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<p><centered><point26>O.</point26></centered></p>

<p><hw>O</hw> <pr>(&omacr;)</pr>.  <sn>1.</sn> <def>O, the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, derives its form, value, and name from the Greek O, through the Latin. The letter came into the Greek from the Ph&oelig;nician, which possibly derived it ultimately from the Egyptian. Etymologically, the letter <it>o</it> is most closely related to <it>a</it>, <it>e</it>, and <it>u</it>; as in E. b<it>o</it>ne, AS. b<it>&amacr;</it>n; E. st<it>o</it>ne, AS. st<it>&amacr;</it>n; E. br<it>o</it>ke, AS. br<it>e</it>can to break; E. b<it>o</it>re, AS. b<it>e</it>ran to bear; E. d<it>o</it>ve, AS. d<it>&umacr;</it>fe; E. t<it>o</it>ft, t<it>u</it>ft; t<it>o</it>ne, t<it>u</it>ne; n<it>u</it>mber, F. n<it>o</it>mbre.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p>The letter <it>o</it> has several vowel sounds, the principal of which are its long sound, as in <xex>bone</xex>, its short sound, as in <xex>nod</xex>, and the sounds heard in the words <xex>orb</xex>, <xex>son</xex>, <xex>do</xex> (<xex>feod</xex>), and <xex>wolf</xex> (<xex>book</xex>).  In connection with the other vowels it forms several digraphs and diphthongs.  See <xex>Guide to Pronunciation</xex>, &sect;&sect; 107-129.<br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Among the ancients, O was a mark of triple time, from the notion that the ternary, or number 3, is the most perfect of numbers, and properly expressed by a circle, the most perfect figure.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p>O was also anciently used to represent 11: with a dash over it (&Omacr;), 11,000.<br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>O</hw> <pr>(&omacr;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>O's</plw> <it>or</it> <plw>Oes</plw> <pr>(&omacr;z)</pr>.</plu> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The letter O, or its sound.</def> &ldquo;Mouthing out his hollow <xex>oes</xex> and aes.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Tennyson.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Something shaped like the letter O; a circle or oval.</def> &ldquo;This wooden <xex>O</xex> [Globe Theater]&rdquo;.  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A cipher; zero.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Thou art an <qex>O</qex> without a figure.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O'</hw>. <ety>[Ir. <ets>o</ets> a descendant.]</ety> <def>A prefix to Irish family names, which signifies <sig>grandson</sig> or <sig>descendant</sig> of, and is a character of dignity; <as>as, <ex>O'</ex>Neil, <ex>O'</ex>Carrol</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O'</hw> <pr>(&omacr;; unaccented &ouptack_;)</pr>, <pos>prep.</pos> <def>A shortened form of <sig>of</sig> or <sig>on</sig>.</def> &ldquo;At the turning <xex>o'</xex> the tide.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O</hw> <pr>(&omacr;)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>One</er>.]</ety> <def>One.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Chaucer.</au> &ldquo;Alle thre but <xex>o</xex> God.&rdquo; <au>Piers Plowman.</au><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>O</hw> <pr>(&omacr;)</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <def>An exclamation used in calling or directly addressing a person or personified object; also, as an emotional or impassioned exclamation expressing pain, grief, surprise, desire, fear, etc.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q>For ever, <qex>O</qex> Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. cxix. 89.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>O</qex> how love I thy law ! it is my meditation all the day.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. cxix. 97.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note>&hand_; <xex>O</xex> is frequently followed by an ellipsis and <xex>that</xex>, an in expressing a wish: &ldquo;<xex>O</xex> [I wish] that Ishmael might live before thee!&rdquo; <au>Gen. xvii. 18</au>; or in expressions of surprise, indignation, or regret: &ldquo;<xex>O</xex> [it is sad] that such eyes should e'er meet other object!&rdquo;</note>  <rj><au>Sheridan Knowles.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note>&hand_; A distinction between the use of <xex>O</xex> and <xex>oh</xex> is insisted upon by some, namely, that <xex>O</xex> should be used only in direct address to a person or personified object, and should never be followed by the exclamation point, while <xex>Oh</xex> (or <xex>oh</xex>) should be used in exclamations where no direct appeal or address to an object is made, and may be followed by the exclamation point or not, according to the nature or construction of the sentence. Some insist that <xex>oh</xex> should be used only as an interjection expressing strong feeling.  The form <xex>O</xex>, however, is, it seems, the one most commonly employed for both uses by modern writers and correctors for the press. &ldquo;<xex>O</xex>, I am slain!&rdquo; <au>Shak.</au> &ldquo;<xex>O</xex> what a fair and ministering angel!&rdquo; &ldquo;<xex>O</xex> sweet angel !&rdquo; <au>Longfellow.</au></note><br/>
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<p><q><qex>O</qex> for a kindling touch from that pure flame!</q> <rj><qau>Wordsworth.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>But she is in her grave, -- and <qex>oh</qex><br/>
The difference to me!</q> <rj><qau>Wordsworth.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><q><qex>Oh</qex> for a lodge in some vast wilderness!</q> <rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>We should distinguish between the sign of the vocative and the emotional interjection, writing <qex>O</qex> for the former, and <qex>oh</qex> for the latter.</q> <rj><qau>Earle.</qau></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><mcol><col><b>O dear</b></col>, <i>and</i> <col><b>O dear me!</b></col></mcol> <ety>[corrupted fr. F. <ets>O Dieu!</ets> or It. <ets>O Dio!</ets> O God! <ets>O Dio mio!</ets> O my God! <au>Wyman</au>.]</ety>, <cd>exclamations expressive of various emotions, but usually promoted by surprise, consternation, grief, pain, etc.</cd></cs><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Oad</hw> <pr>(&omacr;d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Woad</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Coles.</au></rj><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Oaf</hw> <pr>(&omacr;f)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Auf</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Originally, an elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins; hence, a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an idiot.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A clumsy or awkward person.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> klutz, clod, lummox, stumblebum.</syn><br/>
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Oaf"ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like an oaf; simple or clumsy.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Oaf"ish*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Oak</hw> <pr>(&omacr;k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>oke</ets>, <ets>ok</ets>, <ets>ak</ets>, AS. <ets>&amacr;c</ets>; akin to D. <ets>eik</ets>, G. <ets>eiche</ets>, OHG. <ets>eih</ets>, Icel. <ets>eik</ets>, Sw. <ets>ek</ets>, Dan. <ets>eeg</ets>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any tree or shrub of the genus <gen>Quercus</gen>.  The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins.  The fruit is a smooth nut, called an <prod>acorn</prod>, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the <xex>cup</xex> or <xex>cupule</xex>.  There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver grain.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The strong wood or timber of the oak.</def><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note>&hand_; Among the true oaks in America are: <col><b>Barren oak</b></col>, <xex>or</xex> <col><b>Black-jack</b></col>, <spn>Quercus nigra</spn>. -- <col><b>Basket oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus Michauxii</spn>. -- <col><b>Black oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus tinctoria</spn>; -- called also <altname>yellow oak</altname> or <altname>quercitron oak</altname>. -- <col><b>Bur oak</b></col> (see under <er>Bur</er>.), <spn>Quercus macrocarpa</spn>; -- called also <altname>over-cup</altname> or <altname>mossy-cup oak</altname>. -- <col><b>Chestnut oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus Prinus</spn> and <spn>Quercus densiflora</spn>. -- <col><b>Chinquapin oak</b></col> (see under <er>Chinquapin</er>), <spn>Quercus prinoides</spn>. -- <col><b>Coast live oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus agrifolia</spn>, of California; -- also called <altname>enceno</altname>. -- <col><b>Live oak</b></col> (see under <er>Live</er>), <spn>Quercus virens</spn>, the best of all for shipbuilding; also, <spn>Quercus Chrysolepis</spn>, of California. -- <col><b>Pin oak</b></col>. Same as <cref>Swamp oak</cref>. -- <col><b>Post oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus obtusifolia</spn>. -- <col><b>Red oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus rubra</spn>. -- <col><b>Scarlet oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus coccinea</spn>. -- <col><b>Scrub oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus ilicifolia</spn>, <spn>Quercus undulata</spn>, etc. -- <col><b>Shingle oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus imbricaria</spn>. -- <col><b>Spanish oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus falcata</spn>. -- <col><b>Swamp Spanish oak</b></col>, <xex>or</xex> <col><b>Pin oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus palustris</spn>. -- <col><b>Swamp white oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus bicolor</spn>. -- <col><b>Water oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus aquatica</spn>. -- <col><b>Water white oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus lyrata</spn>. -- <col><b>Willow oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus Phellos</spn>.<br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]<pbr/>
    Among the true oaks in Europe are: <col><b>Bitter oak</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Turkey oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus Cerris</spn> (see <er>Cerris</er>). -- <col><b>Cork oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus Suber</spn>. -- <col><b>English white oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus Robur</spn>. -- <col><b>Evergreen oak</b></col>, <col><b>Holly oak</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Holm oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus Ilex</spn>. -- <col><b>Kermes oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus coccifera</spn>. -- <col><b>Nutgall oak</b></col>, <spn>Quercus infectoria</spn>.</note><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><note>&hand_; Among plants called <ex>oak</ex>, but not of the genus <gen>Quercus</gen>, are: <col><b>African oak</b></col>, <cd>a valuable timber tree (<spn>Oldfieldia Africana</spn>).</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Australian oak</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>She oak</b></col></mcol>, <cd>any tree of the genus <gen>Casuarina</gen> (see <er>Casuarina</er>).</cd> -- <col><b>Indian oak</b></col>, <cd>the teak tree (see <er>Teak</er>).</cd> -- <col><b>Jerusalem oak</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Jerusalem</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>New Zealand oak</b></col>, <cd>a sapindaceous tree (<spn>Alectryon excelsum</spn>).</cd> -- <col><b>Poison oak</b></col>, <cd>a shrub once not distinguished from poison ivy, but now restricted to <spn>Rhus toxicodendron</spn> or <spn>Rhus diversiloba</spn>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Silky oak</b></col> <it>or</it>  <col><b>Silk-bark oak</b></col></mcol>, <cd>an Australian tree (<spn>Grevillea robusta</spn>).</cd></note><br/>
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>

<p><cs><col><b>Green oak</b></col>, <cd>oak wood colored green by the growth of the mycelium of certain fungi.</cd> -- <col><b>Oak apple</b></col>, <cd>a large, smooth, round gall produced on the leaves of the American red oak by a gallfly (<spn>Cynips confluens</spn>). It is green and pulpy when young.</cd> -- <col><b>Oak beauty</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a British geometrid moth (<spn>Biston prodromaria</spn>) whose larva feeds on the oak.</cd> -- <col><b>Oak gall</b></col>, <cd>a gall found on the oak. See 2d <er>Gall</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Oak leather</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the mycelium of a fungus which forms leatherlike patches in the fissures of oak wood.</cd> -- <col><b>Oak pruner</b></col>. <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Pruner</er>, the insect.</cd> -- <col><b>Oak spangle</b></col>, <cd>a kind of gall produced on the oak by the insect <spn>Diplolepis lenticularis</spn>.</cd> -- <col><b>Oak wart</b></col>, <cd>a wartlike gall on the twigs of an oak.</cd> -- <col><b>The Oaks</b></col>, <cd>one of the three great annual English horse races (the Derby and St. Leger being the others).  It was instituted in 1779 by the <person>Earl of Derby</person>, and so called from his estate.</cd> -- <col><b>To sport one's oak</b></col>, <cd>to be &ldquo;not at home to visitors,&rdquo; signified by closing the outer (oaken) door of one's rooms.</cd> <mark>[Cant, Eng. Univ.]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Oak"en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>&amacr;cen</ets>.]</ety> <def>Made or consisting of oaks or of the wood of oaks.</def> &ldquo;In <xex>oaken</xex> bower.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Oaken</qex> timber, wherewith to build ships.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oak"er</hw> <pr>(&omacr;k"&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Ocher</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oak"ling</hw> <pr>(&omacr;k"l&ibreve_;ng)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A young oak.</def>  <rj><au>Evelyn.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oak"um</hw> <pr>(&omacr;k"&ubreve;m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>&amacr;cumba</ets>; pref. <ets>&amacr;-</ets> (cf. G. <ets>er-</ets>, Goth. <ets>us-</ets>, orig. meaning, out) + <ets>cemban</ets> to comb, <ets>camb</ets> comb. See <er>Comb</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The coarse portion separated from flax or hemp in nackling.</def>  <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>White oakum</b></col>, <cd>that made from untarred rope.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Oak"y</hw> <pr>(&omacr;k"&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Resembling oak; strong.</def>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oar</hw> <pr>(&omacr;r)</pr>, <pos>n</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>&amacr;r</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>&amacr;r</ets>, Dan. <ets>aare</ets>, Sw. <ets>&aring;ra</ets>; perh. akin to E. <ets>row</ets>, v.  Cf. <er>Rowlock</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle at one end and a broad blade at the other.  The part which rests in the rowlock is called the <part>loom</part>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; An oar is a kind of long paddle, which swings about a kind of fulcrum, called a <xex>rowlock</xex>, fixed to the side of the boat.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An oarsman; a rower; <as>as, he is a good <ex>oar</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An oarlike swimming organ of various invertebrates.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Oar cock</b></col> <sd>(Zo&ouml;l.)</sd>, <cd>the water rail.</cd> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> -- <col><b>Spoon oar</b></col>, <cd>an oar having the blade so curved as to afford a better hold upon the water in rowing.</cd> -- <col><b>To boat the oars</b></col>, <cd>to cease rowing, and lay the oars in the boat.</cd> -- <col><b>To feather the oars</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Feather</er>.</cd>, <pos>v. t.</pos> -- <col><b>To lie on the oars</b></col>, <cd>to cease pulling, raising the oars out of water, but not boating them; to cease from work of any kind; to be idle; to rest.</cd> -- <col><b>To muffle the oars</b></col>, <cd>to put something round that part which rests in the rowlock, to prevent noise in rowing.</cd> -- <col><b>To put in one's oar</b></col>, <cd>to give aid or advice; -- commonly used of a person who obtrudes aid or counsel not invited.</cd> -- <col><b>To ship the oars</b></col>, <cd>to place them in the rowlocks.</cd> -- <col><b>To toss the oars</b></col>, <cd>To peak the oars, to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.</cd> -- <col><b>To trail oars</b></col>, <cd>to allow them to trail in the water alongside of the boat.</cd> -- <col><b>To unship the oars</b></col>, <cd>to take them out of the rowlocks.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Oar</hw>, <pos>v. t. &amp; i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Oared</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Oaring</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To row.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Oared</xex> himself.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Oared with laboring arms.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oared</hw> <pr>(&omacr;rd)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Furnished with oars; -- chiefly used in composition; <as>as, a four-<ex>oared</ex> boat</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Having feet adapted for swimming.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Totipalmate; -- said of the feet of certain birds. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Aves</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Oared shrew</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>,  <cd>an aquatic European shrew (<spn>Crossopus ciliatus</spn>); -- called also <altname>black water shrew</altname>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Oar"fish`</hw> <pr>(&omacr;r"f&ibreve_;sh`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>  <def>The ribbon fish.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oar"foot`</hw> <pr>(&omacr;r"f&oobreve_;t`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>  <def>Any crustacean of the genus <gen>Remipes</gen>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oar"-foot`ed</hw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having feet adapted for swimming.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oar"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Without oars.</def> <rj><au>Sylvester.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oar"lock`</hw> <pr>(&omacr;r"l&obreve_;k`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <def>The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat, in which the oar rests, and that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing.  Certain oarlocks are designed for use with oars having attached swivels, which insert into the oarlock and provide a firm pivot.  Same as <er>Rowlock</er>{1}.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> peg, pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Oars"man</hw> <pr>(&omacr;rz"m&aitalic_;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Oarsmen</plw> <pr>(-m&eitalic_;n)</pr>.</plu> <def>One who uses, or is skilled in the use of, an oar; a rower.</def><br/>
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<p><q>At the prow of the boat, rose one of the <qex>oarsmen</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>oarsmanship</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>skill as an oarsman.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oars"weed`</hw> <pr>(&omacr;r"w&emacr;d`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any large seaweed of the genus <gen>Laminaria</gen>; tangle; kelp.  See <er>Kelp</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>oarswoman</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a woman oarsman.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oar"y</hw> <pr>(&omacr;r"&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having the form or the use of an oar; <as>as, the swan's <ex>oary</ex> feet</as>.</def> <rj><au>Milton.</au> <au>Addison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>OAS</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The <org>Organization of American States</org> an international association of countries in the Western hemisphere.  It was created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation.</def> <mark>[acronym]</mark> <br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Organization of American States.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>O"as*is</hw> <pr>(&omacr;"&adot_;*s&ibreve_;s <it>or</it> &ouptack_;*&amacr;"s&ibreve_;s; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Oases</plw> <pr>(-s&emacr;z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <grk>'o`asis</grk>; cf. Copt. <ets>ouahe</ets>.]</ety> <def>A fertile or green spot in a waste or desert, esp. in a sandy desert, where the water table approaches the surface.</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns> &ldquo;The Arab does not love the desert; the Arab loves the <ex>oasis</ex> and green fields.&rdquo;<br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <mark>(fig.)</mark> <def>Any refuge from a prevailing stressful, unpleasant, or annoying situation.</def> <wns>[wns=2 &amp; 3]</wns><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> haven.</syn><br/>
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<p><q>My one <qex>oasis</qex> in the dust and drouth<br/>
Of city life.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oast</hw> <pr>(&omacr;st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>ost</ets>, AS. <ets>&amacr;st</ets>; cf. Gr. <grk>a'i^qos</grk> burning heat.]</ety> <def>A kiln to dry hops or malt; a cockle.</def> <rj><au>Mortimer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oat</hw> <pr>(&omacr;t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Oats</plw> <pr>(&omacr;ts)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>ote</ets>, <ets>ate</ets>, AS. <ets>&amacr;ta</ets>, akin to Fries. <ets>oat</ets>.  Of uncertain origin.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A well-known cereal grass (<spn>Avena sativa</spn>), and its edible grain,  used as food and fodder; -- commonly used in the plural and in a collective sense.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A musical pipe made of oat straw.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Animated oats</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>Animal oats</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>A grass (<spn>Avena sterilis</spn>) much like oats, but with a long spirally twisted awn which coils and uncoils with changes of moisture, and thus gives the grains an apparently automatic motion.</cd> -- <col><b>Oat fowl</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the snow bunting; -- so called from its feeding on oats.</cd> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> -- <col><b>Oat grass</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the name of several grasses more or less resembling oats, as <spn>Danthonia spicata</spn>, <spn>Danthonia sericea</spn>, and <spn>Arrhenatherum avenaceum</spn>, all common in parts of the United States.</cd> -- <col><b>To feel one's oats</b></col>,  <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>to be conceited or self-important.</cd> <mark>[Slang]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>to feel lively and energetic.</cd> -- <col><b>To sow one's wild oats</b></col>, <cd>to indulge in youthful dissipation.</cd> <au>Thackeray.</au> -- <col><b>Wild oats</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a grass (<spn>Avena fatua</spn>) much resembling oats, and by some persons supposed to be the original of cultivated oats.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Oat"cake</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A cake made of oatmeal.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oat"en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Consisting of an oat straw or stem; <as>as, an <ex>oaten</ex> pipe</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Made of oatmeal; <as>as, <ex>oaten</ex> cakes</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oath</hw> <pr>(&omacr;th)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Oaths</plw> <pr>(&omacr;&thlig_;z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>othe</ets>, <ets>oth</ets>, <ets>ath</ets>, AS. <ets>&amacr;&eth;</ets>; akin to D. <ets>eed</ets>, OS. <ets>&emacr;&eth;</ets>, G. <ets>eid</ets>, Icel. <ets>ei&eth;r</ets>, Sw. <ets>ed</ets>, Dan. <ets>eed</ets>, Goth. <ets>ai&thorn;s</ets>; cf. OIr. <ets>oeth</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed.</def> &ldquo;I have an <xex>oath</xex> in heaven&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>An <qex>oath</qex> of secrecy for the concealing of those [inventions] which we think fit to keep secret.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A solemn affirmation, connected with a sacred object, or one regarded as sacred, as the temple, the altar, the blood of Abel, the Bible, the Koran, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>An appeal (in verification of a statement made) to a superior sanction, in such a form as exposes the party making the appeal to an indictment for perjury if the statement be false.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the divine Being, or anything divine or sacred, by way of appeal or as a profane exclamation or ejaculation; an expression of profane swearing.</def> &ldquo;A terrible <xex>oath</xex>&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oath"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of having an oath administered to.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oath"break`ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The violation of an oath; perjury.</def>  <rj><au>Shak</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oat"meal`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Meal made of oats.</def>  <rj><au>Gay.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the genus <gen>Panicum</gen>; panic grass.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob-</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[L. <ets>ob</ets>, prep.  Cf. <er>Epi-</er>.]</ety> <def>A prefix signifying <sig>to</sig>, <sig>toward</sig>, <sig>before</sig>, <sig>against</sig>, <sig>reversely</sig>, etc.; also, as a simple intensive; as in <xex>oblige</xex>, to bind to; obstacle, something standing before; object, lit., to throw against; <ex>ob</ex>ovate, reversely, or oppositely, ovate. <xex>Ob-</xex> is commonly assimilated before <xex>c</xex>, <xex>f</xex>, <xex>g</xex>, and <xex>p</xex>, to <xex>oc-</xex>, <xex>of-</xex>, <xex>og-</xex>, and <xex>op-</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"com*pressed"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ob-</ets> + <ets>compressed</ets>.]</ety> <def>Compressed or flattened antero-posteriorly, or in a way opposite to the usual one.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ob*con"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ob*con"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ob-</ets> + <ets>conic</ets>, <ets>conical</ets>.]</ety> <def>Conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*cor"date</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ob-</ets> + <ets>cordate</ets>.]</ety> <def>Heart-shaped, with the attachment at the pointed end; inversely cordate; <as>as, an <ex>obcordate</ex> petal or leaf</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*dip`lo*stem"o*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ob-</ets> + <ets>diplostemonous</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having twice as many stamens as petals, those of the outer set being opposite the petals; -- said of flowers.</def>  <rj><au>Gray.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*dip"lo*stem"o*ny</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The condition of being obdiplostemonous.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"dor*mi"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obdormire</ets> to fall asleep.]</ety> <def>Sleep.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*duce"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obducere</ets>, <ets>obductum</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see Ob-) + <ets>ducere</ets> to lead.]</ety> <def>To draw over, as a covering.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir M. Hale.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*duct"</hw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Obduce</er>.]</ety> <def>To draw over; to cover.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*duc"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obductio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of drawing or laying over, as a covering.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"du*ra*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The duality or state of being obdurate; invincible hardness of heart; obstinacy.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Obduracy</xex> and persistency.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The absolute completion of sin in final <qex>obduracy</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"du*rate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obduratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obdurare</ets> to harden; <ets>ob</ets> (see Ob-)+ <ets>durare</ets> to harden, <ets>durus</ets> hard. See <er>Dure</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The very custom of evil makes the heart <qex>obdurate</qex> against whatsoever instructions to the contrary.</q> <rj><qau>Hooker.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Art thou <qex>obdurate</qex>, flinty, hard as steel,<br/>
Nay, more than flint, for stone at rain relenteth?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Obdurate</xex> consonants.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Sometimes accented on the second syllable, especially by the older poets.</note><br/>
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<p><q>There is no flesh in man's <qex>obdurate</qex> heart.</q> <rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Hard; firm; unbending; inflexible; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; impenitent; callous; unfeeling; insensible; unsusceptible.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Obdurate</er>, <er>Callous</er>, <er>Hardened</er>. <xex>Callous</xex> denotes a deadening of the sensibilities; as, a <xex>callous</xex> conscience. <xex>Hardened</xex> implies a general and settled disregard for the claims of interest, duty, and sympathy; as, <xex>hardened</xex> in vice. <xex>Obdurate</xex> implies an active resistance of the heart and will aganst the pleadings of compassion and humanity.</usage><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Ob"du*rate*ly</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Ob"du*rate*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"du*rate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To harden.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"du*ra"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obduratio</ets>.]</ety> <def>A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*dure"</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*d&umacr;r")</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To harden.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ob*dure"</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*d&umacr;r")</pr>, <hw>Ob*dured"</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*d&umacr;r")</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Obdurate; hard.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>This saw his hapless foes, but stood <qex>obdured</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ob*dure"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>, <hw>Ob*dur"ed*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>}</mhw> <def>Hardness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"e</hw> <pr>(&omacr;"b&euptack_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Obi</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*be"ah</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Obi</er>.</def> -- <def2><pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to obi; <as>as, the <ex>obeah</ex> man</as>.</def></def2>  <rj><au>B. Edwards.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>obechi</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A large Western African tree (<spn>Triplochiton scleroxcylon</spn>) having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; it yields soft white to pale yellow wood.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> obeche, arere, samba, <spn>Triplochiton scleroxcylon</spn>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>O*be"di*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Obedient.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O*be"di*ence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>ob&eacute;dience</ets>, L. <ets>obedientia</ets>, <ets>oboedientia</ets>. See <er>Obedient</er>, and cf. <er>Obeisance</er>.]</ety>  <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Government must compel the <qex>obedience</qex> of individuals.</q> <rj><qau>Ames.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Words or actions denoting submission to authority; dutifulness.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A following; a body of adherents; <as>as, the Roman Catholic <ex>obedience</ex>, or the whole body of persons who submit to the authority of the pope</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>One of the three monastic vows.</def> <au>Shipley.</au> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>The written precept of a superior in a religious order or congregation to a subject.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Canonical obedience</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Canonical</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Passive obedience</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Passive</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>O*be`di*en"ci*a*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One yielding obedience.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Foxe.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O*be"di*ent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>obedient</ets>, L. <ets>obediens</ets>, <ets>oboediens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>. p. pr. of <ets>obedire</ets>, <ets>oboedire</ets>, to obey. See <er>Obey</er>.]</ety> <def>Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And floating straight, <qex>obedient</qex> to the stream.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The chief his orders gives; the <qex>obedient</qex> band,<br/>
With due observance, wait the chief's command.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Dutiful; respectful; compliant; submissive.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>O*be`di*en"tial</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>ob&eacute;dientiel</ets>.]</ety> <def>According to the rule of obedience.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>An <qex>obediental</qex> subjection to the Lord of Nature.</q> <rj><qau>Sir M. Hale.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O*be"di*ent*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an obedient manner; with obedience.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*bei"sance</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>ob&eacute;issance</ets> obedience, fr. <ets>ob&eacute;issant</ets>. See <er>Obey</er>, and cf. <er>Obedience</er>, <er>Abaisance</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Obedience.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Deference or homage, or an expression of deference or respect; a bow; a curtsy.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Bathsheba bowed and did <qex>obeisance</qex> unto the king.</q> <rj><qau>1 Kings i. 16.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O*bei"san*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Obeisance</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>O*bei"sant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>ob&eacute;issant</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>ob&eacute;ir</ets> to obey.]</ety> <def>Ready to obey; reverent; deferential; also, servilely submissive.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;O*be"li*on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>'obelo`s</grk> a spit.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The region of the skull between the two parietal foramina where the closure of the sagittal suture usually begins.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`e*lis"cal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Formed like an obelisk.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>ob"e*lisk</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b"&ebreve_;*l&ibreve_;sk)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obeliscus</ets>, Gr. <grk>'obeli`skos</grk>, dim. of <grk>'obelo`s</grk> a spit, a pointed pillar: cf. F. <ets>ob&eacute;lisque</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called <part>pyramidion</part>.  It is ordinarily monolithic.  Egyptian obelisks are commonly covered with hieroglyphic writing from top to bottom.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>A mark of reference; -- called also <altname>dagger</altname> [&dagger;].  See <er>Dagger</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 2.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"e*lisk</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Obelisked</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Obelisking</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To mark or designate with an obelisk.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"e*lize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Obelized</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Obelizing</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'obeli`zein</grk>, fr. <grk>'obelo`s</grk>. See <er>Obelus</er>.]</ety> <def>To designate with an obelus; to mark as doubtful or spirituous.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ob"e*lus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Obeli</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <grk>'obelo`s</grk>, prop., a spit.]</ety> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>A mark [thus &mdash;, or &divide;]; -- so called as resembling a needle.  In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*eq"ui*tate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obequitatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obequitare</ets> to ride about.]</ety> <def>To ride about.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>Ob*eq`ui*ta"tion</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>  <rj><au>Cockerman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"er*on</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b"&etilde_;r*&obreve_;n)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. OF. <ets>Auberon</ets>; prob. of Frankish origin.]</ety> <fld>(Medi&aelig;val Mythol.)</fld> <def>The king of the fairies, and husband of <persfn>Titania</persfn> or <person>Queen Mab</person>.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`er*ra"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oberrate</ets> to wander about.]</ety> <def>A wandering about.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Jonhson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O*bese"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obesus</ets> eaten away, lean; also, that has eaten itself fat, fat, stout, p. p. of <ets>obedere</ets> to devour; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>edere</ets> to eat. See <er>Eat</er>.]</ety> <def>Excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*bese"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality of being obese; obesity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>o*bes"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos><ety>[L. <ets>obesitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ob&eacute;sit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being obese; excessive body weight; incumbrance of flesh.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*bey"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Obeyed</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Obeying</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>obeyen</ets>, F. <ets>ob&eacute;ir</ets>, fr. L. <ets>obedire</ets>, <ets>oboedire</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see Ob-) + <ets>audire</ets> to hear. See <er>Audible</er>, and cf. <er>Obeisance</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield submission to; to comply with the orders of.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Children, <qex>obey</qex> your parents in the Lord.</q> <rj><qau>Eph. vi. 1.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Was she the God, that her thou didst <qex>obey</qex>?</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To submit to the authority of; to be ruled by.</def><br/>
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<p><q>My will <qex>obeyed</qex> his will.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Afric and India shall his power <qex>obey</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To yield to the impulse, power, or operation of; <as>as, a ship <ex>obeys</ex> her helm</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*bey"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To give obedience.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Will he <qex>obey</qex> when one commands?</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; By some old writers <xex>obey</xex> was used, as in the French idiom, with the preposition <xex>to</xex>.</note><br/>
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<p><q>His servants ye are, <qex>to</qex> whom ye <qex>obey</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Rom. vi. 16.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He commanded the trumpets to sound: <qex>to</qex> which the two brave knights <qex>obeying</qex>, they performed their courses.</q> <rj><qau>Sir. P. Sidney.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O*bey"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who yields obedience.</def>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O*bey"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Obediently; submissively.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ob*firm"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ob*firm"ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obfirmatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obfirmare</ets> to make steadfast. See <er>Ob-</er>, and <er>Firm</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <def>To make firm; to harden in resolution.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au>  <au>Sheldon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"fir*ma"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>obfirmatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Hardness of heart; obduracy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Jer. Taylor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*fus"cate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obfuscatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obfuscare</ets> to darken; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>fuscare</ets>, <ets>fuscatum</ets>, to darken, from <ets>fuscus</ets> dark.]</ety> <def>Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>offuscate</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>Sir. T. Elyot.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*fus"cate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Obfuscated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Obfuscating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To darken; to obscure; to becloud.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>To confuse; to bewilder; to make unclear.</def><br/>
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<p><q>His head, like a smokejack, the funnel unswept, and the ideas whirling round and round about in it, all <qex>obfuscated</qex> and darkened over with fuliginous matter.</q> <rj><qau>Sterne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Clouds of passion which might <qex>obfuscate</qex> the intellects of meaner females.</q> <rj><qau>Sir. W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`fus*ca"tion</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b`f&ubreve;s*k&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obfuscatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being darkened.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Obfuscation</xex> of the cornea.&rdquo;  <rj><au>E. Darwin.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O"bi</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prob. of African origin.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A species of sorcery, probably of African origin, practiced among the negroes of the West Indies.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>obe</asp> and <asp>obeah</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>De Quincey.</au>  <au>B. Edwards.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A charm or fetich.</def> <mark>[West Indies]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Edwards.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O"bi</hw> <pr>(&omacr;"b&euptack_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Jap.]</ety> <def>A sash, esp. the long belt-like broad sash of soft material worn by women aound the waist when wearing a traditional kimono, and usually having a large bow at the back.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Over this is bound the large sash (<qex>obi</qex>) which is the chief article of feminine adornment.</q>  <rj><qau>B. H. Chamberlain.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O"bi*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Belief in, or the practice of, the obi superstitions and rites.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*im"bri*cate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ob-</ets> + imbricate.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Imbricated, with the overlapping ends directed downward.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"bit</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>obit</ets>, L. <ets>obitus</ets>, fr. <ets>obire</ets> to go against, to go to meet, (sc. <ets>mortem</ets>) to die; <ets>ob</ets> (see Ob-) + <ets>ire</ets> to go. See <er>Issue</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Death; decease; the date of one's death.</def>  <rj><au>Wood.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A funeral solemnity or office; obsequies.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A service for the soul of a deceased person on the anniversary of the day of his death.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The emoluments and advantages from oblations, <qex>obits</qex>, and other sources, increased in value.</q> <rj><qau>Milman.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Same as <er>obituary</er>; -- by shortenting.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Post obit</b></col> <ety>[L. <ets>post obitum</ets>]</ety>. <cd>See <er>Post-obit</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ob"i*ter</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b"&ibreve_;*t&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[L., on the way; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>iter</ets> a going, a walk, way.]</ety> <def>In passing; incidentally; by the way.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>obiter dictum</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b"&ibreve_;*t&etilde_;r d&ibreve_;k"t&ubreve;m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>obiter dicta</plw> <pr>(&obreve_;b"&ibreve_;*t&etilde_;r d&ibreve_;k"t&adot_;)</pr>.</plu> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <def>An incidental and collateral opinion uttered by a judge. See <er>Dictum</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 2 <sd>(a)</sd>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*bit"u*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obitus</ets> death. See <er>Obit</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to obits, or days when obits are celebrated; <as>as, <ex>obitual</ex> days</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Smart.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O*bit"u*a*ri*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the manner of an obituary.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*bit"u*a*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Obit</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the death of a person or persons; <as>as, an <ex>obituary</ex> notice; <ex>obituary</ex> poetry.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>o*bit"u*a*ry</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Obituaries</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>obituaire</ets>. See <er>Obit</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which pertains to, or is called forth by, the obit or death of a person; esp., an account of a deceased person.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Especially:</specif> <def>A notice of the death of a person, published in a newspaper or other periodical, accompanied by a biographical sketch which may be brief ro extended; <as>as, the funeral director arranged placed an <ex>obituary</ex> in the local papaer</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The section of a newspaper in which obituaries{2} are printed; <as>as, I saw the notice of his death in the <ex>obituaries</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>A list of the dead, or a register of anniversary days when service is performed for the dead.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*ject"</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*j&ebreve_;kt")</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Objected</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Objecting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>objectus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>objicere</ets>, <ets>obicere</ets>, to throw or put before, to oppose; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>jacere</ets> to throw: cf. <ets>objecter</ets>. See <er>Jet</er> a shooting forth.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Of less account some knight thereto <qex>object</qex>,<br/>
<qex>Whose loss so great and harmful can not prove</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Fairfax.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Some strong impediment or other <qex>objecting</qex> itself.</q> <rj><qau>Hooker.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Pallas to their eyes<br/>
The mist <qex>objected</qex>, and condensed the skies.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He gave to him to <qex>object</qex> his heinous crime.</q> <rj><qau>Spencer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Others <qex>object</qex> the poverty of the nation.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The book . . . giveth liberty to <qex>object</qex> any crime against such as are to be ordered.</q> <rj><qau>Whitgift.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*ject"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To make opposition in words or argument; to express one's displeasure; -- usually followed by <ptcl>to</ptcl>; <as>as, she <ex>objected</ex> to his vulgar language</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Sir. T. More.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"ject</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b"j&ebreve_;kt)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>objectus</ets>. See <er>Object</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety>  <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which is put, or which may be regarded as put, in the way of some of the senses; something visible or tangible and persists for an appreciable time; <as>as, he observed an <ex>object</ex> in the distance; all the <ex>objects</ex> in sight; he touched a strange <ex>object</ex> in the dark.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Anything which is set, or which may be regarded as set, before the mind so as to be apprehended or known; that of which the mind by any of its activities takes cognizance, whether a thing external in space or a conception formed by the mind itself; <as>as, an <ex>object</ex> of knowledge, wonder, fear, thought, study, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Object</qex> is a term for that about which the knowing subject is conversant; what the schoolmen have styled the &ldquo;materia circa quam.&rdquo;</q> <rj><qau>Sir. W. Hamilton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>object</qex> of their bitterest hatred.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That toward which the mind, or any of its activities, is directed; that on which the purpose are fixed as the end of action or effort; that which is sought for; goal; end; aim; motive; final cause.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Object</qex>, beside its proper signification, came to be abusively applied to denote motive, end, final cause . . . . This innovation was probably borrowed from the French.</q> <rj><qau>Sir. W. Hamilton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Let our <qex>object</qex> be, our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country.</q> <rj><qau>D. Webster.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Sight; show; appearance; aspect.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He, advancing close<br/>
Up to the lake, past all the rest, arose<br/>
In glorious <qex>object</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chapman.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>A word, phrase, or clause toward which an action is directed, or is considered to be directed; <as>as, the <ex>object</ex> of a transitive verb</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Computers)</fld> <def>Any set of data that is or can be manipulated or referenced by a computer program as a single entity; -- the term may be used broadly, to include files, images (such as icons on the screen), or small data structures.</def>  <specif>More narrowly,</specif> <def>anything defined as an <ex>object</ex> within an object-oriented programming language.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Ontology)</fld> <def>Anything which exists and which has attributes; distinguished from <contr>attributes</contr>, <contr>processes</contr>, and <contr>relations</contr>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Object glass</b></col>, <cd>the lens, or system of lenses, placed at the end of a telescope, microscope, etc., which is toward the object.  Its function is to form an image of the object, which is then viewed by the eyepiece.  Called also <altname>objective</altname> or <altname>objective lens</altname>. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Microscope</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Object lesson</b></col>, <cd>a lesson in which object teaching is made use of.</cd> -- <col><b>Object staff</b></col>. <fld>(Leveling)</fld> <cd>Same as <er>Leveling staff</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Object teaching</b></col>, <cd>a method of instruction, in which illustrative objects are employed, each new word or idea being accompanied by a representation of that which it signifies; -- used especially in the kindergarten, for young children.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*ject"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>objectus</ets>, p. p.]</ety> <def>Opposed; presented in opposition; also, exposed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*ject"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Such as can be presented in opposition; that may be put forward as an objection.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>ob"ject file</hw>, <hw>ob"ject program</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Computers)</fld> <def>A computer program which has been translated into machine language by a compiler and assembler, but not yet linked into an executable program; sometimes called an <altname>obj file</altname>, because its file name typically has the extension &ldquo;obj&rdquo; .</def><br/>
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<p><hw>objectification</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>representing as an object.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*jec"ti*fy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Object</ets> + <ets>-fy</ets>.]</ety> <def>To cause to become an object; to cause to assume the character of an object; to represent or consider as an object; to render objective.</def>  <rj><au>J. D. Morell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*jec"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>objectio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>objection</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of objecting; <as>as, to prevent agreement, or action, by <ex>objection</ex></as>.</def>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is, or may be, presented in opposition; an adverse reason or argument; a reason for objecting; obstacle; impediment; <as>as, I have no <ex>objection</ex> to going; unreasonable <ex>objections</ex>.</as></def>  &ldquo;<xex>Objections</xex> against every truth.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Tyndale.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Cause of trouble; sorrow.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>He remembers the <qex>objection</qex> that lies in his bosom, and he sighs deeply.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Exception; difficulty; doubt; scruple.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*jec"tion*a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Liable to objection; likely to be objected to or disapproved of; offensive; <as>as, <ex>objectionable</ex> words</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ob*jec"tion*a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"ject*ist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who adheres to, or is skilled in, the objective philosophy.</def>  <rj><au>Ed. Rev.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*jec"ti*vate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To objectify.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*jec`ti*va"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Converting into an object.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*jec"tive</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*j&ebreve_;k"t&ibreve_;v)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>objectif</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to an object.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Metaph.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to an object; contained in, or having the nature or position of, an object; outward; external; extrinsic; -- an epithet applied to whatever is exterior to the mind, or which is simply an <xex>object</xex> of thought or feeling, as opposed to being related to thoughts of feelings, and opposed to <ant>subjective</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>In the Middle Ages, <qex>subject</qex> meant <qex>substance</qex>, and has this sense in <persfn>Descartes</persfn> and <persfn>Spinoza:</persfn> sometimes, also, in <persfn>Reid</persfn>.  <qex>Subjective</qex> is used by <person>William of Occam</person> to denote that which exists independent of mind; <qex>objective</qex>, what is formed by the mind.  This shows what is meant by <qex>realitas objectiva</qex> in <persfn>Descartes</persfn>.  <persfn>Kant</persfn> and <persfn>Fichte</persfn> have inverted the meanings.  <qex>Subject</qex>, with them, is the mind which knows; <qex>object</qex>, that which is known; <qex>subjective</qex>, the varying conditions of the knowing mind; <qex>objective</qex>, that which is in the constant nature of the thing known.</q> <rj><qau>Trendelenburg.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Objective</qex> has come to mean that which has independent existence or authority, apart from our experience or thought.  Thus, moral law is said to have <qex>objective authority</qex>, that is, authority belonging to itself, and not drawn from anything in our nature.</q> <rj><qau>Calderwood (Fleming's Vocabulary).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>Unbiased; unprejudiced; fair; uninfluenced by personal feelings or personal interests; considering only the facts of a situation unrelated to the observer; -- of judgments, opinions, evaluations, conclusions, reasoning processes.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Objective</qex> means that which belongs to, or proceeds from, the object known, and not from the subject knowing, and thus denotes what is real, in opposition to that which is ideal -- what exists in nature, in contrast to what exists merely in the thought of the individual.</q> <rj><qau>Sir. W. Hamilton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, the case which follows a transitive verb or a preposition, being that case in which the direct <xex>object</xex> of the verb is placed. See <er>Accusative</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The objective case is frequently used without a governing word, esp. in designations of time or space, where a preposition, as <xex>at</xex>, <xex>in</xex>, <xex>on</xex>, etc., may be supplied.</note><br/>
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<p><q>My troublous dream [on] <examp>this night</examp> doth make me sad.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>To write of victories [<ex>in</ex> or <xex>for</xex>] <examp>next year</examp>.</q> <rj><qau>Hudibras.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Objective line</b></col> <fld>(Perspective)</fld>, <cd>a line drawn on the geometrical plane which is represented or sought to be represented.</cd> -- <col><b>Objective plane</b></col> <fld>(Perspective)</fld>, <cd>any plane in the horizontal plane that is represented.</cd> -- <col><b>Objective point</b></col>, <cd>the point or result to which the operations of an army are directed.  By extension, the point or purpose to which anything, as a journey or an argument, is directed.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- <er>Objective</er>, <er>Subjective</er>.</syn> <usage> <xex>Objective</xex> is applied to things exterior to the mind, and <xex>objects</xex> of its attention; <xex>subjective</xex>, to the operations of the mind itself. Hence, an <xex>objective</xex> motive is some outward thing awakening desire; a <xex>subjective</xex> motive is some internal feeling or propensity. <xex>Objective</xex> views are those governed by outward things; <xex>subjective</xex> views are produced or modified by internal feeling.  Sir Walter Scott's poetry is chiefly <xex>objective</xex>; that of Wordsworth is eminently <xex>subjective</xex>.</usage><br/>
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<p><q>In the philosophy of mind, <qex>subjective</qex> denotes what is to be referred to the thinking subject, the ego; <qex>objective</qex> what belongs to the object of thought, the non-ego.</q> <rj><qau>Sir. W. Hamilton</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*jec"tive</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>The objective case.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An <cref>object glass</cref>; called also <altname>objective lens</altname>.  See under <er>Object</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Same as <cref>Objective point</cref>, under <er>Objective</er>, <pos>a.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><hw>ob*jec"tive lens</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An <cref>object glass</cref>.  See under <er>Object</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*jec"tive*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the manner or state of an object; <as>as, a determinate idea <ex>objectively</ex> in the mind</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*jec"tive*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Objectivity.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Is there such a motion or <qex>objectiveness</qex> of external bodies, which produceth light?</q> <rj><qau>Sir M. Hale</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`jec*tiv"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>objectivit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state, quality, or relation of being objective; character of the object or of the objective.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The calm, the cheerfulness, the disinterested <qex>objectivity</qex> have disappeared [in the life of the Greeks].</q> <rj><qau>M. Arnold.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"ject*ize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To make an object of; to regard as an object; to place in the position of an object.</def><br/>
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<p><q>In the latter, as <qex>objectized</qex> by the former, arise the emotions and affections.</q> <rj><qau>Coleridge.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"ject*less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having no object; purposeless.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*ject"or</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., an accuser.]</ety> <def>One who objects; one who offers objections to a proposition or measure.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>ob"ject-or"i*ent*ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Computers)</fld> <def>Using data structures called objects, which encapsulate data and typically are accessed by passing messages, which in turn may trigger internal procedures within the object which are invisible outside the object.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*jib"ways</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n. pl.</pos> <def>See <er>Chippeways</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*jic"i*ent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>objiciens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>objicere</ets> to object.]</ety> <def>One who makes objection; an objector.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cardinal Wiseman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`ju*ra"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>objurare</ets> to bind by oath; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>jurare</ets> to swear, fr. <ets>jus</ets> right.]</ety> <def>A binding by oath.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Abp. Bramhall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*jur"gate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Objurgated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Objurgating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>objurgatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>objurgare</ets> to chide; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>jurgare</ets> to quarrel, scold, fr. <ets>jus</ets> right, court. See <er>Jury</er>.]</ety> <def>To chide; to reprove.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`jur*ga"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>objurgatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>objurgation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of objurgating; reproof.</def><br/>
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<p><q>While the good lady was bestowing this <qex>objurgation</qex> on Mr. Ben Allen.</q> <rj><qau>Dickens.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>With a strong <qex>objurgation</qex> of the elbow in his ribs.</q> <rj><qau>Landor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*jur"ga*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>objurgatorius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Designed to objurgate or chide; containing or expressing reproof; culpatory.</def>  <rj><au>Bancroft.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>objurgatory</qex> question of the Pharisees.</q> <rj><qau>Paley.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*lan"ce*o*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ob-</ets> + <ets>lanceolate</ets>.]</ety> <def>Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward the point of attachment more than toward the apex.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*late"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oblatus</ets>, used as p. p. of <ets>offerre</ets> to bring forward, offer, dedicate; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>latus</ets> borne, for <ets>tlatus</ets>. See <er>Tolerate</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>Flattened or depressed at the poles; <as>as, the earth is an <ex>oblate</ex> spheroid</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders.  See <er>Oblate</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Oblate ellipsoid</b></col>  <it>or</it> <col><b>Oblate spheroid</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>a solid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis; an oblatum. Contrasted with <cref>prolate spheroid</cref>.  See <cref>Ellipsoid of revolution</cref>, under <er>Ellipsoid</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*late"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Oblate</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of an association of priests or religious women who have offered themselves to the service of the church.  There are three such associations of priests, and one of women, called oblates.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of the Oblati.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*late"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being oblate.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ob*la"ti</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[LL., fr. L. <ets>oblatus</ets>. See <er>Oblate</er>.]</ety> <fld>(R.C.Ch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Children dedicated in their early years to the monastic state.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A class of persons, especially in the Middle Ages, who offered themselves and their property to a monastery.</def>  <rj><au>Addis &amp; Arnold.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*la"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oblatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>oblation</ets>. See <er>Oblate</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of offering, or of making an offering.</def>  <rj><au>Locke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Anything offered or presented in worship or sacred service; an offering; a sacrifice.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A peculiar . . . <qex>oblation</qex> given to God.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A pin was the usual <qex>oblation</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir. W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A gift or contribution made to a church, as for the expenses of the eucharist, or for the support of the clergy and the poor.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*la"tion*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who makes an offering as an act worship or reverence.</def>  <rj><au>Dr. H. More.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*la"trate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oblatratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>oblatrare</ets> to bark against.]</ety> <def>To bark or snarl, as a dog.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`la*tra"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of oblatrating; a barking or snarling.</def>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ob*la"tum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Oblata</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL. See <er>Oblate</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>An oblate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis.  Cf. <er>Oblongum</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*lec"tate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oblectatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>oblectare</ets>.]</ety> <def>To delight; to please greatly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"lec*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oblectatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of pleasing highly; the state of being greatly pleased; delight.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Feltham.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"li*ga*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Acknowledging, or complying with, obligation; trustworthy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The main difference between people seems to be, that one man can come under obligations on which you can rely, -- is <qex>obligable</qex>; and another is not.</q> <rj><qau>Emerson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"li*gate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Obligated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Obligating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>obligatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obligare</ets>.  See <er>Oblige</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Obligated</xex> by a sense of duty.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Proudfit.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>That's your true plan -- to <qex>obligate</qex><br/>
The present ministers of state.</q> <rj><qau>Churchill.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To bind or firmly hold to an act; to compel; to constrain; to bind to any act of duty or courtesy by a formal pledge.</def><br/>
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<p><q>That they may not incline or be <qex>obligated</qex> to any vile or lowly occupations.</q> <rj><qau>Landor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>obligated</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>under a moral obligation to someone.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> beholden(predicate).</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>under a legal obligation to someone.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> indebted.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>owing gratitude or recognition to another for help or favors etc.  Opposite of <ant>unobligated</ant>.</def> [Narrower terms: <stype>supposed(predicate), required </stype>]<br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> indebted.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"li*ga"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>obligation</ets>. L. <ets>obligatio</ets>. See <er>Oblige</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of obligating.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a promise, contract, oath, or vow, or of law; that which constitutes legal or moral duty.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A tender conscience is a stronger <qex>obligation</qex> than a proson.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Any act by which a person becomes bound to do something to or for another, or to forbear something; external duties imposed by law, promise, or contract, by the relations of society, or by courtesy, kindness, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Every man has <qex>obligations</qex> which belong to his station. Duties extend beyond <qex>obligation</qex>, and direct the affections, desires, and intentions, as well as the actions.</q> <rj><qau>Whewell.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>The state of being obligated or bound; the state of being indebted for an act of favor or kindness; -- often used with <it>under</it> to indicate being in that state; <as>as, to place others under <ex>obligations</ex> to one</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A bond with a condition annexed, and a penalty for nonfulfillment. In a larger sense, it is an acknowledgment of a duty to pay a certain sum or do a certain things.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Days of obligation</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Day</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>under obligation</b></col>, <col><b>under an obligation</b></col></mcol>. <cd>in a state of obligation{4}.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>obligational</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>relating or constituting or qualified to create a legal or financial obligation; <as>as, <ex>obligational</ex> authority</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ob"li*ga"to</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[It.]</ety> <def>See <er>Obbligato</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"li*ga*to*ri*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an obligatory manner; by reason of obligation.</def>  <rj><au>Foxe.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"li*ga*to*ri*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being obligatory.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"li*ga*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obligatorius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>obligatoire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Binding in law or conscience; imposing duty or obligation; requiring performance or forbearance of some act; -- often followed by <xex>on</xex> or <xex>upon</xex>; <as>as, obedience is <ex>obligatory</ex> on a soldier</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>As long as the law is <qex>obligatory</qex>, so long our obedience is due.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O*blige"</hw> <pr>(&ouptack_;*bl&imacr;j"; 277)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Obliged</conjf> <pr>(&ouptack_;*bl&imacr;jd")</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Obliging</conjf> <pr>(&ouptack_;*bl&imacr;"j&ibreve_;ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OF. <ets>obligier</ets>, F. <ets>obliger</ets>, L. <ets>obligare</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>ligare</ets> to bind. See <er>Ligament</er>, and cf. <er>Obligate</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To attach, as by a bond.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>He had <qex>obliged</qex> all the senators and magistrates firmly to himself.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put under obligation to do or forbear something.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>obliging</qex> power of the law is neither founded in, nor to be measured by, the rewards and punishments annexed to it.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Religion <qex>obliges</qex> men to the practice of those virtues which conduce to the preservation of our health.</q> <rj><qau>Tillotson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To bind by some favor rendered; to place under a debt; hence, to do a favor to; to please; to gratify; to accommodate.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Thus man, by his own strength, to heaven would soar,<br/>
And would not be <qex>obliged</qex> to God for more.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The gates before it are brass, and the whole much <qex>obliged</qex> to Pope Urban VIII.</q> <rj><qau>Evelyn.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I shall be more <qex>obliged</qex> to you than I can express.</q> <rj><qau>Mrs. E. Montagu.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>ob`li*gee"</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b`l&ibreve_;*j&emacr;")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>oblig&eacute;</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obliger</ets>. See <er>Oblige</er>.]</ety> <def>The person to whom another is bound, or the person to whom a bond is given.</def>  <rj><au>Blackstone.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>o*blige"ment</hw> <pr>(&ouptack_;*bl&imacr;j"m&eitalic_;nt)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Obligation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>I will not resist, therefore, whatever it is, either of divine or human <qex>obligement</qex>, that you lay upon me.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>o*bli"ger</hw> <pr>(&ouptack_;*bl&imacr;"j&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, obliges.</def>  <rj><au>Sir H. Wotton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>o*bli"ging</hw> <pr>(&ouptack_;*bl&imacr;"j&ibreve_;ng)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors; hence, helpful; civil; kind.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Mons. Strozzi has many curiosities, and is very <qex>obliging</qex> to a stranger who desires the sight of them.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Civil; complaisant; courteous; kind, -- <er>Obliging</er>, <er>Kind</er>, <er>Complaisant</er>.</syn> <usage> One is <xex>kind</xex> who desires to see others happy; one is <xex>complaisant</xex> who endeavors to make them so in social intercourse by attentions calculated to please; one who is <xex>obliging</xex> performs some actual service, or has the disposition to do so.</usage><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>O*bli"ging*ly</wf>. <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>O*bli"ging*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`li*gor"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The person who binds himself, or gives his bond to another.</def>  <rj><au>Blackstone.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`li*qua"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obliquatio</ets>, fr. <ets>obliquare</ets> to turn obliquely. See <er>Oblique</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of becoming oblique; a turning to one side; obliquity; <as>as, the <ex>obliquation</ex> of the eyes</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Deviation from moral rectitude.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*lique"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>obliquus</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>liquis</ets> oblique; cf. <ets>licinus</ets> bent upward, Gr. <grk>le`chrios</grk> slanting.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>oblike</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.</def><br/>
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<p><q>It has a direction <qex>oblique</qex> to that of the former motion.</q> <rj><qau>Cheyne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Not straightforward; indirect; obscure;</def> <specif>hence,</specif> <def>disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The love we bear our friends . . . <br/>
Hath in it certain <qex>oblique</qex> ends.</q> <rj><qau>Drayton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>This mode of <qex>oblique</qex> research, when a more direct one is denied, we find to be the only one in our power.</q> <rj><qau>De Quincey.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Then would be closed the restless, <qex>oblique</qex> eye.<br/>
That looks for evil, like a treacherous spy.</q> <rj><qau>Wordworth.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.</def><br/>
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<p><q>His natural affection in a direct line was strong, in an <qex>oblique</qex> but weak.</q> <rj><qau>Baker.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Oblique angle</b></col>, <col><b>Oblique ascension</b></col>, etc.</mcol> <cd>See under <er>Angle</er>, <er>Ascension</er>, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Oblique arch</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>an arch whose jambs are not at right angles with the face, and whose intrados is in consequence askew.</cd> -- <col><b>Oblique bridge</b></col>, <cd>a skew bridge. See under <er>Bridge</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <col><b>Oblique case</b></col> <fld>(Gram.)</fld>, <cd>any case except the nominative. See <er>Case</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd> -- <col><b>Oblique circle</b></col> <fld>(Projection)</fld>, <cd>a circle whose plane is oblique to the axis of the primitive plane.</cd> -- <col><b>Oblique fire</b></col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>a fire the direction of which is not perpendicular to the line fired at.</cd> -- <col><b>Oblique flank</b></col> <fld>(Fort.)</fld>, <cd>that part of the curtain whence the fire of the opposite bastion may be discovered.</cd> <au>Wilhelm.</au> -- <col><b>Oblique leaf</b></col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A leaf twisted or inclined from the normal position.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A leaf having one half different from the other.</cd> -- <col><b>Oblique line</b></col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>a line that, meeting or tending to meet another, makes oblique angles with it.</cd> -- <col><b>Oblique motion</b></col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of motion or progression in which one part ascends or descends, while the other prolongs or repeats the same tone, as in the accompanying example.</cd><!-- illustr. of oblique motion, 1 bar 4/4 --> -- <col><b>Oblique muscle</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>a muscle acting in a direction oblique to the mesial plane of the body, or to the associated muscles; -- applied especially to two muscles of the eyeball.</cd> -- <col><b>Oblique narration</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Oblique speech</cref>.</cd> -- <col><b>Oblique planes</b></col> <fld>(Dialing)</fld>, <cd>planes which decline from the zenith, or incline toward the horizon.</cd> -- <col><b>Oblique sailing</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>the movement of a ship when she sails upon some rhumb between the four cardinal points, making an oblique angle with the meridian.</cd> -- <col><b>Oblique speech</b></col> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld>, <cd>speech which is quoted indirectly, or in a different person from that employed by the original speaker.</cd> -- <col><b>Oblique sphere</b></col> <fld>(Astron. &amp; Geog.)</fld>, <cd>the celestial or terrestrial sphere when its axis is oblique to the horizon of the place; or as it appears to an observer at any point on the earth except the poles and the equator.</cd> -- <col><b>Oblique step</b></col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>a step in marching, by which the soldier, while advancing, gradually takes ground to the right or left at an angle of about 25&deg;.  It is not now practiced.</cd> <au>Wilhelm.</au> -- <col><b>Oblique system of co&ouml;rdinates</b></col> <fld>(Anal. Geom.)</fld>, <cd>a system in which the co&ouml;rdinate axes are oblique to each other.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*lique"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>An oblique line.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*lique"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Obliqued</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Obliquing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Projecting his person towards it in a line which <qex>obliqued</qex> from the bottom of his spine.</q> <rj><qau>Sir. W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; -- formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*lique"-an`gled</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having oblique angles; <as>as, an <ex>oblique-angled</ex> triangle</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*lique"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an oblique manner; not directly; indirectly.</def> &ldquo;Truth <xex>obliquely</xex> leveled.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Bp. Fell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Declining from the noon of day,<br/>
The sun <qex>obliquely</qex> shoots his burning ray.</q> <rj><qau>Pope</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>His discourse tends <qex>obliquely</qex> to the detracting from others.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*lique"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality or state of being oblique.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*liq"ui*ty</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Obliquities</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>obliquitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>obliquit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; the amount of such deviation; divergence; <as>as, the <ex>obliquity</ex> of the ecliptic to the equator</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity; deviation from moral rectitude.</def><br/>
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<p><q>To disobey [God] . . . imports a moral <qex>obliquity</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"lite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oblitus</ets>, p. p. pf <ets>oblinere</ets> to besmear.]</ety> <def>Indistinct; slurred over.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;Obscure and <xex>oblite</xex> mention.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*lit"er*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Obliterated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Obliterating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>obliteratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obliterare</ets> to obliterate; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>litera</ets>, <ets>littera</ets>, letter.  See <er>Letter</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible; <as>as, to <ex>obliterate</ex> ideas; to <ex>obliterate</ex> the monuments of antiquity</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that experience are slowly <qex>obliterated</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>W. Black.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*lit"er*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>obliterated</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>destroyed so thoroughly as to be unrecognizable or imperceptible.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> wiped out, obliterate.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>made illegible or imperceptible by erasing or abrading away; -- of writing or surface designs on objects.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> blotted out, obliterated.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>obliterating</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>making undecipherable or imperceptible; <as>as, <ex>obliterating</ex> mists</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> obscurant.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*lit`er*a"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obliteratio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>oblit&eacute;ration</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of obliterating, or the state of being obliterated; extinction.</def>  <rj><au>Sir. M. Hale.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*lit"er*a*tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Tending or serving to obliterate.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*liv"i*on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oblivio</ets>, akin to <ets>oblivisci</ets> to forget: cf. OF. <ets>oblivion</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of forgetting, or the state of being forgotten; cessation of remembrance; forgetfulness.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Second childishness and mere <qex>oblivion</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Among our crimes <qex>oblivion</qex> may be set.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The origin of our city will be buried in eternal <qex>oblivion</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>W. Irving.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Official ignoring of offenses; amnesty, or general pardon; <as>as, an act of <ex>oblivion</ex></as>.</def>  <rj><au>Sir J. Davies.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- See <er>Forgetfulness</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*liv"i*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obliviosus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>oblivieux</ets>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Promoting oblivion; causing forgetfulness.</def> &ldquo;The <xex>oblivious</xex> pool.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>She lay in deep, <qex>oblivious</qex> slumber.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Evincing oblivion; forgetful.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Through are both weak in body and <qex>oblivious</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Latimer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Obliv"i*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Ob*liv"i*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms>  <rj><au>Foxe.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>ob*liv"i*ous*ness</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>total forgetfulness.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> oblivion.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*loc"u*tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oblocutor</ets>, <ets>obloquutor</ets>, fr. <ets>obloqui</ets>, <ets>oblocutus</ets>, to speak against; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>loqui</ets> to speak. See <er>Loquacious</er>.]</ety> <def>A disputer; a gainsayer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bale.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"long</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oblongus</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>longus</ets> long: cf. F. <ets>oblong</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"long</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A rectangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any figure longer than it is broad.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The best figure of a garden I esteem an <qex>oblong</qex> upon a descent.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Temple.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ob`lon*ga"ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The medulla oblongata.</def>  <rj><au>B. G. Wilder.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"lon*ga"tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the medulla oblongata; medullar.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"long*ish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat oblong.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"long*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an oblong form.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"long*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>State or quality of being oblong.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"long-o"vate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Between oblong and ovate, but inclined to the latter.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ob*lon"gum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Oblonga</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL. See <er>Oblong</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A prolate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its greater axis.  Cf. <er>Oblatum</er>, and see <cref>Ellipsoid of revolution</cref>, under <er>Ellipsoid</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*lo"qui*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Containing obloquy; reproachful</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Naunton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"lo*quy</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b"l&ouptack_;*kw&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obloquium</ets>, fr. <ets>obloqui</ets>. See <er>Oblocutor</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Shall names that made your city the glory of the earth be mentioned with <qex>obloquy</qex> and detraction?</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Cause of reproach; disgrace.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Reproach; odium; censure; contumely; gainsaying; reviling; calumny; slander; detraction.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`luc*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oblictutio</ets>, fr. <ets>obluctari</ets> to struggle against.]</ety> <def>A struggle against; resistance; opposition.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fotherby.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`mu*tes"cence</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b`m&uuptack_;*t&ebreve_;s"s&eitalic_;ns)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obmutescens</ets>, p. pr of <ets>obmutescere</ets> to become dumb; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>mutescere</ets> to grow dumb, fr. <ets>mutus</ets> dumb.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A becoming dumb; loss of speech.</def>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A keeping silent or mute.</def>  <rj><au>Paley.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*nox"ious</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*n&obreve_;k"sh&ubreve;s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obnoxius</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>noxius</ets> hurtful. See <er>Noxious</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; -- with <ptcl>to</ptcl>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The writings of lawyers, which are tied <qex>obnoxious</qex> to their particular laws.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Esteeming it more honorable to live on the public than to be <qex>obnoxious</qex> to any private purse.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Obnoxious</qex>, first or last,<br/>
To basest things</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible; blameworthy.</def> &ldquo;The contrived and interested schemes of . . . <xex>obnoxious</xex> authors.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Bp. Fell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>All are <qex>obnoxious</qex>, and this faulty land,<br/>
Like fainting Hester, does before you stand<br/>
Watching your scepter.</q> <rj><qau>Waller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Very offensive; odious; hateful; <as>as, an <ex>obnoxious</ex> statesman; a minister <ex>obnoxious</ex> to the Whigs.</as></def>  <rj><au>Burke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Ob*nox"ious*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Ob*nox"ious*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms>  <rj><au>South.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*nu"bi*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obnubilatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obnubilare</ets> to obscure. See <er>Ob-</er>, and <er>Nubilate</er>.]</ety> <def>To cloud; to obscure.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Burton.</au> -- <wordforms><wf>Ob*nu"bi*la"tion</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>  <rj><au>Beddoes.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O"boe</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It., fr. F. <ets>hautbois</ets>. See <er>Hautboy</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>&Verbar;Oboe d'amore</b></col> <ety>[It., lit., oboe of love]</ety>, <it>and</it> <col><b>&Verbar;Oboe di caccia</b></col></mcol> <ety>[It., lit., oboe of the chase]</ety>, <cd>are names of obsolete modifications of the oboe, often found in the scores of <persfn>Bach</persfn> and <persfn>Handel</persfn>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>O"bo*ist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A performer on the oboe.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"o*la*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Obolus</er>.]</ety> <def>Possessing only small coins; impoverished.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Lamb.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"ole</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>obole</ets>. See <er>Obolus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Old Pharm.)</fld> <def>A weight of twelve grains; or, according to some, of ten grains, or half a scruple.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>obol</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"o*lize</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See <er>Obelize</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"o*lo</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Obolus</er>.]</ety> <def>A copper coin, used in the Ionian Islands, about one cent in value.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ob"o*lus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>;<plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Oboli</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. (&unr_;)]</ety> <fld>(Gr.Antiq.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A small silver coin of Athens, the sixth part of a drachma, about three cents in value.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An ancient weight, the sixth part of a drachm.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`o*me"goid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ob-</ets> + <ets>omegoid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Obversely omegoid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*o"val</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ob-</ets> + <ets>oval</ets>.]</ety> <def>Obovate.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*o"vate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ob-</ets> + <ets>ovate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end downward; <as>as, an <ex>obovate</ex> leaf</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*rep"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obreptio</ets>, fr. <ets>obrepere</ets>, <ets>obreptum</ets>, to creep up to; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>repere</ets> to creep.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of creeping upon with secrecy or by surprise.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cudworth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>The obtaining gifts of escheat by fraud or surprise.</def>  <rj><au>Bell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`rep*ti"tious</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obreptitus</ets>.  See <er>Obreption</er>.]</ety> <def>Done or obtained by surprise; with secrecy, or by concealment of the truth.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cotgrave.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"ro*gate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obrogatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obrogare</ets> to obrogate.]</ety> <def>To annul indirectly by enacting a new and contrary law, instead of by expressly abrogating or repealing the old one.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bailey.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ob"rok</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Russ. <ets>obrok'</ets>.]</ety> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A rent.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A poll tax paid by peasants absent from their lord's estate.</def> <mark>[Russia]</mark>  <rj><au>Brande &amp; C.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*scene"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obscenus</ets>, <ets>obscaenus</ets>, <ets>obscoenus</ets>, ill looking, filthy, obscene: cf. F. <ets>obsc&eacute;ne</ets>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing or presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; impure; <as>as, <ex>obscene</ex> language; <ex>obscene</ex> pictures.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Words that were once chaste, by frequent use grew <qex>obscene</qex> and uncleanly.</q> <rj><qau>I. Watts.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Foul; fifthy; disgusting.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A girdle foul with grease binds his <qex>obscene</qex> attire.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden (Aeneid, vi. 417).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Inauspicious; ill-omened.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <mark>[A Latinism]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>At the cheerful light,<br/>
The groaning ghosts and birds <qex>obscene</qex> take flight.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Impure; immodest; indecent; unchaste; lewd.</syn><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Ob*scene"ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Ob*scene"ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*scen"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Obscenities</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>obscentias</ets>: cf. F. <ets>obsc&eacute;nit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <def>That quality in words or things which presents what is offensive to chastity or purity of mind; obscene or impure lanquage or acts; moral impurity; lewdness; obsceneness; <as>as, the <ex>obscenity</ex> of a speech, or a picture</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Mr. Cowley asserts plainly, that <qex>obscenity</qex> has no place in wit.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>No pardon vile <qex>obscenity</qex> should find.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*scur"ant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obscurans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>obscurare</ets> to obscure.]</ety> <def>One who obscures; one who prevents enlightenment or hinders the progress of knowledge and wisdom.</def>  <rj><au>Coleridge.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*scur"ant*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The system or the principles of the obscurants.</def>  <rj><au>C. Kingsley.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*scur"ant*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Obscurant</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Ed. Rev.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`scu*ra"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obscurativ</ets>: cf. F. <ets>obscuration</ets>. See <er>Obscure</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos> ]</ety> <def>The act or operation of obscuring; the state of being obscured; <as>as, the <ex>obscuration</ex> of the moon in an eclipse</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Sir J. Herschel.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*scure"</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*sk&umacr;r")</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Obscurer</adjf> <pr>(&obreve_;b*sk&umacr;r"&etilde_;r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Obscurest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[L. <ets>obscurus</ets>, orig., covered; <ets>ob-</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + a root probably meaning, to cover; cf. L. <ets>scutum</ets> shield, Skr. <ets>sku</ets> to cover: cf. F. <ets>obscur</ets>.  Cf. <er>Sky</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim.</def><br/>
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<p><q>His lamp shall be put out in <qex>obscure</qex> darkness.</q> <rj><qau>Prov. xx. 20.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to darkness or night; inconspicuous to the sight; indistinctly seen; hidden; retired; remote from observation; unnoticed.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>obscure</qex> bird<br/>
Clamored the livelong night.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>obscure</qex> corners of the earth.</q> <rj><qau>Sir J. Davies.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Not noticeable; humble; mean.</def> &ldquo;O base and <xex>obscure</xex> vulgar.&rdquo;  <au>Shak.</au> &ldquo;An <xex>obscure</xex> person.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Atterbury.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or incomprehensible; <as>as, an <ex>obscure</ex> passage or inscription</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Not clear, full, or distinct; clouded; imperfect; <as>as, an <ex>obscure</ex> view of remote objects</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Obscure rays</b></col> <fld>(Opt.)</fld>, <cd>those rays which are not luminous or visible, and which in the spectrum are beyond the limits of the visible portion.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Dark; dim; darksome; dusky; shadowy; misty; abstruse; intricate; difficult; mysterious; retired; unnoticed; unknown; humble; mean; indistinct.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*scure"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Obscured</conjf> <pr>(&obreve_;b*sk&umacr;rd")</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Obscuring</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>obscurare</ets>, fr. <ets>obscurus</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>obscurer</ets>.  See <er>Obscure</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.</def><br/>
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<p><q>They are all couched in a pit hard by Herne's oak, with <qex>obscured</qex> lights.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Why, 't is an office of discovery, love,<br/>
And I should be <qex>obscured</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>There is scarce any duty which has been so <qex>obscured</qex> by the writings of learned men as this.</q> <rj><qau>Wake.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And seest not sin <qex>obscures</qex> thy godlike frame?</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*scure"</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*sk&umacr;r")</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To conceal one's self; to hide; to keep dark.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>How!  There's bad news.<br/>
I must <qex>obscure</qex>, and hear it.</q> <rj><qau>Beau. &amp; Fl.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*scure"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Obscurity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*scure"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an obscure manner.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*scure"ment</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*sk&umacr;r"m&eitalic_;nt)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured; obscuration.</def>  <rj><au>Pomfret.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*scure"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Obscurity.</def>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*scur"er</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*sk&umacr;r"&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, obscures.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>ob*scu"ri*ty</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*sk&umacr;"r&ibreve_;*t&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obscuritas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>obscurit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality or state of being obscure.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> darkness; privacy; inconspicuousness; unintelligibleness; uncertainty.</syn><br/>
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<p><q>You are not for <qex>obscurity</qex> designed.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>They were now brought forth from <qex>obscurity</qex>, to be contemplated by artists with admiration and despair.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Darkness; dimness; gloom. See <er>Darkness</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>ob"se*crate</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b"s&euptack_;*kr&amacr;t)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>obsecrated</conjf> <pr>(ocr/b"s&euptack_;*kr&amacr;`t&ebreve_;d)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>obsecrating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>obsecratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obsecrare</ets>, prop., to ask on religious grounds; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>sacrare</ets> to declare as sacred, from <ets>sacer</ets> sacred.]</ety> <def>To beseech; to supplicate; to implore.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>.  <rj><au>Cockerman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>ob`se*cra"tion</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b`s&euptack_;*kr&amacr;"sh&ubreve;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obsecratio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>obsecration</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of obsecrating or imploring; <as>as, the <ex>obsecrations</ex> of the Litany, being those clauses beginning with &ldquo;By.&rdquo;</as></def>  <rj><au>Bp. Stillingfeet.</au>  <au>Shipley.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A figure of speech in which the orator implores the assistance of God or man.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"se*cra*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Expressing, or used in, entreaty; supplicatory.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"se*quent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obsequens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>obsequi</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>sequi</ets>. See <er>Sequence</er>.]</ety> <def>Obedient; submissive; obsequious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fotherby.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*se"qui*ence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Obsequiousness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"se*quies</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <def>See <er>Obsequy</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*se"qui*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obsequiosus</ets>, fr. <ets>obsequium</ets> compliance, fr. <ets>obsequi</ets>, fr. <ets>obsequi</ets>: cf. F. <ets>obs&eacute;quieux</ets>, See <er>Obsequent</er>, and cf. <er>Obsequy</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>His servants weeping,<br/>
<qex>Obsequious</qex> to his orders, bear him hither.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess; cringing; fawning; <as>as, <ex>obsequious</ex> flatterer, parasite</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>There lies ever in &ldquo;<qex>obsequious</qex>&rdquo; at the present the sense of an observance which is overdone, of an unmanly readiness to fall in with the will of another.</q> <rj><qau>Trench.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <ety>[See <er>Obsequy</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> &ldquo;To do <xex>obsequious</xex> sorrow.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Compliant; obedient; servile. See <er>Yielding</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*se"qui*ous*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>In an obsequious manner; compliantly; fawningly.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>In a manner appropriate to obsequies.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Whilst I a while <qex>obsequiously</qex> lament<br/>
The untimely fall of virtuous Lancaster.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*se"qui*ous*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality or state of being obsequious.</def>  <rj><au>South.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"se*quy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Obsequies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>obsequiae</ets>, pl., funeral rites, fr. <ets>obsequi</ets>: cf. F. <ets>obs&egrave;ques</ets>. See <er>Obsequent</er>, and cf. <er>Obsequious</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The last duty or service to a person, rendered after his death; hence, a rite or ceremony pertaining to burial; -- now used only in the plural.</def>  <rj><au>Spencer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I will . . . fetch him hence, and solemnly attend,<br/>
With silent <qex>obsequy</qex> and funeral train.</q> <rj><qau>Milton</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I will myself<br/>
Be the chief mourner at his <qex>obsequies</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The funeral <qex>obsequies</qex> were decently and privately performed by his family.</q> <rj><qau>J. P. Mahaffy.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Obsequiousness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*serv"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>observabilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>observable</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Capable of being observed; discernible; noticeable.</def>  <rj><au>Sir. T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The difference is sufficiently <qex>observable</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Southey.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Worthy of being observed; important enough to be noted or celebrated; <as>as, an <ex>observable</ex> anniversary</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Noteworthy; remarkable.</def><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Ob*serv"a*ble*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos> -- <wf>Ob*serv"a*bly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*serv"ance</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>observance</ets>, L. <ets>observantia</ets>. See <er>Observant</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; -- usually with a sense of strictness and fidelity; <as>as, the <ex>observance</ex> of the Sabbath is general; the strict <ex>observance</ex> of duties.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>It is a custom<br/>
More honored in the breach than the <qex>observance</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An act, ceremony, or rite, as of worship or respect; especially, a customary act or service of attention; a form; a practice; a rite; a custom.</def><br/>
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<p><q>At dances<br/>
These young folk kept their <qex>observances</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Use all the <qex>observance</qex> of civility.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Some represent to themselves the whole of religion as consisting in a few easy <qex>observances</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Rogers.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>O I that wasted time to tend upon her,<br/>
To compass her with sweet <qex>observances</qex>!</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Servile attention; sycophancy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Salads and flesh, such as their haste could get,<br/>
Served with <qex>observance</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chapman.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>This is not atheism,<br/>
But court <qex>observance</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Beau. &amp; Fl.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- <er>Observance</er>, <er>Observation</er>. These words are discriminated by the two distinct senses of <xex>observe</xex>. To <xex>observe</xex> means (1) to keep strictly; as, to <xex>observe</xex> a fast day, and hence, <xex>observance</xex> denotes the keeping or heeding with strictness; (2) to consider attentively, or to remark; and hence, <xex>observation</xex> denotes either the act of <xex>observing</xex>, or some remark made as the result thereof.  We do not say the <xex>observation</xex> of Sunday, though the word was formerly so used.  The Pharisees were curious in external <xex>observances</xex>; the astronomers are curious in celestial <xex>observations</xex>.</syn><br/>
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<p><q>Love rigid honesty,<br/>
And strict <qex>observance</qex> of impartial laws.</q> <rj><qau>Roscommon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*serv"an*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Observance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ob*ser`van"dum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Observanda</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A thing to be observed.</def>  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*serv"ant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>observans</ets>, <ets>-anits</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>observare</ets>: cf. F. <ets>observant</ets>. See <er>Observe</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Taking notice; viewing or noticing attentively; watchful; carefully attentive; <as>as, an <ex>observant</ex> spectator; <ex>observant</ex> habits</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Wandering from clime to clime <qex>observant</qex> stray'd.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Submissively attentive; obediently watchful; regardful; mindful; obedient (to); -- with <xex>of</xex>, <as>as, to be <ex>observant</ex> of rules</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>We are told how <qex>observant</qex> Alexander was of his master Aristotle.</q> <rj><qau>Sir K. Digby.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*serv"ant</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who observes forms and rules.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Hooker.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A sycophantic servant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Silly ducking <qex>observants</qex>,<br/>
That stretch their duties nicely.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>An Observantine.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`ser*van"tine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Fr. <ets>observantin</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>One of a branch of the <org>Order of Franciscans</org>, who profess to adhere more strictly than the Conventuals to the intention of the founder, especially as to poverty; -- called also <altname>Observants</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*serv"ant*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an observant manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`ser*va"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>observatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>observation</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or the faculty of observing or taking notice; the act of seeing, or of fixing the mind upon, anything.</def><br/>
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<p><q>My <qex>observation</qex>, which very seldom lies.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The result of an act, or of acts, of observing; view; reflection; conclusion; judgment.</def><br/>
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<p><q>In matters of human prudence, we shall find the greatest advantage in making wise <qex>observations</qex> on our conduct.</q> <rj><qau>I. Watts.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>An expression of an opinion or judgment upon what one has observed; a remark.</def> &ldquo;That's a foolish <xex>observation</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>To <qex>observations</qex> which ourselves we make<br/>
We grow more partial for the observer's sake.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Performance of what is prescribed; adherence in practice; observance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>We are to procure dispensation or leave to omit the <qex>observation</qex> of it in such circumstances.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Science)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The act of recognizing and noting some fact or occurrence in nature, as an aurora, a corona, or the structure of an animal.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Specifically, the act of measuring, with suitable instruments, some magnitude, as the time of an occultation, with a clock; the right ascension of a star, with a transit instrument and clock; the sun's altitude, or the distance of the moon from a star, with a sextant; the temperature, with a thermometer, etc. </def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The information so acquired; <as>as, to record one's <ex>observations</ex> carefully</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; When a phenomenon is scrutinized as it occurs in nature, the act is termed an <xex>observation</xex>. When the conditions under which the phenomenon occurs are artificial, or arranged beforehand by the observer, the process is called an <xex>experiment</xex>. <xex>Experiment</xex> includes <xex>observation</xex>.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To take an observation</b></col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to ascertain the altitude of a heavenly body, with a view to fixing a vessel's position at sea.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Observance; notice; attention; remark; comment; note. See <er>Observance</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`ser*va"tion*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to observation; consisting of, or containing, observations.</def>  <rj><au>Chalmers.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`ser*va"tion car</hw>. <def>A railway passenger car made so as to facilitate seeing the scenery en route; a car open, or with glass sides, or with a kind of open balcony at the rear.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`ser*va"tion deck</hw>. <def>A room or platform at a high point in a tall building with a broad view of the surrounding area.  It is often an outdoor platform, but is sometimes indoors in a room with large windows to accommodate viewing.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`ser*va"tion post</hw>. <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>a military outpost, usually at a height above the surrounding terrain, at or near the front line of a battle from which an observer may see the enemy's positions and direct artillery fire.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*serv"a*tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Observing; watchful.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"ser*va`tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who observes or takes notice.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir M. Hale.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who makes a remark.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*serv"a*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Observatories</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>observatoire</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A place or building for making observations on the heavenly bodies.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The new <qex>observatory</qex> in Greenwich Park.</q> <rj><qau>Evelyn.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A building fitted with instruments for making systematic observations of any particular class or series of natural phenomena.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A place, as an elevated chamber, from which a view may be observed or commanded.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A lookout on a flank of a battery whence an officer can note the range and effect of the fire; usually referred to as an <altname>observation post</altname>.</def>  <rj><au>Farrow.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*serve"</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*z&etilde_;rv")</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Observed</conjf> <pr>(&obreve_;b*z&etilde_;rvd")</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Observing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>observare</ets>, <ets>observatum</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>servare</ets> to save, preserve, keep, heed, observe: cf. F. <ets>observer</ets>. See <er>Serve</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; <as>as, to <ex>observe</ex> rules or commands; to <ex>observe</ex> civility.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Ye shall <qex>observe</qex> the feast of unleavened bread.</q> <rj><qau>Ex. xii. 17.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He wolde no such cursedness <qex>observe</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Must I budge? Must I <qex>observe</qex> you?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>With solemn purpose to <qex>observe</qex><br/>
<qex>Immutably his sovereign</qex> will.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To be on the watch respecting; to pay attention to; to notice with care; to see; to perceive; to notice; to discover; <as>as, to <ex>observe</ex> an eclipse; to <ex>observe</ex> the color or fashion of a dress; to <ex>observe</ex> the movements of an army; to <ex>observe</ex> an accident.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To express as what has been noticed; to utter as a remark; to say in a casual or incidental way; to remark.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*serve"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To take notice; to give attention to what one sees or hears; to attend.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To make a remark; to comment; to make an observation{3}; -- generally with <xex>on</xex> or <xex>upon</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I have barely quoted . . . without <qex>observing</qex> upon it.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To remark. See <er>Remark</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>observed</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>perceived with the eyes and sometimes with other senses; <as>as, no explanation for the <ex>observed</ex> phenomena</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>Detected by systematic scientific observation; <as>as, variation in the <ex>observed</ex> flux may depend on a number of factors</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> ascertained.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Perceived directly with the eyes; observed at first hand.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> seen, witnessed.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*serv"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who observes, or pays attention to, anything; especially, one engaged in, or trained to habits of, close and exact observation; <as>as, an astronomical <ex>observer</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The observed of all <qex>observers</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Careful <qex>observers</qex> may foretell the hour,<br/>
By sure prognostic, when to dread a shower.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who keeps any law, custom, regulation, rite, etc.; one who conforms to anything in practice.</def> &ldquo;Diligent <xex>observers</xex> of old customs.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>These . . . hearkened unto <qex>observers</qex> of times.</q> <rj><qau>Deut. xviii. 14.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>One who fulfills or performs; <as>as, an <ex>observer</ex> of his promises</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A sycophantic follower.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Beau. &amp; Fl.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*serv"er*ship</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The office or work of an observer.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*serv"ing</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Giving particular attention; habitually attentive to what passes; observant{1}; <as>as, an <ex>observing</ex> person; an <ex>observing</ex> mind.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ob*serv"ing*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>ob*sess"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obsessus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obsidere</ets> to besiege; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>sedere</ets> to sit.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To besiege; to beset.</def> <mark>[archaic]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Elyot.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To excessively preoccupy the thoughts or feelings of; to haunt the mind persistently.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>ob*sess"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To be excessively or persistently preoccupied with something; -- usually used with <ptcl>on</ptcl> or <ptcl>over</ptcl>; <as>as, to <ex>obsess</ex> over an imagined insult</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>At all ages children are driven to figure out what it takes to succeed among their peers and to give these strategies precedence over anything their parents foist on them.  Weary parents know they are no match for a child's peers, and rightly <qex>obsess</qex> over the best neighborhood in which to bring their children up.</q>  <rj><qau>Steven Pinker (How the Mind Works, p. 449-450 [1997]).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>obsessed</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>having or showing excessive or compulsive concern; -- used with <ptcl>with</ptcl>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> haunted, preoccupied, taken up(predicate).</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> possessed(predicate).</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*ses"sion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obsessio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>obsession</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of besieging.</def>  <mark>[archaic]</mark> <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from without.</def>  <mark>[archaic]</mark> <rj><au>Tylor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Whether by <qex>obsession</qex> or possession, I will not determine.</q> <rj><qau>Burton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An excessive preoccupation of the thoughts or feelings; the persistent haunting or domination of the mind by a particular desire, idea, or image.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>Any driving motive; a compelling goal; -- not necessarily implying a negative judgment, as does sense 3; <as>as, the coach was <ex>obsessed</ex> with winning the state championship</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Something that causes an obsession{3}.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>The state of being obsessed.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>obsessional</hw> <hw>obsessive</hw></mhw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>Persistently and abnormally preoccupied with some unreasonable idea.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> compulsive.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>ob*sid"i*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Obsidianus lapis</ets>, so named, according to Pliny, after one <etsep>Obsidius</etsep>, who discovered it in Ethiopia: cf. F. <ets>obsidiane</ets>, <ets>obsidienne</ets>.  The later editions of Pliny read <ets>Obsianus lapis</ets>, and <ets>Obsius</ets>, instead of <ets>Obsidianus lapis</ets>, and <ets>Obsidius</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A kind of glass produced by volcanoes.  It is usually of a black color, and opaque, except in thin splinters.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; In a thin section it often exhibits a fluidal structure, marked by the arrangement of microlites in the lines of the flow of the molten mass.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*sid"i*o*nal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obsidionalis</ets>, from <ets>obsidio</ets> a siege, <ets>obsidere</ets> to besiege: cf. F. <ets>obsidional</ets>. See <er>Obsess</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a siege.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Obsidional crown</b></col> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld>, <cd>a crown bestowed upon a general who raised the siege of a beleaguered place, or upon one who held out against a siege.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*sig`il*la"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>sigillum</ets> a seal.]</ety> <def>A sealing up.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Maunder.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*sign"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Obsignate</er>.]</ety> <def>To seal; to confirm, as by a seal or stamp.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bradford.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*sig"nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obsignated</ets>, p. p. <ets>of obsignare</ets> to seal. See <er>Ob-</er>, and <er>Sign</er>.]</ety> <def>To seal; to ratify.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Barrow.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`sig*na"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obsignatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of sealing or ratifying; the state of being sealed or confirmed; confirmation, as by the Holy Spirit.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The spirit of manifestation will but upbraid you in the shame and horror of a sad eternity, if you have not the spirit of <qex>obsignation</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*sig"na*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Ratifying; confirming by sealing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Samuel Ward (1643)</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`so*lesce"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obsolescere</ets>. See <er>Obsolescent</er>.]</ety> <def>To become obsolescent.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fitzed. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`so*les"cence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Obsolescent</er>.]</ety> <def>The state of becoming obsolete.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`so*les"cent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obsolescens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>obsolescere</ets>, to wear out gradually, to fall into disuse; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>solere</ets> to use, be wont.]</ety> <def>Going out of use; becoming obsolete; passing into desuetude.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"so*lete</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obsoletus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obsolescere</ets>. See <er>Obsolescent</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused; neglected; <as>as, an <ex>obsolete</ex> word; an <ex>obsolete</ex> statute</as>; -- applied chiefly to words, writings, or observances.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Not very distinct; obscure; rudimental; imperfectly developed; abortive.</def><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Ancient; antiquated; old-fashioned; antique; old; disused; neglected. See <er>Ancient</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"so*lete</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To become obsolete; to go out of use.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fitzed. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"so*lete*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an obsolete manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"so*lete*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of being obsolete, or no longer used; a state of desuetude.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Indistinctness; want of development.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"so*let*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A disused word or phrase; an archaism.</def>  <rj><au>Fitzed. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"sta*cle</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>obstaculum</ets>, fr. <ets>obstare</ets> to withstand, oppose; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>stare</ets> to stand. See <er>Stand</er>. and cf. <er>Oust</er>, <pos>v.</pos>]</ety> <def>That which stands in the way, or opposes; anything that hinders progress; a hindrance; an obstruction, physical or moral.</def><br/>
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<p><q>If all <qex>obstacles</qex> were cut away.<br/>
And that my path were even to the crown.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Impediment; obstuction; hindrance; difficulty. See <er>Impediment</er>, and <er>Obstruction</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"stan*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obstantia</ets>, fr. <ets>obstans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>obstare</ets>. See <er>Obstacle</er>.]</ety> <def>Opposition; impediment; obstruction.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ob*stet"ric</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*st&ebreve_;t"r&ibreve_;k)</pr>, <hw>Ob*stet"ric*al</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*st&ebreve_;t"r&ibreve_;*k&aitalic_;l)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obstetricius</ets>, fr. <ets>obstetrix</ets>, <ets>-icis</ets>, a midwife, fr. <ets>obstare</ets> to stand before: cf. F. <ets>obst&eacute;trique</ets>. See <er>Obstacle</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to childbirth, midwifery, or the period around the time of the birth of children; <as>as, the <ex>obstetric</ex> art</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to obstetrics; <as>as, the <ex>obstetric</ex> unit of a hospital</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Obstetrical toad</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a European toad of the genus <gen>Alytes</gen>, especially <spn>Alytes obstetricans</spn>. The eggs are laid in a string which the male winds around his legs, and carries about until the young are hatched.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*stet"ri*cate</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*st&ebreve_;t"r&ibreve_;*k&amacr;t)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obstetricatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obstetricare</ets>, fr. <ets>obstetrix</ets>.]</ety> <def>To perform the office of midwife.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;Nature does <xex>obstetricate</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Evelyn.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*stet"ri*cate</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To assist as a midwife.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>E. Waterhouse.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*stet"ri*ca"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of assisting as a midwife; delivery.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`ste*tri"cian</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One skilled in obstetrics; an accoucheur; especially, a physician who specializes in obstetrics.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`ste*tri"cious</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Obstetric</er>.]</ety> <def>Serving to assist childbirth; obstetric; hence, facilitating any bringing forth or deliverance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Yet is all human teaching but maieutical, or <qex>obstetricious</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Cudworth.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*stet"rics</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*st&ebreve_;t"r&ibreve_;ks)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>obst&eacute;trique</ets>. See <er>Obstetric</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The science of midwifery.</def> <mark>[archaic]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The branch of medicine that deals with childbirth or the care of women in parturition, or in the trouble incident to childbirth.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*stet"ri*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Obstetrics.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"sti*na*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Obstinate</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A fixedness in will, opinion, or resolution that can not be shaken at all, or only with great difficulty; firm and usually unreasonable adherence to an opinion, purpose, or system; unyielding disposition; stubborness; pertinacity; persistency; contumacy.</def><br/>
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<p><q>You do not well in <qex>obstinacy</qex><br/>
To cavil in the course of this contract.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>To shelter their ignorance, or <qex>obstinacy</qex>, under the obscurity of their terms.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being difficult to remedy, relieve, or subdue; <as>as, the <ex>obstinacy</ex> of a disease or evil</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Pertinacity; firmness; resoluteness; inflexibility; persistency; stubbornness; perverseness; contumacy.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Obstinacy</er>, <er>Pertinacity</er>. <xex>Pertinacity</xex> denotes great firmness in holding to a thing, aim, etc.  <xex>Obstinacy</xex> is great firmness in holding out against persuasion, attack, etc.  The former consists in adherence, the latter in resistance.  An opinion is advocated with pertinacity or defended with <xex>obstinacy</xex>. <xex>Pertinacity</xex> is often used in a good sense; <xex>obstinacy</xex> generally in a bad one.  &ldquo;In this reply was included a very gross mistake, and if with <xex>pertinacity</xex> maintained, a capital error.&rdquo; <au>Sir T. Browne.</au> &ldquo;Every degree of <xex>obstinacy</xex> in youth is one step to rebellion.&rdquo; <au>South.</au></usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"sti*nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obstinatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obstinare</ets> to set about a thing with firmness, to persist in; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + a word from the root of <ets>stare</ets> to stand. See <er>Stand</er>, and cf. <er>Destine</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying unreasonableness.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I have known great cures done by <qex>obstinate</qex> resolution of drinking no wine.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Temple.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>No ass so meek, no ass so <qex>obstinate</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Of sense and outward things.</q> <rj><qau>Wordsworth.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; <as>as, <ex>obstinate</ex> fever; <ex>obstinate</ex> obstructions.</as></def><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Stubborn; inflexible; immovable; firm; pertinacious; persistent; headstrong; opinionated; unyielding; refractory; contumacious. See <er>Stubborn</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Ob"sti*nate*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Ob"sti*nate*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`sti*na"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obstinatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Obstinacy; stubbornness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Jer. Taylor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`sti*pa"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obstipatio</ets> a close pressure; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>stipare</ets> to press.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of stopping up, as a passage.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bailey.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Extreme constipation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Hooper.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*strep"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obstreperus</ets>, from <ets>obstrepere</ets> to make a noise at; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>strepere</ets> to make a noise.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; clamorous; noisy; vociferous.</def> &ldquo;The <xex>obstreperous</xex> city.&rdquo; <au>Wordsworth.</au> &ldquo;<xex>Obstreperous</xex> approbation.&rdquo;   <au>Addison.</au><br/>
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<p><q>Beating the air with their <qex>obstreperous</qex> beaks.</q> <rj><qau>B. Jonson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Resistant to control; unruly.</def><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Ob*strep"er*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Ob*strep"er*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*stric"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obstringere</ets>, <ets>obstrictum</ets>, to bind to or about.]</ety> <def>The state of being constrained, bound, or obliged; that which constrains or obliges; obligation; bond.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*stringe"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Obstriction</er>.]</ety> <def>To constrain; to put under obligation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Gardiner.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*struct"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Obstructed</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Obstructing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>obstructus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obstruere</ets> to build up before or against, to obstruct; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>struere</ets> to pile up. See <er>Structure</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing; <as>as, to <ex>obstruct</ex> a street; to <ex>obstruct</ex> the channels of the body.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>'T is the <qex>obstructed</qex> paths of sound shall clear.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To be, or come, in the way of; to hinder from passing; to stop; to impede; to retard; <as>as, the bar in the harbor <ex>obstructs</ex> the passage of ships; clouds <ex>obstruct</ex> the light of the sun; unwise rules <ex>obstruct</ex> legislation.</as></def> &ldquo;Th' impatience of <xex>obstructed</xex> love.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To bar; barricade; stop; arrest; check; interrupt; clog; choke; impede; retard; embarrass; oppose.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*struct"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who obstructs or hinders.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*struc"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obstructio</ets>.]</ety>  <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A popular assembly free from <qex>obstruction</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>To die, and go we know not where,<br/>
To lie in cold <qex>obstruction</qex>, and to rot.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- <er>Obstacle</er>; bar; barrier; impediment; clog; check; hindrance.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Obstruction</er>, <er>Obstacle</er>. The difference between these words is that indicated by their etymology; an <xex>obstacle</xex> is something standing in the way; an <xex>obstruction</xex> is something put in the way.  <xex>Obstacle</xex> implies more fixedness and is the stronger word.  We remove <xex>obstructions</xex>; we surmount <xex>obstacles</xex>.</usage><br/>
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<p><q>Disparity in age seems a greater <qex>obstacle</qex> to an intimate friendship than inequality of fortune.</q> <rj><qau>Collier.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The king expected to meet with all the <qex>obstructions</qex> and difficulties his enraged enemies could lay in his way.</q> <rj><qau>Clarendon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*struc"tion*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or the policy of obstructing progress.</def>  <rj><au>Lond. Lit. World.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*struc"tion*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who deliberately hinders progress; one who obstructs business, as in a legislative body.</def> -- <def2><pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to obstructionists; causing obstruction; <as>as, <ex>obstructionist</ex> tactics</as>.</def></def2> <mark>[Recent]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*struct"ive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>obstrictif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Tending to obstruct; presenting obstacles; hindering; causing impediment.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ob*struct"ive*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*struct"ive</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An obstructive person or thing.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"stru*ent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obstruens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>obstruere</ets>. See <er>Obstruct</er>.]</ety> <def>Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering; <as>as, an <ex>obstruent</ex> medicine</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"stru*ent</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Anything that obstructs or closes a passage; esp., that which obstructs natural passages in the body; <as>as, a medicine which acts as an <ex>obstruent</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*stu`pe*fac"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obstuperfacere</ets> to stupefy.]</ety> <def>See <er>Stupefaction</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Howell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*stu`pe*fac"tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Stupefactive.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*stu"pe*fy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[Cf.L. <ets>obstupefacere</ets>. See <er>Ob-</er>, and <er>Stupefy</er>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Stupefy</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*tain"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Obtained</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Obtaining</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[F. <ets>obtenir</ets>, L. <ets>obtinere</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>tenere</ets> to hold. See <er>Tenable</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To hold; to keep; to possess.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>His mother, then, is mortal, but his Sire<br/>
He who <qex>obtains</qex> the monarchy of heaven.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To get hold of by effort; to gain possession of; to procure; to acquire, in any way.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Some pray for riches; riches they <qex>obtain</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>By guileful fair words peace may be <qex>obtained</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>It may be that I may <qex>obtain</qex> children by her.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xvi. 2.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To attain; gain; procure; acquire; win; earn.</syn> <usage> See <er>Attain</er>. -- To <er>Obtain</er>, <er>Get</er>, <er>Gain</er>, <er>Earn</er>, <er>Acquire</er>.  The idea of <xex>getting</xex> is common to all these terms.  We may, indeed, with only a slight change of sense, substitute <xex>get</xex> for either of them; as, to <xex>get</xex> or to <xex>gain</xex> a prize; to <xex>get</xex> or to <xex>obtain</xex> an employment; to <xex>get</xex> or to <xex>earn</xex> a living; to <xex>get</xex> or to <xex>acquire</xex> a language.  To <xex>gain</xex> is to get by striving; and as this is often a part of our good fortune, the word <xex>gain</xex> is peculiarly applicable to whatever comes to us fortuitously.  Thus, we <xex>gain</xex> a victory, we <xex>gain</xex> a cause, we <xex>gain</xex> an advantage, etc.  To <xex>earn</xex> is to deserve by labor or service; as, to <xex>earn</xex> good wages; to <xex>earn</xex> a triumph.  Unfortunately, one does not always <xex>get</xex> or <xex>obtain</xex> what he has <xex>earned</xex>.  To <xex>obtain</xex> implies desire for possession, and some effort directed to the attainment of that which is not immediately within our reach.  Whatever we thus <xex>seek</xex> and <xex>get</xex>, we <xex>obtain</xex>, whether by our own exertions or those of others; whether by good or bad means; whether permanently, or only for a time.  Thus, a man <xex>obtains</xex> an employment; he <xex>obtains</xex> an answer to a letter, etc.  To <xex>acquire</xex> is more limited and specific.  We <xex>acquire</xex> what comes to us gradually in the regular exercise of our abilities, while we <xex>obtain</xex> what comes in any way, provided we desire it.  Thus, we <xex>acquire</xex> knowledge, property, honor, reputation, etc.  What we <xex>acquire</xex> becomes, to a great extent, permanently our own; as, to <xex>acquire</xex> a language; to <xex>acquire</xex> habits of industry, etc.</usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*tain"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To gain or have a firm footing; to be recognized or established; to become prevalent or general; to prevail; <as>as, the custom <ex>obtains</ex> of going to the seashore in summer</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Sobriety hath by use <qex>obtained</qex> to signify temperance in drinking.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The Theodosian code, several hundred years after Justinian's time, did <qex>obtain</qex> in the western parts of Europe.</q> <rj><qau>Baker.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To prevail; to succeed.</def> <mark>[archaic and Rare]</mark>  <rj><au>Evelyn.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>So run that ye may <qex>obtain</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>1 Cor. ix. 24.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>There is due from the judge to the advocate, some commendation, where causes are fair pleaded; especially towards the side which <qex>obtaineth</qex> not.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*tain"a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being obtained.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*tain"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who obtains.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*tain"ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act or process of obtaining; attainment.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*tect"ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obtectus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obtegere</ets> to cover over.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Covered; protected.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Covered with a hard chitinous case, as the pupa of certain flies; also called <altname>obtect</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*tem"per</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t. &amp; i.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Obtemperate</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>To obey (a judgment or decree).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*tem"per*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obtemperare</ets>, <ets>obtemperatum</ets> to obey.]</ety> <def>To obey.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*tend"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Obtended</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Obtending</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>obtendere</ets>, <ets>obtentum</ets>, to stretch or place before or against; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>tendere</ets> to stretch.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To oppose; to hold out in opposition.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To offer as the reason of anything; to pretend.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dryden</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*ten`e*bra"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obtenebrate</ets> to make dark.]</ety> <def>The act of darkening; the state of being darkened; darkness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>In every megrim or vertigo, there is an <qex>obtenebration</qex> joined with a semblance of turning round.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*ten"sion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obtentio</ets>. See <er>Obtend</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of obtending.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*test"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Obtested</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Obtesting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>obtestari</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>testari</ets> to witness, fr. <ets>testis</ets> a witness.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To call to witness; to invoke as a witness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To beseech; to supplicate; to beg for.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*test"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To protest.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>E. Waterhouse.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`tes*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obtestatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of obtesting; supplication; protestation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Antonio asserted this with great <qex>obtestation</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Evelyn.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`trec*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obtrectatio</ets>, from <ets>obtrectare</ets> to detract from through envy. See <er>Detract</er>.]</ety> <def>Slander; detraction; calumny.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Barrow.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*trude"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Obtruded</conjf>, <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Obtruding</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>obtrudere</ets>, <ets>obtrusum</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>trudere</ets> to thrust. See <er>Threat</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To thrust impertinently; to present to a person without warrant or solicitation; <as>as, to <ex>obtrude</ex> one's self upon a company; to <ex>obtrude</ex> one's opinion on another</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The objects of our senses <qex>obtrude</qex> their particular ideas upon our minds, whether we will or no.</q> <rj><qau>Lock.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To offer with unreasonable importunity; to urge unduly or against the will.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*trude"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To thrust one's self upon a company or upon attention; to intrude.</def><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To <er>Obtrude</er>, <er>Intrude</er>.</syn> <usage> To <xex>intrude</xex> is to thrust one's self into a place, society, etc., without right, or uninvited; to <xex>obtrude</xex> is to force one's self, remarks, opinions, etc., into society or upon persons with whom one has no such intimacy as to justify such boldness.</usage><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*trud"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who obtrudes.</def>  <rj><au>Boyle.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*trun"cate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obtruncatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obtruncare</ets>.]</ety> <def>To deprive of a limb; to lop.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`trun*ca"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obtruncatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of lopping or cutting off.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cockeram.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*tru"sion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obtrusio</ets>. See <er>Obtrude</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of obtruding; a thrusting upon others by force or unsolicited; <as>as, the <ex>obtrusion</ex> of crude opinions on the world</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is obtruded.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*tru"sion*ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who practices or excuses obtrusion.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Gent. Mag.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*tru"sive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Disposed to obtrude; inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others, or to enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ob*tru"sive*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Ob*tru"sive*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><q>Not obvious, not <qex>obtrusive</qex>, but retired.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*tund"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Obtunded</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Obtunding</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>obtundere</ets>, <ets>obtusum</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>tundere</ets> to strike or beat.  See <er>Stutter</er>.]</ety> <def>To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to dull; to blunt; to deaden; to quell; <as>as, to <ex>obtund</ex> the acrimony of the gall</as>.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>  <rj><au>Harvey.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>They . . . have filled all our law books with the <qex>obtunding</qex> story of their suits and trials.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*tund"ent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obtundens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>obtundere</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A substance which sheathes a part, or blunts irritation, usually some bland, oily, or mucilaginous matter; -- nearly the same as <altname>demulcent</altname>.</def>  <rj><au>Forsyth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*tund"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>That which obtunds or blunts; especially, that which blunts sensibility.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"tu*rate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos>  <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Obturated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Obturating</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>obturatus</ets>; p.p. of <ets>obturare</ets>.]</ety> <def>To stop or close, as an opening;</def> <specif>specif.</specif>, <fld>(Ordnance)</fld>, <def>to stop (a gun breech) so as to prevent the escape of gas in firing.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`tu*ra"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obturare</ets> to stop up: cf. F. <ets>obturation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of stopping up, or closing, an opening.</def> &ldquo;Deaf by an outward <xex>obturation</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"tu*ra`tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>obturare</ets> to stop up: cf. F. <ets>obturateur</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which closes or stops an opening.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>An apparatus designed to close an unnatural opening, as a fissure of the palate.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Ordnance)</fld> <def>Any device for preventing the escape of gas through the breech mechanism of a breech-loading gun; a gas check.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn>  <fld>(Photog.)</fld> <def>A camera shutter.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"tu*ra`tor</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Serving as an obturator; closing an opening; pertaining to, or in the region of, the obturator foramen; <as>as, the <ex>obturator</ex> nerve</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Obturator foramen</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>an opening situated between the public and ischial parts of the innominate bone and closed by the <xex>obturator membrane</xex>; the thyroid foramen.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*tus"an`gu*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Obstuseangular</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*tuse"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Obtuser</adjf> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Obtusest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[L. <ets>obtusus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obtundere</ets> to blunt: cf. F. <ets>obtus</ets>. See <er>Obtund</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; not alert, especially to the feelings of others; dull; stupid; <as>as, <ex>obtuse</ex> senses</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Dull; deadened; <as>as, <ex>obtuse</ex> sound</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ob*tuse"-an`gled</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>ob*tuse"-an`gu*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having an obtuse angle; <as>as, an <ex>obtuse-angled</ex> triangle</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*tuse"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an obtuse manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*tuse"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>State or quality of being obtuse.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*tu"sion</hw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obtusio</ets>, from <ets>obtundere</ets> to blunt. See <er>Obtund</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of making obtuse or blunt.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of being dulled or blunted; <as>as, the <ex>obtusion</ex> of the senses</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Harvey.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*tu"si*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Obtuseness.</def> <au>Lond. Quart. Rev.</au><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*um"brant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obumbrans</ets>, p. pr.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Overhanging; <as>as, <ex>obumbrant</ex> feathers</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*um"brate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obumbratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obumbrare</ets> to overshadow, cloud; <ets>ob + umbrare</ets> to shade.]</ety> <def>To shade; to darken; to cloud.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Howell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`um*bra"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obumbratio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Act of darkening or obscuring.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. More.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*un"cous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obuncus</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>uncus</ets> hooked.]</ety> <def>Hooked or crooked in an extreme degree.</def>  <rj><au>Maunder.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*ven"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obvention</ets>, fr. <ets>obvenire</ets> to come before or in the way of, to befall; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>venire</ets> to come: cf. F. <ets>obvention</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of happening incidentally; that which happens casually; an incidental advantage; an occasional offering.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;Tithes and other <xex>obventions</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Legacies bequeathed by the deaths of princes and great persons, and other casualities and <qex>obventions</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*vers"ant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obversans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>obversari</ets> to hover before; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>versare</ets> to move about.]</ety> <def>Conversant; familiar.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*verse"</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*v&etilde_;rs")</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obversus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obvertere</ets>. See <er>Obvert</er>.]</ety> <def>Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"verse</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b"v&etilde_;rs)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>obverse</ets>, <ets>obvers</ets>. See <er>Obverse</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The face of a coin which has the principal image or inscription upon it; -- the other side being the <ant>reverse</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Anything necessarily involved in, or answering to, another; the more apparent or conspicuous of two possible sides, or of two corresponding things.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The fact that it [a belief] invariably exists being the <qex>obverse</qex> of the fact that there is no alternative belief.</q> <rj><qau>H. Spencer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*verse"ly</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*v&etilde_;rs"l&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an obverse manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*ver"sion</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;b*v&etilde_;r"sh&ubreve;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obversio</ets> a turning towards.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of turning toward or downward.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>The act of immediate inference, by which we deny the opposite of anything which has been affirmed; <as>as, all men are mortal; then, by <ex>obversion</ex>, no men are immortal</as>.  This is also described as &ldquo;immediate inference by privative conception.&rdquo;</def>  <rj><au>Bain.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob*vert"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Obverted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Obverting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>obvertere</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>vertere</ets> to turn. See <er>Verse</er>.]</ety> <def>To turn toward.</def><br/>
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<p><q>If its base be <qex>obverted</qex> towards us.</q> <rj><qau>I. Watts.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"vi*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Obviated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Obviating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>obviare</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>viare</ets> to go, fr. <ets>via</ets> way. See <er>Voyage</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>To meet in the way.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Not to stir a step to <qex>obviate</qex> any of a different religion.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove from the way or path; to make unnecessary; <as>as, to <ex>obviate</ex> the necessity of going</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>To lay down everything in its full light, so as to <qex>obviate</qex> all exceptions.</q> <rj><qau>Woodward.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>obviating</hw> <pos>adj. pren.</pos>  <def>making impossible or unnecessary.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob`vi*a"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of obviating, or the state of being obviated.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ob"vi*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obvius</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>via</ets> way. See <er>Voyage</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Opposing; fronting.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>To the evil turn<br/>
My <qex>obvious</qex> breast.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Exposed; subject; open; liable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;<xex>Obvious</xex> to dispute.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; <as>as, an <ex>obvious</ex> meaning; an <ex>obvious</ex> remark.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Apart and easy to be known they lie,<br/>
Amidst the heap, and <qex>obvious</qex> to the eye.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Plain; clear; evident. See <er>Manifest</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Ob"vi*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Ob"vi*ous-ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ob"vo*lute</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ob`vo*lu"ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>obvolutus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>obvolvere</ets> to wrap round; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>volvere</ets> to roll.]</ety> <def>Overlapping; contorted; convolute; -- applied primarily, in botany, to two opposite leaves, each of which has one edge overlapping the nearest edge of the other, and secondarily to a circle of several leaves or petals which thus overlap.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"by</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Obi</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;O"ca</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A Peruvian name for certain species of <gen>Oxalis</gen> (<spn>Oxalis crenata</spn>, and <spn>Oxalis tuberosa</spn>) which bear edible tubers.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc`a*ri"na</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. It. <ets>carino</ets> pretty.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A kind of small simple wind instrument.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"ca*my</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[A corruption of <ets>alchemy</ets>.]</ety> <def>An alloy imitating gold or silver.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>ochimy</asp>, <asp>ochymy</asp>, etc.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*ca"sion</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;k*k&amacr;"zh&ubreve;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>occasion</ets>, L. <ets>occasio</ets>, fr. <ets>occidere</ets>, <ets>occasum</ets>, to fall down; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>cadere</ets> to fall. See <er>Chance</er>, and cf. <er>Occident</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident; event.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The unlooked-for incidents of family history, and its hidden excitements, and its arduous <qex>occasions</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>I. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance; convenience.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Sin, taking <qex>occasion</qex> by the commandment, deceived me.</q> <rj><qau>Rom. vii. 11.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I'll take the <qex>occasion</qex> which he gives to bring<br/>
Him to his death.</q> <rj><qau>Waller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An occurrence or condition of affairs which brings with it some unlooked-for event; that which incidentally brings to pass an event, without being its efficient cause or sufficient reason; accidental or incidental cause.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Her beauty was the <qex>occasion</qex> of the war.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Need; exigency; requirement; necessity; <as>as, I have no <ex>occasion</ex> for firearms</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>After we have served ourselves and our own <qex>occasions</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Jer. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>When my <qex>occasions</qex> took me into France.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Whose manner was, all passengers to stay,<br/>
And entertain with her <qex>occasions</qex> sly.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>On occasion</b></col>, <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>in case of need; in necessity; as convenience requires.</cd> &ldquo;That we might have intelligence from him <xex>on occasion</xex>,&rdquo;  <rj><au>De Foe.</au></rj> -- <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>occasionally; from time to time; now and then.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Need; incident; use. See <er>Opportunity</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*ca"sion</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;k*k&amacr;"zh&ubreve;n)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Occasioned</conjf> <pr>(&obreve_;k*k&amacr;"zh&ubreve;nd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Occasioning</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>occasionner</ets>.]</ety> <def>To give occasion to; to cause; to produce; to induce; <as>as, to <ex>occasion</ex> anxiety</as>.</def>  <rj><au>South.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>If we inquire what it is that <qex>occasions</qex> men to make several combinations of simple ideas into distinct modes.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*ca"sion*a*ble</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;k*k&amacr;"zh&ubreve;n*&adot_;*b'l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being occasioned or caused.</def>  <rj><au>Barrow.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*ca"sion*al</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;k*k&amacr;"zh&ubreve;n*&aitalic_;l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>occasionnel</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Occuring at times, but not constant, regular, or systematic; made or happening as opportunity requires or admits; casual; incidental; <as>as, <ex>occasional</ex> remarks, or efforts</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The . . . <qex>occasional</qex> writing of the present times.</q> <rj><qau>Bagehot.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Produced by accident; <as>as, the <ex>occasional</ex> origin of a thing</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to an occasion or to occasions; intended for a specific occasion; for use only when needed, and not regularly.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Occasional cause</b></col> <fld>(Metaph.)</fld>, <cd>some circumstance preceding an effect which, without being the real cause, becomes the occasion of the action of the efficient cause; <as>thus, the act of touching gunpowder with fire is the <ex>occasional</ex>, but not the efficient, cause of an explosion</as>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*ca"sion*al*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Metaph.)</fld> <def>The system of occasional causes; -- a name given to certain theories of the Cartesian school of philosophers, as to the intervention of the First Cause, by which they account for the apparent reciprocal action of the soul and the body.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*ca`sion*al"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Quality or state of being occasional; occasional occurrence.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*ca"sion*al*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an occasional manner; on occasion; at times, as convenience requires or opportunity offers; not regularly.</def>  <rj><au>Stewart.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The one, <persfn>Wolsey</persfn>, directly his subject by birth; the other, his subject <qex>occasionally</qex> by his preferment.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*ca"sion*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To occasion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The lowest may <qex>occasionate</qex> much ill.</q> <rj><qau>Dr. H. More.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*ca"sion*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who, or that which, occasions, causes, or produces.</def>  <rj><au>Bp. Sanderson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*ca"sive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>occasivus</ets>, fr. <ets>occasus</ets> a going down, setting of the heavenly bodies, fr. <ets>occidere</ets> to fall or down. See <er>Occasion</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the setting sun; falling; descending; western.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*ce*ca"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>occaecatio</ets>, fr. <ets>occaecare</ets> to make blind; <ets>ob + caecare</ets> to blind, fr. <ets>caecus</ets> blind.]</ety> <def>The act of making blind, or the state of being blind.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> &ldquo;This inward <xex>occecation</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"ci*dent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>occidens</ets>, <ets>occidentis</ets>, fr. <ets>occidents</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>occidere</ets> to fall or go down. See <er>Occasion</er>.]</ety> <def>The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west; -- opposed to <ant>orient</ant>.  Specifically, in former times, Europe as opposed to Asia; now, also, the Western hemisphere.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I may wander from east to <qex>occident</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc`ci*den"tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>occidentalis</ets>; cf. F. <ets>occidental</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western; -- opposed to <ant>oriental</ant>; <as>as, <ex>occidental</ex> climates, or customs; an <ex>occidental</ex> planet.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Possessing inferior hardness, brilliancy, or beauty; -- used of inferior precious stones and gems, because those found in the Orient are generally superior.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc`ci*den"tals</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>Western Christians of the Latin rite.  See <er>Orientals</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Shipley.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*cid"u*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>occiduus</ets>, fr. <ets>occidere</ets> to go down.]</ety> <def>Western; occidental.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Blount.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*cip"i*tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>occipital</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the occiput, or back part of the head, or to the occipital bone.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Occipital bone</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>the bone which forms the posterior segment of the skull and surrounds the great foramen by which the spinal cord leaves the cranium. In the higher vertebrates it is usually composed of four bones, which become consolidated in the adult.</cd> -- <col><b>Occipital point</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>the point of the occiput in the mesial plane farthest from the ophryon.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*cip"i*tal</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The occipital bone.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*cip"i*to-</hw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>. <ety>[See <er>Occiput</er>.]</ety> <def>A combining form denoting <sig>relation to the occiput</sig>, or <sig>situation near the occiput</sig>; <as>as, <ex>occipito</ex>-axial; <ex>occipito</ex>-mastoid.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*cip`i*to*ax"i*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the occipital bone and second vertebra, or axis.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"ci*put</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> L. <plw>Occipita</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>, E. <plw>Occiputs</plw>.</plu> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>caput</ets> head. See <er>Chief</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The back, or posterior, part of the head or skull; the region of the occipital bone.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A plate which forms the back part of the head of insects.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*ci"sion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>occisio</ets>, fr. <ets>occidere</ets>, <ets>occisium</ets>, to cut down, to kill; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>caedere</ets> to cut.]</ety> <def>A killing; the act of killing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir M. Hale.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*clude"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>occludere</ets>, <ets>occlusum</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>claudere</ets> to shut.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To shut up; to close.</def>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>To take in and retain; to absorb; -- said especially with respect to gases; <as>as, iron, platinum, and palladium <ex>occlude</ex> large volumes of hydrogen</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*clud"ent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>occludens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>occludere</ets>.]</ety> <def>Serving to close; shutting up.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>That which closes or shuts up.</def></def2>  <rj><au>Sterne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*cluse"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. occlusus, p. p.  See <er>Occlude</er>.]</ety> <def>Shut; closed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holder.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*clu"sion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Occlude</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of occluding, or the state of being occluded.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Constriction and <qex>occlusion</qex> of the orifice.</q> <rj><qau>Howell.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The transient approximation of the edges of a natural opening; imperforation.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Occlusion of gases</b></col> <fld>(Chem. &amp; Physics)</fld>, <cd>the phenomenon of absorbing gases, as exhibited by platinum, palladium, iron, or charcoal; <as>thus, palladium absorbs, or <ex>occludes</ex>, nearly a thousand times its own volume of hydrogen, and in this case a chemical compound seems to be formed</as>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*crus"tate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Ob-</er>, and <er>Crustated</er>.]</ety> <def>To incrust; to harden.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dr. H. More.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*cult"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>occultus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>occulere</ets> to cover up, hide; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + a root prob. akin to E. <ets>hell</ets>: cf. F. <ets>occulte</ets>.]</ety> <def>Hidden from the eye or the understanding; invisible; secret; concealed; unknown.</def><br/>
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<p><q>It is of an <qex>occult</qex> kind, and is so insensible in its advances as to escape observation.</q> <rj><qau>I. Taylor.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Occult line</b></col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>a line drawn as a part of the construction of a figure or problem, but not to appear in the finished plan.</cd> -- <col><b>Occult qualities</b></col>, <cd>those qualities whose effects only were observed, but the nature and relations of whose productive agencies were undetermined; -- so called by the schoolmen.</cd> -- <col><b>Occult sciences</b></col>, <cd>those sciences of the Middle Ages which related to the supposed action or influence of occult qualities, or supernatural powers, as alchemy, magic, necromancy, and astrology.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*cult"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To eclipse; to hide from sight.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc`cul*ta"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>occultatio</ets> a hiding, fr. <ets>occultare</ets>, v. intens. of <ets>occulere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>occultation</ets>. See <er>Occult</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The hiding of a heavenly body from sight by the intervention of some other of the heavenly bodies; -- applied especially to eclipses of stars and planets by the moon, and to the eclipses of satellites of planets by their primaries.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <mark>(Fig.:)</mark> <def>The state of being occult.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The reappearance of such an author after those long periods of <qex>occultation</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Jeffrey.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Circle of perpetual occultation</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Circle</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*cult"ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Hidden; secret.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>Concealed by the intervention of some other heavenly body, as a star by the moon.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*cult"ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Occultation</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*cult"ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A certain Oriental system of theosophy.</def>  <rj><au>A. P. Sinnett.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Belief in occult powers or in supernatural forces other than the God of traditional religions, such as in magic, necromancy, alchemy, and astrology.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The study and alleged use of supernatural agencies as in magic, astrology, witchcraft, alchemy, necromancy, spiritualism (communication with the dead), and fortune-telling.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*cult"ist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An adherent of occultism.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*cult"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an occult manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*cult"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>State or quality of being occult.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"cu*pan*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Occupant</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of taking or holding possession, especially of real property or rental property; possession; occupation.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The state or condition of being occupied; <as>as, <ex>occupancy</ex> by more than 250 people is dangerous and unlawful</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The period of time during which one occupies a property.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Title by occupancy</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>a right of property acquired by taking the first possession of a thing, or possession of a thing which belonged to nobody, and appropriating it.</cd>  <rj><au>Blackstone. Kent.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"cu*pant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>occupans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>occupare</ets>: cf. F. <ets>occupant</ets>. See <er>Occupy</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who occupies, or takes possession; one who has the actual use or possession, or is in possession, of a thing; <as>as, the <ex>occupant</ex> of the apartment is not at home</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; This word, in law, sometimes signifies one who takes the first possession of a thing that has no owner.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A prostitute.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Marston.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"cu*pate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>occupatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>occupare</ets>. See <er>Occupy</er>.]</ety> <def>To occupy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc`cu*pa"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>occupatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>occupation</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; <as>as, the <ex>occupation</ex> of lands by a tenant</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which occupies or engages the time and attention.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <specif>Specfically:</specif> <def>The principal business of one's life; the principal work by which one earns one's livelihood; vocation; employment; profession; calling; trade; avocation; <as>as, these days many people continue to practice their <ex>occupation</ex> well into their seventies</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Absence of <qex>occupation</qex> is not rest.</q> <rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Occupation bridge</b></col> <fld>(Engin.)</fld>, <cd>a bridge connecting the parts of an estate separated by a railroad, a canal, or an ordinary road.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Occupancy; possession; tenure; use; employment; avocation; engagement; vocation; calling; office; trade; profession.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>occupational</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>Of or pertaining to an occupation{3} or occupations{3}; caused by or incidental to an occupation{3}; <as>as, <ex>occupational</ex> hazard; <ex>occupational</ex> illness</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>occupied</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Engaged; in use; being used by a person and not free for use by someone else; <as>as, the wc is <ex>occupied</ex></as>.  Opposite of <ant>free</ant>, <ant>available</ant>, and <ant>unoccupied</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Inhabited, lived-in, tenanted; having residents; -- of dwelling units.</def> [Narrower terms: <stype>owner-occupied</stype>] <source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Overrun, taken over; -- of countries or territories; <as>as, <ex>occupied</ex> France</as>. Opposite of <ant>unoccupied</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn>  <def>Busy; actively or fully engaged in some activity; -- of people.  Opposite of <ant>idle</ant>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> employed, engaged.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"cu*pi`er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who occupies, or has possession.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who follows an employment; hence, a tradesman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;Merchants and <xex>occupiers</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>occupiers</qex> of thy merchandise.</q> <rj><qau>Ezek. xxvii. 27.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"cu*py</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Occupied</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Occupying</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>occupien</ets>, F. <ets>occuper</ets>, fr.L. <ets>occupare</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + a word akin to <ets>capere</ets> to take. See <er>Capacious</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Woe <qex>occupieth</qex> the fine [end] of our gladness.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The better apartments were already <qex>occupied</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>W. Irving.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To hold, or fill, the dimensions of; to take up the room or space of; to cover or fill; <as>as, the camp <ex>occupies</ex> five acres of ground</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Sir J. Herschel.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of; to employ; to busy.</def><br/>
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<p><q>An archbishop may have cause to <qex>occupy</qex> more chaplains than six.</q> <rj><qau>Eng. Statute (Hen. VIII. )</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>They <qex>occupied</qex> themselves about the Sabbath.</q> <rj><qau>2 Macc. viii. 27.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To do business in; to busy one's self with.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>All the ships of the sea, with their mariners, were in thee to <qex>occupy</qex> the merchandise.</q> <rj><qau>Ezek. xxvii. 9.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Not able to <qex>occupy</qex> their old crafts.</q> <rj><qau>Robynson (More's Utopia).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To use; to expend; to make use of.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>All the gold that was <qex>occupied</qex> for the work.</q> <rj><qau>Ex. xxxviii. 24.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>They <qex>occupy</qex> not money themselves.</q> <rj><qau>Robynson (More's Utopia).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To have sexual intercourse with.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Nares.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"cu*py</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To hold possession; to be an occupant.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Occupy</xex> till I come.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Luke xix. 13.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To follow business; to traffic.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>occupying</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the act of taking occupancy.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> occupation, moving in.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*cur"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Occurred</conjf><pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Occurring</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>occurrere</ets>, <ets>occursum</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>currere</ets> to run. See <er>Course</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To meet; to clash.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The resistance of the bodies they <qex>occur</qex> with.</q> <rj><qau>Bentley.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To go in order to meet; to make reply.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>I must <qex>occur</qex> to one specious objection.</q> <rj><qau>Bentley.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To meet one's eye; to be found or met with; to present itself; to appear.</def><br/>
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<p><q>In Scripture, though the word heir <qex>occur</qex>, yet there is no such thing as &ldquo;heir&rdquo; in our author's sense.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To happen; to take place; <as>as, I will write if opportunity <ex>occurs</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To come to the mind; to arise in the mind; to suggest itself; to be presented to the imagination or memory; -- of an idea or thought; <as>as, it never <ex>occurred</ex> to me to call John to ask</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>There doth not <qex>occur</qex> to me any use of this experiment for profit.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*cur"rence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>occurrence</ets>. See <er>Occur</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A coming or happening; <as>as, the <ex>occurence</ex> of a railway collision</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Voyages detain the mind by the perpetual <qex>occurrence</qex> and expectation of something new.</q> <rj><qau>I. Watts.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any event or incident; esp., one which happens without being designed or expected; <as>as, an unusual <ex>occurrence</ex>, or the ordinary <ex>occurrences</ex> of life</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>All the <qex>occurrence</qex> of my fortune.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- See <er>Event</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*cur"rent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>occurrens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>occurrere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>occurrent</ets>. See <er>Occur</er>.]</ety> <def>Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*cur"rent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who meets; hence, an adversary.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Anything that happens; an occurrence.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>These we must meet with in obvious <qex>occurrents</qex> of the world.</q> <rj><qau>Sir T. Browne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*curse"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>occursus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Occursion</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bentley.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*cur"sion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>occursio</ets>. See <er>Occur</er>.]</ety> <def>A meeting; a clash; a collision.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Boyle.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O"cean</hw> <pr>(&omacr;"sh&aitalic_;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>oc&eacute;an</ets>, L. <ets>oceanus</ets>, Gr. <grk>'wkeano`s</grk> ocean, in Homer, the great river supposed to encompass the earth.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The whole body of salt water which covers more than three fifths of the surface of the globe; -- called also the <altname>sea</altname>, or <altname>great sea</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Like the odor of brine from the <qex>ocean</qex><br/>
<qex>Comes the thought of other years</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One of the large bodies of water into which the great ocean is regarded as divided, as the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic <ex>oceans</ex>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits; <as>as, the boundless <ex>ocean</ex> of eternity; an <ex>ocean</ex> of affairs.</as></def>  <rj><au>Locke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>You're gonna need an <qex>ocean</qex><br/>
Of calamine lotion.</q> <rj><qau>Lieber &amp; Stoller (Poison Ivy: song lyrics, 1994)</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O"cean</hw> <pr>(&omacr;"sh&aitalic_;n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; <as>as, the <ex>ocean</ex> waves; an <ex>ocean</ex> stream.</as></def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>oceanfront</hw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Bordering an ocean; <as>as, <ex>oceanfront</ex> property</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>oceanfront</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Land bordering an ocean.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>oceangoing</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>capable of crossing an ocean;  used on the high seas; -- used mostly of ships; <as>as, <ex>oceangoing</ex> vessels</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> seafaring, seagoing.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Oceania</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A large group of islands in the south Pacific sometimes including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Oceanica.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>O`ce*an"ic</hw> <pr>(&omacr;`sh&euptack_;*&abreve;n"&ibreve_;k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>oc&eacute;anique</ets>. See <er>Ocean</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the ocean; found or formed in or about, or produced by, the ocean; frequenting the ocean, especially mid-ocean.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Petrels are the most a&euml;rial and <qex>oceanic</qex> of birds.</q> <rj><qau>Darwin.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to Oceania or its inhabitants.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oceanica</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Oceania</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oceanid</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <fld>(Greek mythology)</fld> <def>A daughter of the Titans <persfn>Oceanus</persfn> and <persfn>Tethys</persfn>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> sea nymph.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>oceanographer</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A scientist who studies physical and biological aspects of the seas.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O`cean*og"ra*phy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ocean</ets> + <ets>-graphy</ets>.]</ety> <def>A description of the ocean.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O`cean*ol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ocean</ets> + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>That branch of science which relates to the ocean.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;O*ce"a*nus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., from Gr. &unr_;.]</ety> <fld>(Gr.Myth.)</fld> <def>The god of the great outer sea, or the river which was believed to flow around the whole earth.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*cel"la*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to ocelli.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*cel"late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Ocellated</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*cel"la*ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ocellatus</ets>, fr. <ets>ocellus</ets> a little eye, dim. of <ets>oculus</ets> an eye.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Resembling an eye.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Marked with eyelike spots of color; <as>as, the <ex>ocellated</ex> blenny</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Ocellated turkey</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>the wild turkey of Central America (<spn>Meleagris ocellata</spn>).</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;O*cel"lus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Ocelli</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., dim. of <ets>oculus</ets> an eye.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A little eye; a minute simple eye found in many invertebrates.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An eyelike spot of color, as those on the tail of the peacock.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"ce*loid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ocelot</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Resembling the ocelot.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"ce*lot</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Mexican <ets>ocelotl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An American feline carnivore (<spn>Felis pardalis</spn>).  It ranges from the Southwestern United States to Patagonia.  It is covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches, which are variously arranged.  The ground color varies from reddish gray to tawny yellow.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>O"cher</hw>, <hw>O"chre</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>ocre</ets>, L. <ets>ochra</ets>, fr. Gr. &unr_;, from (&unr_;) pale, pale yellow.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay, usually red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), -- used as a pigment in making paints, etc.  The name is also applied to clays of other colors.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A metallic oxide occurring in earthy form; <as>as, tungstic <ex>ocher</ex> or tungstite</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The color of ocher{1}, varying around orange, from more yellowish to more reddish in tint.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>o"cher mu"tation</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[A humorous variation on the term <er>amber mutation</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Microbiology, Molecular biology)</fld> <def>A mutation in which the base sequence of one of the codons in the messenger RNA has been converted to UAA.  Such a mutation may be conditionally suppressed, as can an <er>amber mutation</er>, by the presence of a special transfer RNA.</def>  -- <wordforms><wf>ocher mutant</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>O"cher*ous</hw>, <hw>O"chre*ous</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>ocreux</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to ocher; containing or resembling ocher; <as>as, <ex>ocherous</ex> matter; <ex>ocherous</ex> soil.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"cher*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Ocherous.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>ochrey</asp>, <asp>ochry</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Och`i*my</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Occamy</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Och*le"sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; disturbance, fr. <grk>'o`chlos</grk> crowd, mob.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A general morbid condition induced by the crowding together of many persons, esp. sick persons, under one roof.</def>  <rj><au>G. Gregory.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Och*loc"ra*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;; <grk>'o`chlos</grk> the populace, multitude + <grk>kratei^n</grk> to be strong, to rule, <grk>kra`tos</grk> strength: cf. F. <ets>ochlocratie</ets>.]</ety> <def>A form of government by the multitude; a mobocracy; <altname>mob rule</altname>.</def>  <rj><au>Hare.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Och`lo*crat`ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Och`lo*crat`ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to ochlocracy; having the form or character of an ochlocracy; mobocratic.</def><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Och`lo*crat"ic*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ochotonidae</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A natural family of mammals including pikas and extinct forms.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Ochotonidae</fam>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>O*chra"ceous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Ocherous.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"chre</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>See <er>Ocher</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;O"chre*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Ochre&aelig;e</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Antiq.)</fld> <def>A greave or legging.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A kind of sheath formed by two stipules united round a stem.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>O"chre*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>O"chre*a`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Wearing or furnished with an ochrea or legging; wearing boots; booted.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A scholar undertook . . . to address himself <qex>ochreated</qex> unto the vice chancellor.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Provided with ochrea, or sheathformed stipules, as the rhubarb, yellow dock, and knotgrass.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"chre*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Ocherous</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"chrey</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Ochery</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Och`ro*leu"cous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; ocher + &unr_; white.]</ety> <def>Yellowish white; having a faint tint of dingy yellow.</def>  <rj><au>Gray.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O"chry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Ochery</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Och"y*my</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Occamy</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>-ock</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[AS. <ets>-uc</ets>.]</ety> <def>A suffix used to form <xex>diminutives</xex>; <as>as, bull<ex>ock</ex>, hill<ex>ock</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"cra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Okra</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;O"cre*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>See <er>Ochrea</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>O"cre*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>O"cre*a"ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Ochrea</er>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Ochreate</er>, <er>Ochreated</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"ta-</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A prefix meaning <sig>eight</sig>. See <er>Octo-</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"ta*chord</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; with eight strings; <grk>'okta-</grk> (for <grk>'oktw`</grk> eight) + &unr_; string, chord: cf. F. <ets>octacorde</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>An instrument of eight strings; a system of eight tones.</def> <altsp>[Also written <asp>octochord</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"tad</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, the number eight.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An atom or radical which has a valence of eight, or is octavalent.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A group of eight things.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc`ta*e"dral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Octahedral</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Oc`ta*em"e*ron</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, neut. of &unr_; of the eighth day.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>A fast of eight days before a great festival.</def>  <rj><au>Shipley.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"ta*gon</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; eight-cornered; <grk>'okta-</grk> (for <grk>'oktw`</grk> eight) + &unr_; an angle: cf. F. <ets>cctogone</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A plane figure of eight sides and eight angles.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any structure (as a fortification) or place with eight sides or angles.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Regular octagon</b></col>, <cd>one in which the sides are all equal, and the angles also are all equal.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>oc*tag"o*nal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having eight sides and eight angles.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*tag"y*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Octa-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; wife.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having eight pistils or styles; octogynous.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc`ta*he"dral</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Octahedron</er>.]</ety> <def>Having eight faces or sides; of, pertaining to, or formed in, octahedrons; <as>as, <ex>octahedral</ex> cleavage; an <ex>octahedral</ex> crystal</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Octahedral borax</b></col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>borax obtained from a saturated solution in octahedral crystals, which contain five molecules of water of crystallization; distinguished from common or <contr>prismatic borax</contr>.</cd> -- <col><b>Octahedral iron ore</b></col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>magnetite.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc`ta*he"drite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Titanium dioxide occurring in acute octahedral crystals.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc`ta*he"dron</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr.&unr_;, fr. &unr_;  eight-side; <grk>'okta-</grk> (for <grk>'oktw`</grk> eight) + &unr_; seat, base, from &unr_; to sit.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A solid bounded by eight faces.  The regular octahedron is contained by eight equal equilateral triangles.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*tam"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Octa-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; part.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Having the parts in eights; <as>as, an <ex>octamerous</ex> flower; <ex>octamerous</ex> mesenteries in polyps.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*tam"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf.L. <ets>octameter</ets> in eight feet. See <er>Octa-</er>, and <er>meter</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Pros.)</fld> <def>A verse containing eight feet; as, --<br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A molecule composed of eight monomer units bound to each other, usually in a linear array; <as>as, an <ex>octomer</ex> formed of nucleotides is called an octonucleotide</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>oc*tan"der</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of the <class>Octandria</class>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Oc*tan"dri*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'okta-</grk> (for <grk>'oktw`</grk> eight) + &unr_;, &unr_;, male, man.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A Linn&aelig;an class of plants, in which the flowers have eight stamens not united to one another or to the pistil.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>oc*tan"dri*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>oc*tan"drous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the <class>Octandria</class>; having eight distinct stamens.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>oc"tane</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;k"t&amacr;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Octa-</er>]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Any one of a group of metametric hydrocarbons (<chform>C8H18</chform>) of the methane (paraffin) series.  The most important is a colorless, volatile, inflammable liquid, found in petroleum, and a constituent of gasoline or ligroin.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*tan"gu*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>octangulus</ets> eight-cornered; <ets>octo</ets> eight + <ets>angulus</ets> angle.]</ety> <def>Having eight angles; eight-angled.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Oc*tan"gu*lar*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"tant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>octans</ets>, <ets>-antis</ets>. fr. <ets>octo</ets> eight. See <er>Octave</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>The eighth part of a circle; an arc of 45 degrees.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Astron. &amp; Astrol.)</fld> <def>The position or aspect of a heavenly body, as the moon or a planet, when half way between conjunction, or opposition, and quadrature, or distant from another body 45 degrees.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An instrument for measuring angles (generally called a <altname>quadrant</altname>), having an arc which measures up to 9O&deg;, but being itself the eighth part of a circle.  Cf. <er>Sextant</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Math. &amp; Crystallog.)</fld> <def>One of the eight parts into which a space is divided by three co&ouml;rdinate planes.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Oc"ta*pla</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; etymol. <pos>pl.</pos>, but syntactically <pos>sing.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'okta-</grk> (for <grk>'oktw`</grk> eight) + <ets>-pla</ets>, as in E. <ets>hexapla</ets>; cf. Gr. &unr_; eightfold.]</ety> <def>A portion of the Old Testament prepared by Origen in the 3d century, containing the Hebrew text and seven Greek versions of it, arranged in eight parallel columns.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc`ta*roon"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Octoroon</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"ta*style</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Octostyle</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"ta*teuch</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>octateuchus</ets>, Gr. &unr_;.]</ety> <def>A collection of eight books; especially, the first eight books of the Old Testament.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*tav"a*lent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Octa-</ets> + L. <ets>valens</ets>, p. pr. See <er>Valence</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Having a valence of eight; capable of being combined with, exchanged for, or compared with, eight atoms of hydrogen; -- said of certain atoms or radicals.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"tave</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>octava</ets> an eighth, fr. <ets>octavus</ets> eighth, fr. <ets>octo</ets> eight. See <er>Eight</er>, and cf. <er>Octavo</er>, <er>Utas</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival.</def> &ldquo;The <xex>octaves</xex> of Easter.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Jer. Taylor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The eighth tone in the scale; the interval between one and eight of the scale, or any interval of equal length; an interval of five tones and two semitones. </def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The whole diatonic scale itself.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The ratio of a musical tone to its <xex>octave</xex> above is 1:2 as regards the number of vibrations producing the tones.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Poet.)</fld> <def>The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of four verses each; a stanza of eight lines.</def><br/>
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<p><q>With mournful melody it continued this <qex>octave</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Sir P. Sidney.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Double octave</b></col>. <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Double</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Octave flute</b></col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>a small flute, the tones of which range an octave higher than those of the German or ordinary flute; -- called also <altname>piccolo</altname>. See <er>Piccolo</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"tave</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Consisting of eight; eight.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*ta"vo</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>;<plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Octavos</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>in octavo</ets>; <ets>in</ets> in + <ets>octavo</ets>, abl. of <ets>octavus</ets>. See <er>Octave</er>.]</ety> <def>A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into eight leaves; hence, indicating more or less definitely a size of book so made; -- usually written 8vo or 8&deg;.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*ta"vo</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having eight leaves to a sheet; <as>as, an <ex>octavo</ex> form, book, leaf, size, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"tene</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Octo-</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Octylene</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*ten"ni*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>octennium</ets> a period of eight years; <ets>octo</ets> eight + <ets>annus</ets> year.]</ety> <def>Happening every eighth year; also, lasting a period of eight years.</def> <au>Johnson.</au> -- <wordforms><wf>Oc*ten"ni*al*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>oc*tet"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From L. <ets>octo</ets> eight, like E. <ets>duet</ets>, fr.L. <ets>duo</ets>. See <er>Octave</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A composition for eight parts, usually for eight solo instruments or voices.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A group of eight singers or eight musicians.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Octo-</ets> + <ets>-ic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>Of the eighth degree or order.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Alg.)</fld> <def>A quantic of the eighth degree.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"tile</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>octil</ets>, a. See <er>Octant</er>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Octant</er>, 2.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*til"lion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>octo</ets> eight + <ets>-illion</ets>, as in E. <ets>million</ets>: cf. F. <ets>octillion</ets>.]</ety> <def>According to the French method of numeration (which method is followed also in the United States) the number expressed by a unit with twenty-seven ciphers annexed.  According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-eight ciphers annexed. See <er>Numeration</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Oc"to-</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Oc"ta-</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>. <ety>[L. <ets>octo</ets> eight, Gr. <grk>'oktw`</grk>, with a combining form <grk>'okta-</grk>.  Cf. <er>Eight</er>.]</ety> <def>A combining form meaning <sig>eight</sig>; <as>as in <ex>octo</ex>decimal, <ex>octo</ex>locular</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"to*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of an octoic acid; a caprylate.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*to"ber</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., the eighth month of the primitive Roman year, which began in March, fr. <ets>octo</ets> eight: cf. F. <ets>Octobre</ets>. See <er>Octave</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The tenth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Ale or cider made in that month.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The country gentlemen had a posset or drink they called <qex>October</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Emerson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Oc*toc"e*ra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <def>Octocerata.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Oc`to*cer"a*ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'oktw`</grk> eight + &unr_;, a horn.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A suborder of <class>Cephalopoda</class> including <gen>Octopus</gen>, <gen>Argonauta</gen>, and allied genera, having eight arms around the head; -- called also <altname>Octopoda</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"to*chord</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>See <er>Octachord</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc`todec"i*mo</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>octodecim</ets> eighteen. See <er>Octavo</er>, <er>Decimal</er>, and <er>-mo</er>.]</ety> <def>Having eighteen leaves to a sheet; <as>as, an <ex>octodecimo</ex> form, book, leaf, size, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc`to*dec"i*mo</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Octodecimos</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <def>A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into eighteen leaves; hence; indicating more or less definitely a size of book, whose sheets are so folded; -- usually written 18mo or 18&deg;, and called <altname>eighteenmo</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc`to*den"tate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Octo-</ets> + <ets>dentate</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having eight teeth.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"to*dont</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Octo-</ets> + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the <fam>Octodontid&aelig;</fam>, a family of rodents which includes the coypu, and many other South American species.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc`to*ed"ric*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Octahedral</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"to*fid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Octo-</ets> + root of L. <ets>findere</ets> to split: cf. F. <ets>octofide</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Cleft or separated into eight segments, as a calyx.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*tog"a*my</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Octo-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; marriage.]</ety> <def>A marrying eight times.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc`to*ge*na"ri*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person eighty years, or more, of age.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*tog"e*na*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>octogenarius</ets>, from <ets>octogeni</ets> eighty each, <ets>octoginta</ets> eighty, fr. <ets>octo</ets> eight. See <er>Eight</er>, <er>Eighty</er>.]</ety> <def>Of eighty years of age.</def> &ldquo;Being then <xex>octogenary</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Aubrey.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"to*gild</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Octo-</ets> + AS. <ets>gild</ets> payment.]</ety> <fld>(Anglo-Saxon Law)</fld> <def>A pecuniary compensation for an injury, of eight times the value of the thing.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*tog"o*nal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Octagonal</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Oc`to*gyn"i*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>'oktw`</grk> eight + <grk>gynh`</grk> a woman, female.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A Linnaean order of plants having eight pistils.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Oc`to*gyn"i*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Oc*tog"y*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having eight pistils; octagynous.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*to"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Octo-</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, octane; -- used specifically, to designate any one of a group of acids, the most important of which is called <xex>caprylic acid</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc`to*loc"u*lar</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;k`t&ouptack_;*l&obreve_;k"&uuptack_;*l&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Octo-</ets> + <ets>locular</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having eight cells for seeds.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc`to*naph"thene</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Octo-</ets> + <ets>naphthene</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A colorless liquid hydrocarbon of the octylene series, occurring in Caucasian petroleum.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc`to*na*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>octonarius</ets>, fr. <ets>octoni</ets> eight each, fr. <ets>octo</ets> eight.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the number eight.</def>  <rj><au>Dr. H. More.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc`to*noc"u*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>octoni</ets> eight each + E. <ets>ocular</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having eight eyes.</def>  <rj><au>Derham.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc`to*pede</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Octo-</ets> + L. <ets>pes</ets>, <ets>pedis</ets>, foot.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An animal having eight feet, as a spider.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc`to*pet"al*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Octo-</ets> + <ets>petal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having eight petals or flower leaves.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"to*pod</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; eight-footed; <grk>'oktw`</grk> eight + <grk>poy`s</grk>, <grk>podo`s</grk>, foot: cf. F. <ets>octopode</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of the Octocerata.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Oc*top"o*da</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Same as <er>Octocerata</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Same as <er>Arachnida</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Oc`to*po"di*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'oktw`</grk> eight + &unr_; a little foot.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Octocerata</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"to*pus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Octopod</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of eight-armed cephalopods, including numerous species, some of them of large size.  See <er>Devilfish</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Any member of the genus <gen>Octopus</gen>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <mark>(Fig.)</mark> <def>Something resembling an octopus in having numerous controlling arms or branches that reach widely and influence many activities; -- used mostly of organizations, such as diversified corporations.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc`to*ra"*di*a`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Octo-</ets> + <ets>radiated</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having eight rays.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc`to*roon"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>octo</ets> eight + <ets>-roon</ets>, as in <ets>quadroon</ets>.]</ety> <def>The offspring of a quadroon and a white person; a mestee.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc`to*sper"mous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Octo-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; seed.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Containing eight seeds.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*tos"ti*chous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Octo-</ets> + Gr. <grk>sti`chos</grk> a row.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>In eight vertical ranks, as leaves on a stem.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"to*style</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Octo-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; a pillar: cf. F. <ets>octostyle</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Having eight columns in the front; -- said of a temple or portico.  The Parthenon is <ex>octostyle</ex>, but most large Greek temples are <xex>hexastyle</xex>. See <er>Hexastyle</er>.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>An octostyle portico or temple.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Oc`to*syl*lab"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Oc`to*syl*lab"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>octosyllabus</ets>. See <er>Octo-</er>, and <er>Syllable</er>.]</ety> <def>Consisting of or containing eight syllables.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"to*syl`la*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Octosyllabic.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"to*syl`la*ble</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A word of eight syllables.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>oc"to*thorp</hw>, <hw>oc"to*thorpe</hw></mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>octo-</ets> eight + <ets>thorp</ets> Etymology of <it>thorp</it> uncertain.  (ca. 1965). See quote below.  Possibly derived from <ets>octalthorpe</ets> or <ets>octotherp</ets> (once used by the Bell System?).]</ety> <def>A typographic symbol (#) having two vertical lines intersected by two horizontal lines.  It is also called the <altname>crosshatch</altname>, <altname>hash</altname>, <altname>numeral sign</altname> and <altname>number sign</altname>; in the U. S. it is commonly called the <altname>pound sign</altname>, especially to designate the symbol as used on digital telephone dials, but this can be confusing to Europeans who think of the pound sign as the symbol for the British pound.  It is commonly used as a symbol for the word <sig>number</sig>; <as>as in #36 (meaning: number thirty-six)</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q><h2>octothorp</h2><br/>
    Otherwise known as the numeral sign.  It has also been used as
    a symbol for the pound avoirdupois, but this usage is now
    archaic.  In cartography, it is also a symbol for village: eight
    fields around a central square, and this is the source of its
    name.  Octothorp means eight fields.</q><br/>
<rj><qau>Robert Bringhurst (The Elements of Typographic Style (2d edition, 1996), Hartley &amp; Marks, Publishers,  Point Roberts, WA; Vancouver, BC, Canada, p. 282)</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"to*yl</hw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Octo</ets>ic + <ets>-yl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A hypothetical radical (<chform>C7H15.CO.</chform>), regarded as the essential residue of octoic acid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Oc`troi"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A privilege granted by the sovereign authority, as the exclusive right of trade granted to a guild or society; a concession.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A tax levied in money or kind at the gate of a French city on articles brought within the walls.</def><br/>
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<p><altsp>[Written also <asp>octroy</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"tu*or</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From L. <ets>octo</ets> eight + <ets>-uor</ets>, as in L. <ets>quatuor</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>See <er>Octet</er>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"tu*ple</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>octuplus</ets>; cf. Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. <ets>octuple</ets>.]</ety> <def>Eightfold.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"tyl</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Oct</ets>ane + <ets>-yl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A hypothetical hydrocarbon radical regarded as an essential residue of octane, and as entering into its derivatives; <as>as, <ex>octyl</ex> alcohol</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"tyl*ene</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Oct</ets>ane + eth<ets>ylene</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Any one of a series of metameric hydrocarbons (<chform>C8H16</chform>) of the ethylene series. In general they are combustible, colorless liquids.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc*tyl"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, octyl; <as>as, <ex>octylic</ex> ether</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"u*lar</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ocularis</ets>, <ets>ocularius</ets>, fr. <ets>oculus</ets> the eye: cf. F. <ets>oculaire</ets>. See <er>Eye</er>, and cf. <er>Antler</er>, <er>Inveigle</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Depending on, or perceived by, the eye; received by actual sight; personally seeing or having seen; <as>as, <ex>ocular</ex> proof</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Thomas was an <qex>ocular</qex> witness of Christ's death.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the eye; optic.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"u*lar</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Opt.)</fld> <def>The eyepiece of an optical instrument, as of a telescope or microscope.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"u*lar*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By the eye, or by actual sight.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"u*la*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the eye; ocular; optic; <as>as, <ex>oculary</ex> medicines</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Oc"u*late</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Oc"u*la`ted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oculatus</ets>, fr. <ets>oculus</ets> eye.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Furnished with eyes.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Having spots or holes resembling eyes; ocellated.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc`u*li*form</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oculus</ets> the eye + <ets>form</ets>: cf. F. <ets>oculiforme</ets>.]</ety> <def>In the form of an eye; resembling an eye; <as>as, an <ex>oculiform</ex> pebble</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Oc`u*li"na</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>oculus</ets> the eye.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of tropical corals, usually branched, and having a very volid texture.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Oc`u*li*na"*ce*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. NL. <ets>oculina</ets> the name of a typical genus.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A suborder of corals including many reef-building species, having round, starlike calicles.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"u*list</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oculus</ets> the eye: cf. F. <ets>oculiste</ets>.]</ety> <def>One skilled in treating diseases of the eye.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc"u*lo-</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A combining form from L. <it>oculus</it> the eye.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc`u*lo*mo"tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Oculo-</ets> + <ets>motor</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the movement of the eye; -- applied especially to the common motor nerves (or third pair of cranial nerves) which supply many of the muscles of the orbit.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>The oculomotor nerve.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>Oc`u*lo*na"sal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Oculo-</ets> + <ets>nasal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the region of the eye and the nose; <as>as, the <ex>oculonasal</ex>, or nasal, nerve, one of the branches of the ophthalmic</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Oc"u*lus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Oculi</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., an eye.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An eye.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A round window, usually a small one.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A leaf bud.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O`cy*po"di*an</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'wky`s</grk> swift + <grk>poy`s</grk>, <grk>podo`s</grk>, foot.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of a tribe of crabs which live in holes in the sand along the seashore, and run very rapidly, -- whence the name.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Od</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[G., fr. Gr. &unr_; passage.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>An alleged force or natural power, supposed, by <persfn>Reichenbach</persfn> and others, to produce the phenomena of mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by magnets, heat, light, chemical or vital action, etc.; -- called also <altname>odyle</altname> or the <altname>odylic force</altname>.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>That <qex>od</qex> force of German Reichenbach<br/>
Which still, from female finger tips, burnt blue.</q> <rj><qau>Mrs. Browning.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O"dal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>&emacr;&unr_;al</ets>, Dan. <ets>odel</ets> allodial, Sw. <ets>odal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Among the early and medieval Teutonic peoples, esp. Scandinavians, the heritable land held by the various odalmen constituting a family or kindred of freeborn tribesmen; also, the ownership of such land.  The odal was subject only to certain rights of the family or kindred in restricting the freedom of transfer or sale and giving certain rights of redemption in case of change of ownership by inheritance, etc., and perhaps to other rights of the kindred or the tribe.  Survivals of the early odal estates and tenure exist in Orkney and Shetland, where it is usually called by the variant form <altname>udal</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"dal</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Noting, or pert. to, odal land or ownership.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;O`da`lisque"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. Turk. <ets>odaliq</ets> chambermaid, fr. <ets>oda</ets> chamber, room.]</ety> <def>A female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish sultan.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>odahlic</asp>, <asp>odalisk</asp>, and <asp>odalik</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><q>Not of those that men desire, sleek<br/>
<qex>Odalisques</qex>, or oracles of mode.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>O"dal*man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>O"dal*wom`an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Teut. Law)</fld> <def>A man or woman having <er>odal</er>, or able to share in it by inheritance.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Odd</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;d)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Odder</adjf> <pr>(&obreve_;d"&etilde_;r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Oddest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>odde</ets>, fr. Icel. <ets>oddi</ets> a tongue of land, a triangle, an odd number (from the third or odd angle, or point, of a triangle), orig., a point, tip; akin to Icel. <ets>oddr</ets> point, point of a weapon, Sw. <ets>udda</ets> odd, <ets>udd</ets> point, Dan. <ets>od</ets>, <ets>AS</ets>. <ets>ord</ets>, OHG. <ets>ort</ets>, G. <ets>ort</ets> place (cf. E. <ets>point</ets>, for change of meaning).]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Not paired with another, or remaining over after a pairing; without a mate; unmatched; single; <as>as, an <ex>odd</ex> shoe; an <ex>odd</ex> glove.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Not divisible by 2 without a remainder; not capable of being evenly paired, one unit with another; <as>as, 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, etc., are <ex>odd</ex> numbers</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I hope good luck lies in <qex>odd</qex> numbers.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Left over after a definite round number has been taken or mentioned; indefinitely, but not greatly, exceeding a specified number; extra.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Sixteen hundred and <qex>odd</qex> years after the earth was made, it was destroyed in a deluge.</q> <rj><qau>T. Burnet.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>There are yet missing of your company<br/>
Some few <qex>odd</qex> lads that you remember not.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence, occasional; inconsiderable; <as>as, <ex>odd</ex> jobs; <ex>odd</ex> minutes; <ex>odd</ex> trifles.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Different from what is usual or common; unusual; singular; peculiar; unique; strange.</def> &ldquo;An <xex>odd</xex> action.&rdquo; <au>Shak.</au> &ldquo;An <xex>odd</xex> expression.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Thackeray.</au></rj><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> extraordinary; queer.</syn><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>odd</qex> man, to perform all things perfectly, is, in my poor opinion, Joannes Sturmius.</q> <rj><qau>Ascham.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Patients have sometimes coveted <qex>odd</qex> things.</q> <rj><qau>Arbuthnot.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Locke's Essay would be a very <qex>odd</qex> book for a man to make himself master of, who would get a reputation by critical writings.</q> <rj><qau>Spectator.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Quaint; unmatched; singular; unusual; extraordinary; strange; queer; eccentric; whimsical; fantastical; droll; comical. See <er>Quaint</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>odd"ball`</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;d"b&asuml_;l`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A person with an unusual or odd personality; an eccentric person.</def> <mark>[informal]</mark><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> eccentric, eccentric person, geek.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>Anything unusual in its class.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Pluto is an <qex>oddball</qex> among its eight sister planets.  It's the smallest in both size and mass, and has the most elliptical orbit.  It moves in a plane tilted markedly away from the other planets' orbits.  Moreover, Pluto is the only planet made almost entirely of ice.</q>  <rj><qau>Ron Cohen (Science News, Feb. 27, 1999, p. 139)</qau></rj></p>

<p><hw>odd"ball`</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;d"b&asuml_;l`)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Eccentric; very unusual; strange; bizarre; <as>as, an <ex>oddball</ex> request</as>.</def> <mark>[informal]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Odd" Fel`low</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A member of a secret order, or fraternity, styled the <membof>Independent Order of Odd Fellows</membof>, established for mutual aid and social enjoyment.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>odd"i*ty</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;d"&ibreve_;*t&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Oddities</plw> <pr>(&obreve_;d"&ibreve_;*t&ibreve_;z)</pr>.</plu> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The quality or state of being odd; singularity; queerness; peculiarity; <as>as, <ex>oddity</ex> of dress, manners, and the like</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>That infinitude of <qex>oddities</qex> in him.</q> <rj><qau>Sterne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is odd; <as>as, a collection of <ex>oddities</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>odd-job</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>varied and irregularly performed; -- of paid labor; <as>as, he found only <ex>odd-job</ex> employment</as>.</def> <mark>[prenominal]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Odd"ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>In an odd manner; unevenly.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>In a peculiar manner; strangely; queerly; curiously.</def> &ldquo;A figure a little more <xex>oddly</xex> turned.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Locke.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A great black substance, . . . very <qex>oddly</qex> shaped.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>In a manner measured by an odd number.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Odd"ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Odd</ets> + <ets>-ment</ets>.]</ety> <def>An odd thing, or one that is left over, disconnected, fragmentary, or the like; something that is separated or disconnected from its fellows;</def> <specif>Specif.</specif>: <fld>(Printing)</fld> <def>Any separate small part or page in a book, other than the text, such as the title page, contents, etc.</def></p>

<p><q>A miscellaneous collection of riddles, charms, gnomic verses, and &ldquo;<qex>oddments</qex>&rdquo; of different kinds.</q>  <rj><qau>Saintsbury.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> end, remainder, remnant, scrap.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Something unusual, and perhaps worthy of collecting.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> curio, curiosity, oddity, peculiarity, rarity, collectible.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Odds and ends; a motley assortment of things.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> odds and ends, melange, farrago, ragbag, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, omnium-gatherum.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Odd"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of being odd, or not even.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Take but one from three, and you not only destroy the <qex>oddness</qex>, but also the essence of that number.</q> <rj><qau>Fotherby.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Singularity; strangeness; eccentricity; irregularity; uncouthness; <as>as, the <ex>oddness</ex> of dress or shape; the <ex>oddness</ex> of an event.</as></def>  <rj><au>Young.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>odd-pinnate</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex; -- of a leaf shape.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> imparipinnate.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Odds</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;dz)</pr>, <pos>n. sing. &amp; pl.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Odd</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality; advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances; probability.  The odds are often expressed by a ratio; <as>as, the <ex>odds</ex> are three to one that he will win, i. e. he will win three times out of four</as></def> &ldquo;Pre&euml;minent by so much <xex>odds</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Milton.</au> &ldquo;The fearful <xex>odds</xex> of that unequal fray.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Trench.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>odds</qex><br/>
Is that we scarce are men and you are gods.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>There appeared, at least, four to one <qex>odds</qex> against them.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>All the <qex>odds</qex> between them has been the different scope . . . given to their understandings to range in.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Judging is balancing an account and determining on which side the <qex>odds</qex> lie.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Quarrel; dispute; debate; strife; -- chiefly in the phrase <xex>at odds</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Set them into confounding <qex>odds</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I can not speak<br/>
Any beginning to this peevish <qex>odds</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>At odds</b></col>, <cd>in dispute; at variance.</cd> &ldquo;These squires <xex>at odds</xex> did fall.&rdquo; <au>Spenser.</au> &ldquo;He flashes into one gross crime or other, that sets us all <xex>at odds</xex>.&rdquo;  <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>It is odds</b></col>, <cd>it is probable; same as <cref>odds are</cref>, but no longer used.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Jer. Taylor.</au> -- <col><b>odds are</b></col> <cd>it is probable; <as>as, <ex>odds are</ex> he will win the gold medal</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>Odds and ends</b></col>, <cd>that which is left; remnants; fragments; refuse; scraps; miscellaneous articles.</cd> &ldquo;My brain is filled . . . with all kinds of <xex>odds and ends</xex>.&rdquo; <au>W. Irving.</au> -- <col><b>slim odds</b></col> <cd>low odds; poor chances; <as>as, there are <ex>slim odds</ex> he will win any medal</as>.</cd> </cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ode</hw> <pr>(&omacr;d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>ode</ets>, <ets>oda</ets>, Gr. <grk>'w,dh`</grk> a song, especially a lyric song, contr. fr. <grk>'aoidh`</grk>, fr. <grk>'aei`dein</grk> to sing; cf. Skr. <ets>vad</ets> to speak, sing.  Cf. <er>Comedy</er>, <er>Melody</er>, <er>Monody</er>.]</ety> <def>A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; esp., now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Hangs <qex>odes</qex> upon hawthorns and elegies on brambles.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>O! run; prevent them with thy humble <qex>ode</qex>,<br/>
And lay it lowly at his blessed feet.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Ode factor</b></col>, <cd>one who makes, or who traffics in, odes; -- used contemptuously.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ode"let</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A little or short ode.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;O"dels*thing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Norw. <ets>odel</ets> odal + <ets>ting</ets> parliament.]</ety> <def>The lower house of the Norwegian Storthing. See <er>Legislature</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*de"on</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;: cf. F. <ets>od&eacute;on</ets>. See <er>Ode</er>.]</ety> <def>A kind of theater in ancient Greece, smaller than the dramatic theater and roofed over, in which poets and musicians submitted their works to the approval of the public, and contended for prizes; -- hence, in modern usage, the name of a hall for musical or dramatic performances.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;O*de"um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>See <er>Odeon</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"di*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>odibilis</ets>. See <er>Odium</er>.]</ety> <def>Fitted to excite hatred; hateful; odious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bale.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Od"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to od. See <er>Od</er>.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>Od"ic*al*ly</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>O"din</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[Icel. &unr_;; prob.akin to E. <ets>wood</ets>, a. See <er>Wednesday</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Northern Mythol.)</fld> <def>The supreme deity of the Scandinavians; -- the same as <er>Woden</er>, of the German tribes.</def><br/>
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<p><q>There in the Temple, carved in wood,<br/>
The image of great <qex>Odin</qex> stood.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O*din"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to Odin.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"din*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Worship of Odin; broadly, the Teutonic heathenism.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>O"din*ist</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms></p>

<p><q><qex>Odinism</qex> was valor; Christianism was humility, a nobler kind of valor.</q>  <rj><qau>Carlyle.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O"di*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>odiosus</ets>, from <ets>odium</ets> hatred: cf. F. <ets>odieux</ets>. See <er>Odium</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Hateful; deserving or receiving hatred; <as>as, an <ex>odious</ex> name, system, vice</as>.</def> &ldquo;All wickedness will be most <xex>odious</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Sprat.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He rendered himself <qex>odious</qex> to the Parliament.</q> <rj><qau>Clarendon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Causing or provoking hatred, repugnance, or disgust; offensive; disagreeable; repulsive; <as>as, an <ex>odious</ex> sight; an <ex>odious</ex> smell.</as></def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>odious</qex> side of that polity.</q> <rj><qau>Macaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Hateful; detestable; abominable; disgusting; loathsome; invidious; repulsive; forbidding; unpopular.</syn><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>O"di*ous`ly</wf>. <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>O"di*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Od"ist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A writer of an ode or odes.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"di*um</hw> <pr>(&omacr;"d&ibreve_;*&ubreve;m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>odi</ets> I hate.  Cf. <er>Annoy</er>, <er>Noisome</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Intense hatred or dislike; loathing; abhorrence.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness.</def><br/>
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<p><q>She threw the <qex>odium</qex> of the fact on me.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The state of being intensely hated as the result of some despicable action; opprobrium; disrepute; discredit; reproach mingled with contempt; <as>as, his conduct brought him into <ex>odium</ex>, or, brought <ex>odium</ex> upon him</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>&Verbar;Odium theologicum</b></col> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr> <ety>[L.]</ety>, <cd>the enmity peculiar to contending theologians.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Hatred; abhorrence; detestation; antipathy.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Odium</er>, <er>Hatred</er>.  We exercise <xex>hatred</xex>; we endure <xex>odium</xex>.  The former has an active sense, the latter a passive one.  We speak of having a <xex>hatred</xex> for a man, but not of having an <xex>odium</xex> toward him.  A tyrant incurs <xex>odium</xex>.  The <xex>odium</xex> of an offense may sometimes fall unjustly upon one who is innocent.</usage><br/>
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<p><q>I wish I had a cause to seek him there,<br/>
To oppose his <qex>hatred</qex> fully.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>You have . . . dexterously thrown some of the <qex>odium</qex> of your polity upon that middle class which you despise.</q> <rj><qau>Beaconsfield.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Od"ize</hw> <pr>(&omacr;d"&imacr;z <it>or</it> &obreve_;d"&imacr;z)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Odized</conjf> <pr>(&omacr;d"&imacr;zd <it>or</it> &obreve_;d"&imacr;zd)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Odizing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To charge with od. See <er>Od</er>.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Od"myl</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;d"m&ibreve_;l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>"odmh`</grk>, <grk>"osmh`</grk>, stench + <ets>-yl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A volatile liquid obtained by boiling sulphur with linseed oil.  It has an unpleasant garlic odor.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Odocoileus</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A genus of North American deer.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Odocoileus</gen>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>o"do*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>"odo`s</grk> way + <ets>-graph</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A machine for registering the distance traversed by a vehicle or pedestrain.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>A device for recording the length and rapidity of stride and the number of steps taken by a walker.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>o*dom"e*ter</hw> <pr>(&ouptack_;*d&obreve_;m"&euptack_;*t&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>"odo`metron</grk>, <grk>"odo`metros</grk>, an instrument for measuring distance; <grk>"odo`s</grk> way + <grk>me`tron</grk> measure: cf. F. <ets>odom&eacute;tre</ets>, <ets>hodom&eacute;tre</ets>.  See also <er>hodometer</er>.]</ety> <def>An instrument attached to a vehicle or connected, as by a flexible cable, to the wheel of a vehicle, which measures the distance traversed.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A <altname>hodometer</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>o`do*met"ric*al</hw> <pr>(&omacr;`d&ouptack_;*m&ebreve_;t"r&ibreve_;*k&aitalic_;l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>odom&eacute;trique</ets>, <ets>hodom&eacute;trique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the odometer, or to measurements made with it.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*dom"e*trous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Serving to measure distance on a road.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sydney Smith.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O*dom"e*try</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Measurement of distances by the odometer.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;O*don"a*ta</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'odoy`s</grk>, <grk>'odo`ntos</grk>, a tooth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The division of insects that includes the dragon flies.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;O`don*tal"gi*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; <grk>'odoy`s</grk>, <grk>'odo`ntos</grk>, a tooth + <grk>'a`lgos</grk> pain.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Toothache.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O`don*tal"gic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>odontalgique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to odontalgia.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A remedy for the toothache.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>O`don*tal"gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Odontalgia</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;O`don*ti"a*sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'odoy`s</grk>, <grk>'odo`ntos</grk>, a tooth.]</ety> <def>Cutting of the teeth; dentition.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*don"to-</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A combining form from Gr. <grk>'odoy`s</grk>, <grk>'odo`ntos</grk>, a tooth.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*don"to*blast</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Odonto-</ets> + <ets>-blast</ets>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the more or less columnar cells on the outer surface of the pulp of a tooth; an odontoplast.  They are supposed to be connected with the formation of dentine.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of the cells which secrete the chitinous teeth of Mollusca.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;O*don`to*ce"te</hw> <pr>(&ouptack_;*d&obreve_;n`t&ouptack_;*s&emacr;"t&euptack_;)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>'odoy`s</grk>, <grk>'odo`ntos</grk>, a tooth + <grk>kh^tos</grk> a whale.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A subdivision of Cetacea, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.; the toothed whales.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O`don*tog"e*ny</hw> <pr>(&omacr;`d&obreve_;n*t&obreve_;j"&euptack_;*n&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Odonto-</ets> + root of Gr. <grk>gi`gnesqai</grk> to be born: cf: F. <ets>odontog&eacute;nie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Generation, or mode of development, of the teeth.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*don"to*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Odonto-</ets> + <ets>-graph</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument for marking or laying off the outlines of teeth of gear wheels.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*don`to*graph"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to odontography.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O`don*tog"ra*phy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A description of the teeth.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*don"toid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;; <grk>'odoy`s</grk>, <grk>'odo`ntos</grk>, a tooth + <grk>e'i^dos</grk> form: cf. F. <ets>odonto&iuml;de</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Having the form of a tooth; toothlike.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Of or pertaining to the odontoid bone or to the odontoid process.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Odontoid bone</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>a separate bone, in many reptiles, corresponding to the odontoid process.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Odontoid process</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Odontoid peg</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>the anterior process of the centrum of the second vertebra, or axis, in birds and mammals. See <er>Axis</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;O`don*tol"cae</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>'odoy`s</grk>, <grk>'odo`ntos</grk>, a tooth + &unr_; a furrow.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>An extinct order of ostrichlike aquatic birds having teeth, which are set in a groove in the jaw.  It includes <gen>Hesperornis</gen>, and allied genera. See <er>Hesperornis</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Odontholcae</asp>, and <asp>Odontoholcae</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>O*don"to*lite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Odonto-</ets> + <ets>-lite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A fossil tooth colored a bright blue by phosphate of iron. It is used as an imitation of turquoise, and hence called <altname>bone turquoise</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O`don*tol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Odonto-</ets> + <ets>-logy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>odontologie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science which treats of the teeth, their structure and development.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;O`don*toph"o*ra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Odontophore</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Cephalophora</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*don"to*phore</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Odonto-</ets> + Gr. <grk>fe`rein</grk> to bear.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A special structure found in the mouth of most mollusks, except bivalves.  It consists of several muscles and a cartilage which supports a chitinous radula, or lingual ribbon, armed with teeth.  Also applied to the radula alone. See <er>Radula</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O`don*toph"o*rous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having an odontophore.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*don"to*plast</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Odonto-</ets> + Gr. <grk>pla`ssein</grk> to form, mold.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>An odontoblast.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;O`don*top"te*ryx</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'odoy`s</grk>, <grk>'odo`ntos</grk>, a tooth + <grk>pte`ryx</grk> a wing.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>An extinct Eocene bird having the jaws strongly serrated, or dentated, but destitute of true teeth. It was found near London.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;O*don`tor*ni*"thes</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'odoy`s</grk>, <grk>'odo`ntos</grk>, a tooth + &unr_;, &unr_;, a bird.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A group of Mesozoic birds having the jaws armed with teeth, as in most other vertebrates. They have been divided into three orders: Odontolc&aelig;, Odontotorm&aelig;, and Saurur&aelig;.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*don"to*stom"a*tous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Odonto-</ets> + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, the mouth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Having toothlike mandibles; -- applied to certain insects.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;O*don`to*tor"mae</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. <grk>'odoy`s</grk>, <grk>'odo`ntos</grk>, a tooth + &unr_; a socket.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>An order of extinct toothed birds having the teeth in sockets, as in the genus <gen>Ichthyornis</gen>. See <er>Ichthyornis</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"dor</hw> <pr>(&omacr;"d&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>odor</ets>, <ets>odour</ets>, OF. <ets>odor</ets>, <ets>odour</ets>, F. <ets>odeur</ets>, fr. L. <ets>odor</ets>; akin to <ets>olere</ets> to smell, Gr. <grk>'o`zein</grk>, Lith. <ets>&uring;sti</ets>.  Cf. <er>Olfactory</er>, <er>Osmium</er>, <er>Ozone</er>, <er>Redolent</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>odour</asp>.]</altsp> <def>Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Meseemed I smelt a garden of sweet flowers,<br/>
That dainty <qex>odors</qex> from them threw around.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To be in bad odor</b></col>, <cd>to be out of favor, or in bad repute.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>O"dor*a*ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>odoramentum</ets>. See <er>Odorate</er>.]</ety> <def>A perfume; a strong scent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Burton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O"dor*ant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>odorans</ets>, <ets>-antis</ets>, p. pr.]</ety> <def>Yielding odors; fragrant.</def>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>o"dor*ant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An odorous substance;</def> <specif>especially,</specif> <def>a substance with a strong odor added to a dangerous substance, such as natural gas, to provide an easy detection method and a warning; <as>as, ethyl mercaptan is used as an <ex>odorant</ex> in natural gas and propane to facilitate detection of leaks</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"dor*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>odoratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>odorare</ets> to perfume, fr. <ets>odor</ets> odor.]</ety> <def>Odorous.</def> <mark>[Obos.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O"dor*a`ting</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Diffusing odor or scent; fragrant.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O`dor*if"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>odorifer</ets>; <ets>odor</ets> odor + <ets>ferre</ets> to bear. See <er>Odoe</er>, and 1st <er>Bear</er>.]</ety> <def>Bearing or yielding an odor; perfumed; usually, sweet of scent; fragrant; <as>as, <ex>odoriferous</ex> spices, particles, fumes, breezes</as>.</def> <au>Milton.</au><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>O`dor*if"er*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> --<wf>O`dor*if"er*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>O"dor*ine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A pungent oily substance obtained by redistilling bone oil.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>O"dor*less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Free from odor.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"dor*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <altsp>[Written also <asp>odourous</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[L. <ets>odorus</ets>, fr. <ets>odor</ets> odor: cf. OF. <ets>odoros</ets>, <ets>odoreux</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having or emitting an odor or scent, esp. a sweet odor; fragrant; sweet-smelling.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Odorous</xex> bloom.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Keble.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Such fragrant flowers do give most <qex>odorous</qex> smell.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>O"dor*ous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>O"dor*ous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Ods</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <def>A corruption of <sig>God's</sig>; -- formerly used in oaths and ejaculatory phrases.</def>  &ldquo;<xex>Ods</xex> bodikin.&rdquo; &ldquo;<xex>Ods</xex> pity.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Od"yl</hw>, <hw>Od"yle</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;, passage + &unr_; matter or material.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>See <er>Od</er>. <mark>[Archaic]</mark>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*dyl"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to odyle; odic; <as>as, <ex>odylic</ex> force</as>.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Od"ys*sey</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;d"&ibreve_;s*s&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Odyssea</ets>, Gr. <grk>'Ody`sseia</grk>, fr. <grk>'Odyssey`s</grk> Ulysses: cf. F. <ets>Odyss&eacute;e</ets>.]</ety> <def>An epic poem attributed to <persfn>Homer</persfn>, which describes the return of <persfn>Ulysses</persfn> to <city>Ithaca</city> after the siege of <city>Troy</city>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&OElig;</hw> <pr>(&emacr;)</pr>, <def>a diphthong, employed in the Latin language, and thence in the English language, as the representative of the Greek diphthong <grk>oi</grk>.  In many words in common use, <xex>e</xex> alone stands instead of &oelig;.  Classicists prefer to write the diphthong <ex>oe</ex> separate in Latin words.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&OElig;"coid</hw> <pr>(&emacr;"koid)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>o'i^kos</grk> a house + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The colorless porous framework, or stroma, of red blood corpuscles from which the zooid, or hemoglobin and other substances of the corpuscles, may be dissolved out.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&OElig;*col"o*gy</hw> <pr>(&euptack_;*k&obreve_;l"&ouptack_;*j&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>o'i^kos</grk> house + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The various relations of animals and plants to one another and to the outer world; -- now more commonly spelled <asp>ecology</asp>.</def> <altsp>[Also spelled <asp>ecology</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>&OElig;`co*nom"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Economical</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&OElig;`co*nom"ics</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Economics</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&OElig;*con"o*my</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Economy</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&OElig;c`u*men"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Ecumenical</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;&OElig;*de"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. &unr_; a swelling, tumor, fr. &unr_; to swell.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>edema</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>&OElig;*dem"a*tous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or of the nature of, edema; affected with edema.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;&OElig;il`-de-b&oelig;uf"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu>pl. <plw>&OElig;ils-de-b&oelig;uf</plw> <pr>(#)</pr></plu>. <ety>[F., lit., eye of an ox.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A circular or oval window; -- generally used of architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries.  A famous room in the palace of Versailles bears this name, from the oval window opening into it.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;&OElig;il`-de-per`drix"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F., lit., eye of a partridge.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Ornamental Art)</fld> <def>Characterized by, or decorated with, small round points, spots, or rings; <as>as, <ex>&oelig;il-de-perdrix</ex> pattern</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>Having a brownish red color; -- used esp. of light-colored red wine.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>&OElig;*il"iad</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>&Verbar;&OElig;il"lade`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>&oelig;illade</ets>, fr. <ets>&oelig;el</ets> eye. See <er>Eyelent</er>.]</ety> <def>A glance of the eye; an amorous look.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>She gave strange <qex>&oelig;illades</qex> and most speaking looks.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&OElig;"let</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Eyelet</er>.]</ety> <def>An eye, bud, or shoot, as of a plant; an oilet.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>oe*nan"thate</hw>, <hw>&OElig;*nan"thate</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt or ester of oenanthic acid; <as>as, testosterone <ex>oenanthate</ex> is sold as an anabolic steroid</as>; also called <altname>enanthate</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&OElig;*nan"thic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; the first shoot of the vine, the vine blossom, the vine; <grk>o'i`nh</grk> the vine + &unr_; bloom, <grk>'a`nqos</grk> flower.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Having, or imparting, the odor characteristic of the bouquet of wine; specifically used, formerly, to designate an acid (oenanthic acid) whose ethereal salts were supposed to occasion the peculiar bouquet, or aroma, of old wine.  Cf. <er>&OElig;nanthylic</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>oenanthic acid</b></col>, <col><b>&OElig;nanthic acid</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>an acid (<chform>C6H13.CO.OH</chform>) obtained from &oelig;nanthic ether by the action of alkalies; called also <altname>n-heptanoic acid</altname>, <altname>1-heptanecarboxylic acid</altname>, <altname>enanthic acid</altname>, <altname>enanthylic acid</altname> and <altname>oenanthylic acid</altname>.  It has the odor of sour sweat.  It has the CAS registry number <cas>111-14-8</cas>.</cd> -- <col><b>&OElig;nanthic ether</b></col>, <cd>an ethereal substance (not to be confused with the bouquet, or aroma, of wine) found in wine lees, and consisting of a complex mixture of the ethereal salts of several of the higher acids of the acetic acid series.  It has an ethereal odor, and it used in flavoring artificial wines and liquors.  Called also <altname>oil of wine</altname>. See <cref>Essential oil</cref>, under <er>Essential</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>&OElig;*nan"thol</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>&oelig;nanthy</ets>lic + L. <ets>ole</ets>um oil.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An oily substance (<chform>C6H15.CHO</chform>) obtained by the distillation of castor oil, recognized as the aldehyde of &oelig;nanthylic acid, and hence called also <altname>&oelig;nanthaldehyde</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&OElig;*nan"thone</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>&oelig;nanthic</ets> + <ets>-one</ets>]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The ketone of &oelig;nanthic acid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&OElig;*nan"thyl</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>&oelig;nnthic</ets> + <ets>-yl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A hydrocarbon radical formerly supposed to exist in &oelig;nanthic acid, now known to be identical with heptyl.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&OElig;*nan"thyl*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of oenanthylic acid; <as>as, potassium <ex>&oelig;nanthylate</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&OElig;`nan*thyl"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, &oelig;nanthyl; specifically, designating an acid formerly supposed to be identical with the acid in &oelig;nanthic ether, but now known to be identical with heptanoic acid.</def> <note><altname>Oenanthylic</altname> and <altname>oenanthic</altname> are now considered as syonyms (1999).</note><br/>
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<p><hw>&OElig;`nan*thyl"i*dene</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A colorless liquid hydrocarbon, having a garlic odor; heptine.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&OElig;*nan"thyl*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid formerly supposed to be the acid of &oelig;nanthylic ether, but now known to be a mixture of higher acids, especially <altname>capric</altname> acid.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>&OElig;`no*cy"an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>o'i^nos</grk> wine + <grk>ky`anos</grk> a dark-blue substance.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The coloring matter of red wines.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&OElig;*nol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; wine + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>Knowledge of wine, scientific or practical.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;&OElig;n`o*ma"ni*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>o'i^nos</grk> wine + &unr_; mania.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Delirium tremens.</def> <au>Rayer.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Dipsomania.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&OElig;n"o*mel</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>o'i^nos</grk> wine + &unr_; honey.]</ety> <def>Wine mixed with honey; mead.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>&OElig;*nom"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>o'i^nos</grk> wine + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Alcoholometer</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&OElig;*noph"i*list</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr.  <grk>o'i^nos</grk> wine + &unr_; to love.]</ety> <def>A lover of wine.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><!-- now oenophile, older form obsolete! -->  <rj><au>Thackeray.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&OElig;`no*thi*on"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>o'i^nos</grk> wine + <ets>thionic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to an acid now called <altname>sulphovinic acid</altname> or <altname>ethyl sulphuric acid</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O'er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prep. &amp; adv.</pos> <def>A contr. of <er>Over</er>.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Oer"sted</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[After <person>Hans Christian <etsep>Oersted</etsep></person>, Danish physicist.]</ety> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>The C. G. S. unit of magnetic reluctance or resistance, equal to the reluctance of a centimeter cube of air (or vacuum) between parallel faces.  Also, a reluctance in which unit magnetomotive force sets up unit flux.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>&OElig;*soph"a*gus</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>, <hw>&OElig;`so*phag"e*al</hw>, <pos>a.</pos>, etc.</mhw> <def>Same as <er>Esophagus</er>, <er>Esophageal</er>, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&OElig;s"tri*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the gadflies.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A gadfly.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>&OElig;s"tru*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>&OElig;strus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to sexual desire; -- mostly applied to brute animals; <as>as, the <ex>&oelig;strual</ex> period; <ex>&oelig;strual</ex> influence.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>&OElig;s`tru*a"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The state of being under &oelig;strual influence, or of having sexual desire.</def><!-- = oestrus? --><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;&OElig;s"trus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., a gadfly; also, frenzy, fr. Gr. &unr_; gadfly; hence, sting, fury, insane desire, frenzy.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of gadflies. The species which deposits its larv&aelig; in the nasal cavities of sheep is <spn>&oelig;strus ovis</spn>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A vehement desire.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <specif>Specifically:</specif> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The periodical sexual impulse of animals; the period during which female animals are most receptive to males; heat; rut.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Of</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;v)</pr>, <pos>prep.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>of</ets> of, from, off; akin to D. &amp; OS. <ets>af</ets>, G. <ets>ab</ets> off, OHG. <ets>aba</ets> from, away, Icel., Dan., Sw., &amp; Goth. <ets>af</ets>, L. <ets>ab</ets>, Gr. &unr_;, Skr. <ets>apa</ets>.  Cf. <er>Off</er>, <er>A-</er> (2), <er>Ab-</er>, <er>After</er>, <er>Epi-</er>.]</ety> <def>In a general sense, from, or out from; proceeding from; belonging to; relating to; concerning; -- used in a variety of applications; as:</def><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Denoting that from which anything proceeds; indicating origin, source, descent, and the like; <as>as, he is <ex>of</ex> a race of kings; he is <ex>of</ex> noble blood.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>That holy thing which shall be born <qex>of</qex> thee shall be called the Son of God.</q> <rj><qau>Luke i. 35.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I have received <qex>of</qex> the Lord that which also I delivered unto you.</q> <rj><qau>1 Cor. xi. 23.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Denoting possession or ownership, or the relation of subject to attribute; <as>as, the apartment <ex>of</ex> the consul: the power <ex>of</ex> the king; a man <ex>of</ex> courage; the gate <ex>of heaven</ex>.</as></def> &ldquo;Poor <xex>of</xex> spirit.&rdquo;
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Denoting the material of which anything is composed, or that which it contains; <as>as, a throne <ex>of</ex> gold; a sword <ex>of</ex> steel; a wreath <ex>of</ex> mist; a cup <ex>of</ex> water.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Denoting part of an aggregate or whole; belonging to a number or quantity mentioned; out of; from amongst; <as>as, <ex>of</ex> this little he had some to spare; some <ex>of</ex> the mines were unproductive; most <ex>of</ex> the company.</as></def><!-- = partative genitive --><br/>
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<p><q>It is <qex>of</qex> the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed.</q> <rj><qau>Lam. iii. 22.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>It is a duty to communicate <qex>of</qex> those blessings we have received.</q> <rj><qau>Franklin.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Denoting that by which a person or thing is actuated or impelled; also, the source of a purpose or action; due to; <as>as, they went <ex>of</ex> their own will; no body can move <ex>of</ex> itself; he did it <ex>of</ex> necessity.</as></def><!-- = out of, from,  --><br/>
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<p><q>For it was <qex>of</qex> the Lord to harden their hearts.</q> <rj><qau>Josh. xi. 20.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Denoting reference to a thing; about; concerning; relating to; <as>as, to boast <ex>of</ex> one's achievements; they talked <ex>of</ex> many things</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Knew you <qex>of</qex> this fair work?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Denoting nearness or distance, either in space or time; from; <as>as, within a league <ex>of</ex> the town; within an hour <ex>of</ex> the appointed time.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>Denoting identity or equivalence; -- used with a name or appellation, and equivalent to the relation of apposition; <as>as, the continent <ex>of</ex> America; the city <ex>of</ex> Rome; the Island <ex>of</ex> Cuba.</as></def><!-- always preceded by a type name? --><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>Denoting the agent, or person by whom, or thing by which, anything is, or is done; by.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And told to her <qex>of</qex> [by] some.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He taught in their synagogues, being glorified <qex>of</qex> all.</q> <rj><qau>Luke iv. 15.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>[Jesus] being forty days tempted <qex>of</qex> the devil.</q> <rj><qau>Luke iv. 1, 2.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The use of the word in this sense, as applied to persons, is nearly obsolete.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <def>Denoting relation to place or time; belonging to, or connected with; <as>as, men <ex>of</ex> Athens; the people <ex>of</ex> the Middle Ages; in the days <ex>of</ex> Herod.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>11.</sn> <def>Denoting passage from one state to another; from.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;O miserable <xex>of</xex> happy.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>12.</sn> <def>During; in the course of.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Not be seen to wink <qex>of</qex> all the day.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>My custom always <qex>of</qex> the afternoon.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Of</xex> may be used in a subjective or an objective sense. &ldquo;The love <xex>of</xex> God&rdquo; may mean, our love for God, or God's love for us.</note><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>From</xex> is the primary sense of this preposition; a sense retained in <xex>off</xex>, the same word differently written for distinction.  But this radical sense disappears in most of its application; as, a man <xex>of</xex> genius; a man <xex>of</xex> rare endowments; a fossil <xex>of</xex> a red color, or <xex>of</xex> an hexagonal figure; he lost all hope <xex>of</xex> relief; an affair <xex>of</xex> the cabinet; he is a man <xex>of</xex> decayed fortune; what is the price <xex>of</xex> corn?  In these and similar phrases, <xex>of</xex> denotes property or possession, or a relation of some sort involving connection.  These applications, however all proceeded from the same primary sense.  That which proceeds from, or is produced by, a person or thing, either has had, or still has, a close connection with the same; and hence the word was applied to cases of mere connection, not involving at all the idea of separation.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Of consequence</b></col>, <cd>of importance, value, or influence.</cd> -- <col><b>Of late</b></col>, <cd>recently; in time not long past.</cd> -- <col><b>Of old</b></col>, <cd>formerly; in time long past.</cd> -- <col><b>Of one's self</b></col>, <cd>by one's self; without help or prompting; spontaneously.</cd><br/>
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<q>Why, knows not Montague, that <qex>of</qex> itself<br/>
England is safe, if true within itself?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Off</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;f; 115)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>of</ets>, orig. the same word as R. <ets>of</ets>, prep., AS. <ets>of</ets>, adv. &amp; prep. &radic;194. See <er>Of</er>.]</ety> <def>In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:</def><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Denoting distance or separation; <as>as, the house is a mile <ex>off</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation; <as>as, to take <ex>off</ex> the hat or cloak; to cut <ex>off</ex>, to pare <ex>off</ex>, to clip <ex>off</ex>, to peel <ex>off</ex>, to tear <ex>off</ex>, to march <ex>off</ex>, to fly <ex>off</ex>, and the like.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement, interruption, or remission; <as>as, the fever goes <ex>off</ex>; the pain goes <ex>off</ex>; the game is <ex>off</ex>; all bets are <ex>off</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away; <as>as, to look <ex>off</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Denoting opposition or negation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The questions no way touch upon puritanism, either <qex>off</qex> or on.</q> <rj><qau>Bp. Sanderson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>From off</b></col>, <cd>off from; off.</cd> &ldquo;A live coal . . . taken with the tongs <xex>from off</xex> the altar.&rdquo; <au>Is. vi. 6.</au> -- <col><b>Off and on</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Not constantly; not regularly; now and then; occasionally.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>On different tacks, now toward, and now away from, the land.</cd> -- <col><b>To be off</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To depart; to escape; <as>as, he <ex>was off</ex> without a moment's warning</as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To be abandoned, as an agreement or purpose; <as>as, the <xex>bet</xex> was declared <ex>to be off</ex></as>.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <mcol><col><b>To come off</b></col>, <col><b>To cut off</b></col>, <col><b>To fall off</b></col>, <col><b>To go off</b></col></mcol>, <cd>etc. See under <er>Come</er>, <er>Cut</er>, <er>Fall</er>, <er>Go</er>, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>To get off</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To utter; to discharge; <as>as, <ex>to get off</ex> a joke</as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To go away; to escape; <as>as, <ex>to get off</ex> easily from a trial</as>.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <mcol><col><b>To take off</b></col> <col><b>To do a take-off on</b></col>, <col><b>To take off</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to mimic, lampoon, or impersonate.</cd> -- <col><b>To tell off</b></col> <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>to divide and practice a regiment or company in the several formations, preparatory to marching to the general parade for field exercises.</cd> <au>Farrow.</au>  <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>to rebuke (a person) for an improper action; to scold; to reprimand.</cd> -- <col><b>To be well off</b></col>, <cd>to be in good condition.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>To be ill off</b></col>, <col><b>To be badly off</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to be in poor condition.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Off</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;f; 115)</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <def>Away; begone; -- a command to depart.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Off</hw>, <pos>prep.</pos> <def>Not on; away from; <as>as, to be <ex>off</ex> one's legs or <ex>off</ex> the bed; two miles <ex>off</ex> the shore.</as></def>  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Off hand</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Offhand</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Off side</b></col> <sd>(Football)</sd>, <cd>out of play; -- said when a player has got in front of the ball in a scrimmage, or when the ball has been last touched by one of his own side behind him.</cd> -- <col><b>To be off color</b></col>, <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>to be of a wrong color.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>to be mildly obscene.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>To be off one's food</b></col> <it>or</it> <col><b>To be off one's feed</b></col></mcol>, (<mark>Colloq.</mark>) <cd>to have no appetite; to be eating less than usual.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Off</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>On the farther side; most distant; on the side of an animal or a team farthest from the driver when he is on foot; in the United States, the right side; <as>as, the <ex>off</ex> horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the <ant>nigh</ant> or <ant>near</ant> horse or ox; the <ex>off</ex> leg.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from his post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent; <as>as, he took an <ex>off</ex> day for fishing: an <ex>off</ex> year in politics</as>.</def> &ldquo;In the <xex>off</xex> season.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Thackeray.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Designating a time when one's performance is below normal; <as>as, he had an <ex>off</ex> day</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Off side</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The right hand side in driving; the farther side.</cd> See <er>Gee</er>. <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Cricket)</fld> <cd>See <er>Off</er>, <pos>n.</pos></cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Off</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Cricket)</fld> <def>The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket keeper.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>of"fal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Off</ets> + <ets>fall</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The rejected or waste parts of any process, especially the inedible parts of a butchered animal, such as the viscera.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A dead body; carrion.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use; refuse; rubbish.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The <qex>offals</qex> of other professions.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>off-and-on</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>discontinuous; not continuous.  Opposite of <ant>continuous</ant>.</def> <mark>[prenominal]</mark><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> interrupted.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>off-base</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>located outside a military base; <as>as, <ex>off-base</ex> housing</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>off-Broadway</hw> <pos>prop. a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the professional theaters in Manhattan not in the Broadway area; performed in off-Broadway{1}.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>off-Broadway</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A group of low-budget theaters located outside the Broadway area in Manhattan.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The professional drama presented in off-Broadway theaters.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>off-center</hw> <hw>off-centered</hw></mhw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>situated away from the center or axis.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>off-color</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>humorously vulgar; mildly obscene; risque; <as>as, an <ex>off-color</ex> joke</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> bawdy, blue, ribald.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Off"cut`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which is cut off.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bookbinding)</fld> <def>A portion of the printed sheet, in certain sizes of books, that is cut off before folding.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>off-day</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A day when things go poorly; <as>as, I guess this is one of my <ex>off-days</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>off-duty</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>not performing or available for duties at the given moment; <as>as, an <ex>off-duty</ex> policeman</as>.  Oposite of <ant>on-duty</ant>, <ant>working</ant>, and <ant>on-the-job</ant>.</def> <mark>[prenominal]</mark><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> off duty(predicate).</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Of*fence"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Offense</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>offenceless</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>incapable of offending or attacking; harmless.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> offenseless.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Of*fend</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Offended</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Offending</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OF. <ets>offendre</ets>, L. <ets>offendere</ets>, <ets>offensum</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>fendere</ets> (in comp.) to thrust, dash. See <er>Defend</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To strike against; to attack; to assail.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Sir P. Sidney.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To displease; to make angry; to affront.</def><br/>
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<p><q>A brother <qex>offended</qex> is harder to be won than a strong city.</q> <rj><qau>Prov. xviii. 19.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; <as>as, strong light <ex>offends</ex> the eye; to <ex>offend</ex> the conscience.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To transgress; to violate; to sin against.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Marry, sir, he hath <qex>offended</qex> the law.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Script.)</fld> <def>To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Who hath you misboden or <qex>offended</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>If thy right eye <qex>offend</qex> thee, pluck it out . . . And if thy right hand <qex>offend</qex> thee, cut it off.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. v. 29, 3O.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Great peace have they which love thy law, and nothing shall <qex>offend</qex> them.</q> <rj><qau>Ps. cxix. 165.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Of*fend"</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To transgress the moral or divine law; to commit a crime; to stumble; to sin.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet <qex>offend</qex> in one point, he is guilty of all.</q> <rj><qau>James ii. 10.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>If it be a sin to covet honor,<br/>
I am the most <qex>offending</qex> soul alive.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To cause dislike, anger, or vexation; to displease.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I shall <qex>offend</qex>, either to detain or give it.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To offend against</b></col>, <cd>to do an injury or wrong to; to commit an offense against.</cd> &ldquo;We have <xex>offended against</xex> the Lord already.&rdquo;  <rj><au>2 Chron. xxviii. 13.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Of*fend"ant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An offender.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Holland.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Of*fend"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who offends; one who violates any law, divine or human; a wrongdoer.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I and my son Solomon shall be counted <qex>offenders</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>1 Kings i. 21.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Of*fend"ress</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A woman who offends.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Of*fense"</hw>, <hw>Of*fence"</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>offensa</ets>. See <er>Offend</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of offending in any sense; esp., a crime or a sin, an affront or an injury.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Who was delivered for our <qex>offenses</qex>, and was raised again for our justification.</q> <rj><qau>Rom. iv. 25.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I have given my opinion against the authority of two great men, but I hope without <qex>offense</qex> to their memories.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure; <as>as, to cause <ex>offense</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He was content to give them just cause of <qex>offense</qex>, when they had power to make just revenge.</q> <rj><qau>Sir P. Sidney.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A cause or occasion of stumbling or of sin.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Woe to that man by whom the <qex>offense</qex> cometh!</q> <rj><qau>Matt. xviii. 7.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>In any contest, the act or process of attacking as contrasted with the act of defending; the offensive; <as>as, to go on the <ex>offense</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Sports)</fld> <def>The members of a team who have the primary responsibility to score goals, in contrast to those who have the responsibility to defend, i.e. to prevent the opposing team from scoring goal.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; This word, like <xex>expense</xex>, is often spelled with a <xex>c</xex>.  It ought, however, to undergo the same change with <xex>expense</xex>, the reasons being the same, namely, that <xex>s</xex> must be used in <xex>offensive</xex> as in <xex>expensive</xex>, and is found in the Latin <xex>offensio</xex>, and the French <xex>offense</xex>.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>To take offense</b></col>, <cd>to feel, or assume to be, injured or affronted; to become angry or hostile.</cd> -- <col><b>Weapons of offense</b></col>, <cd>those which are used in attack, in distinction from those of <xex>defense</xex>, which are used to repel.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Displeasure; umbrage; resentment; misdeed; misdemeanor; trespass; transgression; delinquency; fault; sin; crime; affront; indignity; outrage; insult.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Of*fense"ful</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Causing offense; displeasing; wrong; <as>as, an <ex>offenseful</ex> act</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Of*fense"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Unoffending; inoffensive.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> offenceless.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Of*fen"si*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>That may give offense.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Of*fen"sion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF., fr. L. <ets>offensio</ets> an offense.]</ety> <def>Assault; attack.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Of*fen"sive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>offensif</ets>. See <er>Offend</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; <as>as, <ex>offensive</ex> words</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable; revolting; noxious; <as>as, an <ex>offensive</ex> smell; <ex>offensive</ex> sounds.</as></def> &ldquo;<xex>Offensive</xex> to the stomach.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence, used in attacking; -- opposed to <ant>defensive</ant>; <as>as, an <ex>offensive</ex> war; <ex>offensive</ex> weapons.</as></def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>League offensive and defensive</b></col>, <cd>a leaque that requires all the parties to it to make war together against any foe, and to defend one another if attacked.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Displeasing; disagreeable; distasteful; obnoxious; abhorrent; disgusting; impertinent; rude; saucy; reproachful; opprobrious; insulting; insolent; abusive; scurrilous; assailant; attacking; invading.</syn><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Of*fen"sive*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Of*fen"sive*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Of*fen"sive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack; aggressive attitude; the act of the attacking party; -- opposed to <ant>defensive</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>To take the offensive</b></col>, <col><b>To act on the offensive</b></col>, <col><b>To go on the offensive</b></col></mcol>, <cd>to be the attacking party; to initiate hostilities.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Of"fer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Offered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Offering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>offren</ets>, <er>AS</er>. <ets>offrian</ets> to sacrifice, fr. L. <ets>offerre</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>OB-</er>) + <ets>ferre</ets> to bear, bring.  The English word was influenced by F. <ets>offrir</ets> to offer, of the same origin. See 1st <er>Bear</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with <xex>up</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Thou shalt <qex>offer</qex> every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement.</q> <rj><qau>Ex. xxix. 36.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>A holy priesthood to <qex>offer</qex> up spiritual sacrifices.</q> <rj><qau>1 Pet. ii. 5.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To bring to or before; to hold out to; to present for acceptance or rejection; <as>as, to <ex>offer</ex> a present, or a bribe; to <ex>offer</ex> one's self in marriage.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>I <qex>offer</qex> thee three things.</q> <rj><qau>2 Sam. xxiv. 12.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest; <as>as, to <ex>offer</ex> an opinion</as>.  With the infinitive as an objective: To make an offer; to declare one's willingness; <as>as, he <ex>offered</ex> to help me</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>To attempt; to undertake.</def><br/>
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<p><q>All that <qex>offer</qex> to defend him.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>To bid, as a price, reward, or wages; <as>as, to <ex>offer</ex> a guinea for a ring; to <ex>offer</ex> a salary or reward.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten; <as>as, to <ex>offer</ex> violence, attack, etc.</as></def><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- To propose; propound; move; proffer; tender; sacrifice; immolate.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Of"fer</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To present itself; to be at hand.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The occasion <qex>offers</qex>, and the youth complies.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To make an attempt; to make an essay or a trial; -- used with <xex>at</xex>.</def>  &ldquo;Without <xex>offering</xex> at any other remedy.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He would be <qex>offering</qex> at the shepherd's voice.</q> <rj><qau>L'Estrange.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>I will not <qex>offer</qex> at that I can not master.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Of"fer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>offre</ets>, fr. <ets>offrir</ets> to offer, fr. L. <ets>offerre</ets>. See <er>Offer</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of offering, bringing forward, proposing, or bidding; a proffer; a first advance.</def> &ldquo;This <xex>offer</xex> comes from mercy.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is offered or brought forward; a proposal to be accepted or rejected; a sum offered; a bid.</def><br/>
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<p><q>When <qex>offers</qex> are disdained, and love denied.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Attempt; endeavor; essay; <as>as, he made an <ex>offer</ex> to catch the ball</as>.</def> &ldquo;Some <xex>offer</xex> and attempt.&rdquo;  <rj><au>South.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Of"fer*a*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being offered; suitable or worthy to be offered.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Of"fer*er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who offers; esp., one who offers something to God in worship.</def>  <rj><au>Hooker.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Of"fer*ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of an offerer; a proffering.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is offered, esp. in divine service; that which is presented as an expiation or atonement for sin, or as a free gift; a sacrifice; an oblation; <as>as, sin <ex>offering</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>They are polluted <qex>offerings</qex> more abhorred<br/>
Than spotted livers in the sacrifice.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A sum of money offered, as in church service; <as>as, a missionary <ex>offering</ex></as>.</def> <specif>Specif.:</specif> <fld>(Ch. of Eng.)</fld> <def>Personal tithes payable according to custom, either at certain seasons as Christmas or Easter, or on certain occasions as marriages or christenings.</def><br/>
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<p><q>[None] to the <qex>offering</qex> before her should go.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Burnt offering</b></col>, <col><b>Drink offering</b></col></mcol>, <cd>etc. See under <er>Burnt</er>. etc.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Of"fer*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Offertories</plw> .</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>offertorium</ets> the place to which offerings were brought, in LL. offertory: cf. F. <ets>offertoire</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of offering, or the thing offered.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au>  <au>Bp. Fell.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An anthem chanted, or a voluntary played on the organ, during the offering and first part of the Mass.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>That part of the Mass which the priest reads before uncovering the chalice to offer up the elements for consecration.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The oblation of the elements.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Ch. of Eng. &amp; Prot. Epis. Ch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The Scripture sentences said or sung during the collection of the offerings.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The offerings themselves.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Of"fer*ture</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>offertura</ets> an offering.]</ety> <def>Offer; proposal; overture.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>More <qex>offertures</qex> and advantages to his crown.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>off-guard</hw> <pos>pred. adj.</pos> <def>not watching for possible danger; not alert; <as>as, caught in an <ex>off-guard</ex> moment</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Off"hand`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Instant; unprepared; ready; extemporaneous; unrehearsed; <as>as, an <ex>offhand</ex> speech; <ex>offhand</ex> excuses; an <ex>offhand</ex> comment.</as></def> -- <def2><pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an offhand manner; <as>as, he replied <ex>offhand</ex></as>.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>offhanded</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>same as <er>offhand</er> and <er>off-the-cuff</er>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, offhand, off-the-cuff, unpremeditated, unrehearsed.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>Without, or seeming to be without, plan or method; casual.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> casual, offhand.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Of"fice</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>officium</ets>, for <ets>opificium</ets>; <ets>ops</ets> ability, wealth, help + <ets>facere</ets> to do or make.  See <er>Opulent</er>, <er>Fact</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the relations of man to man; <as>as, kind <ex>offices</ex>, pious <ex>offices</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I would I could do a good <qex>office</qex> between you.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by authority and for a public purpose; a position of trust or authority; <as>as, an executive or judical <ex>office</ex>; a municipal <ex>office</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God himself; <as>as, the <ex>office</ex> of a priest under the old dispensation, and that of the apostles in the new</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine <qex>office</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Rom. xi. 13.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>That which is performed, intended, or assigned to be done, by a particular thing, or that which anything is fitted to perform; a function; -- answering to <xex>duty</xex> in intelligent beings.</def><br/>
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<p><q>They [the eyes] resign their <qex>office</qex> and their light.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Hesperus, whose <qex>office</qex> is to bring<br/>
Twilight upon the earth.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>In this experiment the several intervals of the teeth of the comb do the <qex>office</qex> of so many prisms.</q> <rj><qau>Sir I. Newton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>The place where any kind of business or service for others is transacted; a building, suite of rooms, or room in which public officers or workers in any organization transact business; <as>as, the register's <ex>office</ex>; a lawyer's <ex>office</ex>; the doctor's  <ex>office</ex>; the Mayor's <ex>office</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose place of business is in an office; <as>as, I have notified the <ex>office</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>As for the <qex>offices</qex>, let them stand at distance.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>Any service other than that of ordination and the Mass; any prescribed religious service.</def><br/>
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<p><q>This morning was read in the church, after the <qex>office</qex> was done, the declaration setting forth the late conspiracy against the king's person.</q> <rj><qau>Evelyn.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Holy office</b></col>. <cd>Same as <er>Inquisition</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 3.</cd> -- <col><b>Houses of office</b></col>. <cd>Same as def. 7 above.</cd> <au>Chaucer.</au> -- <col><b>Little office</b></col> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld>, <cd>an office recited in honor of the Virgin Mary.</cd> -- <col><b>Office bearer</b></col>, <cd>an officer; one who has a specific office or duty to perform.</cd> -- <col><b>Office copy</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>an authenticated or certified copy of a record, from the proper office. See <cref>Certified copies</cref>, under <er>Copy</er>.</cd> <au>Abbott.</au> -- <col><b>Office-found</b></col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>the finding of an inquest of office. See under <er>Inquest</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Office holder</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Officeholder</er> in the Vocabulary</cd> -- <col><b>Office hours</b></col>. <cd>the hours of the day during which business is transacted at an office{5}.</cd> -- <col><b>Office seeker</b></col>. <cd>a person who is attempting to get elected to an elected office, or to get an appointment to an appointive public office.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Of`fice</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To perform, as the duties of an office; to discharge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>office-bearer</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A person who holds an office; an officeholder.</def> <mark>[Chiefly British]</mark> <br/>
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<p><hw>Of"fice*hold"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who holds an office; an officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Of"fi*cer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>officier</ets>. See <er>Office</er>, and cf. <er>Official</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; <as>as, a church <ex>officer</ex>; a police <ex>officer</ex>; a staff <ex>officer</ex>.</as></def> &ldquo;I am an <xex>officer</xex> of state.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(U. S. Mil.)</fld> <def>Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer or an enlisted man.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Field officer</b></col>, <col><b>General officer</b></col></mcol>, <cd>etc. See under <er>Field</er>, <er>General</er>. etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Officer of the day</b></col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the guard, prisoners, and police of the post or camp; abbreviated <abbr>O. D.</abbr>, <abbr>OD</abbr>, or <abbr>O. O. D.</abbr></cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Officer of the deck</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Officer of the watch</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>the officer temporarily in charge on the deck of a vessel, esp. a war vessel.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Of"fi*cer</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Officered</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Officering</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over.</def>  <rj><au>Marshall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To command as an officer; <as>as, veterans from old regiments <ex>officered</ex> the recruits</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Of"fice wire`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Of*fi"cial</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>officialis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>officiel</ets>. See <er>Office</er>, and cf. <er>Official</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; <as>as, <ex>official</ex> duties, or routine</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>That, in the <qex>official</qex> marks invested, you<br/>
Anon do meet the senate.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority; <as>as, an <ex>official</ex> statement or report</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Pharm.)</fld> <def>Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacop&oelig;ia; appointed to be used in medicine; <as>as, an <ex>official</ex> drug or preparation</as>.  Cf. <er>Officinal</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Discharging an office or function.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The stomach and other parts <qex>official</qex> unto nutrition.</q> <rj><qau>Sir T. Browne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Of*fi"cial</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>officialis</ets> a magistrate's servant or attendant: cf. F. <ets>official</ets>. See <er>Official</er>, <pos>a.</pos>, and cf. <er>Officer</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.</def>  <rj><au>Blackstone.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>officialdom</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The body of all people elected or appointed to administer a government, taken collectively.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> government officials.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>officialese</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the formal and often obscure style of writing characteristic of some government officials; bureaucratese; -- it is characterized by euphemisms, circumlocutions, vague abstractions, and circumlocutions.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Of*fi"cial*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being official; a system of official government; also, adherence to office routine; red-tapism.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Officialism</qex> may often drift into blunders.</q> <rj><qau>Smiles.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Of*fi`ci*al"i*ty</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;f*f&ibreve_;sh`&ibreve_;*&abreve;l"&ibreve_;*t&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Officialty</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>officialize</hw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>to render official; <as>as, we <ex>officialized</ex> our relationship</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> make official.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Of*fi"cial*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>By the proper officer; by virtue of the proper authority; in pursuance of the special powers vested in an officer or office; <as>as, accounts or reports <ex>officially</ex> verified or rendered; letters <ex>officially</ex> communicated; persons <ex>officially</ex> notified.</as></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Of*fi"cial*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>officialit&eacute;</ets>.]</ety> <def>The charge, office, court, or jurisdiction of an official.</def>  <rj><au>Ayliffe.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Of*fi"ciant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>officians</ets>, p. pr. See <er>Officiate</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>The officer who officiates or performs an office, as the burial office.</def>  <rj><au>Shipley.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Of*fi"ci*a*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to an office or an officer; official.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Heylin.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Of*fi"ci*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Officiated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Officiating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[LL. <ets>officiare</ets>. See <er>Office</er>.]</ety> <def>To act as an officer in performing a duty; to transact the business of an office or public trust; to conduct a public ceremony or service.</def>  <rj><au>Bp. Stillingfleet.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Of*fi"ci*ate</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To discharge, perform, or supply, as an official duty or function.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Merely to <qex>officiate</qex> light<br/>
Round this opacous earth.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Of*fi"ci*a`tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who officiates.</def>  <rj><au>Tylor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Of*fic"i*nal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>officina</ets> a workshop, contr. fr. <ets>opificina</ets>, fr. <ets>opifex</ets> a workman; <ets>opus</ets> work + <ets>facere</ets> to make or do.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Used in a shop, or belonging to it.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Pharm.)</fld> <def>Kept in stock by apothecaries; -- said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not <contr>magistral</contr>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; This term is often interchanged with <xex>official</xex>, but in strict use <xex>officinal</xex> drugs are not necessarily <xex>official</xex>. See <er>Official</er>, <pos>a.</pos>, 3.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Of*fi"cious</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>officiosus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>officieux</ets>. See <er>Office</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>If there were any lie in the case, it could be no more than an <qex>officious</qex> and venial one.</q> <rj><qau>Note on Gen. xxvii. (Douay version).</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Disposed to serve; kind; obliging.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Yet not to earth are those bright luminaries<br/>
<qex>Officious</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>They were tolerably well bred, very <qex>officious</qex>, humane, and hospitable.</q> <rj><qau>Burke.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Importunately interposing services; intermeddling in affairs in which one has no concern; meddlesome.</def><br/>
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<p><q>You are too <qex>officious</qex><br/>
In her behalf that scorns your services.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Impertinent; meddling.  See <er>Impertinent</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Of*fi"cious*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Of*fi"cious*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>Off"ing</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;f"&ibreve_;ng; 115)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Off</er>.]</ety> <def>That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore, or where there is deep water and no need of a pilot; also, distance from the shore; <as>as, the ship had ten miles <ex>offing</ex>; we saw a ship in the <ex>offing</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>in the offing</b></col> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>coming; arriving in the foreseeable future.</cd>  <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>visible but not nearby.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Off"ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Shy or distant in manner; aloof; stand-offish.</def> <mark>[Colloq. U.S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>off-key</hw> <pos>adj. &amp; adv.</pos>  <def>Deviating from the proper pitch; -- of a musical note or series of notes; <as>as, an <ex>off-key</ex> note; to sing <ex>off-key</ex></as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> false, sour.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Off"let</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Off</ets> + <ets>let</ets>.]</ety> <def>A pipe to let off water.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>off-licence</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> package store, liquor store.</syn><br/>
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><hw>off-limits</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>barred to a designated group; <as>as, the topless bar is <ex>off-lints</ex> to military personnel</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> out-of-bounds(predicate).</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>off-line</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Computers)</fld>  <def>Not connected; -- of computers or computer peripherals normally connected or intended to be connected to other computers by a communications line; <as>as, we can't print the document because the printer is <ex>off-line</ex></as>.</def> [Narrower terms: <stype>disconnected, not ready, off</stype>; <stype>unconnected </stype>] <ant>on-line</ant><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> offline, off line(predicate).</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <mark>(fig.)</mark> <def>Outside of or after a meeting or formal discussion; <as>as, we can discuss the details <ex>off-line</ex></as>; -- a term used at meetings and conferences to suggest postponing detailed discussion of a topic so as not to occupy the time of a large group most of whom may not be interested.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>off-peak</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>Having less than maximal use or demand or activity; -- of a period of time occurring as a defined part of a time cycle; <as>as, <ex>off-peak</ex> telepone rates are available at night and on weekends; <ex>off-peak</ex> fares</as>.</def> [Narrower terms: <stype>off-season </stype>] <ant>peak</ant><br/>
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<p><hw>Off`print"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Off</ets> + <ets>print</ets>.]</ety> <def>To reprint (as an excerpt); <as>as, the articles of some magazines are <ex>offprinted</ex> from other magazines</as>.</def><br/>
[<source>Webster 1913 Suppl.</source>]</p>

<p><hw>Off"print`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A reprint or excerpt.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>off-putting</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn>  <def>hard to deal with.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> awkward, disconcerting, embarrassing, sticky, tight, unenviable.</syn><br/>
[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>

<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>tending to repel.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> unappealing.</syn><br/>
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<p><q>The trappings of upper-class life are <qex>off-putting</qex> and sterile.</q> <rj><qau>Elizabeth Hess</qau></rj></p>

<p><hw>off-road</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>designed for or used for or taking place on trails and beaches etc., instead of public roads; <as>as, <ex>off-road</ex> vehicles; <ex>off-road</ex> sports such as snowmobiling</as>.</def> [Narrower terms: <stype>cross-country (vs. road) </stype>]<br/>
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<p><hw>off-roader</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a bicycle with a sturdy frame and fat tires; originally designed for riding in mountainous country;  amountain bike.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> mountain bike, all-terrain bike.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Off"scour`ing</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Off</ets> + <ets>scour</ets>.]</ety> <def>That which is scoured off; hence, refuse; rejected matter; that which is vile or despised.</def>  <rj><au>Lam. iii. 45.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Off"scum`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Off</ets> + <ets>scum</ets>.]</ety> <def>Removed scum; refuse; dross.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>off-season</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>of or relating to a season of less than maximum demand; <as>as, <ex>off-season</ex> hotel rates are lower</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Off"set`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Off</ets> + <ets>set</ets>.  Cf. <er>Set-off</er>.]</ety> <def>In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something</def>; as: --<br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See <xex>Illust.</xex> of <er>Houseleek</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A sum, account, or value set off against another sum or account, as an equivalent; hence, anything which is given in exchange or retaliation; a set-off.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A spur from a range of hills or mountains.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; -- called also <altname>set-off</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Surv.)</fld> <def>A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>An abrupt bend in an object, as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>A more or less distinct transfer of a printed page or picture to the opposite page, when the pages are pressed together before the ink is dry or when it is poor; an unitended transfer of an image from one page to another; called also <altname>setoff</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>See <er>offset printing</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Offset staff</b></col> <fld>(Surv.)</fld>, <cd>a rod, usually ten links long, used in measuring offsets.</cd></cs>
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<p><hw>Off*set"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Offset</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Offsetting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To set off; to place over against; to balance; <as>as, to <ex>offset</ex> one account or charge against another</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Off"set</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <fld>(Printing)</fld> <def>To make an offset.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>off"set print"ing</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Printing)</fld> <def>A printing technique in which a lithographic image on an inked metal or stone plate is transferred first to a rubber sheet (usually on a cylinder) before transfer to the paper.  Called also <altname>offset lithography</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>off`set"ting</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>Compensating for.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> countervailing, compensatory, compensative.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Off"shoot`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Off</ets> + <ets>shoot</ets>.]</ety> <def>That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; <as>as, the <ex>offshoots</ex> of a tree</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Off"shore"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>From the shore; <as>as, an <ex>offshore</ex> wind; an <ex>offshore</ex> signal.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Located in the waters near the shore; <as>as, <ex>offshore</ex> drilling</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Operating or located in a foreign country; <as>as, an <ex>offshore</ex> bank account; <ex>offshore</ex> mutual funds</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>offside</hw> <hw>offsides</hw></mhw> <pos>adj.</pos> <fld>(Sports)</fld> <def>Illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck; -- in sports such as football or hockey; <as>as, the touchdown was nullified because the left tackle was <ex>offside</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>off-site</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>Taking place or located away from the specified site; <as>as, an <ex>off-site</ex> waste treatment operation</as>.  Opposite to <ant>on-site</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Off"skip`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Off</ets> + <ets>-skip</ets>, as in <ets>landskip</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Paint.)</fld> <def>That part of a landscape which recedes from the spectator into the distance.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fairholt.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Off"spring`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. sing. &amp; pl.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Off</ets> + <ets>spring</ets>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of production; generation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is produced; a child or children; a descendant or descendants, however remote from the stock.</def><br/>
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<p><q>To the gods alone<br/>
Our future <qex>offspring</qex> and our wives are known.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Origin; lineage; family.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fairfax.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>off-street</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>Not performed on the streets; <as>as, <ex>off-street</ex> parking; <ex>off-street</ex> unloading of vehicles</as>.  Opposite of <ant>on-street</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Off"take`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Off</ets> + <ets>take</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Act of taking off; specif., the taking off or purchase of goods.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>Something taken off; a deduction.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn>  <def>A channel for taking away air or water; also, the point of beginning of such a channel; a take-off.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>off-the-cuff</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>with little or no preparation or forethought; unrehearsed; extemporaneous; offhand.</def> <illu>his <ex>off-the-cuff</ex> remarks offended many people</illu>; <illu>an <ex>off-the-cuff</ex> toast</illu><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, offhand, offhanded, unpremeditated, unrehearsed.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>off-the-rack</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>Intended to be worn without alterations; ready-to-wear; -- of clothing.  Contrasted with <ant>made-to-order</ant>, <er>custom-made</er>.</def> <see>See <er>pret-a-porter</er></see><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> off-the-shelf, ready-to-wear, pret-a-porter.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>off-the-shelf</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>Made in large quantities and intended to be used without modifications; -- similar to <contr>off-the-rack</contr>, but not restricted to clothing.  Opposite of <ant>custom-made</ant>, <ant>made-to-order</ant>, or <ant>one-of-a-kind</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Of*fus"cate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Of`fus*ca`tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>. <def>See <er>Obfuscate</er>, <er>Obfuscation</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>off-white</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>tending toward white; not pure white.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> whitish.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>off-white</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a grayish white.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> tattletale gray, tattletale grey.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Oft</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;ft; 115)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>oft</ets>; akin to OS. &amp; G. <ets>oft</ets>, OHG. <ets>ofto</ets>, Sw. <ets>ofta</ets>, Dan. <ets>ofte</ets>, Icel. <ets>opt</ets>, Goth. <ets>ufta</ets>; of uncertain origin.  Cf. <er>Often</er>.]</ety> <def>Often; frequently; not rarely; many times.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Oft</qex> she rejects, but never once offends.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oft</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Frequent; often; repeated.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Of"ten</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;f"'n; 115)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Oftener</adjf> <pr>(&obreve_;f"'n*&etilde_;r)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Oftenest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[Formerly also <ets>ofte</ets>, fr. <ets>oft</ets>.  See <er>Oft</er>., <pos>adv.</pos>]</ety> <def>Frequently; many times; not seldom.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Of"ten</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Frequent; common; repeated.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> &ldquo;Thine <xex>often</xex> infirmities.&rdquo;  <rj><au>1 Tim. v. 23.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>And weary thee with <qex>often</qex> welcomes.</q> <rj><qau>Beau. &amp; Fl.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Of"ten*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Frequency.</def>  <rj><au>Hooker.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Of"ten*sith</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;f"'n*s&ibreve_;th`)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Often</ets> + <ets>sith</ets> time.]</ety> <def>Frequently; often.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>For whom I sighed have so <qex>oftensith</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Gascoigne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Of"ten*tide"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Often</ets> + <ets>tide</ets> time.]</ety> <def>Frequently; often.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Robert of Brunne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Of"ten*times`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Often</ets> + <ets>time</ets>.  Cf.  <er>-wards</er>.]</ety> <def>Frequently; often; many times.</def>  <rj><au>Wordsworth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oft"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def><pos>Compar.</pos> of <er>Oft</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oft"times`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Oft</ets> + <ets>time</ets>.  Cf. <er>-wards</er>.]</ety> <def>Frequently; often.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Og"am</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Ogham</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>og"do*ad</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;g"d&ouptack_;*&abreve;d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'ogdoa`s</grk>, <grk>'ogdoa`dos</grk>, from <grk>'oktw`</grk> eight.]</ety> <def>A thing made up of eight parts.</def>  <rj><au>Milman.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Og`do*as`tich</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; the eighth + &unr_; a verse.]</ety> <def>A poem of eight lines.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Selden</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O*gee"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>ogive</ets>, <ets>augive</ets>, LL. <ets>augiva</ets>, of uncertain origin; cf.LL. <ets>ogis</ets> a support, prop. L. <ets>augere</ets> to increase, strengthen, Sp. <ets>auge</ets> highest point of power or fortune, apogee, Ar. <ets>auj</ets>, an astronomical term.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A molding, the section of which is the form of the letter S, with the convex part above; cyma reversa. See <xex>Illust.</xex> under <er>Cyma</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hence, any similar figure used for any purpose.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Ogee arch</b></col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a pointed arch, each of the sides of which has the curve of an ogee, that is, has a reversed curve near the apex.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>O*gee"chee lime`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[So named from the <etsep>Ogeechee</etsep> River in Georgia.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The acid, olive-shaped, drupaceous fruit of a species of tupelo (<spn>Nyssa capitata</spn>) which grows in swamps in Georgia and Florida.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The tree which bears this fruit.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Og`ga*ni"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oggannire</ets> to snarl at; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er>) + <ets>gannire</ets> to yelp.]</ety> <def>Snarling; grumbling.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Montagu.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Og"ham</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ir.]</ety> <def>A particular kind of writing practiced by the ancient Irish, and found in inscriptions on stones, metals, etc.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>ogam</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>O"give</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>ogive</ets>, OF. <ets>augive</ets> a pointed arch, LL. <ets>augiva</ets> a double arch of two at right angles.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The arch or rib which crosses a Gothic vault diagonally.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"gle</hw> <pr>(&omacr;g'l)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Ogled</conjf> <pr>(&omacr;g'ld)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Ogling</conjf> <pr>(&omacr;"gl&ibreve_;ng)</pr>.]</vmorph> <ety>[From a Dutch word corresponding to G. <ets>&auml;ugeln</ets> to ogle, fr. <ets>auge</ets> eye; cf. D. <ets>ooglonken</ets> to ogle, OD. <ets>oogen</ets> to cast sheep's eyes upon, <ets>ooge</ets> eye. See <er>Eye</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To view or look at with side glances, as in fondness, or with a design to attract notice.</def><br/>
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<p><q>And <qex>ogling</qex> all their audience, ere they speak.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To stare at conspicuously or impertinently.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"gle</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An amorous side glance or look.</def>  <rj><au>Byron.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O"gler</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who ogles.</def>  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O"gli*o</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Olio</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"gre</hw> <pr>(&omacr;"g&etilde_;r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. Sp. <ets>ogro</ets>, fr. L. <ets>Orcus</ets> the god of the infernal regions; also, the lower world, hell.]</ety> <def>An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster.</def><br/>
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<p><q>His schoolroom must have resembled an <qex>ogre's</qex> den.</q> <rj><qau>Maccaulay.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O"gre*ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Resembling an ogre; having the character or appearance of an ogre; suitable for an ogre.</def> &ldquo;An <xex>ogreish</xex> kind of jocularity.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Dickens.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>O"gre*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>O"grism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The character or manners of an ogre.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"gress</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>ogresse</ets>. See <er>Ogre</er>.]</ety> <def>A female ogre.</def>  <rj><au>Tennyson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O*gyg"i*an</hw> <pr>(&ouptack_;*j&ibreve_;j"&ibreve_;*&aitalic_;n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Ogygius</ets>, Gr. <grk>'Ogy`gios</grk>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to <persfn>Ogyges</persfn>, a mythical king of ancient Attica, or to a great deluge in Attica in his days; hence, primeval; of obscure antiquity.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oh</hw> <pr>(&omacr;)</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <ety>[See <er>O</er>, <pos>interj.</pos>]</ety> <def>An exclamation expressing various emotions, according to the tone and manner, especially surprise, pain, sorrow, anxiety, or a wish. See the Note under <er>O</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ohioan</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A resident of Ohio.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Buckeye.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ohm</hw> <pr>(&omacr;m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[So called from the German electrician, <person>G. S. <etsep>Ohm</etsep></person>.]</ety> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>The standard unit in the measure of electrical resistance, being the resistance of a circuit in which a potential difference of one volt produces a current of one amp&eacute;re.  As defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893, and by United States Statute, it is a resistance substantially equal to 10<exp>9</exp> units of resistance of the C. G. S. system of electro-magnetic units, and is represented by the resistance offered to an unvarying electric current by a column of mercury at the temperature of melting ice 14.4521 grams in mass, of a constant cross-sectional area, and of the length of 106.3 centimeters. As thus defined it is called the <stype>international ohm</stype>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Ohm's law</b></col> <fld>(Elec.)</fld>, <cd>the statement of the fact that the strength or intensity of an electrical current is directly proportional to the electro-motive force, and inversely proportional to the resistance of the circuit.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ohm"me`ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Ohm</ets> + <ets>meter</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>An instrument for indicating directly the electrical resistance of a circuit in ohms.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*ho"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <def>An exclamation of surprise, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>-oid</hw> <pr>(-oid)</pr> <pos>suff.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;, fr. <grk>e'i^dos</grk> form, akin to &unr_; to see, and E. <ets>wit</ets>: cf. F. <ets>-o&iuml;de</ets>, L. <ets>-o&iuml;des</ets>.]</ety> <def>A suffix or combining form meaning <sig>like</sig>, <sig>resembling</sig>, <sig>in the form of</sig>; <as>as in anthrop<ex>oid</ex>, aster<ex>oid</ex>, spher<ex>oid</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;O*&iuml;d"i*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., dim. fr. Gr. <grk>w,'o`n</grk> egg.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of minute fungi which form a floccose mass of filaments on decaying fruit, etc.  Many forms once referred to this genus are now believed to be temporary conditions of fungi of other genera, among them the vine mildew (<spn>O&iuml;dium Tuckeri</spn>), which has caused much injury to grapes.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oil</hw> <pr>(oil)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>oile</ets>, OF. <ets>oile</ets>, F. <ets>huile</ets>, fr. L. <ets>oleum</ets>; akin to Gr. &unr_;.  Cf. <er>Olive</er>.]</ety> <def>Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, more viscous than and not miscible with water; <as>as, olive <ex>oil</ex>, whale <ex>oil</ex>, rock <ex>oil</ex>, etc.</as>  They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication, illumination, etc.  By extension, any substance of an oily consistency; <as>as, <ex>oil</ex> of vitriol</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The mineral oils are varieties of petroleum.  See <er>Petroleum</er>.  The vegetable oils are of two classes, <stype>essential oils</stype> (see under <er>Essential</er>), and <stype>natural oils</stype> which in general resemble the animal oils and fats.  Most of the natural oils and the animal oils and fats consist of ethereal salts of glycerin, with a large number of organic acids, principally stearic, oleic, and palmitic, forming respectively stearin, olein, and palmitin.  Stearin and palmitin prevail in the solid oils and fats, and olein in the liquid oils.  Mutton tallow, beef tallow, and lard are rich in stearin, human fat and palm oil in palmitin, and sperm and cod-liver oils in olein.  In making soaps, the acids leave the glycerin and unite with the soda or potash.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><mcol><col><b>Animal oil</b></col>, <col><b>Bone oil</b></col>, <col><b>Dipple's oil</b></col></mcol>, <cd>etc. <fld>(Old Chem.)</fld>, a complex oil obtained by the distillation of animal substances, as bones. See <cref>Bone oil</cref>, under <er>Bone</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Drying oils</b></col>, <col><b>Essential oils</b></col></mcol>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Drying</er>, and <er>Essential</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Ethereal oil of wine</b></col>, <col><b>Heavy oil of wine</b></col></mcol>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Ethereal</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Fixed oil</b></col>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Fixed</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Oil bag</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a bag, cyst, or gland in animals, containing oil.</cd> -- <col><b>Oil beetle</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>any beetle of the genus <gen>Meloe</gen> and allied genera.  When disturbed they emit from the joints of the legs a yellowish oily liquor.  Some species possess vesicating properties, and are used instead of cantharides.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Oil box</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>Oil cellar</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>a fixed box or reservoir, for lubricating a bearing; esp., the box for oil beneath the journal of a railway-car axle.</cd> -- <col><b>Oil cake</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Cake</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Oil cock</b></col>, <cd>a stopcock connected with an oil cup. See <cref>Oil cup</cref>.</cd> -- <col><b>Oil color</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A paint made by grinding a coloring substance in oil.</cd>  <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Such paints, taken in a general sense.</cd> -- <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>a painting made from such a paint.</cd> -- <col><b>Oil cup</b></col>, <cd>a cup, or small receptacle, connected with a bearing as a lubricator, and usually provided with a wick, wire, or adjustable valve for regulating the delivery of oil.</cd> -- <col><b>Oil engine</b></col>, <cd>a gas engine worked with the explosive vapor of petroleum.</cd><!-- = gasoline engine? --> -- <col><b>Oil gas</b></col>, <cd>inflammable gas procured from oil, and used for lighting streets, houses, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>Oil gland</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <cd>A gland which secretes oil; especially in birds, the large gland at the base of the tail.</cd>  <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>A gland, in some plants, producing oil.</cd> -- <col><b>Oil green</b></col>, <cd>a pale yellowish green, like oil.</cd> -- <col><b>Oil of brick</b></col>, <cd>empyreumatic oil obtained by subjecting a brick soaked in oil to distillation at a high temperature, -- used by lapidaries as a vehicle for the emery by which stones and gems are sawn or cut.</cd> <au>Brande &amp; C.</au> -- <col><b>Oil of talc</b></col>, <cd>a nostrum made of calcined talc, and famous in the 17th century as a cosmetic.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>B. Jonson.</au> -- <col><b>Oil of vitriol</b></col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>strong sulphuric acid; -- so called from its oily consistency and from its forming the vitriols or sulphates.</cd> -- <col><b>Oil of wine</b></col>, <cd>&OElig;nanthic ether. See under <er>&OElig;nanthic</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Oil painting</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The art of painting in oil colors.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Any kind of painting of which the pigments are originally ground in oil.</cd> -- <col><b>Oil palm</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a palm tree whose fruit furnishes oil, esp. <spn>El&aelig;is Guineensis</spn>. See <er>El&aelig;is</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Oil sardine</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>an East Indian herring (<spn>Clupea scombrina</spn>), valued for its oil.</cd> -- <col><b>Oil shark</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The liver shark.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The tope.</cd> -- <col><b>Oil still</b></col>, <cd>a still for hydrocarbons, esp. for petroleum.</cd> -- <col><b>Oil test</b></col>, <cd>a test for determining the temperature at which petroleum oils give off vapor which is liable to explode.</cd> -- <col><b>Oil tree</b></col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A plant of the genus <gen>Ricinus</gen> (<spn>Ricinus communis</spn>), from the seeds of which castor oil is obtained.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>An Indian tree, the mahwa. See <er>Mahwa</er>.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>The oil palm.</cd> -- <col><b>To burn the midnight oil</b></col>, <cd>to study or work late at night.</cd> -- <col><b>Volatle oils</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Essential oils</cref>, under <er>Essential</er>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Oil</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Oiled</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Oiling</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to anoint with oil.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>oil-bearing</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>containing oils; -- of geological formations; <as>as, <ex>oil-bearing</ex> shale</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>oil"bird`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Guacharo</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>oil"can`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small can with a long spout used to apply oil to machinery, for purposes of lubrication.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>oil"cloth`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Cloth rendered waterproof by treatment with oil or paint, and used for marking garments, covering tables, shelves, floors, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>oiled</hw> <pr>(oild)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Covered or treated with oil; dressed with, or soaked in, oil.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Drunk; inebriated.</def> <mark>[slang]</mark><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Oiled silk</b></col>, <cd>silk rendered waterproof by saturation with boiled oil.</cd> -- <col><b>well oiled</b></col>, <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>operating smoothly and efficiently.</cd>  <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>very drink.</cd> <mark>[slang]</mark></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Oil"er</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who deals in oils.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>One who, or that which, oils.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An <altname>oil tanker</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>A ship which is powered by oil.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>An oilcan.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oil"er*y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>huilerie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The business, the place of business, or the goods, of a maker of, or dealer in, oils.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>oil-fired</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>Using oil as a fuel; <as>as, an <ex>oil-fired</ex> furnace</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>oilfish</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A very large deep-water snake mackerel (<spn>Ruvettus pretiosus</spn>).</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>oil heater</hw>, <hw>oil-heater</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A heating or cooking device that burns oil (such as kerosine) as a fuel.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> oilstove, kerosene heater, kerosine heater.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Oil"i*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being oily.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oil"let</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Eyelet</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A small opening or loophole, sometimes circular, used in medi&aelig;val fortifications.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A small circular opening, and ring of moldings surrounding it, used in window tracery in Gothic architecture.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>oylet</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><hw>Oil"man</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Oilmen</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who deals in oils; formerly, one who dealt in oils and pickles.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A person working in the petroleum industry, esp. an oil company executive.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oil"nut`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The buffalo nut. See <cref>Buffalo nut</cref>, under <er>Buffalo</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The name is also applied to various nuts and seeds yielding oil, as the butternut, cocoanut, oil-palm nut.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>oil" patch`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A geographical region from which petroleum is extracted.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The petroleum producing industry; <as>as, low oil prices cause hard times in the <ex>oil patch</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>oil" rig`</hw>, <hw>oil"rig`</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A structure and associated machinery used in drilling for oil or gas; it is usually in the form of a tower.  Called also <altname>drilling rig</altname>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> drill rig, drilling rig, oil rig.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Oil"seed`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Seed from which oil is expressed, as the castor bean; also, the plant yielding such seed. See <er>Castor bean</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A cruciferous herb (<spn>Camelina sativa</spn>).</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The sesame.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>oil-silk</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Silk treated with oil to make it water-tight; -- it is used to make raincoats.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oil"skin`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Cloth made waterproof by oil.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>oil" slick`</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A layer of oil floating on water; -- usually petroleum or fuel oil which has leaked from a ship.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>oil" spill`</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A layer of oil floating on water or covering the shoreline of a body of water; -- usually petroleum which has leaked from an oil tanker.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oil"stone`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A variety of hone slate, or whetstone, used for whetting tools when lubricated with oil.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>oilstove</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A stove that burns oil (such as kerosine) for heating or cooking.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> oil-heater, oil heater, kerosene heater, kerosine heater.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>oil" tank`er</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A ship having large compartments, designed to transport crude oil over the ocean.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>oil" well`</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A well{3} from which petroleum is or has been extracted; a well{3} drilled deeply into an oil-bearing geological formation specifically for the purpose of obtaining petroleum.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oil"y</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Oilier</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Oiliest</adjf>.]</amorph> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the nature or qualities of oil; unctuous; oleaginous; <as>as, <ex>oily</ex> matter or substance</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Covered with oil; greasy; hence, resembling oil; <as>as, an <ex>oily</ex> appearance</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Smoothly subservient; supple; compliant; plausible; insinuating.</def> &ldquo;This <xex>oily</xex> rascal.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>His <qex>oily</qex> compliance in all alterations.</q> <rj><qau>Fuller.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Oily grain</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the sesame.</cd> -- <col><b>Oily palm</b></col>, <cd>the oil palm.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Oi"ne*ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Ointment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Oi`no*ma"ni*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>&oelig;nomania</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Oint</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Ointed</conjf>; <pos>p. pr &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Ointing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[F. <ets>oint</ets>, p. p. of <ets>oindre</ets>, L. <ets>ungere</ets>. See <er>Anoint</er>, <er>Ointment</er>.]</ety> <def>To anoint.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Oint"ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>oinement</ets>, OF. <ets>oignement</ets>, fr. F. <ets>oindre</ets> to anoint, L. <ets>ungere</ets>, <ets>unguere</ets>; akin to Skr. <ets>a&ntilde;j</ets>, and to G. <ets>anke</ets> (in Switzerland) butter.  The first <ets>t</ets> in the E. word is due to the influence of <ets>anoint</ets>.  Cf. <er>Anoint</er>, <er>Unguent</er>.]</ety> <def>That which serves to anoint; any soft unctuous substance used for smearing or anointing; an unguent.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*jib"ways</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n. pl.</pos>; <sing>sing. <singw>Ojibway</singw></sing>. <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Chippeways</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;o"jo</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp., prop., an eye.]</ety> <def>A spring, surrounded by rushes or rank grass; an oasis.</def> <mark>[Southwestern U.S.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bartlett.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>o*ka"pi</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native name on the borders of Belgian Congo, possibly the same word as Mpongwe <ets>okapo</ets> lean.]</ety> <def>A peculiar mammal (<spn>Okapia johnstoni</spn>) closely related to the giraffe, discovered in the deep forests of Belgian Congo in 1900.  It is smaller than an ox, and somewhat like a giraffe, except that the neck is much shorter.  Like the giraffe, it has no dewclaws.  There is a small prominence on each frontal bone of the male.  The color of the body is chiefly reddish chestnut, the cheeks are yellowish white, and the fore and hind legs above the knees and the haunches are striped with purplish black and cream color.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Okapia</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A genus of mammals comprising the okapis.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Okapia</gen>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>okay</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>Satifactory; agreeable; pleasant; <as>as, things are <ex>okay</ex>; he's an <ex>okay</ex> guy</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> all right(predicate), all-right(prenominal), ok, o.k.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>okay</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>An endorsement; approval; permission; <as>as, they gave us the <ex>okay</ex> to go ahead</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> OK, okey, okeh.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>okay</hw> <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>to approve; <as>as, the boss <ex>okayed</ex> my proposal</as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> approve, ok, sanction.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Oke</hw> <pr>(&omacr;k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Turk. <ets>okkah</ets>, fr. Ar. <ets>&umacr;k&imacr;yah</ets>, <ets>wak&imacr;yah</ets>, prob. fr. Gr. <grk>o'yggi`a</grk>, <grk>o'ygki`a</grk>, an ounce, fr. L. <ets>uncia</ets>.  Cf. <er>Ounce</er> a weight.]</ety>  <sn>1.</sn> <def>A Turkish and Egyptian weight, equal to about 2<frac>3/4</frac> pounds.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An Hungarian and Wallachian measure, equal to about 2<frac>1/2</frac> pints.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>okeh</hw>, <hw>okey</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Variant spellings of <er>okay</er>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> OK, okay.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>O"ken*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Prob. from <person>Lorenz <etsep>Oken</etsep></person>, a German naturalist.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A massive and fibrous mineral of a whitish color, chiefly hydrous silicate of lime.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"ker</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>See <er>Ocher</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Okinawa</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>the largest island of the central <membof>Ryukyu Islands</membof>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April-June 1945); in savage close-quarter fighting US marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese; considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Okinawa campaign.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>O"kra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An annual plant (<spn>Abelmoschus esculentus</spn> syn. <spn>Hibiscus esculentus</spn>), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>ocra</asp> and <asp>ochra</asp>.]</altsp><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The pods of the plant okra, used as a vegetable; also, a dish prepared with them; gumbo.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>-ol</hw> <pr>(-&omacr;l <it>or</it> -&obreve_;l)</pr> <pos>suff.</pos> <ety>[From alcoh<ets>ol</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A suffix denoting that the substance in the name of which it appears belongs to the series of <sig>alcohols</sig> or <sig>hydroxyl derivatives</sig>, <as>as ethan<ex>ol</ex>, carbin<ex>ol</ex>, phen<ex>ol</ex>, glycer<ex>ol</ex>, etc.</as>  Such compounds contain the hydroxy radical (<chform>-OH</chform>).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;O"lay</hw> <pr>(&omacr;"l&imacr;)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[Tamil <ets>&omacr;lai</ets>.]</ety> <def>Palm leaves, prepared for being written upon with a style pointed with steel.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>ola</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>Balfour (Cyc. of India).</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Old</hw> <pr>(&omacr;ld)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Open country.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <see>See <er>World</er>.</see>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Old</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <amorph>[<pos>Compar.</pos> <adjf>Older</adjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>superl.</pos> <adjf>Oldest</adjf>.]</amorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>old</ets>, <ets>ald</ets>, AS. <ets>ald</ets>, <ets>eald</ets>; akin to D. <ets>oud</ets>, OS. <ets>ald</ets>, OFries. <ets>ald</ets>, <ets>old</ets>, G. <ets>alt</ets>, Goth. <ets>alpeis</ets>, and also to Goth. <ets>alan</ets> to grow up, Icel. <ets>ala</ets> to bear, produce, bring up, L. <ets>alere</ets> to nourish.  Cf. <er>Adult</er>, <er>Alderman</er>, <er>Aliment</er>, <er>Auld</er>, <er>Elder</er>.]</ety><br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; <as>as, an <ex>old</ex> man; an <ex>old</ex> age; an <ex>old</ex> horse; an <ex>old</ex> tree</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Let not <qex>old</qex> age disgrace my high desire.</q> <rj><qau>Sir P. Sidney.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The melancholy news that we grow <qex>old</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Young.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having existed for a long time; <as>as, <ex>old</ex> wine; an <ex>old</ex> friendship.</as></def> &ldquo;An <xex>old</xex> acquaintance.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Camden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding; original; <as>as, an <ex>old</ex> law; an <ex>old</ex> custom; an <ex>old</ex> promise.</as></def> &ldquo;The <xex>old</xex> schools of Greece.&rdquo; <au>Milton.</au> &ldquo;The character of the <xex>old</xex> Ligurians.&rdquo; <au>Addison.</au><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence; having (a certain) length of existence; -- designating the age of a person or thing; <as>as, an infant a few hours <ex>old</ex>; a cathedral centuries <ex>old</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How <qex>old</qex> art thou?</q> <rj><qau>Cen. xlvii. 8.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; In this use <xex>old</xex> regularly follows the noun that designates the age; as, she was eight years <xex>old</xex>.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; <as>as, an <ex>old</ex> offender; <ex>old</ex> in vice.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel <qex>old</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Long cultivated; <as>as, an <ex>old</ex> farm; <ex>old</ex> land</as>, as opposed to <ant>new</ant> land, that is, to land lately cleared.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; <as>as, <ex>old</ex> shoes; <ex>old</ex> clothes.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>More than enough; abundant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>If a man were porter of hell gate, he should have <qex>old</qex> turning the key.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or other qualities belonging to youth; -- used disparagingly as a term of reproach.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <def>Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of <xex>old</xex>; <as>as, the good <ex>old</ex> times</as>; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>11.</sn> <def>Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and familiarity.</def> &ldquo;Go thy ways, <xex>old</xex> lad.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Old age</b></col>, <cd>advanced years; the latter period of life.</cd> -- <col><b>Old bachelor</b></col>. <cd>See <er>Bachelor</er>, 1.</cd> -- <col><b>Old Catholics</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Catholic</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Old English</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>English</er>. <pos>n.</pos>, 2.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>Old Nick</b></col>, <col><b>Old Scratch</b></col></mcol>, <cd>the devil.</cd> -- <col><b>Old lady</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a large European noctuid moth (<spn>Mormo maura</spn>).</cd> -- <col><b>Old maid</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A woman, somewhat advanced in years, who has never been married; a spinster.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>A West Indian name for the pink-flowered periwinkle (<spn>Vinca rosea</spn>).</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>A simple game of cards, played by matching them.  The person with whom the odd card is left is the <ex>old maid</ex>.</cd> -- <col><b>Old man's beard</b></col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The traveler's joy (<spn>Clematis Vitalba</spn>).  So named from the abundant long feathery awns of its fruit.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The <spn>Tillandsia usneoides</spn>. See <er>Tillandsia</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Old man's head</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a columnar cactus (<spn>Pilocereus senilis</spn>), native of Mexico, covered towards the top with long white hairs.</cd> -- <col><b>Old red sandstone</b></col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>a series of red sandstone rocks situated below the rocks of the Carboniferous age and comprising various strata of siliceous sandstones and conglomerates. See <er>Sandstone</er>, and the <xex>Chart</xex> of <er>Geology</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Old school</b></col>, <cd>a school or party belonging to a former time, or preserving the character, manner, or opinions of a former time; <as>as, a gentleman of the <ex>old school</ex></as>; -- used also adjectively; <as>as, <ex>Old-School</ex> Presbyterians</as>.</cd> -- <col><b>Old sledge</b></col>, <cd>an old and well-known game of cards, called also <altname>all fours</altname>, and <altname>high, low, Jack, and the game</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Old squaw</b></col> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <cd>a duck (<spn>Clangula hyemalis</spn>) inhabiting the northern parts of both hemispheres.  The adult male is varied with black and white and is remarkable for the length of its tail.  Called also <altname>longtailed duck</altname>, <altname>south southerly</altname>, <altname>callow</altname>, <altname>hareld</altname>, and <altname>old wife</altname>.</cd> -- <col><b>Old style</b></col>. <fld>(Chron.)</fld> <cd>See the Note under <er>Style</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Old Testament</b></col>. <cd>See <cref>Old Testament</cref> under <er>Testament</er>, and see <er>tanak</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Old wife</b></col>. <altsp>[In the senses <sd>b</sd> and <sd>c</sd>written also <asp>oldwife</asp>.]</altsp> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A prating old woman; a gossip.</cd><br/>
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<q>Refuse profane and <qex>old wives'</qex> fables.</q> <rj><qau>1 Tim. iv. 7.</qau></rj><br/>
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<sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <cd>The local name of various fishes, as the European black sea bream (<spn>Cantharus lineatus</spn>), the American alewife, etc.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <cd>A duck; the old squaw.</cd> -- <col><b>Old World</b></col>, <cd>the Eastern Hemisphere.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Aged; ancient; pristine; primitive; antique; antiquated; old-fashioned; obsolete. See <er>Ancient</er>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Old Dominion</hw>. <def>Virginia; -- a name of uncertain origin, perh. from the old designation of the colony as &ldquo;the Colony and Dominion of Virginia.&rdquo;</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Old"en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Old; ancient; <as>as, the <ex>olden</ex> time</as>.</def> &ldquo;A minstrel of the <xex>olden</xex> stamp.&rdquo;  <rj><au>J. C. Shairp.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Old"en</hw>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To grow old; to age.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>She had <qex>oldened</qex> in that time.</q> <rj><qau>Thackeray.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Old`-fash"ioned</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Formed according to old or obsolete fashion or pattern; belonging to or characteristic of times past; adhering to old customs, styles, or ideas; <as>as, an <ex>old-fashioned</ex> dress, girl; <ex>old-fashioned</ex> wire-rimmed glasses</as>.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Old-fashioned</xex> men of wit.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>This <qex>old-fashioned</qex>, quaint abode.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>Unacceptable or suboptimum because of having been superseded by something more recent; outmoded{2}; out-of-date.</def> [Narrower terms: <stype>old-fashioned</stype>, <stype>out of fashion</stype>(predicate), <stype>out of style</stype>(predicate), <stype>passe</stype>, <stype>passee</stype>.]<br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> antique, old-hat(predicate), outmoded, out-of-date.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Unfashionably out of date; out of style.</def> [Narrower terms: <stype>unfashionable (vs. fashionable)</stype>]<br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> demode, out of fashion(predicate), out of style(predicate), passe, passee.</syn><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>old fashioned</hw>, <hw>old-fashioned</hw></mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A cocktail consisting of whiskey, bitters, and sugar, garnished with with fruit slices and often a cherry.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Old`-gen"tle*man*ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to an old gentleman, or like one.</def>  <rj><au>Byron.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>old-hat</hw> <pos>pred. adj.</pos>  <def>same as <er>old-fashioned</er>, <pos>a.</pos>, 2.</def> [Narrower terms: <stype>unfashionable (vs. fashionable)</stype>]<br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> antique, old-fashioned, outmoded, out-of-date, passe, passee.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Old"ish</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Somewhat old.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Old` lang syne"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>See <er>Auld lang syne</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Old Line State</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Maryland; a nickname, alluding to the fact that its northern boundary is Mason and Dixon's line.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>old`-maid"ish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like an old maid; prim; precise; particular; overly fastidious.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fussy, old-womanish.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Old`-maid"ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The condition or characteristics of an old maid.</def>  <rj><au>G. Eliot.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>old-man-of-the-woods</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>An edible mild-tasting mushroom (<spn>Strobilomyces floccopus</spn>) found in coniferous woodlands of eastern North America.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> old man of the woods, <spn>Strobilomyces floccopus</spn>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Old"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being old; old age.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Old"ster</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Youngster</er>.]</ety> <def>An old person.</def> <mark>[Jocular]</mark>  <rj><au>H. Kingsley.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>old-time</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>attractively old-fashioned.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> quaint.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>oldwife</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The local name of various fishes, as the European black sea bream (<spn>Cantharus lineatus</spn>), the American alewife, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A tropical Atlantic fish (<spn>Bessy cerca</spn>).</def> <wns>[wns=1]</wns><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> queen triggerfish, <spn>Bessy cerca</spn>, oldwench, <spn>Balistes vetula</spn>.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A common long-tailed sea duck (<spn>Clangula hyemalis</spn>) of the northern parts of the US; also called <altname>old squaw</altname>.</def> <wns>[wns=2]</wns><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> old squaw, <spn>Clangula hyemalis</spn>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>old`-wom`an*ish</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like an old woman; anile; primly fastidious; old-maidish.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Old`-wom"an*ish*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fussy, old-maidish.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Old World</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The combined territories of Europe, Asia, and Africa.  The Eastern Hemisphere, as distinguished from The Americas, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>old-world</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Characteristic of former times especially in Europe; <as>as, an <ex>old-world</ex> cottage</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Biology)</fld> <def>Native to the Old World; not found in the Americas; <as>as, old-world monkeys</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;O"le*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[L. olive. See <er>Olive</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of trees including the olive.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The Chinese <spn>Olea fragrans</spn>, noted for its fragrance, and the American devilwood (<spn>Olea Americana</spn>) are now usually referred to another genus (<gen>Osmanthus</gen>).</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Oleaceae</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A natural family of trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; the <altname>olive family</altname>; sometimes placed in the order <ord>Oleales</ord>; it includes the olive; ash; jasmine; privet; and lilac.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Oleaceae</fam>, olive family.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>O`le*a"ceous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ol&eacute;aceus</ets> of the olive tree.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural family of plants (<fam>Oleace&aelig;</fam>), mostly trees and shrubs, of which the olive is the type.  It includes also the ash, the lilac, the true jasmine, and fringe tree.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O`le*ag`i*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oleaginus</ets>, <ets>oleagineus</ets>, belonging to the olive, fr. <ets>olea</ets> olive: cf. F. <ets>ol&eacute;agineux</ets>. See <er>Olive</er>, <er>Oil</er>.]</ety> <def>Having the nature or qualities of oil; oily; unctuous.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O`le*ag`i*nous*ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Oiliness.</def>  <rj><au>Boyle.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;O`le*a"men</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A soft ointment prepared from oil.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O`le*an"der</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>ol&eacute;andre</ets> (cf. It. <ets>oleandro</ets>, LL. <ets>lorandrum</ets>), prob. corrupted, under the influence of <ets>laurus</ets> laurel, fr. L. <ets>rhododendron</ets>, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; rose + &unr_; tree.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A beautiful evergreen shrub (<spn>Nerium oleander</spn>) of the Dogbane family, having clusters of fragrant red, white, or pink flowers.  It is a native of the East Indies, but the red variety has become common in the south of Europe. Called also <altname>rosebay</altname>, <altname>rose laurel</altname>, and <altname>South-sea rose</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Every part of the plant is dangerously poisonous, and death has occured from using its wood for skewers in cooking meat.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>Oleandra</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A genus of tropical epiphytic or terrestrial ferns; also classed as the family <fam>Polypodiaceae</fam>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Oleandra</gen>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Oleandraceae</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> family <fam>Oleandraceae</fam>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>O`le*an"drin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>One of several cardiac glycosides (<chform>C32H48O9</chform>) found in oleander (<spn>Nerium oleander</spn>).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O`le*an"drine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>One of several alkaloids found in the leaves of the oleander (<spn>Nerium oleander</spn>).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Olearia</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A large genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or small trees with large daisylike flowers.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Olearia</gen>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>O`le*as"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>olea</ets> olive tree. See <er>Olive</er>, <er>Oil</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The wild olive tree (<spn>Olea Europea</spn>, var. <varn>sylvestris</varn>).</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any species of the genus <gen>El&aelig;agus</gen>. See <er>Eleagnus</er>. The small silvery berries of the common species (<spn>El&aelig;agnus hortensis</spn>) are called <prod>Trebizond dates</prod>, and are made into cakes by the Arabs.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"le*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>ol&eacute;ate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of oleic acid. Some oleates, as the oleate of mercury, are used in medicine by way of inunction.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*lec"ra*nal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the olecranon.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*lec"ra*non</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; elbow + <grk>krani`on</grk> the head.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The large process at the proximal end of the <partof>ulna</partof> which projects behind the articulation with the humerus and forms the bony prominence of the elbow.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*le"fi*ant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>ol&eacute;fiant</ets>, fr.L. <ets>oleum</ets> oil + <ets>-ficare</ets> (in comp.).  Cf. <er>-Fy</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Forming or producing an oil; specifically, designating a colorless gaseous hydrocarbon called <xex>ethylene</xex> (olefiant gas).</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>o"le*fin</hw>, <hw>o"le*fine</hw></mhw> <pr>(&omacr;"l&euptack_;*f&ibreve_;n <it>or</it> &omacr;"l&euptack_;*f&emacr;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <er>Olefiant</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Olefiant gas, or ethylene. See <er>Ethylene</er>.</def> <mark>[archaic]</mark> <br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Any one of the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is the type; a member of the alkene series of hydrocarbons; an alkene.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"le*ic</hw> <pr>(&omacr;*l&emacr;"&ibreve_;k <it>or</it> &omacr;*l&amacr;"&ibreve_;k <it>or</it> &omacr;"l&euptack_;*&ibreve_;k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oleum</ets> oil: cf. F. <ets>ol&eacute;ique</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, oil; <as>as, <ex>oleic</ex> acid, an acid of the acrylic acid series found combined with glyceryl in the form of olein in certain animal and vegetable fats and oils, such as sperm oil, olive oil, etc.</as>  At low temperatures the acid is crystalline, but melts to an oily liquid above 14&deg; C.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O`le*if`er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oleum</ets> oil + <ets>-ferous</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ol&eacute;if&eacute;re</ets>.]</ety> <def>Producing oil; <as>as, <ex>oleiferous</ex> seeds</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"le*in</hw> <pr>(&omacr;"l&euptack_;*&ibreve_;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oleum</ets> oil: cf. F. <ets>ol&eacute;ine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A fat, liquid at ordinary temperatures, but solidifying at temperatures below 0&deg; C., found abundantly in both the animal and vegetable kingdoms (see <er>Palmitin</er>).  It dissolves solid fats, especially at 30-40&deg; C.  Chemically, olein is a glyceride of oleic acid; and, as three molecules of the acid are united to one molecule of glycerol to form the fat, it is technically known as <altname>triolein</altname>.  It is also called <altname>elain</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"lent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>olens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>olere</ets> to smell.]</ety> <def>Scented.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>R. Browning.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O`le*o*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oleum</ets> oil + <ets>-graph</ets>.]</ety>  <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The form or figure assumed by a drop of oil when placed upon water or some other liquid with which it does not mix.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Painting)</fld> <def>A picture produced in oils by a process analogous to that of lithographic printing.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O`le*og"ra*phy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Art or process of producing the pictures known as oleographs.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn>  <def>A process of identifying oils by their oleographs.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O`le*o*mar"ga*rine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oleum</ets> oil + E. <ets>margarine</ets>, <ets>margarin</ets>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>oleomargarin</asp>.]</altsp> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A liquid oil made from animal fats (esp. beef fat) by separating the greater portion of the solid fat or stearin, by crystallization.  It is mainly a mixture of olein and palmitin with some little stearin.</def> <mark>[archaic]</mark> <br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An artificial butter made by emulsifying a fatty oil with more or less milk and water; it was formerly made predominantly from animal fats, but now is made predominantly or exclusively from vegetable oils, sometimes mixed with animal fats.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Oleomargarine was wrongly so named, as it contains no <xex>margarin</xex> proper, but olein, palmitin, and stearin, a mixture of palmitin and stearin having formerly been called <xex>margarin</xex> by mistake.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>O`le*om`e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oleum</ets> oil + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An instrument for ascertaining the weight and purity of oil; an elaiometer.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"le*one</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oleum + -one</ets>, 1.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An oily liquid, obtained by distillation of calcium oleate, and probably consisting of the ketone of oleic acid.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O`le*o oil</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>An oil expressed from certain animal fats (esp. beef suet), the greater portion of the solid fat, or stearin, being left behind. It is mixture of olein, palmitin, and a little stearin.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O`le*op"tene</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oleum</ets> oil + Gr. &unr_; fleeting.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>El&aelig;optene</er>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>O`le*o*res"in</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oleum</ets> oil + E. <ets>resin</ets>.]</ety>  <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A natural mixture of a terebinthinate oil and a resin.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A liquid or semiliquid preparation extracted (as from capsicum, cubebs, or ginger) by means of ether, and consisting of fixed or volatile oil holding resin in solution.</def><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>O`le*o*res"in*ous</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>O"le*ose`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>O"le*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oleosus</ets>, fr. <ets>oleum</ets> oil.]</ety> <def>Oily.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Ray.</au>  <au>Floyer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O`le*os"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state or quality of being oily or fat; fatness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol`er*a"ceous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oleraceus</ets>, from <ets>olus</ets>, <ets>oleris</ets>, garden or pot herbs, vegetables.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to pot herbs; of the nature or having the qualities of herbs for cookery; esculent.</def>  <rj><au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Olf</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The European bullfinch.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol*fac"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Olfactory</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The sense by which the impressions made on the olfactory organs by the odorous particles in the atmosphere are perceived.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol*fac"tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Olfactory</er>, <pos>a.</pos></def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol*fac"tor</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A smelling organ; a nose.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol*fac"to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>olfactus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>olfacere</ets> to smell; <ets>olere</ets> to have a smell + <ets>facere</ets> to make. See <er>Odor</er>, and <er>Fact</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or connected with, the sense of smell; <as>as, the <ex>olfactory</ex> nerves; the <ex>olfactory</ex> cells.</as></def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Olfactory organ</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>an organ for smelling.  In vertebrates the olfactory organs are more or less complicated sacs, situated in the front part of the head and lined with epithelium innervated by the <ex>olfactory</ex> (or first cranial) <xex>nerves</xex>, and sensitive to odoriferous particles conveyed to it in the air or in water.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol*fac"to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Olfactories</plw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr>.</plu> <def>An olfactory organ; also, the sense of smell; -- usually in the plural.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Olfersia</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def> genus consisting of one species; in some classification systems it is included in the genus <gen>Polyboatrya</gen>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Olfersia</gen>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol"i*ban</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Olibanum</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*lib"a*num</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL., fr. Ar. <ets>al-luban</ets> frankincense; cf. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, of Semitic origin.]</ety> <def>The fragrant gum resin of various species of <gen>Boswellia</gen>; Oriental frankincense.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol"i*bene</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A colorless mobile liquid of a pleasant aromatic odor obtained by the distillation of olibanum, or frankincense, and regarded as a terpene; -- called also <altname>conimene</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ol"id</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ol"i*dous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>olidus</ets>, fr. <ets>olere</ets> to smell.]</ety> <def>Having a strong, disagreeable smell; fetid.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Boyle.</au>  <au>Sir T. Browne.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol"i*fant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An elephant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An ancient horn, made of ivory.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol`i*gan"drous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Oligo-</ets> + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, man, male.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having few stamens.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol`i*gan"thous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Oligo-</ets> + Gr. <grk>'a`nqos</grk> flower.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having few flowers.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol`i*garch</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A member of an oligarchy; one of the rulers in an oligarchical government.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol`i*gar"chal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Oligarchic.</def>  <rj><au>Glover.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ol`i*gar"chic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ol`i*gar"chic*al</hw>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. <ets>oligarchique</ets>. See <er>Oligarchy</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to oligarchy, or government by a few.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Oligarchical</xex> exiles.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Jowett (Thucyd.).</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol"i*gar`chist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An advocate or supporter of oligarchy.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol"i*gar"chy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Oligarchies</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;; <grk>'oli`gos</grk> few, little + <grk>'a`rchein</grk> to rule, govern: cf. F. <ets>oligarchie</ets>.]</ety> <def>A form of government in which the supreme power is placed in the hands of a few persons; also, those who form the ruling few.</def><br/>
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<p><q>All <qex>oligarchies</qex>, wherein a few men domineer, do what they list.</q> <rj><qau>Burton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol"i*gist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Oligist</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Hematite or specular iron ore; -- prob. so called in allusion to its <xex>feeble</xex> magnetism, as compared with magnetite.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ol"i*gist</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Ol`i*gis"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;, superl. of <grk>'oli`gos</grk> few, little: cf. F. <ets>oligiste</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to hematite.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol"i*go-</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <def>A combining form from Gr. <grk>'oli`gos</grk>, <sig>few</sig>, <sig>little</sig>, <sig>small</sig>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol"i*go*cene</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Oligo-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; new, recent.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain strata which occupy an intermediate position between the Eocene and Miocene periods.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>The Oligocene period. See the <xex>Chart</xex> of <er>Geology</er>.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>Ol`i*go*chae"ta</hw>, <hw>Ol`i*go*ch&aelig;"ta</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'oli`gos</grk> little, pl., few + &unr_; hair.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>An order of Annelida which includes the earthworms and related species, including some small freshwater species.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>oligochaete</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Any of an order of hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids (including the earthworms) having bristles borne singly along the length of the body; a member of the <ord>Oligochaeta</ord>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> oligochaete worm.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>ol`i*go*chae"tous</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to the <ord>Oligoch&aelig;ta</ord>.</def> <mark>[archaic]</mark><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Oligochete.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>ol"i*go*chete</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the <ord>Oligoch&aelig;ta</ord>.</def> <mark>[archaic]</mark><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> oligochaetous.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol"i*go*clase</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Oligo-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; fracture, fr. &unr_; to break.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A triclinic soda-lime feldspar. See <er>Feldspar</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>o*lig"o*mer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A molecule composed of a small number of linked monomer units; a short polymer; -- compounds called <ex>oligomers</ex> have less than one hundred monomer units and usually less than thirty.  Oligomers of increasing length are called <stype>dimer</stype>, <stype>trimer</stype>, <stype>tetramer</stype>, <stype>pentamer</stype>, <stype>hexamer</stype>, <stype>heptamer</stype>, <stype>octamer</stype>, <stype>nonamer</stype>, <stype>decamer</stype>, etc.  In colloquial laboratory jargon, they may also be referred to as <stype>nine-mer</stype>, <stype>ten-mer</stype>, <stype>eleven-mer</stype>, <stype>twelve-mer</stype>, etc., especially for oligomers of greater than eight units.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol`i*gom"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Oligo-</ets> + Gr. <grk>me`ros</grk> part.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having few members in each set of organs; <as>as, an <ex>oligomerous</ex> flower</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol`i*go"my*oid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Oligo-</ets> + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a muscle + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Having few or imperfect syringeal muscles; -- said of some passerine birds (<fam>Oligomyodi</fam>).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol`i*go*pet"al*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Oligo-</ets> + <ets>petal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having few petals.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol`i*go*sep"al*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Oligo-</ets> + <ets>sepal</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having few sepals.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol`i*go*sid"er*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Oligo-</ets> + <ets>siderite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A meteorite characterized by the presence of but a small amount of metallic iron.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol`i*go*sper"mous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Oligo-</ets> + Gr. <grk>spe`rma</grk> a seed.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having few seeds.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol`i*got"o*kous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Oligo-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; offspring.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Producing few young.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"li*o</hw> <pr>(&omacr;"l&ibreve_;*&ouptack_; <it>or</it>  &omacr;l"y&ouptack_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>olla</ets> a round earthen pot, a dish of boiled or stewed meat, fr. L. <ets>olla</ets> a pot, dish.  Cf. <er>Olla</er>, <er>Olla-podrida</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A dish of stewed meat of different kinds.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Besides a good <qex>olio</qex>, the dishes were trifling.</q> <rj><qau>Evelyn.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A mixture; a medley.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A collection of miscellaneous pieces.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol"i*to*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>olitorius</ets> belonging to a kitchen gardener, or to vegetables, fr. <ets>olitor</ets> a kitchen gardener, fr. <ets>olus</ets>, <ets>oleris</ets>, vegetables.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to, or produced in, a kitchen garden; used for kitchen purposes; <as>as, <ex>olitory</ex> seeds</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>At convenient distance towards the <qex>olitory</qex> garden.</q> <rj><qau>Evelyn.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;O*li"va</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. an olive.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A genus of polished marine gastropod shells, chiefly tropical, and often beautifully colored.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol`i*va"ceous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oliva</ets> olive.]</ety> <def>Resembling the olive; of the color of the olive; olive-green.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol"i*va*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>olivarius</ets> belonging to olives, fr. <ets>oliva</ets> an olive: cf. F. <ets>olivaire</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Like an olive.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Olivary body</b></col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>an oval prominence on each side of the medulla oblongata; -- called also <altname>olive</altname>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol`i*vas"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>oliva</ets> olive: cf. F. <ets>oliv&acirc;tre</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of the color of the olive; tawny.</def>  <rj><au>Sir T. Herbert.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol"ive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>oliva</ets>, akin to Gr. &unr_;. See <er>Oil</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A tree (<spn>Olea Europ&aelig;a</spn>) with small oblong or elliptical leaves, axillary clusters of flowers, and oval, one-seeded drupes.  The tree has been cultivated for its fruit for thousands of years, and its branches are the emblems of peace.  The wood is yellowish brown and beautifully variegated.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The fruit of the olive.  It has been much improved by cultivation, and is used for making pickles.  Olive oil is pressed from its flesh.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Any shell of the genus <gen>Oliva</gen> and allied genera; -- so called from the form. See <er>Oliva</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The oyster catcher.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The color of the olive, a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of the tertiary colors, composed of violet and green mixed in equal strength and proportion.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>An olivary body. See under <er>Olivary</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked; <as>as, <ex>olives</ex> of beef or veal</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Olive</xex> is sometimes used adjectively and in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, <xex>olive</xex> brown, <xex>olive</xex> green, <xex>olive</xex>-colored, <xex>olive</xex>-skinned, <xex>olive</xex> crown, <xex>olive</xex> garden, <xex>olive</xex> tree, <xex>olive</xex> yard, etc.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Bohemian olive</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a species of <gen>El&aelig;agnus</gen> (<spn>El&aelig;agnus angustifolia</spn>), the flowers of which are sometimes used in Southern Europe as a remedy for fevers.</cd> -- <col><b>Olive branch</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A branch of the olive tree, considered an emblem of peace.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <mark>(Fig.)</mark>: <cd>A child.</cd> -- <col><b>to hold out an olive branch</b></col>, <cd>to offer to make peace (with a rival or enemy).</cd> -- <col><b>Olive brown</b></col>, <cd>brown with a tinge of green.</cd> -- <col><b>Olive green</b></col>, <cd>a dark brownish green, like the color of the olive.</cd> -- <col><b>Olive oil</b></col>, <cd>an oil expressed from the ripe fruit of the olive, and much used as a salad oil, also in medicine and the arts.</cd> -- <col><b>Olive ore</b></col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>olivenite.</cd> -- <col><b>Wild olive</b></col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a name given to the oleaster or wild stock of the olive; also variously to several trees more or less resembling the olive.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol"ive</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol"ived</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Decorated or furnished with olive trees.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>T. Warton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O*liv"en*ite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>An olive-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of copper (<chform>Cu2(AsO4)(OH)</chform>); olive ore.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol"i*ver</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <ety>[OF. <ets>oliviere</ets>.]</ety> <def>An olive grove.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <ety>[F. <ets>olivier</ets>.]</ety> <def>An olive tree.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol"i*ver</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small tilt hammer, worked by the foot.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol`i*ve"ri*an</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Eng. Hist.)</fld> <def>An adherent of <person><etsep>Oliver</etsep> Cromwell</person>.</def>  <rj><au>Macaulay.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol`ive*wood"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The wood of the olive.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An Australian name given to the hard white wood of certain trees of the genus <gen>El&aelig;odendron</gen>, and also to the trees themselves.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol`i*vil</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>olivile</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white crystalline substance, obtained from an exudation from the olive, and having a bitter-sweet taste and acid proporties.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>olivile</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>Gregory.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol"i*vin</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A complex bitter gum, found on the leaves of the olive tree; -- called also <altname>olivite</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol"i*vine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>olivine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A common name of the yellowish green mineral chrysolite, esp. the variety found in eruptive rocks.  It is a silicate of magnesium and iron (<chform>(Mg,Fe)SiO4</chform>).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol"i*vite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Olivin</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol"la</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Olio</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A pot or jar having a wide mouth; a cinerary urn, especially one of baked clay.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A dish of stewed meat; an olio; an olla-podrida.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ol`la-po*dri"da</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp., lit., a rotten pot. See <er>Olio</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A favorite Spanish dish, consisting of a mixture of several kinds of meat chopped fine, and stewed with vegetables.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Any incongruous mixture or miscellaneous collection; an olio.</def>  <rj><au>B. Jonson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>olm</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander (<spn>Proteus anguinus</spn>) with permanent external gills.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> <spn>Proteus anguinus</spn>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Ol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>-logy</er>.]</ety> <def>A colloquial or humorous name for any science or branch of knowledge.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He had a smattering of mechanics, of physiology, geology, mineralogy, and all other <qex>ologies</qex> whatsoever.</q> <rj><qau>De Quincey.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Ol"pe</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;.]</ety> <def>Originally, a leather flask or vessel for oils or liquids; afterward, an earthenware vase or pitcher without a spout.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;O*lu"sa*trum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>holusatrum</ets>, <ets>olusatrum</ets>; <ets>olus</ets> garden herb + <ets>ater</ets> black.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An umbelliferous plant, the common Alexanders of Western Europe (<spn>Smyrnium Olusatrum</spn>).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*lym"pi*ad</hw> <pr>(&ouptack_;*l&ibreve_;m"p&ibreve_;*&abreve;d)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>olympias</ets>, <ets>-adis</ets>, Gr. <grk>'olympia`s</grk>, <grk>'olympia`dos</grk>, fr. <grk>'O`lympos</grk> Olympus, a mountain in Macedonia: cf. F. <ets>olympiade</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Greek Antiq.)</fld> <def>A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of Cor&oelig;bus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 <sc>b. c.</sc>; <as>as, the era of the <ex>olympiads</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The quadrennial celebration of the modern Olympic games; <as>as, the first <ex>Olympiad</ex> (1906)</as>.  See <er>Olympics</er>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Olympic games, Olympics.</syn><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>O*lym"pi*an</hw> <pr>(&ouptack_;*l&ibreve_;m"p&ibreve_;*&aitalic_;n)</pr>, <hw>O*lym"pic</hw> <pr>(&ouptack_;*l&ibreve_;m"p&ibreve_;k)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Olympius</ets>, <ets>Olympicus</ets>, Gr. <grk>'Oly`mpios</grk>, <grk>'Olympiko`s</grk>, fr. <grk>'O`lympos</grk>: cf. F. <ets>olympique</ets>. See <er>Olympiad</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods, or to Olympia, a small plain in Elis.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*lym"pi*an</hw> <pr>(&ouptack_;*l&ibreve_;m"p&ibreve_;*&aitalic_;n)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[L. See 1st <er>Olympian</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>A god who dwells on Olympus.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An inhabitant of Olympia.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>An athlete who competes in the Olympics.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*lym"pi*an</hw> <pr>(&ouptack_;*l&ibreve_;m"p&ibreve_;*&aitalic_;n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. See 1st <er>Olympian</er>, <pos>n.</pos>]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, characteristic of, or fitting for one of the gods on Olympus; grand, majestic, or aloof.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*lym"pi*an*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Worship of the Olympian gods, esp. as a dominant cult or religion.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>O*lym"pic games</hw>, <it>or</it>  <hw>O*lym"pi*an games</hw>  }</mhw>. <fld>(Greek Antiq.)</fld>, <def>The greatest of the national festivals of the ancient Greeks, consisting of athletic games and races, dedicated to Olympian Zeus, celebrated once in four years at Olympia, and continuing five days.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>O*lym"pic games</hw>, <it>or</it>  <hw>O*lym"pics</hw>}</mhw> <def>A modified revival of the ancient Olympian games, consisting of international athletic games, races, etc., now held once in four years, the first having been at Athens in 1896.</def>  <note>There are now two sets of modern <ex>Olympic games</ex>, the summer games and the winter games.  Both had been held every four years, in the same year, but in 1998 for the first time the winter games began to be held two years after the summer games, though each series is still held only once every four years.  The number and types of sports contests held at the olympics has greatly expanded from the original number.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>O*lym`pi*on"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; a conqueror in the Olympic games.]</ety> <def>An ode in honor of a victor in the Olympic games.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Olympus</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A mountain in Northeastern Greece; -- it was believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Mount Olympus, Mt. Olympus, Olimbos.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Om</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>interj. &amp; n.</pos> <altsp>[Also <asp>Aum</asp>, <asp>Um</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[Skr. <ets>&omacr;m</ets>.]</ety> <def>A mystic syllable or ejaculation used by Hindus and Buddhists in religious rites, -- orig. among the Hindus an exclamation of assent, like <sig>Amen</sig>, then an invocation, and later a symbol of the trinity formed by <persfn>Vishnu</persfn>, <persfn>Siva</persfn>, and <persfn>Brahma</persfn>.</def> -- <cs><col><b>Om mani padme hun</b></col>, <cd>a sacred formula of buddhism (esp. of the Lamaists) translated &ldquo;O, the Jewel in the Lotus, Amen,&rdquo; and referring to <persfn>Amitabha</persfn>, who is commonly represented as standing or sitting within a lotus.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>-o"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> <pos>suff.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;.]</ety> <def>A suffix used in medical terms to denote a <sig>morbid condition</sig> of some part, usually some kind of tumor; <as>as in fibr<ex>oma</ex>, glauc<ex>oma</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Om"a*gra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; shoulder + &unr_; seizure.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Gout in the shoulder.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"ma*has"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n. pl.</pos>; <sing>sing. <singw>Omaha</singw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr></sing>. <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>A tribe of Indians who inhabited the south side of the Missouri River.  They are now partly civilized and occupy a reservation in Nebraska.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*man"der wood`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The wood of <spn>Diospyros ebenaster</spn>, a kind of ebony found in Ceylon.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Omani</hw> <pos>prop. adj.</pos> <def>Of or relating to Oman or its people; <as>as, <ex>Omani</ex> oil producers; <ex>Omani</ex> ports</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Omani</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A native or inhabitant of Oman.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;O*ma"sum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The third division of the stomach of ruminants. See <er>Manyplies</er>, and <xex>Illust.</xex> under <er>Ruminant</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Om"ber</hw>, <hw>Om"bre</hw>}</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>hombre</ets>, fr. Sp. <ets>hombre</ets>, lit., a man, fr. L. <ets>homo</ets>. See <er>Human</er>.]</ety> <def>A game at cards, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually played by three persons.</def>  <rj><au>Pope.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>When <qex>ombre</qex> calls, his hand and heart are free,<br/>
And, joined to two, he fails not to make three.</q> <rj><qau>Young.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Om"bre</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., of uncertain origin.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A large Mediterranean food fish (<spn>Umbrina cirrhosa</spn>): -- called also <altname>umbra</altname>, and <altname>umbrine</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Om*brom"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; rain + <ets>-meter</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ombrom&eacute;tre</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Meteorol.)</fld> <def>An instrument for measuring the rain that falls; a rain gauge.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Omdurman</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A battle (1898) in which an Anglo-Egyptian army under <person>Lord Kitchener</person> defeated the Sudanese.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> battle of Omdurman.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>o*me"ga</hw> <pr>(&omacr;*m&emacr;"g&adot_; <it>or</it> &omacr;*m&amacr;"g&adot_; <it>or</it> &omacr;"m&euptack_;*g&adot_;; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'w^ me`ga</grk>, i.e., the great or long o.  Cf. <er>Mickle</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The last letter of the Greek alphabet. See <er>Alpha</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The last; the end; hence, death.</def><br/>
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<p><q>&ldquo;<qex>Omega</qex>! thou art Lord,&rdquo; they said.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Alpha and Omega</b></col>, <cd>the beginning and the ending; hence, the chief, the whole.</cd>  <rj><au>Rev. i. 8.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><q>The alpha and <qex>omega</qex> of science.</q> <rj><qau>Sir J. Herschel.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O*me"goid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Omega</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the form of the Greek capital letter Omega (&Omega;).</def><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>om"e*let</hw>, <hw>om"e*lette</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>omelette</ets>, OF. <ets>amelette</ets>, <ets>alumete</ets>, <ets>alumelle</ets>, perh. fr. L. <ets>lamella</ets>.  Cf. <er>Lamella</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>A dish consisting of eggs beaten up with a little flour, etc., and cooked in a frying pan until just set into a semisolid consistency; it may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly; <as>as, a plain <ex>omelet</ex></as>.  When additional ingredients are mixed in, the names of the ingredients may be mentioned in the name of the omelet; <as>as, a ham and cheese <ex>omelet</ex>; a bacon and cheese <ex>omelet</ex></as> </def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>western omelet</b></col> <cd>an omelet containing chopped pieces of ham, onion, and green peppers.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>O"men</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>omen</ets>, the original form being <ets>osmen</ets>, according to Varro.]</ety> <def>An occurrence supposed to portend, or show the character of, some future event; any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; a foreboding; a presage; an augury.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Bid go with evil <qex>omen</qex>, and the brand<br/>
Of infamy upon my name.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O"men</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Omened</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Omening</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents; to have omens or premonitions regarding; to predict; to augur; <as>as, to <ex>omen</ex> ill of an enterprise</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The yet unknown verdict, of which, however, all <qex>omened</qex> the tragical contents.</q> <rj><qau>Sir W. Scott.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O"mened</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Attended by, or containing, an omen or omens; <as>as, happy-<ex>omened</ex> day; an <ex>ill-omened</ex> venture</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*men"tal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to an omentum or the omenta.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*men"tum</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Omenta</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A free fold of the peritoneum, or one serving to connect viscera, support blood vessels, etc.; an epiplo&ouml;n.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; The <xex>great</xex>, or <xex>gastrocolic</xex>, <xex>omentum</xex> forms, in most mammals, a great sac, which is attached to the stomach and transverse colon, is loaded with fat, and covers more or less of the intestines; the caul.  The <xex>lesser</xex>, or <xex>gastrohepatic</xex>, <xex>omentum</xex> connects the stomach and liver and contains the hepatic vessels.  The <stype>gastrosplenic omentum</stype>, or <xex>ligament</xex>, connects the stomach and spleen.</note><br/>
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<p><hw>O"mer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. <er>Homer</er>.]</ety> <def>A Hebrew measure, the tenth of an ephah. See <er>Ephah</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Ex. xvi. 36.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O*mi"cron</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <altsp>[Written also <asp>omikron</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &Omicron; &omicron;. See <er>Micro-</er>.]</ety> <def>Lit., the little, or short, O, o; the fifteenth letter of the Greek alphabet.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Om`i*let"ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Homiletical.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Om"i*nate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t. &amp; i.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ominatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>ominari</ets> to presage, fr. <ets>omen</ets>.]</ety> <def>To presage; to foreshow; to foretoken.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Dr. H. More.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Om`i*na"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ominatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of ominating; presaging.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Om"i*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ominosus</ets>, fr. <ets>omen</ets>. See <er>Omen</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; <as>as, an <ex>ominous</ex> dread</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>He had a good <qex>ominous</qex> name to have made a peace.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>In the heathen worship of God, a sacrifice without a heart was accounted <qex>ominous</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Om"i*nous*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Om"i*nous*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>O*mis"si*ble</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being omitted; that may be omitted.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*mis"sion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>omissio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>omission</ets>. See <er>Omit</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The most natural division of all offenses is into those of <qex>omission</qex> and those of commission.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>That which is omitted or is left undone.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*mis"sive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Omit</er>.]</ety> <def>Leaving out; omitting.</def> <au>Bp. Hall.</au> -- <wordforms><wf>O*mis"sive*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><hw>O*mit"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Omitted</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Omitting</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>omittere</ets>, <ets>omissum</ets>; <ets>ob</ets> (see <er>Ob-</er> + <ets>mittere</ets> to cause to go, let go, send. See <er>Mission</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To let go; to leave unmentioned; not to insert or name; to drop.</def><br/>
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<p><q>These personal comparisons I <qex>omit</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To forbear or fail to perform or to make use of; to leave undone; to neglect; to pass over.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Her father <qex>omitted</qex> nothing in her education that might make her the most accomplished woman of her age.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O*mit"tance</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of omitting, or the state of being omitted; forbearance; neglect.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O*mit"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who omits.</def>  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Om`ma*te"al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to an ommateum.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Om`ma*te"um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Ommatea</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, the eye.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A compound eye, as of insects and crustaceans.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Om`ma*tid"i*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Ommatidia</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., dim. of Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, the eye.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>One of the single eyes forming the compound eyes of crustaceans, insects, and other invertebrates; one of the eyes of an <partof>ommateum</partof>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Om"ni-</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[L. <ets>omnis</ets> all.]</ety> <def>A combining form denoting <sig>all</sig>, <sig>every</sig>, <sig>everywhere</sig>; <as>as in <ex>omni</ex>potent, all-powerful; <ex>omni</ex>present; <ex>omni</ex>vorous</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Om"ni*bus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., for all, dat. pl. from <ets>omnis</ets> all.  Cf. <er>Bus</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A long vehicle, having seats for many people; a bus.</def><br/>
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<p><note>In the 1913 Webster the term omnibus was especially applied to, a vehicle with seats running lengthwise, used in conveying passengers short distances.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Glass Making)</fld> <def>A sheet-iron cover for articles in a leer or annealing arch, to protect them from drafts.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Printing)</fld> <def>A volume containing collected and reprinted works of a single author or on a single theme.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>om"ni*bus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to or dealing with a variety of topics at one time; <as>as, <ex>omnibus</ex> legislation; an <ex>omnibus</ex> budget bill</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Omnibus bill</b></col>, a legislative bill which provides for a number of miscellaneous enactments or appropriations. <mark>[Parliamentary Cant, U.S.]</mark> -- <col><b>Omnibus box</b></col>, <cd>a large box in a theater, on a level with the stage and having communication with it.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Thackeray.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Om`ni*cor*po"re*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Omni-</ets> + <ets>corporeal</ets>.]</ety> <def>Comprehending or including all bodies; embracing all substance.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cudworth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Om*ni"e*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>That which is all-pervading or all-comprehensive; hence, the Deity.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Omniety</qex> formed nullity into an essence.</q> <rj><qau>Sir T. Browne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Om`ni*fa"ri*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>omnifarius</ets>; <ets>omnis</ets> all + <ets>-farius</ets>.  Cf. <er>Bifarious</er>.]</ety> <def>Of all varieties, forms, or kinds.</def> &ldquo;<xex>Omnifarious</xex> learning.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Coleridge.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Om*nif"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>omnifer</ets>; <ets>omnis</ets> all + <ets>ferre</ets> to bear.]</ety> <def>All-bearing; producing all kinds.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Om*nif"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Omni-</ets> + L. <ets>-ficare</ets> (in comp.) to make.]</ety> <def>All-creating.</def> &ldquo;The <xex>omnific</xex> word.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Om"ni*form</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>omniformis</ets>; <ets>omnis</ets> all + <ets>forma</ets> form: cf. F. <ets>omniforme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having every form or shape.</def>  <rj><au>Berkeley.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Om`ni*for"mi*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The condition or quality of having every form.</def>  <rj><au>Dr. H. More.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Om"ni*fy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Omni-</ets> + <ets>-fy</ets>.]</ety> <def>To render universal; to enlarge.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q><qex>Omnify</qex> the disputed point into a transcendent, and you may defy the opponent to lay hold of it.</q> <rj><qau>Coleridge.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Om*nig"e*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>omniqenus</ets>; <ets>omnis</ets> all + <ets>genus</ets> kind.]</ety> <def>Consisting of all kinds.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Om"ni*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Omni-</ets> + <ets>-graph</ets>.]</ety> <def>A pantograph.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Om`ni*pa"ri*ent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>omniparens</ets> all-producing; <ets>omnis</ets> all + <ets>parere</ets> to bring forth.]</ety> <def>Producing or bringing forth all things; all-producing.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Om`ni*par"i*ty</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Omni-</ets> + <ets>-parity</ets>.]</ety> <def>Equality in every part; general equality.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Om*nip"a*rous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Omniparient</er>.]</ety> <def>Producing all things; omniparient.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Om`ni*pa"tient</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Omni-</ets> + <ets>patient</ets>.]</ety> <def>Capable of enduring all things.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Carlyle.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Om`ni*per*cip"i*ence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Om`ni*per*cip"i*en*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Perception of everything.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Om`ni*per*cip"i*ent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Omni-</ets> + <ets>percipient</ets>.]</ety> <def>Perceiving everything.</def>  <rj><au>Dr. H. More.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Om*nip"o*tence</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Om*nip"o*ten*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>omnipotentia</ets>: cf. F. <ets>omnipotence</ets>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The state of being omnipotent; almighty power; hence, one who is omnipotent; the Deity.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Will <qex>Omnipotence</qex> neglect to save<br/>
The suffering virtue of the wise and brave?</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Unlimited power of a particular kind; <as>as, love's <ex>omnipotence</ex></as>.</def>  <rj><au>Denham.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Om*nip"o*tent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F., fr.L. <ets>omnipotens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>; <ets>omnis</ets> all + <ets>potens</ets> powerful, potent. See <er>Potent</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Able in every respect and for every work; unlimited in ability; all-powerful; almighty; <as>as, the Being that can create worlds must be <ex>omnipotent</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>God's will and pleasure and his <qex>omnipotent</qex> power.</q> <rj><qau>Sir T. More.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Having unlimited power of a particular kind; <as>as, <ex>omnipotent</ex> love</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>The Omnipotent</b></col>, <cd>The Almighty; God.</cd> <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>Om*nip"o*tent*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an omnipotent manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Om`ni*pres"ence</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;m`n&ibreve_;*pr&ebreve_;z"&eitalic_;ns)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>omnipr&eacute;sence</ets>.]</ety> <def>Presence in every place at the same time; unbounded or universal presence; ubiquity.</def><br/>
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<p><q>His <qex>omnipresence</qex> fills<br/>
Land, sea, and air, and every kind that lives.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Om`ni*pres"en*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Omnipresence.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>Om`ni*pres"ent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Omni-</ets> + <ets>present</ets>: cf. F. <ets>omnipr&eacute;sent</ets>.]</ety> <def>Present in all places at the same time; ubiquitous; <as>as, the <ex>omnipresent</ex> Jehovah</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Prior.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Om`ni*pre*sen"tial</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Implying universal presence.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>South.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Om`ni*prev"a*lent</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Omni-</ets> + <ets>prevalent</ets>.]</ety> <def>Prevalent everywhere or in all things.</def>  <rj><au>Fuller.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Om*nis"cience</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>omniscience</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality or state of being omniscient; the quality of knowing everything; -- an attribute peculiar to God.</def>  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Om*nis"cien*cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Omniscience.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Om*nis"cient</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Omni-</ets> + L. <ets>sciens</ets>, -<ets>entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>scire</ets> to know: cf. F. <ets>omniscient</ets>. See <er>Science</er>.]</ety> <def>Having universal knowledge; knowing all things; infinitely knowing or wise; <as>as, the <ex>omniscient</ex> God</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Om*nis"cient*ly</wf>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/>
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<p><q>For what can scape the eye<br/>
Of God all-seeing, or deceive his heart<br/>
<qex>Omniscient</qex>?</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Om*nis"cious</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>omniscius</ets>. See <er>Omniscient</er>.]</ety> <def>All-knowing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Hakewill.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Om`ni*spec"tive</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Omni-</ets> + L. <ets>spectus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>specere</ets>, <ets>spicere</ets>, to view.]</ety> <def>Beholding everything; capable of seeing all things; all-seeing.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> &ldquo;<xex>Omnispective</xex> Power!&rdquo;  <rj><au>Boyse.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Om"ni*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., of all, gen. pl. of <ets>omnis</ets> all.]</ety> <fld>(Eng. Stock Exchange)</fld> <def>The aggregate value of the different stocks in which a loan to government is now usually funded.</def>  <rj><au>M'Culloch.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Om`ni*um-gath"er*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[A macaronic compound of L. <ets>omnium</ets>, gen. pl. of <ets>omnis</ets> all, and E. <ets>gather</ets>.]</ety> <def>A miscellaneous collection of things or persons; a confused mixture; a medley; a hodgepodge.</def> <mark>[Colloq. &amp; Humorous]</mark>  <rj><au>Selden.</au></rj><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> hotchpotch, odds and ends, farrago, motley collection.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>Om*niv"a*gant</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Omni</ets> + L. <ets>vagans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>vagari</ets> to wander.]</ety> <def>Wandering anywhere and everywhere.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Om*niv"o*ra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Omnivorous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A group of ungulate mammals including the hog and the hippopotamus.  The term is also sometimes applied to the bears, and to certain passerine birds.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Om*niv"o*rous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>omnivorus</ets>; <ets>omnis</ets> all + <ets>vorate</ets> to eat greedily. See <er>Voracious</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>All-devouring; eating everything indiscriminately; <as>as, <ex>omnivorous</ex> vanity; an <ex>omnivorous</ex> intellect</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Specifically:</specif> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld>, <def>Eating both animal and vegetable food.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"mo-</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[Gr. &unr_; the shoulder.]</ety> <def>A combining form used in anatomy to indicate <xex>connection with</xex>, or <xex>relation to</xex>, <xex>the shoulder</xex> or <xex>the scapula</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O`mo*hy"oid</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Omo-</ets> + <ets>hyoid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the shoulder and the hyoid bone; <as>as, the <ex>omohyoid</ex> muscle</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"mo*phag"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'wmofa`gos</grk>; <grk>'wmo`s</grk> raw + <grk>fagei^n</grk> to eat.]</ety> <def>Eating raw flesh; using uncooked meat as food; <as>as, <ex>omophagic</ex> feasts, rites</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Om"o*plate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., from Gr. &unr_;. See <er>Omo-</er>, and <er>Plate</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The shoulder blade, or scapula.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*mos"te*gite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Omo-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; a roof.]</ety> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The part of the carapace of a crustacean situated behind the cervical groove.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O`mo*ster"nal</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the omosternum.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O`mo*ster"num</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Omo-</ets> + <ets>sternum</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The anterior element of the sternum which projects forward from between the clavicles in many batrachians and is usually tipped with cartilage.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>In many mammals, an interarticular cartilage, or bone, between the sternum and the clavicle.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Om"pha*cine</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_; an unripe grape or olive: cf. F. <ets>omphacin</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of, pertaining to, or expressed from, unripe fruit; <as>as, <ex>omphacine</ex> oil</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Om*phal"ic</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; having a boss, bossy, fr. &unr_; the navel. See <er>Navel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the umbilicus, or navel.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Om"pha*lo-</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[Gr. &unr_; the navel.]</ety> <def>A combining form indicating <xex>connection with</xex>, or <xex>relation to</xex>, <xex>the umbilicus</xex>, or <xex>navel</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Om"pha*lo*cele`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; the navel + &unr_; a tumor: cf. F. <ets>omphaloc&eacute;le</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A hernia at the navel.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Om"pha*lode</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Omphalo-</ets> + Gr. <grk>e'i^dos</grk> form.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The central part of the hilum of a seed, through which the nutrient vessels pass into the rhaphe or the chalaza; -- called also <altname>omphalodium</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Om"pha*lo*man"cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Omphalo-</ets> + <ets>-mancy</ets>.]</ety> <def>Divination by means of a child's navel, to learn how many children the mother may have.</def>  <rj><au>Crabb.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Om`pha*lo*mes`a*ra"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Omphalo-</ets> + <ets>mesaraic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Omphalomesenteric.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Om`pha*lo*mes`en*ter"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Omphalo-</ets> + <ets>mesenteric</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the umbilicus and mesentery; omphalomesaraic; <as>as, the <ex>omphalomesenteric</ex> arteries and veins of a fetus</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Om`pha*lop"sy*chite</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Omphalo-</ets> + Gr. &unr_; breath, spirit, soul: cf. F. <ets>omphalopsyque</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl.Hist.)</fld> <def>A name of the Hesychasts, from their habit of gazing upon the navel.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>Om`pha*lop"ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>Om`pha*lop"tic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; the navel + &unr_; one who looks, &unr_; belonging to sight: cf. F. <ets>omphaloptre</ets>.]</ety> <def>An optical glass that is convex on both sides.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Hutton.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;Om"pha*los</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. &unr_;.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The navel.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Om`pha*lot"o*my</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; the navel + <grk>te`mnein</grk> to cut: cf. F. <ets>omphalotomie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>The operation of dividing the navel-string.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"my</hw> <pr>(&omacr;"m&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Mellow, as land.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>  <rj><au>Ray.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>On</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;n)</pr>, <pos>prep.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>on</ets>, <ets>an</ets>, <ets>o</ets>, <ets>a</ets>, AS. <ets>on</ets>, <ets>an</ets>; akin to D. <ets>aan</ets>, OS. &amp; G. <ets>an</ets>, OHG. <ets>ana</ets>, Icel. <ets>&amacr;</ets>, Sw. &aring;, Goth. <ets>ana</ets>, Russ. <ets>na</ets>, L. <ets>an-</ets>, in <ets>anhelare</ets> to pant, Gr. <grk>'ana`</grk>, Zend <ets>ana</ets>.  &radic;195.  Cf. <er>A-</er>, 1, <er>Ana-</er>, <er>Anon</er>.]</ety> <def>The general signification of <xex>on</xex> is situation, motion, or condition with respect to contact or support beneath</def>; as: --<br/>
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<p><sn>1.</sn> <def>At, or in contact with, the surface or upper part of a thing, and supported by it; placed or lying in contact with the surface; <as>as, the book lies <ex>on</ex> the table, which stands <ex>on</ex> the floor of a house <ex>on</ex> an island</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>I stood <qex>on</qex> the bridge at midnight.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To or against the surface of; -- used to indicate the motion of a thing as coming or falling to the surface of another; <as>as, rain falls <ex>on</ex> the earth</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Whosoever shall fall <qex>on</qex> this stone shall be broken.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. xxi. 44.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with; <as>as, to play <ex>on</ex> a violin or piano</as>.  <as>Hence, figuratively, to work <ex>on</ex> one's feelings; to make an impression <ex>on</ex> the mind</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>At or near; adjacent to; -- indicating situation, place, or position; <as>as, <ex>on</ex> the one hand, <ex>on</ex> the other hand; the fleet is <ex>on</ex> the American coast.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>In addition to; besides; -- indicating multiplication or succession in a series; <as>as, heaps <ex>on</ex> heaps; mischief <ex>on</ex> mischief; loss <ex>on</ex> loss; thought <ex>on</ex> thought.</as></def>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Indicating dependence or reliance; with confidence in; <as>as, to depend <ex>on</ex> a person for assistance; to rely <ex>on</ex></as>; hence, indicating the ground or support of anything; <as>as, he will promise <ex>on</ex> certain conditions; to bet <ex>on</ex> a horse; based <ex>on</ex> certain assumptions</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>7.</sn> <def>At or in the time of; during; <as>as, <ex>on</ex> Sunday we abstain from labor</as>. See <er>At</er> (synonym).</def><br/>
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<p><sn>8.</sn> <def>At the time of; -- often conveying some notion of cause or motive; <as>as, <ex>on</ex> public occasions, the officers appear in full dress or uniform; the shop is closed <ex>on</ex> Sundays</as>.</def>  <specif>Hence,</specif> <def>in consequence of, or following; <as>as, <ex>on</ex> the ratification of the treaty, the armies were disbanded; start <ex>on</ex> the count of three</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>9.</sn> <def>Toward; for; -- indicating the object of some passion; <as>as, have pity or compassion <ex>on</ex> him</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>10.</sn> <def>At the peril of, or for the safety of.</def> &ldquo;Hence, <xex>on</xex> thy life.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Dryden.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>11.</sn> <def>By virtue of; with the pledge of; -- denoting a pledge or engagement, and put before the thing pledged; <as>as, he affirmed or promised <ex>on</ex> his word, or <ex>on</ex> his honor</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>12.</sn> <def>To the account of; -- denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon; <as>as, <ex>on</ex> us be all the blame; a curse <ex>on</ex> him.</as></def><br/>
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<p><q>His blood be <qex>on</qex> us and <qex>on</qex> our children.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. xxvii. 25.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>13.</sn> <def>In reference or relation to; <as>as, <ex>on</ex> our part expect punctuality; a satire <ex>on</ex> society.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>14.</sn> <def>Of.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> &ldquo;Be not jealous <xex>on</xex> me.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Or have we eaten <qex>on</qex> the insane root<br/>
That takes the reason prisoner?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; Instances of this usage are common in our older writers, and are sometimes now heard in illiterate speech.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>15.</sn> <def>Occupied with; in the performance of; <as>as, only three officers are <ex>on</ex> duty; <ex>on</ex> a journey; <ex>on</ex> the job; <ex>on</ex> an assignment; <ex>on</ex> a case; <ex>on</ex> the alert.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>16.</sn> <def>In the service of; connected with; a member of; <as>as, he is <ex>on</ex> a newspaper; <ex>on</ex> a committee.</as></def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>On</xex> and <xex>upon</xex> are in general interchangeable.  In some applications <xex>upon</xex> is more euphonious, and is therefore to be preferred; but in most cases <xex>on</xex> is preferable.</note><br/>
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<p><sn>17.</sn> <def>In reference to; about; concerning; <as>as, to think <ex>on</ex> it; to meditate <ex>on</ex> it</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>On a bowline</b></col>. <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>Same as <er>Closehauled</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>On a wind</b></col>, <it>or</it> <col><b>On the wind</b></col></mcol> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>sailing closehauled.</cd> -- <col><b>On a sudden</b></col>. <cd>See under <er>Sudden</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>On board</b></col>, <col><b>On draught</b></col>, <col><b>On fire</b></col>, etc.</mcol> <cd>See under <er>Board</er>, <er>Draught</er>, <er>Fire</er>, etc.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>On it</b></col>, <col><b>On't</b></col></mcol>, <cd>of it.</cd> <mark>[Obs. or Colloq.]</mark> <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>On shore</b></col>, <cd>on land; to the shore.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>On the road</b></col>, <col><b>On the way</b></col>, <col><b>On the wing</b></col></mcol>, <cd>etc. See under <er>Road</er>, <er>Way</er>, etc.</cd> -- <col><b>On to</b></col>, <cd>upon; on; to; -- sometimes written as one word, <xex>onto</xex>, and usually called a colloquialism; but it may be regarded in analogy with <xex>into</xex>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><q>They have added the -en plural form <qex>on to</qex> an elder plural.</q> <rj><qau>Earle.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>We see the strength of the new movement in the new class of ecclesiastics whom it forced <qex>on to</qex> the stage.</q> <rj><qau>J. R. Green.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>On</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[See <er>On</er>, <pos>prep.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Forward, in progression; onward; -- usually with a verb of motion; <as>as, move <ex>on</ex>; go <ex>on</ex>; the beat goes <ex>on</ex>.</as></def> &ldquo;Time glides <xex>on</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Macaulay.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>The path is smooth that leadeth <qex>on</qex> to danger.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Forward, in succession; <as>as, from father to son, from the son to the grandson, and so <ex>on</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>In continuance; without interruption or ceasing; <as>as, sleep <ex>on</ex>, take your ease; say <ex>on</ex>; sing <ex>on</ex>.</as></def><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Adhering; not off; as in the phrase, &ldquo;He is neither <xex>on</xex> nor off,&rdquo; that is, he is not steady, he is irresolute.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Attached to the body, as clothing or ornament, or for use.</def> &ldquo;I have boots <xex>on</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>B. Gonson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He put <qex>on</qex> righteousness as a breastplate.</q> <rj><qau>Is. lix. 17.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>In progress; proceeding; ongoing; <as>as, a game is <ex>on</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>On</xex> is sometimes used as an exclamation, or a command to move or proceed, some verb being understood; as, <xex>on</xex>, comrades; that is, <xex>go on</xex>, <xex>move on</xex>.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>On and on</b></col>, <cd>continuously; for a long time together.</cd> &ldquo;Toiling <xex>on and on and on</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Longfellow.</au></rj></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;On"a*ger</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> L. <plw>Onagri</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>, E. <plw>Onagers</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>onager</ets>, <ets>onagrus</ets>, Gr. &unr_;.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery.</def>  <rj><au>Fairholt.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A wild ass of central Asia, especially the <altname>koulan</altname> (<spn>Equus hemionus</spn> syn. <spn>Equus hemippus</spn> syn. <spn>Equus onager</spn>, formely <spn>Asinus onager</spn>).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*nag"ga</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The dauw.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>on"a*gon</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;*n&auml;"g&obreve_;n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A form of drum used by the Chippewa indians.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*nag"ra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Same as <gen>Oenothera</gen>, a genus of plants consisting of the evening primrose.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>on"a*gra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The female of the onager.</def><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>On`a*gra"ceous</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;n`&adot_;*gr&amacr;"sh&ubreve;s)</pr>, <hw>On`a*gra*ri"e*ous</hw> <pr>(-gr&auptack_;*r&imacr;"&euptack_;*&ubreve;s)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From NL. <ets>Onagra</ets> an old scientific name of the evening primrose (<gen>&OElig;nothera</gen>), fr. Gr. <grk>'ona`gra</grk> a kind of plant; of uncertain origin.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (<ord>Onagrace&aelig;</ord> or <ord>Onagrarie&aelig;</ord>), which includes the fuchsia, the willow-herb (<gen>Epilobium</gen>), and the evening primrose (<gen>&OElig;nothera</gen>).</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O"nan*ism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<etsep>Onan</etsep> (<au>Gen. xxxviii. 9</au>): cf. F. <ets>onanisme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Self-pollution; masturbation.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;O*nap"po</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>A nocturnal South American monkey (<spn>Callithrix discolor</spn>), noted for its agility; -- called also <altname>ventriloquist monkey</altname>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Once</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;ns)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo&ouml;l.)</fld> <def>The ounce.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Once</hw> <pr>(w&ubreve;ns)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>ones</ets>, <ets>anes</ets>, an adverbial form fr. <ets>one</ets>, <ets>on</ets>, <ets>an</ets>, one. See <er>One-</er>, <er>-Wards</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>For one time; by limitation to the number one; not twice nor any number of times more than one.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Ye shall . . . go round about the city <qex>once</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Josh. vi. 3.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Trees that bear mast are fruitful but <qex>once</qex> in two years.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>At some one period of time; -- used indefinitely.</def><br/>
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<p><q>My soul had <qex>once</qex> some foolish fondness for thee.</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>That court which we shall <qex>once</qex> govern.</q> <rj><qau>Bp. Hall.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>At any one time; -- often nearly equivalent to <sig>ever</sig>, <sig>if ever</sig>, or <sig>whenever</sig>; <as>as, <ex>once</ex> kindled, it may not be quenched</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Wilt thou not be made clean? When shall it <qex>once</qex> be?</q> <rj><qau>Jer. xiii. 27.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>To be <qex>once</qex> in doubt<br/>
Is <qex>once</qex> to be resolved.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>Once</xex> is used as a noun when preceded by <xex>this</xex> or <xex>that</xex>; as, <xex>this once</xex>, <xex>that once</xex>.  It is also sometimes used elliptically, like an adjective, for <xex>once-existing</xex>. &ldquo;The <xex>once</xex> province of Britain.&rdquo; <au>J. N. Pomeroy.</au></note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>At once</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>At the same point of time; immediately; without delay.</cd> &ldquo;Stand not upon the order of your going, but go <xex>at once</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Shak.</au> &ldquo;I . . . withdrew <xex>at once</xex> and altogether.&rdquo; <au>Jeffrey.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>At one and the same time; simultaneously; in one body; <as>as, they all moved <ex>at once</ex></as>.</cd> -- <col><b>Once and again</b></col>, <cd>once and once more; repeatedly.</cd> &ldquo;A dove sent forth <xex>once and again</xex>, to spy.&rdquo; <au>Milton.</au></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>once-over</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a swift cursory examination or inspection; <as>as, I gave him the <ex>once-over</ex></as>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> look-over.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>onchocerciasis</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An infection with nematodes of the genus <gen>Onchocerca</gen>, especially <causedby><spn>Onchocerca volvulus</spn></causedby>.  Untreated, such infections can cause serious dermatological problems, and in advanced cases may lead to blindness.  In certain areas of tropical Africa the blindness caused by onchocerciasis is called <er>river blindness</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Onchorynchus</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>A genus of fishes including the sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; and coho salmon.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Onchorynchus</gen>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;On*cid"i*um</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of tropical orchidaceous plants, the flower of one species of which (<spn>Oncidium Papilio</spn>) resembles a butterfly.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>On"co*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; bulk + <ets>-graph</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>An instrument for registering the changes observable with an oncometer.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>On*com"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; bulk + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>An instrument for measuring the variations in size of the internal organs of the body, as the kidney, spleen, etc.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>oncoming</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>moving toward one; approaching.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> approaching.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>oncoming</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>the beginning or early stages; the onset.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> onset.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>On"cost`</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Accounting)</fld> <def>In cost accounting, expenditure which is involved in the process of manufacture or the performance of work and which cannot be charged directly to any particular article manufactured or work done (as where different kinds of goods are produced), but must be allocated so that each kind of goods or work shall bear its proper share.</def> <mark>[Brit.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>on*cot"o*my</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;&nsmacr_;"k&obreve_;t*&ouptack_;*m&ybreve_;)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'o`gkos</grk> bulk, mass + <grk>te`mnein</grk> to cut: cf. F. <ets>oncotomie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>The opening of an abscess, or the removal of a tumor, with a cutting instrument.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>onkotomy</asp>.]</altsp>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>Ondatra</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A genus of rodents including the muskrat (<spn>Ondatra zibethica</spn>).</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Ondatra</gen>.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>onde</hw> <pr>(&obreve_;nd)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>anda</ets> malice, anger; akin to Icel. <ets>andi</ets>, <ets>&ouml;nd</ets>, breath.]</ety> <def>Hatred; fury; envy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;On` dit"</hw> <pr>(&ocirc;N` d&euptack_;")</pr>. <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>They say, or it is said.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A flying report; rumor; <as>as, it is a mere <ex>on dit</ex></as>.</def></def2><br/>
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<p><hw>On"do*gram</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>onde</ets> wave, L. <ets>unda</ets> + <ets>-gram</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>The record of an ondograph.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>On"do*graph</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>onde</ets> wave, L. <ets>unda</ets> + <ets>-graph</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>An instrument for autographically recording the wave forms of varying currents, esp. rapidly varying alternating currents.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>On*dom"e*ter</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>onde</ets> wave, L. <ets>unda</ets> + <ets>-mater</ets>.]</ety> <def>An electric wave meter.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>&Verbar;On`do`yant"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F., p.pr. of <ets>ondoyer</ets> to undulate, fr. <ets>onde</ets> wave, L. <ets>unda</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Art)</fld> <def>Wavy; having the surface marked by waves or slightly depressed furrows; <as>as, <ex>ondoyant</ex> glass</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>on-duty</hw> <pos>adj.</pos>  <def>performing or available for duties; <as>as, her <ex>on-duty</ex> hours were 11p.m. to 7 a.m.</as>.  Opposite of <ant>off-duty</ant>.</def> <mark>[prenominal]</mark><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> on duty(predicate).</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>-one</hw> <pr>(&omacr;n)</pr>. <ety>[From Gr. <grk>-w`nh</grk>, signifying, female descendant.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A suffix indicating that the substance, in the name of which it appears, is a <isa>ketone</isa>; <as>as, acet<ex>one</ex></as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>-one</hw> <pos>suff.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A termination indicating that the hydrocarbon to the name of which it is affixed belongs to the <xex>fourth series of hydrocarbons</xex>, or the <xex>third series of unsaturated hydrocarbons</xex>; as, non<xex>one</xex>.</def> <mark>[archaic]</mark> <br/>
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<p><hw>One</hw> <pr>(w&ubreve;n)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>one</ets>, <ets>on</ets>, <ets>an</ets>, AS. <ets>&amacr;n</ets>; akin to D. <ets>een</ets>, OS. <ets>&emacr;n</ets>, OFries. <ets>&emacr;n</ets>, <ets>&amacr;n</ets>, G. <ets>ein</ets>, Dan. <ets>een</ets>, Sw. <ets>en</ets>, Icel. <ets>einn</ets>, Goth. <ets>ains</ets>, W. <ets>un</ets>, Ir. &amp; Gael. <ets>aon</ets>, L. <ets>unus</ets>, earlier <ets>oinos</ets>, <ets>oenos</ets>, Gr. <grk>o'i`nh</grk> the ace on dice; cf. Skr. <ets>&emacr;ka</ets>.  The same word as the indefinite article <ets>a</ets>, <ets>an</ets>. &radic; 299.  Cf. 2d <er>A</er>, 1st <er>An</er>, <er>Alone</er>, <er>Anon</er>, <er>Any</er>, <er>None</er>, <er>Nonce</er>, <er>Only</er>, <er>Onion</er>, <er>Unit</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Being a single unit, or entire being or thing, and no more; not multifold; single; individual.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The dream of Pharaoh is <qex>one</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Gen. xli. 25.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>O that we now had here<br/>
But <qex>one</qex> ten thousand of those men in England.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Denoting a person or thing conceived or spoken of indefinitely; a certain. &ldquo;I am the sister of <xex>one</xex> Claudio&rdquo; [<au>Shak.</au>], that is, of a certain man named Claudio.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Pointing out a contrast, or denoting a particular thing or person different from some other specified; -- used as a correlative adjective, with or without <xex>the</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>From the <qex>one</qex> side of heaven unto the other.</q> <rj><qau>Deut. iv. 32.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Closely bound together; undivided; united; constituting a whole.</def><br/>
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<p><q>The church is therefore <qex>one</qex>, though the members may be many.</q> <rj><qau>Bp. Pearson</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Single in kind; the same; a common.</def><br/>
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<p><q><qex>One</qex> plague was on you all, and on your lords.</q> <rj><qau>1 Sam. vi. 4.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><sn>6.</sn> <def>Single; unmarried.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>Men may counsel a woman to be <qex>one</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note>&hand_; <xex>One</xex> is often used in forming compound words, the meaning of which is obvious; as, <xex>one</xex>-armed, <xex>one</xex>-celled, <xex>one</xex>-eyed, <xex>one</xex>-handed, <xex>one</xex>-hearted, <xex>one</xex>-horned, <xex>one</xex>-idead, <xex>one</xex>-leaved, <xex>one</xex>-masted, <xex>one</xex>-ribbed, <xex>one</xex>-story, <xex>one</xex>-syllable, <xex>one</xex>-stringed, <xex>one</xex>-winged, etc.</note><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>All one</b></col>, <cd>of the same or equal nature, or consequence; all the same; <as>as, he says that it is <ex>all one</ex> what course you take.</as></cd> <au>Shak.</au> -- <col><b>One day</b></col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>On a certain day, not definitely specified, referring to time past.</cd><br/>
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<q><qex>One day</qex> when Phoebe fair,<br/>
With all her band, was following the chase.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/>
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<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Referring to future time: At some uncertain day or period in the future; some day.</cd><br/>
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<q>Well, I will marry <qex>one day</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj>
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<p><hw>One</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A single unit; <as>as, <ex>one</ex> is the base of all numbers</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A symbol representing a unit, as 1, or i.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A single person or thing.</def> &ldquo;The shining <xex>ones</xex>.&rdquo; <au>Bunyan.</au> &ldquo;Hence, with your little <xex>ones</xex>.&rdquo;  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><q>He will hate the <qex>one</qex>, and love the other.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. vi. 24.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>That we may sit, <qex>one</qex> on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.</q> <rj><qau>Mark x. 37.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>After one</b></col>, <cd>after one fashion; alike.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Chaucer.</au> -- <col><b>At one</b></col>, <cd>in agreement or concord. See <er>At one</er>, in the Vocab.</cd> -- <col><b>Ever in one</b></col>, <cd>continually; perpetually; always.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Chaucer.</au> -- <col><b>In one</b></col>, <cd>in union; in a single whole.</cd> -- <mcol><col><b>One and one</b></col>, <col><b>One by one</b></col></mcol>, <cd>singly; one at a time; one after another.</cd> &ldquo;Raising <xex>one by one</xex> the suppliant crew.&rdquo; <au>Dryden.</au> -- <col><b>one on one</b></col> <cd>contesting an opponent individually; -- in a contest.</cd> -- <col><b>go one on one</b></col>, <cd>to contest one opponent by oneself; -- in a game, esp. basketball.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>One</hw> <pr>(w&ubreve;n)</pr>, <pos>indef. pron.</pos> <def>Any person, indefinitely; a person or body; <as>as, what <ex>one</ex> would have well done, <ex>one</ex> should do <ex>one's</ex> self</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>It was well worth <qex>one's</qex> while.</q> <rj><qau>Hawthorne.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><q>Against this sort of condemnation <qex>one</qex> must steel <qex>one's</qex> self as <qex>one</qex> best can.</q> <rj><qau>G. Eliot.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><note><xex>One</xex> is often used with <xex>some</xex>, <xex>any</xex>, <xex>no</xex>, <xex>each</xex>, <xex>every</xex>, <xex>such</xex>, <xex>a</xex>, <xex>many a</xex>, <xex>another</xex>, <xex>the other</xex>, etc. It is sometimes joined with <xex>another</xex>, to denote a reciprocal relation.<br/>
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<q>When any <qex>one</qex> heareth the word.</q> <rj><qau>Matt. xiii. 19.</qau></rj><br/>
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<q>She knew every <qex>one</qex> who was any <qex>one</qex> in the land of Bohemia.</q> <rj><qau>Compton Reade.</qau></rj><br/>
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<q>The Peloponnesians and the Athenians fought against <qex>one another</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Jowett (Thucyd. ).</qau></rj><br/>
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<q>The gentry received <qex>one another</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Thackeray.</qau></rj>
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<p><hw>One</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite; to assimilite.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><q>The rich folk that embraced and <qex>oned</qex> all their heart to treasure of the world.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>One"ber`ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The herb Paris. See <cref>Herb Paris</cref>, under <er>Herb</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>one-dimensional</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>having only one dimension; <as>as, a line is a <ex>one-dimensional</ex> object; a <ex>one-dimensional</ex> array</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Seeming to have only one dimension; lacking depth; <as>as, <ex>one-dimensional</ex> characters</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>one-eared</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>Relating to or having or hearing with only one ear; monaural.  Opposite of <ant>binaural</ant>.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> monaural.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>one-edged</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>Having only one sharp edge; single-edged; -- of cutting instruments, mostly swords and razor blades.  Opposed to <ant>double-edged</ant>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>one-eyed</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>having or showing only one eye; <as>as, <ex>one-eyed</ex> Jacks are wild; the three <ex>one-eyed</ex> Cyclopes of Greek myth</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>one-fifth</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A fifth part.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fifth, fifth part, twenty percent.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>one-fourth</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>A quarter; a fourth part.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fourth, quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>one-half</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>one of two equal parts of a divisible whole; a half; a century and one half.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> half.</syn><br/>
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<p><mhw><hw>one"-hand`</hw>, <hw>one`-hand"ed</hw></mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Employing one hand; <as>as, the <ex>one-hand</ex> alphabet</as>. See <er>Dactylology</er>.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>one-hitter</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Baseball)</fld> <def>A game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only one hit.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> 1-hitter.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>one"-horse`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Drawn by one horse; having but a single horse; <as>as, a <ex>one-horse</ex> carriage</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Second-rate; inferior; small; <as>as, a <ex>one-horse</ex> town</as>.</def> <mark>[Slang, U.S.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>O*nei"das</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>prop. n. pl.</pos>; <sing>sing. <singw>Oneida</singw> <pr>(&unr_;)</pr></sing>. <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> <def>A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the region near Oneida Lake in the State of New York, and forming part of the Five Nations.  Remnants of the tribe now live in New York, Canada, and Wisconsin.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>one-eighth</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>an eightht part.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> eighth.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>O*nei`ro*crit`ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>oneirocritique</ets>. See <er>Oneirocritic</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <def>An interpreter of dreams.</def>  <rj><au>Bp. Warburton. Addison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>O*nei`ro*crit`ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>O*nei`ro*crit`ic*al</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; a dream + &unr_; critical, fr. &unr_; to discern.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the interpretation of dreams.</def>  <rj><au>Addison.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><mhw>{ <hw>O*nei`ro*crit`i*cism</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <hw>O*nei`ro*crit`ics</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>The art of interpreting dreams.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O*nei"ro*man`cy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; a dream + <ets>-mancy</ets>.]</ety> <def>Divination by means of dreams.</def>  <rj><au>De Quincey.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>O`nei*ros"co*pist</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who interprets dreams.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>O`nei*ros"co*py</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. &unr_; a dream + <ets>-scopy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The interpretation of dreams.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>One"li*ness</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being one or single.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cudworth.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>One"ly</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Only</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>One"ment</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being at one or reconciled.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>One"ness</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of being one; singleness in number; individuality; unity.</def><br/>
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<p><q>Our God is one, or rather very <qex>oneness</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Hooker.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>On"er*a*ry</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>onerarius</ets>, fr. <ets>onus</ets>, <ets>oneris</ets>, load, burden: cf. F. <ets>on&eacute;raire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Fitted for, or carrying, a burden.</def>  <rj><au>Johnson.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>On"er*ate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. &amp; p. p.</pos> <conjf>Onerated</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. &amp; vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Onerating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>oneratus</ets>, p. p. pf <ets>onerare</ets>.]</ety> <def>To load; to burden.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Becon.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>On`er*a"tion</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of loading.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/>
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<p><hw>On"er*ous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>onerosus</ets>, fr. <ets>onus</ets>, <ets>oneris</ets>, a load, burden: cf. F. <ets>on&eacute;reux</ets>.]</ety> <def>Burdensome; oppressive.</def> &ldquo;Too <xex>onerous</xex> a solicitude.&rdquo;  <rj><au>I. Taylor.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><cs><col><b>Onerous cause</b></col> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld>, <cd>a good and legal consideration; -- opposed to <contr>gratuitous</contr>.</cd></cs><br/>
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<p><hw>On"er*ous*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In an onerous manner.</def><br/>
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<p><hw>Ones</hw> <pr>(&omacr;ns)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Once.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>One`self"</hw> <pr>(w&ubreve;n`s&ebreve_;lf")</pr>, <pos>pron.</pos> <def>A reflexive form of the indefinite pronoun <xex>one</xex>.  Commonly written as two words, <xex>one's self</xex>.</def><br/>
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<p><q>One's self (or more properly <qex>oneself</qex>), is quite a modern form. In Elizabethan English we find <qex>a man's self = one's self</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Morris.</qau></rj><br/>
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<p><hw>one-seventh</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a seventh part.</def><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> seventh.</syn><br/>
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<p><hw>One`-sid"ed</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having one side only, or one side prominent.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>2.</sn> <specif>Hence:</specif> <def>Limited to one side; favoring one person or side over another; partial; unjust; unfair; <as>as, a <ex>one-sided</ex> view or statement</as>.</def> <wns>[wns=5]</wns> &ldquo;Unguarded and <xex>one-sided</xex> language.&rdquo;  <rj><au>T. Arnold.</au></rj><br/>
<syn><b>Syn. --</b> biased, colored, slanted.</syn><br/>
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<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>Having one team or party greatly superior; strongly favoring only one side; uneven; imbalanced; unequal; <as>as, a <ex>one-sided</ex> contest</as>; -- of contests, generally.</def> <wns>[wns=4]</wns><br/>
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<p><sn>4.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Growing on one side of a stem; <as>as, <ex>one-sided</ex> flowers</as>.</def><br/>
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<p><sn>5.</sn> <def>Using only one side, or ha