Meaning of Swines | Babel Free

Definitions

genitive of swine

form-of, genitive, obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“There is likewise made an ointment with the pulpe of Apples and Swines grease and Rose water, which is vsed to beautifie the face... called in shops Pomatum, of the Apples whereof it is made.”

“Swines-bread, so used, doth not onely speed / A tardy labour; but (without great heed) / If over it a Child-great Woman stride, / Instant abortion often doth betide.”

“The Ancients for the Dulcorating of Fruit, doe commend Swines-dung aboue all other Dung; VVhich may be, becauſe of the Moiſture of that Beaſt, whereby the Excrement hath leſſe Acrimony; For we ſee Swines and Pigs Fleſh is the Moiſteſt of Fleſhes.”

“The sacred Scriptures[…] called her a filthy Swine in reference to her Turpitudes. As a Jewel of Gold in a Swines Snout, so is a fair woman without discretion: a Dunghil for her Nastiness and Filthyness,”

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