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Entries releated to STEEL

 

COLLEGE		Newgate or any other prison. New College: the Royal Exchange. King's College: the King's Bench prison. He has been educated at the steel, and took his last degree at college; he has received his education at the house of correction, and was hanged at Newgate.
PEAR MAKING		Taking bounties from several regiments and immediately deserting. The cove was fined in the steel for pear making; the fellow was imprisoned in the house of correction for taking bounties from different regiments.
SMASHER		A person who lives by passing base coin. The cove was fined in the steel for smashing; the fellow was ordered to be imprisoned in the house of correction for uttering base coin.
STEEL		The house of correction.
STEEL BAR		A needle. A steel bar flinger; a taylor, stay- maker, or any other person using a needle.