"shoot" = " have a (male) orgasm, 'come' " in 1772?

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 10:13:59AM -0400, Joel S. Berson wrote:
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> Page 355 has:
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> "Brittles: No; and when he was drinking then he asked him to go out
> into the backyard; that he went out to make water, and the man
> followed him, put his hand in his breeches, and pulled out his y--d
> ... and so he pushed onward to the vault; that after he came there he
> worked his y--d tll he made it s -- d in his hand ..."

[...]

> But what is "s -- d"?

Surely "spend".

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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