At 10:48 PM 8/8/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Here's one I never thought I'd antedate, another testament to the efficacy >of JSTOR for antedating scientific vocabulary (I'm not making this one >up): > > >penis (OED 1676) > >1668 _Philosophical Transactions_ III. 751 When he examins the _Penis_, >he taketh notice. "Taketh notice" of what? (Ouch.)