Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Sexual intercourse.
Wiktionary
- n. Sexual intercourse.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. sexual intercourse; -- used especially of an unlawful act on the part of the man.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur
Examples
“Xaca being born of a queen, who never had the carnal knowledge of man, retired into the deserts of Siam, and there underwent severe penances, to expiate the sins of men: that coming out of his wilderness, he assembled some disciples, and preached an heavenly doctrine in divers countries.”
The Works of John Dryden
“So he arose and lay with her, which when the young men aforesaid saw, they ran upon them and seized them,149 saying, “We will not let you go, for ye are adulterers, and except we have carnal knowledge of the woman, we will report you to the police.””
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Quaint Turns of Phrase
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Euphemisms in religions: on the way religions avoid mentioning some words, with the funny flip side that people get more interested in them.
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