subs. phr. (venery).—Semen; CREAM (q.v.). Hence TO SPEND = to ejaculate.
1598. SHAKESPEARE, All’s Well that Ends Well, ii. 3, 296.
| He wears his honour in a box unseen, | |
| That hugs his kicky-wicky here at home, | |
| SPENDING his manly marrow in her arms. |
d. 1680. ROCHESTER, Works (1718), ‘The Debauchee,’ 143. I SPEND in her hand and spue in her lap. Ibid., ‘A Ramble,’ &c., 82. A passive pot for fools to SPEND in. Ibid., ‘The Disappointment.’ May’st thou ne’er piss that did’st refuse to SPEND.
1772. BRIDGES, A Burlesque Translation of Homer, 196.
| With such a tool, I thought he’d split her … | |
| There [she] held it fast, and made it stand, | |
| And SPEND its venom in her hand. |
1856. WALT WHITMAN, Leaves of Grass, ‘Children of Adam.’ My love-SPENDINGS.
