CAULIFLOWER. A large white wig, such as is commonly
worn by the dignified clergy, and was formerly by physicians.
Also the private parts of a woman; the reason for
which appellation is given in the following story: A
woman, who was giving evidence in a cause wherein it was
necessary to express those parts, made use of the term
cauliflower; for which the judge on the bench, a peevish
old fellow, reproved her, saying she might as well call it
artichoke. Not so, my lord, replied she; for an artichoke
has a bottom, but a **** and a cauliflower have none.