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URCHIN, a child, a little fellow, also a hedge hog. URINAL OF THE PLANETS, Ireland, so called from the frequent rains in that island. USED UP, killed ; a military saying, originating from a message sent by the late General Guise, on the expedition at Carthagena, where he desired the commander in chief, to order him some more grenadiers, for those he had were all used up. rABLER, foot wabler, a contemptuous term for a foot soldier, frequently used by those of the cavalry. WADDLE, to go like a duck ; to waddle out of Change Alley as a lame duck, a term for one who has not been able to pay his gaming debts, called his differences, on the stock exchange, and therefore absents himself from it. WAG, waggish, arch, gamesome, frolicksome. WAGTAIL, a lewd woman. WAKE, a country feast, commonly on the anniversary of the tutelar saint of the village, that is, the saint to whom the parish church is dedicated ; also a custom of watching the dead, called late wake, in use both in Ireland and Wales, where the corpse being deposited under a table, with a plate of salt on its breast, the table is covered with liquor of all sorts, and the guests, particularly the younger part of them, amuse themselves with all sorts of pastimes and recreations, the consequence is generally more than replacing the departed friend. WALLOWISH, a maukish ill taste. WALKING CORNET, an ensign of foot. WALL, to walk, or crawl up the wall, to be scored up at a public house; wall eyed, a wall eye is an eye with little or no sight, all white like a plaistered wall. WAP, to copulate ; if she won't wap for a winne, let her trine for a make, if she won't lie with a man for a penny, let her hang for a halfpenny ; mort warpa-pace, a woman of experience, or expert at the sport. WAPPER EYED, sor...
