GANDER MONTH. That month in which a man's wife-lies in: wherefore, during that time, husbands plead a sort of indulgence in matters of gallantry. GANG. A company of men, a body of sailors, a knot of thieves, pickpockets, &c. A gang of sheep trotters; the four feet of a sheep. GAOLER'S COACH. A hurdle: traitors being usually conveyed from the gaol, to the place of execution, on a hurdle or sledge. GAP STOPPER. A whoremaster. GAPESEED. Sights; any thing to feed the eye. I am come abroad for a little gapeseed. GARNISH. An entrance fee demanded by the old prisoners of one just committed to gaol. GARRET, or UPPER STORY. The head. His garret, or upper story, is empty, or unfurnished; i.e. he has no brains, he is a fool. GARRET ELECTION. A ludicrous ceremony, practised every new parliament: it consists of a mock election of two members to represent the borough of Garret (a few straggling cottages near Wandsworth in Surry); the qualification of a voter is, having enjoyed a woman in the open air within that district: the candidates are commonly fellows of low humour, who dress themselves up in a ridiculous manner. As this brings a prodigious concourse of people to Wandsworth, the publicans of that place jointly contribute to the expence, which is sometimes considerable. GAWKEY. A tall, thin, awkward young man or woman. GAYING INSTRUMENT. The penis. GAZEBO. An elevated observatory or summer-house. GEE. It won't gee; it won't hit or do, it does not suit or fit. GELDING. An eunuch. GELT. Money, GERMAN.--Also, castrated. GENTLE CRAFT. The art of shoemaking. One of the gentle craft: a shoemaker: so called because once practised by St. Crispin. GENTLEMAN COMMONER. An empty bottle; an university joke, gentlemen commoners not being deemed over full of learning. GENTLEMAN'S COMPANION. A louse. GENTLEMAN'S MASTER. A highway robber, because he makes a gentleman obey his commands, i.e. stand and deliver. GENTLEMAN OF THREE INS. In debt, in gaol, and in danger of remaining there for life: or, in gaol, indicted, and in danger of being hanged in chains. GENTLEMAN OF THREE OUTS. That is, without money, without wit, and without manners: some add another out, i.e. without credit. GENTRY COVE. A gentleman. CANT. GENTRY COVE KEN. A gentleman's house. CANT. GENTRY MORT. A gentlewoman. GEORGE. Yellow George; a guinea. Brown George: an ammunition loaf. GERMAN DUCK. Haifa sheep's head boiled with onions. GET. One of his get; one of his offspring, or begetting. GIB CAT. A northern name for a he cat, there commonly called Gilbert. As melancholy as a gib cat; as melancholy as a he cat who has been caterwauling, whence they always return scratched, hungry, and out of spirits. Aristotle says, Omne animal post coitum est triste; to which an anonymous author has given the following exception, preter gallum gallinaceum, et sucerdotem gratis fornicantem.