or cunning man
A judge, who tells every prisoner his fortune, lot or doom. To go before the fortune teller, lambskin men, or conjuror; to be tried at an assize.
See lambskin men.
·noun One who tells, relates, or communicates; an informer, narrator, or describer. II. Teller ·nou...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun To provide with a fortune. II. Fortune ·vi To fall out; to <<Happen>>. III. Fortune ·noun To...
·noun An historian; — in contempt. II. Story-teller ·noun A euphemism or child's word for. III. S...
·noun One who tells the truth. ...
Out of Duke's Place, Aldgate, in Aldgate Ward (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
A wind-mill and a water-mill, used to signify a woman without any but personal endowments. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Indigent men, seeking to enrich themselves by marrying a woman of fortune. ...
Two town lands, stream's town, and ballinocack; said of Irish women without fortune. ...
·add. ·- A gambling or lottery device consisting of a wheel which is spun horizontally, articles or ...
The usual consolation in reverses "Fortune de la guerre," or the chances of war. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book