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 the Place. Stripts, poor, Naked. ''We have Stript the Cull'', c. We have got all the Fool's Money. The Cove's Stript, c. the Rogue has not a Jack left to help himself.

Strommel, c. Straw.

Strowlers, c. Vagabonds, Itinerants, Men of no settled Abode, of a Precarious Life, Wanderers of Fortune, such, as, Gypsies, Beggers, Pedlers, Hawkers, Mountebanks, Fidlers, Country-Players, Rope-dancers, Juglers, Tumblers, showers of Tricks, and Raree-show-men

Strowling-morts, c. pretending to be Widows, sometimes Travel the Countries, making Laces upon Ewes, Beggers-tape, &c. Are light Finger'd, Subtil, Hypocritical, Cruel, and often dangerous to meet, especially when a Ruffter is with them.

Study, a Closet of Books In a brown Study, musing, pensive, careful. Strum, c. a Periwig. Rum-strum, c. a long Wig; also a handsom Wench, or Strumpet. Stuff, Nonsense, idle, ridiculous, impertinent Talk. Stuling-ken, c. as Stalling-ken, c. Stum, the Flower of fermenting Wine, used by Vintners, when their Wine is down or flat, to make it Drink up and brisk; also when they Brew, to make their mixtures, (by putting them into a new Ferment) all of one Taste. Stumm'd Wines are very unwholesom, and may be discover'd, by a white Froth round the sides of the Glass.

Stubble-it c. hold your Tongue.

Sturdy-beggers, c. the fifth and last of the most ancient Order of Canters.

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Sub-beau, or Demibeau a would-be fine.