a general term of reproach, not confined to stealing.
·noun A waster in the snuff of a candle. II. Thief ·noun One who steals; one who commits theft or l...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
You are a thief and a murderer, you have killed a baboon and stole his face; vulgar abuse. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·- A <<Pirate>>. ...
Fellows who associate with all kinds of villains, in order to betray them, when they have committed ...
Part of the wick or snuff, which falling on the tallow, burns and melts it, and causing it to gutter...