Black-box, a Lawyer.
Black-coat, a Parson.
Black-guard, Dirty, Nasty, Tatter'd roguish Boys, that attend (at the Horse-Guards) to wipe Shoes, clean Boots, water Horses, or run of Errands.
Blackjack, a Leather-Jug to drink in.
Black-Indies, Newcastle, from whence the Coals are brought.
Blackmuns, c. Hoods and Scarves of Alamode and Lustrings.
Black-mouth, foul, malicious, Railing, or Reflecting.
Blacken, to blast or asperse.
Black-spy, c. the Devil.
Blank, baffled, down-look't, sheepish, guilty.
Bleak, sharp, piercing Weather.
Bleach, to whiten.
Bleaters, c. they that are cheated by Jack-in-a box.
Bleating cheat, c. a Sheep.
Bleed freely, c. part with their Money easily.
Blemish, when Hounds or Beagles find where the Chace has been, and make a proffer to enter, but return.
Blew-John, Wash, or Asterwort.
Blind-cheeks, the Breech Kiss my Blind-cheeks, Kiss my Ar---
Blind-excuse, a sorry shift. A Blind Ale-house, or Blind Lane, obscure, of no Sign, Token, or Mark.
Blind harpers, c. Beggers counterfeiting blindness, with Harps or Fiddles.
Blind-man's-buff, a play us'd by Children blindfolded. Bluffed, contracted from Blind-man's-buff, he that is Blinded in the Play.
Blind-man's-holiday, when it is too dark to see to Work.
Blind side, every Man's weak Part.
Bloated, Smoked Herrings; also, one puffed or swelled with false Fat, and has not a Healthy Complexion.
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