STONE TAVERN. Ditto.
STOOP-NAPPERS, or OVERSEERS OF THE NEW PAVEMENT.
Persons set in the pillory. CANT.
STOOP. The pillory. The cull was served for macing and
napp'd the stoop; he was convicted of swindling, and
put in the pillory.
STOP HOLE ABBEY. The nick name of the chief rendzvous
of the canting crew of beggars, gypsies, cheats,
thieves, &c. &c.
STOTER. A great blow. Tip him a stoter in the haltering
place; give him a blow under the left ear.
STOUP. A vessel to hold liquor: a vessel containing a size
or half a pint, is so called at Cambridge.
STOW. Stow you; be silent, or hold your peace. Stow your whidds and plant'em, for the cove of the ken can cant'em; you have said enough, the man of the house understands you.
STRAIT-LACED. Precise, over nice, puritanical.
STRAIT WAISTCOAT. A tight waistcoat, with long sleeves coming over the hand, having strings for binding them behind the back of the wearer: these waistcoats are used in madhouses for the management of lunatics when outrageous.
STRAMMEL. See STAMMEL.