subs. (venery).—1. The female pudendum. Cf. OPEN-ARSE. For synonyms, see MONOSYLLABLE. Hence, a harlot.
1603. SHAKESPEARE, Measure for Measure, iv. 3. Else they would have married me to the rotten MEDLAR.
2. (American thieves’).—A dirty person.
1859. G. W. MATSELL, Vocabulum; or, The Rogue’s Lexicon, s.v.
