SOOTERKIN. A joke upon the Dutch women, supposing that, by their constant use of stoves, which they place under their petticoats, they breed a kind of small animal in their bodies, called a sooterkin, of the size of a mouse, which when mature slips out. SOP. A bribe. A sop for Cerberus; a bribe for a porter, turnkey, or gaoler. SOPH. (Cambridge) An undergraduate in his second year. SORREL. A yellowish red. Sorrel pate; one having red hair. SORROW SHALL BE HIS SOPS. He shall repent this. Sorrow go by me; a common expletive used by presbyterians in Ireland. SORRY. Vile, mean, worthless. A sorry fellow, or hussy; a worthless man or woman. SOT WEED. Tobacco. SOUL CASE. The body. He made a hole in his soul case; he wounded him. SOUL DOCTOR, or DRIVER. A parson. SOUNDERS. A herd of swine. SOUSE. Not a souse; not a penny. FRENCH. SOW. A fat woman. He has got the wrong sow by the ear, he mistakes his man. Drunk as David's sow; see DAVID'S SOW. SOW'S BABY. A sucking pig. SOW CHILD. A female child. SPADO. A sword. SPANISH. SPANGLE. A seven shilling piece. SPANK. (WHIP) To run neatly along, beteen a trot and gallop. The tits spanked it to town; the horses went merrily along all the way to town. SPANISH. The spanish; ready money. SPANISH COIN. Fair words and compliments. SPANISH FAGGOT. The sun. SPANISH GOUT. The pox. SPANISH PADLOCK. A kind of girdle contrived by jealous husbands of that nation, to secure the chastity of their wives. SPANISH, or KING OF SPAIN'S TRUMPETER. An ass when braying. SPANISH WORM. A nail: so called by carpenters when they meet with one in a board they are sawing. SPANKS, or SPANKERS. Money; also blows with the open hand. SPANKING. Large. SPARK. A spruce, trim, or smart fellow. A man that is always thirsty, is said to have a spark in his throat. SPARKISH. Fine, gay. SPARKING BLOWS. Blows given by cocks before they close, or, as the term is, mouth it: used figuratively for words previous to a quarrel. SPARROW. Mumbling a sparrow; a cruel sport frequently practised at wakes and fairs: for a small premium, a booby having his hands tied behind him, has the wing of a cock sparrow put into his mouth: with this hold, without any other assistance than the motion of his lips, he is to get the sparrow's head into his mouth: on attempting to do it, the bird defends itself surprisingly, frequently pecking the mumbler till his lips are covered with blood, and he is obliged to desist: to prevent the bird from getting away, he is fastened by a string to a button of the booby's coat. SPARROW-MOUTHED. Wide-mouthed, like the mouth of a sparrow: it is said of such persons, that they do not hold their mouths by lease, but have it from year to year; i.e. from ear to ear. One whose mouth cannot be enlarged without removing their ears, and who when they yawn have their heads half off.