SEND. To drive or break in. Hand down the Jemmy and
send it in; apply the crow to the door, and drive it in.
SET. A dead set: a concerted scheme to defraud a person
by gaming.
SETTER. A bailiff's follower, who, like a setting dog
follows and points the game for his master. Also
sometimes an exciseman.
TO SETTLE. To knock down or stun any one. We settled
the cull by a stroke on his nob; we stunned the fellow
by a blow on the head.
SEVEN-SIDED ANIMAL. A one-eyed man or woman, each
having a right side and a left side, a fore side and a back
side, an outside, an inside, and a blind side.
SHABBAROON. An ill-dressed shabby fellow; also a mean-spirited person.
SHAFTSBURY. A gallon pot full of wine, with a cock.
To SHAG. To copulate. He is but bad shag; he is no able
woman's man.
SHAG-BAG, or SHAKE-BAG. A poor sneaking fellow; a man
of no spirit: a term borrowed from the cock-pit.
SHAKE. To shake one's elbow; to game with dice. To
shake a cloth in the wind; to be hanged in chains.