The Letter L

LAC'D Mutton

a Woman

LACING

beating, drubbing; I'll Lace your Coat, Sirrah! I will beat you soundly!

LADY

a very crooked, deformed and ill-shapen Woman.

LADY-birds

light, or lewd Women.

LAG

Water; also last.

LAG a-dudds

a Buck of Cloths; as, We'll cloy the Lag of Dudds: Come, let us steal that Buck of Cloths.

To LAMBASTE

to beat soundly.

LAMB-Pye

beating or drubbing.

LAMB-Skin Men

the Judges of the several Courts.

LAND-Lopers

or Land-lubbers

Vagabonds that beg and steal about the Country.

LAND Pyrates

Highwaymen or any other Robbers.

LAND

as, How lies the Land? How stands the Reckoning? Who has any Land in Appleby? a Question ask'd the Man, at whose Door the Glass stands long.

LANSPRESADO

He that comes into Company with but Two-pence in his Pocket.

LANTERN-jaw'd

a very lean, thin-faced Fellow.

A Dark LANTHORN

the Servant or Agent that receives the Bribe (at Court).

LAP

Pottage, Butter-milk, or Whey.

LARE-Over

said when the true Name of the Things must (in Decency) be concealed.

LATCH

let in.

LAY

an Enterprize, or Attempt; To be sick of the Lay, to be tir'd in waiting for an Opportunity to effect their Purposes. Also an Hazard or Chance; as, He stands a quuer Lay; he stands an odd Chance, or is in great Danger.

LAY'D Up in Lavender

pawn'd or dipt for present Money.

LEATHER-Head

a Thick-skill'd, heavy-headed Fellow.

LEATHERN Convenience

(by the Quakers) a Coach.

LET's take an Ark and Winns

Let's hire a Skuller.

LET's buy a Brush

or Let's lope

Let us scour off, and make what Shift we can to secure our selves from being apprehended.

LEVITE

a Priest or Parson.

To LIB

to tumble or lie together.

LIBBEN

a private Dwelling-House.

LIBBEGE

a Bed.

LIBKIN

a House to lie in; also a Lodging.

LICKT

as Women's Faces with a Wash.

LIFTER

a Crutch.

LIG

See Lib.

LIGHT Finger'd

Thievish.

LIGHT-Mans

the Day or Day-break.

LIGHT-Frigate

a Whore; also a Cruiser.

LILLY White

a Chimney-Sweeper.

LINE of the old Author

a Dram of Brandy.

LINNEN Armorers

Taylors.

LITTLE Barbary

Wapping.

LOAP'D

run away; He loap'd up the Dancers; He whipt up the Stairs.

LOB-Cock

a heavy, dull Fellow.

In LOB's Pound

laid by the Heels, or clap'd up in Jail.

LOBSTER

a red Coat Soldier.

LOCK

as, He stood a queer Lock; i.e. He stood an indifferent Chance, &c.

LOCK all fast

one that buys and conceals stollen Goods.

The LOCK

the Warehouse whither the Thieves carry stollen Goods. Also an Hospital for pocky Folks in Southwark &c.

LOCKRAM Jaw'd

thin, lean, sharp-visag'd

LODGE

a Watch. As Files a Cly of a Lodge, or Scout, Pickt a Pocket of a Watch. Biting a Loge, or Scout, the same.

LOLPOOP

a lazy, idle Droe.

LONG-Meg

a very tall Woman.

LONG-Shanks

long-legged.

LOOKING-Glass

a Chamber-pot.

A LOON

a Lout. A false Loon, a true Scotch Man; or Knave of any Nation.

LOON-Slate

a Thirteen-pence Half-penny.

LORD

a very crooked deformed, or ill-shapen Person.

LOUR

Money.

LOUSE Land

Scotland.

LOUSE Trap

a Comb.

LOW Pad

a Foot-Pad.

LOW Tide

when there's no Money in a Man's Pocket.

LUD's Bulwark

Ludgate Prison.

LUGGS

Ears.

LULLABY-Cheat

a Child.

LUMB

too much.

LURCHED

beaten at any Game.

LURRIES

Money, Watches, Rings, or other Moveables.