Welch rabbit, [i. e. a Welch rare-bit] Bread and cheese
  toasted.  See rabbit.—­The Welch are said to be so
  remarkably fond of cheese, that in cases of difficulty their
  midwives apply a piece of toasted cheese to the janua vita
  to attract and entice the young Taffy, who on smelling it
  makes most vigorous efforts to come forth.

Welch ejectment.  To unroof the house, a method
  practised by landlords in Wales to eject a bad tenant.

To well.  To divide unfairly.  To conceal part.  A cant
  phrase used by thieves, where one of the party conceals
  some of the booty, instead of dividing it fairly amongst
  his confederates.

Well-hung.  The blowen was nutts upon the kiddey because
  he is well-hung; the girl is pleased with the youth
  because his genitals are large.

Westminster wedding.  A match between a whore
  and a rogue.

Wet parson.  One who moistens his clay freely, in order
  to make it stick together.

Wet quaker.  One of that sect who has no objection to
  the spirit derived from wine.

Whack.  A share of a booty obtained by fraud.  A paddy
  whack; a stout brawney Irishman.

WHAPPER.  A large man or woman.

Wheedle.  A sharper.  To cut a wheedle; to decoy by
  fawning or insinuation.  Cant.

WHEELBAND in the nick.  Regular drinking over the
  left thumb.

Whelp.  An impudent whelp; a saucy boy.

Whereas.  To follow a whereas; to become a bankrupt,
  to figure among princes and potentates:  the notice given
  in the Gazette that a commission of bankruptcy is issued
  out against any trader, always beginning with the word
  whereas.  He will soon march in the rear of a whereas.

Whet.  A morning’s draught, commonly white wine, supposed
  to whet or sharpen the appetite.

WHETSTONE’S Park.  A lane between Holborn and Lincoln’s-inn
  Fields, formerly famed for being the resort of
  women of the town.

WHIDS.  Words.  Cant.

To whiddle.  To tell or discover.  He whiddles; he
  peaches.  He whiddles the whole scrap; he discovers all
  he knows.  The cull whiddled because they would not
  tip him a snack:  the fellow peached because they would
  not give him a share, They whiddle beef, and we must
  brush; they cry out thieves, and we must make off.  Cant.

WHIDDLER.  An informer, or one that betrays the secrets
  of the gang.

Whiffles.  A relaxation of the scrotum.

WHIFFLERS.  Ancient name for fifers; also persons at the
  universities who examine candidates for degrees.  A whiffling
  cur, a small yelping cur.