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arroche, corrupted fr. L. atriplex, Gr. &?;. Cf.
Arrach.] (Bot.) A genus (Atriplex) of herbs
or low shrubs of the Goosefoot family, most of them with a mealy
surface.

Garden orache, a plant (Atriplex
hortensis), often used as a pot herb; -- also called mountain
spinach.

Or"a*cle (?), n. [F., fr. L.
oraculum, fr. orare to speak, utter, pray, fr.
os, oris, mouth. See Oral.]

1. The answer of a god, or some person
reputed to be a god, to an inquiry respecting some affair or future
event, as the success of an enterprise or battle.

Whatso'er she saith, for oracles must
stand.

Drayton.

2. Hence: The deity who was supposed to give
the answer; also, the place where it was given.

The oracles are dumb;

No voice or hideous hum

Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving.

Milton.

3. The communications, revelations, or
messages delivered by God to the prophets; also, the entire sacred
Scriptures -- usually in the plural.

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