WAPPER-eyed. Sore-eyed.

Ware.  A woman’s ware; her commodity.

Ware hawk.  An exclamation used by thieves to inform
  their confederates that some police officers are at hand.

Warm.  Rich, in good circumstances.  To warm, or give
  a man a warming; to beat him.  See CHAFED.

Warming-pan.  A large old-fashioned watch.  A Scotch
  warming-pan; a female bedfellow.

Warren.  One that is security for goods taken up on credit
  by extravagant young gentlemen.  Cunny warren;
  a girl’s boarding-school, also a bawdy-house.

Wash.  Paint for the face, or cosmetic water.  Hog-wash;
  thick and bad beer.

Wasp.  An infected prostitute, who like a wasp carries a
  sting in her tail.

Waspish.  Peevish, spiteful.

Waste. House of waste; a tavern or alehouse, where idle
  people waste both their time and money.

Watch, chain, and seals.  A sheep’s head And pluck.

Water-mill.  A woman’s private parts.

Water sneaksman.  A man who steals from ships or
  craft on the river.

Water.  His chops watered at it; he longed earnestly for it. 
  To watch his waters; to keep a strict watch on any one’s
  actions.  In hot water:  in trouble, engaged in disputes.

Water bewitched. Very weak punch or beer.

WATERPAD.  One that robs ships in the river Thames.

Watery-headed. Apt to shed tears.

Water SCRIGER, A doctor who prescribes from inspecting
  the water of his patients.  See piss prophet.

Wattles.  Ears.  Cant.

Wear A—­E.  A one-horse chaise.

Weasel-faced. Thin, meagre-faced.  Weasel-gutted;
  thin-bodied; a weasel is a thin long slender animal with a
  sharp face.

Wedding.  The emptying of a neoessary-hovise, particularly
  in London.  You have been at an Irish wedding,
  where black eyes are given instead of favours; saying to
  one who has a black eye.

Wedge.  Silver plate, because melted by the receivers of
  stolen goods into wedges.  Cant.

To Weed. To take a part.  The kiddey weeded the swell’s
  screens; the youth took some of the gentleman’s bank
  notes.

Weeping cross.  To come home by weeping cross; to
  repent.

Welch comb.  The thumb and four fingers.

Welch fiddle.  The itch.  See scotch fiddle.

Welch mile.  Like a Welch mile, long and narrow.  His
  story is like a Welch mile, long and tedious.