oracle n.
1. a watch [it ‘tells’, i.e. predicts, the time].
Polite Conversation 49: col.: Pray, my Lord, what’s a Clock by your Oracle? lord sp.: Faith, I can’t tell; I think my Watch runs upon Wheels. |
2. the vagina [the initial ‘O’ + the ‘o’ shape; the ‘mouth piece of the deity’].
Sl. and Its Analogues. |