LAG. to transport for seven years or upwards. LAG. a convict under sentence of transportation. LAG. to make water. To lag spirits, wine, etc., is to adulterate them with water. LAG SHIP. a transport chartered by Government for the conveyance of convicts to New South Wales; also, a hulk, or floating prison, in which, to the disgrace of humanity, many hundreds of these unhappy persons are confined, and suffer every complication of human misery. LAGGER. a sailor. LAGGING MATTER. any species of crime for which a person is liable on conviction to be transported. LAGGING-DUES. speaking of a person likely to be transported, they say lagging dues will be concerned. LAMPS. the eyes; to have queer lamps, is to have sore or weak eyes. LARK. fun or sport of any kind, to create which is termed knocking up a lark. LAWN. a white cambric handkerchief.
A New and Comprehensive Vocabulary of the Flash Language by James Hardy Vaux, 1819
