subs. (old cant).—1. See quot. It. tirella. Also JACK.
1567. HARMAN, A Caveat or Warening for Common Cursetors (1814), p. 65. A JARKE, a seal.
1608. DEKKER, The Belman of London, in Wks. (GROSART, iii. 102). Which license they (beggars) call a gybe, and the Seales to it, JARKES.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v.
1724. E. COLES, English Dictionary, s.v.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
1811. GROSE and CLARKE, Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v.
1818. SCOTT, The Heart of Mid-lothian, xxv. He knows my gybe [pass] as well as the JARK [seal] of e’er a queer cuffin [justice of peace] in England.
1859. G. W. MATSELL, Vocabulum; or, The Rogue’s Lexicon, s.v.
2. (common).—A watch. For synonyms, see TICKER.
3. (Oxford University and general).—A safe-conduct pass; a JASKER (q.v.).
1818. SCOTT, The Heart of Mid-lothian, xxix. Stay, gentlemen,… this is a JARK from Jim Radcliffe.
