Sentence:  He now resumes his attempts in more form: first, he put one of the pillows under me, to give the blank of his aim a more favourable elevation, and another under my head, in ease of it; then spreading my thighs, and placing himself standing between them, made them rest upon his hips; applying then the point of his <WSD>machine</WSD> to the slit, into which he sought entrance. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Penis.