cover-shame
nounEtymology
* cover + shame
Definitions
Something used to conceal infamy.
- Give place then exprobrating fruit, and come / Thou Cover-shame, old Fig-tree, in the Room: / Though men of all the fruit, that hangs o'th' tree, / Should love none less for your obscurity
- O impudence! O rogue! O villain! Nay, if he be such a man, my righteous spirit rises at him! Does he put on holy garments, for a cover-shame of lewdness?
A plant, savin (Juniperus sabina), which was historically used as both a contraceptive…
A plant, savin (Juniperus sabina), which was historically used as both a contraceptive and to induce abortions.
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