In a message dated 8/9/2002 12:37:01 PM, flanigan at OHIOU.EDU writes: << >penis (OED 1676) > >1668 _Philosophical Transactions_ III. 751 When he examins the _Penis_, >he taketh notice. "Taketh notice" of what? (Ouch.) >> good question--it seems unlikely that the penis was invented in the 17th century