Breeches Bible.  An edition of the Bible printed in
  1598, wherein it is said that Adam and Eve sewed figleaves
  together, and made themselves breeches.

Breeze.  To raise a breeze; to kick up a dust or breed a
  disturbance.

Bridge.  To make a bridge of any one’s nose; to push the
  bottle past him, so as to deprive him of his turn of filling
  his glass; to pass one over.  Also to play booty, or
  purposely to avoid winning.

Brim. (Abbreviation of Brimstone.) An abandoned woman;
  perhaps originally only a passionate or irascible
  woman, compared to brimstone for its inflammability.

Brisket beater.  A Roman catholic.  See breast
  fleet, and Craw thumper.

Bristol milk.  A Spanish wine called sherry, much
  drunk at that place, particularly in the morning.

Bristol man.  The son of an Irish thief and a Welch
  whore.

British CHAMPAIGNE.  Porter.

BROGANIER.  One who has a strong Irish pronunciation or
  accent.

Brogue.  A particular kind of shoe without a heel,
  worn in Ireland, and figuratively used to signify the
  Irish accent.

Brother of the blade.  A soldier
          buskin.  A player. 
          Bung.  A brewer
          Quill.  An author. 
          String.  A fiddler. 
          Whip.  A coachman.

Brother Starling.  One who lies with the same woman,
  that is, builds in the same nest.

Broughtonian.  A boxer:  a disciple of Broughton,
  who was a beef-eater, and once the best boxer of his day.

Brown bess.  A soldier’s firelock.  To hug brown Bess; to
  carry a firelock, or serve as a private soldier.

Brown George.  An ammunition loaf, A wig without
  powder; similar to the undress wig worn by his majesty.

Brown madam, or miss brown.  The monosyllable.

Brown study.  Said of one absent, in a reverie, or
  thoughtful.

Bruiser.  A boxer; one skilled in the ar of boxing also
  an inferior workman among chasers.

BREWES, or BROWES.  The fat scum from the pot in
  which salted beef is boiled.

To brush.  To run away.  Let us buy a brush and lope;
  let us go away or off.  To have a brush with a woman; to
  lie with her.  To have a brush with a man; to fight with
  him.  The cove cracked the peter and bought a brush;
  the fellow broke open the trunk, and then ran away.

Brusher.  A bumper, a full glass.  See bumper.

Bub.  Strong beer.

BUBBER.  A drinking bowl; also a great drinker; a
  thief that steals plate from public houses.  Cant.