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pizzle|ˈpɪz(ə)l|
Forms: α. 6 peezel, peisill, 7 peezle, 8 pesil; β. 6 pys(s)ell, 6–7 pissel(l, 7 pisle, pizell, pizle, pyzel(l, 7– pizzle.
[Occurs from early 16th c. = Flem. pēzel, LG. pesel, dim. of OLG. *pĭsa sinew, whence MLG. pēse, MDu. pēze, Du. pees sinew, string, pizzle. Cf. also MDu. peserick sinew, string, whip of bull's hide, pizzle, Du. pezerik, peesrik, MLG. peserik, LG. (and Ger. dial.) peserick pizzle.]
The penis of an animal; often that of a bull, formerly as a flogging instrument (see bull n.1 11 b), now esp. in Austral. cattle- and sheep-rearing terminology.
1523Fitzherb. Husb. §56 Thoughe he [an ox]..be broken, bothe of tayle and pysell, yet wyll he fede. 1544T. Phaer Regim. Lyfe (1560) H vj b, Take the peisill of an harte, and drie it into pouder. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. (1586) 127 Take the peezel of a Stagge, burne it, and make it in pouder. 1599–1737 Bulls pissell, etc. [see bull n.1 11 b]. 1693Phil. Trans. XVII. 976 Of the Whale's Pizzle, and its Use in Physick. 1710Addison Tatler No. 216 ⁋13. 1814 Scott Let. Southey 17 June in Lockhart, The wholesome discipline of a bull's pizzle and strait-jacket. 1946R. Graves Poems 1938–45 27 Who whipped her daughters with a bull's pizzle. 1949A. Huxley Ape & Essence 126 Then the Grand Inquisitor's Special Assistant bends down and, from under his chair, produces a very large consecrated bull's pizzle, which he lays on the table before him. 1955W. Gaddis Recognitions ii. iii. 441 He entered and walked toward the bull's stall—There!..There's a masterful pizzle for you! 1965J. S. Gunn Terminol. Shearing Industry ii. 8 Pizzle, a sheep's penis. This word has no taboo and is the formal word in written articles. 1968E. R. Buckler Ox Bells & Fireflies vi. 101 [An ox] would gallop the pasture faster than a horse, ramming a low stub halfway up his pizzle. 1969Coast to Coast 1967–68 7 Ruben had caught the farmer's bull one night and tied a length of plastic cord around its pizzle, letting the bull go again in the paddock. The breeding paddock, with cows on heat. |