_Samlets_, so called the Spring following after they are Spawn’d, and tho’ then but a little bigger than a Minnow, will (as Authors say) grow to be a Salmon in as short a time as a Goslin will to be a Goose. _Sandy-pate_, one red-hair’d. _Sap-pate_, a Fool. _Saunter_, to loiter Idly, a Term borrowed from those Religious Counterfeits, who under the colour of Pilgrimages, to the _Holy Land_, us’d to get many Charities, crying still, _Sainct terre, Sainct terre_, having nothing but the Holy Land in their Mouths, tho’ they stay’d alwaies at Home. _Saucy_, impudent, bold. _More sauce than Pig_, _Your Sauce-Pan runs over_, you are exceeding bold. _Sawny_, a Fool. _He’s a meer Sawny_, he is very soft, tho’ (in Scotch) it is only for Alexander. _Scab_, a sorry Wench, or Scoundril-Fellow. _Scamper_, c. to run away, or Scowre off, either from Justice, as Thieves, Debtors, Criminals, that are pursued; or from ill fortune, as Soldiers that are repulst or worsted. _Scandalous_, c. a Periwig. _Scandal-proof_, a thorough pao’d _Alsatian_, or _Minter_, one harden’d or past Shame. _Shift the Scene_, call a new Cause, or change the Discourse. _School-butter_, a Whipping. _I School’d him_, I chid him severely. _School of Venus_, c. a Bawdy-house. _Sconce_, _to build a large Sconce_, to run deep upon Tick, or Trust. _Scotch-bobby_, a little sorry, scrubbed, low Horse of that Country. _Scotch mist_, a sober, soaking Rain. _Scoundrel_, a Hedge-bird or sorry Scab. _Scoure_, c. to wear. _To Scoure the Cramp-rings_, c. to wear Boks. _Scout_, c. a Watch. _Scowre_, c. to run away or scamper. _Let us Scowre, or we shall be Boned_, c. let us run away or we shall be Taken. _Scowrers_, c. Drunkards, beating the Watch, breaking Windows, clearing the Streets, &c. _Scrip_, c. a shred or scrap of Paper. _As the Cully did freely blot the Scrip, and sipt me 40 Hogs_, c. one enter’d into Bond with me for 40 Shillings. _Scrub_, a Ragamuffin. _Scrubado_, the Itch. _Scrape all_, a Money-Scrivener: also a miserable Wretch, or griping Fellow. _Screw_, _to Screw one up_, to exact upon one, or Squeeze one in a Bargain or Reckoning. _Scud_, the course or motion of the Clouds, in Fleeting. _Scud-away_, to Sail, Ride, or Run very fast. _Scumm_, the Riff-Raff, or Tagrag and Long-tail. _Rake Hell and Shim the Devil._ _Scut_, the Tail of a Hare or Coney. _Scuttle_, to run away; also a square hole to go down through the Deck. _Sealer_, c. one that gives Bonds and Judgments for Goods and Money.