shop. Any quantity of goods.<blockquote>As, <cite>plant the swag</cite> ; conceal the goods.<br> <br> <cite><a href="/title/Rum">Rum</a> swag</cite> ; a shop full of rich goods.</blockquote> <em><a href="/title/Cant">Cant</a></em>.</dd></dl> <p align="right">The <a href="/title/1811+Dictionary+of+the+Vulgar+Tongue">1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue</a>.</p> http://everything2.com:80/user/Vulgar+Tongue+1811/writeups/SwaggerVulgar Tongue 1811http://everything2.com:80/user/Vulgar Tongue 18112005-06-15T13:41:43Z2005-06-15T13:41:43Z <dl><dt><strong>swagger</strong></dt> <dd><br>To <a href="/title/bully">bully</a>, <a href="/title/brag">brag</a>, or <a href="/title/boast">boast</a>, also to <a href="/title/strut">strut</a>.</dd></dl> <p align="right">The <a href="/title/1811+Dictionary+of+the+Vulgar+Tongue">1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue</a>.</p> http://everything2.com:80/user/Vulgar+Tongue+1811/writeups/SwanneryVulgar Tongue 1811http://everything2.com:80/user/Vulgar Tongue 18112005-06-15T13:40:09Z2005-06-15T13:40:09Z <dl><dt><strong>swannery</strong></dt> <dd><br><cite>He keeps a swannery</cite> ; i.e. all his <a href="/title/goose">geese</a> are swans.</dd></dl> <p align="right">The <a href="/title/1811+Dictionary+of+the+Vulgar+Tongue">1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue</a>.</p> http://everything2.com:80/user/Vulgar+Tongue+1811/writeups/SweatingVulgar Tongue 1811http://everything2.com:80/user/Vulgar Tongue 18112005-06-15T13:38:37Z2005-06-15T13:38:37Z <dl><dt><strong>sweating</strong></dt> <dd><br>A mode of diminishing the gold coin, practiced chiefly by the Jews, who corrode it with <a href="/title/aqua+regia">aqua regia</a>.<br> <br> Sweating was also a diversion practised by the <a href="/title/blood">bloods</a> of the last century, who styled themselves <a href="/title/mohock">Mohocks</a> : these gentlemen lay in wait to surprise some person late in the night, when surrouding him, they with their swords pricked him in the <a href="/title/posterior">posteriors</a>, which obliged him to be constantly turning round ; this they continued till they thought him sufficiently sweated.</dd></dl> <p align="right">The <a href="/title/1811+Dictionary+of+the+Vulgar+Tongue">1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue</a>.</p> http://everything2.com:80/user/Vulgar+Tongue+1811/writeups/sweetVulgar Tongue 1811http://everything2.com:80/user/Vulgar Tongue 18112005-06-15T13:35:45Z2005-06-15T13:35:45Z <dl><dt><strong>sweet</strong></dt> <dd><br>Easy to be imposed on, or taken in ; also expert, <a href="/title/dexterous">dexterous</a> clever.<blockquote><cite>Sweet's your hand</cite> ; said of one dexterous at stealing.</blockquote></dd></dl> <dl><dt><strong><a href="/title/sweet+heart">sweet heart</a></strong></dt> <dd><br>A term applicable to either the masculine or feminine gender, signifying a girl's <a href="/title/lover">lover</a>, or a man's <a href="/title/mistress">mistress</a> : derived from a sweet <a href="/title/cake">cake</a> in the shape of a heart.</dd></dl> <dl><dt><strong><a href="/title/sweetness">sweetness</a></strong></dt> <dd><br><a href="/title/Guinea+dropper">Guinea droppers</a>, cheats, <a href="/title/sharper">sharpers</a>.<br> <br> To sweeten ; to decoy, or draw in.<br> <br> To be sweet upon ; to <a href="/title/coax">coax</a>, <a href="/title/wheedle">wheedle</a>, <a href="/title/court">court</a>, or <a href="/title/allure">allure</a>.<blockquote><cite>He seemed sweet upon that <a href="/title/wench">wench</a> ; he seemed to court that girl.</cite></blockquote></dd></dl> <p align="right">The <a href="/title/1811+Dictionary+of+the+Vulgar+Tongue">1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue</a>.</p>