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+<p><-- Begin file 15 of 26: Letter O (Version 0.46)
+
+ This file is part 15 of the GNU version of
+ The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
+ Also referred to as GCIDE
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+ Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
+ Version published 1913
+ by the C. & G. Merriam Co.
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+ Last edit January 17, 2002.
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+ --></p>
+
+<p><centered><point26>O.</point26></centered></p>
+
+<p><hw>O</hw> <pr>(<omac/)</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<oe/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>\'be</it>n; E. st<it>o</it>ne, AS. st<it>\'be</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><umac/</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 (<Omac/), 11,000.<br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>O</hw> <pr>(<omac/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>O's</plw> <it>or</it> <plw>Oes</plw> <pr>(<omac/z)</pr>.</plu> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The letter O, or its sound.</def> \'bdMouthing out his hollow <xex>oes</xex> and aes.\'b8 <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> \'bdThis wooden <xex>O</xex> [Globe Theater]\'b8. <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <def>A cipher; zero.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Thou art an <qex>O</qex> without a figure.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>O'</hw> <pr>(<omac/; unaccented <osl/)</pr>, <pos>prep.</pos> <def>A shortened form of <sig>of</sig> or <sig>on</sig>.</def> \'bdAt the turning <xex>o'</xex> the tide.\'b8 <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>O</hw> <pr>(<omac/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>One</er>.]</ety> <def>One.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Chaucer.</au> \'bdAlle thre but <xex>o</xex> God.\'b8 <au>Piers Plowman.</au><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>O</hw> <pr>(<omac/)</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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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: \'bd<xex>O</xex> [I wish] that Ishmael might live before thee!\'b8 <au>Gen. xvii. 18</au>; or in expressions of surprise, indignation, or regret: \'bd<xex>O</xex> [it is sad] that such eyes should e'er meet other object!\'b8</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. \'bd<xex>O</xex>, I am slain!\'b8 <au>Shak.</au> \'bd<xex>O</xex> what a fair and ministering angel!\'b8 \'bd<xex>O</xex> sweet angel !\'b8 <au>Longfellow.</au></note><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q><qex>O</qex> for a kindling touch from that pure flame!</q> <rj><qau>Wordsworth.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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>, <and/ <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>(<omac/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>(<omac/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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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>(<omac/k)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>oke</ets>, <ets>ok</ets>, <ets>ak</ets>, AS. <ets>\'bec</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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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>]</p>
+
+<p> 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\'94l.)</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\'94l.)</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 \'bdnot at home to visitors,\'b8 signified by closing the outer (oaken) door of one's rooms.</cd> <mark>[Cant, Eng. Univ.]</mark></cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Oak"en</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>\'becen</ets>.]</ety> <def>Made or consisting of oaks or of the wood of oaks.</def> \'bdIn <xex>oaken</xex> bower.\'b8 <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q><qex>Oaken</qex> timber, wherewith to build ships.</q> <rj><qau>Bacon.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Oak"er</hw> <pr>(<omac/k"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Ocher</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Oak"ling</hw> <pr>(<omac/k"l<icr/ng)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A young oak.</def> <rj><au>Evelyn.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><-- p. 989 --></p>
+
+<p><hw>Oak"um</hw> <pr>(<omac/k"<ucr/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>\'becumba</ets>; pref. <ets><amac/-</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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The coarse portion separated from flax or hemp in nackling.</def> <rj><au>Knight.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>White oakum</b></col>, <cd>that made from untarred rope.</cd></cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Oak"y</hw> <pr>(<omac/k"<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Resembling oak; strong.</def> <rj><au>Bp. Hall.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Oar</hw> <pr>(<omac/r)</pr>, <pos>n</pos> <ety>[AS. <ets>\'ber</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>\'ber</ets>, Dan. <ets>aare</ets>, Sw. <ets>\'86ra</ets>; perh. akin to E. <ets>row</ets>, v. Cf. <er>Rowlock</er>.]</ety><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An oarsman; a rower; <as>as, he is a good <ex>oar</ex></as>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>3.</sn> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An oarlike swimming organ of various invertebrates.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>Oar cock</b></col> <sd>(Zo\'94l.)</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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Oar</hw>, <pos>v. t. & i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Oared</conjf> <pr>(?)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Oaring</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To row.</def> \'bd<xex>Oared</xex> himself.\'b8 <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>Oared with laboring arms.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Oared</hw> <pr>(<omac/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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>Oared shrew</b></col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>an aquatic European shrew (<spn>Crossopus ciliatus</spn>); -- called also <altname>black water shrew</altname>.</cd></cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Oar"fish`</hw> <pr>(<omac/r"f<icr/sh`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The ribbon fish.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Oar"foot`</hw> <pr>(<omac/r"f<oocr/t`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any crustacean of the genus <gen>Remipes</gen>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Oar"-foot`ed</hw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Having feet adapted for swimming.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Oar"less</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Without oars.</def> <rj><au>Sylvester.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Oar"lock`</hw> <pr>(<omac/r"l<ocr/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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source> + <source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Oars"man</hw> <pr>(<omac/rz"m<ait/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Oarsmen</plw> <pr>(-m<eit/n)</pr>.</plu> <def>One who uses, or is skilled in the use of, an oar; a rower.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>At the prow of the boat, rose one of the <qex>oarsmen</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>oarsmanship</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>skill as an oarsman.</def><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Oars"weed`</hw> <pr>(<omac/r"w<emac/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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>oarswoman</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>a woman oarsman.</def><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Oar"y</hw> <pr>(<omac/r"<ycr/)</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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>O"as*is</hw> <pr>(<omac/"<adot/*s<icr/s <it>or</it> <osl/*<amac/"s<icr/s; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Oases</plw> <pr>(-s<emac/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> \'bdThe Arab does not love the desert; the Arab loves the <ex>oasis</ex> and green fields.\'b8<br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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 & 3]</wns><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> haven.</syn><br/
+[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>My one <qex>oasis</qex> in the dust and drouth<br/
+Of city life.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Oast</hw> <pr>(<omac/st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>ost</ets>, AS. <ets><amac/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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Oat</hw> <pr>(<omac/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Oats</plw> <pr>(<omac/ts)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>ote</ets>, <ets>ate</ets>, AS. <ets><amac/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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A musical pipe made of oat straw.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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\'94l.)</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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Oat"cake</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A cake made of oatmeal.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Made of oatmeal; <as>as, <ex>oaten</ex> cakes</as>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Oath</hw> <pr>(<omac/th)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Oaths</plw> <pr>(<omac/<th/z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>othe</ets>, <ets>oth</ets>, <ets>ath</ets>, AS. <ets>\'be<edh/</ets>; akin to D. <ets>eed</ets>, OS. <ets>\'c7<edh/</ets>, G. <ets>eid</ets>, Icel. <ets>ei<edh/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> \'bdI have an <xex>oath</xex> in heaven\'b8 <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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> \'bdA terrible <xex>oath</xex>\'b8 <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the genus <gen>Panicum</gen>; panic grass.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ob*duct"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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> \'bd<xex>Obduracy</xex> and persistency.\'b8 <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>The absolute completion of sin in final <qex>obduracy</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>South.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable.</def> \'bd<xex>Obdurate</xex> consonants.\'b8 <rj><au>Swift.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><note><hand/ Sometimes accented on the second syllable, especially by the older poets.</note><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>There is no flesh in man's <qex>obdurate</qex> heart.</q> <rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p>-- <wordforms><wf>Ob"du*rate*ly</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> -- <wf>Ob"du*rate*ness</wf>, <pos>n.</pos></wordforms><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ob"du*rate</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To harden.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<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/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>Ob*dure"</hw> <pr>(<ocr/b*d<umac/r")</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To harden.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ob*dure"</hw> <pr>(<ocr/b*d<umac/r")</pr>, <hw>Ob*dured"</hw> <pr>(<ocr/b*d<umac/r")</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Obdurate; hard.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><