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 Squitters, subs. pl. (common).—Looseners of the bowels: cf. squirt.

Squo, subs. and adj. (Charterhouse).—Racquets played with a soft ball: e.g., squo-court, squo-ball, &c.: cf. squash, 3.

Sres-wort, subs. phr. (back slang).—Trousers.

Sret-sio, subs. (back slang).—Oysters.

'Stab, subs. (printers').—'Establishment': e.g., on the 'stab = in regular work at fixed wages: as opposed to piece-work.

Verb. (venery).—To copulate: also to stab in the thigh: see Greens and Ride.

To stab the dice, verb. phr. (old gaming).—See quot.

1674. Cotton, Complete Gamester (1680), 12. Stabbing, that is, having a smooth box and small in the bottom, you drop in both your dice in such manner as you would have them sticking therein the dice lying one upon another; so that, turning up the box, the dice never tumble by which means you have bottoms according to the tops you put in: for example, if you put in your dice so that two fives or two fours lie a top, you have in the bottom turn'd up two twos, or two treys; so if six and an ace a top, a six and an ace at bottom.

To stab oneself and pass the dagger, verb. phr. (theatrical).—To help oneself and send the bottle round.

Stable, subs. (military).—1. In pl. = routine duty at the stables.

1885. M. Post, 5 Feb. They seem always at stables, on parade, or out doing field-firing.

2. (racing).—The horses in a racing establishment.

1887. Referee, 24 Ap. They can insure a straight run for their money in connection with this stable.

To shut the stable door when the steed is stolen, verb. phr. (old).—To set a guard after a mischief is done.

1509. Barclay, Ship of Fools (1874), i. 76. When the stede is stolyn, to shyt the stable dore.

Stable-my-naggie. To play at stable-my-naggie, verb. phr. (venery).—To copulate: see Greens and Ride.

Stab-rag, subs. phr. (common).—A tailor: also Rag-stabber (q.v.): see Trades.

Stab-shot, subs. phr. (billiards').—A stroke where the ball stops 'dead' (or nearly so) on the spot occupied by the object ball.

Stacia. Like stacia, adv. phr. (provincial).—A term of comparison: e.g., 'to do it like stacia'; 'as drunk as stacia,' &c. (Halliwell).

Stack, subs. (common).—A large quantity: e.g., stacks of the ready = plenty of money.

Verb. (gaming).—To 'make' cards in a pre-arranged manner for a crooked game; to pack (q.v.); to stock (q.v.).

1896. Lillard, Poker Stories, 54. The cards were stacked and marked on the back, so that he didn't have any chance at all to win.

Staff, subs. (venery).—The penis: also staff of life and staff of love: see Prick. Hence staff-breaker (or climber) = a woman.

1653. Urquhart, Rabelais, i. xi. One of them would call it her fiddle-diddle, her staff of love her Cyprian sceptre.

1686. Dorset, Faithful Catalogue [Rochester, Roscommon, &c. (1718), ii. 33]. Well has his staff a double use supplied.