Share of the booty. The coves cracked the swell’s crib, fenced the swag, and each cracksman napped his regular; some fellows broke open a gentleman’s house, and after selling the property which they had stolen, they divided the money between them.

-From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

A bystander, who bets whilst another plays.

-From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

To overlook, to rise aloft as in a high tower.

-From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

A slap on the face, and a kick on the breech.

-From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.