subs. (old conventional).—In pl. = menses. For synonyms, see FLAG. Also MONTHLIES.
1611. COTGRAVE, Dictionarie, s.v. MONETH … Woemens MONETHS, Menstruæ, les mois des femmes.
1617. MINSHEU, Guide into the Tongues, s.v. A Woman’s MONTHES, or Monthlie Termes. Vide Flowers.
1664. PEPYS, Diary (1894), 27 Sept. So home, where my wife having … her MONTHS upon her is gone to bed.
A BAD ATTACK OF THE END OF THE MONTH, phr. (common).—Impecuniosity.
