The emptying of a neoessary-hovise, particularly in London. You have been at an Irish wedding, where black eyes are given instead of favours; saying to one who has a black eye.
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Wed>>. II. Wedding ·noun Nuptial ceremony; nuptial festivities; marriage; nupt...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
[Marriage] ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
A match between a whore and a rogue. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose