WATERPAD. One that robs ships in the river Thames.
WATERY-HEADED. Apt to shed tears.
WATER SCRIGER, A doctor who prescribes from inspecting the water of his patients. See PISS PROPHET.
WATTLES. Ears. CANT.
WEAR A—E. A one-horse chaise.
WEASEL-FACED. Thin, meagre-faced. Weasel-gutted; thin-bodied; a weasel is a thin long slender animal with a sharp face.
WEDDING. The emptying of a necessary-house, particularly in London. You have been at an Irish wedding, where black eyes are given instead of favours; saying to one who has a black eye.
WEDGE. Silver plate, because melted by the receivers of stolen goods into wedges. CANT.
TO WEED. To take a part. The kiddey weeded the swell's screens; the youth took some of the gentleman's bank notes.
WEEPING CROSS. To come home by weeping cross; to repent.