_Knack_, or Slight in any Art, the Craft or Mystery in any Trade, a petty Artifice, or Trick like those upon the Cards. _Knacks_ or Toies, _a Knack-shop_, or Toy-shop, freight with pretty Devices to pick Pockets. _Knave in Grain_, one of the First Rate. _Knaves and Fools are the Composition of the whole World._ _Knight Errant_, the Knight or Hero in Romances, that alwaies is to Beat the Giant, and Rescue the destressed Damsel. _Knight-Errantry_, Romantick and Fabulous Exploits, out of the common Road, and above the ordinary Size, such as the wild Adventures of wandering Knights. _Knight of the Blade_, c. a Hector or Bully. _Knight of the Post_, c. a Mercenary common Swearer, a Prostitute to every Cause, an Irish Evidence. _Knight of the Road_, c. the chief High-wayman best Mounted and Armed, the Stoutest Fellow among them. _Knobber_, see Hart. _Knock in the Cradle_, a Fool. _Knock-down_, very strong Ale or Beer. _Knock off_, to give over Trading; also to Abandon or Quit one’s Post or Pretensions. _Knowledge is no Burden. Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance._ _Knot_, a choice Bird, something less than a Ruff. _Knotting_, making Fringe. L _Labourinvain_, lost Labour, such as washing of Blackamoors, shearing of Hoggs, hedging in the Cuckoe, _&c._ _Lac’d_ { _Coffee_, Sugar’d. { _Mutton_, a Woman. _Lacing_, Beating, Drubbing. _I’ll Lace your Coat Sirrah_, I will Beat you soundly. _Ladder_, see _Badger_, first Part. _Lady_, a very crooked, deformed and ill shapen Woman. _Lady-birds_, Light or Lewd Women; also a little Red Insect, variegated with black Spots. _Lag_, c. Water; also Last. _Lag-a dudds_, c. a Buck of Cloths. _As we cloy the Lag of Dudds_, c. come let us Steal that Buck of Cloths. _To Lagg behind_, or come after with Salt and Spoons. _Lagg of the Flock_, the Hindmost. _Lambaste_, to Beat soundly. _Lamb-pye_, Beating or Drubbing. _Lamb-skin men_, c. the Judges of the several Courts. _Lambs-wool_, roasted Apples and Ale. _Lame Excuse_, a sorry Shift or Evasion. _Land-lopers_ or _Land-lubbers_, Fresh-water Sea-men so called by the true Tarrs; also Vagabonds that Beg and Steal about the Country. _Land-pirates_, c. Highwaymen or any other Robbers. _Land-lord_ and _Land-lady_, Host and Hostess; also Possessors of Land or Houses, and Letters out of either to farm or for Lodgings. _How lies the Land?_ How stands the Reckoning? _Who has any Lands in Appleby?_ a Question askt the Man at whose Door the Glass stands Long. _Lank_, Gaunt, Thin, Hollow, Lean, Meager, Slender, Weak. _Lank Ears of Corn_, very thin Ears. _Lanspresado_, c. he that comes into Company with but Two pence in his Pocket. _Lantern-jaw’d_, a very lean, thin faced Fellow. _A Dark-Lanthorn_, the Servant or Agent that Receives the Bribe (at Court.) _Lap_, c. Pottage, Butter-milk, or Whey. _’Tis rum Lap_, c. this is excellent Soupe. _Larbord_, on the left side or Hand.