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 c.1611. Beaumont and Fletcher, Two Noble Kinsmen, v. 4. We come towards the gods Young and unwapper'd, not halting under crimes.

1612. Dekker, 'Bingout, bien Morts,' v. [Farmer, Musa Pedestris (1896), 11]. And wapping Dell that niggles well, and takes loure for her hire.

c.1696. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v. Wap c., to Lie with a Man. If she won't wap for a Winne, let her trine for a Make, If she won't Lie with a Man for a Penny, let her Hang for a Half-penny. Mort wap-*apace, a Woman of Experience, or very expert at the sport.

1707. Shirley, Triumph of Wit, 'Maunder's Praise of Strowling Most.' Wapping thou I know does love then remove, Thy drawers, and let's prig in sport.

1725. Canting Songs. This doxy dell can cut been whids, And wap well for a win, And prig and cloy so benshiply Each deuseavile within.

2. See Whop.

Wapper. See Whopper.

Wapper-eyed, adj. phr. (B. E.).—'That has sore or running eyes.'

d.1627. Middleton, Black Book, 528. A little wapper-eyed constable, to wink and blink at small faults.

Waps, subs. (common).—A wasp.

War. Tug-of-war, subs. phr. (common).—A severe and laborious contest.

1671. Lee, Alexander the Great, iv. 2. When Greeks join'd Greeks, then was the tug of war.

See Before the War.

Wardrobe, subs. (old).—A privy.

1383. Chaucer, Cant. Tales, 'Prioress' Tale,' 120. I seye that in a wardrobe they him threwe, Wher as thes Jewes purgen his entraille.

Ware, subs. (venery).—1. The female privities; also lady-*ware: see Monosyllable; (2) the penis and testes: see Prick and Cods: hence standing ware = an erectio penis; also occasionally (3) the paps. Hence to hawk one's wares = (1) to quest for men, and (2) to expose one's charms (of women).

1705. Ward, Hud. Rediv., 1. ix. 6. Till she had burnt with Claps and Poxes, More standing Ware than Sampson's Foxes.

1772. Bridges, Burlesque Homer, 4. Had well examined all her ware. Ibid., 60. Our money spent, and breeks so torn, That for my own part, I declare, I'm dd hard switch'd to hide my ware. Ibid., 64. He huffd thy ware as well as mine, And tho' in every part he'd seen us, He gave the prize to Madam Venus.

1809. Malkin, Gil Blas [Routledge], 148. As Beatrice was one of those ladies who was obliged to hawk their wares I was  shielded from any temptation to break the commandments.

Warehouse, verb (society).—To pawn. Hence as subs. = a fashionable uncle (q.v.).

War-hat. See War-pot.

War-horse, subs. phr. (common).—A veteran: soldier or politician.

Warling, subs. (old).—Apparently = slave, drudge: only occurring in proverbial saying, 'It is better to be an old man's derling, than an old man's werling' (Heywood, 1542; Camden, 1605).

Warm, adj. (old and still colloquial).—Generic for extra-ordinary: e.g. a warm (= intimate friend; warm (= sincere) thanks; a warm (= hearty) welcome; a warm (= fresh) trail: cf. 'hot,' 'warm,' and 'cold' in children's play of guessing or 'hide-and-seek'; warm (= easy) circumstances: whence to cut up warm = to