_Amuse_, to throw dirt in one’s Eyes, by diverting one from a serious Thought to a pleasant one. _Amusement_, a Blind or Disengagement from deep Thoughts to more Diverting. _An Ark_, c. a Boat or Wherry. _Anglers_, c. Cheats, petty Thievs, who have a Stick with a hook at the end, with which they pluck things out of Windows, Grates, _&c._ also those that draw in People to be cheated. _Animal_, a Fool. _He is a meer Animal_, he is a very silly Fellow. _Antechambers_, forerooms for receiving of Visits, as the back and Drawing Rooms are For Lodgings, anciently called Dining-rooms. _Antidote_, a very homely Woman, also a medicine against Poyson. _Antient_, at Sea, for Ensign, or Flag. _Anticks_, little Images on Stone, on the out side of old Churches. _Antick postures or dresses_, such as are odd, ridiculous and singular, the habits and motions of Fools, Zanies, or Merry-andrews, of Mountebanks, with Ribbands, mismatched colours and Feathers. _Antiquary_, a curious Critick in old Coins, Stones and Inscriptions, in Worm-eaten Records, and ancient Manuscripts; also one that affects and blindly doats, on Relicks, Ruins, old Customs Phrases and Fashions. _Antiquated-Rogue_, Old, out of date, that has forgot or left off his Trade of Thieving, _&c._ also superannuated, obsolete Customs, or Words, such as are worn out, out of use and Fashion. _Apart_, severally, asunder. _Apartments_, Rooms apart, private Lodgings, inner Chambers, secret and withdrawn from the rest. Recesses of the House opposed to the _Ante-chambers_. _Arack_, an East-Indian Brandy, or strong Spirit drawn from Rice, and (sometimes) Roes of Fish, best when old, much us’d in Punch, the double distill’d _Goa_ most esteem’d. { _Rogue_, Witty. _Areh_, { _Wag_, Pleasant. { _Whore_, Cunning. _Armi_, _to bear Arms_, a Profession not unbecoming a Gentleman, for _Books_ and _Arms_ are Gentlemens Burdens. _Armour_, _in his Armour_, Pot-valiant. _Aristippus_, a Diet-drink, or Decoction of _Sarsa_, _China_, &c. Sold at certain Coffee-houses, and drank as _T_. _Arsworm_, a little diminutive Fellow. _Ascendant_, Power, Influence, as, _he has the Ascendant over him_, or an Hank upon him; also the Horoscope, or point of the Ecliptic that rises at one’s Nativity. _Assig_, now us’d for Assignation, an Appointment or meeting. _Assuming_, conceited, as, _an Assuming Fellow_, one that abounds in his own Sense, and imposes it upon every Man else. _Assurance_, Confidence, as, _a Man of Assurance_, one that has a stock of Confidence. _Aunt_, a Bawd, as _one of my Aunts_, one of the same Order. _Autem_, c. a Church, also Married. _Autem mort_, c. a Married-woman, also the Twenty fourth Order of the Canting Tribe, Travelling, Begging (and often Stealing) about the Country, with one Child in Arms another on Back, and (sometimes) leading a third in the Hand. _Auxiliary beauty_, Dress, Paint, Patches, setting of Eye-brows, and licking the Lipps with red. B