subs. (B. E.).—1. ‘Very strong Malt-drink’ [LATHAM: Note to quot. 1720 in SWIFT, Works (1744): ‘a cant word for strong beer’].
2. (stock exchange).—In pl. = Guinness’s shares.
STOUT ACROSS THE NARROW, phr. (common).—Full bellied; corpulent.
1901. Troddles, xix. Troddles really is RATHER STOUT ACROSS THE NARROW, you know.
