subs. (venery).—1.  Copulation: see GREENS and RIDE.

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  1623.  MASSINGER, The Bondman, i. 2.

        You are no sooner out of sight, but she
Does feel strange qualms; then sends for her young doctor,
Who ministers PHYSIC to her on her back,
Her ladyship lying as she were entranced.
    Ibid., The Duke of Milan, iv. 3.
Lock up thine own wife, fool, that must take PHYSIC
From her young doctor, PHYSIC upon her back,
Because thou hast the palsy in that part
That makes her active.

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  c. 1707.  Old Ballad [D’URFEY, Wit and Mirth; or Pills to Purge Melancholy (1707), ii. 160].

        For in your warm Beds
  Your PHYSICK works best;
And tho’ in the taking
  Some stirring’s required,
The motion’s so pleasant
  You cannot be tir’d.

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  2.  (common).—Strong drink; MEDICINE (q.v.); LUSH (q.v.): see DRINKS and SCREWED.

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  3.  (pugilists’).—Hard hitting; PUNISHMENT (q.v.): also as verb.

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  4.  (gaming).—Losses: wagers, points, and so forth. Also as verb.—BEE (1823).

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  1821.  P. EGAN, Life in London, II. v. If you do not get punished in your person, yet you may be most preciously PHYSICKED in your clie.

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