To stop. To finish. To end. The cove tipped the prosecutor fifty quid to stash the business; he gave the prosecutor fifty guineas to stop the prosecution.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

A dexterous or clever rogue.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

A seal. Onion hunters, a class of young thieves who are on the look out for gentlemen who wear their seals suspended on a ribbon, which they cut, and thus secure the seals or other trinkets suspended to the watch.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

An entrance fee demanded by the old prisoners of one just committed to gaol.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.