DAVID'S SOW. As drunk as David's sow; a common saying, which took its rise from the following circumstance: One David Lloyd, a Welchman, who kept an alehouse at Hereford, had a living sow with six legs, which was greatly resorted to by the curious; he had also a wife much addicted to drunkenness, for which he used sometimes to give her due correction. One day David's wife having taken a cup too much, and being fearful of the consequences, turned out the sow, and lay down to sleep herself sober in the stye. A company coming in to see the sow, David ushered them into the stye, exclaiming, there is a sow for you! did any of you ever see such another? all the while supposing the sow had really been there; to which some of the company, seeing the state the woman was in, replied, it was the drunkenest sow they had ever beheld; whence the woman was ever after called David's sow. DAVY. I'll take my davy of it; vulgar abbreviation of affidavit. TO DAWB. To bribe. The cull was scragged because he could not dawb; the rogue was hanged because he could not bribe. All bedawbed with lace; all over lace. DAY LIGHTS. Eyes. To darken his day lights, or sow up his sees; to close up a man's eyes in boxing. DEAD CARGO. A term used by thieves, when they are disappointed in the value of their booty. DEAD HORSE. To work for the dead horse; to work for wages already paid. DEAD-LOUSE. Vulgar pronunciation of the Dedalus ship of war. DEAD MEN. A cant word among journeymen bakers, for loaves falsely charged to their masters' customers; also empty bottles. DEADLY NEVERGREEN, that bears fruit all the year round. The gallows, or three-legged mare. See THREE-LEGGED MARE. DEAR JOYS. Irishmen: from their frequently making use of that expression. DEATH HUNTER. An undertaker, one who furnishes the necessary articles for funerals. See CARRION HUNTER. DEATH'S HEAD UPON A MOP-STICK. A poor miserable, emaciated fellow; one quite an otomy. See OTOMY.--He looked as pleasant as the pains of death. DEEP-ONE. A thorough-paced rogue, a sly designing fellow: in opposition to a shallow or foolish one. DEFT FELLOW. A neat little man. DEGEN, or DAGEN. A sword. Nim the degen; steal the sword. Dagen is Dutch for a sword. CANT. DELLS. Young buxom wenches, ripe and prone to venery, but who have not lost their virginity, which the UPRIGHT MAN claims by virtue of his prerogative; after which they become free for any of the fraternity. Also a common strumpet. CANT. DEMURE. As demure as an old whore at a christening. DEMY-REP. An abbreviation of demy-reputation; a woman of doubtful character. DERBY. To come down with the derbies; to pay the money.