to avoid him; the person caught, must be blinded in
his stead.

BLIND CUPID. The backside.

BLINDMAN'S HOLIDAY. Night, darkness.

BLOCK HOUSES. Prisons, houses of correction, &c.

BLOCKED AT BOTH ENDS. Finished. The game is blocked
at both ends; the game is ended.

BLOOD. A riotous disorderly fellow.

BLOOD FOR BLOOD. A term used by tradesmen for bartering
the different commodities in which they deal. Thus a
hatter furnishing a hosier with a hat, and taking payment
in stockings, is said to deal blood for blood.

BLOOD MONEY. The reward given by the legislature on the
conviction of highwaymen, burglars, &c.

BLOODY BACK. A jeering appellation for a soldier, alluding
to his scarlet coat.

BLOODY. A favourite word used by the thieves in swearing,
as bloody eyes, bloody rascal.

BLOSS or BLOWEN. The pretended wife of a bully, or
shoplifter. Cant.