Page:A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew, in its several tribes, of gypsies, beggers, thieves, cheats, &c. with an addition of some proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches, &c.djvu/70

Rh Flat, dead Drink; also dull Poetry or Discourse.

Flavour, Scem of Fruits; as Peaches, Quinces, &c. Or of Wines, as Rhenish, Canary, &c.

Flaunting, tearing-fine. To Flaunt it, to Spark it, or Gallant it.

Flaw, a water-flaw and a crack in Chrystals, as well as a speck in Gemms and Stones.

Flaw'd, c. Drunk.

Flay, to flea or skinn. He'll flay a Flint, of a meer Scrat or Miser.

Flear, to grinn. A PlearingFlearing [sic] Fool, a grinning silly Fellow.

Fleece, to Rob, Plunder or Strip; also Wooll, the true Golden-Fleece of England, a clear Spring, or Flowing Fountain of Wealdt.

Fleet, swift of Wing or FoocFoot [sic], in flight or Course, used not only of Birds upon the Wing, but of winged Arrows, resembling them in Flight.

Flegmatic, dull, heavy. A Flegmatic Fellow, a drows yinsipid Tool, an ill Companion

Flesh-broker, a Match-maker; also a Bawd; between whom but little difference, for they both (usually) take Money.

Flibustiers, West-Indian Pirates, or Buckaneers, Free-booters.

Flicker, c. a Drinking Glass. Flicker snapt, c. the Glass is b okenbroken [sic] Nim the Flicker, c. Stea tbesteal the [sic] Glass. Rum Flicker, c. a large Glass or Rummer. Queer Flicker, cc. [sic] a Green or ordinary Glass. To Flicker, to grin or flout. Flickering, grinning or laughing in a Man's Face.

Flicking, c. to cut, cutting

Flick me some Panam and Cash, c. cut me some Bread and Cheese.

Flick the Peeter, c. cut off the Cloak-bag or Port-manteau.

Flip, Sea Drink, of