Glib. Smooth, slippery. Glib tongued; talkative.
Glim. A candle, or dark lantern, used in
housebreaking;
also fire. To glim; to burn in the
hand. Cant.
GLIMFENDERS. Andirons. Cant.
GLIMFLASHY. Angry, or in a passion. Cant.
Glim jack. A link-boy. Cant.
Glimmer. Fire. Cant.
GLIMMERERS. Persons begging with sham licences,
pretending losses by fire.
GLIMMS. Eyes.
GLIMSTICK. A candlestick. Cant.
Globe. Pewter. Cant.
Gloves. To give any one a pair of gloves;
to make them
a present or bribe. To win a pair
of gloves; to kiss a man
whilst he sleeps: for this a pair
of gloves is due to any lady
who will thus earn them.
GLUEPOT. A parson: from joining men and
women together
in matrimony.
Glum. Sullen.
Glutton. A term used by bruisers to signify
a man who
will bear a great deal of beating.
GNARLER. A little dog that by his barking alarms
the
family when any person is breaking into
the house.
Go, the. The dash. The mode.
He is quite the go, he
is quite varment, he is prime, he is bang
up, are
synonimous expressions.
GLYBE. A writing. Cant.
Go between. A pimp or bawd.
Go by the ground. A little short person, man or woman.
Go shop. The Queen’s Head in
Duke’s court, Bow street,
Covent Garden; frequented by the under
players: where
gin and water was sold in three-halfpenny
bowls, called
Goes; the gin was called Arrack.
The go, the fashion;
as, large hats are all the go.
Goads. Those who wheedle in chapmen for horse-dealers.
Goat. A lascivious person. Goats jigg;
making the beast
with two backs, copulation.
Gob. The mouth; also a bit or morsel:
whence gobbets.
Gift of the gob; wide-mouthed, or one
who speaks fluently,
or sings well.
Gob string. A bridle.
Gobbler. A turkey cock.
Godfather. He who pays the reckoning, or
answers for
the rest of thecompany: as, Will
you stand godfather, and
we will take care of the brat; i.e.
repay you another
time. Jurymen are also called godfathers,
because they
name the crime the prisoner before them
has been guilty
of, whether felony, petit larceny, &c.
Gog. All-a-gog; impatient, anxious, or desirous of a thing.
Gog and Magog. Two giants, whose
effigies stand on
each side of the clock in Guildhall, London;
of whom
there is a tradition, that, when they
hear the clock strike
one, on the first of April, they will
walk down from their
places.


