"knock" = "vagina", 1664?

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>I do not see "knock" = "vagina" in OED2.  What does one make of: this
>from 1664?
>
>And thus she argues of the case:
>My knock doth piteously itch ....

Maybe = "nock" in the sense "notch"/"cleft".

-- Doug Wilson


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