subs. (old).—See quot.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. MASON’S-MAWN’D, a Sham sore above the Elbow, to counterfeit a broken Arm, by a Fall from a Scaffold, expos’d by subtil Beggers, to move Compassion, and get Money.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
