Chinese hedgehog

English Noun en obsolete A species of hedgehog, Erinaceus amurensis species, native to eastern China, Russia, Manchuria, and the Korean Peninsula. en obsolete A type of sexual apparatus consisting of a ring and feathers, attached to the penis before sexual intercourse. en 1898 ‘Jacobus X’ Untrodden Fields of Anthropology Charles Carrington Paris 97 I In the first place let us describe the “Chinese hedge-hog”. This is a wreath of fine soft feathers, with their quills solidly fastened by silver wire to a ring of the same metal, made in various sizes, and sufficiently large to slip over the gland, when the penis is not in erection, and small enough to be stopped by the ring of the gland when the penis is erect. This machine sensibly increases the size of the penis, aud [sic] it will be easily understood that the friction of the feathers against the mucous surface of the vagina produces sensations of a peculiar effect. en 1904 Havelock Ellis Studies in the Psychology of Sex: Analysis of the Sexual Impulse F.A. Davis Philadelphia 84 Somewhat similar is the “Chinese hedge-hog,” a wreath of fine soft feathers with the quills solidly fastened by silver wire to a ring of the same metal, which is slipped over the glans. en 1961 Harry E. Wedeck Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs The Citadel Press New York 215 Various lewd contrivances, among them the Chinese ‘hedge-hog,’ ovoid objects, and similar apparatus have all been perversely used as amatory stimulants.