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EARTH-BATH. A grave.
EASE. To rob.
EASE THE COVE. Rob the man.
EASON. To tell.
EASY. Killed. "Make the cull easy," kill him; gag him.
EAT. To take back; to recall; to retract; to unsay.
EAVES. A hen-roost; a poultry-house.
EAVESDROPPER. A mean fellow; a petty larceny vagabond.
EDGE. Encourage; persuade; induce.
ELBOW. Turn the corner; get out of sight.
ELBOW-SHAKER. A man that gambles with dice.
ELEPHANT. The fellow has an enormous booty, and knows not how to secrete it. If he had less, he would be able to save more.
ELFEN. Walk light; on tiptoe.
EMPEROR. A drunken man.
ENGLISH BURGUNDY. London porter.
EQUIPT. Rich; full of money; well dressed, "The cull equipped me with a deuce of finifs," the man gave me two five-dollar bills.
ERIFFS. Young thieves; minor rogues.
ETERNITY-BOX. A coffin.
EVERLASTING. The treadmill.
EVIL. A wife; a halter; matrimony.
EWE. An old woman dressed like a young girl, "An old ewe dressed lamb fashion." "A white ewe," a beautiful woman.
EXECUTION-DAY. Wash-day; cleaning house.
EYE. Nonsense; humbug.