SHARK. A sharper: perhaps from his preying upon any one he can lay hold of. Also a custom-house officer, or tide-waiter. Sharks; the first order of pickpockets. BOW-STREET TERM, A.D. 1785. SHARP. Subtle, acute, quick-witted; also a sharper or cheat, in opposition to a flat, dupe, or gull. Sharp's the word and quick's the motion with him; said of any one very attentive to his own interest, and apt to take all advantages. Sharp set; hungry. SHARPER. A cheat, one that lives by his wits. Sharpers tools; a fool and false dice. SHAVER. A cunning shaver; a subtle fellow, one who trims close, an acute cheat. A young shaver; a boy. SEA TERM. SHAVINGS. The clippings of money. SHE HOUSE. A house where the wife rules, or, as the term is, wears the breeches. SHE LION. A shilling. SHE NAPPER. A woman thief-catcher; also a bawd or pimp. SHEEP'S HEAD. Like a sheep's head, all jaw; saying of a talkative man or woman. SHEEPISH. Bashful. A sheepish fellow; a bashful or shamefaced fellow. To cast a sheep's eye at any thing; to look wishfully at it. SHEEPSKIN FIDDLER. A drummer. SHELF. On the shelf, i.e. pawned. SHERIFF'S JOURNEYMAN. The hangman. SHERIFF'S BALL. An execution. To dance at the sheriff's ball, and loll out one's tongue at the company; to be hanged, or go to rest in a horse's night-cap, i.e. a halter. SHERIFF'S BRACELETS. Handcuffs. SHERIFF'S HOTEL. A prison. SHERIFF'S PICTURE FRAME. The gallows. TO SHERK. To evade or disappoint: to sherk one's duty. TO SHERRY. To run away: sherry off. SHIFTING. Shuffling. Tricking. Shifting cove; i.e. a person who lives by tricking. SHIFTING BALLAST. A term used by sailors, to signify soldiers, passengers, or any landsmen on board. SHILLALEY. An oaken sapling, or cudgel: from a wood of that name famous for its oaks. IRISH. SHILLY-SHALLY. Irresolute. To stand shilly-shally; to hesitate, or stand in doubt. SHINDY. A dance. SEA PHRASE. SHINE. It shines like a shitten barn door. SHIP SHAPE. Proper, as it ought to be. SEA PHRASE,