Mutton-headed. Stupid.
Mutton monger. A man addicted to wenching.
Mutton. In her mutton, i.e. having
carnal knowledge of a
woman.
Muzzle. A beard.
Muzzler. A violent blow on the mouth.
The milling
cove tipped the cull a muzzler; the boxer
gave the fellow
a blow on the mouth.
MYNT. See mint.
MYRMIDONS. The constable’s assistants, watchmen, &c.
Nab, or nab cheat. A hat.
Penthouse nab; a large
hat.
To nab. To seize, or catch unawares.
To nab the teaze;
to be privately whipped. To nab the
stoop; to stand in
the pillory. To nab the rust; a jockey
term for a horse
that becomes restive. To nab the
snow: to steal linen
left out to bleach or dry. Cant.
To nab girder, or nob girder. A bridle.
Nack. To have a nack; to be ready at any
thing, to have
a turn-for it.
NACKY. Ingenious.
Nailed. Secured, fixed. He offered me a
decus, and I
nailed him; he offered me a crown, and
I struck or fixed
him.
Nanny house. A brothel.
To nap. To cheat at dice by securing
one chance. Also
to catch the venereal disease. You’ve
napt it; you are
infected.
Napping. To take any one napping; i.e.
to come upon
him unexpectedly, to find him asleep:
as, He caught him
napping, as Morse caught his mare.
Napper. The head; also a cheat or thief.
Napper of naps. A sheep stealer. Cant.
Nappy ale. Strong ale.
NASK, or naskin. A prison or bridewell.
The new nask;
Clerkenwell bridewell. Tothil-fields
nask; the bridewell
at Tothil-fields. Cant.
Nation. An abbreviation of damnation:
a vulgar term used
in Kent, Sussex, and the adjacent counties,
for very.
Nation good; very good. A nation
long way; a very long
way.
Natty lads. Young thieves or pickpockets. Cant.
Natural. A mistress, a child; also an idiot.
A natural
son or daughter; a love or merry-begotten
child, a bastard.
Navy office. The Fleet prison.
Commander of the
Fleet; the warden of the Fleet prison.
Nay word. A bye-word, proverb.
NAZAKENE foretop. The foretop of a wig made
in imi-
tation of Christ’s head of hair,
as represented by the
painters and sculptors.
Nazy. Drunken. Nazy cove or mort; a
drunken rogue
or harlot. Nazy nabs; drunken coxcombs.
Neb, or nib. The bill of a bird, and
the slit of a pen.
Figuratively, the face and mouth of a
woman; as, She holds
up her neb: she holds up her mouth
to be kissed.


