A beggar’s staff, with an iron hook at the end, to pluck clothes from an hedge, or any thing out of a casement. Filcher; the same as angler. Filching cove; a man thief. Filching mort; a woman thief.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Low vulgar persons, mob, tag-rag and bob-tail.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

A termagant, a vixen, a furious scolding woman. See TERMAGANT and VIXEN.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

To he laid by the heels; to be confined, or put in prison. Out at heels; worn, or diminished: his estate or affairs are out at heels. To turn up his heels; to turn up the knave of trumps at the game of all-fours.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.