Stag. To turn stag; to impeach one’s
confederates: from
a herd of deer, who are said to turn their
horns against
any of their number who is hunted.
To stag. To find, discover, or observe.
Staggering bob, with his yellow
pumps. A calf
just dropped, and unable to stand, killed
for veal in Scotland:
the hoofs of a young calf are yellow.
Stall whimper. A bastard. Cant.
Stalling. Making or ordaining. Stalling
to the rogue;
an ancient ceremony of instituting a candidate
into the
society of rogues, somewhat similar to
the creation of a
herald at arms. It is thus described
by Harman: the upright
man taking a gage of bowse, i.e.
a pot of strong drink,
pours it on the head of the rogue to be
admitted; saying,
—I, A.B. do stall thee B.C.
to the rogue; and from henceforth
it shall be lawful for thee to cant for
thy living in all
places.
Stalling ken. A broker’s shop,
or that of a receiver of
stolen goods.
Stallion. A man kept by an old lady for secret services.
Stam flesh. To cant. Cant.
Stammel, or STRAMMEL. A coarse brawny wench.
Stamp. A particular manner of throwing the
dice out of
the box, by striking it with violence
against the table.
Stamps. Legs.
Stampers. Shoes.
Stand-still. He was run to a stand-still;
i.e. till he could
no longer move.
Star gazer. A horse who throws up his
head; also a
hedge whore.
To Star the glaze. To break
and rob a jeweller’s show
glass. Cant.
Starched. Stiff, prim, formal, affected.
Staring quarter. An ox cheek.
Start, or the old start.
Newgate: he is gone to the
start, or the old start. Cant.
Starter. One who leaves a jolly company,
a milksop; he
is no starter, he will sit longer than
a hen.
STARVE’EM, ROB’EM, and CHEAT’EM.
Stroud, Rochester,
and Chatham; so called by soldiers and
sailors, and not
without good reason.
Star lag. Breaking shop-windows, and
stealing some article
thereout.
Stash. To stop. To finish. To
end. The cove tipped
the prosecutor fifty quid to stash the
business; he gave
the prosecutor fifty guineas to stop the
prosecution.
State. To lie in state; to be in bed with three harlots.
Stay. A cuckold.
STAYTAPE. A taylor; from that article, and its
coadjutor
buckram, which make no small figure in
the bills of those
knights of the needle.


