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A round, low- crowned, soft felt hat with a wide brim. One account says that the name is the same as "bully-cocked," that is, cocked in the manner of a bully, or swell, a term which was applied to a hat in the description of an Oxford dandy in Amherst's Terra Films (1721). Another account says that it was first used by Billy Coke (Mr.
A woman.
Arithmetic in which the base of the notation is 2 instead of 10, a method suggested for certain uses by
A theory which supposes that all acids are a compound of hydrogen with a simple or compound radicle, and all salts are similar compounds in which a metal takes the place of hydrogen.
A bitch.
A cigarette.
A flag with a blue ground and white square in the centre, hoisted as a signal that the ship is about to sail. It takes its name from a "repeater", a naval flag hoisted to indicate that a signal has not been read and should be repeated, this flag having been used with that meaning originally.
The blue ribbon is the Garter, the badge of the highest and most coveted Order of Knighthood in the gift of the British Crown; hence the term is used to denote the highest honour attainable in any profession, walk of life, etc. The blue ribbon of the Church is the Archbishopric of Canterbury, that in law is the office of Lord Chancellor. See CORDON BLEU.
To go. Cant. Bing avast; get you gone. Binged avast in a darkmans; stole away in the night. Bing we to Rumeville: shall we go to London?
To alternately overindulge and then rid oneself of excess
Brandy or other spirituous liquor. Cant.
A dram drinker. Cant.
A female dram drinker. Cant.
Drunk.
A term largely used in the butter trade to denote bad, ropy butter; nearly equivalent to VINNIED.
A fine or affected word, which sailors jeeringly offer to chalk up on the binnacle.
Drunk.
Binoculars.
a person who is exceptionally skilled at a biological or medical field
Local magnates or petty squires of Scotland, who wore the braid bonnet, like the common people.
I must send you to Birchin Lane, i.e. whip you. The play is on birch (a rod).
The sign of the eagle and child.
Something or someone cherished and protected
Someone or something that brings bad luck or signals a bad event
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
a comprehensive view from a high angle
Inconsiderate, thoughtless, easily imposed on.
A penis.
Human reproduction and sex
People of similar character, background or taste tend to congregate or associate with one another; it is easier to establish friendships with people that one has a lot in common with.
It includes Wolverhampton, Walsall, Redditch, etc,, and has been blackened by its many coal and iron mines, and smoking factory shafts.
John Freeth, who died at the age of seventy-eight in 1808. He was wit, poet, and publican, who not only wrote the words and tunes of songs, but sang them also, and sang them well.
A hammer.
Birnam is a hill in Perthshire, 11 miles north-west of Perth, and formerly part of the royal forest known as Birnam Wood.
He was in his birth-day suit, that is, stark naked.
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
He was in his birthday suit. Quite nude, as when born.
Suetonius tells us that a thunderbolt fell in the Cantabrian Lake (Spain) "in which twelve axes were found." (Galba, viii.
The hands.
A mixture of wine and water, into which is put a roasted orange. Also one of the largest of Mrs. Philips's purses, used to contain the others.
A warm drink composed of materials similar to those used in the manufacture of "flip" and "purl."
An Australian term used around Sydney for the largest glass of beer available, named from Frederick Barker (1808-82), Bishop of Sydney (consecrated 1854) who was a very tall man.
It was he who at the Synod of Whitby (664) succeeded in substituting the Roman uses and their ^observance of Easter in England for the Celtic. For many centuries his banner was carried to the wars.
Money. He grappled the cull's bit; he seized the man's money. A bit is also the smallest coin in Jamaica, equal to about sixpence sterling.
Fourpence; in America a 12-1/2 cent piece is called a BIT, and a defaced 20 cent piece is termed a LONG BIT. A BIT is the smallest coin in Jamaica, equal to 6d. BIT usually means the smallest silver coin in circulation; also a piece of money of any kind.
To control or restrain someone's actions or words
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Gradually, in small amounts or steps
Or TURNER OUT, a coiner of bad money.
Overdressed man; a man with full confidence in his appearance and abilities; a young woman, who is also called a BIT OF MUSLIN.
A she dog, or doggess; the most offensive appellation that can be given to an English woman, even more provoking than that of whore, as may he gathered from the regular Billinsgate or St. Giles's answer--"I may be a whore, but can't be a bitch."
Tea; "a BITCH party," a tea-drinking. Probably because undergraduates consider tea only fit for old women.—Oxford.
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
A country wench. Military term.
Fame or success that is unfulfilling or corrupting
bitchiness
A cheat; also a woman's privities. The cull wapt the mort's bite; the fellow enjoyed the wench heartily. Cant.
A cheat; "a Yorkshire BITE," a cheating fellow from that county. The term BITE is also applied to a hard bargainer.—North; also old slang—used by Pope. Swift says it originated with a nobleman in his day.
go away or leave me alone
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.