jague n.
(UK Und.) a ditch.
O per se O O1: To mill each Ken, let Cove bring then, / through Ruffmans Jauge or Laund. | ‘Canting Song’||
Eng. Villainies (9th edn) n.p.: Jague, a Ditch. | ‘Canters Dict.’||
Eng. Rogue I 50: Jague, A Ditch. | ||
Canting Academy (2nd edn). | ||
Academy of Armory Ch. iii item 68c: Canting Terms used by Beggars, Vagabonds, Cheaters, Cripples and Bedlams. [...] Jague, a Ditch. | ||
Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Jague A Ditch. | ||
Triumph of Wit 196: [as cit. 1612]. | ||
New Canting Dict. [as cit. c.1698]. | ||
, , , | Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. c.1698]. | |
Scoundrel’s Dict. 17: Ditch – Jague. | ||
, , | Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
Lex. Balatronicum. | ||
Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue. | ||
Vocabulum. |