n. A term of obscure cant or slang origin, used in old ballads and plays as a mere refrain or nonsense-word; also used, from its vagueness, as a substitute for various obscene terms, and in various obscene meanings.n. A tall columnar cactus of Jamaica, Cereus Swartzii, woolly at the summit and bearing pale-red flowers. The dried fibrous portions of the stems were used as torches by the Indians.