or Priapus, subs. (venery).—1.  The penis: see PRICK; (2) = a DILDO (q.v.); and (3) = a STALLION (q.v.).

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  1672.  BUTLER, Dildoides.

        Who envying their curious Frame,
Expos’d their PRIAPS to the Flame.
    Ibid.
  PRIAPUS thus, in Box opprest,
Burnt like a Phœnix in his Nest.

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  d. 1680.  ROCHESTER [Works (1718), 87].

        Saying if one PRIAPUS I could shew,
One holy Relick of kind pearly Dew.
    Ibid.
PRIAPUS squeez’d, one Snow-Ball did emit.

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  1692.  DRYDEN, Juvenal (1702), 114.

        Seen from afar, and famous for his Ware,
He struts into the Bath, among the Fair;
Th’ admiring Crew to their Devotions fall;
And, kneeling, on their New PRIAPUS call.

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