Part 17 (2/2)

_Whip off_, to run away, to drink off greedily, to snatch: he whipped away from home, went to the alehouse, where he whipped off a full tankard, and co back whipped off a fellow's hat from his head

_White swelling_, a wo

_Witcher_, a silver bowl

_Wing_, a penny

_Womblety cropt_, the indisposition of a drunkard after a debauch in wine or other liquors

_Wooden Ruff_, a pillory; he wore the wooden ruff, he stood in the pillory

_Word-pecker_, one that plays ords, a punster

_Yam_, to eat heartily, to stuff lustily

_Yar

_Yarum_, milk, or food made of milk

_Yellow George_, a guinea

_Yelper_, a town-crier; also one subject to complain or make a pitiful lamentation

_Znees_, frost, or frozen

_Zneesy weather_, frosty weather

Footnotes

{12} As it has been long a dispute a the learned and travellers, whether or no there are cannibals or e that we should assert there is, beyond all doubt, one of that species often seen lurking near St Paul's, in the city of London, and other parts of that city, seeking whom he may devour

{58a} Hats or caps

{58b} Pointing to the new

{58c} Constables

{58d} Justices of the Peace, or churls,

{58e} A Beggar