To give evidence. To inform. His pall nosed and he was twisted for a crack; his confederate turned king’s evidence, and he was hanged for burglary.

-From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

A short clumsy person, either male or female.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Anyone else start singing, “Lodi Dodi, we likes to party” after reading this?

A mender of shoes, an improver of the understandings of his customers; a translator.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Most are familiar with the first definition, but I find the slang fascinating!

A kind of boat.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Or something that a cobbler might do.