Settle, to kill, ruin, or effectually quiet a person.
Settled, transported, or sent to penal servitude for life; sometimes spoken of as WINDED-SETTLED.
Set-to, a sparring match, a fight; “a DEAD SET” is a determined opposition in argument, or in movement.
Sevendible, a very curious word, used only in the North of Ireland, to denote something particularly severe, strong, or sound. It is, no doubt, derived from sevendouble—that is, sevenfold—and is applied to linen cloth, a heavy beating, a harsh reprimand, &c.
Seven-pennorth, transportation for seven years.
Seven-sided animal, a one-eyed man, as he has an inside, outside, left side, right side, foreside, backside, and blind side.
Seven-up, the game of all-fours, when played for seven chalks—that is, when seven points or chalks have to be made to win the game.
Sewed-up, done up, used up, intoxicated. Dutch, SEEUWT, sick.
Sewn-up, quite worn-out, or “dead beat.”
Shack, a “chevalier d’industrie.” A scamp, a blackguard.—Nottingham.