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Var. of Soldier. [Dial. or Slang] R. H. Dana, Jr.

Var. of Soldier. [Dial. or Slang]

One who is disgruntled by a failure in politics, or the like. [Slang, U.S.]

A theater. [Slang] Byron.

To unite in marrige. [Slang] Splice grafting.ee under Grafting. -- To splice the main brace (Naut.), to give out, or drink, an extra allowance of spirits on occasion of special exposure to wet or cold, or to severe fatigue; hence, to take a dram.

To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach. [Slang] Thackeray. To split on a rock, to err fatally; to have the hopes and designs frustrated.

A blustering demonstration, or great effort; a great display. [Slang, U.S.] Bartlett.

Money. [Slang, U.S.] Bartlett.

nge a pugilist between rounds throwing his sponge in the air in token of defeat. [Cant or Slang] "He was too brave a man to throw up the sponge to fate." Lowell. -- Vegetable sponge. (Bot.) See Loof. -- Velvet sponge, a fine, soft commercial sponge (Spongia equina, variety meandriniformis) found in Florida and the We…

Fig.: A simpleton; a spooney. [Slang] Hood. Spoon bait (Fishing), a lure used in trolling, consisting of a glistening metallic plate shaped like the bowl of a spoon with a fishhook attached. -- Spoon bit, a bit for boring, hollowed or furrowed along one side. -- Spoon net, a net for landing fish. -- Spoon oar. see u…

A sportsman; a gambler. [Slang] In sport, in jest; for play or diversion. "So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, and saith, Am not I in sport" Prov. xxvi. 19.

To crush; to quash; to squash. [Colloq. or Slang, Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

To turn informer; to betray a secret. [Slang]

Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy. [Slang] Kipling.

ad trees. Called also horned bug, and horse beetle. -- Stag dance, a dance by men only. [slang, U.S.] -- Stag hog (Zoöl.), the babiroussa. -- Stag-horn coral (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large branching corals of the genus Madrepora, which somewhat resemble the antlers of the stag, especially Madrepora cerv…

Money, esp. paper money. [Slang, U.S.] Stamp act, an act of the British Parliament [1765] imposing a duty on all paper, vellum, and parchment used in the American colonies, and declaring all writings on unstamped materials to be null an void. -- Stamp collector, an officer who receives or collects stamp duties; one wh…

Excessive; as, a steep price. [Slang]

species are more than a foot long. -- To cut one's stick, or To cut stick, to run away. [Slang] De Quincey.

Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price. [Slang] Stiff neck, a condition of the neck such that the head can not be moved without difficulty and pain.

Old beer; sharp or strong liquor. [Old Slang] Shall I set a cup of old stingo at your elbow Addison.