Bodily power, strength; (also) sexual potency. Obsolete (chiefly Scottish in later use).

Full of healthy vigour. Phrases. Lusty Laurence (cf. laurence, n.1): ‘a good wencher’ (Nares). Lusty Juventus: the title of a morality play produced…

The power of procreation; capacity for sexual intercourse.

Semen, seminal fluid. Also: virility, sexual vigour. Cf. spunk, n. 5c. Obsolete.

spec. The sexual potency of a man; virility; (by extension) the male genitals; the penis.

Ability to achieve erection or ejaculation in sexual intercourse; virility. Also: fertility (of a male or female). Cf. impotence, n. 2b.

= potency, n. 1b.

Short for black lead, n., graphite, or plumbago. Only with reference to its use as a material for pencils. Hence, a small stick of graphite for…