A new dictionary of the canting crew in its several tribes of gypsies, beggers [sic], thieves, cheats &c., with an addition of some proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches &c. : useful for all sorts of people (especially foreigners) to secure their money and preserve their lives ; besides very diverting and entertaining being wholly new / by B.E.

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Peak, c. any kind of Lace.

Pearls▪ the little Knobs

on the Bur (which see) of a Stag.

Peck, c. Meat.

Peckidge, c. Meat. Rum Peck, c. good Eat∣ing. The Gentry Cove tipt us rum Peck and rum Gut∣lers, till we were all Bow∣sy, and snapt all the Flick∣ers, the Gentleman gave us so much good Victu∣als, and Canary, that we were all Damn'd Drunk, and broke all the drinking Glasses.

Peculiars, Plants, Ani∣mals and Fossiles, pro∣per and particular to some one Country, and rarely if ever found in others, as English Scur∣vy-grass, Sarsa, Sassafras and Guajacum, all West Indian Druggs; and so for Animals, English Maistiffs, Irish Grey∣hounds. Barnacles, and Soland Geese peculiar to Scotland, as Puffins, to the Isle of Man; also Parishes exempt from other Ordinaries, and peculiarly belonging to the See of Canterbury.

Peculiar, c. a Mistress; also particular, private, proper.

Pedant, a meer Scho∣lar, a School-master, a Man of one kind of Learning or Business, out of which he is good for nothing.

Pedantry, a Learning and Skill of one Colour.

Ped, a Basket.

Pedlars, Scoth Mer∣chants; also English Retailers of Goods, that stroll from Town to Town.

Pedlars-French, a sort of Gibrish or made Lan∣guage, easy to be Learnt and Understood, used by Gypsies, &c. Also the Beggers Cant.

Peeking Fellow, a meer Sneaks, one that peeps in every Hole and Cor∣ner; also a thin, weasel∣faced Fellow.

Peeper, c. a Looking-glass. Track the Dancers, and pike with the Peepers, c. whip up the Stairs, and trip off with the Looking-glass.

Peepers, c. Eyes.

Peepy, c. Peeping, c. Drowsy, Sleepy. As the Cull Peeps let's Mill him, c. when the Man is a Sleep, let's Kill him.

Peery, c. fearful, shy, sly. The Cull's Peery, c. the Rogue's afraid to venture.

Peeter, c. a Portman∣tle or Cloak-bag. Bite the Peeter, c. to whip off the Cloak-bag. Biter of Peeters, c. one that makes a Trade of whip∣ping Boxes and Trunks from behind a Coach or out of a Waggon, or off a Horse's Back.

Pea-goose, a silly Crea∣ture.

Peg at Cocks, to throw at them at Shrovetide. Gon to Pegtrantums, Dead.

Pel-mel, helter-skelter,

Pelt, a Heat or Chafe. What a Pelt you are in? what a Chafe your in? Also the Dead Body of any Fowl the Hawk has killd.

Pelts, Beast Skinns.

Pelting-village, Blind, Obscure.

Penelope's Web, to do and undo.

Pennance-bord, c a Pil∣lory.

Pennites, that Faction of Quakers that follow most and are in the In∣terest of William Pen, the chief Proprietor and Governor of Pensylvania, a Country lying betwixt Forty and Forty five Degrees of Latitude, in America, much improv'd, and like to florish.

Penny-worth. I'll fetch my-Pennyworth out of him, or make him earn what he cost me.

Penny-white, said of her, to whom Fortune has been kinder than Nature. Penny-wise and Pound-fool∣ish, Sparing in a little and Lavish in a great Deal, save at the Spiggot and let it out at the Bung∣hole. A Penny-worth for one's Penny, for what is worth one's Money. To get a Penny, to endea∣ver to Live; to turn and

winde the Penny, to make to most of one's Money, ot Lay-it out at the best Advantage. Pennyless, poor, sharp, bare of Money.

Penurious, pinching▪ hard, parsimonious, little.

Pentice Nab, a very broad-brm'd Hat.

Pepperd off, Damnably Clapt or Poxt. Pepper-proof, not Clapt or Poxt.

Pericranium, the Head or Skull.

Perking, the late D▪ of M. allo any pert for∣ward silly Fellow. To Perk up, to hold up the Head after Drooping.

Periwinkle, a Perruque or Periwig; also the same as Pinpatches.

Pestilent-fine, Tearing-fine.

Pet, a Fret. To be in a Pet, or out of Humor.

Peter Lug, Who is Pe∣ter Lug? Who let's the Glass stand at his Door?

Petrify, to turn to Stone.

Petrification, Concre∣tions, either such as are hardned into Stone, by exposing them to Air, as Coral; or by casting them into Cold petrify∣ing Waters, as Wood.

Pettycoat-Pensioner, a Gallant, or one Main∣tain'd for secret Service.