ROYAL SCAMPS. Highwaymen who never rob any but
rich persons, and that without ill treating them. See
SCAMP.
ROYAL STAG SOCIETY. Was held every Monday evening,
at seven o'clock, at the Three tuns, near the Hospital
Gate, Newgate-street.
ROYSTER. A rude boisterous fellow; also a hound that
opens on a false scent.
TO RUB. To run away. Don't rub us to the whit; don't
send us to Newgate. CANT.--To rub up; to refresh: to
rub up one's memory. A rub: an impediment. A rubber;
the best two out of three. To win a rubber: to
win two games out of three.
RUBY FACED. Red-faced.
RUFF. An ornament formerly worn by men and women
round their necks. Wooden ruff; the pillory.
RUFFIAN. The devil. CANT.--May the ruffian nab the
cuffin queer, and let the harmanbeck trine with his kinchins
about his colquarren; may the Devil take the justice,
and let the constable be hanged with his children about
his neck. The ruffian cly thee; the Devil take thee.
Ruffian cook ruffian, who scalded the Devil in his feathers;
a saying of a bad cook. Ruffian sometimes also means,
a justice.
RUFFLES. Handcuffs. CANT.
RUFFLERS. The first rank of canters; also notorious rogues
pretending to be maimed soldiers or sailors.
RUFFMANS. The woods, hedges, or bushes. CANT.
RUG. It is all rug; it is all right and safe, the game is
secure. CANT.
RUG. Asleep. The whole gill is safe at rug; the people
of the house are fast asleep.
RUM.
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