"knock" = "vagina", 1664?

[Jonathan Lighter]

The latest OED revisions include this kind of "nock" from 1611-1680.  Is 1664 a unique American ex.?

  JL


"Douglas G. Wilson" <douglas at NB.NET> wrote:
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>I do not see "knock" = "vagina" in OED2. What does one make of: this
>from 1664?
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>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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