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Fine; splendid; excellent; also, extravagant; excessive. [Obs. or Slang] B. Jonson.

A delicate person; one not inured to the hardship and rudeness of pioneer life. [Slang, Western U.S.]

sequently reduced to ninepence, and later to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a sixpence; -- often contracted to tizzy. Called also teston. Shak.

Very great; -- often adverbially. [Slang] -- Thun"der*ing*ly, adv.

Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy. [Slang]

-- To tip the wink, to direct a wink; to give a hint or suggestion by, or as by, a wink. [Slang] Pope. -- To tip up, to turn partly over by raising one end.

A fop; a beau; a swell. [Slang, Eng.] Kipling.

on; to dress; -- usually with out, implying care, elaborateness, or the like. [Colloq. or Slang] Harper's Weekly.

Clothes; garments; toggery. [Colloq. or Slang]

generally a penny roll; the supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance. [Slang,Eng.]

To drive, as a coach. [Slang,Eng.]

Top-boots. [Slang] Dickens.

One that excels, surpasses, or is extraordinary of its kind. [Slang]

Fine; gallant. [Slang] Johnson.

or bring out, as a horse, to show his paces; hence, to bring forward, as for exhibition. [Slang.]

A good fellow; an excellent person. [Slang] Alfred is a trump, I think you say. Thackeray. To put to one's trumps, or To put on one's trumps, to force to the last expedient, or to the utmost exertion. But when kings come so low as to fawn upon philosophy, which before they neither valued nor understood, it is a sign th…

To execute by hanging; to hang; -- usually with up. [Slang.] Sir W. Scott. To truss a person or one's self, to adjust and fasten the clothing of; especially, to draw tight and tie the laces of garments. [Obs.] "Enter Honeysuckle, in his nightcap, trussing himself." J. Webster (1607). -- To truss up, to strain; to make…

on, as a garment, to ascertain whether it fits the person. (b) To attempt; to undertake. [Slang] Dickens.

Food; pastry; sweetmeats. [Slang] T. Hughes.

A beverage made of brandy and gin. [Slang]