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Tarse

//tɑːɹs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The penis. archaic

    "For though in her he settles well his tarse, Yet his dull, graceless bollocks hang an arse."

  2. 2
    The tarsus (seven bones in the ankle).
  3. 3
    A male falcon.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English tarse, tearse, terce, ters, from Old English teors (“penis”), from Proto-West Germanic *ters (“nail; penis”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to flay; split”). Related to Dutch teers, German Zers, and distantly (via Latin) to try.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French tarse, from Latin tarsus.

Etymology 3

Compare tassel, tiercel.

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