Lost Word of the Day - Kine

kine - cattle

Now, there really isn't much I have to say about kine except to include a bonus lost word of the day - pizzle. You might've heard of pizzle stick treats for dogs, made from steer pizzle. Do you know what a pizzle is? Sounds like an obscure term for a body part, right? Well, here's the definition.

Pizzle: To beat someone with a dried bull’s penis. Today you can still buy walking sticks made from dried bull penises, but in the past they were sometimes used for public floggings. It took some work before I could discover exactly what was happening when I read about Quakers being pizzled through the streets.

I'd go on about who on my Christmas list is in line to receive a special walking stick next year, but at the moment my mind is in the gutter and I'm giggling too much.