cover-shamen.
a. Something used to conceal shame; a garment used to cover nakedness; also figurative.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [noun] > of something shameful
fig leaf1553
cover-shame1629
1629 J. Gaule Distractions 86 Hath made him a new kinde of Catch-credit of his old couer-shame.
1659 E. Gayton Art Longevity 73 Thou cover-shame, old Figtree.
1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar iii. ii. 209 Does he put on Holy Garments for a cover-shame of Lewdness?
b. The shrub Juniperus Sabina or Savin, employed to procure abortion.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > junipers > [noun]
gorsec1000
savinOE
juniper-treea1382
junipera1400
quickena1400
juniperinec1430
cade1575
jeniver1585
melmot1644
oxycedar1646
red cedar1682
cover-shame1694
Bermuda cedar1700
pencil cedar1785
sharp cedar1840
Rocky Mountain juniper1852
tuckamore1863
tucking-bush1890
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > obstetric drug > [noun] > abortive drug > specific plant
cover-shame1694
1694 New Bill in Reply to Ladies & Batchelors Petition 4 Those dangerous Plants call'd Cover-shame, alias Savine, and other anti-conceptive Weeds and Poisons.
1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Cover-shame, Juniperus Sabina.
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