organon
noun
an instrument of thought or knowledge.
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Or clumsy chilblain'd judgment; that with oath Magnificates his merit; and beapawls The conscious time, with humorous foam and brawls, As if his organons of sense would crack The sinews of my patience.
From The Poetaster by Ben Jonson