1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar TongueGrose, Francis
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1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Grose, Francis
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RUSTY. Out of use, To nab the rust; to be refractory;
properly applied to a restive horse, and figuratively
to the human species. To ride rusty; to be sullen; called
also to ride grub.
RUSTY GUTS. A blunt surly fellow: a jocular misnomer of
RESTICUS.
RUTTING. Copulating. Rutting time; the season, when
deer go to rut.
SACHEVEREL. The iron door, or blower, to the mouth
of a stove: from a divine of that name, who made himself
famous for blowing the coals of dissension in the latter
end of the reign of queen Ann.
SACK. A pocket. To buy the sack: to get drunk. To
dive into the sack; to pick a pocket. To break a bottle
in an empty sack; a bubble bet, a sack with a bottle in
it not being an empty sack.
SAD DOG. A wicked debauched fellow; one of the ancient
family of the sad dogs. Swift translates it into Latin by
the words TRISTIS CANIS.
SADDLE. To saddle the spit; to give a dinner or supper.
To saddle one's nose; to wear spectacles. To saddle a
place or pension; to oblige the holder to pay a certain
portion of his income to some one nominated by the donor.
Saddle sick: galled with riding, having lost leather.
SAINT. A piece of spoilt timber in a coach-maker's shop,
like a saint, devoted to the flames.
SAINT GEOFFREY'S DAY. Never, there being no saint of
that name: tomorrow-come-never, when two Sundays
come together.
SAINT LUKE'S BIRD. An ox; that Evangelist being always
represented with an ox.
SAINT MONDAY. A holiday most religiously observed by
journeymen shoemakers, and other inferior mechanics. A
profanation of that day, by working, is punishable by a
fine, particularly among the gentle craft. An Irishman
observed, that this saint's anniversary happened every
week.
SAL. An abbreviation of SALIVATION. In a high sal; in the
pickling tub, or under a salivation.
SALESMAN'S DOG. A barker. Vide BARKER.
SALMON-GUNDY. Apples, onions, veal or chicken, and
pickled herrings, minced fine, and eaten with oil and
vinegar; some derive the name of this mess from the
French words SELON MON GOUST, because the proportions of
the different ingredients are regulated by the palate of the
maker; others say it bears the name of the inventor, who
was a rich Dutch merchant; but the general and most
probable opinion is, that it was invented by the countess
of Salmagondi, one of the ladies of Mary de Medicis, wife
of King Henry IV. of France, and by her brought into
France.
SALMON or SALAMON. The beggars'sacrament or oath.
SALT. Lecherous. A salt bitch: a bitch at heat, or proud
bitch. Salt eel; a rope's end, used to correct boys, &c. at
sea: you shall have a salt eel for supper.
SAMMY. Foolish. Silly.
SANDWICH. Ham, dried tongue, or some other salted meat,
cut thin and put between two slices of bread and butter:
said to be a favourite morsel with the Earl of Sandwich.
SANDY PATE. A red haired man or woman.
SANGAREE. Rack punch was formerly so called in bagnios.
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