VII Of pressing, or marking, or scratching with the nails 

When love becomes intense, pressing with the nails or scratching the body with them is practiced, and it is done on the following occasions: on the first visit; at the time of setting out on a journey; on the return from a journey; at the time when an angry lover is reconciled; and lastly, when a woman is intoxicated.  But pressing with the nails is not a usual thing except with those who are intensely passionate.  It is employed together with biting, by those to whom the practice is agreeable.  

Pressing with the nails is of the eight following kinds, according to the forms of the marks which are produced: sounding; half moon; a circle; a line; a tiger’s nail or claw; a peacock’s foot; the jump of a hare; the leaf of a blue lotus.

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