A sodomite. To indorse with a cudgel; to drub or beat a man over the back with a stick, to lay CANE upon Abel.
Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.
india wipe * inexpressiblesNathan Bailey's 1721 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang
John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes