"knock" vt. = 'copulate with' 1702 interdates OED

[Joel S. Berson]

"knock" v. = 'copulate with' 1702; interdates OED2 sense 2.d 1604--1785.

Province and Court Records of Maine,
Vol. IV:
The Court Records of York County, Maine,
Province of Massachusetts Bay,
November, 1692 -- January, 1710--11.
Portland: Maine Historical Society, 1958.

5 January 1702/03.

p. 288.
The sd Sarah tiny [sic] ... doth testifie & Saye that ... John Ame
[sic] came ... & Swore by God that I had promised him he Should nok
mee ly with mee & withall he took hold of mee & Threw mee Down &
pulled up my Close Shewed all my Nakedness & Run into the house after Mee ...

p. 289.
Elizabeth Tyler ... doth Testifie & Seay that She ... Saw John Amee &
Sarah Tinny ... & both of them run up in the Chamber Shee first & him
after but he Staid little while there but come down againe ... & Shee
after him ... but when She [Tinny] Come downe Shee [Tyler] hard
[heard] the sd Sarah Tiny [sic] Call him Indian dog & bee for that he
Said Sarah you promised me to let me ly with you & now I will ly ...
[ellipsis in original] with you & Shee run behind my back & he Puled
her out and said he would kik and nok you & the sd Sarah Tinny asked
sd Mee where he would nok her with a hatchet or hamer but he sd he
would nok her with his Prick ...

[The free-wheeling and free-writing colonial district of Maine.]

Joel

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