BLEATING RIG. Sheep stealing. Cant.

BLEEDERS. Spurs. He clapped his bleeders to his prad;
be put spurs to his horse.

BLEEDING CULLY. One who parts easily with his money,
or bleeds freely.

BLEEDING NEW. A metaphor borrowed from fish, which
will not bleed when stale.

BLESSING. A small quantity over and above the measure,
usually given by hucksters dealing in peas, beans, and
other vegetables.

BLIND. A feint, pretence, or shift.

BLIND CHEEKS. The breech. Buss blind cheeks; kiss
mine a-se.

BLIND EXCUSE. A poor or insufficient excuse. A blind ale-house,
lane, or alley; an obscure, or little known or frequented
ale-house, lane, or alley.

BLIND HARPERS. Beggars counterfeiting blindness, playing
on fiddles, &c.

BLINDMAN'S BUFF. A play used by children, where one
being blinded by a handkerchief bound over his eyes,
attempts to seize any one of the company, who all endeavour