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See Rakel. [Obs.] Chaucer.

See Rakelness. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A boat made by covering a wicker frame with leather or oilcloth. It was used by the ancient Britons, and is still used by fisherman in Wales and some parts of Ireland. Also, a similar boat used in Thibet and in Egypt.

A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church.

A wonder or wonderful thing. That miracle and queen of genus. Shak.

air or future event, as the success of an enterprise or battle. Whatso'er she saith, for oracles must stand. Drayton.

the Holy Spirit. From which intercession especially I conceive he hath the name of the Paraclete given him by Christ. Bp. Pearson.

The nostril, or one of the nostrils, of whales, porpoises, and allied animals.

The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Hence: A private chamber; a sanctum.

Ambiguous discourse; amphibology. If it oracle contrary to our interest or humor, we will create an amphiboly, a double meaning where there is none. Whitlock.

cribing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's ass speaking. Numb. xxii. 30. [Cant] Balaam basket or box (Print.), the receptacle for rejected articles. Blackw. Mag.

The English cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium) Dr. Prior.

A nostril or spiracle in the top of the head of a whale or other cetacean.

e are yet carnal. 1 Car. iii. 3. Not sunk in carnal pleasure. Milton rnal desires after miracles. Trench.

er's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning. The foxe, maister of collusion. Spenser. That they [miracles] be done publicly, in the face of the world, that there may be no room to suspect artifice and collusion. Atterbury. By the ignorance of the merchants or dishonesty of the weavers, or the collusion of both, the ware was bad…

al practitioners, no class of human beings can bear comparison with them. Macaulay. The miracles of our Lord and those of the Old Testament afford many interesting points of comparison. Trench.

To confute; to prove the fallacy of. [Obs.] God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. Bacon.

A coarse umbelliferous weed of the genus Heracleum (H. sphondylium in England, and H. lanatum in America).

than personal knowledge; belief; credit; confidence. To give credence to the Scripture miracles. Trench. An assertion which might easily find credence. Macualay.

Of or relating to Delphi, or to the famous oracle of that place.