To Star the Glaze (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

To Star the Glaze

To break and rob a jeweller’s show glass. Cant.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

Star Gazer * Starched

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes

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