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word: Oration
definition:
Oration

O*ra"tion
(?)
n.
[L. oratio, fr. orare to speak, utter, pray. See Oral, Orison.]
An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the like; -- distinguished from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill.

The lord archbishop . . . made a long oration.
Bacon.


word: Orator
definition:
Orator

Or"a*tor
(?)
n.
[L., fr. orare to speak, utter. See Oration.]
1.
A public speaker; one who delivers an oration; especially, one distinguished for his skill and power as a public speaker; one who is eloquent.

I am no orator, as Brutus is.
Shak.

Some orator renowned
In Athens or free Rome.
Milton.

2.
(Law)
(a)
In equity proceedings, one who prays for relief; a petitioner.
(b)
A plaintiff, or complainant, in a bill in chancery.
Burrill.

3.
(Eng. Universities)
An officer who is the voice of the university upon all public occasions, who writes, reads, and records all letters of a public nature, presents, with an appropriate address, those persons on whom honorary degrees are to be conferred, and performs other like duties; -- called also public orator.


word: Oratorian₂
definition:
Oratorian

Or`a*to"ri*an
n.
[Cf. F. oratorien.]
(R. C. Ch.)
See Fathers of the Oratory, under Oratory.


word: Oratorical
definition:
Oratorical

Or`a*tor"ic*al
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to an orator or to oratory; characterized by oratory; rhetorical; becoming to an orator; as, an oratorical triumph; an oratorical essay.
Or`a*tor"ic*al*ly, adv.


word: Oratorio
definition:
Oratorio

Or`a*to"ri*o
(?)
n.
[It., fr. L. oratorius belonging to praying. See Orator, and cf. Oratory.]

1.
(Mus.)
A more or less dramatic text or poem, founded on some Scripture nerrative, or great divine event, elaborately set to music, in recitative, arias, grand choruses, etc., to be sung with an orchestral accompaniment, but without action, scenery, or costume, although the oratorio grew out of the Mysteries and the Miracle and Passion plays, which were acted.

&hand_; There are instances of secular and mythological subjects treated in the form of the oratorios, and called oratorios by their composers; as Haydn's “Seasons,” Handel's “Semele,” etc.

2.
Performance or rendering of such a composition.


word: Oratorious
definition:
Oratorious

Or`a*to"ri*ous
(?)
a.
[LL. oratorius.]
Oratorical.
[Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.
Or`a*to"ri*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.]


word: Oratory
definition:
Oratory

Or"a*to*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Oratories (#).
[OE. oratorie, fr. L. oratorium, fr. oratorius of praying, of an orator: cf. F. oratoire. See Orator, Oral, and cf. Oratorio.]
A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions.

An oratory [temple] . . . in worship of Dian.
Chaucer.

Do not omit thy prayers for want of a good oratory, or place to pray in.
Jer. Taylor.

Fathers of the Oratory (R. C. Ch.), a society of priests founded by St. Philip Neri, living in community, and not bound by a special vow. The members are called also oratorians.


word: Oratory₂
definition:
Oratory

Or"a*to*ry
n.
[L. oratoria (sc. ars) the oratorical art.]
The art of an orator; the art of public speaking in an eloquent or effective manner; the exercise of rhetorical skill in oral discourse; eloquence.
oratory
Milton.

When a world of men
Could not prevail with all their oratory.
Shak.


word: Orb
definition:
Orb

Orb
(ôrb)
n.
[OF. orb blind, fr. L. orbus destitute.]
(Arch.)
A blank window or panel.
[Obs.]
Oxf. Gloss.


word: Orb₂
definition:
Orb

Orb
n.
[F. orbe, fr. L. orbis circle, orb.  Cf. Orbit.]

1.
A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star.

In the small orb of one particular tear.
Shak.

Whether the prime orb,
Incredible how swift, had thither rolled.
Milton.

2.
One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be inclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions.

3.
A circle; esp., a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit.

The schoolmen were like astronomers, which did feign eccentrics, and epicycles, and such engines of orbs.
Bacon.

You seem to me as Dian in her orb.
Shak.

In orbs
Of circuit inexpressible they stood,
Orb within orb.
Milton.

4.
A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body.
[R.]
Milton.

5.
The eye, as luminous and spherical.
[Poetic]

A drop serene hath quenched their orbs.
Milton.

6.
A revolving circular body; a wheel.
[Poetic]

The orbs
Of his fierce chariot rolled.
Milton.

7.
A sphere of action or influence.
Wordsworth.

But in our orbs we'll live so round and safe.
Shak

8.
Same as Mound, a ball or globe.  See 1st Mound.

9.
(Mil.)
A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defense, esp. infantry to repel cavalry.


word: Orb₃
definition:
Orb

Orb
(ôrb)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Orbed (ôrbd); p. pr. & vb. n. Orbing.]
1.
To form into an orb or circle.
[Poetic]
Milton. Lowell.

2.
To encircle; to surround; to inclose.
[Poetic]

The wheels were orbed with gold.
Addison.


word: Orbate
definition:
Orbate

Or"bate
(?)
a.
[L. orbatus, p. p. of orbare to bereave, fr. orbus bereaved of parents or children. See Orphan.]
Bereaved; fatherless; childless.
[Obs.]


word: Orbation
definition:
Orbation

Or*ba"tion
(?)
n.
[L. orbatio.]
The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or children; privation, in general; bereavement.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Orbical
definition:
Orbical

Orbic

{ Or"bic (?), Or"bic*al (?), }
a.
[L. orbicus, or orbitus, fr. orbis orb.]
Spherical; orbicular; orblike; circular.
[R.]
Bacon.


word: Orbicle
definition:
Orbicle

Or"bi*cle
(?)
n.
[L. orbiculus, dim. of orbis orb.]
A small orb, or sphere.
[Obs.]
G. Fletcher.


word: Orbicular
definition:
Orbicular

Or*bic"u*lar
(?)
a.
[L. orbicularis, fr. orbiculus, dim. of orbis orb: cf. F. orbiculaire.]
Resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular; orbiculate.
Or*bic"u*lar*ly, adv. -- Or*bic"u*lar*ness, n.

Orbicular as the disk of a planet.
De Quincey.


word: Orbiculate
definition:
Orbiculate

Or*bic"u*late
(?)
n.
That which is orbiculate; especially, a solid the vertical section of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular.


word: Orbiculated
definition:
Orbiculated

Orbiculate

{ Or*bic"u*late (?), Or*bic"u*la`ted (?), }
a.
[L. orbiculatus. See Orbicular.]
Made, or being, in the form of an orb; having a circular, or nearly circular, or a spheroidal, outline.

Orbiculate leaf (Bot.), a leaf whose outline is nearly circular.


word: Orbiculation
definition:
Orbiculation

Or*bic`u*la"tion
(?)
n.
The state or quality of being orbiculate; orbicularness.
Dr. H. More.


word: Orbit
definition:
Orbit

Or"bit
(?)
n.
[L. orbita a track or rut made by a wheel, course, circuit, fr. orbis a circle: cf. F. orbite. See 2d Orb.]
1.
(Astron.)
The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.

2.
An orb or ball.
[Rare & Improper]

Roll the lucid orbit of an eye.
Young.

3.
(Anat.)
The cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated.

4.
(Zool.)
The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.


word: Orbital
definition:
Orbital

Or"bit*al
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to an orbit.
Orbital
J. D. Forbes.

Orbital index (Anat.), in the skull, the ratio of the vertical height to the transverse width of the orbit, which is taken as the standard, equal to 100.


word: Orbitelae
definition:
Orbitelae

Or`bi*te"lae
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. orbis an orb + tela a web.]
(Zool.)
A division of spiders, including those that make geometrical webs, as the garden spider, or Epeira.


word: Orbitolites
definition:
Orbitolites

Or`bi*to*li"tes
(?)
prop. n.
[NL. See Orbit, and -lite.]
(Zool.)
A genus of living Foraminifera, forming broad, thin, circular disks, containing numerous small chambers.


word: Orbitonasal
definition:
Orbitonasal

Or`bi*to*na"sal
(?)
a.
[Orbit + nasal.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the orbit and the nose; as, the orbitonasal, or ophthalmic, nerve.


word: Orbitosphenoid
definition:
Orbitosphenoid

Or`bi*to*sphe"noid
(?)
a.
[Orbit + sphenoid.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone and the orbit, or to the orbitosphenoid bone.
n. The orbitosphenoid bone, which is situated in the orbit on either side of the presphenoid. It generally forms a part of the sphenoid in the adult.


word: Orbitosphenoidal
definition:
Orbitosphenoidal

Or`bi*to*sphe*noid"al
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the orbitosphenoid bone; orbitosphenoid.


word: Orbity
definition:
Orbity

Orbitude

{ Or"bi*tude (?), Or"bi*ty (?), }
n.
[L. orbitudo, orbitas, fr. orbus: cf. F. orbité. See Orbate.]
Orbation.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Orbulina
definition:
Orbulina

Or`bu*li"na
(?)
prop. n.
[NL., dim. of L. orbis orb.]
(Zool.)
A genus of minute living Foraminifera having a globular shell.


word: orb-weaver
definition:
orb-weaver

orb weaver

orb" weav`er, orb"-weav`er
(?)
n.
Any spider of the family Araneidae (called also Argiopidae) that spins a web with a pattern of lines spiraling outward from the center.  They have eight similar eyes.  The golden orb weaver, Mephila clavipes, is known for the remarkable dragline silk it produces for use as a frame for its web and as a line on which it can plummet down and nab prey.  This silk has a high tensile strength and is stronger than the toughest current synthetic polymer (Kevlar).


word: Orby
definition:
Orby

Orb"y
(?)
a.
[From 2d Orb.]
Orblike; having the course of an orb; revolving.
[Obs.]
Orby
Chapman.


word: orc
definition:
orc

orc
(ôrk)
n.
[L. orca, a kind of whale: cf. F. orque.]
1.
(Zool.)
Any of several cetaceans, especialy the grampus (Grampus griseus) of the dolphin family.
[Written also ork and orch.]
Milton.

An island salt and bare,
The haunt of seals, and orcs, and sea-mews' clang.
Milton (Par. Lost xi. 835).
2.
(Mythology)
A mythical monster of varying descriptions; an ogre.

Goblins, hobgoblins, and orcs of the worst description.
J. J. Tolkien (The Hobbit)
3.
The orca.


word: Orcadian
definition:
Orcadian

Or*ca"di*an
(?)
a.
[L. Orcades the Orkney Islands.]
Of or pertaining to the Orkney Islands.


word: Orcein
definition:
Orcein

Or"ce*in
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A reddish brown amorphous dyestuff, C7H7NO3, obtained from orcin, and forming the essential coloring matter of cudbear and archil.  It is closely related to litmus.


word: Orchard
definition:
Orchard

Or"chard
(?)
n.
[AS. ortgeard, wyrtgeard, lit., wortyard, i. e., a yard for herbs; wyrt herb + geard yard. See Wort, Yard inclosure.]
1.
A garden.
[Obs.]

2.
An inclosure containing fruit trees; also, the fruit trees, collectively; -- used especially of apples, peaches, pears, cherries, plums, or the like, less frequently of nutbearing trees and of sugar maple trees.

Orchard grass (Bot.), a tall coarse grass (Dactylis glomerata), introduced into the United States from Europe.  It grows usually in shady places, and is of value for forage and hay. -- Orchard house (Hort.), a glazed structure in which fruit trees are reared in pots. -- Orchard oriole (Zool.), a bright-colored American oriole (Icterus spurius), which frequents orchards.  It is smaller and darker thah the Baltimore oriole.


word: Orchestian
definition:
Orchestian

Or*ches"tian
(?)
n.
[From Gr. _; a dancer. See Orchestra.]
(Zool.)
Any species of amphipod crustacean of the genus Orchestia, or family Orchestidae. See Beach flea, under Beach.


word: Orchestra
definition:
Orchestra

Or"ches*tra
(?)
n.
[L. orchestra, Gr. _;, orig., the place for the chorus of dancers, from _; to dance: cf. F. orchestre.]
1.
The space in a theater between the stage and the audience; -- originally appropriated by the Greeks to the chorus and its evolutions, afterward by the Romans to persons of distinction, and by the moderns to a band of instrumental musicians.  Now commonly called orchestra pit, to distinguish it from the section of the main floor occupied by spectators.

2.
The space in the main floor of a theater in which the audience sits; also, the forward spectator section of the main floor, in distinction from the parterre, which is the rear section of the main floor.

3.
The place in any public hall appropriated to a band of instrumental musicians.

4.
(Mus.)
(a)
Loosely: A band of instrumental musicians performing in a theater, concert hall, or other place of public amusement.
(b)
Strictly: A band suitable for the performance of symphonies, overtures, etc., as well as for the accompaniment of operas, oratorios, cantatas, masses, and the like, or of vocal and instrumental solos.
(c)
A band composed, for the largest part, of players of the various viol instruments, many of each kind, together with a proper complement of wind instruments of wood and brass; -- as distinguished from a military or street band of players on wind instruments, and from an assemblage of solo players for the rendering of concerted pieces, such as septets, octets, and the like.

5.
(Mus.)
The instruments employed by a full band, collectively; as, an orchestra of forty stringed instruments, with proper complement of wind instruments.


word: Orchestral
definition:
Orchestral

Or"ches*tral
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to an orchestra; suitable for, or performed in or by, an orchestra.


word: orchestrate
definition:
orchestrate

orchestrate
v. t.
1.
to write an orchestra score for; -- of a musical composition.

2.
To be the chief coordinator of (an activity requiring action by more than one person); to organize and coordinate.

Syn. -- mastermind, engineer, direct, organize.


word: orchestrated
definition:
orchestrated

orchestrated
adj.
1.
Arranged for performance by an orchestra; -- of a musical composition.

2.
Coordinated to achieve a maximal effect; -- of actions of a group.


word: Orchestration
definition:
Orchestration

Or`ches*tra"tion
(?)
n.
(Mus.)
The arrangement of music for an orchestra; orchestral treatment of a composition; -- called also instrumentation.


word: Orchestrion
definition:
Orchestrion

Or*ches"tri*on
(?)
n.
A large music box imitating a variety of orchestral instruments.


word: Orchidaceous
definition:
Orchidaceous

Or`chi*da"ceous
(?)
a.
(Bot.)
Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order (Orchidaceae) of endogenous plants of which the genus Orchis is the type.  They are mostly perennial herbs having the stamens and pistils united in a single column, and normally three petals and three sepals, all adherent to the ovary.  The flowers are curiously shaped, often resembling insects, the odd or lower petal (called the lip) being unlike the others, and sometimes of a strange and unexpected appearance.  About one hundred species occur in the United States, but several thousand in the tropics.

&hand_; Over three hundred genera are recognized.


word: Orchidales
definition:
Orchidales

Orchidales
prop. n.
An order of plants with irregular flowers having minute seeds, and including the families Orchidaceae and Burmanniaceae.

Syn. -- order Orchidales.


word: Orchidology
definition:
Orchidology

Or`chid*ol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; the orchis + -logy.]
The branch of botany which treats of orchids.


word: Orchis
definition:
Orchis

Or"chis
(?)
prop. n.
pl. Orchises (#).
[L., fr. Gr. _; a testicle, the orchis; -- so called from its tubers.]

1.
(Bot.)
A genus of endogenous plants growing in the North Temperate zone, and consisting of about eighty species.  They are perennial herbs growing from a tuber (beside which is usually found the last year's tuber also), and are valued for their showy flowers. See Orchidaceous.

2.
(Bot.)
Any plant of the same family with the orchis; an orchid.

&hand_; The common names, such as bee orchis, fly orchis, butterfly orchis, etc., allude to the peculiar form of the flower.


word: Orchitis
definition:
Orchitis

Or*chi"tis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a testicle + -itis.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the testicles.


word: Orchotomy
definition:
Orchotomy

Or*chot"o*my
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; a testicle + te`mnein to cut.]
(Surg.)
The operation of cutting out or removing a testicle by the knife; castration.


word: Orcin
definition:
Orcin

Or"cin
(?)
n.
[Etymology uncertain: cf. F. orcine.]
(Chem.)
A colorless crystalline substance, C6H3.CH3.(OH)2, which is obtained from certain lichens (Roccella, Lecanora, etc.), also from extract of aloes, and artificially from certain derivatives of toluene.  It changes readily into orcein.


word: Ord
definition:
Ord

Ord
(ôrd)
n.
[AS. ord point.]
An edge or point; also, a beginning.
[ Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Chaucer.

Ord and end, the beginning and end.  Cf. Odds and ends, under Odds. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Chaucer. Halliwell.


word: Ordain
definition:
Ordain

Or*dain"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ordained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ordaining.]
[OE. ordeinen, OF. ordener, F. ordonner, fr. L. ordinare, from ordo, ordinis, order.  See Order, and cf. Ordinance.]
1.
To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish.
ordained
Spenser.

The stake that shall be ordained on either side.
Chaucer.

2.
To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute.

Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month.
1 Kings xii. 32.

And doth the power that man adores ordain
Their doom ?
Byron.

3.
To set apart for an office; to appoint.

Being ordained his special governor.
Shak.

4.
(Eccl.)
To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; to introduce into the office of the Christian ministry, by the laying on of hands, or other forms; to set apart by the ceremony of ordination.

Meletius was ordained by Arian bishops.
Bp. Stillingfleet.


word: Ordainable
definition:
Ordainable

Or*dain"a*ble
(?)
a.
Capable of being ordained; worthy to be ordained or appointed.
Bp. Hall.


word: Ordeal
definition:
Ordeal

Or"de*al
(ôr"de̝*al)
n.
[AS. ordāl, ord&aemacr_;l, a judgment; akin to D. oordeel, G. urteil, urtheil; orig., what is dealt out, the prefix or- being akin to ā- compounded with verbs, G. er-, ur-, Goth. us-, orig. meaning, out. See Deal, v. & n., and cf. Arise, Ort.]
1.
An ancient form of test to determine guilt or innocence, by appealing to a supernatural decision, -- once common in Europe, and still practiced in the East and by savage tribes.

&hand_; In England ordeal by fire and ordeal by water were used, the former confined to persons of rank, the latter to the common people.  The ordeal by fire was performed, either by handling red-hot iron, or by walking barefoot and blindfold over red-hot plowshares, laid at unequal distances.  If the person escaped unhurt, he was adjudged innocent; otherwise he was condemned as guilty.  The ordeal by water was performed, either by plunging the bare arm to the elbow in boiling water, an escape from injury being taken as proof of innocence, or by casting the accused person, bound hand and foot, into a river or pond, when if he floated it was an evidence of guilt, but if he sunk he was acquitted.  It is probable that the proverbial phrase, to go through fire and water, denoting severe trial or danger, is derived from the ordeal. See Wager of battle, under Wager.

2.
Any severe trial, or test; a painful experience.

Ordeal bean. (Bot.) See Calabar bean, under Calabar. -- Ordeal root (Bot.) the root of a species of Strychnos growing in West Africa, used, like the ordeal bean, in trials for witchcraft. -- Ordeal tree (Bot.), a poisonous tree of Madagascar (Tanghinia venenata syn. Cerbera venenata).  Persons suspected of crime are forced to eat the seeds of the plumlike fruit, and criminals are put to death by being pricked with a lance dipped in the juice of the seeds.


word: Order
definition:
Order

Or"der
(?)
n.
[OE. ordre, F. ordre, fr. L. ordo, ordinis.  Cf. Ordain, Ordinal.]

1.
Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system
(a)
Of material things, like the books in a library.
(b)
Of intellectual notions or ideas, like the topics of a discource.
(c)
Of periods of time or occurrences, and the like.

The side chambers were . . . thirty in order.
Ezek. xli. 6.

Bright-harnessed angels sit in order serviceable.
Milton.

Good order is the foundation of all good things.
Burke.

2.
Right arrangement; a normal, correct, or fit condition; as, the house is in order; the machinery is out of order.
Locke.

3.
The customary mode of procedure; established system, as in the conduct of debates or the transaction of business; usage; custom; fashion.
Dantiel.

And, pregnant with his grander thought,
Brought the old order into doubt.
Emerson.

4.
Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet; as, to preserve order in a community or an assembly.

5.
That which prescribes a method of procedure; a rule or regulation made by competent authority; as, the rules and orders of the senate.

The church hath authority to establish that for an order at one time which at another time it may abolish.
Hooker.

6.
A command; a mandate; a precept; a direction.

Upon this new fright, an order was made by both houses for disarming all the papists in England.
Clarendon.

7.
Hence: A commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods; a direction, in writing, to pay money, to furnish supplies, to admit to a building, a place of entertainment, or the like; as, orders for blankets are large.

In those days were pit orders -- beshrew the uncomfortable manager who abolished them.
Lamb.

8.
A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a group or division of men in the same social or other position; also, a distinct character, kind, or sort; as, the higher or lower orders of society; talent of a high order.

They are in equal order to their several ends.
Jer. Taylor.

Various orders various ensigns bear.
Granville.

Which, to his order of mind, must have seemed little short of crime.
Hawthorne.

9.
A body of persons having some common honorary distinction or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as, the Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order.

Find a barefoot brother out,
One of our order, to associate me.
Shak.

The venerable order of the Knights Templars.
Sir W. Scott.

10.
An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; -- often used in the plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry.

11.
(Arch.)
The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (as the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural designing.

&hand_; The Greeks used three different orders, easy to distinguish, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian.  The Romans added the Tuscan, and changed the Doric so that it is hardly recognizable, and also used a modified Corinthian called Composite.  The Renaissance writers on architecture recognized five orders as orthodox or classical, -- Doric (the Roman sort), Ionic, Tuscan, Corinthian, and Composite. See Illust. of Capital.

12.
(Nat. Hist.)
An assemblage of genera having certain important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and Insectivora are orders of Mammalia.

&hand_; The Linnaean artificial orders of plants rested mainly on identity in the numer of pistils, or agreement in some one character.  Natural orders are groups of genera agreeing in the fundamental plan of their flowers and fruit.  A natural order is usually (in botany) equivalent to a family, and may include several tribes.

13.
(Rhet.)
The placing of words and members in a sentence in such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty or clearness of expression.

14.
(Math.)
Rank; degree; thus, the order of a curve or surface is the same as the degree of its equation.

Artificial order or Artificial system. See Artificial classification, under Artificial, and Note to def. 12 above. -- Close order (Mil.), the arrangement of the ranks with a distance of about half a pace between them; with a distance of about three yards the ranks are in open order. -- The four Orders, The Orders four, the four orders of mendicant friars. See Friar. Chaucer. -- General orders (Mil.), orders issued which concern the whole command, or the troops generally, in distinction from special orders. -- Holy orders. (a) (Eccl.) The different grades of the Christian ministry; ordination to the ministry. See def. 10 above. (b) (R. C. Ch.) A sacrament for the purpose of conferring a special grace on those ordained. -- In order to, for the purpose of; to the end; as means to.

The best knowledge is that which is of greatest use in order to our eternal happiness. Tillotson.

 -- Minor orders (R. C. Ch.), orders beneath the diaconate in sacramental dignity, as acolyte, exorcist, reader, doorkeeper. -- Money order. See under Money. -- Natural order. (Bot.) See def. 12, Note. -- Order book. (a) A merchant's book in which orders are entered. (b) (Mil.) A book kept at headquarters, in which all orders are recorded for the information of officers and men. (c) A book in the House of Commons in which proposed orders must be entered. [Eng.] -- Order in Council, a royal order issued with and by the advice of the Privy Council. [Great Britain] -- Order of battle (Mil.), the particular disposition given to the troops of an army on the field of battle. -- Order of the day, in legislative bodies, the special business appointed for a specified day. -- Order of a differential equation (Math.), the greatest index of differentiation in the equation. -- Sailing orders (Naut.), the final instructions given to the commander of a ship of war before a cruise. -- Sealed orders, orders sealed, and not to be opened until a certain time, or arrival at a certain place, as after a ship is at sea. -- Standing order. (a) A continuing regulation for the conduct of parliamentary business. (b) (Mil.) An order not subject to change by an officer temporarily in command. -- To give order, to give command or directions. Shak. -- To take order for, to take charge of; to make arrangements concerning.
[1913 Webster]
Whiles I take order for mine own affairs. Shak.


word: Order₂
definition:
Order

Or"der
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ordered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ordering.]
[From Order, n.]
1.
To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence, to regulate; to dispose; to direct; to rule.

To him that ordereth his conversation aright.
Ps. 1. 23.

Warriors old with ordered spear and shield.
Milton.

2.
To give an order to; to command; as, to order troops to advance.

3.
To give an order for; to secure by an order; as, to order a carriage; to order groceries.

4.
(Eccl.)
To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.

These ordered folk be especially titled to God.
Chaucer.

Persons presented to be ordered deacons.
Bk. of Com. Prayer.

Order arms (Mil.), the command at which a rifle is brought to a position with its butt resting on the ground; also, the position taken at such a command.


word: Orderable
definition:
Orderable

Or"der*a*ble
(?)
a.
Capable of being ordered; tractable.
[R.]

Being very orderable in all his sickness.
Fuller.


word: ordered
definition:
ordered

ordered
adj.
1.
having or evincing a systematic arrangement; especially, having elements succeeding in order according to rule; as, an ordered sequence; an ordered pair.  Opposite of disordered or unordered.
abecedarian, alphabetical
consecutive, sequent, sequential, serial, successive 

2.
arranged in order.

Syn. -- orderly, regulated.

3.
in good order.

Syn. -- so(predicate).

4.
disposed or placed in a particular kind of order.  OPposite of disarranged.

Syn. -- arranged.

5.
arranged according to a quantitative criterion.

Syn. -- graded, ranked.

6.
marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts.

Syn. -- consistent, logical, orderly.


word: Orderer
definition:
Orderer

Or"der*er
(?)
n.
1.
One who puts in order, arranges, methodizes, or regulates.

2.
One who gives orders.


word: Orderly
definition:
Orderly

Or"der*ly
a.
1.
Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan.
Milton.

2.
Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community.

3.
Performed in good or established order; well-regulated.
orderly
Clarendon.

4.
Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders.
orderly
Sir W. Scott.

Orderly book (Mil.), a book for every company, in which the general and regimental orders are recorded. -- Orderly officer, the officer of the day, or that officer of a corps or regiment whose turn it is to supervise for the day the arrangements for food, cleanliness, etc. Farrow. -- Orderly room. (a) The court of the commanding officer, where charges against the men of the regiment are tried. (b) The office of the commanding officer, usually in the barracks, whence orders emanate. Farrow. -- Orderly sergeant, the first sergeant of a company.


word: Orderly₂
definition:
Orderly

Or"der*ly
(?)
adv.
According to due order; regularly; methodically; duly.

You are blunt; go to it orderly.
Shak.


word: Orderly₃
definition:
Orderly

Or"der*ly
n.
pl. Orderlies (_;).
1.
(Mil.)
A noncommissioned officer or soldier who attends a superior officer to carry his orders, or to render other service.

Orderlies were appointed to watch the palace.
Macaulay.

2.
A street sweeper.
[Eng.]
Mayhew.


word: Ordinable
definition:
Ordinable

Or"di*na*ble
(?)
a.
[See Ordinate, Ordain.]
Capable of being ordained or appointed.
[Obs.]


word: Ordinal
definition:
Ordinal

Or"di*nal
(?)
a.
[L. ordinalis, fr. ordo, ordinis, order. See Order.]
1.
Indicating order or succession; as, the ordinal numbers, first, second, third, etc.  Contrasted to cardinal. 

2.
Of or pertaining to an order.


word: Ordinal₂
definition:
Ordinal

Or"di*nal
n.
1.
A word or number denoting order or succession.

2.
(Ch. of Eng.)
The book of forms for making, ordaining, and consecrating bishops, priests, and deacons.

3.
(R. C. Ch.)
A book containing the rubrics of the Mass.
[Written also ordinale.]


word: Ordinance
definition:
Ordinance

Or"di*nance
(?)
n.
[OE. ordenance, OF. ordenance, F. ordonnance. See Ordain, and cf. Ordnance, Ordonnance.]

1.
Orderly arrangement; preparation; provision.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

They had made their ordinance
Of victual, and of other purveyance.
Chaucer.

2.
A rule established by authority; a permanent rule of action; a statute, law, regulation, rescript, or accepted usage; an edict or decree; esp., a local law enacted by a municipal government; as, a municipal ordinance.

Thou wilt die by God's just ordinance.
Shak.

By custom and the ordinance of times.
Shak.

Walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
Luke i. 6.

&hand_; Acts of Parliament are sometimes called ordinances; also, certain colonial laws and certain acts of Congress under Confederation; as, the ordinance of 1787 for the government of the territory of the United States northwest of the Ohio River; the colonial ordinance of 1641, or 1647. This word is often used in Scripture in the sense of a law or statute of sovereign power. Ex. xv. 25. Num. x. 8. Ezra iii. 10. Its most frequent application now in the United States is to laws and regulations of municipal corporations. Wharton (Law Dict.).

3.
(Eccl.)
An established rite or ceremony.

4.
Rank; order; station.
[Obs.]
Shak.

5.
[See Ordnance.]
Ordnance; cannon.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Ordinand
definition:
Ordinand

Or"di*nand`
(?)
n.
[L. ordinandus, gerundive of ordinare. See Ordain.]
One about to be ordained.


word: Ordinant
definition:
Ordinant

Or"di*nant
(?)
a.
[L. ordinans, p. pr. of ordinare. See Ordain.]
Ordaining; decreeing.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Ordinarily
definition:
Ordinarily

Or"di*na*ri*ly
(?)
adv.
According to established rules or settled method; as a rule; commonly; usually; in most cases; as, a winter more than ordinarily severe.

Those who ordinarily pride themselves not a little upon their penetration.
I. Taylor.


word: Ordinary
definition:
Ordinary

Or"di*na*ry
(?)
a.
[L. ordinarius, fr. ordo, ordinis, order: cf. F. ordinaire. See Order.]
1.
According to established order; methodical; settled; regular.
ordinary
Addison.

2.
Common; customary; usual.
Shak.

Method is not less requisite in ordinary conversation that in writing.
Addison.

3.
Of common rank, quality, or ability; not distinguished by superior excellence or beauty; hence, not distinguished in any way; commonplace; inferior; of little merit; as, men of ordinary judgment; an ordinary book.

An ordinary lad would have acquired little or no useful knowledge in such a way.
Macaulay.

Ordinary seaman (Naut.), one not expert or fully skilled, and hence ranking below an able seaman.


word: Ordinary₂
definition:
Ordinary

Or"di*na*ry
n.
pl. Ordinaries (-rĭz).
1.
(Law)
(a)
(Roman Law)
An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right, and not by deputation.
(b)
(Eng. Law)
One who has immediate jurisdiction in matters ecclesiastical; an ecclesiastical judge; also, a deputy of the bishop, or a clergyman appointed to perform divine service for condemned criminals and assist in preparing them for death.
(c)
(Am. Law)
A judicial officer, having generally the powers of a judge of probate or a surrogate.

2.
The mass; the common run.
[Obs.]

I see no more in you than in the ordinary
Of nature's salework.
Shak.

3.
That which is so common, or continued, as to be considered a settled establishment or institution.
[R.]

Spain had no other wars save those which were grown into an ordinary.
Bacon.

4.
Anything which is in ordinary or common use.

Water buckets, wagons, cart wheels, plow socks, and other ordinaries.
Sir W. Scott.

5.
A dining room or eating house where a meal is prepared for all comers, at a fixed price for the meal, in distinction from one where each dish is separately charged; a table d'hôte; hence, also, the meal furnished at such a dining room.
Shak.

All the odd words they have picked up in a coffeehouse, or a gaming ordinary, are produced as flowers of style.
Swift.

He exacted a tribute for licenses to hawkers and peddlers and to ordinaries.
Bancroft.

6.
(Her.)
A charge or bearing of simple form, one of nine or ten which are in constant use.  The bend, chevron, chief, cross, fesse, pale, and saltire are uniformly admitted as ordinaries.  Some authorities include bar, bend sinister, pile, and others. See Subordinary.

In ordinary. (a) In actual and constant service; statedly attending and serving; as, a physician or chaplain in ordinary.  An ambassador in ordinary is one constantly resident at a foreign court. (b) (Naut.) Out of commission and laid up; -- said of a naval vessel. -- Ordinary of the Mass (R. C. Ch.), the part of the Mass which is the same every day; -- called also the canon of the Mass.


word: Ordinate
definition:
Ordinate

Or"di*nate
(?)
a.
[L. ordinatus, p. p. of ordinare. See Ordain.]
Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical.
ordinate
Chaucer.

Ordinate figure (Math.), a figure whose sides and angles are equal; a regular figure.


word: Ordinate₂
definition:
Ordinate

Or"di*nate
n.
(Geom.)
The distance of any point in a curve or a straight line, measured on a line called the axis of ordinates or on a line parallel to it, from another line called the axis of abscissas, on which the corresponding abscissa of the point is measured.

&hand_; The ordinate and abscissa, taken together, are called coordinates, and define the position of the point with reference to the two axes named, the intersection of which is called the origin of coordinates.  In a typical two-dimensional plot, viewed on a plane graph in its normal orientation with perpendicular axes, the ordinate is the vertical axis; when the axes are labeled as x and y, it is the y-axis.  See Coordinate.


word: Ordination
definition:
Ordination

Or`di*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. ordinatio: cf. F. ordination.]
1.
The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc.

The holy and wise ordination of God.
Jer. Taylor.

Virtue and vice have a natural ordination to the happiness and misery of life respectively.
Norris.

2.
(Eccl.)
The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.

3.
Disposition; arrangement; order.
[R.]

Angle of ordination (Geom.), the angle between the axes of coordinates.


word: Ordinative
definition:
Ordinative

Or"di*na*tive
(?)
a.
[L. ordinativus.]
Tending to ordain; directing; giving order.
[R.]
Gauden.


word: Ordnance
definition:
Ordnance

Ord"nance
(?)
n.
[From OE. ordenance, referring orig. to the bore or size of the cannon. See Ordinance.]
Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, and howitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general term for all weapons, ammunitiion, and appliances used in war.

All the battlements their ordnance fire.
Shak.

Then you may hear afar off the awful roar of his [Rufus Choate's] rifled ordnance.
E. Everett.

Ordnance survey, the official survey of Great Britain and Ireland, conducted by the ordnance department.


word: Ordonnance
definition:
Ordonnance

Or"don*nance
(?)
n.
[F. See Ordinance.]
(Fine Arts)
The disposition of the parts of any composition with regard to one another and the whole.

Their dramatic ordonnance of the parts.
Coleridge.


word: Ordonnant
definition:
Ordonnant

Or"don*nant
(?)
a.
[F., p. pr. of ordonner. See Ordinant.]
Of or pertaining to ordonnance.
Dryden.


word: Ordovician
definition:
Ordovician

Or`do*vi"cian
(?)
a.
[From L. Ordovices, a Celtic people in Wales.]
(Geol.)
Of or pertaining to a division of the Silurian formation, corresponding in general to the Lower Silurian of most authors, exclusive of the Cambrian.
n. The Ordovician formation.


word: Ordure
definition:
Ordure

Or"dure
(?)
n.
[F. ordure, OF. ord filthy, foul, fr. L. horridus horrid. See Horrid.]

1.
Dung; excrement; faeces.
Shak.

2.
Defect; imperfection; fault.
[Obs.]
Holland.


word: Ore
definition:
Ore

Ore
(&omacrr)
n.
[AS. ār.]
Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augury.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Ore₂
definition:
Ore

Ore
n.
[AS. &omacrra; cf. ār brass, bronze, akin to OHG. ēr, G. ehern brazen, Icel. eir brass, Goth. ais, L. aes, Skr. ayas iron. √210.  Cf. Ora, Era.]

1.
The native form of a metal, whether free and uncombined, as gold, copper, etc., or combined, as iron, lead, etc.  Usually the ores contain the metals combined with oxygen, sulphur, arsenic, etc. (called mineralizers).

2.
(Mining)
A native metal or its compound with the rock in which it occurs, after it has been picked over to throw out what is worthless.

3.
Metal; as, the liquid ore.
[R.]
Milton.

Ore hearth, a low furnace in which rich lead ore is reduced; -- also called Scotch hearth. Raymond.


word: Oread
definition:
Oread

O"re*ad
(?)
n.
[L. Oreas, -adis, Gr. 'Oreia`s, -a`dos, fr. 'o`ros mountain: cf. F. oréade.]
(Class. Myth.)
One of the nymphs of mountains and grottoes.

Like a wood nymph light,
Oread or Dryad.
Milton.


word: Oreades
definition:
Oreades

O*re"a*des
(?)
n. pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
A group of butterflies which includes the satyrs. See Satyr, 2.


word: Orectic
definition:
Orectic

O*rec"tic
(?)
a.
[Gr. 'orektiko`s, fr. 'o`rexis, yearning after, from 'ore`gein to reach after.]
(Philos.)
Of or pertaining to the desires; hence, impelling to gratification; appetitive.


word: Oregon grape
definition:
Oregon grape

Or"e*gon grape`
(&obreve_;r"e̝*g&obreve_;n grāp`)
(Bot.)
An evergreen species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), of Oregon and California; also, its roundish, blue-black berries.


word: oreo
definition:
oreo

oreo
n.
A confection consisting of a white cream filling sandwiched between two chocolate cookies.

Syn. -- oreo cookie.


word: Oreodon
definition:
Oreodon

O"re*o*don
(?)
prop. n.
[Gr. 'o`ros, -eos, mountain + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of extinct herbivorous mammals, abundant in the Tertiary formation of the Rocky Mountains.  It is more or less related to the camel, hog, and deer.


word: Oreography
definition:
Oreography

O`re*og"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'o`ros, -eos, mountain + -graphy.]
The science of mountains; orography.


word: Oreopteris
definition:
Oreopteris

Oreopteris
prop. n.
A genus  of ferns having species, formerly included in genus Dryopteris or Thelypteris.

Syn. -- genus Oreopteris.


word: Oreortyx
definition:
Oreortyx

Oreortyx
prop. n.
A genus of birds including the mountain quail of the western U. S.

Syn. -- genus Oreortyx.


word: Oreoselin
definition:
Oreoselin

O`re*os"e*lin
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A white crystalline substance which is obtained indirectly from the root of an umbelliferous plant (Imperatoria Oreoselinum), and yields resorcin on decomposition.


word: Oreosoma
definition:
Oreosoma

O`re*o*so"ma
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., from Gr. 'o`ros, -eos, mountain + sw^ma body.]
(Zool.)
A genus of small oceanic fishes, remarkable for the large conical tubercles which cover the under surface.


word: Orfe
definition:
Orfe

Orf

{ Orf (?), Or"fe (?), }
n.
(Zool.)
A bright-colored domesticated variety of the id.  See Id.


word: Orfgild
definition:
Orfgild

Orf"gild`
(?)
n.
[AS. orf, yrfe, cattle, property + gild, gield, money, fine.]
(O. Eng. Law)
Restitution for cattle; a penalty for taking away cattle.
Cowell.


word: Orfrays
definition:
Orfrays

Or"frays
(?)
n.
[OF. orfrais, F. orfroi; F. or gold + fraise, frise, fringe, ruff. See Fraise, and cf. Auriphrygiate.]
See Orphrey.
[Obs.]
Rom. of R.


word: Organ
definition:
Organ

Or"gan
(ôr"gan)
n.
[L. organum, Gr. 'o`rganon; akin to 'e`rgon work, and E. work: cf. F. organe. See Work, and cf. Orgue, Orgy.]
1.
An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government.

2.
(Biol.)
A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants.

&hand_; In animals the organs are generally made up of several tissues, one of which usually predominates, and determines the principal function of the organ.  Groups of organs constitute a system. See System.

3.
A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine.

4.
A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc.  A newsletter distributed within an organization is often called its house organ.

5.
[Cf. AS. organ, fr. L. organum.]
(Mus.)
A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considered an organ.

The deep, majestic, solemn organs blow.
Pope.

&hand_; Chaucer used the form orgon as a plural.
[1913 Webster]
The merry orgon . . . that in the church goon [go].

Barrel organ, Choir organ, Great organ, etc. See under Barrel, Choir, etc. -- Cabinet organ (Mus.), an organ of small size, as for a chapel or for domestic use; a reed organ. -- Organ bird (Zool.), a Tasmanian crow shrike (Gymnorhina organicum).  It utters discordant notes like those of a hand organ out of tune. -- Organ fish (Zool.), the drumfish. -- Organ gun. (Mil.) Same as Orgue (b). -- Organ harmonium (Mus.), an harmonium of large capacity and power. -- Organ of Corti (Anat.), a complicated structure in the cochlea of the ear, including the auditory hair cells, the rods or fibers of Corti, the membrane of Corti, etc.  See Note under Ear. -- Organ pipe. See Pipe, n., 1. -- Organ-pipe coral. (Zool.) See Tubipora. -- Organ point (Mus.), a passage in which the tonic or dominant is sustained continuously by one part, while the other parts move.


word: Organ₂
definition:
Organ

Or"gan
v. t.
To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs; to organize.
[Obs.]

Thou art elemented and organed for other apprehensions.
Bp. Mannyngham.


word: Organdy
definition:
Organdy

Organdie

{ Or"gan*die, Or"gan*dy  }
(?)
n.
[F. organdi.]
A kind of transparent light but stiff muslin.


word: organelle
definition:
organelle

organelle
n.
(Biol.)
a specialized part of a cell performing a specific function, usually visible under the microscope as a distinct object; it is analogous to an organ{2}, but on a microscopic scale.

Syn. -- cell organ.


word: Organic
definition:
Organic

Or*gan"ic
(ôr*găn"ĭk)
a.
[L. organicus, Gr. 'organiko`s: cf. F. organique.]
1.
(Biol.)
Of or pertaining to an organ or its functions, or to objects composed of organs; consisting of organs, or containing them; as, the organic structure of animals and plants; exhibiting characters peculiar to living organisms; as, organic bodies, organic life, organic remains.  Cf. Inorganic.

2.
Produced by the organs; as, organic pleasure.
[R.]

3.
Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end.
[R.]

Those organic arts which enable men to discourse and write perspicuously.
Milton.

4.
Forming a whole composed of organs.
Hence:
Of or pertaining to a system of organs; inherent in, or resulting from, a certain organization; as, an organic government; his love of truth was not inculcated, but organic.

5.
(Chem.)
Of or pertaining to compounds which are derivatives of hydrocarbons; pertaining to, or denoting, any one of a large series of carbon-containing compounds which are related to the carbon compounds produced by biological processes (such as methane, oils, fats, sugars, alcohols, ethers, proteins, etc.) and include many substances of artificial production which may or may not occur in animals or plants; -- contrasted with inorganic.
Borderline cases exist which may be classified as either organic or inorganic, such as carbon terachloride (which may be viewed as a derivative of methane), but in general a compound must have a carbon with a hydrogen atom or another carbon atom attached to it to be viewed as truly organic, i.e. included in the subject matter of organic chemistry.

&hand_; The principles of organic and inorganic chemistry are identical; but the enormous number and the completeness of related series of organic compounds, together with their remarkable facility of exchange and substitution, offer an illustration of chemical reaction and homology not to be paralleled in inorganic chemistry.

Organic analysis (Chem.), the analysis of organic compounds, concerned chiefly with the determination of carbon as carbon dioxide, hydrogen as water, oxygen as the difference between the sum of the others and 100 per cent, and nitrogen as free nitrogen, ammonia, or nitric oxide; -- formerly called ultimate analysis, in distinction from proximate analysis. -- Organic chemistry. See under Chemistry. -- Organic compounds. (Chem.) Chemical substances which are organic{5}.  See Carbon compounds, under Carbon. -- Organic description of a curve (Geom.), the description of a curve on a plane by means of instruments. Brande & C. -- Organic disease (Med.), a disease attended with morbid changes in the structure of the organs of the body or in the composition of its fluids; -- opposed to functional disease. -- Organic electricity. See under Electricity. -- Organic law or Organic laws, a law or system of laws, or declaration of principles fundamental to the existence and organization of a political or other association; a constitution. -- Organic stricture (Med.), a contraction of one of the natural passages of the body produced by structural changes in its walls, as distinguished from a spasmodic stricture, which is due to muscular contraction.


word: Organical
definition:
Organical

Or*gan"ic*al
(?)
a.
Organic.

The organical structure of human bodies, whereby they live and move.
Bentley.


word: Organically
definition:
Organically

Or*gan"ic*al*ly
adv.
In an organic manner; by means of organs or with reference to organic functions; hence, fundamentally.
Gladstone.


word: Organicism
definition:
Organicism

Or*gan"i*cism
(?)
n.
(Med.)
The doctrine of the localization of disease, or which refers it always to a material lesion of an organ.
Dunglison.


word: Organific
definition:
Organific

Or`gan*if"ic
(?)
a.
[Organ + L. -ficare (in comp.) to make. See fy.]
Making an organic or organized structure; producing an organism; acting through, or resulting from, organs.
Prof. Park.


word: Organism
definition:
Organism

Or"gan*ism
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. organisme.]
1.
Organic structure; organization.
organism
Grew.

2.
(Biol.)
An organized being; a living body, either vegetable or animal, composed of different organs or parts with functions which are separate, but mutually dependent, and essential to the life of the individual.

&hand_; Some of the lower forms of life are so simple in structure as to be without organs, but are still called organisms, since they have different parts analogous in functions to the organs of higher plants and animals.


word: organismic
definition:
organismic

organismal

organismal organismic
adj.
1.
of or pertaining to organism (definition 2).
the organismic theory of the state


word: Organist
definition:
Organist

Or"gan*ist
n.
[Cf. F. organiste.]
1.
(Mus.)
One who plays on the organ.

2.
(R. C. Ch.)
One of the priests who organized or sung in parts.
[Obs.]


word: Organista
definition:
Organista

Or`ga*nis"ta
(?)
n.
[Sp., an organis.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several South American wrens, noted for the sweetness of their song.


word: Organizability
definition:
Organizability

Or`gan*i`za*bil"i*ty
(ôr`gan*ī`zȧ*bĭl"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
Quality of being organizable; capability of being organized.


word: Organizable
definition:
Organizable

Or"gan*i`za*ble
(ôr"gan*ī`zȧ*b'l)
a.
Capable of being organized; esp. (Biol.), capable of being formed into living tissue; as, organizable matter.


word: Organization
definition:
Organization

Or`gan*i*za"tion
(ôr`gan*ī*zā"shŭn)
n.
[Cf. F. organisation.]

1.
The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body.
organization
Pickering.

2.
The state of being organized.

3.
That which is organized; an organized existence; an organism
specif.
(Biol.)
an arrangement of parts for the performance of the functions necessary to life.

The cell may be regarded as the most simple, the most common, and the earliest form of organization.
McKendrick.

4.
Specifically:
A group of persons associated together for a common purpose and having a set of rules which specify the relations of the individual members to the whole gorup.

5.
The manner in which something is organized; the relations included in an organized state or condition; as, the organization of the department permits ad hoc groups to form.

What is organization but the connection of parts in and for a whole, so that each part is, at once, end and means?
Coleridge.


word: organizational
definition:
organizational

organizational
adj.
Of or pertaining to organization; as, organizational structure.


word: Organize
definition:
Organize

Or"gan*ize
(ôr"gan*īz)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Organized (ôr"gan*īzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Organizing (ôr"gan*ī*zĭng).]
[Cf. F. organiser, Gr. 'organi`zein. See Organ.]
1.
(Biol.)
To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; organized matter; -- in this sense used chiefly in the past participle.

These nobler faculties of the mind, matter organized could never produce.
Ray.

2.
To arrange or constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize; to get into working order; -- applied to products of the human intellect, or to human institutions and undertakings, as a science, a government, an army, a war, etc.

This original and supreme will organizes the government.
Cranch.

3.
(Mus.)
To sing in parts; as, to organize an anthem.
[R.]
Busby.


word: organized
definition:
organized

or"gan*ized
adj.
1.
Same as arranged; as, an organized tour.

2.
Formed into an organization.  Opposite of unorganized.
corporate, incorporated

3.
well-conducted.  Opposite of disorganized.
Also See: systematic.

Syn. -- organized.

4.
Arranged according to a system or rule.

Syn. -- systematized.

5.
Being a member of or formed into a labor union; -- of workers, used especially in the phrase “organized labor”.  Opposite of nonunion.

Syn. -- unionized, union.


word: organized crime
definition:
organized crime

organized crime
n.
Groups of persons organized for illegal purposes, such as bootlegging, conducting illegal gambling, loansharking, extortion, etc.; -- a general term encompassing most forms of criminal groups, but especially those that are consolidated into “families” more or less recognizing each other's different regions of operation; sometimes considered synonymous with the mafia or the syndicate.


word: Organo-
definition:
Organo-

Or"ga*no-
(?)
[See Organ.]
A combining form denoting relation to, or connection with, an organ or organs.


word: Organogen
definition:
Organogen

Or*gan"o*gen
(?)
n.
[Organo- + -gen.]
(Chem.)
A name given to any one of the four elements, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, which are especially characteristic ingredients of organic compounds; also, by extension, to other elements sometimes found in the same connection; as sulphur, phosphorus, etc.


word: Organogenesis
definition:
Organogenesis

Or`ga*no*gen"e*sis
(?)
n.
[Organo- + genesis.]
1.
(Biol.)
The origin and development of organs in animals and plants.

2.
(Biol.)
The germ history of the organs and systems of organs, -- a branch of morphogeny.
Haeckel.


word: Organographical
definition:
Organographical

Organographic

{ Or`ga*no*graph"ic (?), Or`ga*no*graph"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. organographique.]
Of or pertaining to organography.


word: Organography
definition:
Organography

Or`ga*nog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Organo- + -graphy: cf. F. organographie.]
A description of the organs of animals or plants.


word: Organoleptic
definition:
Organoleptic

Or`ga*no*lep"tic
(?)
a.
[F. organoleptique, fr. Gr. _; an organ + _; to lay hold of.]
(Physiol.)
Making an impression upon an organ; plastic; -- said of the effect or impression produced by any substance on the organs of touch, taste, or smell, and also on the organism as a whole.


word: Organology
definition:
Organology

Or`ga*nol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Organ + -logy: cf. F. organologie.]
1.
The science of organs or of anything considered as an organic structure.

The science of style, as an organ of thought, of style in relation to the ideas and feelings, might be called the organology of style.
De Quincey.

2.
That branch of biology which treats, in particular, of the organs of animals and plants. See Morphology.


word: organometallic
definition:
organometallic

or`ga*no*me*tal"lic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or denoting, any one of a series of compounds of certain metallic elements bound to organic radicals; such as, methylmercury, zinc methyl, sodium ethyl, etc.; formerly refered to as metalorganic.


word: Organum
definition:
Organum

Organon

{ &VerbarOr"ga*non (?), &VerbarOr"ga*num (?), }
n.
[NL. organon, L. organum. See Organ.]
An organ or instrument; hence, a method by which philosophical or scientific investigation may be conducted; -- a term adopted from the Aristotelian writers by Lord Bacon, as the title (“Novum Organon”) of part of his treatise on philosophical method.
Sir. W. Hamilton.


word: Organonymy
definition:
Organonymy

Or`ga*non"y*my
(?)
n.
[Organo- + Gr._;, for _;, a name.]
(Biol.)
The designation or nomenclature of organs.
B. G. Wilder.


word: Organophyly
definition:
Organophyly

Or`ga*noph"y*ly
(?)
n.
[Organo- + Gr. _; clan.]
(Biol.)
The tribal history of organs, -- a branch of morphophyly.
Haeckel.


word: Organoplastic
definition:
Organoplastic

Or`ga*no*plas"tic
(?)
a.
[Organo- + -plastic.]
(Biol.)
Having the property of producing the tissues or organs of animals and plants; as, the organoplastic cells.


word: Organotrophic
definition:
Organotrophic

Or`ga*no*troph"ic
(?)
a.
[Organo- + Gr. _; to nourish.]
(Biol.)
Relating to the creation, organization, and nutrition of living organs or parts.


word: Organule
definition:
Organule

Or"gan*ule
(?)
n.
[Dim. of organ.]
(Anat.)
One of the essential cells or elements of an organ. See Sense organule, under Sense.
Huxley.


word: organzine
definition:
organzine

or"gan*zine
(ôr"gan*zĭn)
n.
[F. organsin; cf. Sp. organsino, It. organzino.]
A kind of double thrown silk of very fine texture, that is, silk twisted like a rope with different strands, so as to increase its strength.


word: orgasm
definition:
orgasm

or"gasm
(ôr"găz'm)
n.
[F. orgasme; cf. Gr. 'orgasmo`s a kneading, softening, prob. confused with 'orga^n to swell, especially with lust; to feel an ardent desire.]
(Physiol.)
Eager or immoderate excitement or action; the state of turgescence of any organ; erethism.

2.
Especially:
The peak of the physical pleasurable sexual excitement caused by stimulation of the sexual organs, as in intercourse; in the male, it is usually accompanied by ejaculation.

3.
Hence:
An eruption of intense, uncontrolled excitement; -- used of groups and individuals.


word: Orgeat
definition:
Orgeat

Or"geat
(?)
n.
[F., fr. orge barley, L. hordeum.]
A sirup in which, formerly, a decoction of barley entered, but which is now prepared with an emulsion of almonds, -- used to flavor beverages or edibles.


word: Orgiastic
definition:
Orgiastic

Or`gi*as"tic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;. See Orgy.]
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, orgies.
Elton.


word: Orgy
definition:
Orgy

Or"gy
(?)
n.
sing. Orgies (_;)
[F. orgie, orgies, L. orgia, pl., Gr. _;; akin to _; work. See Organ, and Work.]

1.
A sacrifice accompanied by certain ceremonies in honor of some pagan deity; especially, the ceremonies observed by the Greeks and Romans in the worship of Dionysus, or Bacchus, which were characterized by wild and dissolute revelry.  Usually in the plural form.
[The singular is rarely used in this sense.]

As when, with crowned cups, unto the Elian god,
Those priests high orgies held.
Drayton.

2.
Wild, drunken, or licentious revelry; an uninhibited carouse.
B. Jonson. Tennyson.

3.
A series of sexual activities involving more than two couples in a group.

4.
Hence:
An event characterized by unrestrained indulgence in passion; as, an orgy of buying of internet stocks.


word: Orgillous
definition:
Orgillous

Or"gil*lous
(?)
a.
[OF. orguillous, F. orgueilleux, fr. OF. orgoil pride, F. orgueil.]
Proud; haughty.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Orgue
definition:
Orgue

Orgue
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. organum organ, Gr. _;. See Organ.]
(Mil.)
(a)
Any one of a number of long, thick pieces of timber, pointed and shod with iron, and suspended, each by a separate rope, over a gateway, to be let down in case of attack.
(b)
A piece of ordnance, consisting of a number of musket barrels arranged so that a match or train may connect with all their touchholes, and a discharge be secured almost or quite simultaneously.


word: Orgyia
definition:
Orgyia

Or*gy"i*a
(_;)
prop. n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; the length of the outstretched arms.  So named because, when at rest, it stretches forward its fore legs like arms.]
(Zool.)
A genus of bombycid moths whose caterpillars (esp. those of Orgyia leucostigma) are often very injurious to fruit trees and shade trees.  The female is wingless.  Called also vaporer moth.


word: Oricalche
definition:
Oricalche

Or"i*calche
(&obreve_;r"ĭ*kălk)
n.
[Obs.]
See Orichalch.

Costly oricalche from strange Phoenice.
Spenser.


word: Orichalceous
definition:
Orichalceous

Or`i*chal"ce*ous
(?)
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, orichalch; having a color or luster like that of brass.
Maunder.


word: Orichalch
definition:
Orichalch

Or"i*chalch
(?)
n.
[L. orichalcum, Gr. _;; 'o`ros, mountain + chalko`s brass: cf. F. orichalque.]
A metallic substance, resembling gold in color, but inferior in value; a mixed metal of the ancients, resembling brass; -- called also aurichalcum, orichalcum, etc.


word: Oriel
definition:
Oriel

O"ri*el
(?)
n.
[OF. oriol gallery, corridor, LL. oriolum portico, hall, prob. fr. L. aureolus gilded, applied to an apartment decorated with gilding. See Oriole.]
[Formerly written also oriol, oryal, oryall.]

1.
A gallery for minstrels.
[Obs.]
W. Hamper.

2.
A small apartment next a hall, where certain persons were accustomed to dine; a sort of recess.
[Obs.]
Cowell.

3.
(Arch.)
A bay window. See Bay window.

The beams that thro' the oriel shine
Make prisms in every carven glass.
Tennyson.

&hand_; There is no generally admitted difference between a bay window and an oriel.  In the United States the latter name is often applied to bay windows which are small, and either polygonal or round; also, to such as are corbeled out from the wall instead of resting on the ground.


word: Orient
definition:
Orient

O"ri*ent
(&omacr"rĭ*ent)
a.
[F., fr. L. oriens, -entis, p. pr. of oriri to rise. See Origin.]
1.
Rising, as the sun.

Moon, that now meet'st the orient sun.
Milton.

2.
Eastern; oriental.
orient
Hakluyt.

3.
Bright; lustrous; superior; pure; perfect; pellucid; -- used of gems and also figuratively, because the most perfect jewels are found in the East.
orient
Jer. Taylor.
Orient
Wordsworth.
Orient
Milton.


word: Orient₂
definition:
Orient

O"ri*ent
n.
1.
The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.

[Morn] came furrowing all the orient into gold.
Tennyson.

2.
The countries of Asia or the East.
Chaucer.

Best built city throughout the Orient.
Sir T. Herbert.

3.
A pearl of great luster.
[R.]
Carlyle.


word: Orient₃
definition:
Orient

O"ri*ent
(&omacr"rĭ*ĕnt)
v. t.
[F. orienter.  Cf. Orientate.]
1.
To define the position of, in relation to the orient or east; hence, to ascertain the bearings of.

2.
Hence:
To acquaint with new surroundings or a new situation.

3.
Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first principles; to arrange in order; to orientate.

4.
Same as Orientate, 2.

5.
To place (a map or chart) so that its east side, north side, etc., lie toward the corresponding parts of the horizon;
specif.
(Surv.)
to rotate (a map attached to a plane table) until the line of direction between any two of its points is parallel to the corresponding direction in nature.


word: Oriental
definition:
Oriental

O`ri*en"tal
(&omacr`rĭ*ĕn"tal)
a.
[L. orientalis: cf. F. oriental.]
Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned with the East or Orientalism; -- opposed to occidental; as, Oriental countries.

The sun's ascendant and oriental radiations.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Oriental₂
definition:
Oriental

O`ri*en"tal
n.
1.
A native or inhabitant of the Orient or some Eastern part of the world; an Asiatic.

2.
pl.
(Eccl.)
Eastern Christians of the Greek rite.


word: Orientalism
definition:
Orientalism

O`ri*en"tal*ism
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. orientalisme.]

1.
Any system, doctrine, custom, expression, etc., peculiar to Oriental people.

2.
Knowledge or use of Oriental languages, history, literature, etc.
London Quart. Rev.


word: Orientalist
definition:
Orientalist

O`ri*en"tal*ist
n.
[Cf. F. orientaliste.]

1.
An inhabitant of the Eastern parts of the world; an Oriental.

2.
One versed in Eastern languages, literature, etc.; as, the Paris Congress of Orientalists.
Sir J. Shore.


word: Orientality
definition:
Orientality

O`ri*en*tal"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being oriental or eastern.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Orientalize
definition:
Orientalize

O`ri*en"tal*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Orientalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Orientalizing (?).]
to render Oriental; to cause to conform to Oriental manners or conditions.


word: Orientate
definition:
Orientate

O"ri*en*tate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Orientated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Orientating.]
[From Orient.]

1.
To place or turn toward the east; to cause to assume an easterly direction, or to veer eastward.

2.
To arrange in order; to dispose or place (a body) so as to show its relation to other bodies, or the relation of its parts among themselves.

A crystal is orientated when placed in its proper position so as to exhibit its symmetry.
E. S. Dana.

3.
Same as orient{2}.


word: Orientate₂
definition:
Orientate

O"ri*en*tate
v. i.
To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east.


word: oriented
definition:
oriented

orientated

orientated oriented
adj.
1.
Adjusted or aligned to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination; as, to get oriented on one's first day at a new job.

2.
headed or intending to head in a certain direction; as, college-oriented students.  Opposite of unoriented.

Syn. -- directed, minded.


word: orienting
definition:
orienting

orientating

orientating orienting
adj.
aligning; positioning; setting into proper alignment.


word: Orientation
definition:
Orientation

O`ri*en*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. orientation.]

1.
The act or process of orientating; determination of the points of the compass, or the east point, in taking bearings.

2.
The tendency of a revolving body, when suspended in a certain way, to bring the axis of rotation into parallelism with the earth's axis.

3.
An aspect or fronting to the east; especially (Arch.), the placing of a church so that the chancel, containing the altar toward which the congregation fronts in worship, will be on the east end.

4.
(Fig.)
A return to first principles; an orderly arrangement.

The task of orientation undertaken in this chapter.
L. F. Ward.


word: Orientness
definition:
Orientness

O"ri*ent*ness
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being orient or bright; splendor.
[Obs.]
Fuller.


word: Orifice
definition:
Orifice

Or"i*fice
(?)
n.
[F., from L. orificium; os, oris, a mouth + facere to make. See Oral, and Fact.]
A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound.
Shak.

Etna was bored through the top with a monstrous orifice.
Addison.


word: Oriflamme
definition:
Oriflamme

Oriflamb

{ Or"i*flamb, Or"i*flamme  }
(?)
n.
[F. oriflamme, OF. oriflambe, LL. auriflamma; L. aurum gold + flamma flame; cf. L. flammula a little banner.  So called because it was a flag of red silk, split into many points, and borne on a gilded lance.]
1.
The ancient royal standard of France.

2.
A standard or ensign, in battle.
oriflamb
Longfellow.

And be your oriflamme to-day the helmet of Navarre.
Macaulay.


word: Origanum
definition:
Origanum

Origan

{ Or"i*gan (?), &VerbarO*rig"a*num (?), }
prop. n.
[L. origanum, Gr. _;, _;, prob. fr. 'o`ros, mountain + _; brightness, beauty.  Cf. Organy.]
(Bot.)
A genus of aromatic labiate plants, including the sweet marjoram (Origanum Marjorana) and the wild marjoram (Origanum vulgare).
Spenser.


word: Origenism
definition:
Origenism

Or"i*gen*ism
(?)
n.
(Eccl. Hist.)
The opinions of Origen of Alexandria, who lived in the 3d century, one of the most learned of the Greek Fathers.  Prominent in his teaching was the doctrine that all created beings, including Satan, will ultimately be saved.


word: Origin
definition:
Origin

Or"i*gin
(?)
n.
[F. origine, L. origo, -iginis, fr. oriri to rise, become visible; akin to Gr. 'orny`nai to stir up, rouse, Skr. &rsdot_;, and perh. to E. run.]

1.
The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.

This mixed system of opinion and sentiment had its origin in the ancient chivalry.
Burke.

2.
That from which anything primarily proceeds; the fountain; the spring; the cause; the occasion.

3.
(Anat.)
The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion.

Origin of coordinate axes (Math.), the point where the axes intersect. See Note under Ordinate.

I think he would have set out just as he did, with the origin of ideas -- the proper starting point of a grammarian, who is to treat of their signs.
Tooke.

Famous Greece,
That source of art and cultivated thought
Which they to Rome, and Romans hither, brought.
Waller.


word: Original
definition:
Original

O*rig"i*nal
(?)
a.
[F. original, L. originalis.]

1.
Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of man; the original laws of a country; the original inventor of a process.

His form had yet not lost
All her original brightness.
Milton.

2.
Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture.

3.
Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original genius.

4.
Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter.

Original sin (Theol.), the first sin of Adam, as related to its consequences to his descendants of the human race; -- called also total depravity. See Calvinism.


word: Original₂
definition:
Original

O*rig"i*nal
n.
[Cf. F. original.]

1.
Origin; commencement; source.

It hath it original from much grief.
Shak.

And spangled heavens, a shining frame,
Their great Original proclaim.
Addison.

2.
That which precedes all others of its class; archetype; first copy; hence, an original work of art, manuscript, text, and the like, as distinguished from a copy, translation, etc.

The Scriptures may be now read in their own original.
Milton.

3.
An original thinker or writer; an originator.
[R.]

Men who are bad at copying, yet are good originals.
C. G. Leland.

4.
A person of marked eccentricity.
[Colloq.]

5.
(Zool. & Bot.)
The natural or wild species from which a domesticated or cultivated variety has been derived; as, the wolf is thought by some to be the original of the dog, the blackthorn the original of the plum.


word: Originality
definition:
Originality

O*rig`i*nal"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. originalité.]
1.
The quality or state of being original.
Macaulay.

2.
Ability to create new and original ideas, works of art, theories, etc.; ability to express oneself in an original manner; creativity; -- of people.


word: Originally
definition:
Originally

O*rig"i*nal*ly
(?)
adv.
1.
In the original time, or in an original manner; primarily; from the beginning or origin; not by derivation, or imitation.

God is originally holy in himself.
Bp. Pearson.

2.
At first; at the origin; at the time of formation or costruction; as, a book originally written by another hand.
Originally
Walpole.


word: Originant
definition:
Originant

O*rig"i*nant
(?)
a.
Originating; original.
[R.]

An absolutely originant act of self will.
Prof. Shedd.


word: Originary
definition:
Originary

O*rig"i*na*ry
(?)
a.
[L. originarius: cf. F. originaire.]
1.
Causing existence; productive.
[R.]

The production of animals, in the originary way, requires a certain degree of warmth.
Cheyne.

2.
Primitive; primary; original.
[R.]

The grand originary right of all rights.
Hickok.


word: Originate
definition:
Originate

O*rig"i*nate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Originated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Originating.]
[From Origin.]
To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new.

A decomposition of the whole civil and political mass, for the purpose of originating a new civil order.
Burke.


word: Originate₂
definition:
Originate

O*rig"i*nate
v. i.
To take first existence; to have origin or beginning; to begin to exist or act; as, the scheme originated with the governor and council.


word: Origination
definition:
Origination

O*rig`i*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. originatio.]

1.
The act or process of bringing or coming into existence; first production.
origination
Keill.

What comes from spirit is a spontaneous origination.
Hickok.

2.
Mode of production, or bringing into being.

This eruca is propagated by animal parents, to wit, butterflies, after the common origination of all caterpillars.
Ray.


word: Originative
definition:
Originative

O*rig"i*na*tive
(?)
a.
Having power, or tending, to originate, or bring into existence; originating.
H. Bushnell.
O*rig"i*na*tive*ly, adv.


word: Orillon
definition:
Orillon

O*ril"lon
(?)
n.
[F., lit., a little ear, from oreille an ear, fr. L. oricula, auricula, dim. of auris an ear. See Ear.]
(Fort.)
A semicircular projection made at the shoulder of a bastion for the purpose of covering the retired flank, -- found in old fortresses.


word: Oriole
definition:
Oriole

O"ri*ole
(?)
n.
[OF. oriol, oriouz, orieus, F. loriot (for l'oriol), fr. L. aureolus golden, dim. of aureus golden, fr. aurum gold.  Cf. Aureole, Oriel, Loriot.]
(Zool.)
(a)
Any one of various species of Old World singing birds of the family Oriolidae.  They are usually conspicuously colored with yellow and black.  The European or golden oriole (Oriolus galbula, or Oriolus oriolus) has a very musical flutelike note.
(b)
In America, any one of several species of the genus Icterus, belonging to the family Icteridae.  See Baltimore oriole, and Orchard oriole, under Orchard.

Crested oriole. (Zool.) See Cassican.


word: Orion
definition:
Orion

O*ri"on
(o̝*rī"&obreve_;n)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. 'Wri`wn, orig., a celebrated hunter in the oldest Greek mythology, after whom this constellation was named.]
(Astron.)
A large and bright constellation on the equator, between the stars Aldebaran and Sirius.  It contains a remarkable nebula visible to the naked eye.

The flaming glories of Orion's belt.
E. Everett.


word: Oriskany
definition:
Oriskany

O*ris"ka*ny
(?)
a.
[From Oriskany, in New York.]
(Geol.)
Designating, or pertaining to, certain beds, chiefly limestone, characteristic of the latest period of the Silurian age.

Oriskany period, a subdivision of the American Paleozoic system intermediate or transitional in character between the Silurian and Devonian ages. See Chart of Geology.


word: Orismological
definition:
Orismological

O*ris`mo*log"ic*al
(o̝*rĭs`m&obreve_;*lo̝j"ĭ*kal)
a.
(Nat. Hist.)
Of or pertaining to orismology.


word: Orismology
definition:
Orismology

O`ris*mol"o*gy
(&omacr`rĭs*m&obreve_;l"o̝*j&ybreve_;)
n.
[Gr. "orismo`s a marking out by boundaries, the definition of a word + -logy. See Horizon.]
That department of natural history which treats of technical terms; the science of defining technical terms.


word: Orison
definition:
Orison

Or"i*son
(?)
n.
[OF. orison, oreson, oreison, F. oraison, fr. L. oratio speech, prayer. See Oration.]
A prayer; a supplication.
[Poetic]
Chaucer. Shak.

Lowly they bowed, adoring, and began
Their orisons, each morning duly paid.
Milton.


word: Orle
definition:
Orle

Orle
(?)
n.
[F. orle an orle, a fillet, fr. LL. orla border, dim. of L. ora border, margin.]

1.
(Her.)
A bearing, in the form of a fillet, round the shield, within, but at some distance from, the border.

2.
(Her.)
The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest.

In orle, round the escutcheon, leaving the middle of the field vacant, or occupied by something else; -- said of bearings arranged on the shield in the form of an orle.


word: Orleans
definition:
Orleans

Or"le*ans
(?)
n.
[So called from the city of Orléans, in France.]
1.
A cloth made of worsted and cotton, -- used for wearing apparel.

2.
A variety of the plum. See under Plum.
[Eng.]


word: Orlop
definition:
Orlop

Or"lop
(?)
n.
[D. overloop the upper deck, lit., a running over or overflowing, fr. overloopen to run over. See Over, and Leap, and cf. Overloop.]
(Naut.)
The lowest deck of a vessel, esp. of a ship of war, consisting of a platform laid over the beams in the hold, on which the cables are coiled.


word: Ahura-Mazda
definition:
Ahura-Mazda

Ormuzd

Ormazd

{ Or"mazd (?), Or"muzd or A`hu*ra-Maz"da  }
n.
[Zend Ahuramazda.]
(Zoroastrianism)
The supreme deity, the embodiment of the principle of good, creator of the world, source of light, and guardian of mankind.  He is the opponent of Ahriman, the spirit of evil, both being sprung from Eternity, or, according to another version, Ahriman being the offspring of a moment of doubt on the part of Ormazd.  Ormazd is attended by angels and archangels.  He is represented as a bearded man inclosed in a winged circle, a conception probably derived from the Assyrian representations of Ashur.


word: ormolu
definition:
ormolu

or`mo*lu"
(ôr`mo̝*l&usuml_;")
n.
[F. or moulu; or gold (L. aurum) + moulu, p. p. of moudre to grind, to mill, L. molere. See Aureate, and Mill.]
A variety of brass made to resemble gold by the use of less zinc and more copper in its composition than ordinary brass contains.  Its golden color is often heightened by means of lacquer of some sort, or by use of acids. Called also mosaic gold.

ormolu varnish, a varnish applied to metals, as brass, to give the appearance of gold.


word: Ormosia
definition:
Ormosia

Ormosia
prop. n.
A genus of tropical shrubs and trees having usually odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and pink to reddish wood.

Syn. -- genus Ormosia.


word: Ormuzd
definition:
Ormuzd

Or"muzd
(ôr"mŭzd)
prop. n.
[Zend Ahuramazda.]
The good principle, or being, of the ancient Persian religion; same as Ormazd. See also Ahriman.


word: ornament
definition:
ornament

or"na*ment
(?)
n.
[OE. ornement, F. ornement, fr. L. ornamentum, fr. ornare to adorn.]
That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.

The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit.
1 Pet. iii. 4.

Like that long-buried body of the king
Found lying with his urns and ornaments.
Tennyson.


word: ornament₂
definition:
ornament

or"na*ment
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ornamented; p. pr. & vb. n. Ornamenting.]
To adorn; to deck; to embellish; to beautify; as, to ornament a room, or a city.


word: ornamental
definition:
ornamental

or`na*men"tal
(?)
a.
[Cf. F.  ornemental.]
Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing.

Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Ornamentation
definition:
Ornamentation

Or`na*men*ta"tion
(?)
n.
1.
The act or art of ornamenting, or the state of being ornamented.

2.
That which ornaments.
C. Kingsley.

3.
The ornaments embellishing an object, collectively; as, each room of the palace had a strikingly different ornamentation.


word: Ornate
definition:
Ornate

Or*nate"
(?)
a.
[L. ornatus, p. p. of ornare to adorn.]
1.
Elaborately adorned or decorated; beautifully sumptuous.
ornate
Milton.

2.
Finely finished, as a style of composition.

A graceful and ornate rhetoric.
Milton.


word: Ornate₂
definition:
Ornate

Or*nate"
v. t.
To adorn; to honor.
[R.]

They may ornate and sanctify the name of God.
Latimer.


word: Ornithic
definition:
Ornithic

Or*nith"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. 'o`rnis, 'o`rniqos, a bird.]
Of or pertaining to birds; as, ornithic fossils.
Owen.


word: Ornithichnite
definition:
Ornithichnite

Or`nith*ich"nite
(?)
n.
[Ornitho- + Gr. 'i`chnos track.]
(Paleon.)
The footmark of a bird occurring in strata of stone.
Hitchcock.


word: Ornithichnology
definition:
Ornithichnology

Or`nith*ich*nol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Ornitho- + ichnology.]
(Paleon.)
The branch of science which treats of ornithichnites.
Hitchcock.


word: Ornithodelphia
definition:
Ornithodelphia

Or*ni`tho*del"phi*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'o`rnis + delfy`s the womb.]
Same as Monotremata.
Or`ni*tho*del"phid (#), a.


word: Ornithoidichnite
definition:
Ornithoidichnite

Or`ni*thoid*ich"nite
(?)
n.
[Ornitho- + -oid + Gr. 'i`chnos footstep, track.]
(Paleon.)
A fossil track resembling that of a bird.
Hitchcock.


word: Ornitholite
definition:
Ornitholite

Or*nith"o*lite
(?)
n.
[Ornitho- + -lite.]
(Paleon.)
(a)
The fossil remains of a bird.
(b)
A stone of various colors bearing the figures of birds.


word: Ornithological
definition:
Ornithological

Ornithologic

{ Or`ni*tho*log"ic (?), Or`ni*tho*log"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. ornithologique.]
Of or pertaining to ornithology; as, her ornithological interests.


word: Ornithologist
definition:
Ornithologist

Or`ni*thol"o*gist
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. ornithologiste.]
One skilled in ornithology; a student of ornithology; one who describes birds.


word: Ornithology
definition:
Ornithology

Or`ni*thol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Ornitho- + -logy: cf. F. ornithologie.]
1.
That branch of Zoology which treats of the natural history of birds and their classification.

2.
A treatise or book on this science.


word: Ornithomancy
definition:
Ornithomancy

Or*nith"o*man`cy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; 'o`rnis, 'o`rniqos, a bird + _; divination: cf. F. ornithomancie.]
Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc.

Ornithomancy grew into an elaborate science.
De Quincey.


word: Ornithon
definition:
Ornithon

Or*ni"thon
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;, fr. 'o`rnis, 'o`rniqos, a bird.]
An aviary; a poultry house.
Weale.


word: Ornithopappi
definition:
Ornithopappi

Or*ni`tho*pap"pi
(?)
prop. n. pl.
[NL., from Gr. 'o`rnis a bird + _; an ancestor.]
(Zool.)
An extinct order of birds. It includes only the Archaeopteryx.


word: Ornithopoda
definition:
Ornithopoda

Or`ni*thop"o*da
(?)
prop. n. pl.
[NL. See Ornitho-, and -poda.]
(Paleon.)
An order of herbivorous dinosaurs with birdlike characteristics in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind legs, which in some genera had only three functional toes, and supported the body in walking as in Iguanodon. See Illust. in Appendix.


word: Ornithorhynchidae
definition:
Ornithorhynchidae

Ornithorhynchidae
prop. n.
The natural family of monotremes including the platypus (duckbill) (Ornithorhyncus anatinus).

Syn. -- family Ornithorhynchidae.


word: Ornithorhynchus
definition:
Ornithorhynchus

Or`ni*tho*rhyn"chus
(?)
prop. n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'o`rnis, 'o`rniqos, a bird + _; snout, beak.]
(Zool.)
A genus of monotremes including the platypus (Ornithorhyncus anatinus).  See Duck mole, under Duck.


word: Ornithosauria
definition:
Ornithosauria

Or*ni`tho*sau"ri*a
(?)
prop. n. pl.
[NL. See Ornitho-, and Sauria.]
(Paleon.)
An order of extinct flying reptiles; -- called also Pterosauria.


word: Ornithoscelida
definition:
Ornithoscelida

Or*ni`tho*scel"i*da
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'o`rnis, 'o`rniqos, a bird + _; a leg.]
(Zool.)
A group of extinct Reptilia, intermediate in structure (especially with regard to the pelvis) between reptiles and birds.
Or`ni*tho*scel"i*dan (#), a.


word: Ornithoscopy
definition:
Ornithoscopy

Or`ni*thos"co*py
(?)
n.
[Ornitho- + -scopy: cf. Gr. _; divination from birds.]
Observation of birds and their habits.
[R.]
De Quincey.


word: Ornithotomy
definition:
Ornithotomy

Or`ni*thot"o*my
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'o`rnis, 'o`rniqos, a bird + te`mnein to cut.]
The anatomy or dissection of birds.


word: Orograph
definition:
Orograph

Or"o*graph
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'o`ros mountain + -graph.]
(Surveying)
A machine for use in making topographical maps.  It is operated by being pushed across country, and not only records distances, like the perambulator, but also elevations.


word: Orographical
definition:
Orographical

Orographic

{ Or`o*graph"ic (?), Or`o*graph"ic*al (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to orography.


word: Orography
definition:
Orography

O*rog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'o`ros, a mountain + -graphy.]
That branch of science which treats of mountains and mountain systems; orology; as, the orography of Western Europe.


word: Oroheliograph
definition:
Oroheliograph

Or`o*he"li*o*graph
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'o`ros mountain + helio- + -graph.]
(Photog.)
A camera for obtaining a circular panoramic view of the horizon.  The photographic plate is placed horizontally with a vertical lens above.  A mirror of peculiar shape reflects light from the entire horizon to the lens, by means of which it is focused upon the plate.


word: Orohippus
definition:
Orohippus

Or`o*hip"pus
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'o`ros, mountain (referring to the Rocky Mountain region) + "i`ppos horse.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of American Eocene mammals allied to the horse, but having four toes in front and three behind.


word: Oroide
definition:
Oroide

O"roide
(?)
n.
[F. or gold (L. aurum) + Gr. e'i^dos form.]
An alloy, chiefly of copper and zinc or tin, resembling gold in color and brilliancy.
[Written also oreide.]


word: Orology
definition:
Orology

O*rol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'o`ros mountain + -logy: cf. F. orologie.]
The science or description of mountains.


word: Orometer
definition:
Orometer

O*rom"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'o`ros mountain + -meter.]
(Meteor.)
An aneroid barometer having a second scale that gives the approximate elevation above sea level of the place where the observation is made.


word: Orotund
definition:
Orotund

O"ro*tund`
(?)
a.
[L. os, oris, the mouth + rotundus round, smooth.]
Characterized by fullness, clearness, strength, and smoothness; ringing and musical; -- said of the voice or manner of utterance.
n. The orotund voice or utterance
Rush.


word: Orphan
definition:
Orphan

Or"phan
(?)
n.
[L. orphanus, Gr. _;, akin to L. orbus.  Cf. Orb a blank window.]
A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living.

Orphans' court (Law), a court in some of the States of the Union, having jurisdiction over the estates and persons of orphans or other wards. Bouvier.


word: Orphan₃
definition:
Orphan

Or"phan
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Orphaned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Orphaning.]
To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents.
Young.


word: Orphanage
definition:
Orphanage

Or"phan*age
(?)
n.
1.
The state of being an orphan; orphanhood; orphans, collectively.

2.
An institution or asylum for the care of orphans.


word: Orphanotrophism
definition:
Orphanotrophism

Or`phan*ot"ro*phism
(?)
n.
The care and support of orphans.
[R.]
Cotton Mather (1711).


word: Orphanotrophy
definition:
Orphanotrophy

Or`phan*ot"ro*phy
(?)
n.
[L. orphanotrophium, Gr. _;; _; an orphan + _; to feed, bring up.]

1.
A hospital for orphans.
[R.]
A. Chalmers.

2.
The act of supporting orphans.
[R.]


word: Orpharion
definition:
Orpharion

Or*pha"ri*on
(?)
n.
(Mus.)
An old instrument of the lute or cittern kind.
[Spelt also orpheoreon.]


word: Orphean
definition:
Orphean

Or*phe"an
(?)
a.
[L. Orphēus, Gr. _;.]
Of or pertaining to Orpheus, the mythic poet and musician; as, Orphean strains.
Cowper.


word: Orpheus
definition:
Orpheus

Or"phe*us
(?)
prop. n.
[L. Orpheus, Gr. _;.]
(Gr. Myth.)
The famous mythic Thracian poet, son of the Muse Calliope, and husband of Eurydice.  He is reputed to have had power to entrance beasts and inanimate objects by the music of his lyre.


word: Orphic
definition:
Orphic

Or"phic
(?)
prop. a.
[L. Orphicus, Gr. _;.]
Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns.


word: Orphrey
definition:
Orphrey

Or"phrey
(?)
n.
[See Orfrays.]
A band of rich embroidery, wholly or in part of gold, affixed to vestments, especially those of ecclesiastics.
Pugin.


word: Orpiment
definition:
Orpiment

Or"pi*ment
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. auripigmentum; aurum gold + pigmentum pigment.  Cf. Aureate, Pigment, Orpin, Orpine.]
(Chem.)
Arsenic sesquisulphide, produced artificially as an amorphous lemon-yellow powder, and occurring naturally as a yellow crystalline mineral; -- formerly called auripigment.  It is used in king's yellow, in white Indian fire, and in certain technical processes, as indigo printing.

Our orpiment and sublimed mercurie.
Chaucer.

Red orpiment, realgar; the red sulphide of arsenic. -- Yellow orpiment, king's yellow.


word: Orpin
definition:
Orpin

Or"pin
n.
[F., orpiment, also, the plant orpine. See Orpiment.]
1.
A yellow pigment of various degrees of intensity, approaching also to red.

2.
(Bot.)
The orpine.


word: orpine
definition:
orpine

or"pine
(?)
n.
[F. orpin the genus of plants which includes orpine; -- so called from the yellow blossoms of a common species (Sedum acre).  See Orpiment.]
(Bot.)
A low plant with fleshy leaves (Sedum telephium), having clusters of purple flowers.  It is found on dry, sandy places, and on old walls, in England, and has become naturalized in America.  Called also stonecrop, and live-forever.
[Written also orpin.]


word: Orrery
definition:
Orrery

Or"re*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Orreries (#).
[So named in honor of the Earl of Orrery.]
An apparatus which illustrates, by the revolution of balls moved by wheelwork, the relative size, periodic motions, positions, orbits, etc., of bodies in the solar system.


word: Orris
definition:
Orris

Or"ris
(?)
n.
[Prob. corrupted from It. ireos iris. See Iris.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus Iris (Iris Florentina); a kind of flower-de-luce.  Its rootstock has an odor resembling that of violets.

Orris pea (Med.), an issue pea made from orris root. -- Orris root, the fragrant rootstock of the orris.


word: Orris₂
definition:
Orris

Or"ris
(?)
n.
1.
[Contr. from orfrays, or from arras.]
A sort of gold or silver lace.
Johnson.

2.
A peculiar pattern in which gold lace or silver lace is worked; especially, one in which the edges are ornamented with conical figures placed at equal distances, with spots between them.


word: Orsedue
definition:
Orsedue

Orsedew

{ Orse"dew (?), Or"se*due (?), }
n.
Leaf metal of bronze; Dutch metal. See under Dutch.


word: Orsellic
definition:
Orsellic

Or*sel"lic
(?)
a.
[From F. orseille archil. See Archil.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in certain lichens, and called also lecanoric acid.
[Formerly written also orseillic.]


word: Orsellinic
definition:
Orsellinic

Or`sel*lin"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained by a partial decomposition of orsellic acid as a white crystalline substance, and related to protocatechuic acid.


word: Ort
definition:
Ort

Ort
(ôrt)
n.
pl. Orts (ôrts).
[Akin to LG. ort, ortels, remnants of food, refuse, OFries. ort, OD. oorete, ooraete; prob. from the same prefix as in E. ordeal + a word akin to eat.]
A morsel left at a meal; a fragment; refuse; -- commonly used in the plural.
Milton.

Let him have time a beggar's orts to crave.
Shak.


word: Ortalidian
definition:
Ortalidian

Or`ta*lid"i*an
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous small two-winged flies of the family Ortalidae.  The larvae of many of these flies live in fruit; those of others produce galls on various plants.


word: Orthid
definition:
Orthid

Or"thid
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A brachiopod shell of the genus Orthis, and allied genera, of the family Orthidae.


word: Orthis
definition:
Orthis

Or"this
(ôr"thĭs)
prop. n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'orqo`s straight.]
(Zool.)
An extinct genus of Brachiopoda, abundant in the Paleozoic rocks.


word: Orthite
definition:
Orthite

Or"thite
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'orqo`s straight.]
(Min.)
A variety of allanite occurring in slender prismatic crystals.


word: Ortho-
definition:
Ortho-

Or"tho-
(ôr"tho̝-)
pref.
[Gr. 'orqo`s straight; akin to Skr. ūrdhva upright, v&rsdot_;dh to grow, to cause to grow.]

1.
A combining form signifying straight, right, upright, correct, regular; as, orthodromy, orthodiagonal, orthodox, orthographic.

2.
(Chem.)
A combining form (also used adjectively)
designating:
(a)
(Inorganic Chem.)
The one of several acids of the same element (as the phosphoric acids), which actually occurs with the greatest number of hydroxyl groups; as, orthophosphoric acid.  Cf. Normal.
(b)
(Organic Chem.)
Connection with, or affinity to, one variety of isomerism, characteristic of the benzene compounds; -- contrasted with meta- or para-; as, the ortho position; hence, designating any substance showing such isomerism; as, an ortho compound.

&hand_; In the graphic representation of the benzene nucleus (see Benzene nucleus, under Benzene), provisionally adopted, any substance exhibiting double substitution in adjacent and contiguous carbon atoms, as 1 & 2, 3 & 4, 4 & 5, etc., is designated by ortho-; as, orthoxylene; any substance exhibiting substitution of two carbon atoms with one intervening, as 1 & 3, 2 & 4, 3 & 5, 4 & 6, etc., by meta-; as, resorcin or metaxylene; any substance exhibiting substitution in opposite parts, as 1 & 4, 2 & 5, 3 & 6, by para-; as, hydroquinone or paraxylene.


word: Orthocarbonic
definition:
Orthocarbonic

Or`tho*car*bon"ic
(?)
a.
[Ortho- + carbonic.]
(Chem.)
Designating a complex ether, C.(OC2H5)4, which is obtained as a liquid of a pleasant ethereal odor by means of chlorpicrin, and is believed to be a derivative of the hypothetical normal carbonic acid, C.(OH)4.


word: Orthocenter
definition:
Orthocenter

Or`tho*cen"ter
(?)
n.
[Ortho- + center.]
(Geom.)
That point in which the three perpendiculars let fall from the angles of a triangle upon the opposite sides, or the sides produced, mutually intersect.


word: Orthoceras
definition:
Orthoceras

Or*thoc"e*ras
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'orqo`s straight + ke`ras a horn.]
(Paleon.)
An extinct genus of Paleozoic Cephalopoda, having a long, straight, conical shell.  The interior is divided into numerous chambers by transverse septa.


word: Orthoceratite
definition:
Orthoceratite

Or`tho*cer"a*tite
(?)
n.
[Ortho- + Gr. _;, _;, a horn.]
(Zool.)
An orthoceras; also, any fossil shell allied to Orthoceras.


word: Orthoclase
definition:
Orthoclase

Or"tho*clase
(?)
n.
[Ortho- + Gr. _; to break.]
(Min.)
Common or potash feldspar crystallizing in the monoclinic system and having two cleavages at right angles to each other. See Feldspar.


word: Orthoclastic
definition:
Orthoclastic

Or`tho*clas"tic
(?)
a.
(Crystallog.)
Breaking in directions at right angles to each other; -- said of the monoclinic feldspars.


word: Orthodiagonal
definition:
Orthodiagonal

Or`tho*di*ag"o*nal
(?)
n.
[Ortho- + diagonal.]
(Crystallog.)
The diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which is at right angles with the vertical axis.


word: orthodontia
definition:
orthodontia

orthodontia
n.
(Med.)
The treatment of the teeth so as to make the teeth align properly within the mouth, usually involving the wearing of braces and sometimes oral surgery.


word: orthodontics
definition:
orthodontics

orthodontics
n.
(Med.)
A branch of dentistry specializing in the treatment of the teeth so as to make the teeth align properly within the mouth; it usually involves fitting a patient with braces and sometimes oral surgery.


word: orthodontist
definition:
orthodontist

orthodontist
n.
a dentist specializing in the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth; one specializing in orthodontics.


word: Orthodox
definition:
Orthodox

Or"tho*dox
(?)
a.
[L. orthodoxus, Gr. 'orqo`doxos; 'orqo`s right, true + do`xa opinion, dokei^n to think, seem; cf. F. orthodoxe. See Ortho-, Dogma.]
1.
Sound in opinion or doctrine, especially in religious doctrine; hence, holding the Christian faith; believing the doctrines taught in the Scriptures; -- opposed to heretical and heterodox; as, an orthodox Christian.

2.
According or congruous with the doctrines of Scripture, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, or the like; as, an orthodox opinion, book, etc.

3.
Adhering to generally approved doctrine or practices; conventional.  Opposed to unorthodox.

He saluted me on both cheeks in the orthodox manner.
H. R. Haweis.

4.
Of or pertaining to the churches of the Eastern Christian rite, especially the Greek Orthodox or Russian Orthodox churches, which do not recognize the supremacy of the Pope of Rome in matters of faith.

&hand_; The term orthodox differs in its use among the various Christian communions.  The Greek Church styles itself the “Holy Orthodox Apostolic Church,” regarding all other bodies of Christians as more or less heterodox.  The Roman Catholic Church regards the Protestant churches as heterodox in many points. In the United States the term orthodox is frequently used with reference to divergent views on the doctrine of the Trinity.  Thus it has been common to speak of the Trinitarian Congregational churches in distinction from the Unitarian, as Orthodox.` The name is also applied to the conservative, in distinction from the “liberal”, or Hicksite, body in the Society of Friends.
Schaff-Herzog Encyc.


word: Orthodoxal
definition:
Orthodoxal

Or"tho*dox`al
(ôr"tho̝*d&obreve_;ks`al)
a.
Pertaining to, or evincing, orthodoxy; orthodox.
[R.]
Milton.


word: Orthodoxly
definition:
Orthodoxly

Or"tho*dox`ly
(?)
adv.
In an orthodox manner; with soundness of faith.
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Orthodoxy
definition:
Orthodoxy

Or"tho*dox`y
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;: cf. F. orthodoxie. See Orthodox.]
1.
Soundness of faith; a belief in the doctrines taught in the Scriptures, or in some established standard of faith; -- opposed to heterodoxy or to heresy.

Basil himself bears full and clear testimony to Gregory's orthodoxy.
Waterland.

2.
Consonance to genuine Scriptural doctrines; -- said of moral doctrines and beliefs; as, the orthodoxy of a creed.

3.
By extension, said of any generally accepted doctrine or belief; the orthodox practice or belief.


word: Orthodromics
definition:
Orthodromics

Or`tho*drom"ics
(?)
n.
The art of sailing in a direct course, or on the arc of a great circle, which is the shortest distance between any two points on the surface of the globe; great-circle sailing; orthodromy.


word: Orthodromy
definition:
Orthodromy

Or"tho*drom`y
(ôr"tho̝*dr&obreve_;m`&ybreve_;; 277)
n.
[Cf. F. orthodromie.]
The act or art of sailing on a great circle.


word: Orthoepical
definition:
Orthoepical

Orthoepic

{ Or`tho*ep"ic (?), Or`tho*ep"ic*al (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to orthoepy, or correct pronunciation.
Or`tho*ep"ic*al*ly, adv.


word: orthoepy
definition:
orthoepy

or"tho*e*py
(ôr"tho̝*e̝*p&ybreve_;; 277)
n.
[Gr. 'orqoe`peia; 'orqo`s right + 'e`pos a word: cf. F. orthoépie. See Ortho-, and Epic.]
The art of uttering words correctly; a correct pronunciation of words; also, mode of pronunciation.


word: orthogamy
definition:
orthogamy

or*thog"a*my
(?)
n.
[Ortho- + Gr. _; marriage.]
(Bot.)
Direct fertilization in plants, as when the pollen fertilizing the ovules comes from the stamens of the same blossom; -- opposed to heterogamy.


word: Orthognathism
definition:
Orthognathism

Or*thog"na*thism
(?)
n.
(Anat.)
The quality or state of being orthognathous.
Huxley.


word: Orthognathous
definition:
Orthognathous

Or*thog"na*thous
(?)
a.
[Ortho- + Gr. gna`qos the jaw.]
(Anat.)
Having the front of the head, or the skull, nearly perpendicular, not retreating backwards above the jaws; -- opposed to prognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic.


word: Orthogon
definition:
Orthogon

Or"tho*gon
(?)
n.
[Ortho- + Gr. gwni`a angle: cf. F. orthogone, a.]
(Geom.)
A rectangular figure.


word: Orthogonal
definition:
Orthogonal

Or*thog"o*nal
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. orthogonal.]
Right-angled; rectangular; as, an orthogonal intersection of one curve with another.

Orthogonal projection.  See under Orthographic.


word: Orthogonally
definition:
Orthogonally

Or*thog"o*nal*ly
adv.
Perpendicularly; at right angles; as, a curve cuts a set of curves orthogonally.


word: Orthograph
definition:
Orthograph

Or"tho*graph
(?)
n.
[Ortho- + -graph.]
(Arch.)
An orthographic projection, sometimes partly in section, esp. of a building.


word: Orthographical
definition:
Orthographical

Orthographic

{ Or`tho*graph"ic (?), Or`tho*graph"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. orthographique, L. orthographus, Gr. _;.]
1.
Of or pertaining to orthography, or right spelling; also, correct in spelling; as, orthographical rules; the letter was orthographic.

2.
(Geom.)
Of or pertaining to right lines or angles.

Orthographic projection or Orthogonal projection, that projection which is made by drawing lines, from every point to be projected, perpendicular to the plane of projection. Such a projection of the sphere represents its circles as seen in perspective by an eye supposed to be placed at an infinite distance, the plane of projection passing through the center of the sphere perpendicularly to the line of sight.


word: Orthographically
definition:
Orthographically

Or`tho*graph"ic*al*ly
adv.
In an orthographical manner
(a)
according to the rules of proper spelling
(b)
according to orthographic projection.


word: Orthographize
definition:
Orthographize

Or*thog"ra*phize
(?)
v. t.
To spell correctly or according to usage; to correct in regard to spelling.

In the coalesced into ith, which modern reaction has orthographized to i' th'.
Earle.


word: Orthography
definition:
Orthography

Or*thog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[OE. ortographie, OF. orthographie, L. orthographia, Gr. _;, fr. _; writing correctly; 'orqo`s right + gra`fein to write. See Ortho-, and Graphic.]

1.
The art or practice of writing words with the proper letters, according to standard usage; conventionally correct spelling; also, mode of spelling; as, his orthography is vicious.

When spelling no longer follows the pronunciation, but is hardened into orthography.
Earle.

2.
The part of grammar which treats of the letters, and of the art of spelling words correctly.

3.
A drawing in correct projection, especially an elevation or a vertical section.

4.
The method of spelling the words of a particular language; the system of symbols used for writing a language.

5.
The branch of linguistics concerned with how languages are written.


word: Orthology
definition:
Orthology

Or*thol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; 'orqo`s right + lo`gos speech, description: cf. F. orthologie.]
The right description of things.
[R.]
Fotherby.


word: Orthometric
definition:
Orthometric

Or`tho*met"ric
(?)
a.
[See Orthometry.]
(Crystallog.)
Having the axes at right angles to one another; -- said of crystals or crystalline forms.


word: Orthometry
definition:
Orthometry

Or*thom"e*try
(?)
n.
[Ortho- + -metry.]
The art or practice of constructing verses correctly; the laws of correct versification.


word: Orthomorphic
definition:
Orthomorphic

Or`tho*mor"phic
(?)
a.
[Ortho- + morphic.]
(Geom.)
Having the right form.

Orthomorphic projection, a projection in which the angles in the figure to be projected are equal to the corresponding angles in the projected figure.


word: Orthopedical
definition:
Orthopedical

Orthopedic

{ Or`tho*ped"ic (?), Or`tho*ped"ic*al (?), }
a.
(Med.)
Of, pertaining to, or employed in, orthopedics; relating to the prevention or cure of deformities of children, or, in general, of the human body at any age; as, orthopedic surgery; an orthopedic hospital.


word: orthopedics
definition:
orthopedics

orthopedics
n.
[Ortho- + Gr. _;, _;, a child.]
(Med.)
The art or practice of correcting disorders or deformities of the spine and joints, or, by extension, any deformities of the human body.

Syn. -- orthopaedics, orthopedy.


word: Orthopedist
definition:
Orthopedist

Or*thop"e*dist
(?)
n.
(Med.)
One who prevents, cures, or remedies deformities, esp. in children.


word: Orthophony
definition:
Orthophony

Or*thoph"o*ny
(?)
n.
[Ortho- + Gr. fwnh` voice.]
The art of correct articulation; voice training.


word: Orthopinacoid
definition:
Orthopinacoid

Or`tho*pin"a*coid
(?)
n.
[Ortho- + pinacoid.]
(Crystallog.)
A name given to the two planes in the monoclinic system which are parallel to the vertical and orthodiagonal axes.


word: Orthopny
definition:
Orthopny

Orthopnoea

{ &VerbarOr`thop*nœ"a (?), Or*thop"ny (?), }
n.
[L. orthopnoea, Gr. _;; 'orqo`sstraight, right + pnei^n to breathe: cf. F. orthopnée.]
(Med.)
Specifically, a morbid condition in which respiration can be performed only in an erect posture; by extension, any difficulty of breathing.


word: Orthopoda
definition:
Orthopoda

Or*thop"o*da
(?)
prop. n. pl.
[NL. See Ortho-, and -poda.]
(Zool.)
An extinct order of reptiles which stood erect on the hind legs, and resembled birds in the structure of the feet, pelvis, and other parts.


word: Orthopraxy
definition:
Orthopraxy

Or"tho*prax`y
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'orqo`s straight + _; a doing.]
(Med.)
The treatment of deformities in the human body by mechanical appliances.


word: Orthoptera
definition:
Orthoptera

Or*thop"te*ra
(?)
prop. n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'orqo`s straight + _; feather, wing.]
(Zool.)
An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers, locusts, cockroaches, mantids, crickets, katydids, etc.  See Illust. under Insect.

&hand_; The anterior wings are usually thickened and protect the membranous posterior wings, which are larger and fold longitudinally like a fan.  They also have chewing mouth parts.  The Orthoptera undergo no metamorphosis.


word: Orthorhombic
definition:
Orthorhombic

Or`tho*rhom"bic
(?)
a.
[Ortho- + rhombic.]
(Crystallog.)
Noting the system of crystallization which has three unequal axes at right angles to each other; trimetric. See Crystallization.


word: Orthoscope
definition:
Orthoscope

Or"tho*scope
(?)
n.
[Ortho- + -scope.]
(Physiol.)
An instrument designed to show the condition of the superficial portions of the eye.


word: Orthoscopic
definition:
Orthoscopic

Or`tho*scop"ic
(?)
a.
(Opt.)
Giving an image in correct or normal proportions; giving a flat field of view; as, an orthoscopic eyepiece.


word: Orthosilicic
definition:
Orthosilicic

Or`tho*si*lic"ic
(?)
a.
[Ortho- + silicic.]
(Chem.)
Designating the form of silicic acid having the normal or highest number of hydroxyl groups.


word: Orthospermous
definition:
Orthospermous

Or`tho*sper"mous
(?)
a.
[Ortho- + Gr. _; seed.]
(Bot.)
Having the seeds straight, as in the fruits of some umbelliferous plants; -- opposed to coelospermous.
Darwin.


word: Orthostade
definition:
Orthostade

Or"tho*stade
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; 'orqo`s straight + _; to place.]
(Anc. Costume)
A chiton, or loose, ungirded tunic, falling in straight folds.


word: Orthostichy
definition:
Orthostichy

Or*thos"ti*chy
(?)
n.
pl. Orthostichies (#).
[Ortho- + Gr. sti`chos row.]
(Bot.)
A longitudinal rank, or row, of leaves along a stem.


word: Orthotomic
definition:
Orthotomic

Or`tho*tom"ic
(?)
a.
[Ortho- + Gr. _; to cleave.]
(Geom.)
Cutting at right angles.

Orthotomic circle (Geom.), that circle which cuts three given circles at right angles.


word: Orthotomous
definition:
Orthotomous

Or*thot"o*mous
(?)
a.
(Crystallog.)
Having two cleavages at right angles with one another.


word: Orthotone
definition:
Orthotone

Or"tho*tone
(?)
a.
[Ortho- + Gr. _; tone, accent.]
(Gr. Gram.)
Retaining the accent; not enclitic; -- said of certain indefinite pronouns and adverbs when used interrogatively, which, when not so used, are ordinarilly enclitic.


word: Orthotropous
definition:
Orthotropous

Orthotropal

{ Or*thot"ro*pal (?), Or*thot"ro*pous (?), }
a.
[Ortho- + Gr. _; to turn: cf. F. orthotrope.]
(Bot.)
Having the axis of an ovule or seed straight from the hilum and chalaza to the orifice or the micropyle; atropous.

&hand_; This word has also been used (but improperly) to describe any embryo whose radicle points towards, or is next to, the hilum.


word: Orthotropic
definition:
Orthotropic

Or`tho*trop"ic
(?)
a.
[See Orthotropal.]
(Bot.)
Having the longer axis vertical; -- said of erect stems.
Encyc. Brit.


word: Orthoxylene
definition:
Orthoxylene

Or`tho*xy"lene
(?)
n.
[Ortho- + xylene.]
(Chem.)
That variety of xylene (C6H4(CH3)2) in which the two methyl groups are in the ortho position; a colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon resembling benzene.


word: Ortive
definition:
Ortive

Or"tive
(?)
a.
[L. ortivus, fr. oriri, ortus, to rise: cf. F. ortive.]
Of or relating to the time or act of rising; eastern; as, the ortive amplitude of a planet.


word: Ortolan
definition:
Ortolan

Or"to*lan
(?)
n.
[F., fr. It. ortolano ortolan, gardener, fr. L. hortulanus gardener, fr. hortulus, dim. of hortus garden. So called because it frequents the hedges of gardens. See Yard an inclosure, and cf. Hortulan.]
(Zool.)
(a)
A European singing bird (Emberiza hortulana), about the size of the lark, with black wings.  It is esteemed delicious food when fattened.  Called also bunting.
(b)
In England, the wheatear (Saxicola oenanthe).
(c)
In America, the sora, or Carolina rail (Porzana Carolina). See Sora.


word: Ortygan
definition:
Ortygan

Or"ty*gan
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, _;, a quail.]
(Zool.)
One of several species of East Indian birds of the genera Ortygis and Hemipodius.  They resemble quails, but lack the hind toe. See Turnix.


word: Orvietan
definition:
Orvietan

Or`vi*e"tan
(?)
n.
[F. orviétan: cf. It. orvietano. So called because invented at Orvieto, in Italy.]
A kind of antidote for poisons; a counter poison formerly in vogue.
[Obs.]


word: -ory
definition:
-ory

-o*ry
(?)
suff.
[L. -orius: cf. F. -oire.]
1.
An adjective suffix meaning of or pertaining to, serving for; as in auditory, pertaining to or serving for hearing; prohibitory, amendatory, etc.

2.
[L. -orium: cf. F. -oire.]
A noun suffix denoting that which pertains to, or serves for; as in ambulatory, that which serves for walking; consistory, factory, etc.


word: Oryctere
definition:
Oryctere

Or"yc*tere
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'orykth`r digger: cf. F. oryctère.]
(Zool.)
The aard-vark (Orycteropus afer).


word: Orycterope
definition:
Orycterope

O*ryc"ter*ope
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'orykth`r digger + poy`s foot.]
(Zool.)
Same as Oryctere (the aardvark, Orycteropus afer).


word: Oryctognosy
definition:
Oryctognosy

Or`yc*tog"no*sy
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'orykto`s dug (_; to dig) + gnw^sis knowledge.]
Mineralogy.
[Obs.]
Or`yc*tog*nos"tic (#), a. -- Or`yc*tog*nos"tic*al (#), a. [Obs.] -- Or`yc*tog*nos"tic*al*ly (#), adv. [Obs.]


word: Oryctography
definition:
Oryctography

Or`yc*tog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'orykto`s dug + -graphy.]
Description of fossils.
[Obs.]


word: Oryctological
definition:
Oryctological

Or`yc*to*log"ic*al
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. oryctologique.]
Of or pertaining to oryctology.
[Obs.]


word: Oryctology
definition:
Oryctology

Or`yc*tol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'orykto`s dug + -logy: cf. F. oryctologie.]
1.
An old name for paleontology.

2.
An old name for mineralogy and geology.


word: Oryx
definition:
Oryx

O"ryx
(&omacr"rĭks)
prop. n.
[NL., from Gr. 'o`ryx a kind of gazelle or antelope.]
(Zool.)
A genus of African antelopes which includes the gemsbok, the leucoryx, the bisa antelope (Oryx beisa), and the beatrix antelope (Oryx beatrix) of Arabia.


word: Oryza
definition:
Oryza

O*ry"za
(?)
prop. n.
[L., rice, Gr. _; See Rice.]
(Bot.)
A genus of grasses including the rice plant; rice.


word: orzo
definition:
orzo

orzo
n.
(Cookery)
Pasta shaped like pearls of barley; frequently prepared with lamb in Greek cuisine.


word: Os₃
definition:
Os

Os
(?)
n.
pl. Osar (#).
[Sw. ås ridge, chain of hills, pl. åsar.]
(Geol.)
One of the ridges of sand or gravel found in Sweden, etc., supposed by some to be of marine origin, but probably formed by subglacial waters.  The osar are similar to the kames of Scotland and the eschars of Ireland.  See Eschar.


word: Osage₂
definition:
Osage

Osage
prop. n.
1.
A member of the Osages, a tribe of North American Indians formerly living in western Missouri.

2.
The language of the Osages, a siouxan language.


word: Osage orange
definition:
Osage orange

O"sage or"ange
(?)
(Bot.)
An ornamental tree of the genus Maclura (Maclura aurantiaca), closely allied to the mulberry (Morus); also, its fruit.  The tree was first found in the country of the Osage Indians, and bears a hard and inedible fruit of an orangelike appearance. See Bois d'arc.


word: Osages
definition:
Osages

O*sa"ges
(?)
n. pl.
sing. Osage (_;).
(Ethnol.)
A tribe of southern Sioux Indians, now living in the Indian Territory.


word: Oscan
definition:
Oscan

Os"can
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to the Osci, a primitive people of Campania, a province of ancient Italy.
n. The language of the Osci.


word: Oscillaria
definition:
Oscillaria

Os`cil*la"ri*a
(?)
prop. n.
[NL., fr. L. oscillare to swing.]
(Bot.)
A genus of dark green, or purplish black, filamentous, fresh-water algae, the threads of which have an automatic swaying or crawling motion. Called also Oscillatoria.


word: Oscillate
definition:
Oscillate

Os"cil*late
(&obreve_;s"sĭl*lāt)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Oscillated (&obreve_;s"sĭl*lā`tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Oscillating (&obreve_;s"sĭl*lā`tĭng).]
[L. oscillare to swing, fr. oscillum a swing, a little mask or puppet made to be hung from trees and swing in the wind, prob. orig., a little mouth, a dim. from os mouth. See Oral, and cf. Osculate.]

1.
To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.

2.
To vary or fluctuate between fixed limits; to act or move in a fickle or fluctuating manner; to change repeatedly, back and forth.

The amount of superior families oscillates rather than changes, that is, it fluctuates within fixed limits.
De Quincey.


word: Oscillating current
definition:
Oscillating current

Os"cil*lat`ing current
(Elec.)
A current alternating in direction.

Oscillating engine, a steam engine whose cylinder oscillates on trunnions instead of being permanently fixed in a perpendicular or other direction. Weale.


word: Oscillation
definition:
Oscillation

Os`cil*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. oscillatio a swinging.]

1.
The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and forward, like a pendulum; vibration.

2.
Fluctuation; variation; change back and forth.

His mind oscillated, undoubtedly; but the extreme points of the oscillation were not very remote.
Macaulay.

Axis of oscillation, Center of oscillation. See under Axis, and Center.


word: oscillator
definition:
oscillator

os"cil*la`tor
(&obreve_;s"sĭl*lā`tẽr)
n.
1.
One that oscillates
specif.:
(Electronics)
Any device or circuit for producing electric oscillations, whether of current or voltage; esp., an apparatus for generating electric waves in a system of wireless telegraphy.
Oscillators are essential components of radio transmission devices and digital computers, as well as many other types of electronic device.  In computers the oscillator provides the voltage impulses which permit information bits to be transferred between parts of the computer in a defined sequence.

2.
(Mech.)
An instrument for measuring rigidity by the torsional oscillations of a weighted wire.


word: Oscillatory
definition:
Oscillatory

Os"cil*la*to*ry
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. oscillatoire. See Oscillate.]
Moving, or characterized by motion, backward and forward like a pendulum; swinging; oscillating; vibratory; as, oscillatory motion.


word: Oscillogram
definition:
Oscillogram

Os"cil*lo*gram
(?)
n.
[L. oscillare + -gram.]
(Elec.)
An autographic record made by an oscillograph.


word: Oscillograph
definition:
Oscillograph

Os"cil*lo*graph
(?)
n.
[L. oscillare to swing + -graph.]
(Elec.)
An apparatus for recording or indicating alternating-current wave forms or other electrical oscillations, especially of voltages or currents; it usually consists of a galvanometer with strong field, in which the mass of the moving part is very small and frequency of vibration very high.
Os`cil*lo*graph"ic (#), a.


word: Oscillometer
definition:
Oscillometer

Os`cil*lom"e*ter
(?)
n.
[L. oscillare to swing + -meter.]
An instrument for measuring the angle through which a ship rolls or pitches at sea.


word: oscilloscope
definition:
oscilloscope

os*cil"lo*scope
(?)
n.
[L. oscillare to swing + -scope.]
An electronic measuring instrument which provides a visual representation of the time variation of electrical quantities, such as voltage or current.  It may be used to measure the shape of a voltage pulse or the frequency of an oscillating voltage.  It can also be used to measure properties of other physical variables, such as sound or light intensity, if they can be translated into electrical voltage or current.
The common cathode-ray oscilloscope uses a cathode-ray tube to project a beam of electrons onto the interior of  a nearly flat surface surface of the tube, which is coated with a material which fluoresces when struck by the moving electrons.  The location of the beam of electrons on the target surface is controlled by electrodes surrounding the point of origin of the beam, which control the horizontal and vertical deflection.  The degree of deflection from the vertical center can be made to represent the electrical variable to be measured.  The cathode-ray oscilloscope is similar in many respects to the most common form of television tube.
os*cil"lo*scop`ic, a.

Syn. -- scope, cathode-ray oscilloscope, CRO


word: Oscines
definition:
Oscines

Os"ci*nes
(?)
n. pl.
[L. oscen, -inis.]
(Zool.)
Singing birds; a group of the Passeres, having numerous syringeal muscles, conferring musical ability.


word: Oscinian₂
definition:
Oscinian

Os*cin"i*an
n.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the family Oscinidae.

&hand_; Some, whose larvae live in the stalks, are very destructive to barley, wheat, and rye; others, as the barley fly (Oscinis frit), destroy the heads of grain.


word: Oscitancy
definition:
Oscitancy

Os"ci*tan*cy
(?)
n.
[See Oscitant.]

1.
The act of gaping or yawning.

2.
Drowsiness; dullness; sluggishness.
Hallam.

It might proceed from the oscitancy of transcribers.
Addison.


word: Oscitant
definition:
Oscitant

Os"ci*tant
(?)
a.
[L. oscitans, -antis, p. pr. of oscitare: cf. F. oscitant.]
1.
Yawning; gaping.

2.
Sleepy; drowsy; dull; sluggish; careless.

He must not be oscitant, but intent on his charge.
Barrow.


word: Oscitate
definition:
Oscitate

Os"ci*tate
(?)
v. i.
[L. oscitare; os the mouth + citare, v. intens. fr. ciere to move.]
To gape; to yawn.


word: Oscitation
definition:
Oscitation

Os`ci*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. oscitatio: cf. F. oscitation.]
The act of yawning or gaping.
Addison.


word: Osculant
definition:
Osculant

Os"cu*lant
(?)
a.
[L. osculans, -antis, p. pr. of osculari to kiss. See Osculate.]

1.
Kissing; hence, meeting; clinging.

2.
(Zool.)
Adhering closely; embracing; -- applied to certain creeping animals, as caterpillars.

3.
(Biol.)
Intermediate in character, or on the border, between two genera, groups, families, etc., of animals or plants, and partaking somewhat of the characters of each, thus forming a connecting link; interosculant; as, the genera by which two families approximate are called osculant genera.


word: Osculate
definition:
Osculate

Os"cu*late
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Osculated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Osculating.]
[L. osculatus, p. p. of osculari to kiss, fr. osculum a little mouth, a kiss, dim. of os mouth. See Oral, and cf. Oscillate.]

1.
To kiss.

2.
(Geom.)
To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2.


word: Osculate₂
definition:
Osculate

Os"cu*late
v. i.
1.
To kiss one another; to kiss.

2.
(Geom.)
To touch closely.  See Osculation, 2.

3.
(Biol.)
To have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See Osculant.


word: Osculation
definition:
Osculation

Os`cu*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. osculatio a kissing: cf. F. osculation.]
1.
The act of kissing; a kiss.

2.
(Geom.)
The contact of one curve with another, when the number of consecutive points of the latter through which the former passes suffices for the complete determination of the former curve.
Brande & C.


word: Osculatory
definition:
Osculatory

Os"cu*la*to*ry
(?)
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to kissing; kissing.
osculatory
Thackeray.

2.
(Geom.)
Pertaining to, or having the properties of, an osculatrix; capable of osculation; as, a circle may be osculatory with a curve, at a given point.

Osculatory circle. (Geom.) See Osculating circle of a curve, under Circle. -- Osculatory plane (to a curve of double curvature), a plane which passes through three successive points of the curve. -- Osculatory sphere (to a line of double curvature), a sphere passing through four consecutive points of the curve.


word: Osculatrix
definition:
Osculatrix

Os`cu*la"trix
(?)
n.
pl. Osculatrixes (#).
[NL.]
(Geom.)
A curve whose contact with a given curve, at a given point, is of a higher order (or involves the equality of a greater number of successive differential coefficients of the ordinates of the curves taken at that point) than that of any other curve of the same kind.


word: Oscule
definition:
Oscule

Os"cule
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. oscule. See Osculum.]
(Zool.)
One of the excurrent apertures of sponges.


word: -ose
definition:
-ose

-ose
(?)
suff.
[L. -osus: cf. F. -ose.  Cf. -ous.]

1.
A suffix denoting full of, containing, having the qualities of, like; as in verbose, full of words; pilose, hairy; globose, like a globe.

2.
(Chem.)
A suffix indicating that the substance to the name of which it is affixed is a member of the carbohydrate group; as in cellulose, sucrose, dextrose, etc.


word: Osier
definition:
Osier

O"sier
(?)
n.
[F. osier: cf. Prov. F. oisis, Armor. ozil, aozil, Gr. _;, _;, _;, L. vitex, and E. withy.]
(Bot.)
(a)
A kind of willow (Salix viminalis) growing in wet places in Europe and Asia, and introduced into North America.  It is considered the best of the willows for basket work.  The name is sometimes given to any kind of willow.
(b)
One of the long, pliable twigs of this plant, or of other similar plants.

The rank of osiers by the murmuring stream.
Shak.

Osier bed, or Osier holt, a place where willows are grown for basket making. [Eng.] -- Red osier. (a) A kind of willow with reddish twigs (Salix rubra). (b) An American shrub (Cornus stolonifera) which has slender red branches; -- also called osier cornel.


word: Osiris
definition:
Osiris

O*si"ris
(?)
prop. n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;; of Egyptian origin.]
(Myth.)
One of the principal divinities of Egypt, the brother and husband of Isis.  He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal cap of Upper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull, called Apis.  Cf. Serapis.
O*sir"i*an (#), a.


word: Osmanli
definition:
Osmanli

Os"man*li
(?)
n.
pl. Osmanlis (#).
[So called from Osman. See Ottoman.]
A Turkish official; one of the dominant tribe of Turks; loosely, any Turk.


word: Osmaterium
definition:
Osmaterium

Os`ma*te"ri*um
(?)
n.
pl. Osmateria (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _; smell.]
(Zool.)
One of a pair of scent organs which the larvae of certain butterflies emit from the first body segment, either above or below.


word: Osmazome
definition:
Osmazome

Os"ma*zome
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; smell, odor + _; broth: cf. F. osmazôme.]
(Old Chem.)
A substance formerly supposed to give to soup and broth their characteristic odor, and probably consisting of one or several of the class of nitrogenous substances which are called extractives.


word: Osmiamic
definition:
Osmiamic

Os`mi*am"ic
(?)
a.
[Osmium + amido.]
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid of osmium, H2N2Os2O5, forming a well-known series of yellow salts.


word: Osmic
definition:
Osmic

Os"mic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, osmium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a valence higher than in other lower compounds; as, osmic oxide.

Osmic acid. (Chem.) (a) Osmic tetroxide. [Obs.] (b) Osmic acid proper, an acid analogous to sulphuric acid, not known in the free state, but forming a well-known and stable series of salts (osmates), which were formerly improperly called osmites. -- Osmic tetroxide (Chem.), a white volatile crystalline substance, OsO4, the most stable and characteristic of the compounds of osmium. It has a burning taste, and gives off a vapor, which is a powerful irritant poison, violently attacking the eyes, and emitting a strong chlorinelike odor.  Formerly improperly called osmic acid.


word: Osmidrosis
definition:
Osmidrosis

Os`mi*dro"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. 'osmh` smell + _; to sweat.]
(Med.)
The secretion of fetid sweat.


word: Osmious
definition:
Osmious

Os"mi*ous
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Denoting those compounds of osmium in which the element has a valence relatively lower than in the osmic compounds; as, osmious chloride.
[Written also osmous.]

Osmious acid (Chem.), an acid derived from osmium, analogous to sulphurous acid, and forming unstable salts.  It is a brown amorphous substance.


word: osmium
definition:
osmium

os"mi*um
(&obreve_;z"mĭ*ŭm)
n.
[Gr. 'osmh` a smell, odor, akin to 'o`zein to smell. So named in allusion to the strong chlorinelike odor of osmic tetroxide. See Odor.]
(Chem.)
A rare metallic element of the platinum group with atomic number 76.  It is found native as an alloy in platinum ore, and in iridosmine.  It is a hard, infusible, bluish or grayish white metal, and the heaviest substance known.  Its tetroxide is used in histological experiments to stain tissues. Symbol Os.  Atomic weight 190.2.  Specific gravity 22.477.


word: osmogene
definition:
osmogene

os"mo*gene
(&obreve_;s"mo̝*jēn or &obreve_;z"mo̝*jēn)
n.
[Osmose + root of Gr. ge`nos race.]
An apparatus, consisting of a number of cells whose sides are of parchment paper, for conducting the process of osmosis.  It is used especially in sugar refining to remove potassium salts from the molasses.


word: osmograph
definition:
osmograph

os"mo*graph
(&obreve_;z"mo̝*grȧf)
n.
[Osmose + -graph.]
(Physics)
An instrument for recording the height of the liquid in an endosmometer or for registering osmotic pressures.


word: osmometer
definition:
osmometer

os*mom"e*ter
(&obreve_;z"m&obreve_;m"e̝*tẽr or &obreve_;s"m&obreve_;m"e̝*tẽr)
n.
[Gr. 'wsmo`s impulse + -meter.]
(Physics)
An instrument for measuring the amount of osmotic action in different liquids.


word: Osmometry
definition:
Osmometry

Os*mom"e*try
(&obreve_;z"m&obreve_;m"e̝*tr&ybreve_; or &obreve_;s"m&obreve_;m"e̝*tr&ybreve_;)
n.
(Physics)
The study of osmosis by means of the osmometer.


word: Osmose
definition:
Osmose

Os"mose
(&obreve_;z"m&omacrs)
n.
[Gr. _;, equiv. to _; impulse, fr. _; to push.]
(Chemical Physics)
(a)
The tendency in fluids to mix, or become equably diffused, when in contact.  Same as osmosis, which see.

Electric osmose, or Electric endosmose (Elec.), the transportation of a liquid through a porous septum by the action of an electric current.


word: osmosis
definition:
osmosis

os*mo"sis
(&obreve_;z*m&omacr"sĭs)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'wsmo`s, equiv. to 'w^sis impulse, fr. 'wqei^n to push.]
(Chemical Physics)
(a)
The tendency in fluids to mix, or become equably diffused, when in contact. It was first observed between fluids of differing densities, and as taking place through a membrane or an intervening porous structure.  An older term for the phenomenon was Osmose.
The more rapid flow from the thinner to the thicker fluid was then called endosmosis (formerly endosmose), and the opposite, slower current, exosmosis (formerly exosmose).  Both are, however, results of the same force.  Osmosis may be regarded as a form of molecular attraction, allied to that of adhesion.  See also osmotic pressure.
(b)
The action produced by this tendency.


word: osmotic pressure
definition:
osmotic pressure

os*mot"ic pres"sure
(?)
n.
(Physical Chemistry)
The pressure which a solution of a substance in a liquid exerts on a semipermeable membrane, through which the solvent can diffuse but the dissolved substance (the solute) cannot diffuse, when separated across the membrane from the pure solvent.  In general, the osmotic pressure will depend almost proportionally up to certain concentrations upon the molal concentration of the solute.


word: Osmund
definition:
Osmund

Os"mund
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A fern of the genus Osmunda, or flowering fern.  The most remarkable species is the osmund royal, or royal fern (Osmunda regalis), which grows in wet or boggy places, and has large bipinnate fronds, often with a panicle of capsules at the top.  The rootstock contains much starch, and has been used in stiffening linen.


word: Oso-berry
definition:
Oso-berry

O"so-ber`ry
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
The small, blueblack, drupelike fruit of the Nuttallia cerasiformis, a shrub of Oregon and California, belonging to the Cherry tribe of Rosaceae.


word: Osphradium
definition:
Osphradium

Os*phra"di*um
(?)
n.
pl. Osphradia (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _; strong scent, fr. _; to smell.]
(Zool.)
The olfactory organ of some Mollusca.  It is connected with the organ of respiration.


word: Ospray
definition:
Ospray

Osprey

{ Os"prey, Os"pray  }
(?)
n.
[Through OF. fr. L. ossifraga (orig., the bone breaker); prob. influenced by oripelargus (mountain stork, a kind of eagle, Gr. _;); cf. OF. orpres, and F. orfraie. See Ossifrage.]
(Zool.)
The fishhawk (Pandion haliaetus).


word: Ossein
definition:
Ossein

Os"se*in
(?)
n.
[L. os bone.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
The organic basis of bone tissue; the residue after removal of the mineral matters from bone by dilute acid; in embryonic tissue, the substance in which the mineral salts are deposited to form bone; bone collagen; -- called also ostein.  Chemically it is the same as collagen.


word: Osselet
definition:
Osselet

Os"se*let
(?)
n.
[F.]
1.
A little bone.

2.
(Zool.)
The internal bone, or shell, of a cuttlefish.


word: Osseous
definition:
Osseous

Os"se*ous
(?)
a.
[L. osseus, from os, ossis bone; akin to Gr. 'oste`on, Skr. asthi.  Cf. Oyster.]
Composed of bone; resembling bone; capable of forming bone; bony; ossific.


word: Ossianic
definition:
Ossianic

Os`si*an"ic
(?)
prop. a.
Of or pertaining to, or characteristic of, Ossian, a legendary Erse or Celtic bard.

The compositions might be fairly classed as Ossianic.
G. Eliot.


word: Ossicle
definition:
Ossicle

Os"si*cle
(?)
n.
[L. ossiculum, dim. of os, ossis, a bone.]
1.
A little bone; as, the auditory ossicles in the tympanum of the ear.

2.
(Zool.)
One of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes.


word: Ossiferous
definition:
Ossiferous

Os*sif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[L. os, ossis, a bone + -ferous: cf. F. ossifère.]
Containing or yielding bone.


word: Ossific
definition:
Ossific

Os*sif"ic
(?)
a.
[L. os, ossis, bone + facere to make: cf. F. ossifique. See Fact.]
Capable of producing bone; having the power to change cartilage or other tissue into bone.


word: Ossification
definition:
Ossification

Os`si*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. ossification. See Ossify.]
1.
(Physiol.)
The formation of bone; the process, in the growth of an animal, by which inorganic material (mainly lime salts) is deposited in cartilage or membrane, forming bony tissue; ostosis.

&hand_; Besides the natural ossification of growing tissue, there is the so-called accidental ossification which sometimes follows certain abnormal conditions, as in the ossification of an artery.

2.
The state of being changed into a bony substance; also, a mass or point of ossified tissue.


word: Ossified
definition:
Ossified

Os"si*fied
(?)
a.
Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues.


word: Ossifrage
definition:
Ossifrage

Os"si*frage
(?)
n.
[L. ossifraga, ossifragus, osprey, fr. ossifragus bone breaking; os, ossis, a bone + frangere, fractum, to break. See Osseous, Break, and cf. Osprey, Ossifragous.]
(Zool.)
(a)
The lammergeir.
(b)
The young of the sea eagle or bald eagle.
[Obs.]


word: Ossifragous
definition:
Ossifragous

Os*sif"ra*gous
(?)
a.
[L. ossifragus. See Ossifrage.]
Serving to break bones; bone-breaking.


word: Ossify
definition:
Ossify

Os"si*fy
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ossified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ossifying (?).]
[L. os, ossis, bone + -fy: cf. F. ossifier. See Osseous.]
1.
(Physiol.)
To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts.

2.
(Fig.)
To harden; as, to ossify the heart.
Ruskin.


word: Ossify₂
definition:
Ossify

Os"si*fy
v. i.
(Physiol.)
To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue.


word: Ossifying
definition:
Ossifying

Os"si*fy`ing
(?)
a.
(Physiol.)
Changing into bone; becoming bone; as, the ossifying process.


word: Ossivorous
definition:
Ossivorous

Os*siv"o*rous
(?)
a.
[L. os, ossis, bone + vorare to devour: cf. F. ossivore.]
Feeding on bones; eating bones; as, ossivorous quadrupeds.
Derham.


word: Ossuary
definition:
Ossuary

Os"su*a*ry
(?)
n.
pl. -ries (#).
[L. ossuarium, fr. ossuarius of or bones, fr. os, ossis, bone: cf. F. ossuaire.]
A place where the bones of the dead are deposited; a charnel house.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Ostend
definition:
Ostend

Os*tend"
(?)
v. t.
[L. ostendere to show.]
To exhibit; to manifest.
[Obs.]

Mercy to mean offenders we'll ostend.
J. Webster.


word: Ostensible
definition:
Ostensible

Os*ten"si*ble
(&obreve_;s*tĕn"sĭ*b'l)
a.
[From L. ostensus, p. p. of ostendere to show, prop., to stretch out before; fr. prefix obs- (old form of ob-) + tendere to stretch. See Tend.]

1.
Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown.
[R.]
Walpole.

2.
Outwardly appearing to be; shown to be; exhibited; apparent; evident.

3.
Declared; avowed; professed; pretended; -- often used as opposed to real or actual; as, an ostensible reason, motive, or aim.
D. Ramsay.


word: Ostensibly
definition:
Ostensibly

Os*ten"si*bly
(&obreve_;s*tĕn"sĭ*bl&ybreve_;)
adv.
In an ostensible manner; avowedly; professedly; apparently.
Walsh.

Ostensibly, we were intended to prevent filibustering into Texas, but really as a menace to Mexico.
U. S. Grant.


word: Ostension
definition:
Ostension

Os*ten"sion
(?)
n.
[L. ostensio a showing: cf. F. ostension. See Ostend.]
(Eccl.)
The showing of the sacrament on the altar in order that it may receive the adoration of the communicants.


word: Ostensive
definition:
Ostensive

Os*ten"sive
(?)
a.
Showing; exhibiting.

Ostensive demonstration (Math.), a direct or positive demonstration, as opposed to the apagogical or indirect method.


word: Ostensory
definition:
Ostensory

Ostensorium

{ &VerbarOs`ten*so"ri*um (?), Os*ten"so*ry (?), }
n.
pl. L. -soria (#), E. -sories (#).
[NL. ostensorium: cf. F. ostensoir. See Ostensible.]
(R. C. Ch.)
Same as Monstrance.


word: Ostent
definition:
Ostent

Os"tent
(?)
n.
[L. ostentus, ostentum, fr. ostendere (p. p. ostensus and ostentus) to show. See Ostensible.]

1.
Appearance; air; mien.
Shak.

2.
Manifestation; token; portent.
Dryden.

We asked of God that some ostent might clear
Our cloudy business, who gave us sign.
Chapman.


word: Ostentate
definition:
Ostentate

Os"ten*tate
(?)
v. t.
[L. ostentatus, p. p. of ostentare, v. intens. fr. ostendere. See Ostent.]
To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly.
[R.]
Jer. Taylor.


word: Ostentation
definition:
Ostentation

Os`ten*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. ostentatio: cf. F. ostentation.]
1.
The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense.
ostentation
Milton.

He knew that good and bountiful minds were sometimes inclined to ostentation.
Atterbury.

2.
A show or spectacle.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Ostentatious
definition:
Ostentatious

Os`ten*ta"tious
(?)
a.
Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful.

Far from being ostentatious of the good you do.
Dryden.

The ostentatious professions of many years.
Macaulay.


word: Osteoblast
definition:
Osteoblast

Os"te*o*blast
(?)
n.
[Osteo- + -blast.]
(Anat.)
One of the protoplasmic cells which occur in the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum, and from or around which the matrix of the bone is developed; an osteoplast.


word: osteoclasis
definition:
osteoclasis

os`te*o*cla"sis
(?)
n.
[NL. See Osteoclast.]
(Surg.)
The operation of breaking a bone in order to correct deformity.


word: osteoclast
definition:
osteoclast

os"te*o*clast
(?)
n.
[Osteo- + Gr. kla^n to break.]
1.
(Physiol.)
Same as myeloplax, a large multinucleate cell within the bone, which functions in the absroption and removal of bone tissue.

&hand_; The osteoclasts occur usually in pits or cavities which they appear to have excavated, and are supposed to be concerned in the absorption of the bone matrix.

2.
An instrument for performing osteoclasis.


word: osteocolla
definition:
osteocolla

os`te*o*col"la
(?)
n.
[Osteo- + Gr. _; glue.]

1.
A kind of glue obtained from bones.
Ure.

2.
A cellular calc tufa, which in some places forms incrustations on the stems of plants, -- formerly supposed to have the quality of uniting fractured bones.


word: Osteocomma
definition:
Osteocomma

Os`te*o*com"ma
(?)
n.
pl. L. Osteocommata (#), E. Osteocommas (#).
[NL. See Osteo-, and Comma.]
(Anat.)
A metamere of the vertebrate skeleton; an osteomere; a vertebra.
Owen.


word: Osteocope
definition:
Osteocope

Os"te*o*cope
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; 'oste`on a bone + _; a striking, pain: cf. F. ostéocope.]
(Med.)
Pain in the bones; a violent fixed pain in any part of a bone.
Os`te*o*cop"ic (#), a.


word: Osteocranium
definition:
Osteocranium

Os`te*o*cra"ni*um
(?)
n.
[Osteo- + cranium.]
(Anat.)
The bony cranium, as distinguished from the cartilaginous cranium.


word: Osteodentine
definition:
Osteodentine

Os`te*o*den"tine
(?)
n.
[Osteo- + dentine.]
(Anat.)
A hard substance, somewhat like bone, which is sometimes deposited within the pulp cavity of teeth.


word: Osteogen
definition:
Osteogen

Os"te*o*gen
(?)
n.
[Osteo- + -gen.]
(Physiol.)
The soft tissue, or substance, which, in developing bone, ultimately undergoes ossification.


word: Osteogeny
definition:
Osteogeny

Osteogenesis

{ Os`te*o*gen"e*sis (?), Os`te*og"e*ny (?), }
n.
[Osteo- + genesis, or the root of Gr. gi`gnesqai to be born: cf. F. ostéogénie.]
(Physiol.)
The formation or growth of bone.


word: Osteogenetic
definition:
Osteogenetic

Os`te*o*ge*net"ic
(?)
a.
(Physiol.)
Connected with osteogenesis, or the formation of bone; producing bone; as, osteogenetic tissue; the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum.


word: Osteolite
definition:
Osteolite

Os"te*o*lite
(?)
n.
[Osteo- + -lite.]
(Min.)
A massive impure apatite, or calcium phosphate.


word: Osteological
definition:
Osteological

Osteologic

{ Os`te*o*log"ic (?), Os`te*o*log"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. ostéologique.]
Of or pertaining to osteology.
Os`te*o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.


word: Osteology
definition:
Osteology

Os`te*ol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Osteo- + -logy: cf. F. ostéologie.]
The science which treats of the bones of the vertebrate skeleton.


word: Osteolysis
definition:
Osteolysis

Os`te*ol"y*sis
(?)
n.
[NL. osteo- + Gr. ly`sis a loosing.]
Softening and absorption of bone.
Os`te*o*lyt"ic (#), a.


word: Osteoma
definition:
Osteoma

Os`te*o"ma
(?)
n.
pl. Osteomata (#).
[NL. See Osteo-, and -oma.]
(Med.)
A tumor composed mainly of bone; a tumor of a bone.


word: Osteomalacia
definition:
Osteomalacia

Os`te*o*ma*la"ci*a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'oste`on bone + _; softness.]
(Med.)
A disease of the bones, in which they lose their earthy material, and become soft, flexible, and distorted.  Also called malacia.


word: Osteomanty
definition:
Osteomanty

Os"te*o*man`ty
(?)
n.
[Osteo- Gr. mantei`a divination.]
Divination by means of bones.
[R.]


word: Osteopathic
definition:
Osteopathic

Os`te*o*path"ic
(?)
a.
(Med.)
Of or pertaining to osteopathy.
Os`te*o*path"ic*al*ly (#), adv.


word: osteopathy
definition:
osteopathy

os`te*op"a*thy
(?)
n.
[Osteo- + Gr. pa`qos suffering.]
(Med.)
(a)
Any disease of the bones.
[R.]
(b)
A system of treatment based on the theory that diseases are chiefly due to deranged mechanism of the bones, nerves, blood vessels, and other tissues, and can be remedied by manipulations of these parts.  Modern practitioners use the therapeutic and diagnostic techniques of modern medicine as well as manipulative procedures.


word: Osteoperiostitis
definition:
Osteoperiostitis

Os`te*o*per`i*os*ti"tis
(?)
n.
[NL.; osteo- + periosteum + -itis.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of a bone and its periosteum.


word: Osteophone
definition:
Osteophone

Os"te*o*phone
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'oste`on bone + fwnh` voice.]
An instrument for transmission of auditory vibrations through the bones of the head, so as to be appreciated as sounds by persons deaf from causes other than those affecting the nervous apparatus of hearing.


word: Osteoplastic
definition:
Osteoplastic

Os`te*o*plas"tic
(?)
a.
[Osteo- + -plastic.]

1.
(Physiol.)
Producing bone; as, osteoplastic cells.

2.
(Med.)
Of or pertaining to the replacement of bone; as, an osteoplastic operation.


word: Osteoplasty
definition:
Osteoplasty

Os"te*o*plas`ty
(?)
n.
[Osteo- + -plasty.]
(Med.)
An operation or process by which the total or partial loss of a bone is remedied.
Dunglison.


word: Osteoporosis
definition:
Osteoporosis

Os`te*o*po*ro"sis
(?)
n.
[NL.; osteo- + Gr. po`ros pore.]
(Med. & Physiol.)
An absorption of bone so that the bone tissue becomes unusually porous.  It occurs especially in elderly men and postmenopausal women, and predisposes the elderly to fractures of the bones.


word: Osteopterygious
definition:
Osteopterygious

Os`te*op`ter*yg"i*ous
(?)
a.
[Osteo- Gr. _; a fin.]
(Zool.)
Having bones in the fins, as certain fishes.


word: Osteosarcoma
definition:
Osteosarcoma

Os`te*o*sar*co"ma
(?)
n.
pl. Osteosarcomata (#).
[NL. See Osteo-, and sarcoma.]
(Med.)
A tumor having the structure of a sarcoma in which there is a deposit of bone; sarcoma connected with bone.


word: Osteosclerosis
definition:
Osteosclerosis

Os`te*o*scle*ro"sis
(?)
n.
[NL.; osteo- + sclerosis.]
Abnormal hardness and density of bone.


word: Osteotome
definition:
Osteotome

Os"te*o*tome
(?)
n.
[Osteo- + Gr. te`mnein.]
(Surg.)
Strong nippers or a chisel for dividing bone.


word: Osteotomy
definition:
Osteotomy

Os`te*ot"o*my
(?)
n.
1.
The dissection or anatomy of bones; osteology.

2.
(Surg.)
The operation of dividing a bone or of cutting a piece out of it, -- done to remedy deformity, etc.


word: Osteozoa
definition:
Osteozoa

Os`te*o*zo"a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'oste`on a bone + zw^,on an animal.]
(Zool.)
Same as Vertebrata.


word: Ostiary
definition:
Ostiary

Os"ti*a*ry
(?)
n.
pl. -ries (#).
[L. ostium door, entrance. See Usher.]
1.
The mouth of a river; an estuary.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.

2.
One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a porter.
N. Bacon.


word: Ostic
definition:
Ostic

Os"tic
(?)
a.
[From North American Indian oshtegwon a head.]
Pertaining to, or applied to, the language of the Tuscaroras, Iroquois, Wyandots, Winnebagoes, and a part of the Sioux Indians.
Schoolcraft.


word: Ostiole
definition:
Ostiole

Os"ti*ole
(?)
n.
[L. ostiolum a little door, dim. of ostium a door: cf. F. ostiole.]
(Bot.)
(a)
The exterior opening of a stomate. See Stomate.
(b)
Any small orifice.


word: Ostmen
definition:
Ostmen

Ost"men
(?)
n. pl.
sing. Ostman
[See East, and Man.]
East men; Danish settlers in Ireland, formerly so called.
Lyttelton.


word: Ostosis
definition:
Ostosis

Os*to"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. 'oste`on a bone.]
(Physiol.)
Bone formation; ossification. See Ectostosis, and Endostosis.


word: Ostracea
definition:
Ostracea

Os*tra"ce*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'o`strakon shell of a testacean.]
(Zool.)
A division of bivalve mollusks including the oysters and allied shells.


word: Ostracean
definition:
Ostracean

Os*tra"cean
(?)
n.
[L. ostrea an oyster. See Oyster.]
(Zool.)
Any one of a family of bivalves, of which the oyster is the type.


word: Ostracion
definition:
Ostracion

Os*tra"ci*on
(?)
prop. n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'ostra`kion small shell.]
(Zool.)
A genus of plectognath fishes of the family Ostraciontidae having the body covered with solid, immovable, bony plates. It includes the trunkfishes (also called boxfish).


word: ostracism
definition:
ostracism

os"tra*cism
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'ostrakismo`s, fr. 'ostraki`zein to ostracize. See Ostracize.]
1.
(Gr. Antiq.)
Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage.

2.
Banishment; exclusion; as, social ostracism.

Public envy is as an ostracism, that eclipseth men when they grow too great.
Bacon.

Sentenced to a perpetual ostracism from the . . . confidence, and honors, and emoluments of his country.
A. Hamilton.


word: Ostracize
definition:
Ostracize

Os"tra*cize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ostracized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ostracizing (?).]
[Gr. 'ostraki`zein, fr. 'o`strakon a tile, a tablet used in voting, a shell; cf. 'o`streon oyster, 'oste`on bone.  Cf. Osseous, Oyster.]
1.
(Gr. Antiq.)
To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens.
Grote.

2.
To banish from society, by a general consent; to exclude from social, political, or private favor; to exclude from conversation or friendship; to shun; as, he was ostracized by his former friends.  A person may be ostracized by a formal vote or by a widespread but informal agreement.
Marvell.


word: ostracod
definition:
ostracod

ostracod
n.
A member of the Ostracoda, an order of tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimplike body enclosed in a bivalve shell.

Syn. -- seed shrimp, mussel shrimp.


word: Ostracoda
definition:
Ostracoda

Os*trac"o*da
(?)
prop. n. pl.
(Zool.)
An order of Entomostraca possessing shrimplike bodies enclosed in hard bivalve shells; called also seed shrimp and mussel shrimp.  They were formerly referred to as Ostracoidea.  They are of small size, and swim freely about;  many are less than 1 mm in length.  Microfossils of certain extinct orders have been found extending back to the Cambrian age.


word: ostracoderm
definition:
ostracoderm

ostracoderm
n.
Any of several extinct fishlike jawless vertebrates having a heavily armored body; of the Paleozoic.


word: Ostracodermi
definition:
Ostracodermi

Os`tra*coder"mi
(?)
prop. n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'o`strakon shell of a testacean + _; skin.]
(Zool.)
A suborder of fishes of which Ostracion is the type.


word: ostracoid
definition:
ostracoid

os"tra*coid
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Ostracoidea (now Ostracoda).
n. One of the Ostracoidea (now Ostracoda).


word: Ostracoidea
definition:
Ostracoidea

Os`tra*coi"de*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'o`strakon shell of a testacean + -oid.]
(Zool.)
An order of Entomostraca possessing hard bivalve shells.  They are of small size, and swim freely about.  Now usually written Ostracoda.
[archaic]


word: Ostrea
definition:
Ostrea

Os"tre*a
(?)
n.
[L., an oyster.]
(Zool.)
A genus of bivalve Mollusca which includes the true oysters.


word: Ostreaceous
definition:
Ostreaceous

Os`tre*a"ceous
(?)
a.
[L. ostrea an oyster. See Oyster.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to an oyster, or to a shell; shelly.

The crustaceous or ostreaceous body.
Cudworth.


word: Ostreophagist
definition:
Ostreophagist

Os`tre*oph"a*gist
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'o`streon an oyster + fagei^n to eat.]
One who feeds on oysters.


word: ostrich
definition:
ostrich

os"trich
(&obreve_;s"trich)
n.
[OE. ostriche, ostrice, OF. ostruche, ostruce, F. autruche, L. avis struthio; avis bird + struthio ostrich, fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; bird, sparrow.  Cf. Aviary, Struthious.]
[Formerly written also estrich.]
(Zool.)
A large bird of the genus Struthio, of which Struthio camelus of Africa is the best known species. It has long and very strong legs, adapted for rapid running; only two toes; a long neck, nearly bare of feathers; and short wings incapable of flight. The adult male is about eight feet high.

&hand_; The South African ostrich (Struthio australis) and the Asiatic ostrich are considered distinct species by some authors. Ostriches are now domesticated in South Africa in large numbers for the sake of their plumes.  The body of the male is covered with elegant black plumose feathers, while the wings and tail furnish the most valuable white plumes.

Ostrich farm, a farm on which ostriches are bred for the sake of their feathers, oil, eggs, etc. -- Ostrich farming, the occupation of breeding ostriches for the sake of their feathers, etc. -- Ostrich fern (Bot.) a kind of fern (Onoclea Struthiopteris), the tall fronds of which grow in a circle from the rootstock.  It is found in alluvial soil in Europe and North America.


word: Ostriferous
definition:
Ostriferous

Os*trif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[L. ostrifer; ostrea oyster + ferre.]
Producing oysters; containing oysters.


word: Ostrogoth
definition:
Ostrogoth

Os"tro*goth
(?)
prop. n.
[L. Ostrogothi, pl. See East, and Goth.]
One of the Eastern Goths. See Goth.


word: Oswego tea
definition:
Oswego tea

Os*we"go tea"
(?)
(Bot.)
An American aromatic herb (Monarda didyma), with showy, bright red, labiate flowers.


word: otacoustic
definition:
otacoustic

ot`a*cous"tic
(?)
a.
[Oto- + acoustic: cf. F. otacoustique.]
Assisting the sense of hearing; as, an otacoustic instrument.


word: otacousticon
definition:
otacousticon

otacoustic

{ ot`a*cous"tic (?), ot`a*cous"ti*con (?), }
n.
An instrument to facilitate hearing, as an ear trumpet.


word: Otaheite apple
definition:
Otaheite apple

O`ta*hei"te ap"ple
(?)
[So named from Otaheite, or Tahiti, one of the Society Islands.]
(Bot.)
(a)
The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree (Spondias dulcis), also called vi-apple.  It is rather larger than an apple, and the rind has a flavor of turpentine, but the flesh is said to taste like pineapples.
(b)
A West Indian name for a myrtaceous tree (Jambosa Malaccensis) which bears crimson berries.


word: Otalgia
definition:
Otalgia

O*tal"gi*a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'wtalgi`a; o'y^s, 'wto`s, the ear + 'a`lgos pain: cf. F. otalgie.]
(Med.)
Pain in the ear; earache.


word: Otary
definition:
Otary

O"ta*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Otaries (#).
[Gr. 'wtaro`s large-eared, fr. o'y^s, 'wto`s, ear: cf. F. otarie.]
(Zool.)
Any eared seal.


word: Otheoscope
definition:
Otheoscope

O"the*o*scope
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'wqei^n to push + -scope.]
(Physics)
An instrument for exhibiting the repulsive action produced by light or heat in an exhausted vessel; a modification of the radiometer.
W. Crookes.


word: Other
definition:
Other

Oth"er
(ŭ&thlig_;"ẽr)
conj.
[See Or.]
Either; -- used with other or or for its correlative (as either . . . or are now used).
[Obs.]

Other of chalk, other of glass.
Chaucer.


word: Other₂
definition:
Other

Oth"er
pron. & a.
[AS. &omacrðer; akin to OS. āðar, &omacrðar, D. & G. ander, OHG. andar, Icel. annarr, Sw. annan, Dan. anden, Goth. anþar, Skr. antara: cf. L. alter; all orig. comparatives: cf. Skr. anya other. √180.  Cf. Alter.]
[Formerly other was used both as singular and plural.]

1.
Different from that which, or the one who, has been specified; not the same; not identical; additional; second of two.

Each of them made other for to win.
Chaucer.

Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Matt. v. 39.

2.
Not this, but the contrary; opposite; as, the other side of a river.

3.
Alternate; second; -- used esp. in connection with every; as, every other day, that is, each alternate day, every second day.

4.
Left, as opposed to right.
[Obs.]

A distaff in her other hand she had.
Spenser.

&hand_; Other is a correlative adjective, or adjective pronoun, often in contrast with one, some, that, this, etc.

The one shall be taken, and the other left. Matt. xxiv. 41.

And some fell among thorns . . . but other fell into good ground. Matt. xiii. 7, 8.

   It is also used, by ellipsis, with a noun, expressed or understood.

To write this, or to design the other. Dryden.

   It is written with the indefinite article as one word, another; is used with each, indicating a reciprocal action or relation; and is employed absolutely, or eliptically for other thing, or other person, in which case it may have a plural.

The fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. Ps. xlix. 10.

If he is trimming, others are true. Thackeray.

Other is sometimes followed by but, beside, or besides; but oftener by than.

No other but such a one as he. Coleridge.

Other lords beside thee have had dominion over us. Is. xxvi. 13.

For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid. 1 Cor. iii. 11.

The whole seven years of . . . ignominy had been little other than a preparation for this very hour. Hawthorne.

Other some, some others. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] -- The other day, at a certain time past, not distant, but indefinite; not long ago; recently; rarely, the third day past.
[1913 Webster]
Bind my hair up: as 't was yesterday?
No, nor t' other day. B. Jonson.


word: Othergates
definition:
Othergates

Oth"er*gates`
(ŭ&thlig_;"ẽr*gāts`)
adv.
[Other + gate way. See wards.]
In another manner.
[Obs.]

He would have tickled you othergates.
Shak.


word: Otherguess
definition:
Otherguess

Otherguise

{ Oth"er*guise` (ŭ&thlig_;"ẽr*gīz`), Oth"er*guess` (?) }
a. & adv.
[A corruption of othergates.]
Of another kind or sort; in another way.
Otherguess
Berkeley.


word: Otherness
definition:
Otherness

Oth"er*ness
n.
The quality or state of being other or different; alterity; oppositeness.


word: Otherwhere
definition:
Otherwhere

Oth"er*where`
(?)
adv.
In or to some other place, or places; elsewhere.
Milton. Tennyson.


word: Otherwhiles
definition:
Otherwhiles

Otherwhile

{ Oth"er*while` (?), Oth"er*whiles` (?), }
adv.
At another time, or other times; sometimes; occasionally.
[Archaic]

Weighing otherwhiles ten pounds and more.
Holland.


word: Otherwise
definition:
Otherwise

Oth"er*wise`
(?)
adv.
[Other + wise manner.]

1.
In a different manner; in another way, or in other ways; differently; contrarily.
Chaucer.

Thy father was a worthy prince,
And merited, alas! a better fate;
But Heaven thought otherwise.
Addison.

2.
In other respects.

It is said, truly, that the best men otherwise are not always the best in regard of society.
Hooker.

3.
In different circumstances; under other conditions; as, I am engaged, otherwise I would accept.

&hand_; Otherwise, like so and thus, may be used as a substitute for the opposite of a previous adjective, noun, etc.

Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me.
2 Cor. xi. 16.

Her eyebrows . . . rather full than otherwise.
Fielding.


word: otherworldly
definition:
otherworldly

otherworldly
adj.
1.
existing outside of or not in accordance with nature.

Syn. -- nonnatural, preternatural, transcendental.

2.
Not worldly; preparing for or concerned primarily with the afterlife; -- of people.


word: othonna
definition:
othonna

othonna
n.
A South African plant of the genus Othonna having smooth often fleshy leaves and heads of yellow flowers.


word: Otic
definition:
Otic

O"tic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;, fr. o'y^s, 'wto`s, the ear: cf. F. otique.]
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the ear; auricular; auditory.


word: Otides
definition:
Otides

Otides
prop. n.
A suborder of terrestrial game birds of the Old World and Australia, including the bustards.

Syn. -- suborder Otides.


word: Otididae
definition:
Otididae

Otididae
prop. n.
A family of birds related to the cranes, most of which are large and ground-running, and comprising the bustards.

Syn. -- family Otididae.


word: Otiose
definition:
Otiose

O"ti*ose`
(?)
a.
[L. otiosus, fr. otium ease.]
Being at leisure or ease; unemployed; indolent; idle.
Otiose
Paley.

The true keeping of the Sabbath was not that otiose and unprofitable cessation from even good deeds which they would enforce.
Alford.


word: Otis
definition:
Otis

O"tis
(?)
prop. n.
[L., a kind of bustard, Gr. _;.]
(Zool.)
A genus of birds including certain of the bustards.


word: Otitis
definition:
Otitis

O*ti"tis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. o'y^s, 'wto`s, the ear + -itis.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the ear.


word: Oto-
definition:
Oto-

O"to-
(?)
[Gr. o'y^s, 'wto`s, the ear.]
A combining form denoting relation to the ear, or situation near the ear or in the ear.


word: Otoba fat
definition:
Otoba fat

O*to"ba fat`
(?)
(Chem.)
A colorless buttery substance obtained from the fruit of Myristica otoba, a species of nutmeg tree.


word: Otoconite
definition:
Otoconite

O*toc"o*nite
(?)
n.
[Oto- + Gr. _; dust.]
(Anat.)
(a)
A mass of otoliths.
(b)
An otolith.


word: Otocrane
definition:
Otocrane

O"to*crane
(?)
n.
[Oto- + Gr. _; skull.]
(Anat.)
The cavity in the skull in which the parts of the internal ear are lodged.


word: Otocyst
definition:
Otocyst

O"to*cyst
(?)
n.
[Oto- + cyst.]
(Zool. & Anat.)
An auditory cyst or vesicle; one of the simple auditory organs of many invertebrates, containing a fluid and otoliths; also, the embryonic vesicle from which the parts of the internal ear of vertebrates are developed.


word: Otolite
definition:
Otolite

Otolith

{ O"to*lith (?), O"to*lite (?), }
n.
[Oto- + -lith, -lite.]
(Anat.)
One of the small bones or particles of calcareous or other hard substance in the internal ear of vertebrates, and in the auditory organs of many invertebrates; an ear stone.  Collectively, the otoliths are called ear sand and otoconite.


word: Otolitic
definition:
Otolitic

Otolithic

{ O`to*lith"ic (?), O`to*lit"ic (?), }
a.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to otoliths.


word: Otology
definition:
Otology

O*tol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Oto- + -logy.]
The branch of science which treats of the ear and its diseases.


word: Otopathy
definition:
Otopathy

O*top"a*thy
(?)
n.
[Oto- + Gr. paqei^n to suffer.]
(Med.)
A diseased condition of the ear.


word: Otorrhoea
definition:
Otorrhoea

O`tor*rhœ"a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. o'y^s, 'wto`s, the ear + _; to flow.]
(Med.)
A flow or running from the ear, esp. a purulent discharge.


word: Otozoum
definition:
Otozoum

O`to*zo"um
(?)
prop. n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, a fabled giant + zw^,on an animal.]
(Paleon.)
An extinct genus of huge vertebrates, probably dinosaurs, known only from four-toed tracks in Triassic sandstones.


word: Ottava rima
definition:
Ottava rima

Ot*ta"va ri"ma
(?)
[It. See Octave, and Rhyme.]
(Pros.)
A stanza of eight lines of heroic verse, with three rhymes, the first six lines rhyming alternately and the last two forming a couplet.  It was used by Byron in “Don Juan,” by Keats in “Isabella,” by Shelley in “The Witch of Atlas,” etc.


word: Ottawas
definition:
Ottawas

Ot"ta*was
(?)
n. pl.
sing.  Ottawa (_;)
(Ethnol.)
A tribe of Indians who, when first known, lived on the Ottawa River.  Most of them subsequently migrated to the southwestern shore of Lake Superior.


word: Otter
definition:
Otter

Ot"ter
(&obreve_;t"tẽr)
n.
[OE. oter, AS. otor; akin to D. & G. otter, Icel. otr, Dan. odder, Sw. utter, Lith. udra, Russ, vuidra, Gr. "y`dra water serpent, hydra, Skr. udra otter, and also to E. water.  √137, 215. See Water, and cf. Hydra.]

1.
(Zool.)
Any carnivorous animal of the genera Lutra, Enhydra, and related genera of the family Mustelidae.  Several species are described.  They have large, flattish heads, short ears, and webbed toes.  They are aquatic, and feed on fish.  The sea otter (Enhydra lutris) also eats clams, crabs, starfish, abalone, and other marine animals; they may come to the surface, and lying on their backs using the stomach as a table, may be seen cracking open the shell of its prey with a rock.  The common otter of Europe is Lutra vulgaris; the North American otter (or American otter) is Lutra Canadensis, which inhabits marshes, streams and rivers; other species inhabit South America and Asia.  The North American otter adult is about three to four feet long (including the tail) and weighs from 10 to 30 pounds; the sea otter is commonly four feet long and 45 pounds (female) or 60 pounds (male).  Their fur is soft and valuable, and in the nineteenth century they were hunted extensively.  The sea otter was hunted to near extinction by 1900, and is now protected.  Fewer than 3,000 sea otters are believed to live along the central California coast.

2.
(Zool.)
The larva of the ghost moth. It is very injurious to hop vines.

Otter hound, Otter dog (Zool.), a small breed of hounds, used in England for hunting otters; see otterhound . -- Otter sheep. See Ancon sheep, under Ancon. -- Otter shell (Zool.), very large bivalve mollusk (Schizothaerus Nuttallii) found on the northwest coast of America.  It is excellent food, and is extensively used by the Indians. -- Sea otter. (Zool.) See in the Vocabulary.


word: otter hound
definition:
otter hound

otterhound

otterhound, otter hound
n.
1.
A small hardy British hound having long pendulous ears and a thick coarse shaggy coat with an oily undercoat; bred in England for hunting otters.  Called also otter dog.


word: Otto cycle
definition:
Otto cycle

Ot"to cy`cle
(?)
(Thermodynamics)
A four-stroke cycle for internal-combustion engines consisting of the following operations: First stroke, suction into cylinder of explosive charge, as of gas and air; second stroke, compression, ignition, and explosion of this charge; third stroke (the working stroke), expansion of the gases; fourth stroke, expulsion of the products of combustion from the cylinder.  This is the cycle invented by Beau de Rochas in 1862 and applied by Dr. Otto in 1877 in the Otto-Crossley gas engine, the first commercially successful internal-combustion engine made.


word: Ottoman
definition:
Ottoman

Ot"to*man
(?)
a.
[F. ottoman: cf. It. ottomano, ottomanno; -- from Othoman, Othman, or Osman, the name of a sultan who assumed the government of Turkey about the year 1300.  Cf. Osmanli, Ottoman a stuffed seat.]
Of or pertaining to the Turks; as, the Ottoman power or empire.


word: Ottoman₂
definition:
Ottoman

Ot"to*man
n.
pl. Ottomans (_;).
1.
A Turk.

2.
[F. ottomane, from ottoman Turkish.]
A stuffed seat without a back, originally used in Turkey.


word: Ottrelite
definition:
Ottrelite

Ot"trel*ite
(?)
n.
[From Ottrez, on the borders of Luxembourg.]
(Min.)
A micaceous mineral occurring in small scales.  It is characteristic of certain crystalline schists.


word: Ouakari
definition:
Ouakari

Oua*ka"ri
(?)
n.
[From the native name.]
(Zool.)
Any South American monkey of the genus Brachyurus, especially Brachyurus ouakari.


word: Ouananiche
definition:
Ouananiche

Oua`na`niche"
(?)
n.
[Canadian F., of Amer. Indian origin.]
A small landlocked variety of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar ounaniche) of Lake St. John, Canada, and neighboring waters, noted for its vigor and activity, and habit of leaping from the water when hooked.


word: Oubliette
definition:
Oubliette

Ou`bli`ette"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. oublier to forget, fr. (assumed) LL. oblitare, L. oblivisci, p. p. oblitus.]
A dungeon with an opening only at the top, found in some old castles and other strongholds, into which persons condemned to perpetual imprisonment, or to perish secretly, were thrust, or lured to fall.

Sudden in the sun
An oubliette winks. Where is he? Gone.
Mrs. Browning.


word: Ouch
definition:
Ouch

Ouch
(ouch)
n.
[OE. ouch, nouche (a nouch being taken for an ouch: cf. Adder), fr. OF. nusche, nosche, nousche, buckle, clasp, LL. nusca, fr. OHG. nusca, nuscha.]
A socket or bezel holding a precious stone; hence, a jewel or ornament worn on the person.

A precious stone in a rich ouche.
Sir T. Elyot.

Your brooches, pearls, and ouches.
Shak.


word: Ought₂
definition:
Ought

Ought
imp., p. p., or auxiliary
[Orig. the preterit of the verb to owe. OE. oughte, aughte, ahte, AS. āhte.  √110. See Owe.]
1.
Was or were under obligation to pay; owed.
[Obs.]

This due obedience which they ought to the king.
Tyndale.

The love and duty I long have ought you.
Spelman.

[He] said . . . you ought him a thousand pound.
Shak.

2.
Owned; possessed.
[Obs.]

The knight the which that castle ought.
Spenser.

3.
To be bound in duty or by moral obligation.

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak.
Rom. xv. 1.

4.
To be necessary, fit, becoming, or expedient; to behoove; -- in this sense formerly sometimes used impersonally or without a subject expressed.
ought
Chaucer.

To speak of this as it ought, would ask a volume.
Milton.

Ought not Christ to have suffered these things?
Luke xxiv. 26.

&hand_; Ought is now chiefly employed as an auxiliary verb, expressing fitness, expediency, propriety, moral obligation, or the like, in the action or state indicated by the principal verb.


word: Oughtness
definition:
Oughtness

Ought"ness
(?)
n.
The state of being as a thing ought to be; rightness.
[R.]
N. W. Taylor.


word: Ounce
definition:
Ounce

Ounce
(ouns)
n.
[F. once, fr. L. uncia a twelfth, the twelfth part of a pound or of a foot: cf. Gr. 'o`gkos bulk, mass, atom.  Cf. 2d Inch, Oke.]
1.
A unit of mass or weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and containing 28.35 grams or 4371/2 grains.

2.
(Troy Weight)
The twelfth part of a troy pound; one troy ounce weighs 31.103486 grams, 8 drams, or 480 grains.

&hand_; The troy ounce contains twenty pennyweights, each of twenty-four grains, or, in all, 480 grains, and is the twelfth part of the troy pound.  The troy ounce is also a weight in apothecaries' weight.
[Troy ounce is sometimes written as one word, troyounce.]

3.
Fig.: A small portion; a bit.
[Obs.]

By ounces hung his locks that he had.
Chaucer.

Fluid ounce. See under Fluid, n.


word: Ounce₂
definition:
Ounce

Ounce
n.
[F. once; cf. It. lonza, Sp. onza; prob. for lonce, taken as l'once, fr. L. lynx, Gr. _;, or an (assumed) fem. adj. lyncea, from lynx.  Cf. Lynx.]
(Zool.)
A feline quadruped (Felis irbis syn. Felis uncia) resembling the leopard in size, and somewhat in color, but it has longer and thicker fur, which forms a short mane on the back.  The ounce is pale yellowish gray, with irregular dark spots on the neck and limbs, and dark rings on the body.  It inhabits the lofty mountain ranges of Asia. Called also once.


word: Oundy
definition:
Oundy

Ounded

{ Ound"ed (?), Oun"dy (?), }
a.
[F. ondé, -ée, fr. onde, L. unda, a wave.]
Wavy; waving; curly.
[Obs.]
Owndie
Chaucer.


word: Ounding
definition:
Ounding

Ound"ing
(?)
vb. n.
Waving.
[Obs.]

Ounding, paling, winding, or bending . . . of cloth.
Chaucer.


word: Our
definition:
Our

Our
(our)
possessive pron.
[AS. ūre our, of us; akin to ūs us, to us, and to G. unser our, of us, Goth. unsara.  √186.  See Us.]
Of or pertaining to us; belonging to us; as, our country; our rights; our troops; our endeavors. See I.

The Lord is our defense.
Ps. lxxxix. 18.

&hand_; When the noun is not expressed, ours is used in the same way as hers for her, yours for your, etc.; as, whose house is that? It is ours.

Our wills are ours, we know not how.
Tennyson.


word: Ourebi
definition:
Ourebi

Ou"re*bi
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A small, graceful, and swift African antelope, allied to the klipspringer.


word: Ourselves
definition:
Ourselves

Our*selves"
(?)
pron.
sing. Ourself (_;).
An emphasized form of the pronoun of the first person plural; -- used as a subject, usually with we; also, alone in the predicate, in the nominative or the objective case.

We ourselves might distinctly number in words a great deal further then we usually do.
Locke.

Safe in ourselves, while on ourselves we stand.
Dryden.

&hand_; The form ourself is used only in the regal or formal style after we or us, denoting a single person.

Unless we would denude ourself of all force.
Clarendon.


word: -ous
definition:
-ous

-ous
(?)
suff.
[OF. -ous, us, -os, F. -eux, fr. L. -osus, and -us.  Cf. -ose.]
1.
An adjective suffix meaning full of, abounding in, having, possessing the qualities of, like; as in gracious, abounding in grace; arduous, full of ardor; bulbous, having bulbs, bulblike; riotous, poisonous, piteous, joyous, etc.

2.
(Chem.)
A suffix denoting that the element indicated by the name bearing it, has a valence lower than that denoted by the termination -ic; as, nitrous, mercurous, ferrous, sulphurous, etc., as contrasted with nitric, mercuric, ferric, sulphuric, etc.


word: Ousel
definition:
Ousel

Ou"sel
(ŏ"z'l)
n.
[OE. osel, AS. &omacrsle; akin to G. amsel, OHG. amsala, and perh. to L. merula blackbird.  Cf. Merle, Amsel.]
(Zool.)
One of several species of European thrushes, especially the blackbird (Merula merula, or Turdus merula), and the mountain or ring ousel (Turdus torquatus).
[Written also ouzel.]

Rock ousel (Zool.), the ring ousel. -- Water ousel (Zool.), the European dipper (Cinclus aquaticus), and the American dipper (Cinclus Mexicanus).


word: Oust₂
definition:
Oust

Oust
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ousted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ousting.]
[OF. oster, F. ôter, prob. fr. L. obstare to oppose, hence, to forbid, take away. See Obstacle, and cf. Ouster.]
1.
To take away; to remove.

Multiplication of actions upon the case were rare, formerly, and thereby wager of law ousted.
Sir M. Hale.

2.
To eject; to expel; to turn out.
Blackstone.

From mine own earldom foully ousted me.
Tennyson.


word: Ouster
definition:
Ouster

Oust"er
(?)
n.
[Prob. fr. the OF. infin. oster, used substantively. See Oust.]
A putting out of possession; dispossession; disseizin; -- of a person.

Ouster of the freehold is effected by abatement, intrusion, disseizin, discontinuance, or deforcement.
Blackstone.

2.
Expulsion; ejection; as, his misbehavior caused his ouster from the party; -- of a person, from a place or group.

Ouster le main. [Ouster + F. la main the hand, L. manus.] (Law) A delivery of lands out of the hands of a guardian, or out of the king's hands, or a judgement given for that purpose. Blackstone.


word: Out
definition:
Out

Out
(out)
adv.
[OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. ūt, and ūte, ūtan, fr. ūt; akin to D. uit, OS. ūt, G. aus, OHG. ūz, Icel. ūt, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud. √198.  Cf. About, But, prep., Carouse, Utter, a.]
In its original and strict sense, out means from the interior of something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in a position or relation which is exterior to something; -- opposed to in or into. The something may be expressed after of, from, etc. (see Out of, below); or, if not expressed, it is implied; as, he is out; or, he is out of the house, office, business, etc.; he came out; or, he came out from the ship, meeting, sect, party, etc.
Out

1.
Away; abroad; off; from home, or from a certain, or a usual, place; not in; not in a particular, or a usual, place; as, the proprietor is out, his team was taken out.  Opposite of in.
out
Shak.

He hath been out (of the country) nine years.
Shak.

2.
Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy, constraint, etc., actual or figurative; hence, not in concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; a matter of public knowledge; as, the sun shines out; he laughed out, to be out at the elbows; the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke out on his face; the book is out.

Leaves are out and perfect in a month.
Bacon.

She has not been out [in general society] very long.
H. James.

3.
Beyond the limit of existence, continuance, or supply; to the end; completely; hence, in, or into, a condition of extinction, exhaustion, completion; as, the fuel, or the fire, has burned out; that style is on the way out.
out
Dryden.

Deceitful men shall not live out half their days.
Ps. iv. 23.

When the butt is out, we will drink water.
Shak.

4.
Beyond possession, control, or occupation; hence, in, or into, a state of want, loss, or deprivation; -- used of office, business, property, knowledge, etc.; as, the Democrats went out and the Whigs came in; he put his money out at interest.
out
Locke.
out
Bp. Fell.

I have forgot my part, and I am out.
Shak.

5.
Beyond the bounds of what is true, reasonable, correct, proper, common, etc.; in error or mistake; in a wrong or incorrect position or opinion; in a state of disagreement, opposition, etc.; in an inharmonious relation.
out
Shak.

Wicked men are strangely out in the calculating of their own interest.
South.

Very seldom out, in these his guesses.
Addison.

6.
Not in the position to score in playing a game; not in the state or turn of the play for counting or gaining scores.

7.
Out of fashion; unfashionable; no longer in current vogue; unpopular.

&hand_; Out is largely used in composition as a prefix, with the same significations that it has as a separate word; as outbound, outbreak, outbuilding, outcome, outdo, outdoor, outfield. See also the first Note under Over, adv.

Day in, day out, from the beginning to the limit of each of several days; day by day; every day. -- Out at, Out in, Out on, etc., elliptical phrases, that to which out refers as a source, origin, etc., being omitted; as, out (of the house and) at the barn; out (of the house, road, fields, etc., and) in the woods.

Three fishers went sailing out into the west,
Out into the west, as the sun went down. C. Kingsley.

In these lines after out may be understood, “of the harbor,” “from the shore,” “of sight,” or some similar phrase.  The complete construction is seen in the saying: “Out of the frying pan into the fire.”

 -- Out from, a construction similar to out of (below). See Of and From. --  Out of, a phrase which may be considered either as composed of an adverb and a preposition, each having its appropriate office in the sentence, or as a compound preposition.  Considered as a preposition, it denotes, with verbs of movement or action, from the interior of; beyond the limit: from; hence, origin, source, motive, departure, separation, loss, etc.; -- opposed to in or into; also with verbs of being, the state of being derived, removed, or separated from. Examples may be found in the phrases below, and also under Vocabulary words; as, out of breath; out of countenance. -- Out of cess, beyond measure, excessively. Shak. -- Out of character, unbecoming; improper. -- Out of conceit with, not pleased with. See under Conceit. -- Out of date, not timely; unfashionable; antiquated. -- Out of door, Out of doors, beyond the doors; from the house; not inside a building; in, or into, the open air; hence, figuratively, shut out; dismissed. See under Door, also, Out-of-door, Outdoor, Outdoors, in the Vocabulary. “He 's quality, and the question's out of door,” Dryden. -- Out of favor, disliked; under displeasure. -- Out of frame, not in correct order or condition; irregular; disarranged. Latimer. -- Out of hand, immediately; without delay or preparation; without hesitation or debate; as, to dismiss a suggestion out of hand. “Ananias . . . fell down and died out of hand.” Latimer. -- Out of harm's way, beyond the danger limit; in a safe place. -- Out of joint, not in proper connection or adjustment; unhinged; disordered. “The time is out of joint.” Shak. -- Out of mind, not in mind; forgotten; also, beyond the limit of memory; as, time out of mind. -- Out of one's head, beyond commanding one's mental powers; in a wandering state mentally; delirious. [Colloq.] -- Out of one's time, beyond one's period of minority or apprenticeship. -- Out of order, not in proper order; disarranged; in confusion. -- Out of place, not in the usual or proper place; hence, not proper or becoming. -- Out of pocket, in a condition of having expended or lost more money than one has received. -- Out of print, not in market, the edition printed being exhausted; -- said of books, pamphlets, etc. -- Out of the question, beyond the limits or range of consideration; impossible to be favorably considered. -- Out of reach, beyond one's reach; inaccessible. -- Out of season, not in a proper season or time; untimely; inopportune. -- Out of sorts, wanting certain things; unsatisfied; unwell; unhappy; cross. See under Sort, n. -- Out of temper, not in good temper; irritated; angry. -- Out of time, not in proper time; too soon, or too late. -- Out of time, not in harmony; discordant; hence, not in an agreeing temper; fretful. -- Out of twist, Out of winding, or Out of wind, not in warped condition; perfectly plain and smooth; -- said of surfaces. -- Out of use, not in use; unfashionable; obsolete. -- Out of the way. (a) On one side; hard to reach or find; secluded. (b) Improper; unusual; wrong. -- Out of the woods, not in a place, or state, of obscurity or doubt; free from difficulty or perils; safe. [Colloq.] -- Out to out, from one extreme limit to another, including the whole length, breadth, or thickness; -- applied to measurements. -- Out West, in or towards, the West; specifically, in some Western State or Territory. [U. S.] -- To come out, To cut out, To fall out, etc. See under Come, Cut, Fall, etc. -- To make out See to make out under make, v. t. and v. i.. -- To put out of the way, to kill; to destroy. -- Week in, week out. See Day in, day out (above).


word: Out₂
definition:
Out

Out
(out)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office; -- generally in the plural.

2.
A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space; -- chiefly used in the phrase ins and outs; as, the ins and outs of a question. See under In.

3.
(Print.)
A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.

To make an out (Print.), (a) to omit something, in setting or correcting type, which was in the copy. (b) (Baseball) to be put out in one's turn at bat, such as to strike out, to ground out, or to fly out.


word: Out₃
definition:
Out

Out
v. t.
1.
To cause to be out; to eject; to expel.

A king outed from his country.
Selden.

The French have been outed of their holds.
Heylin.

2.
To come out with; to make known.
Chaucer.

3.
To make public a secret of (a person); -- used especially of publicizing the fact that a person is homosexual; as, the gay members were not pleased to be outed by the investigator.

[The play In and Out was] ... inspired by the way Tom Hanks clumsily outed his high school drama teacher during his Oscar-acceptance speech for his performance in “Philadelphia”.
Stephanie Zacharek

4.
To give out; to dispose of; to sell.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Out₅
definition:
Out

Out
interj.
Expressing impatience, anger, a desire to be rid of; -- with the force of command; go out; begone; away; off.

Out, idle words, servants to shallow fools!
Shak.

Out upon! or Out on! equivalent to “shame upon!” “away with!” as, out upon you!


word: Outact
definition:
Outact

Out*act"
(?)
v. t.
To do or beyond; to exceed in acting.
[R.]

He has made me heir to treasures
Would make me outact a real window's whining.
Otway.


word: out and out
definition:
out and out

out-and-out

out-and-out, out and out
adj.
Without any reservation or disguise; downright; plain; unqualified; absolute; as, an out and out villain; an out-and-out lie.

Syn. -- flat-out, outright.


word: Outbabble
definition:
Outbabble

Out*bab"ble
(?)
v. t.
To utter foolishly or excessively; to surpass in babbling.
[R.]
Milton.


word: outback
definition:
outback

outback
n.
The remote bush country of Australia; as, they hunted kangaroo in the outback.
[Australian]


word: outback₂
definition:
outback

outback
adj.
same as out-of-the-way.
[prenominal]

Syn. -- backwoods(prenominal), out-of-the-way, remote.


word: Outbalance
definition:
Outbalance

Out*bal"ance
(?)
v. t.
To outweight; to exceed in weight or effect.

Let dull Ajax bear away my right
When all his days outbalance this one night.
Dryden.


word: Outbid
definition:
Outbid

Out*bid"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. Outbid or Outbade (_;); p. p. Outbid or Outbidden (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Outbidding.]
To exceed or surpass in bidding; to bid a higher price.

Prevent the greedy, and outbid the bold.
Pope.


word: Outboard
definition:
Outboard

Out"board`
(?)
a. & adv.
(Naut.)
Beyond or outside of the lines of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; in a direction from the hull or from the keel; -- opposed to inboard; as, outboard rigging; swing the davits outboard.


word: Outbounds
definition:
Outbounds

Out"bounds`
(?)
n. pl.
The farthest or exterior bounds; extreme limits; boundaries.
Spenser.


word: Outbrag
definition:
Outbrag

Out*brag"
(?)
v. t.
To surpass in bragging; hence, to make appear inferior.

Whose bare outbragg'd the web it seemed to wear.
Shak.


word: Outbrave
definition:
Outbrave

Out*brave"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To excel in bravery or in insolence; to defy with superior courage or audacity.

2.
To excel in magnificence or comeliness.

The basest weed outbraves his dignity.
Shak.


word: Outbray
definition:
Outbray

Out*bray"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To exceed in braying.

2.
To emit with great noise.
[Obs.]
Fairfax.


word: Outbrazen
definition:
Outbrazen

Out*bra"zen
(?)
v. t.
To bear down with a brazen face; to surpass in impudence.
T. Brown.


word: outbreak
definition:
outbreak

out"break`
(?)
n.
1.
A bursting forth; eruption; insurrection; mutiny; revolt.
outbreaks
J. H. Newman.

The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind.
Shak.

2.
A sudden beginning of a violent event; as, the outbreak of hostilities between ethnic groups.

3.
A sudden occurrence or manifestation; -- usually of disease or emotion, in one person or a group; as, an outbreak of measles among the students; he had an outbreak of shingles; an outbreak of nervousness in the mob.


word: Outbreathe
definition:
Outbreathe

Out*breathe"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To breathe forth.
Outbreathed
Spenser.

2.
To cause to be out of breath; to exhaust.
Shak.


word: Outbuild
definition:
Outbuild

Out*build"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Outbuilt (?) or Outbuilded; p. pr. & vb. n. Outbuilding.]
To exceed in building, or in durability of building.


word: Outbuilding
definition:
Outbuilding

Out"build`ing
(?)
n.
A building separate from, and subordinate to, the main house; an outhouse.


word: Outcast₂
definition:
Outcast

Out"cast`
n.
1.
One who is cast out or expelled; an exile; one driven from home, society, or country; hence, often, a degraded person; a vagabond.

The Lord . . . gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
Ps. cxlvii. 2.

2.
A quarrel; a contention.
[Scot.]
Jamieson.


word: Outcome
definition:
Outcome

Out"come
(?)
n.
That which comes out of, or follows from, something else; issue; result; consequence; upshot.
outcome
H. Spenser.

All true literature, all genuine poetry, is the direct outcome, the condensed essence, of actual life and thought.
J. C. Shairp.


word: Outcourt
definition:
Outcourt

Out"court`
(?)
n.
An outer or exterior court.

The skirts and outcourts of heaven.
South.


word: Outcrop
definition:
Outcrop

Out"crop`
(?)
n.
(Geol.)
(a)
The coming out of a stratum to the surface of the ground.
Lyell.
(b)
That part of inclined strata which appears at the surface; basset.


word: Outcry
definition:
Outcry

Out"cry`
(?)
n.
1.
A vehement or loud cry; a cry of distress, alarm, opposition, or detestation; clamor.

2.
Sale at public auction.
Massinger. Thackeray.


word: Outdare
definition:
Outdare

Out*dare"
(?)
v. t.
To surpass in daring; to overcome by courage; to brave.
Shak. R. Browning.


word: Outdated
definition:
Outdated

Out*dat"ed
(?)
a.
Being out of date; antiquated; outmoded; unfashionable.
[Obs.]
Hammond.


word: Outdo
definition:
Outdo

Out*do"
(out*dō")
v. t.
[imp. Outdid (out*dĭd"); p. p. Outdone (out*dŭn"); p. pr. & vb. n. Outdoing.]
To go beyond in performance; to excel; to surpass.

An imposture outdoes the original.
L' Estrange.

I grieve to be outdone by Gay.
Swift.

To outdo oneself to surpass one's own previous best performance.


word: Outdoor
definition:
Outdoor

Out"door`
(?)
a.
[For out of door.]
Being, or done, in the open air; being or done outside of certain buildings, as poorhouses, hospitals, etc.; as, outdoor exercise; outdoor relief; outdoor patients.


word: Outer
definition:
Outer

Out"er
(out"ẽr)
a.
[Compar. of Out.]
[AS. ūtor, compar. of ūt, adv., out. See Out, Utter, a.]
Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the interior, from a given station, or from any space or position regarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to inner; as, the outer wall; the outer court or gate; the outer stump in cricket; the outer world.

Outer bar, in England, the body of junior (or utter) barristers; -- so called because in court they occupy a place beyond the space reserved for Queen's counsel.


word: Outer₂
definition:
Outer

Out"er
n.
(a)
The part of a target which is beyond the circles surrounding the bull's-eye.
(b)
A shot which strikes the outer of a target.


word: Outer₃
definition:
Outer

Out"er
n.
[From Out, v.]
One who puts out, ousts, or expels; also, an ouster; dispossession.
[R.]


word: Outermost
definition:
Outermost

Out"er*most`
(?)
a.
[See Uttermost, Utmost, and cf. Outmost.]
Being on the extreme external part; farthest outward; as, the outermost row.
Boyle.


word: Outface
definition:
Outface

Out*face"
(out*fās")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Outfaced (out*fāst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Outfacing (out*fā"sĭng).]
To face or look (one) out of countenance; to resist or bear down by bold looks or effrontery; to brave.
Shak.

Having outfaced all the world.
South.


word: Outfall
definition:
Outfall

Out"fall`
(out"f&asuml_;l`)
n.
1.
The mouth of a river; the lower end of a water course; the open end of a drain, culvert, etc., where the discharge occurs.

2.
A quarrel; a falling out.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: outfangthef
definition:
outfangthef

out*fang"thef
(out*făng"thĕf)
n.
[AS. ūt-fangen-þeóf. See Out, Fang, v. t., and Thief.]
(Anglo-Saxon & O. Eng. Law)
(a)
A thief from without or abroad, taken within a lord's fee or liberty.
(b)
The privilege of trying such a thief.
Burrill.


word: Outfield
definition:
Outfield

Out"field`
(out"fēld`)
n.
1.
Arable land which has been or is being exhausted. See Infield, 1.
[Scot.]

2.
A field beyond, or separated from, the inclosed land about the homestead; an uninclosed or unexplored tract. Also used figuratively.

The great outfield of thought or fact.
Trench.

3.
(Baseball)
The part of the baseball field beyond the diamond, or infield.  It is occupied by the fielders, and usually considered as divided into left field, center field, and right field, named as viewed from home plate.

4.
(Cricket)
The part of the field farthest from the batsman.


word: outfield
definition:
outfield

out*field"
(out*fēld")
v. t.
(Baseball)
To surpass in performing the tasks of fielding; as, both teams got ten hits, but the Red Sox outfielded the Yankees.


word: outfielder
definition:
outfielder

out"field*er
n.
1.
(baseball or softball)
A person who plays in the outfield.

2.
(Cricket)
A fielder in cricket who is stationed in the outfield.


word: outfight
definition:
outfight

out*fight"
v. t.
1.
To exceed in fighting; fight more competently; as, He outfought his challengers; the boxer outfought his opponent for eight rounds but lost the bout in the ninth on a knockout.

2.
to defeat in a battle; as, The French forces outfought the Germans.

Syn. -- get the better of.


word: Outfit
definition:
Outfit

Out"fit
(?)
n.
1.
A fitting out, or equipment, as of a ship for a voyage, or of a person for an expedition in an unoccupied region or residence in a foreign land; the expense of, or allowance made for, equipment, as by the government of the United States to a diplomatic agent going abroad.

2.
Hence:
Any assemblage of objects required for or used in performing a task; things required as equipment for a task.

3.
A complete ensemble of clothing, selected to form a matching set; a coordinated costume; as, a new Easter outfit.

4.
A business enterprise; as, what outfit do you work for?.
[informal]

5.
Any team or party of people.


word: outfitted
definition:
outfitted

outfitted
adj.
1.
furnished with essential equipment for a particular occupation or undertaking occupation; as, a well-outfitted expedition to the South Pole.

Syn. -- fitted out.

2.
Equipped with appropriate wearing apparel and accessories; as, children properly outfitted for school.


word: Outflank
definition:
Outflank

Out*flank"
(?)
v. t.
1.
(Mil.)
To go beyond, or be superior to, on the flank; to pass around or turn the flank or flanks of.

2.
Hence:
To outmaneuver in a competition; to bypass a competitor's main defenses.


word: Outfly
definition:
Outfly

Out*fly"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. Outflew (?); p. p. Outflown (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Outflying.]
To surpass in flying; to fly beyond or faster than.
Shak.

Winged with fear outflies the wind.
Waller.


word: outfox
definition:
outfox

out*fox"
(out`f&obreve_;ks")
v. t.
[out + fox; from the supposed cleverness of a fox in stalking prey.]
To defeat or gain an advantage over (an antagonist) by clever stratagems; to outwit; to outmaneuver; to outsmart.


word: Outgaze
definition:
Outgaze

Out*gaze"
(?)
v. t.
To gaze beyond; to exceed in sharpness or persistence of seeing or of looking; hence, to stare out of countenance.


word: Outgeneral
definition:
Outgeneral

Out*gen"er*al
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Outgeneraled (?) or Outgeneralled; p. pr. & vb. n. Outgeneraling or Outgeneralling.]
To exceed in generalship; to gain advantage over by superior military skill or executive ability; to outmaneuver.
Chesterfield.


word: Outgo
definition:
Outgo

Out*go"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. Outwent (?); p. p. Outgone (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Outgoing.]

1.
To go beyond; to exceed in swiftness; to surpass; to outdo.

2.
To circumvent; to overreach.
[Obs.]
Denham.


word: Outgo₂
definition:
Outgo

Out"go`
(?)
n.
pl. Outgoes (_;).
That which goes out, or is paid out; outlay; expenditure; -- the opposite of income; as, when one's outgo exceeds one's income, distress follows quickly.
Lowell.


word: Outgoing
definition:
Outgoing

Out"go`ing
n.
1.
The act or the state of going out.

The outgoings of the morning and evening.
Ps. lxv. 8.

2.
That which goes out; outgo; outlay.

3.
The extreme limit; the place of ending.
[Obs.]

The outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea, at the south end of Jordan.
Josh. xviii. 19.


word: outgoing
definition:
outgoing

out"go`ing
a.
1.
Going out; departing; leaving; as, the outgoing administration; an outgoing steamer.

2.
Being sent out; as, outgoing mail; outgoing packages.

3.
Enjoying the company of others; pleasant and responsive to others; sociable; friendly; convivial; cordial; -- of people; as, an outgoing personality.  Opposite of reserved or cold.


word: Outgrow
definition:
Outgrow

Out*grow"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. Outgrew (?); p. p. Outgrown (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Outgrowing.]

1.
To surpass in growing; to grow more than.
Shak.

2.
To grow out of or away from; to grow too large, or too aged, for; as, to outgrow clothing; to outgrow usefulness; to outgrow an infirmity.


word: Outgrowth
definition:
Outgrowth

Out"growth`
(?)
n.
That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence.


word: Outguard
definition:
Outguard

Out"guard`
(?)
n.
(Mil.)
A guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main body of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy; hence, anything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended.


word: Outhaul
definition:
Outhaul

Out"haul`
(out"h&asuml_;l`)
n.
(Naut.)
A rope used for hauling out a sail upon a spar; -- opposite of inhaul.


word: Outhees
definition:
Outhees

Out*hees"
(out*hēs")
n.
[Cf. LL. uthesium, hutesium, huesium, OF. hueis, and E. hue, in hue and cry.]
Outcry; alarm.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Out-Herod
definition:
Out-Herod

Out-Her"od
(?)
v. t.
To surpass (Herod) in violence or wickedness; to exceed in any vicious or offensive particular.  Compare outpope the Pope.
out-Herods
Shak.

Out-Heroding the preposterous fashions of the times.
Sir W. Scott.


word: outhouse
definition:
outhouse

out"house`
(?)
n.
1.
A small house or building at a little distance from the main house; an outbuilding.

2.
Especially
A small building with one or more seats and a pit underneath, intended for use as a toilet; a privy.


word: Outing
definition:
Outing

Out"ing
n.
1.
The act of going out; an airing; an excursion; as, a summer outing.

2.
A feast given by an apprentice when he is out of his time.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.


word: Outkeeper
definition:
Outkeeper

Out"keep`er
(?)
n.
(Surv.)
An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.


word: Outland
definition:
Outland

Out"land
(?)
a.
[Out + land.  See Outlandish.]
1.
Foreign; outlandish.
[Obs.]
Strutt.

2.
Outlying; remote from large cities.


word: outland
definition:
outland

out"land
(?)
n.
The regions of a country or territory remote from the main cities; the outlying provinces.


word: Outlandish
definition:
Outlandish

Out*land"ish
(?)
a.
[AS. ūtlendisc foreign. See Out, Land, and -ish.]
1.
Foreign; not native.
[archaic]

Him did outlandish women cause to sin.
Neh. xiii. 26.

Its barley water and its outlandish wines.
G. W. Cable.

2.
Hence:
Deviating conspicuously from common practice; strange; freakish; bizarre; rude; barbarous; uncouth; clownish; as, an outlandish dress, behavior, or speech; -- usually used in a negative sense.

Something outlandish, unearthy, or at variance with ordinary fashion.
Hawthorne.


word: outlandishness
definition:
outlandishness

out*land"ish*ness
n.
The quality of being strikingly out of the ordinary; the quality of being outlandish{2}.

Syn. -- bizarreness, weirdness.


word: Outlaugh
definition:
Outlaugh

Out*laugh"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To surpass or outdo in laughing.
Dryden.

2.
To laugh (one) out of a purpose, principle, etc.; to discourage or discomfit by laughing; to laugh down.
[R.]

His apprehensions of being outlaughed will force him to continue in a restless obscurity.
Franklin.


word: Outlaw
definition:
Outlaw

Out"law`
(out"l&asuml_;`)
n.
[AS. ūtlaga, ūtlah. See Out, and Law.]
1.
A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection.
Blackstone.

2.
A person engaging habitually in criminal activity, especially theft or robbery; an habitually lawless person, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.


word: Outlaw₂
definition:
Outlaw

Out"law`
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Outlawed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Outlawing.]
[AS. _;tlagian.]

1.
To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to declare to be an outlaw.
Blackstone.

2.
To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement; as, to outlaw a debt or claim; to deprive of legal force.
outlawed
Fuller.

3.
To render illegal; to ban, prohibit, or proscribe under sanction of some penalty.


word: outlawed
definition:
outlawed

outlawed
adj.
1.
contrary to or forbidden by law; banned; illicit; as, a member of an outlawed political party.

Syn. -- illegitimate, illicit, outlaw(prenominal), unlawful.


word: Outlawry
definition:
Outlawry

Out"law`ry
(?)
n.
pl. Outlawries (_;).
1.
The act of outlawing; the putting a man out of the protection of law, or the process by which a man (as an absconding criminal) is deprived of that protection.

2.
The state of being an outlaw.

3.
Defiance of the law; habitual criminality.


word: Outlay₂
definition:
Outlay

Out"lay`
(?)
n.
1.
A laying out or expending.

2.
That which is expended; expenditure.

3.
An outlying haunt.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.


word: Outlearn
definition:
Outlearn

Out*learn"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To excel or surpass in learing.

2.
To learn out [i. e., completely, utterly]; to exhaust knowledge of.

Naught, according to his mind,
He could outlearn.
Spenser.

Men and gods have not outlearned it [love].
Emerson.


word: Outlet
definition:
Outlet

Out"let`
(?)
n.
The place or opening by which anything is let out; a passage out; an exit; a vent.

Receiving all, and having no outlet.
Fuller.


word: Outlier
definition:
Outlier

Out"li`er
(?)
n.
1.
One who does not live where his office, or business, or estate, is.
Bentley.

2.
That which lies, or is, away from the main body.

3.
(Geol.)
A part of a rock or stratum lying without, or beyond, the main body, from which it has been separated by denudation.

4.
(Statistics)
A datum that lies significantly beyond the main cluster of data points on a graph or diagram; -- suggestive of an error in measurement.


word: Outline
definition:
Outline

Out"line`
(?)
n.
1.
(a)
The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.
(b)
In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated.
(c)
A sketch composed of such lines; the delineation of a figure without shading.

Painters, by their outlines, colors, lights, and shadows, represent the same in their pictures.
Dryden.

2.
Fig.: A sketch of any scheme; a preliminary or general indication of a plan, system, discourse, course of thought, etc.; as, the outline of a speech.

But that larger grief . . .
Is given in outline and no more.
Tennyson.


word: Outline₂
definition:
Outline

Out"line`
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Outlined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Outlining.]
1.
To draw the outline of.

2.
Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; to create a general framework of (a plan, system, discourse, course of thought), for which the details need to be added; as, to outline an argument or a campaign.


word: Outlinear
definition:
Outlinear

Out*lin"e*ar
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to an outline; being in, or forming, an outline.
Trench.


word: Outlive
definition:
Outlive

Out*live"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Outlived (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Outliving.]
To live beyond, or longer than; to survive.

They live too long who happiness outlive.
Dryden.


word: Outlook
definition:
Outlook

Out*look"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To face down; to outstare.

To outlook conquest, and to win renown.
Shak.

2.
To inspect throughly; to select.
[Obs.]
Cotton.


word: Outlook₂
definition:
Outlook

Out"look`
n.
1.
The act of looking out; watch.

2.
One who looks out; also, the place from which one looks out; a watchower.
Lyon Playfair.

3.
The view obtained by one looking out; scope of vision; sight; appearance.

Applause
Which owes to man's short outlook all its charms.
Young.

4.
The likely outcome, such as is indicated by the present situation; prospects; prognosis; as, the outlook is grim.

5.
The point of view or attitude of a person; as, one's outlook on life is affected by illness.


word: Outloose
definition:
Outloose

Out"loose`
(?)
n.
A loosing from; an escape; an outlet; an evasion.
[Obs.]

That “whereas” gives me an outloose.
Selden.


word: Outlustre
definition:
Outlustre

Outluster

{ Out*lus"ter, Out*lus"tre  }
(?)
v. t.
To excel in brightness or luster.
Shak.


word: Outlying
definition:
Outlying

Out"ly`ing
(?)
a.
Lying or being at a distance from the central part, or the main body; being on, or beyond, the frontier; exterior; remote; detached.


word: Outmanoeuvre
definition:
Outmanoeuvre

Outmaneuver

{ Out`ma*neu"ver, Out`ma*noeu"vre  }
(?)
v. t.
To surpass, or get an advantage of, in maneuvering; to outwit or frustrate by clever stratagems; to outgeneral.


word: Outmantle
definition:
Outmantle

Out*man"tle
(?)
v. t.
To excel in mantling; hence, to excel in splendor, as of dress.
[R.]

And with poetic trappings grace thy prose,
Till it outmantle all the pride of verse.
Cowper.


word: Outmarch
definition:
Outmarch

Out*march"
(?)
v. t.
To surpass in marching; to march faster than, or so as to leave behind.


word: Outmeasure
definition:
Outmeasure

Out*meas"ure
(?)
v. t.
To exceed in measure or extent; to measure more than.
Sir T. Browne.


word: out-migration
definition:
out-migration

out-migration
n.
migration out of country or territory; emigration.

Syn. -- emigration.


word: outmoded
definition:
outmoded

outmoded
adj.
1.
same as old-fashioned, a., 3.

Syn. -- antique, demode, old-fashioned{3}, old-hat(predicate), out-of-date, out of fashion(predicate), out of style(predicate), passe, passee.

2.
Unacceptable because it is inferior to current standards, procedures, or technology.

Syn. -- obsolete, outdated, out-of-date, superannuated, old-fashioned{2}.


word: Outmost
definition:
Outmost

Out"most`
(?)
a.
[OE. outemest, utmest, AS. ūtemest, a superl. fr. ūte out. See Out, Utmost, and cf. Outermost.]
Farthest from the middle or interior; farthest outward; outermost.


word: Outname
definition:
Outname

Out*name"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To exceed in naming or describing.
[R.]

2.
To exceed in name, fame, or degree.
[Obs.]

And found out one to outname thy other faults.
Beau. & Fl.


word: Outness
definition:
Outness

Out"ness
(?)
n.
1.
The state of being out or beyond; separateness.

2.
(Metaph.)
The state or quality of being distinguishable from the perceiving mind, by being in space, and possessing material quality; externality; objectivity.

The outness of the objects of sense.
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Outnumber
definition:
Outnumber

Out*num"ber
(?)
v. t.
To exceed in number; as, the garrison was badly outnumbered by the attacking forces.


word: out-of-bounds
definition:
out-of-bounds

out-of-bounds
adj.
1.
(Sports)
outside the delimited playing field.
foul (vs. fair) 
2.
barred to a designated group.
[predicate]

Syn. -- off-limits.

3.
Beyond the limits of the expected standard of taste or propriety; as, an out-of-bounds remark.


word: out-of-breath
definition:
out-of-breath

out-of-breath
adj.
breathing laboriously or convulsively.
[predicate]

Syn. -- gasping, panting, pursy, short-winded, winded.


word: out-of-date
definition:
out-of-date

out-of-date
adj.
1.
same as old-fashioned, a., 2.

Syn. -- antique, demode, old-fashioned, old-hat(predicate), outmoded, out of fashion(predicate), out of style(predicate), passe, passee.

2.
Unacceptable because it is inferior to current standards, procedures, or technology; outmoded{2}; noncurrent.
current

Syn. -- obsolete, outmoded{2}, superannuated.

3.
no longer valid.

Syn. -- back(prenominal), outdated.


word: out-of-door
definition:
out-of-door

out-of-door
adj.
1.
located, .
indoor

Syn. -- outdoor(prenominal) (vs. indoor), outside.


word: Out-of-door
definition:
Out-of-door

Out`-of-door"
(?)
a.
Being out of the house; being, or done, in the open air; suited for the open air; outdoor; as, out-of-door exercise. See Out of door, under Out, adv.

Amongst out-of-door delights.
G. Eliot.


word: out-of-doors
definition:
out-of-doors

out-of-doors
n.
Any location outside of any building, where the air is unconfined; the open air.

Syn. -- outdoors, air, open air, open.


word: out-of-school
definition:
out-of-school

out-of-school
adj.
not attending school and therefore free to work; as, opportunities for out-of-school youth.


word: out-of-sight
definition:
out-of-sight

out-of-sight
adj.
very good; same as groovy, sense 1.
[informal, 1960's]

Syn. -- bang-up, bully, cool, corking, cracking, dandy, far-out, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(predicate), outtasight, peachy, psychedelic, slap-up, swell, smashing.


word: out-of-the-ordinary
definition:
out-of-the-ordinary

out-of-the-ordinary
adj.
unusual or striking.

Syn. -- remarkable, singular, some.


word: Out-of-the-way
definition:
Out-of-the-way

Out`-of-the-way"
a.
1.
See under Out, adv.

2.
Not on a main transportation route; inconveniently located.


word: out-of-town
definition:
out-of-town

out-of-town
adj.
happening in or being of another town or city; as, an out-of-town tryout.


word: Outpace
definition:
Outpace

Out*pace"
(?)
v. t.
[Cf. Outpass.]
1.
To outgo; to move faster than; to leave behind.
Lamb.

2.
To exceed in development or performance; to outdo.


word: Outparish
definition:
Outparish

Out"par`ish
(?)
n.
A parish lying without the walls of, or in a remote part of, a town.
Graunt.


word: Out-patient
definition:
Out-patient

Out"-pa`tient
(?)
n.
1.
A patient who is outside a hospital, but receives medical aid from it.

2.
A medical patient who receives treatment at a hospital, especially in an emergency room, but is not admitted to stay overnight.  Distinguished from inpatient, who is assigned to a room to reside there while being treated.


word: Outpension₂
definition:
Outpension

Out"pen`sion
n.
A public pension granted to one not required to live in a charitable institution.
Out"pen`sion*er, n.


word: Outplay
definition:
Outplay

Out*play"
(?)
v. t.
To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than; as, to be outplayed in tennis or ball.


word: outpope the Pope
definition:
outpope the Pope

out*pope" the Pope`
(?)
v. i.
To try to act as a more authentic member of a group than one who is a genuine member of the group; -- not necessarily in reference to religious matters;  compare to be more Catholic than the Pope.
[Colloq.]


word: Outport
definition:
Outport

Out"port`
(?)
n.
A harbor or port at some distance from the chief town or seat of trade.
Macaulay.


word: Outpost
definition:
Outpost

Out"post`
(?)
n.
(Mil.)
(a)
A post or station without the limits of a camp, or at a distance from the main body of an army, for observation of the enemy.
(b)
The troops placed at such a station.


word: outpour
definition:
outpour

out"pour`
n.
1.
A flowing out; a free discharge.

2.
An effusion (of sentiment or emotion; outpouring.


word: outpouring
definition:
outpouring

out"pour`ing
n.
An unrestrained expression (of emotion, feeling); as, an outpouring of grief over the death of Princess Diana.


word: Outpreach
definition:
Outpreach

Out*preach"
(?)
v. t.
To surpass in preaching.

And for a villain's quick conversion
A pillory can outpreach a parson.
Trumbull.


word: Outprize
definition:
Outprize

Out*prize"
(?)
v. t.
To prize beyong value, or in excess; to exceed in value.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Output
definition:
Output

Out"put`
(?)
n.
1.
The amount or quantity of a material or product that is produced by a mine, factory, or any system for production of commercial goods, such as the amount of coal or ore put out from one or more mines, or the quantity of material produced by, or turned out from, one or more furnaces or mills, in a given time; production.

2.
The materials, profits, or information produced by any system.

3.
(Physiol.)
That which is thrown out as products of the metabolic activity of the body; the egesta other than the faeces. See Income.

&hand_; The output consists of: (a) The respiratory products of the lungs, skin, and alimentary canal, consisting chiefly of carbonic acid and water with small quantities of hydrogen and carbureted hydrogen. (b) Perspiration, consisting chiefly of water and salts. (c) The urine, which is assumed to contain all the nitrogen truly excreted by the body, besides a large quantity of saline matters and water. Foster.

4.
The power, voltage, or current produced by a device to generate or regulate electrical power; as, the power supply had a maximum output of 250 milliamps.

5.
(Computers)
The data or information produced by operation of a computer program or subroutine for transfer to another program or to an external device.  The output of one program may be used as the input to another program.


word: Outrage₂
definition:
Outrage

Out"rage
(?)
n.
[F. outrage; OF. outre, oltre, beyond (F. outre, L. ultra) + -age, as, in courage, voyage. See Ulterior.]
1.
Injurious violence or wanton wrong done to persons or things; a gross violation of right or decency; excessive abuse; wanton mischief; gross injury.
Chaucer.

He wrought great outrages, wasting all the country.
Spenser.

2.
Excess; luxury.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Outrage₃
definition:
Outrage

Out"rage
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Outragen (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Outraging (?).]
[F. outrager. See Outrage, n.]

1.
To commit outrage upon; to subject to outrage; to treat with violence or excessive abuse.

Base and insolent minds outrage men when they have hope of doing it without a return.
Atterbury.

This interview outrages all decency.
Broome.

2.
Specifically, to violate; to commit an indecent assault upon (a female).

3.
To cause to become very angry; as, the burning of the flag outraged the small conservative town.


word: outraged
definition:
outraged

out"raged
adj.
deeply angered at something unjust or wrong; incensed; as, a look of outraged disbelief.

Syn. -- indignant, incensed, umbrageous.


word: Outrageous
definition:
Outrageous

Out*ra"geous
(out*rā"jŭs)
a.
[OF. outrageus, F. outrageux. See Outrage, n.]
Of the nature of an outrage; exceeding the limits of right, reason, or decency; such as to cause outrage; involving or doing an outrage; furious; violent; atrocious.
Outrageous
Chaucer.
outrageous
Sir P. Sidney.
outrageous
Shak.
Outrageous
Dryden.


word: Outrance
definition:
Outrance

Ou`trance"
(ō`träNs")
n.
[F. See Outré.]
The utmost or last extremity.

Combat a outrance, a fight to the end, or to the death.

Syn. -- fight to the finish.


word: Outraye
definition:
Outraye

Out*raye"
(?)
v. i.
See Outrage, v. i.
[Obs.]

This warn I you, that ye not suddenly
Out of yourself for no woe should outraye.
Chaucer.


word: Outre
definition:
Outre

Ou`tré"
(?)
a.
[F., p.p. of outer to exaggerate, fr. L. ultra beyond. See Outrage.]
Out of the common course or limits; extravagant{2}; bizarre; outlandish{2}; as, an outré costume.

My first mental development had in it much of the uncommon -- even much of the  outré.
E. A. Poe.


word: outreach
definition:
outreach

outreach
n.
1.
The act of reaching out; an effort to build connections from one person or group to another; as, the Police Department insituted a community outreach program.

2.
The extension of assistance or services to persons or groups not previously served.


word: Outrecuidance
definition:
Outrecuidance

Ou`tre*cui`dance"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. outre beyond + cuider to think, L. cogitare.]
Excessive presumption.
[R.]
B. Jonson.


word: Outreign
definition:
Outreign

Out*reign"
(?)
v. t.
To go beyond in reigning; to reign through the whole of, or longer than.
[R.]
Spenser.


word: Outrider
definition:
Outrider

Out"rid`er
(?)
n.
1.
A summoner whose office is to cite men before the sheriff.
[Obs.]

2.
One who rides out on horseback, beyond the main group, e. g., as a scout.
Chaucer.

3.
A servant on horseback attending a carriage.


word: outrigged
definition:
outrigged

outrigged
adj.
1.
rigged with a structure projecting from or over the side of a boat for various purposes; having an outrigger; -- to prevent capsizing or to support an oarlock or to help secure a mast etc.  See outrigger


word: outrigger
definition:
outrigger

out"rig`ger
(?)
n.
1.
Any spar or projecting timber run out for temporary use, as from a ship's mast, to hold a rope or a sail extended, or from a building, to support hoisting teckle.

2.
(Naut.)
(a)
A projecting support for a rowlock, extended from the side of a boat.
(b)
A boat thus equipped.
(c)
A projecting contrivance at the side of a boat to prevent upsetting, as projecting spars with a log at the end; also used attributively, as an outrigger canoe.

3.
(Aeronautics)
A projecting frame used to support the elevator or tail planes, etc.


word: outright
definition:
outright

out"right`
adj.
Downright; plain; unqualified; utter; straight-out; as, an outright lie.

Syn. -- flat-out, out-and-out.


word: outright₂
definition:
outright

out"right`
(?)
adv.
1.
Immediately; without delay; at once; as, he was killed outright.

2.
Completely; utterly.
Cardinal Manning.


word: Outrode
definition:
Outrode

Outroad

{ Out"road`, Out"rode`  }
(?)
n.
An excursion.
[Obs.]
Outrodes
Macc. xv. 41 (Geneva Bible).


word: Outroot
definition:
Outroot

Out*root"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To eradicate; to extirpate.

2.
To root louder than; to applaud more noisily than.


word: Outrun
definition:
Outrun

Out*run"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. Outran (?); p. p. Outrun; p. pr. & vb. n. Outrunning.]
To exceed, or leave behind, in running; to run faster than; to outstrip; to go beyond.

Your zeal outruns my wishes.
Sir W. Scott.

The other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulcher.
John xx. 4.


word: Outsail
definition:
Outsail

Out*sail"
(?)
v. t.
To excel, or to leave behind, in sailing; to sail faster than.
Beau. & Fl.


word: Outsee
definition:
Outsee

Out*see"
(?)
v. t.
To see beyond; to excel in certainty of seeing; to surpass in foresight.


word: Outsell
definition:
Outsell

Out*sell"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To exceed in amount of sales; to sell more than.

2.
To exceed in the price of selling; to fetch more than; to exceed in value.
Fuller. Shak.


word: Outsentry
definition:
Outsentry

Out"sen`try
(?)
n.
(Mil.)
A sentry who guards the entrance or approach to a place; an outguard.


word: Outset
definition:
Outset

Out"set`
(?)
n.
A setting out, starting, or beginning.
outset
Burke.

Giving a proper direction to this outset of life.
J. Hawes.


word: Outshine₂
definition:
Outshine

Out*shine"
v. t.
1.
To surpass in splendor, excellence, or achievement.

A throne of royal state, which far
Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind.
Milton.

2.
To shine more brightly than.


word: Outshoot
definition:
Outshoot

Out*shoot"
(?)
v. t.
To exceed or excel in shooting; to shoot beyond.
Bacon.

Men are resolved never to outshoot their forefathers' mark.
Norris.


word: Outside
definition:
Outside

Out"side`
(?)
n.
1.
The external part of a thing; the part, end, or side which forms the external surface; that which appears, or is manifest; that which is superficial; the exterior.

There may be great need of an outside where there is little or nothing within.
South.

Created beings see nothing but our outside.
Addison.

2.
The part or space which lies beyond the external edge of a structure or  beyond the boundary of an inclosure.

I threw open the door of my chamber, and found the family standing on the outside.
Spectator.

3.
The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.; the utmost; as, it may last a week at the outside.

4.
One who, or that which, is without; hence, an outside passenger, as distinguished from one who is inside. See Inside, n. 3.
[Colloq. Eng.]

5.
The part of the world not encompassed by or under control of an organization or institution; as, prisoners are not allowed to pass objects to persons on the outside; one may not discuss company secretes with anyone on the outside.


word: Outside₂
definition:
Outside

Out"side`
(?)
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to the outside; external; exterior; superficial.

2.
Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc.; as, an outside estimate.
[Colloq.]

Outside finish (Arch.), a term for the minor parts, as corner boards, hanging stiles, etc., required to complete the exterior of a wooden building; -- rare in masonry.


word: Outside₃
definition:
Outside

Out"side`
(?)
adv.
prep.
On or to the outside (of); without; on the exterior; as, to ride outside the coach; he stayed outside.


word: Outsider
definition:
Outsider

Out`sid"er
(?)
n.
1.
One not belonging to the concern, institution, party, etc., spoken of; one disconnected in interest or feeling.
[Recent]
A. Trollope.

2.
A locksmith's pinchers for grasping the point of a key in the keyhole, to open a door from the outside when the key is inside.

3.
A horse which is not a favorite in the betting.
[Cant]


word: outside-group
definition:
outside-group

outside-group
adj.
Of or pertaining to marriage outside a class or tribe, in cultures where that is required by custom or law.

Syn. -- exogamic.


word: Outsit
definition:
Outsit

Out*sit"
(?)
v. t.
To remain sitting, or in session, longer than, or beyond the time of; to outstay.


word: Outskirt
definition:
Outskirt

Out"skirt`
(?)
n.
A part remote from the center, and near the outer edge; border; -- usually in the plural; as, the outskirts of a town.
Wordsworth.

The outskirts of his march of mystery.
Keble.


word: Outslide
definition:
Outslide

Out*slide"
(?)
v. i.
To slide outward, onward, or forward; to advance by sliding.
[Poetic]

At last our grating keels outslide.
Whittier.


word: outspan
definition:
outspan

out*span"
(?)
v. t. & i.
[D. uitspannen.]
To unyoke or disengage, as oxen from a wagon; to unharness (a horse).
[S. Africa]


word: outspan₂
definition:
outspan

out"span
(?)
n.
1.
The act of outspanning.

2.
A place where outspanning is done;
Hence:
An encampment.
[South African]


word: Outspeak
definition:
Outspeak

Out*speak"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To exceed in speaking.

2.
To speak openly or boldly.
T. Campbell.

3.
To express more than.
Shak.


word: Outspeed
definition:
Outspeed

Out*speed"
(?)
v. t.
To excel in speed.

Outspeed the realized miracles of steam.
Talfourd.


word: Outspend
definition:
Outspend

Out"spend`
(?)
v. t.
1.
To spend more than.

2.
To spend to exhaustion; to spend more than the limits of; as, he outspent the entire discretionary fund halfway through the year.


word: Outspoken
definition:
Outspoken

Out*spo"ken
(?)
a.
Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, candidly, or boldly; as, an outspoken man; an outspoken rebuke.
Out*spo"ken*ness, n.


word: Outstand
definition:
Outstand

Out*stand"
(?)
v. i.
To stand out, or project, from a surface or mass; hence, to remain standing out.


word: Outstand₂
definition:
Outstand

Out*stand"
v. t.
1.
To resist effectually; to withstand; to sustain without yielding.
[R.]
Woodward.

2.
To stay beyond.
outstood
Shak.


word: Outstanding
definition:
Outstanding

Out*stand"ing
a.
1.
That stands out; undischarged; uncollected; not paid; as, outstanding obligations.

Revenues . . . as well outstanding as collected.
A. Hamilton.

2.
Conspicuously excellent; markedly superior; distinguished.

3.
So prominent so as to attract notice; conspicuous; usually but not always in a good sense.


word: Outstare
definition:
Outstare

Out*stare"
(?)
v. t.
To excel or overcome in staring; to face down.

I would outstare the sternest eyes that look.
Shak.


word: Outstay
definition:
Outstay

Out*stay"
(?)
v. t.
To stay beyond or longer than.

She concluded to outstay him.
Mad. D' Arblay.


word: Outstorm
definition:
Outstorm

Out*storm"
(?)
v. t.
To exceed in storming.

Insults the tempest and outstorms the skies.
J. Barlow.


word: Outstrip
definition:
Outstrip

Out*strip"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Outstripped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Outstripping.]
1.
To go faster than; to outrun; to advance beyond; to leave behind.

Appetites which . . . had outstripped the hours.
Southey.

He still outstript me in the race.
Tennyson.

2.
To exceed in development or performance; to surpass in any competition; to outdo; to outpace{2}.


word: Outswell
definition:
Outswell

Out*swell"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To exceed in swelling.

2.
To swell beyond; to overflow.
[Obs.]
Hewyt.


word: outtake
definition:
outtake

out"take`
n.
(out"tāk`)
A portion of a recorded performance which is eliminated in the editing process and is not included in the final commercial presentation.  The recording may be audio or visual or both, but is usually of a film or television performance.  Outtakes often include mistakes or lower quality performances, and sometimes blunders.  The latter type are occasionally presented separately to the public for amusement.


word: outtasight
definition:
outtasight

out`ta*sight"
(out`tȧ*sīt")
a.
[Compressed form of out-of-sight.]
same as groovy, sense 1.
[informal, 1960's]

Syn. -- bang-up, bully, cool, corking, cracking, dandy, far-out, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(predicate), out-of-sight, peachy, psychedelic, slap-up, swell, smashing.


word: Outterm
definition:
Outterm

Out"term`
(?)
n.
An external or superficial thing; outward manner; superficial remark, etc.
[Obs.]

Not to bear cold forms, nor men's outterms.
B. Jonson.


word: Outthrow
definition:
Outthrow

Out*throw"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To throw out.
Spenser.

2.
To excel in throwing, as in ball playing.


word: out-tray
definition:
out-tray

out-tray
n.
a wood or metal receptacle placed on a desk to hold documents which have been processed, prior to transfer to a different person.

Syn. -- out-basket.


word: Outwards
definition:
Outwards

Outward

{ Out"ward (?), Out"wards (?), }
adv.
[AS. ūteweard. See Out, and -ward, -wards.]
From the interior part; in a direction from the interior toward the exterior; out; to the outside; beyond; off; away; as, a ship bound outward.

The wrong side may be turned outward.
Shak.

Light falling on them is not reflected outwards.
Sir I. Newton.

Outward bound, bound in an outward direction or to foreign parts; -- said especially of vessels, and opposed to homeward bound.


word: Outward
definition:
Outward

Out"ward
a.
1.
Forming the superficial part; external; exterior; -- opposed to inward; as, an outward garment or layer.

Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Cor. iv. 16.

2.
Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is external; manifest; public.
outward
Chaucer.

An outward honor for an inward toil.
Shak.

3.
Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war.
[Obs.]
Hayward.

4.
Tending to the exterior or outside.

The fire will force its outward way.
Dryden.

Outward stroke. (Steam Engine) See under Stroke.


word: Outward₂
definition:
Outward

Out"ward
n.
External form; exterior.
[R.]

So fair an outward and such stuff within.
Shak.


word: outward-bound
definition:
outward-bound

outward-bound
adj.
travelling away from a port or station; as, outward-bound ships.  Opposite of inward-bound or inbound.

Syn. -- departing(prenominal), outbound, outward.


word: outward-developing
definition:
outward-developing

outward-developing
adj.
(Botany)
Developing away from an axis, as in a flower cluster in which the oldest flowers are in the center, the youngest near the edge.


word: outward-moving
definition:
outward-moving

outward-moving
adj.
moving or directed away from center, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve.


word: outwardness
definition:
outwardness

outwardness
n.
1.
concern with outward things or material objects (esp the body and its appearance) as opposed to the mind or the spirit or ideal concepts; as, hearty showmanship and all-around outwardness.

2.
the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior; as, the outwardness of the world.

Syn. -- externality.


word: Outway
definition:
Outway

Out"way`
(?)
n.
A way out; exit.
[R.]

In divers streets and outways multiplied.
P. Fletcher.


word: Outwear
definition:
Outwear

Out*wear"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To wear out; to consume or destroy by wearing.
Milton.

2.
To last longer than; to outlast; as, this cloth will outwear the other.
outwear
Pope.


word: Outwit
definition:
Outwit

Out*wit"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning.

2.
To defeat or gain an advantage over by superior craft or cunning stratagems; as, the thief outwitted his pursuers and left the country undetected.

They did so much outwit and outwealth us !
Gauden.


word: Outwit₂
definition:
Outwit

Out"wit
(?)
n.
The faculty of acquiring wisdom by observation and experience, or the wisdom so acquired; -- opposed to inwit.
[Obs.]
Piers Plowman.


word: Outwork₂
definition:
Outwork

Out"work`
(?)
n.
(Fort.)
A minor defense constructed beyond the main body of a work, as a ravelin, lunette, hornwork, etc.
Wilhelm.


word: Oval
definition:
Oval

O"val
(?)
a.
[F. ovale, fr. L. ovum egg.  Cf. Egg, Ovum.]
1.
Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception; as, oval conceptions.
[Obs.]

2.
Having the figure of an egg; oblong and curvilinear, with one end broader than the other, or with both ends of about the same breadth; in popular usage, elliptical.

3.
(Bot.)
Broadly elliptical.

Oval chuck (Mech.), a lathe chuck so constructed that work attached to it, and cut by the turning tool in the usual manner, becomes of an oval form.


word: Oval₂
definition:
Oval

O"val
n.
A body or figure in the shape of an egg, or popularly, of an ellipse.

Cassinian oval (Geom.), the locus of a point the product of whose distances from two fixed points is constant; -- so called from Cassini, who first investigated the curve.  Thus, in the diagram, if P moves so that P A.P B is constant, the point P describes a Cassinian oval.  The locus may consist of a single closed line, as shown by the dotted line, or of two equal ovals about the points A and B.


word: Ovalbumen
definition:
Ovalbumen

Ovalbumin

{ O`val*bu"min (&omacr`văl*bū"mĭn), O`val*bu"men (&omacr`văl*bū"mĕn), }
n.
[Ovum + albumin.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
The albumin from white of eggs; egg albumin; -- in distinction from serum albumin. See Albumin.


word: Ovaliform
definition:
Ovaliform

O*val"i*form
(o̝`văl"ĭ*fôrm)
a.
[Oval + -form.]
Having the form of an egg; having a figure such that any section in the direction of the shorter diameter will be circular, and any in the direction of the longer diameter will be oval.


word: Ovariole
definition:
Ovariole

O*va"ri*ole
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
One of the tubes of which the ovaries of most insects are composed.


word: Ovariotomy
definition:
Ovariotomy

O*va`ri*ot"o*my
(?)
n.
[Ovarium + Gr. te`mnein to cut.]
(Surg.)
The operation of removing one or both of the ovaries; oophorectomy.


word: Ovary
definition:
Ovary

O"va*ry
(&omacr"vȧ*r&ybreve_;)
n.
pl. Ovaries (&omacr"vȧ*rĭz).
[NL. ovarium, fr. L. ovum egg: cf. F. ovaire. See Oval.]
1.
(Bot.)
That part of the pistil which contains the seed, and in most flowering plants develops into the fruit. See Illust. of Flower.

2.
(Zool. & Anat.)
The essential female reproductive organ in which the ova are produced. See Illust. of Discophora.


word: Ovate
definition:
Ovate

O"vate
(?)
a.
[L. ovatus, from ovum egg. See Oval.]

1.
Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest.

2.
(Bot.)
Having the shape of an egg, or of the longitudinal section of an egg, with the broader end basal.
Gray.


word: Ovate-acuminate
definition:
Ovate-acuminate

O"vate-a*cu"mi*nate
(?)
a.
Having an ovate form, but narrowed at the end into a slender point.


word: Ovate-cylindraceous
definition:
Ovate-cylindraceous

O"vate-cyl`in*dra"ceous
(?)
a.
Having a form intermediate between ovate and cylindraceous.


word: Ovate-lanceolate
definition:
Ovate-lanceolate

O"vate-lan"ce*o*late
(?)
a.
Having a form intermediate between ovate and lanceolate.


word: Ovate-rotundate
definition:
Ovate-rotundate

O"vate-ro*tund"ate
(?)
a.
Having a form intermediate between that of an egg and a sphere; roundly ovate.


word: Ovate-subulate
definition:
Ovate-subulate

O"vate-su"bu*late
(?)
a.
Having an ovate form, but with a subulate tip or extremity.


word: Ovation
definition:
Ovation

O*va"tion
(?)
n.
[L. ovatio, fr. ovare to exult, rejoice, triumph in an ovation; cf. Gr. _; to shout: cf. F. ovation.]
1.
(Rom. Antiq.)
A lesser kind of triumph allowed to a commander for an easy, bloodless victory, or a victory over slaves.

2.
Hence:
An expression of popular homage; the tribute of the multitude to a public favorite.

To rain an April of ovation round
Their statues.
Tennyson.

3.
Especially:
A prolonged applause for a person of group after a speech or performance.

standing ovation a prolonged applause during which the audience stands as a sign of special appreciation or admiration.


word: Oven
definition:
Oven

Ov"en
(ŭv"'n)
n.
[AS. ofen; akin to D. oven, OHG. ofan, ovan, G. ofen, Icel. ofn, Dan. ovn, Sw. ugn, Goth. aúhns, Gr. 'ipno`s, Skr. ukhā pot.]
A place arched over with brick or stonework, and used for baking, heating, or drying; hence, any structure, whether fixed or portable, which may be heated for baking, drying, etc.; esp., now, a chamber in a stove, used for baking or roasting.


word: Ovenbird
definition:
Ovenbird

Ov"en*bird`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
Any species of the genus Furnarius, allied to the creepers.  They inhabit South America and the West Indies, and construct curious oven-shaped nests.
(b)
In the United States, Seiurus aurocapillus; -- called also golden-crowned thrush.
(c)
In England, sometimes applied to the willow warbler, and to the long-tailed titmouse.


word: Over
definition:
Over

O"ver
(&omacr"vẽr)
prep.
[AS. ofer; akin to D. over, G. über, OHG. ubir, ubar, Dan. over, Sw. öfver, Icel. yfir, Goth. ufar, L. super, Gr. "ype`r, Skr. upari. √199.  Cf. Above, Eaves, Hyper-, Orlop, Super-, Sovereign, Up.]
1.
Above, or higher than, in place or position, with the idea of covering; -- opposed to under; as, clouds are over our heads; the smoke rises over the city.

The mercy seat that is over the testimony.
Ex. xxx. 6.

Over them gleamed far off the crimson banners of morning.
Longfellow.

2.
Across; from side to side of; -- implying a passing or moving, either above the substance or thing, or on the surface of it; as, a dog leaps over a stream or a table.

Certain lakes . . . poison birds which fly over them.
Bacon.

3.
Upon the surface of, or the whole surface of; hither and thither upon; throughout the whole extent of; as, to wander over the earth; to walk over a field, or over a city.

4.
Above; -- implying superiority in excellence, dignity, condition, or value; as, the advantages which the Christian world has over the heathen.
Swift.

5.
Above in authority or station; -- implying government, direction, care, attention, guard, responsibility, etc.; -- opposed to under.

Thou shalt be over my house.
Gen. xli. 40.

I will make thee rules over many things.
Matt. xxv. 23.

Dost thou not watch over my sin ?
Job xiv. 16.

His tender mercies are over all his works.
Ps. cxlv. 9.

6.
Across or during the time of; from beginning to end of; as, to keep anything over night; to keep corn over winter.

7.
Above the perpendicular height or length of, with an idea of measurement; as, the water, or the depth of water, was over his head, over his shoes.

8.
Beyond; in excess of; in addition to; more than; as, it cost over five dollars.
Over
Chaucer.

9.
Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding; as, he triumphed over difficulties; the bill was passed over the veto.

&hand_; Over, in poetry, is often contracted into o'er.

&hand_; Over his signature (or name) is a substitute for the idiomatic English form, under his signature (name, hand and seal, etc.), the reference in the latter form being to the authority under which the writing is made, executed, or published, and not the place of the autograph, etc.

Over all (Her.), placed over or upon other bearings, and therefore hinding them in part; -- said of a charge. -- Over one's head, Over head and ears, beyond one's depth; completely; wholly; hopelessly; as, over head and ears in debt. -- head over heels (a) completely; intensely; as, head over heels in love. [Colloq.] (b) in a tumbling manner; as, to fall head over heels down the stairs. (c) precipitously and without forethought; impulsively. -- Over the left. See under Left. -- To run over (Mach.), to have rotation in such direction that the crank pin traverses the upper, or front, half of its path in the forward, or outward, stroke; -- said of a crank which drives, or is driven by, a reciprocating piece.


word: Over₂
definition:
Over

O"ver
(?)
adv.
1.
From one side to another; from side to side; across; crosswise; as, a board, or a tree, a foot over, i. e., a foot in diameter.

2.
From one person or place to another regarded as on the opposite side of a space or barrier; -- used with verbs of motion; as, to sail over to England; to hand over the money; to go over to the enemy.
over
Judges xix. 12.
Also, with verbs of being: At, or on, the opposite side; as, the boat is over.

3.
From beginning to end; throughout the course, extent, or expanse of anything; as, to look over accounts, or a stock of goods; a dress covered over with jewels.

4.
From inside to outside, above or across the brim.

Good measure, pressed down . . . and running over.
Luke vi. 38.

5.
Beyond a limit; hence, in excessive degree or quantity; superfluously; with repetition; as, to do the whole work over.
over
Dryden.

He that gathered much had nothing over.
Ex. xvi. 18.

6.
In a manner to bring the under side to or towards the top; as, to turn (one's self) over; to roll a stone over; to turn over the leaves; to tip over a cart.

7.
Completed; at an end; beyond the limit of continuance; finished; as, when will the play be over?.
over
Macaulay.
over
Sir W. Scott.

&hand_; Over, out, off, and similar adverbs, are often used in the predicate with the sense and force of adjectives, agreeing in this respect with the adverbs of place, here, there, everywhere, nowhere; as, the games were over; the play is over; the master was out; his hat is off.

&hand_; Over is much used in composition, with the same significations that it has as a separate word; as in overcast, overflow, to cast or flow so as to spread over or cover; overhang, to hang above; overturn, to turn so as to bring the underside towards the top; overact, overreach, to act or reach beyond, implying excess or superiority.

All over. (a) Over the whole; upon all parts; completely; as, he is spatterd with mud all over. (b) Wholly over; at an end; as, it is all over with him. -- Over again, once more; with repetition; afresh; anew. Dryden. -- Over against, opposite; in front. Addison. -- Over and above, in a manner, or degree, beyond what is supposed, defined, or usual; besides; in addition; as, not over and above well. “He . . . gained, over and above, the good will of all people.” L' Estrange. -- Over and over, repeatedly; again and again. -- To boil over. See under Boil, v. i. -- To come it over, To do over, To give over, etc. See under Come, Do, Give, etc. -- To throw over, to abandon; to betray.  Cf. To throw overboard, under Overboard.


word: Over₃
definition:
Over

O"ver
a.
1.
Upper; covering; higher; superior; -- chiefly used in composition; as, overshoes, overcoat, over-garment, overlord.

2.
Excessive; too much or too great; -- chiefly used in composition; as, overwork, overhaste, overreaction.


word: over
definition:
over

o"ver
adv.
Excessively; too much or too greatly; -- chiefly used in composition; as, overwork, overhasty, overeager, overanxious, overreact, overcook.


word: Over₄
definition:
Over

O"ver
n.
(Cricket)
A certain number of balls (usually four) delivered successively from behind one wicket, after which the ball is bowled from behind the other wicket as many times, the fielders changing places.


word: overachiever
definition:
overachiever

overachiever
n.
1.
A student who attains higher standards than expected based on the IQ score.

2.
A person whose achievements exceed what was expected based on his/her background, education, or mental ability.


word: Overact
definition:
Overact

O`ver*act"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To act or perform to excess; to exaggerate in acting; as, he overacted his part.

2.
To act upon, or influence, unduly.
[Obs.]

The hope of inheritance overacts them.
Milton.


word: Overalls
definition:
Overalls

O"ver*alls
(?)
n. pl.
1.
A kind of loose trousers worn over others to protect them from soiling.

2.
Waterproof leggings.
R. D. Blackmore.


word: Overanxious
definition:
Overanxious

O"ver*anx"ious
(?)
a.
Anxious in an excessive or needless degree.
O"ver*anx"ious*ly, adv.


word: overappraisal
definition:
overappraisal

overappraisal
n.
an appraisal that is too high.

Syn. -- overestimate, overestimation, overvaluation.


word: Overarch
definition:
Overarch

O`ver*arch"
(?)
v. t. & i.
To make or place an arch over; to hang over like an arch.
o'erarching
Pope.


word: overarching
definition:
overarching

o`ver*arch"ing
(?)
a.
1.
Forming an arch (over something).

2.
Dominating or overshadowing all other considerations.


word: Over-arm
definition:
Over-arm

O"ver-arm`
(?)
a.
(Cricket, etc.)
Done (as bowling or pitching) with the arm raised above the shoulder. See Overhard.
over-arm
R. A. Proctor.


word: Overawe
definition:
Overawe

O`ver*awe"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overawed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overawing.]
To awe exceedingly; to intimidate or subjugate or restrain by awe or great fear.

The king was present in person to overlook the magistrates, and overawe these subjects with the terror of his sword.
Spenser.


word: Overbalance
definition:
Overbalance

O`ver*bal"ance
(?)
v. t.
1.
To exceed equality with; to outweigh.
Locke.

2.
To cause to lose balance or equilibrium.


word: Overbalance₂
definition:
Overbalance

O"ver*bal`ance
(?)
n.
Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent; as, an overbalance of exports.
J. Edwards.


word: Overbattle
definition:
Overbattle

O"ver*bat"tle
(?)
a.
[Over + battle, a.]
Excessively fertile; bearing rank or noxious growths.
[Obs.]
Overbattle
Hooker.


word: Overbear
definition:
Overbear

O`ver*bear"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power, force, etc.; to overcome; to suppress.

The point of reputation, when the news first came of the battle lost, did overbear the reason of war.
Bacon.

Overborne with weight the Cyprians fell.
Dryden.

They are not so ready to overbear the adversary who goes out of his own country to meet them.
Jowett (Thucyd. )

2.
To domineer over; to overcome by insolence.


word: Overbearing
definition:
Overbearing

O`ver*bear"ing
a.
1.
Overpowering; subduing; repressing.
I. Watts.

2.
Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical; dictatorial; insolent.


word: Overblow
definition:
Overblow

O`ver*blow"
(?)
v. i.
1.
To blow over, or be subdued.
[R.]
Spenser.

2.
(Mus.)
To force so much wind into a pipe that it produces an overtone, or a note higher than the natural note; thus, the upper octaves of a flute are produced by overblowing.


word: Overblow₂
definition:
Overblow

O`ver*blow"
v. t.
1.
To blow away; to dissipate by wind, or as by wind.

When this cloud of sorrow's overblown.
Waller.

2.
To ascribe an unwarranted importance to.

3.
(Music)
To blow into (a wind instrument) too strongly, so as to produce predominantly overtones.


word: overblown
definition:
overblown

o`ver*blown"
a.
1.
Having been given more publicity than warranted; having had ascribed more importance than was justified; as, an overblown medical discovery.

3.
Bombastic, pretentious, or excessive; as, overblown rhetoric.


word: Overboard
definition:
Overboard

O"ver*board`
(?)
adv.
Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into the water; as, to fall overboard.

To throw overboard, to discard; to abandon, as a dependent or friend. -- To go overboard, to go to an extreme; to overdo; as, he went overboard at the buffet and got an upset stomach.


word: Overboil
definition:
Overboil

O`ver*boil"
(?)
v. i.
To boil over or unduly.

Nor is discontent to keep the mind
Deep in its fountain, lest it overboil
In the hot throng.
Byron.


word: Overbold
definition:
Overbold

O`ver*bold"
(?)
a.
Excessively or presumptuously bold; impudent.
Shak.
O"ver*bold"ly, adv.


word: Overbreed
definition:
Overbreed

O`ver*breed"
(?)
v. t.
To breed to excess; as, the bulls were so huge and overbred no matador wanted to fight them.


word: Overbrow
definition:
Overbrow

O`ver*brow"
(?)
v. t.
To hang over like a brow; to impend over.
[Poetic]
Longfellow.

Did with a huge projection overbrow
Large space beneath.
Wordsworth.


word: Overbuild
definition:
Overbuild

O`ver*build"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To build over.
Milton.

2.
To build too much; to build beyond the demand.


word: Overburden
definition:
Overburden

O`ver*bur"den
(?)
v. t.
To load with too great weight or too much care, etc.
Sir P. Sidney.


word: Overcapable
definition:
Overcapable

O`ver*ca"pa*ble
(?)
a.
Too capable.
[R.]

Overcapable of such pleasing errors.
Hooker.


word: Overcarking
definition:
Overcarking

O"ver*cark"ing
(&omacr"vẽr*kärk"ĭng)
a.
Too anxious; too full of care.
[Archaic]
Fuller.


word: Overcarry
definition:
Overcarry

O`ver*car"ry
(&omacr"vẽr*kăr"r&ybreve_;)
v. t. & i.
To carry too far; to carry beyond the proper point.
Hayward.


word: Overcast
definition:
Overcast

O`ver*cast"
(&omacr`vẽr*kȧst")
v. t.
1.
To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken.

Those clouds that overcast your morn shall fly.
Dryden.

2.
To compute or rate too high.
Bacon.

3.
(Sewing)
To take long, loose stitches over (the raw edges of a seam) to prevent raveling.

4.
(Bookbinding)
To fasten, as single sheets, by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.


word: overcast
definition:
overcast

o`ver*cast"
(?)
a.
1.
(Meteorology)
Completely or almost completely covered over with clouds; -- of the sky.

2.
(Sewing)
Sewn by overcasting.


word: Overcautious
definition:
Overcautious

O"ver*cau"tious
(?)
a.
Too cautious; cautious or prudent to excess.
O"ver*cau"tious*ly, adv. -- O"ver*cau"tious*ness, n.


word: Overcharge
definition:
Overcharge

O`ver*charge"
(?)
v. t.
[Cf. Supercharge, Surcharge.]

1.
To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy.
Sir W. Raleigh.

2.
To fill too full; to crowd.

Our language is overcharged with consonants.
Addison.

3.
To charge (a buyer) an excessive price; to charge beyond a fair rate or price.

4.
To exaggerate; as, to overcharge a description.

5.
(Electricity)
To charge (a battery) too much, so as to cause damage.

Overcharged mine. (Mil.) See Globe of compression, under Globe.


word: Overcharge₃
definition:
Overcharge

O"ver*charge`
(?)
n.
[Cf. Supercargo, Supercharge.]

1.
An excessive load or burden.

2.
An excessive charge in an account.


word: overcoat
definition:
overcoat

o"ver*coat`
(?)
n.
[Cf. Surcoat.]
A coat worn over the other clothing; a greatcoat; a topcoat.


word: Overcome
definition:
Overcome

O`ver*come"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. Overcame (?); p. p. Overcome; p. pr & vb. n. Overcoming.]
[AS. ofercuman. See Over, Come, and cf. Supervene.]

1.
To get the better of; to surmount; to conquer; to subdue; as, to overcome enemies in battle.

This wretched woman overcome
Of anguish, rather than of crime, hath been.
Spenser.

2.
To overflow; to surcharge.
[Obs.]
J. Philips.

3.
To come or pass over; to spread over.
[Obs.]

And overcome us like a summer's cloud.
Shak.


word: overcompensate
definition:
overcompensate

overcompensate
v.
to make excessive corrections for fear of making an error.

Syn. -- over-correct, compensate too much.


word: overcount
definition:
overcount

o`ver*count"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To rate too high.
Shak.

2.
To count erroneously, such that the counted number is higher than the actual number.


word: overcount₂
definition:
overcount

o`ver*count"
(?)
n.
A count{1} that is higher than the true number; an erroneously high number determined by counting incorrectly; the result of overcounting{2}.


word: overcrop
definition:
overcrop

overcrop
v. t.
to exhaust (arable land) by excessive cultivation.

Syn. -- overcultivate.


word: overcrossing
definition:
overcrossing

overcrossing
n.
a bridge designed for pedestrians.

Syn. -- footbridge, pedestrian bridge.


word: Overdeal
definition:
Overdeal

O"ver*deal`
(?)
n.
The excess.
[Obs.]

The overdeal in the price will be double.
Holland.


word: Overdevelop
definition:
Overdevelop

O`ver*de*vel"op
(?)
v. t.
To develop excessively;
specif.
(Photog.)
to subject (a plate or film) too long to the developing process.


word: Overdo
definition:
Overdo

O`ver*do"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. Overdid (?); p. p. Overdone (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overdoing.]
1.
To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far.

Anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing.
Shak.

2.
To overtask. or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust; as, to overdo one's strength.

3.
To surpass; to excel.
[R.]
Tennyson.

4.
To cook too much; as, to overdo the meat.


word: Overdraft
definition:
Overdraft

O"ver*draft`
(?)
n.
(Banking)
The act of overdrawing; a draft in excess of the credit balance; also, the amount or sum overdrawn.


word: Overdraw
definition:
Overdraw

O`ver*draw"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. Overdrew (?); p. p. Overdrawn (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overdrawing.]
1.
To exaggerate; to overdo.

2.
(Banking)
To make drafts upon or against, in excess of the proper amount or limit; to draw more than the balance in one's account.


word: overdress
definition:
overdress

o`ver*dress"
(?)
v. t.
To dress or adorn to excess; to dress too much; to dress too formally for an informal occasion.
Pope.


word: overdrive
definition:
overdrive

o"ver*drive`
(?)
n.
1.
(Machinery)
A gearing device which causes the drive shaft of an automobile or other machine to rotate at a speed greater than that of the engine crankshaft.

2.
(Automotive)
The gear setting of a motor vehicle at which the overdrive{1} is operative; as, cruising at 80 mph in overdrive.

3.
Hence:
[fig.]
A state of unusually intense activity; as, when they got their new supercomputer, their research kicked into overdrive; one look at her made his heart jump into overdrive; -- used mostly of the activities of persons or groups.


word: overdue
definition:
overdue

o"ver*due"
(?)
a.
Due and more than due; delayed beyond the proper time of arrival, payment, return, etc.; as, an overdue vessel; an overdue note; a book overdue at the library; an overdue payment.


word: Overeager
definition:
Overeager

O`ver*ea"ger
(?)
a.
Too eager; too impatient.
O`ver*ea"ger*ly, adv. -- O"ver*ea"ger*ness, n.


word: Overeat
definition:
Overeat

O`ver*eat"
(?)
v. t. & i.
1.
To gnaw all over, or on all sides.
[Obs.]
Shak.

2.
To eat to excess; -- sometimes with a reflexive; as, she overate at the party and spent the next week dieting.


word: over-embellish
definition:
over-embellish

over-embellish

over-embellish, over-embellish
v. t.
To embellish excessively; to render too ornate or complicated.


word: over-embellished
definition:
over-embellished

over-embellished
adj.
marked by elaborate rhetoric and many figures of speech.

Syn. -- empurpled, flowery, ornate, purple.


word: over-emphasize
definition:
over-emphasize

overemphasize

overemphasize, over-emphasize
v. t.
to emphasize excessively; to place excessive emphasis on.

Syn. -- overemphasize, emphasise, overstress.


word: Overest
definition:
Overest

O"ver*est
(?)
a.
[Superl. of Over.]
Uppermost; outermost.

Full threadbare was his overeste courtepy.
Chaucer.


word: Overestimate₂
definition:
Overestimate

O`ver*es"ti*mate
(?)
n.
An estimate that is too high; as, an overestimate of the vote.


word: Overexertion
definition:
Overexertion

O"ver*ex*er"tion
(?)
n.
Excessive exertion; as, he strained his back from overexertion.


word: Overexpose
definition:
Overexpose

O`ver*ex*pose"
(?)
v. t.
To expose excessively;
specif.
(Photog.)
to subject (a plate or film) too long to the light used in producing a picture.
O`ver*ex*po"sure (#), n.


word: Overeye
definition:
Overeye

O`ver*eye"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To superintend; to oversee; to inspect.
[Obs.]

2.
To see; to observe.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Overfall
definition:
Overfall

O"ver*fall`
(?)
n.
1.
A cataract; a waterfall.
[Obs.]

2.
(Naut.)
A turbulent surface of water, caused by strong currents setting over submerged ridges; also, a dangerous submerged ridge or shoal.


word: overfamiliar
definition:
overfamiliar

overfamiliar
adj.
Taking undue liberties; assuming an unwarranted tone of familiarity.

Syn. -- familiar.


word: Overfeed
definition:
Overfeed

O`ver*feed"
(?)
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Overfed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overfeeding.]
To feed to excess; to surfeit.


word: Overfish
definition:
Overfish

O`ver*fish"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To fish to excess.

2.
Specifically:
To fish so much that the numbers of fish remaining are substantially reduced.


word: Overflourish
definition:
Overflourish

O`ver*flour"ish
(?)
v. t.
1.
To make excessive display or flourish of.
Collier.

2.
To embellish with outward ornaments or flourishes; to varnish over.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Overflow
definition:
Overflow

O`ver*flow"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overflowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overflowing.]
[AS. oferfl_;wan. See Over, and Flow.]
1.
To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.

The northern nations overflowed all Christendom.
Spenser.

2.
To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.


word: Overflow₃
definition:
Overflow

O"ver*flow`
(?)
n.
1.
A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation.
Bacon.

2.
That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance.
Shak.

3.
An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid.

Overflow meeting, a meeting constituted of the surplus or overflow of another audience.


word: Overflowing
definition:
Overflowing

O`ver*flow"ing
(?)
n.
An overflow; that which overflows; exuberance; copiousness.

He was ready to bestow the overflowings of his full mind on anybody who would start a subject.
Macaulay.


word: Overfly
definition:
Overfly

O`ver*fly"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. Overflew (?); p. p. Overflown (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overflying.]
To cross or pass over by flight.
Byron.


word: Overfreight
definition:
Overfreight

O`ver*freight"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overfreighted (Overfraught (?), obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Overfreighting.]
To put too much freight in or upon; to load too full, or too heavily; to overload.


word: Overfull
definition:
Overfull

O"ver*full"
(?)
a.
[AS. oferfull.]
Too full; filled to overflowing; excessively full; surfeited.
Shak.


word: Overfullness
definition:
Overfullness

O"ver*full"ness
n.
The state of being excessively or abnormally full, so as to cause overflow, distention, or congestion; excess of fullness; surfeit.


word: Overget
definition:
Overget

O`ver*get"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To reach; to overtake; to pass.
[Obs.]

2.
To get beyond; to get over or recover from.
[R.]


word: Overglaze
definition:
Overglaze

O"ver*glaze`
(?)
a.
(Ceramics)
(a)
Applied over the glaze; -- said of enamel paintings, which sometimes are seen to project from the surface of the ware.
(b)
Suitable for applying upon the glaze; -- said of vitrifiable colors used in ceramic decoration.


word: Overgloom
definition:
Overgloom

O`ver*gloom"
(?)
v. t.
To spread gloom over; to make gloomy; to overshadow.
[R.]

Overgloomed by memories of sorrow.
De Quincey.


word: Overgo
definition:
Overgo

O`ver*go"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. Overwent (?); p. p. Overgone (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overgoing.]
[AS. ofergān.]

1.
To travel over.
[R.]
Shak.

2.
To exceed; to surpass.
[Obs.]
Sir P. Sidney.

3.
To cover.
[Obs.]
Chapman.

4.
To oppress; to weigh down.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Overgrassed
definition:
Overgrassed

O"ver*grassed"
(?)
a.
Overstocked, or overgrown, or covered, with grass.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Overground
definition:
Overground

O"ver*ground"
(?)
a.
Situated over or above ground; as, the overground portion of a plant.


word: Overgrow
definition:
Overgrow

O`ver*grow"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. Overgrew (?); p. p. Overgrown (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overgrowing.]

1.
To grow over; to cover with growth or herbage, esp. that which is rank; as, dandelions have overgrown the lawn.

The green . . . is rough and overgrown.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
To grow beyond; to rise above; hence, to overcome; to oppress.
[Obs.]
Mortimer.
O'ergrown
Beau. & Fl.

[Usually in the past participle.]


word: Overgrow₂
definition:
Overgrow

O`ver*grow"
v. i.
To grow beyond the fit or natural size; to grow too large; as, a huge, overgrown ox.
L'Estrange.


word: overgrown
definition:
overgrown

overgrown
adj.
1.
covered with growing plants.

2.
abounded in usually unwanted vegetation.
wooded (vs. unwooded)
weedy


word: Overhand
definition:
Overhand

O"ver*hand`
(?)
n.
1.
The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.

He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me.
Sir T. More.

2.
(Baseball)
A throwing or pitching style that is overhanded; also an overhand{2} pitch.


word: Overhand₂
definition:
Overhand

O"ver*hand`
a.
1.
(Sewing)
Over and over; -- applied to a style of sewing, or to a seam, in which two edges, usually selvedges, are sewed together by passing each stitch over both.

2.
(Baseball, Cricket, Tennis, etc.)
Done (as pitching or bowling) with the hand higher than the elbow, or the arm above, or higher than, the shoulder; as, an overhand pitch; an overhand stroke.

Overhand knot. See Illustration of Knot.


word: overhanded
definition:
overhanded

overhanded
adj.
performed with the arm moving above the shoulder; overhand{2}; -- of methods of throwing, especially in baseball.  Contrasted with underhand and sidearm.

Syn. -- overarm.


word: Overhang
definition:
Overhang

O`ver*hang"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overhung (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overhanging.]
1.
To impend or hang over.
[R.]
Beau. & Fl.

2.
To hang over; to jut or project over.
Pope.


word: Overhang₃
definition:
Overhang

O`ver*hang`
n.
(Arch.)
1.
In a general sense, that which just out or projects; a projection; also, the measure of the projection; as, the overhang is five feet.

2.
Specifically:
The projection of an upper part (as a roof, an upper story, or other part) of a building beyond the lower part; as, the overhang of a roof, of the eaves, etc.

3.
(Naut.)
The portion of the bow or stem of a vessel that projects over the water beyond the water line.

4.
(Mach.)
The projection of a part beyond another part that is directly below it, or beyond a part by which it is supported; as, the overhang of a shaft; i. e., its projection beyond its bearing.


word: Overhasty
definition:
Overhasty

O"ver*has"ty
(?)
a.
Too hasty; precipitate; rash.
O"ver*has"ti*ly (#), adv. -- O`ver*has"ti*ness, n.


word: Overhaul
definition:
Overhaul

O`ver*haul"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overhauled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overhauling.]
1.
To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs.

2.
(Naut.)
To gain upon in a chase; to overtake.

3.
To repair thoroughly; to make repairs on; -- usually implying major repairs and perhaps modifying improvements.

To overhaul a tackle, to pull on the leading parts so as to separate the blocks. -- To overhaul running rigging, to keep it clear, and see that no hitch occurs.


word: Overhauling
definition:
Overhauling

Overhaul

{ O"ver*haul` (?), O`ver*haul"ing, }
n.
1.
A strict examination with a view to correction or repairs.

2.
A major repair or a revision for the purpose of improvement.


word: Overhead
definition:
Overhead

O`ver*head"
(?)
adv.
Aloft; above; in or attached to the ceiling or roof; in the story or upon the floor above; in the zenith.

While overhead the moon
Sits arbitress.
Milton.

Also used adjectively; as, an overhead crane, gear, etc.

Overhead engine, a vertical steam engine in which the cylinder stands above the crank. -- Overhead work, a general term in manufactories for countershafting and gearing, when overhead.


word: overhead
definition:
overhead

o"ver*head`
(?)
n.
1.
same as overhead expenses.

2.
A compartment on a train, bus, or airplane used for storage of luggage or accessory equipment; called also overhead compartment.

3.
(Sports)
A stroke with a racket in which the ball is struck with the racket over the head, moving in a downward motion; also called overhead stroke.


word: Overhead expenses
definition:
Overhead expenses

Overhead charges

{ O`ver*head" char"ges, O`ver*head" expenses, etc. }
(Accounting)
Those general charges or expenses in any business which cannot be charged up as belonging exclusively to any particular part of the work or product, as where different kinds of goods are made, or where there are different departments in a business; -- called also fixed charges, establishment charges, or (in a manufacturing business) administration charges, selling charges, and distribution charges, etc.


word: Overhear
definition:
Overhear

O`ver*hear"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overheard (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overhearing.]
[AS. oferhiéran.]

1.
To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice.
Shak.

2.
To hear again.
Shak.


word: Overhent
definition:
Overhent

O`ver*hent"
v. t.
[See Hent.]
To overtake.
[Obs.]

So forth he went and soon them overhent.
Spenser.


word: Overhip
definition:
Overhip

O`ver*hip"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overhipped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overhipping.]
[Over + a word akin to E. hop to skip.]
To pass over by, or as by a hop; to skip over; hence, to overpass.
[Obs.]
overhipt
Holland.


word: Overhold
definition:
Overhold

O`ver*hold"
(&omacr"vẽr*h&omacrld`)
v. t.
To hold or value too highly; to estimate at too dear a rate.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Overhung
definition:
Overhung

O"ver*hung"
(?)
a.
1.
Covered over; ornamented with hangings.
Carlyle.

2.
Suspended from above or from the top.

Overhung door, a sliding door, suspended door, suspended from the top, as upon rollers.


word: Overinfluence
definition:
Overinfluence

O`ver*in"flu*ence
(?)
v. t.
To influence in an excessive degree; to have undue influence over.


word: Overissue
definition:
Overissue

O"ver*is"sue
(?)
n.
An excessive issue; an issue, as of notes or bonds, exceeding the limit of capital, credit, or authority.

An overissue of government paper.
Brougham.


word: Overjealous
definition:
Overjealous

O`ver*jeal"ous
(?)
a.
[Over + jealous.  Cf. Overzealous.]
Excessively jealous; too jealous.


word: Overking
definition:
Overking

O"ver*king`
(?)
n.
A king who has sovereignty over inferior kings or ruling princes.
J. R. Green.


word: Overlabor
definition:
Overlabor

O`ver*la"bor
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overlabored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overlaboring.]

1.
To cause to labor excessively; to overwork.
Dryden.

2.
To labor upon excessively; to refine unduly.


word: Overlade
definition:
Overlade

O`ver*lade"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. Overladed; p. p. Overladen (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overlading.]
[Cf. Overload.]
To load with too great a cargo; to overburden; to overload.
Spenser.


word: Overland
definition:
Overland

O"ver*land`
(?)
a.
Being, or accomplished, over the land, instead of by sea; as, an overland journey.


word: Overlander
definition:
Overlander

O"ver*land`er
(?)
n.
One who travels over lands or countries; one who travels overland.


word: Overlap₂
definition:
Overlap

O`ver*lap"
(?)
v. i.
1.
To be arranged so that a part of one object laying over part of another; as, the boards overlapped at their ends.

2.
To have the ending time of one period or process extend beyond the beginning time of another period or process; as, the lives of Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt overlapped by several decades.


word: Overlap₃
definition:
Overlap

O"ver*lap`
(?)
n.
1.
The lapping of one thing over another; as, an overlap of six inches; an overlap of a slate on a roof.

2.
(Geol.)
An extension of geological beds above and beyond others, as in a conformable series of beds, when the upper beds extend over a wider space than the lower, either in one or in all directions.


word: overlapping
definition:
overlapping

overlapping
adj.
1.
same as clinker-built; -- of ships.

Syn. -- lap-jointed, lap-strake, lap-straked, lap-streak, lap-streaked.


word: overlapping₂
definition:
overlapping

overlapping
n.
A covering with an overlapping design, as with tiles or shingles.

Syn. -- imbrication, lapping.


word: Overlash
definition:
Overlash

O`ver*lash"
(?)
v. i.
[Cf. Prov. E. lash extravagant, lashing lavish.]
To drive on rashly; to go to excess; hence, to exaggerate; to boast.
[Obs.]
Barrow.


word: Overlay
definition:
Overlay

O`ver*lay"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overlaid (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overlaying.]
1.
To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon.

When any country is overlaid by the multitude which live upon it.
Sir W. Raleigh.

As when a cloud his beams doth overlay.
Spenser.

Framed of cedar overlaid with gold.
Milton.

And overlay
With this portentous bridge the dark abyss.
Milton.

2.
Specifically:
To cover (an object made of an inexpensive metal, glass, or other material) with a thin sheet of an expensive metal, especially with silver or gold.  Distinguished from to plate, which is done by a chemical or electrical deposition process.

3.
To smother with a close covering, or by lying upon.

This woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
1 Kings iii. 19.

A heap of ashes that o'erlays your fire.
Dryden.

4.
(Printing)
To put an overlay on.


word: Overlay₂
definition:
Overlay

O"ver*lay`
(?)
n.
1.
A covering.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
(Printing)
A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.

3.
(Computers)
A subroutine which occupies a portion of main memory which is occupied at some other time by another subroutine during execution of the same program.  Overlays were used as an older technique to allow larger programs to be executed in restricted main memory space; the same effect is now accomplished by different techniques.


word: Overlead
definition:
Overlead

O`ver*lead"
(?)
v. t.
To domineer over; to affront; to treat with indignity.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Overleap
definition:
Overleap

O`ver*leap"
(?)
v. t.
[AS. oferhleápan. See Over, and Leap.]
To leap over or across; hence, to omit; to ignore.
o'erleap
Shak.


word: overlearn
definition:
overlearn

o`ver*learn"
(?)
v. t.
To learn (a fact or skill) repetitively, beyond the point where it can be immediately recalled; in experimental psychology, to continue to learn beyond the point where the criterion of adequate learning has been reached.


word: overlearned
definition:
overlearned

o`ver*learned"
(?)
a.
Learned by repetitive practice or memorization, beyond the point where it can be immediately recalled.


word: Overleaven
definition:
Overleaven

O`ver*leav"en
(?)
v. t.
To leaven too much; hence, to change excessively; to spoil.
[Obs.]


word: Overlie
definition:
Overlie

O`ver*lie"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. Overlay (?); p. p. Overlain (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overlying.]
To lie over or upon; specifically, to suffocate by lying upon; as, to overlie an infant.
Quain.

A woman by negligence overlieth her child in her sleeping.
Chaucer.


word: Overliness
definition:
Overliness

O"ver*li*ness
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being overly; carelessness.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Overlive
definition:
Overlive

O`ver*live"
(?)
v. t.
To outlive.
Sir P. Sidney.

The culture of Northumbria overlived the term of its political supermacy.
Earle.


word: Overlive₂
definition:
Overlive

O`ver*live"
(?)
v. i.
To live too long, too luxuriously, or too actively.
Milton.
Overlived
Mrs. Browning.


word: Overload
definition:
Overload

O`ver*load"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overloaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Overloading.]
[Cf. Overlade.]
To load or fill to excess; to load too heavily.


word: Overlogical
definition:
Overlogical

O"ver*log"ic*al
(?)
a.
Excessively logical; adhering too closely to the forms or rules of logic.


word: Overlook
definition:
Overlook

O`ver*look"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overlooked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overlooking.]
1.
To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to be situated above, so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a valley from a hill; a hotel room that overlooks the marketplace.
o'erlooked
Dryden.

[Titan] with burning eye did hotly overlook them.
Shak.

2.
Hence: To supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe secretly; as, to overlook a gang of laborers; to overlook one who is writing a letter.

3.
To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly.
Overlook
Shak.

The time and care that are required
To overlook and file and polish well.
Roscommon.

4.
To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Shak.

If you trouble me I will overlook you, and then your pigs will die.
C. Kingsley.

5.
To look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to miss or omit in looking; to fail to notice; to fail to observe; as, to overlook a mistake in addition; to overlook a missing bolt.

6.
Hence:
To refrain from bestowing notice or attention upon; to disregard or deliberately ignore; to pass over without censure or punishment; to excuse or pardon (a fault, error, or misdeed).

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked.
Acts xvii. 30 (Rev. Ver. )

They overlook truth in the judgments they pass.
Atterbury.

The pardoning and overlooking of faults.
Addison.


word: Overlord
definition:
Overlord

O"ver*lord`
(?)
n.
One who is lord over another or others; a superior lord; a master.
Freeman.


word: Overlordship
definition:
Overlordship

O"ver*lord"ship
(?)
n.
Lordship or supremacy of a person or a people over others.
J. R. Green.


word: Overly
definition:
Overly

O"ver*ly
a.
1.
Careless; negligent; inattentive; superfical; not thorough.
[Archaic]
Bp. Hall.

2.
Excessive; too much.
[R.]
Coleridge.


word: Overman
definition:
Overman

O"ver*man
(?)
n.
pl. -men (_;).
1.
One in authority over others; a chief; usually, an overseer or boss.

2.
An arbiter.

3.
In the philosophy of Nietzsche, a man of superior physique and powers capable of dominating others; one fitted to survive in an egoistic struggle for the mastery.


word: Overmarch
definition:
Overmarch

O`ver*march"
(?)
v. t. & i.
To march too far, or too much; to exhaust by marching.
Baker.


word: Overmast
definition:
Overmast

O`ver*mast"
(?)
v. t.
(Naut.)
To furnish (a vessel) with too long or too heavy a mast or masts.


word: Overmatch
definition:
Overmatch

O`ver*match"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To be more than equal to or a match for; hence, to vanquish.
Drayton.

2.
To marry (one) to a superior.
[Obs.]
Burton.


word: Overmatch₂
definition:
Overmatch

O"ver*match`
(?)
n.
One superior in power; also, an unequal match; a contest in which one of the opponents is overmatched.
Milton. D. Webster.


word: Overmeasure₂
definition:
Overmeasure

O"ver*meas`ure
(?)
n.
Excessive measure; the excess beyond true or proper measure; surplus.


word: Overmuch
definition:
Overmuch

O"ver*much"
(?)
a.
Too much.
adv. In too great a degree; too much.
n. An excess; a surplus.


word: Overmuchness
definition:
Overmuchness

O`ver*much"ness
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being in excess; superabundance.
[R.]
B. Jonson.


word: Overmultiply
definition:
Overmultiply

O`ver*mul"ti*ply
(?)
v. t. & i.
To multiply or increase too much; to repeat too often.


word: Overnice
definition:
Overnice

O"ver*nice"
(?)
a.
Excessively nice; fastidious.
Bp. Hall.
O"ver*nice"ly, adv. -- O"ver*nice"ness, n.


word: Overnight
definition:
Overnight

O"ver*night`
(?)
n.
The fore part of the night last past; the previous evening.
[R.]
Shak.


word: overnight
definition:
overnight

o"ver*night"
adv.
1.
In the fore part of the night last past; in the evening before.

2.
Throughout the night; as, the candle will not last overnight.

3.
During the night; hence, in a short period of time; as, his prospects of winning changed overnight.

I had been telling her all that happened overnight.
Dickens.


word: overnight₂
definition:
overnight

o"ver*night"
a.
Ocurring or accomplished during one night; as, guaranteed overnight delivery of a package.


word: Overofficious
definition:
Overofficious

O"ver*of*fi"cious
(?)
a.
Too busy; too ready to intermeddle; too officious.
Collier.


word: Overpass
definition:
Overpass

O`ver*pass"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overpassed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overpassing.]
[Cf. Surpass.]

1.
To go over or beyond; to cross; as, to overpass a river; to overpass limits.

2.
To pass above; -- of roadways and other paths; as, the highway overpasses the railroad tracks.

3.
To pass over; to omit; to overlook; to disregard.

All the beauties of the East
He slightly viewed and slightly overpassed.
Milton.

4.
To surpass; to excel.
[R.]
R. Browning.


word: overpass
definition:
overpass

o"ver*pass`
(?)
n.
A road or other pathway which passes over another road, railroad, or other path; as, he stopped on the street under the railroad overpass.


word: Overpay
definition:
Overpay

O`ver*pay"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overpaid (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overpaying.]
1.
To pay too much to; to reward too highly.

2.
To pay too much for; as, to overpay the loan balance.


word: Overpersuade
definition:
Overpersuade

O`ver*per*suade"
(?)
v. t.
To persuade or influence against one's inclination or judgment.
Pope.


word: Overpicture
definition:
Overpicture

O`ver*pic"ture
(?)
v. t.
To surpass nature in the picture or representation of.
[Obs.]
O'erpicturing
Shak.


word: Overplus
definition:
Overplus

O"ver*plus
(?)
n.
[Over + L. plus more. See Plus, and cf. Surplus.]
That which remains after a supply, or beyond a quantity proposed; surplus.
Shak.


word: Overpower
definition:
Overpower

O`ver*pow"er
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overpowered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overpowering.]
To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield by superior power; to vanquish; to subdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes.
overpower'd
Wordsworth.


word: overpowered
definition:
overpowered

overpowered
adj.
1.
rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something.

Syn. -- overcome, overwhelmed, swamped, engulfed.

2.
Having more than the required power; as, an overpowered hot rod.
[Colloq.]


word: Overpowering
definition:
Overpowering

O`ver*pow"er*ing
a.
Excelling in power; too powerful; irresistible.
O`ver*pow"er*ing*ly, adv.


word: Overpress
definition:
Overpress

O`ver*press"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush; to overwhelm.
Shak.

2.
To overcome by importunity.
Johnson.


word: Overprize
definition:
Overprize

O`ver*prize"
(?)
v. t.
[Cf. Overpraise.]
To prize excessively; to overvalue.
Sir H. Wotton.


word: Overproduction
definition:
Overproduction

O"ver*pro*duc"tion
(?)
n.
Excessive production; supply beyond the demand.
J. S. Mill.


word: Overprompt
definition:
Overprompt

O"ver*prompt"
(?)
a.
Too prompt; too ready or eager; precipitate.
O`ver*prompt"ness, n.


word: Overproof
definition:
Overproof

O"ver*proof"
(?)
a.
Containing more alcohol than proof spirit; stronger than proof spirit; that is, containing more than 49.3 per cent by weight of alcohol.


word: Overrake
definition:
Overrake

O`ver*rake"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overraked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overraking.]
(Naut.)
To rake over, or sweep across, from end to end, as waves that break over a vessel anchored with head to the sea.


word: Overrate
definition:
Overrate

O`ver*rate"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Overrating.]
To rate or value too highly; to overestimate.


word: overrating
definition:
overrating

overrating
n.
a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high.

Syn. -- overestimate, overestimation, overreckoning.


word: Overreach
definition:
Overreach

O`ver*reach"
(&omacr`vẽr*rēch")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overreached (?), (Overraught (_;), obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Overreaching.]

1.
To reach above or beyond in any direction.

2.
To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat.
Shak.

3.
To defeat one's own purpose by trying to do too much or by trying too hard or with excessive eagerness; -- used reflexively; as, the candidate overreached himself by trying to plant false rumors, which backfired/


word: Overreach₂
definition:
Overreach

O`ver*reach"
v. i.
1.
To reach too far
(a)
To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses.
(b)
(Naut.)
To sail on one tack farther than is necessary.
Shak.

2.
To cheat by cunning or deception.


word: Overreach₃
definition:
Overreach

O"ver*reach`
(&omacr"vẽr*rēch`)
n.
The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses.


word: Override
definition:
Override

O`ver*ride"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. Overrode (?); p. p. Overridden (?), Overrode, Overrid (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Overriding.]
[AS. offerīdan.]
1.
To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.

The carter overridden with [i. e., by] his cart.
Chaucer.

2.
To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; to nullify; as, one law overrides another; to override a veto.

3.
Hence:
To countermand; to overrule; as, a supervisor may override the decision of a subordinate.

4.
To replace (one system with another); as, the pilot overrode the automatic pilot and took manual control of the airplane.

5.
To ride beyond; to pass; to outride.
[Obs.]

I overrode him on the way.
Shak.

6.
To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength.


word: Overrule
definition:
Overrule

O`ver*rule"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overruled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overruling.]
1.
To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.

2.
To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to abrogate or alter; as, God overrules the purposes of men; the chairman overruled the point of order.

His passion and animosity overruled his conscience.
Clarendon.

These [difficulties] I had habitually overruled.
F. W. Newman.

3.
(Law)
To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as, the plea, or the decision, was overruled by the court.


word: Overrule₂
definition:
Overrule

O`ver*rule"
v. i.
To be superior or supreme in rulling or controlling; as, God rules and overrules.
Shak.


word: Overruler
definition:
Overruler

O`ver*rul"er
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, controls, governs, or determines.
Sir P. Sidney.


word: Overruling
definition:
Overruling

O`ver*rul"ing
a.
Exerting controlling power; as, an overruling Providence.
O`ver*rul"ing*ly, adv.


word: Overrun
definition:
Overrun

O`ver*run"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. Overran (?); p. p. Overrun; p. pr. & vb. n. Overrunning. ]
1.
To run over; to grow or spread over in excess; to invade and occupy; to take possession of; as, the vine overran its trellis; the farm is overrun with witch grass.

Those barbarous nations that overran the world.
Spenser.

2.
To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or pass in running.

Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.
2 Sam. xviii. 23.

3.
To go beyond; to extend in part beyond; as, one line overruns another in length.

&hand_; In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its bearing when its forward end goes beyond it.

4.
To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.

None of them the feeble overran.
Spenser.

5.
(Print.)
(a)
To carry over, or back, as type, from one line or page into the next after, or next before.
(b)
To extend the contents of (a line, column, or page) into the next line, column, or page.


word: Overrun₂
definition:
Overrun

O`ver*run"
v. i.
1.
To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by something; to be beyond, or in excess.

Despised and trodden down of all that overran.
Spenser.

2.
(Print.)
To extend beyond its due or desired length; as, a line, or advertisement, overruns.


word: Overscented
definition:
Overscented

O`ver*scent"ed
(?)
a.
1.
Scented excessively.

2.
Covered or concealed by a different odor.
Fuller.


word: Overscrupulousness
definition:
Overscrupulousness

O`ver*scru"pu*lous*ness
n.
The quality or state of being overscrupulous; excess of scrupulousness.


word: Overseas
definition:
Overseas

Oversea

{ O"ver*sea" (?), O"ver*seas" (?), }
adv.
Over the sea; abroad.
Milton. Tennyson.


word: Oversee
definition:
Oversee

O`ver*see"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. Oversaw (?); p. p. Overseen (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overseeing.]
[AS. oferséon to survey, to despise. See Over, and See.]

1.
To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look or see after; to overlook{2}.

2.
To omit or neglect seeing; to overlook{5}.
[archaic]
Spenser.

3.
To see unintentionally or unexpectedly; -- the visual analogy to overhear.


word: Oversee₂
definition:
Oversee

O`ver*see"
v. i.
To see too or too much; hence, to be deceived.
[Obs.]

The most expert gamesters may sometimes oversee.
Fuller.

Your partiality to me is much overseen, if you think me fit to correct your Latin.
Walpole.


word: Overseer
definition:
Overseer

O`ver*seer"
(?)
n.
One who oversees; a superintendent; a supervisor; as, an overseer of a mill; specifically, one or certain public officers; as, an overseer of the poor; an overseer of highways.


word: Oversell
definition:
Oversell

O`ver*sell`
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Oversold (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overselling. ]
1.
To sell for a higher price than; to exceed in selling price.

One whose beauty
Would oversell all Italy.
Beau. & Fl.

2.
To sell beyond means of delivery.
[Brokers' Cant]

Oversold market (Brokers' Cant), a market in which stocks or commodities have been sold “short” to such an extent that it is difficult to obtain them for delivery.


word: Overset
definition:
Overset

O`ver*set"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overset; p. pr. & vb. n. Oversetting. ]
1.
To turn or tip (anything) over from an upright, or a proper, position so that it lies upon its side or bottom upwards; to upset; as, to overset a chair, a coach, a ship, or a building.
Dryden.

2.
To cause to fall, or to fail; to subvert; to overthrow; as, to overset a government or a plot.
Addison.

3.
To fill too full.
[Obs.]
Howell.


word: Overset₃
definition:
Overset

O"ver*set`
(?)
n.
1.
An upsetting; overturn; overthrow; as, the overset of a carriage.

2.
An excess; superfluity.
[Obs.]
overset
Bp. Burnel.


word: oversewn
definition:
oversewn

oversewn
adj.
sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together.

Syn. -- overhand.


word: Overshade
definition:
Overshade

O`ver*shade`
(?)
v. t.
[AS. ofersceadwian. See Over, and Shade, and cf. Overshadow.]
To cover with shade; to render dark or gloomy; to overshadow.
Shak.


word: Overshadow
definition:
Overshadow

O`ver*shad"ow
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overshadowed(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overshadowing. ]
[Cf. Overshade. ]
1.
To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure.

There was a cloud that overshadowed them.
Mark ix. 7.

2.
Fig.:
To cover with a superior influence; to be viewed as more important than.
Milton.

3.
To cause to be sad or disappointing; to cast a sad shadow on; as, an accidental death overshadowed the joy of the festival.


word: Overshake
definition:
Overshake

O`ver*shake"
(?)
v. t.
To shake over or away; to drive away; to disperse.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Overshine
definition:
Overshine

O`ver*shine"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To shine over or upon; to illumine.
Shak.

2.
To excel in shining; to outshine.
Shak.


word: Overshoe
definition:
Overshoe

O"ver*shoe`
(?)
n.
A shoe that is worn over another for protection from wet or for extra warmth; esp., an India-rubber shoe; a galosh.


word: Overshoot
definition:
Overshoot

O`ver*shoot"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overshot (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overshooting.]
1.
To shoot over or beyond; to miss; as, to overshoot a mark; to overshoot the green in golf.
overshoot
South.

2.
Hence:
To go beyond an intended point or limit; as, to overshoot the runway in landing an airplane; to overshoot the endpoint in a titration.

2.
To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond.
Hartle.

3.
To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth.
Cowper.

To overshoot one's self, to venture too far; to assert too much.


word: Overshot
definition:
Overshot

O"ver*shot`
(?)
a.
From Overshoot, v. t.

Overshot wheel, a vertical water wheel, the circumference of which is covered with cavities or buckets, and which is turned by water which shoots over the top of it, filling the buckets on the farther side and acting chiefly by its weight.


word: Overshot₂
definition:
Overshot

O"ver*shot`
a.
(Zool.)
Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower; -- said of the jaws of some dogs.


word: Oversight
definition:
Oversight

O"ver*sight`
(?)
n.
1.
Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision.

2.
An overlooking; an omission; an error.
Hooker.

3.
Escape from an overlooked peril.
[R.]
oversight
Spenser.


word: oversimplified
definition:
oversimplified

oversimplified
adj.
simplified excessively so as to distort or misrepresent; -- of facts, assertions, or communications.  Contrasted with overcomplicated.

Syn. -- simplistic.


word: oversimplify
definition:
oversimplify

oversimplify
v. t.
to simplify excessively so as to distort or misrepresent; -- of facts, assertions, or communications; as, Don't oversimplify the rules.

Syn. -- make too simple.


word: Oversize₂
definition:
Oversize

O`ver*size"
v. t.
To cover with viscid matter.
[R.]

O'ersized with coagulate gore.
Shak.


word: Overslaugh
definition:
Overslaugh

O"ver*slaugh`
(?)
n.
[D. overslag.]
A bar in a river; as, the overslaugh in the Hudson River.
[Local, U. S.]
Bartlett.


word: Overslaugh₂
definition:
Overslaugh

O`ver*slaugh"
v. t.
[D. overslaan.]
To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or an impediment; as, to overslaugh a bill in a legislative body; to overslaugh a military officer, that is, to hinder his promotion or employment.
[Local Cant, U. S.]


word: Oversleep
definition:
Oversleep

O`ver*sleep"
(?)
v. t.
To sleep beyond; as, to oversleep one's self or one's usual hour of rising.


word: Overslip
definition:
Overslip

O`ver*slip"
(?)
v. t.
To slip or slide over; to pass easily or carelessly beyond; to omit; to neglect; as, to overslip time or opportunity.


word: Oversman
definition:
Oversman

O"vers*man
(?)
n.
pl. Oversmen (_;).
1.
An overseer; a superintendent.

2.
(Scots Law)
An umpire; a third arbiter, appointed when two arbiters, previously selected, disagree.


word: Oversoul
definition:
Oversoul

O"ver*soul`
(?)
n.
The all-containing soul.
[R.]

That unity, that oversoul, within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all other.
Emerson.


word: Oversow
definition:
Oversow

O`ver*sow"
(?)
v. t.
[AS. ofersawan.]
To sow where something has already been sown.
[R.]

His enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat.
Matt. xiii. 25. (Douay Version).


word: Overspeak
definition:
Overspeak

O`ver*speak"
(?)
v. t. & i.
[AS. ofersprecan.]
To exceed in speaking; to speak too much; to use too many words.


word: Overspin
definition:
Overspin

O`ver*spin"
(?)
v. t.
To spin out to too great length; to protract unduly.
W. Cartwright.


word: Overspread
definition:
Overspread

O`ver*spread"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overspread; p. pr. & vb. n. Overspreading.]
[AS. oferspr&aemacr_;dan.]
To spread over; to cover; as, the deluge overspread the earth.
Chaucer.

Those nations of the North
Which overspread the world.
Drayton.


word: Overstand
definition:
Overstand

O`ver*stand"
(?)
v. t.
To stand on the price or conditions of, so as to lose a sale; to lose by an extravagant price or hard conditions.
[Obs.]

What madman would o'erstand his market twice?
Dryden.


word: Overstate
definition:
Overstate

O`ver*state"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overstated; p. pr. & vb. n. Overstating.]
To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate.
Fuller.


word: overstated
definition:
overstated

overstated
adj.
represented as greater than is true or reasonable; exaggerated; as, They made overstated accusations of corruption.

Syn. -- exaggerated, overdone.


word: Overstay
definition:
Overstay

O`ver*stay"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overstayed (?) or Overstaid (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Overstaying.]
To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time; to overstay one's welcome.
Bp. Hall.


word: Overstep
definition:
Overstep

O`ver*step"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overstepped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overstepping.]
[AS. ofersteppan.]
To step over or beyond; to transgress; as, to overstep the bounds of propriety.
Shak.


word: Overstock₂
definition:
Overstock

O`ver*stock"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overstocked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overstocking.]
To fill too full; to supply in excess; as, to overstock a market with goods, or a farm with cattle.


word: Overstrain
definition:
Overstrain

O`ver*strain"
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Overstrained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overstraining.]
To strain one's self to excess.
Dryden.


word: Overstrain₂
definition:
Overstrain

O`ver*strain"
v. t.
To stretch or strain too much; as, to overstrain one's nerves.
Ayliffe.


word: Oversupply₂
definition:
Oversupply

O"ver*sup*ply`
n.
An excessive supply; a supply in excess of demand.

A general oversupply or excess of all commodities.
J. S. Mill.


word: overt
definition:
overt

o"vert
(&omacr*vẽrt" or &omacr"vẽrt)
a.
[OF. overt, F. ouvert, p. p. of OF. ovrir, F. ouvrir, to open, of uncertain origin; cf. It. aprire, OIt. also oprire, L. aperire to open, operire to cover, deoperire to uncover.  Perh. from L. aperire influenced by F. couvrir to cover.  Cf. Aperient, Cover.]

1.
Open to view; public; apparent; manifest.  Opposite of hidden.

Overt and apparent virtues bring forth praise.
Bacon.

2.
(Law)
Not covert; open; public; manifest; as, an overt act of treason.
Macaulay.

No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Constitution of the U. S.

&hand_; In criminal law, an overt act is an open act done in pursuance and manifestation of a criminal design; the mere design or intent not being punishable without such act.  In English law, market overt is an open market; a pound overt is an open, uncovered pound.


word: Overtake
definition:
Overtake

O`ver*take"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. Overtook (?); p. p. Overtaken (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overtaking.]

1.
To come up with in a race, pursuit, progress, or motion;
also,
to catch up with and move ahead of.

Follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say . . . Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good.
Gen. xliv. 4.

He had him overtaken in his flight.
Spenser.

2.
Hence:
To surpass in production, achievement, etc.; as, although out of school for half a year due to illness, the student returned and overtook all the others to finish as valedictorian.

3.
To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome.

If a man be overtaken in a fault.
Gal. vi. 1

I shall see
The winged vengeance overtake such children.
Shak.

4.
Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken.
[Obs.]
Holland.

5.
To frustrate or render impossible or irrelevant; -- used mostly of plans, and commonly in the phrase overtaken by events; as, their careful marketing plan was overtaken by events.


word: Overtax
definition:
Overtax

O`ver*tax"
(?)
v. t.
To tax or to task too heavily; as, a job that overtaxed his physical energies.


word: over-the-counter
definition:
over-the-counter

over-the-counter
adj.
1.
able to be sold legally without a doctor's prescription; -- of medicinal drugs.  Contrasted with prescription.
[prenominal]

Syn. -- nonprescription(prenominal).

2.
(Finance)
not quoted on a stock exchange; sold only through private negotiations between buyer and seller; -- of securities; as, over-the-counter stocks.


word: over-the-top
definition:
over-the-top

over the top

over-the-counter, over the counter
adj.
Grossly excessive; outlandish; well beyond normal; as, over-the-top action films.
[informal]


word: Overthrow
definition:
Overthrow

O`ver*throw"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. Overthrew (?); p. p. Overthrown (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overthrowing.]
1.
To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.

His wife overthrew the table.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy; as, to overthrow a government.

When the walls of Thebes he overthrew.
Dryden.

[Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion.
Shak.

3.
(Baseball)
To throw (a baseball) beyond; to throw too high and too far; to overshoot{1}; as, the shortstop overthrew the first baseman.


word: Overthrow₂
definition:
Overthrow

O"ver*throw`
(?)
n.
1.
The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrown; ruin.

Your sudden overthrow much rueth me.
Spenser.

2.
(a)
(Baseball)
The act of throwing a ball too high, as over a player's head.
(b)
(Cricket)
A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run.


word: Overthwart
definition:
Overthwart

O"ver*thwart"
(&omacr"vẽr*thw&asuml_;rt")
a.
1.
Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite.
overthwart
Dryden.

2.
Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing.
Overthwart
Clarendon.


word: Overthwart₄
definition:
Overthwart

O"ver*thwart`
n.
That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition.
[Obs.]
Surrey.


word: Overthwartly
definition:
Overthwartly

O"ver*thwart"ly
adv.
In an overthwart manner; across; also, perversely.
[Obs.]
Peacham.


word: Overthwartness
definition:
Overthwartness

O"ver*thwart"ness
n.
The state of being overthwart; perverseness.
[Obs.]
Lord Herbert.


word: Overtime
definition:
Overtime

O"ver*time`
(?)
n.
1.
Time beyond, or in excess of, a limit; esp., extra working time.

2.
(Sports)
An extra period of time provided to play a game, beyond the end of the normal period allowed for the game, for the purpose of resolving a tie score; as, the team won in overtime.

sudden death overtime an overtime{2} in which the first team to score wins the game; -- contrasted with normal overtime{2}, which is a fixed period of time during which either team may score as often as they can.


word: Overtoil₂
definition:
Overtoil

O`ver*toil"
v. t.
To weary excessively; to exhaust.

Then dozed a while herself, but overtoiled
By that day's grief and travel.
Tennyson.


word: Overtone
definition:
Overtone

O"ver*tone`
(?)
n.
[A translation of G. oberton.  See Over, Tone.]
(Mus.)
One of the harmonics faintly heard with and at a higher frequency than a fundamental tone as it dies away, produced by some aliquot portion of the vibrating sting or column of air which yields the fundamental tone; one of the natural harmonic scale of tones, as the octave, twelfth, fifteenth, etc.; an aliquot or “partial” tone; a harmonic. See Harmonic, and Tone.
Tyndall.


word: Overtop
definition:
Overtop

O`ver*top"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overtopped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overtopping.]
1.
To rise above the top of; to exceed in height; to tower above.
o'ertop
Shak.

2.
To go beyond; to transcend; to transgress.

If kings presume to overtop the law by which they reign, . . . they are by law to be reduced into order.
Milton.

3.
To make of less importance, or throw into the background, by superior excellence; to dwarf; to obscure.
Becon.


word: Overtrade
definition:
Overtrade

O`ver*trade"
(?)
v. i.
To trade beyond one's capital; to buy goods beyond the means of paying for or selling them; to overstock the market.


word: Overtrading
definition:
Overtrading

O`ver*trad"ing
(?)
n.
The act or practice of buying goods beyond the means of payment; a glutting of the market.


word: Overtrow
definition:
Overtrow

O`ver*trow"
(?)
v. i.
To be too trustful or confident; to trust too much.
[Obs.]
Wyclif (1 Cor. iv. 4).


word: Overture
definition:
Overture

O"ver*ture
(?)
[OF. overture, F. ouverture, fr. OF. ovrir, F. ouvrir. See Overt.]
1.
An opening or aperture; a recess; a chamber.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
overture
Chapman.

2.
Disclosure; discovery; revelation.
[Obs.]

It was he
That made the overture of thy treasons to us.
Shak.

3.
A proposal; an offer; a proposition formally submitted for consideration, acceptance, or rejection.
overture
Barrow.

4.
(Mus.)
A composition, for a full orchestra, designed as an introduction to an oratorio, opera, or ballet, or as an independent piece; -- called in the latter case a concert overture.


word: Overture₂
definition:
Overture

O"ver*ture
v. t.
To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on some subject.


word: Overturn
definition:
Overturn

O`ver*turn"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overturned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overturning.]
1.
To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building.

2.
To subvert; to destroy; to overthrow.

3.
To overpower; to conquer.
Milton.


word: Overturn₂
definition:
Overturn

O"ver*turn`
n.
The act off overturning, or the state of being overturned or subverted; overthrow; as, an overturn of parties.


word: overuse
definition:
overuse

o`ver*use"
(&omacr`vẽr*ūz")
v. t.
To use excessively; to use too often; as, scientists tend to overuse technical terms.


word: overutilisation
definition:
overutilisation

overutilisation
n.
Same as overutilization.
[Chiefly Brit.]

Syn. -- overexploitation, overuse, overutilization.


word: overutilization
definition:
overutilization

overutilization
n.
exploitation to the point of diminishing returns.

Syn. -- overexploitation, overuse, overutilisation.


word: overutilize
definition:
overutilize

overutilize
v. t.
To exploit to the point of diminishing returns; to use excessively.

Syn. -- overexploit, overuse, overutilise.


word: overvaliant
definition:
overvaliant

overvaliant
adj.
Having or showing undue valor or boldness; as, they stepped with overvaliant airs.


word: Overvalue
definition:
Overvalue

O`ver*val"ue
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overvalued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overvaluing.]
1.
To value excessively; to rate at too high a price.
overvalue
Holyday.

2.
To exceed in value.
[R.]
H. Brooke.


word: Overview
definition:
Overview

O"ver*view`
(?)
n.
[Cf. Survey.]
1.
An inspection or overlooking.
[Obs.]
Shak.

2.
A brief summary of a topic, situation, or plan; an outline or survey{2}.


word: Overwatch
definition:
Overwatch

O"ver*watch"
(?)
v. t.
1.
To watch too much.

2.
To weary or exhaust by watching.
Dryden.


word: Overwear₂
definition:
Overwear

O"ver*wear`
(-wâr`)
n.
Clothing worn over the ordinary indoor clothing, as overcoats, wraps, etc.


word: Overweather
definition:
Overweather

O`ver*weath"er
(?)
v. t.
To expose too long to the influence of the weather.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Overween
definition:
Overween

O`ver*ween"
(?)
v. t.
[AS. oferwēnian. See Over, and Ween.]
To think too highly or arrogantly; to regard one's own thinking or conclusions too highly; hence, to be egotistic, arrogant, or rash, in opinion; to think conceitedly; to presume.

They that overween,
And at thy growing virtues fret their spleen.
Milton.


word: Overweening
definition:
Overweening

O`ver*ween"ing
a.
Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited.
O`ver*ween"ingly, adv. Milton. -- O`ver*ween"ing*ness, n.

The conceits of warmed or overweening brain.
Locke.

Here's an overweening rogue.
Shak.


word: Overweigh
definition:
Overweigh

O`ver*weigh"
(?)
v. t.
To exceed in weight; to overbalance; to weigh down.
Drayton. Hooker.


word: Overweight
definition:
Overweight

O"ver*weight`
(?)
n.
1.
Weight over and above what is required by law or custom.

2.
Superabundance of weight; preponderance.


word: Overweight₂
definition:
Overweight

O"ver*weight"
a.
1.
Overweighing; excessive.
[Obs.]
overweight
Fuller.

2.
Having a weight in excess of what is normal, proper, or expected; as, the doctor recommends dieting to all his overweight patients; overweight luggage will incur an extra charge.


word: Overwet
definition:
Overwet

O"ver*wet
(?)
n.
Excessive wetness.
[Obs.]

Another ill accident is, overwet at sowing time.
Bacon.


word: Overwhelm
definition:
Overwhelm

O`ver*whelm"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overwhelmed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overwhelming.]

1.
To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to oppress, etc., overpoweringly.

The sea overwhelmed their enemies.
Ps. lxxviii. 53.

Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
Ps. lv. 5.

Foul deeds will rise,
Though all the earth o'erwhelm them.
Shak.

Gaza yet stands; but all her sons are fallen,
All in a moment overwhelmed and fallen.
Milton.

2.
To project or impend over threateningly.

His louering brows o'erwhelming his fair sight.
Shak.

3.
To cause to surround, to cover.
Papin.


word: overwhelmed
definition:
overwhelmed

overwhelmed
adj.
1.
same as overpowered.

Syn. -- overcome, overpowered, swamped, engulfed.

2.
defeated easily by a greatly superior opponent.

Syn. -- routed.


word: Overwind
definition:
Overwind

O`ver*wind"
(?)
v. t.
To wind too tightly, as a spring, or too far, as a hoisting rope on a drum.


word: Overwork
definition:
Overwork

O`ver*work"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Overworked (?) or Overwrought (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Overworking.]
1.
To work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much or too long; to tire excessively; as, to overwork a horse.

2.
To fill too full of work; to crowd with labor.

My days with toil are overwrought.
Longfellow.

3.
To decorate all over.


word: Overwork₃
definition:
Overwork

O"ver*work`
n.
Work in excess of the usual or stipulated time or quantity; extra work; also, excessive labor.


word: Overworn
definition:
Overworn

O`ver*worn"
(?)
p. p. & a.
from Overwear, v. t.
Worn out or subdued by toil; worn out so as to be trite.


word: Overwrought
definition:
Overwrought

O`ver*wrought
(?)
p. p. & a.
from Overwork
1.
Wrought upon excessively; overworked.

2.
Extremely agitated or excited; overexcited; -- of people.


word: Ovicapsule
definition:
Ovicapsule

O`vi*cap"sule
(?)
n.
[Ovum +  capsule.]
1.
(Anat.)
The outer layer of a Graafian follicle.

2.
(Zool.)
Same as Ootheca.


word: Ovicell
definition:
Ovicell

O"vi*cell`
(?)
n.
[Ovum + cell.]
(Zool.)
One of the dilatations of the body wall of Bryozoa in which the ova sometimes undergo the first stages of their development. See Illust. of Chilostoma.


word: Ovicyst
definition:
Ovicyst

O"vi*cyst
(?)
n.
[Ovum + cyst.]
(Zool.)
The pouch in which incubation takes place in some Tunicata.


word: Oviduct
definition:
Oviduct

O"vi*duct
(?)
n.
[Ovum + duct: cf. F. oviducte.]
(Anat.)
A tube, or duct, for the passage of ova from the ovary to the exterior of the animal or to the part where further development takes place.  In mammals the oviducts are also called Fallopian tubes.


word: Oviferous
definition:
Oviferous

O*vif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[Ovum + -ferous: cf. F. ovifère.]
(Biol.)
Egg-bearing; -- applied particularly to certain receptacles, as in Crustacea, that retain the eggs after they have been excluded from the formative organs, until they are hatched.


word: Oviform
definition:
Oviform

O"vi*form
(&omacr"vĭ*fôrm)
a.
[Ovum + -form: cf. F. oviforme.]
(Biol.)
Having the form or figure of an egg; egg-shaped; as, an oviform leaf.

Syn. -- ovoid, ovoidal.


word: Ovine
definition:
Ovine

O"vine
(&omacr"vīn)
a.
[L. ovinus, fr. ovis sheep: cf. F. ovine.]
Of or pertaining to sheep; consisting of sheep.


word: Ovipara
definition:
Ovipara

O*vip"a*ra
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Oviparous.]
(Zool.)
An artificial division of vertebrates, including those that lay eggs; -- opposed to Vivipara.


word: Oviparity
definition:
Oviparity

O`vi*par"i*ty
(?)
n.
[See Oviparous.]
(Biol.)
Generation by means of ova. See Generation.


word: Oviparous
definition:
Oviparous

O*vip"a*rous
(?)
a.
[L. oviparus; ovum egg + parere to bring forth: cf. F. ovipare.]
(Physiol.)
Producing young from eggs; as, an oviparous animal, in which the egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched after exclusion; -- opposed to viviparous.


word: Oviposit
definition:
Oviposit

O`vi*pos"it
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Oviposited; p. pr. & vb. n. Ovipositing.]
[See Ovum, and Posit.]
To lay or deposit eggs; -- said esp. of insects.


word: Oviposition
definition:
Oviposition

Ovipositing

{ O`vi*pos"it*ing (?), O`vi*po*si"tion (?), }
n.
The depositing of eggs, esp. by insects.


word: Ovipositor
definition:
Ovipositor

O`vi*pos"i*tor
(?)
n.
[L. ovum an egg + positor a placer, fr. ponere to place.]
(Zool.)
The organ with which many insects and some other animals deposit their eggs.  Some ichneumon files have a long ovipositor fitted to pierce the eggs or larvae of other insects, in order to lay their own eggs within the same.


word: Ovisac
definition:
Ovisac

O"vi*sac
(?)
n.
[Ovum + sac.]
(Anat.)
(a)
A Graafian follicle; any sac containing an ovum or ova.
(b)
The inner layer of the fibrous wall of a Graafian follicle.


word: Ovism
definition:
Ovism

O"vism
(?)
n.
[Ovum + -ism.]
(Zool.)
The old theory that the egg contains the whole embryo of the future organism and the germs of all subsequent offsprings and is merely awakened to activity by the spermatozoon; -- opposed to spermism or animalculism.


word: Ovococcus
definition:
Ovococcus

O`vo*coc"cus
(?)
n.
pl. Ovococci (#).
[Ovum + Gr. _; grain, seed.]
(Biol.)
A germinal vesicle.


word: ovoflavin
definition:
ovoflavin

ovoflavin
n.
An uncommon name for riboflavin, also called vitamin B2.

Syn. -- vitamin B2, vitamin G, riboflavin, lactoflavin, lactoflavine, hepatoflavin.


word: Ovoidal
definition:
Ovoidal

Ovoid

{ O"void (?), O*void"al (?), }
a.
[Ovum + -oid: cf. F. ovoïde.]
Resembling an egg in shape; egg-shaped; ovate; as, an ovoidal apple.

Syn. -- oviform.


word: Ovolo
definition:
Ovolo

O"vo*lo
(?)
n.
[It. ovolo, uovolo, fr. L. ovum an egg.  Cf. Ovule.]
(Arch.)
A round, convex molding. See Illust. of Column.

&hand_; In Roman work it is usually a quarter circle in section; in Greek work it is flatter, and is equivalent to the echinus; that is, it has in section the elastic curve of the shell of the sea urchin.  In mediaeval architecture it is not distinguishable from the multitude of convex moldings, of all sections, which are used.


word: Ovology
definition:
Ovology

O*vol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Ovum + -logy.  Cf. F. ovologie.]
That branch of natural history which treats of the origin and functions of eggs.


word: Ovotesttis
definition:
Ovotesttis

O`vo*test"tis
(?)
n.
[NL. See Ovum, and Testis.]
(Zool.)
An organ which produces both ova and spermatozoids; an hermaphrodite gland.


word: Ovoviviparous
definition:
Ovoviviparous

O*vo*vi*vip"a*rous
(?)
a.
[Ovum + viviparous: cf. F. ovovivipare.]
(Biol.)
Oviparous, but hatching the egg while it is within the body, as some fishes and reptiles.


word: ovulate
definition:
ovulate

ov"u*late
(?)
v. i.
(Physiol.)
To produce ova and discharge them from an ovary or ovarian follicle.


word: ovulation
definition:
ovulation

o`vu*la"tion
(?)
n.
(Physiol.)
The formation of ova or eggs in the ovary, and the discharge of the same.  In the human female the discharge occurs about halfway between menstruation times.


word: Ovule
definition:
Ovule

O"vule
(?)
n.
[Dim. of L. ovum an egg: cf. F. ovule.  Cf. Ovolo, Ovulum.]
(Biol.)
(a)
The rudiment of a seed.  It grows from a placenta, and consists of a soft nucleus within two delicate coatings.  The attached base of the ovule is the hilum, the coatings are united with the nucleus at the chalaza, and their minute orifice is the foramen.
(b)
An ovum.


word: Ovulist
definition:
Ovulist

O"vu*list
(?)
n.
(Biol.)
A believer in the theory (called encasement theory), current during the last century, that the egg was the real animal germ, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa simply gave the impetus which caused the unfolding of the egg, in which all generations were inclosed one within the other. Also called ovist.


word: Ovum
definition:
Ovum

O"vum
(&omacr"vŭm)
n.
pl. L. Ova (&omacr"vȧ), E. Ovums (&omacr"vŭmz).
[L., an egg. See Oval.]
1.
(Biol.)
A more or less spherical and transparent cell, which by a process of multiplication and growth develops into a mass of cells, constituting a new individual like the parent; an egg, spore, germ, or germ cell. See Illust. of Mycropyle.

&hand_; The ovum is a typical cell, with a cell wall, cell substance, nucleus, and nucleolus.  In man and the higher animals the cell wall, a vertically striated membrane, is called the zona pellucida; the cell contents, the vitellus; the nucleus, the germinal vesicle; and the nucleolus, the germinal spot.  The diameter of the ripe ovum in man and the domestic animals varies between 1-200 and 1-120 of an inch.

2.
(Arch.)
One of the series of egg-shaped ornaments into which the ovolo is often carved.
Gwilt.


word: Owe
definition:
Owe

Owe
(&omacr)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Owed (&omacrd), (Ought (&asuml_;t) obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Owing (&omacr"ĭng).]
[OE. owen, awen, aghen, to have, own, have (to do), hence, owe, AS. āgan to have; akin to G. eigen, a., own, Icel. eiga to have, Dan. eie, Sw. äga, Goth. áigan, Skr. īç.  √110.  Cf. Ought, v., 2d Own, Fraught.]
1.
To possess; to have, as the rightful owner; to own.
[Obs.]

Thou dost here usurp
The name thou ow'st not.
Shak.

2.
To have or possess, as something derived or bestowed; to be obliged to ascribe (something to some source); to be indebted or obliged for; as, he owed his wealth to his father; he owed his victory to his lieutenants.
Milton.

O deem thy fall not owed to man's decree.
Pope.

3.
Hence:
To have or be under an obigation to restore, pay, or render (something) in return or compensation for something received; to be indebted in the sum of; as, the subject owes allegiance; the fortunate owe assistance to the unfortunate.

The one ought five hundred pence, and the other fifty.
Bible (1551).

A son owes help and honor to his father.
Holyday.

&hand_; Owe was sometimes followed by an objective clause introduced by the infinitive. “Ye owen to incline and bow your heart.”
Chaucer.

4.
To have an obligation to (some one) on account of something done or received; to be indebted to; as, to owe the grocer for supplies, or a laborer for services.


word: Owel
definition:
Owel

Ow"el
(?)
a.
[OF. oel, owel, iwel, ivel, F. égal, fr. L. aequalis.]
(Law)
Equal.
[Obs.]
Burrill.


word: Owelty
definition:
Owelty

Ow"el*ty
(?)
n.
[OF. oelté, ivelté.]
(Law)
Equality; -- sometimes written ovelty and ovealty.
Burrill.


word: Owenite
definition:
Owenite

Ow"en*ite
(?)
n.
A follower of Robert Owen, who tried to reorganize society on a socialistic basis, and established an industrial community on the Clyde, Scotland, and, later, a similar one in Indiana.


word: Owing
definition:
Owing

Ow`ing
(?)
p. p. & a.
[Used in a passive sense for owed (AS. āgen. See Own).]
1.
Had or held under obligation of paying; due.

There is more owing her than is paid.
Shak.

2.
Had or experienced as a consequence, result, issue, etc.; ascribable; -- with to; as, misfortunes are often owing to vices; his failure was owing to speculations.


word: Owl
definition:
Owl

Owl
(oul)
n.
[AS. ūle; akin to D. uil, OHG. ūwila, G. eule, Icel. ugla, Sw. ugla, Dan. ugle.]

1.
(Zool.)
Any species of raptorial birds of the family Strigidae.  They have large eyes and ears, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye.  They are mostly nocturnal in their habits.

&hand_; Some species have erectile tufts of feathers on the head.  The feathers are soft and somewhat downy.  The species are numerous.  See Barn owl, Burrowing owl, Eared owl, Hawk owl, Horned owl, Screech owl, Snowy owl, under Barn, Burrowing, etc.

&hand_; In the Scriptures the owl is commonly associated with desolation; poets and story-tellers introduce it as a bird of ill omen.  . . . The Greeks and Romans made it the emblem of wisdom, and sacred to Minerva, -- and indeed its large head and solemn eyes give it an air of wisdom.  Am. Cyc.

2.
(Zool.)
A variety of the domestic pigeon.

Owl monkey (Zool.), any one of several species of South American nocturnal monkeys of the genus Nyctipithecus.  They have very large eyes.  Called also durukuli. -- Owl moth (Zool.), a very large moth (Erebus strix). The expanse of its wings is over ten inches. -- Owl parrot (Zool.), the kakapo. -- Sea owl (Zool.), the lumpfish. -- Owl train, a cant name for certain railway trains whose run is in the nighttime.


word: Owl₂
definition:
Owl

Owl
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Owled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Owling.]
1.
To pry about; to prowl.
[Prov. Eng.]

2.
To carry wool or sheep out of England.
[Obs.]

&hand_; This was formerly illegal, and was done chiefly by night.

3.
Hence, to carry on any contraband trade.
[Eng.]


word: Owler
definition:
Owler

Owl"er
(?)
n.
[From Owl, v. i.]
One who owls; esp., one who conveys contraband goods. See Owling, n.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
T. Brown.


word: Owlet
definition:
Owlet

Owl"et
(?)
n.
[Dim. of owl.  Cf. Howlet.]
(Zool.)
A small owl; especially, the European species (Athene noctua), and the California flammulated owlet (Megascops flammeolus).

Owlet moth (Zool.), any noctuid moth.


word: Owling
definition:
Owling

Owl"ing
n.
[From Owl, v. i.]
(O. Eng. Law)
The offense of transporting wool or sheep out of England contrary to the statute formerly existing.
Blackstone.


word: Own
definition:
Own

Own
(&omacrn)
v. t.
[OE. unnen to grant, permit, be pleased with, AS. unnan to grant; akin to OS. giunnan, G. gönnen, Icel. unna; of uncertain origin. This word has been confused with own to possess.]
To grant; to acknowledge; to admit to be true; to confess; to recognize in a particular character; as, we own that we have forfeited your love.

The wakeful bloodhound rose, and shook his hide;
But his sagacious eye an inmate owns.
Keats.


word: Own₂
definition:
Own

Own
a.
[OE. owen, awen, auen, aughen, AS. āgen, p. p. of āgan to possess; akin to OS. ēgan, G. & D. eigen, Icel. eiginn, Sw. & Dan. egen. √110.  See Owe.]
Belonging to; belonging exclusively or especially to; peculiar; -- most frequently following a possessive pronoun, as my, our, thy, your, his, her, its, their, in order to emphasize or intensify the idea of property, peculiar interest, or exclusive ownership; as, my own father; my own composition; my own idea; at my own price.
own
i. e.
Shak.

To hold one's own, to keep or maintain one's possessions; to yield nothing; esp., to suffer no loss or disadvantage in a contest. Shak.


word: Own₃
definition:
Own

Own
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Owned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Owning.]
[OE. ohnien, ahnien, AS. āgnian, fr. āgen own, a.  See Own, a.]
To hold as property; to have a legal or rightful title to; to be the proprietor or possessor of; to possess; as, to own a house.


word: owned
definition:
owned

owned
adj.
having an owner; often used in combination; as, state-owned railways.  Opposite of unowned.


word: Owner
definition:
Owner

Own"er
(?)
n.
One who owns; a rightful proprietor; one who has the legal or rightful title, whether he is the possessor or not.
Shak.


word: Ownership
definition:
Ownership

Own"er*ship
n.
The state of being an owner; the right to own; exclusive right of possession; legal or just claim or title; proprietorship.


word: Owre
definition:
Owre

Owre
(?)
n.
[AS. ūr; akin to G. auerochs, OHG. ūr, ūrohso, Icel. ūrr.]
(Zool.)
The aurochs.
[Obs.]


word: Ox
definition:
Ox

Ox
(&obreve_;ks)
n.
pl. Oxen (#).
[AS. oxa; akin to D. os. G. ochs, ochse, OHG. ohso, Icel. oxi, Sw. & Dan. oxe, Goth. aúhsa, Skr. ukshan ox, bull; cf. Skr. uksh to sprinkle. √214.  Cf. Humid, Aurochs.]
(Zool.)
The male of bovine quadrupeds, especially the domestic animal when castrated and grown to its full size, or nearly so. The word is also applied, as a general name, to any species of bovine animals, male and female.

All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field.
Ps. viii. 7.

&hand_; The castrated male is called a steer until it attains its full growth, and then, an ox; but if castrated somewhat late in life, it is called a stag. The male, not castrated, is called a bull. These distinctions are well established in regard to domestic animals of this genus.  When wild animals of this kind are spoken of, ox is often applied both to the male and the female. The name ox is never applied to the individual cow, or female, of the domestic kind. Oxen may comprehend both the male and the female.

Grunting ox (Zool.), the yak. -- Indian ox (Zool.), the zebu. -- Javan ox (Zool.), the banteng. -- Musk ox. (Zool.) See under Musk. -- Ox bile. See Ox gall, below. -- Ox gall, the fresh gall of the domestic ox; -- used in the arts and in medicine. -- Ox pith, ox marrow. [Obs.] Marston. -- Ox ray (Zool.), a very large ray (Dicerobatis Giornae) of Southern Europe. It has a hornlike organ projecting forward from each pectoral fin. It sometimes becomes twenty feet long and twenty-eight feet broad, and weighs over a ton. Called also sea devil. -- To have the black ox tread on one's foot, to be unfortunate; to know what sorrow is (because black oxen were sacrificed to Pluto). Leigh Hunt.


word: Oxalan
definition:
Oxalan

Ox"a*lan
(?)
n.
[From Alloxan, by transposition of letters.]
(Chem.)
A complex nitrogenous substance C3N3H5O3 obtained from alloxan (or when urea is fused with ethyl oxamate), as a stable white crystalline powder; -- called also oxaluramide.


word: Oxalantin
definition:
Oxalantin

Ox`a*lan"tin
(?)
n.
[From Alloxantin, by transposition of letters.]
(Chem.)
A white crystalline nitrogenous substance (C6H4N4O5)  obtained by the reduction of parabanic acid; -- called also leucoturic acid.


word: Oxalethyline
definition:
Oxalethyline

Ox`al*eth"yl*ine
(?)
n.
[Oxalic + ethyl + -ine.]
A poisonous nitrogenous base (C6H10N2) obtained indirectly from oxamide as a thick transparent oil which has a strong narcotic odor, and a physiological action resembling that of atropine. It is probably related to pyridine.


word: Oxalic
definition:
Oxalic

Ox*al"ic
(?)
a.
[From Oxalis: cf. F. oxalique.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, sorrel, or oxalis; specifically, designating an acid found in, and characteristic of, oxalis, and also certain plant of the Buckwheat family.

Oxalic acid (Chem.), a dibasic acid (HO.CO.CO.OH), existing combined in oxalis as an acid potassium oxalate, and in many plant tissues as the calcium oxalate. It is prepared on a large scale, by the action of fused caustic soda or potash on sawdust, as a white crystalline substance, which has a strong acid taste, and is poisonous in large doses. It is used in dyeing, calico printing, bleaching flax and straw, the preparation of formic acid, and in salts of lemon for removing ink stains, mold, etc.


word: Oxalis
definition:
Oxalis

Ox"a*lis
(?)
n.
[L., a kind of sorrel, Gr. 'oxali`s, fr. 'oxy`s sharp, pungent, acid.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants, mostly herbs, with acid-tasting trifoliolate or multifoliolate leaves; -- called also wood sorrel.


word: Oxaluric
definition:
Oxaluric

Ox`a*lur"ic
(?)
a.
[Oxalyl + urea.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid related to the ureids, and obtained from parabanic acid as a white silky crystalline substance.


word: Oxalyl
definition:
Oxalyl

Ox"a*lyl
(?)
n.
[Oxalic + -yl.]
(Chem.)
(a)
A hydrocarbon radical (C2O2) regarded as a residue of oxalic acid and occurring in derivatives of it.
(b)
An old name for carbonyl.
(c)
An old name for carboxyl.


word: Oxamethane
definition:
Oxamethane

Ox`a*meth"ane
(?)
n.
[Oxamic + ethyl.]
(Chem.)
Ethyl oxamate, obtained as a white scaly crystalline powder.


word: Oxamethylane
definition:
Oxamethylane

Ox`a*meth"yl*ane
(?)
n.
[Oxamic + methyl.]
(Chem.)
Methyl oxamate, obtained as a pearly white crystalline substance.


word: Oxamic
definition:
Oxamic

Ox*am"ic
(?)
a.
[Oxalic + amido]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid NH2.CO.CO.HO obtained as a fine crystalline powder, intermediate between oxalic acid and oxamide. Its ammonium salt is obtained by boiling oxamide with ammonia.


word: Oxamide
definition:
Oxamide

Ox*am"ide
(?)
n
[Oxalic + amide.]
(Chem.)
A white crystalline neutral substance (C2O2(NH2)2) obtained by treating ethyl oxalate with ammonia. It is the acid amide of oxalic acid.  Formerly called also oxalamide.


word: Oxamidine
definition:
Oxamidine

Ox*am"i*dine
(?)
n.
[Oxygen + amido + -ine.]
(Chem.)
One of a series of bases containing the amido and the isonitroso groups united to the same carbon atom.


word: Oxanilamide
definition:
Oxanilamide

Ox`a*nil*am"ide
(?)
n.
[Oxanilic + amide.]
(Chem.)
A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, obtained indirectly by the action of cyanogen on aniline, and regarded as an anilide of oxamic acid; -- called also phenyl oxamide.


word: Oxanilic
definition:
Oxanilic

Ox`an*il"ic
(?)
a.
[Oxalic + aniline.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, oxalic acid and aniline; -- used to designate an acid obtained in white crystalline scales by heating these substances together.


word: Oxanilide
definition:
Oxanilide

Ox*an"i*lide
(?)
n.
[Oxalic +  aniline + amide.]
(Chem.)
A white crystalline substance, resembling oxanilamide, obtained by heating aniline oxalate, and regarded as a double anilide of oxalic acid; -- called also diphenyl oxamide.


word: Oxbane
definition:
Oxbane

Ox"bane`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A poisonous bulbous plant (Buphane toxicaria) of the Cape of Good Hope.


word: Oxbird
definition:
Oxbird

Ox"bird`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
The dunlin.
(b)
 The sanderling.
(c)
An African weaver bird (Textor alector).


word: Oxbow
definition:
Oxbow

Ox"bow`
(?)
n.
A frame of wood, bent into the shape of the letter U, and embracing an ox's neck as a kind of collar, the upper ends passing through the bar of the yoke; also, anything so shaped, as a bend in a river.


word: Oxeye
definition:
Oxeye

Ox"eye`
(?)
n.
[Ox + eye.]
1.
(Bot.)
(a)
The oxeye daisy. See under Daisy.
(b)
The corn camomile (Anthemis arvensis).
(c)
A genus of composite plants (Buphthalmum) with large yellow flowers.

2.
(Zool.)
(a)
 A titmouse, especially the great titmouse (Parus major) and the blue titmouse (Parus coeruleus).
[Prov. Eng.]
(b)
The dunlin.
(c)
A fish; the bogue, or box.

Creeping oxeye (Bot.) a West Indian composite plant (Wedelia carnosa). -- Seaside oxeye (Bot.), a West Indian composite shrub (Borrichia arborescens).


word: Oxford
definition:
Oxford

Ox"ford
(?)
prop. a.
Of or pertaining to the city or university of Oxford, England.

Oxford movement. See Tractarianism. -- Oxford School, a name given to those members of the Church of England who adopted the theology of the so-called Oxford “Tracts for the Times,” issued the period 1833 -- 1841. Shipley. -- Oxford tie, a kind of shoe, laced on the instep, and usually covering the foot nearly to the ankle.


word: Oxhead
definition:
Oxhead

Ox"head`
(?)
n.
[Cf. Hogshead.]
Literally, the head of an ox (emblem of cuckoldom); hence, a dolt; a blockhead.

Dost make a mummer of me, oxhead?
Marston.


word: Oxhide
definition:
Oxhide

Ox"hide`
(?)
n.
1.
The skin of an ox, or leather made from it.

2.
(O. Eng. Law)
A measure of land. See 3d Hide.


word: Oxidability
definition:
Oxidability

Ox`i*da*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. oxydabilité.]
Capability of being converted into an oxide.


word: Oxidate
definition:
Oxidate

Ox"i*date
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Oxidated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Oxidating.]
[Cf. f. oxyder. See Oxide.]
(Chem.)
To oxidize.
[Obs.]


word: Oxidation
definition:
Oxidation

Ox`i*da"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. oxidation.]
(Chem.)
The act or process of oxidizing, or the state or result of being oxidized.


word: oxidative
definition:
oxidative

oxidative
adj.
(Chem. & Biochem.)
of or pertaining to oxidation; accompanied by oxidation.


word: Oxidator
definition:
Oxidator

Ox"i*da`tor
(?)
n.
1.
An oxidizer.
[Obs.]

2.
A contrivance for causing a current of air to impinge on the flame of the Argand lamp; -- called also oxygenator.


word: Oxide
definition:
Oxide

Ox"ide
(&obreve_;ks"ĭd or &obreve_;ks"īd)
n.
[F. oxygène oxygen + acide acid: cf. F. oxyde.  The French word was correctly spelt oxide, till about the year 1840, when, in ignorance or forgetfulness of the true history and composition of the word, the orthography was change to make it represent the υ of Gr. 'oxy`s, from which it was supposed to be directly derived.]
(Chem.)
A binary compound of oxygen with an atom or radical, or a compound which is regarded as binary; as, iron oxide, ethyl oxide, nitrogen oxide, etc.

&hand_; In the chemical nomenclature adopted by Guyton de Morveau, Lavoisier, and their associates, the term oxides was made to include all compounds of oxygen which had no acid (F. acide) properties, as contrasted with the acids, all of which were at that time supposed to contain oxygen.  The orthography oxyde, oxyd, etc., was afterwards introduced in ignorance or disregard of the true etymology, but these forms are now obsolete in English.  The spelling oxid is not common.


word: oxidised
definition:
oxidised

oxidise

oxidise, oxidised
v. t. & i.
(Chem.)
Same as oxidize and oxidized.
[Chiefly Brit.]


word: oxidization
definition:
oxidization

oxidization
n.
The process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons.  The process always occurs accompanied by reduction.

Syn. -- oxidation, oxidisation.


word: Oxidize
definition:
Oxidize

Ox"i*dize
(&obreve_;ks"ĭ*dīz)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Oxidized (&obreve_;ks"ĭ*dīzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Oxidizing.]
(Chem.)
To combine with oxygen, or subject to the action of oxygen, or of an oxidizing agent.
Specifically:
(a)
To combine with oxygen or with more oxygen; to add oxygen to; as, to oxidize nitrous acid so as to form nitric acid.
(b)
To remove hydrogen from (anything), as by the action of oxygen; as, to oxidize alcohol so as to form aldehyde.
(c)
To subject to the action of oxygen or of an oxidizing agent, so as to bring to a higher grade, as an -ous compound to an -ic compound; as, to oxidize mercurous chloride to mercuric chloride.

&hand_; In certain cases to oxidize is identical with to acidify; for, in nearly all cases, the more oxygen a substance contains the more nearly does it approximate to acid qualities; thus, by oxidation many elements, as sulphur, nitrogen, carbon, chromium, manganese, etc., pass into compounds which are acid anhydrides, and thus practically in the acid state.


word: oxidized
definition:
oxidized

oxidized
adj.
combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen; as, the oxidized form of iodine.

Syn. -- oxidised.


word: Oxidizer
definition:
Oxidizer

Ox"i*di`zer
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
An agent employed in oxidation, or which facilitates or brings about combination with oxygen; as, nitric acid, chlorine, bromine, etc., are strong oxidizers.


word: Oxidulated
definition:
Oxidulated

Ox*id"u*la`ted
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Existing in the state of a protoxide; -- said of an oxide.
[R.]


word: Oxime
definition:
Oxime

Ox"ime
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
One of a series of isonitroso derivatives obtained by the action of hydroxylamine on aldehydes or ketones.


word: Oxindol
definition:
Oxindol

Ox*in"dol
(?)
n.
[Oxygen + indol.]
(Chem.)
A white crystalline nitrogenous substance (C8H7NO) of the indol group, obtained by the reduction of dioxindol.  It is a so-called lactam compound.


word: Oxiodic
definition:
Oxiodic

Ox`i*od"ic
(?)
a.
[Oxy- (a) + iodic.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds of iodine and oxygen.


word: Oxlip
definition:
Oxlip

Ox"lip`
(?)
n.
[AS. oxanslyppe. See Ox, and Cowslip.]
(Bot.)
The great cowslip (Primula veris, var. elatior).


word: Oxonian
definition:
Oxonian

Ox*o"ni*an
(?)
prop. a.
Of or relating to the city or the university of Oxford, England.
Macaulay.


word: Oxonic
definition:
Oxonic

Ox*on"ic
(?)
a.
[Prob. glyoxalic + carbonic.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid (C4H5N3O4) not known in the free state, but obtained, in combination with its salts, by a slow oxidation of uric acid, to which it is related.


word: ox-tongue
definition:
ox-tongue

oxtongue

ox"tongue`, ox"-tongue`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A widespread European weed (Picris echioides formerly Helminthia echioides) with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers.  The name is applied to several plants, from the shape and roughness of their leaves; as, Anchusa officinalis, a kind of bugloss, and Helminthia echioides, both European herbs.  It has been naturalized in the U. S.

Syn. -- bristly oxtongue, prickly oxtongue, bitterweed, bugloss.


word: Oxy-
definition:
Oxy-

Ox"y-
(?)
(Chem.)
A prefix, also used adjectively
(a)
A compound containing oxygen.
(b)
A compound containing the hydroxyl group, more properly designated by hydroxy-. See Hydroxy-.

Oxy acid. See Oxyacid (below).


word: oxyacetic
definition:
oxyacetic

ox`y*a*ce"tic
(?)
a.
[Oxy- (b) + acetic.]
Hydroxyacetic; designating an acid called also glycolic acid.


word: oxyacetylene
definition:
oxyacetylene

ox`y*a*cet"y*lene
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to a mixture of oxygen and actylene; as, an oxyacetylene torch.


word: oxyacetylene torch
definition:
oxyacetylene torch

ox`y*a*cet"yl*ene torch"
(?)
n.
A torch designed to mix oxygen and actylene at its tip, to create a very hot flame for welding, cutting steel, and other metal working.


word: Oxyacid
definition:
Oxyacid

Ox`y*ac"id
(?)
n.
[Oxy- (a) + acid.]
(Chem.)
An acid containing oxygen, as chloric acid or sulphuric acid; -- contrasted with the hydracids, which contain no oxygen, as hydrochloric acid. See Acid, and Hydroxy-.


word: Oxybenzoic
definition:
Oxybenzoic

Ox`y*ben*zo"ic
(?)
a.
[Oxy- (b) + benzoic.]
(Chem.)
Hydroxybenzoic; pertaining to, or designating, any one of several hydroxyl derivatives of benzonic acid, of which the commonest is salicylic acid.


word: Oxybromic
definition:
Oxybromic

Ox`y*bro"mic
(?)
a.
[Oxy- (a) + bromic.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds of oxygen and bromine.


word: Oxybutyric
definition:
Oxybutyric

Ox`y*bu*tyr"ic
(?)
a.
[Oxy- (b) + butyric.]
(Chem.)
Hydroxybutyric; designating any one of a group of metameric acids ((C3H6.OH).CO2H).


word: Oxycalcium
definition:
Oxycalcium

Ox`y*cal"ci*um
(?)
a.
[Oxy- (a) + calcium.]
Of or pertaining to oxygen and calcium; as, the oxycalcium light. See Drummond light.


word: Oxychloric
definition:
Oxychloric

Ox`y*chlo"ric
(?)
a.
[Oxy- (a) + chloric.]
(Chem.)
(a)
Of, pertaining to, or designating in general, certain compounds containing oxygen and chlorine.
(b)
Formerly designating an acid now called perchloric acid. See Perchloric.


word: Oxychloride
definition:
Oxychloride

Ox`y*chlo"ride
(?)
n.
[Oxy- (a) + chloride.]
(Chem.)
A ternary compound of oxygen and chlorine; as, plumbic oxychloride.


word: Oxycrate
definition:
Oxycrate

Ox"y*crate
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;_;_;_;_;;_;_;_;_; acid + _;_;_;_; to mix: cf. F. oxycrat.]
(med.)
A Mixture of water and vinegar.
Wiseman.


word: Oxygen
definition:
Oxygen

Ox"y*gen
(?)
n.
[F. oxygène, from Gr. 'oxy`s sharp, acid + root of gi`gnesqai to be born. So called because originally supposed to be an essential part of every acid.]

1.
(Chem.)
A colorless, tasteless, odorless, gaseous element of atomic number 8, occurring in the free state in the atmosphere, of which it forms about 23 per cent by weight and about 21 per cent by volume, being slightly heavier than nitrogen.  Symbol O.  Atomic weight 15.9994.

&hand_; It occurs combined in immense quantities, forming eight ninths by weight of water, and probably one half by weight of the entire solid crust of the globe, being an ingredient of silica, the silicates, sulphates, carbonates, nitrates, etc.  Oxygen combines with all elements (except fluorine), forming oxides, bases, oxyacid anhydrides, etc., the process in general being called oxidation, of which combustion is only an intense modification.  At ordinary temperatures with most substances it is moderately active, but at higher temperatures it is one of the most violent and powerful chemical agents known.  It is indispensable in respiration, and in general is the most universally active and efficient element.  It may be prepared in the pure state by heating potassium chlorate.
[1913 Webster]
    This element (called dephlogisticated air by Priestley) was named oxygen by Lavoisier because he supposed it to be a constituent of all acids.  This is not so in the case of a very few acids (as hydrochloric, hydrobromic, hydric sulphide, etc.), but these do contain elements analogous to oxygen in property and action.  Moreover, the fact that most elements approach the nearer to acid qualities in proportion as they are combined with more oxygen, shows the great accuracy and breadth of Lavoisier's conception of its nature.

2.
Chlorine used in bleaching.
[Manufacturing name]


word: Oxygenate
definition:
Oxygenate

Ox"y*gen*ate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Oxygenated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Oxygenating (?).]
[Cf. F. oxygéner.]
(Chem.)
To unite, or cause to combine, with oxygen; to treat with oxygen; to oxidize; as, oxygenated water (hydrogen dioxide).


word: Oxygenation
definition:
Oxygenation

Ox`y*gen*a"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. oxygénation.]
(Chem.)
The act or process of combining or of treating with oxygen; oxidation.


word: Oxygenic
definition:
Oxygenic

Ox`y*gen"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, containing, or resembling, oxygen; producing oxygen.


word: Oxygenize
definition:
Oxygenize

Ox"y*gen*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Oxygenized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Oxygenizing (?).]
(Chem.)
To oxidize.


word: Oxygon
definition:
Oxygon

Ox"y*gon
(?)
n.
[Gr. 'oxy`s sharp + gwni`a an angle: cf. F. oxygone.]
(Geom.)
A triangle having three acute angles.


word: Oxyhaemocyanin
definition:
Oxyhaemocyanin

Oxyhaemacyanin

{ Ox`y*haem`a*cy"a*nin (?), Ox`y*haem`o*cy"a*nin (?), }
n.
[Oxy- (a) + haemacyanin, haemocyanin.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
See Haemacyanin.


word: Oxyhemoglobin
definition:
Oxyhemoglobin

Oxyhaemoglobin

{ Ox`y*haem`o*glo"bin, Ox`y*hem`o*glo"bin  }
(?)
n.
[Oxy- (a) + haemoglobin, hemoglobin.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
See Hemoglobin.


word: Oxyhydrogen
definition:
Oxyhydrogen

Ox`y*hy"dro*gen
(?)
a.
[Oxy- (a) + hydrogen.]
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen at over 5000° F.

Oxyhydrogen blowpipe. (Chem.) See Blowpipe. -- Oxyhydrogen microscope, a form of microscope arranged so as to use the light produced by burning lime or limestone under a current of oxyhydrogen gas.


word: Oxyhydrogen light
definition:
Oxyhydrogen light

Oxyhydrogen light
A light produced by the incandescence of some substances, esp. lime, in the oxyhydrogen flame.  Coal gas (producing the oxygas light), or the vapor of ether (oxyether light) or methylated spirit (oxyspirit light), may be substituted for hydrogen.


word: Oxymel
definition:
Oxymel

Ox"y*mel
(?)
n.
[L. oxymeli, Gr. _;_;_;; 'oxy`s acid + _;_;_; honey.]
(Med.)
A mixture of honey, water, vinegar, and spice, boiled to a sirup.
Sir T. Elyot.


word: Oxymethylene
definition:
Oxymethylene

Ox`y*meth"yl*ene
n.
[Oxy- (a) + methylene.]
(Chem.)
Formic aldehyde, regarded as a methylene derivative.


word: Oxymoron
definition:
Oxymoron

Ox`y*mo"ron
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;_;_;, fr. _;_;_; pointedly foolish; 'oxy`s sharp + mwro`s foolish.]
(Rhet.)
A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness.


word: Oxymuriate
definition:
Oxymuriate

Ox`y*mu"ri*ate
(?)
n.
(Old Chem.)
A salt of the supposed oxymuriatic acid; a chloride.

Oxymuriate of lime, chloride of lime.


word: Oxymuriatic
definition:
Oxymuriatic

Ox`y*mu`ri*at"ic
(?)
a.
[Oxy- (a) + muriatic:  cf. F. oxymuriatique.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or consisting of, oxygen and muriatic acid, that is, hydrochloric acid.
[Archaic.]

Oxymuriatic acid, chlorine, formerly so called on the supposition that it was a compound of oxygen and muriatic acid. [Obs.]


word: Oxyntic
definition:
Oxyntic

Ox*yn"tic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;_;_;_; to make acid.]
(Physiol.)
Acid; producing acid; -- applied especially to certain glands and cells in the stomach.


word: Oxyopy
definition:
Oxyopy

Oxyopia

{ &VerbarOx`y*o"pi*a (?), Ox"y*o`py (?), }
n.
[NL. oxyopia, from Gr. 'oxy`s sharp + _;_;_; sight.]
(Med.)
Excessive acuteness of sight.


word: Oxyphenic
definition:
Oxyphenic

Ox`y*phe"nic
(?)
a.
[Oxy- (b)  + phenol.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, the phenol formerly called oxyphenic acid, and now oxyphenol and pyrocatechin. See Pyrocatechin.


word: Oxyphenol
definition:
Oxyphenol

Ox`y*phe"nol
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A phenol, C6H4(OH)2, produced by the distillation of catechin; called also oxyphenic acid, and now pyrocatechin.


word: Oxyquinoline
definition:
Oxyquinoline

Ox`y*quin"o*line
(?)
n.
[Oxy- (b) + quinoline.]
(Chem.)
Hydroxy quinoline; a phenol derivative of quinoline, -- called also carbostyril.


word: Oxyrhyncha
definition:
Oxyrhyncha

Ox`y*rhyn"cha
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. 'oxy`s sharp + _;_;_;_;_;_; snout.]
(Zool.)
The maioid crabs.


word: Oxyrrhodine
definition:
Oxyrrhodine

Ox*yr"rho*dine
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;_;_; (sc. _;_;_;); 'oxy`s acid + _;_;_;_; made of roses, "ro`don rose.]
(Med.)
A mixture of two parts of the oil of roses with one of the vinegar of roses.
Floyer.


word: Oxytocic
definition:
Oxytocic

Ox`y*toc"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. 'oxy`s sharp, quick + _;_;_;_; birth.]
(Med.)
Promoting uterine contractions, or parturition.
n. An oxytocic medicine or agent.


word: Oxytoluene
definition:
Oxytoluene

Ox`y*tol"u*ene
(?)
n.
[Oxy- (a) + toluene.]
One of three hydroxy derivatives of toluene, called the cresols. See Cresol.


word: Oxytone
definition:
Oxytone

Ox"y*tone
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;_;_;; 'oxy`s sharp + _;_;_; tone.]
Having an acute sound; (Gr. Gram.), having an acute accent on the last syllable.


word: Oxytone₂
definition:
Oxytone

Ox"y*tone
n.
1.
An acute sound.

2.
(Gr. Gram.)
A word having the acute accent on the last syllable.


word: Oyer
definition:
Oyer

O"yer
(?)
n.
[Anglo F., a hearing, from OF. oïr, F. ouïr, to hear, L. audire. See Audible.]
(Law)
A hearing or an inspection, as of a deed, bond, etc., as when a defendant in court prays oyer of a writing.
Blackstone.

Oyer and terminer (Law), a term used in England in commissions directed to judges of assize about to hold court, directing them to hear and determine cases brought before them.  In the U.S. the phrase is used to designate certain criminal courts.


word: Oyez
definition:
Oyez

O"yez`
(&omacr"yĕs`; 277)
interj.
[Anglo-F. oyez hear ye. See Oyer.]
Hear; attend; -- a term used by criers of courts to secure silence before making a proclamation.  It is repeated three times.
[Written also oyes.]


word: Oyster
definition:
Oyster

Oys"ter
(ois"tẽr)
n.
[OF. oistre, F. huître, L. ostrea, ostreum, Gr. 'o`streon; prob. akin to 'ostre`on bone, the oyster being so named from its shell.  Cf. Osseous, Ostracize.]
1.
(Zool.)
Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea. They are usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers. The common European oyster (Ostrea edulis), and the American oyster (Ostrea Virginiana), are the most important species.

2.
A name popularly given to the delicate morsel contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl.

Fresh-water oyster (Zool.), any species of the genus Etheria, and allied genera, found in rivers of Africa and South America.  They are irregular in form, and attach themselves to rocks like oysters, but they have a pearly interior, and are allied to the fresh-water mussels. -- Oyster bed, a breeding place for oysters; a place in a tidal river or other water on or near the seashore, where oysters are deposited to grow and fatten for market. See 1st Scalp, n. -- Oyster catcher (Zool.), See oystercatcher in the vocabulary. -- Oyster crab (Zool.) a small crab (Pinnotheres ostreum) which lives as a commensal in the gill cavity of the oyster. -- Oyster dredge, a rake or small dragnet for bringing up oysters from the bottom of the sea. -- Oyster fish. (Zool.) (a) The tautog. (b) The toadfish. -- Oyster plant. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Tragopogon (Tragopogon porrifolius), the root of which, when cooked, somewhat resembles the oyster in taste; salsify; -- called also vegetable oyster. (b) A plant found on the seacoast of Northern Europe, America and Asia (Mertensia maritima), the fresh leaves of which have a strong flavor of oysters. -- Oyster plover. (Zool.) Same as oystercatcher. -- Oyster shell (Zool.), the shell of an oyster. -- Oyster wench, Oyster wife, Oyster women, a women who deals in oysters. -- Pearl oyster. (Zool.) See under Pearl. -- Thorny oyster (Zool.), any spiny marine shell of the genus Spondylus.


word: oyster catcher
definition:
oyster catcher

oystercatcher

oystercatcher, oyster catcher
n.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of wading birds of the genus Haematopus having stout legs and bill and mostly black-and-white plumage, which frequent seashores and feed upon oysters and other shellfish.  The European species (Haematopus ostralegus), the common American species (Haematopus palliatus), and the California, or black, oyster catcher (Haematopus Bachmani) are the best known.

Syn. -- oyster plover.


word: Oyster-green
definition:
Oyster-green

Oys"ter-green`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A green membranous seaweed (Ulva) often found growing on oysters but common on stones, piles, etc.


word: ozena
definition:
ozena

o*ze"na
(o̝*zē"nȧ)
n.
[NL., fr. L. ozaena, Gr. 'o`zaina, fr. 'o`zein to smell.]
(Med.)
A discharge of fetid matter from the nostril, particularly if associated with ulceration of the soft parts and disease of the bones of the nose.


word: ozocerite
definition:
ozocerite

o`zo*ce"rite
(&omacr`zo̝*sē"rīt)
n.
[Gr. 'o`zein to smell + khro`s wax.]
(Min.)
A waxlike mineral resin; -- sometimes called native paraffin, and mineral wax.


word: Ozonation
definition:
Ozonation

O`zo*na"tion
(&omacr`zo̝*nā"shŭn)
n.
(Chem.)
The act of treating with ozone; also, the act of converting into, or producing, ozone; ozonization.


word: ozone
definition:
ozone

o"zone
(&omacr"z&omacrn or o̝*z&omacrn")
n.
[Gr. 'o`zwn smelling, p. pr. of 'o`zein to smell. See Odor.]
(Chem.)
A colorless gaseous substance (O3) obtained (as by the silent discharge of electricity in oxygen) as an allotropic form of oxygen, containing three atoms in the molecule.  It is a strong oxidizer, and probably exists in the air, though by the ordinary tests it is liable to be confused with certain other substances, as hydrogen dioxide, or certain oxides of nitrogen.  It derives its name from its peculiar odor, which resembles that of weak chlorine.


word: ozone paper
definition:
ozone paper

o"zone pa"per
(Chem.)
Paper coated with starch and potassium iodine, also called starch-iodide paper. It turns blue when exposed to ozone.


word: ozonification
definition:
ozonification

o*zo`ni*fi*ca"tion
(o̝*z&omacr`nĭ*fĭ*kā"shŭn)
n.
[Ozone + L. -ficare to make. See -fy. ]
(Chem.)
The act or process of producing, or of subjecting to the action of, ozone.


word: Ozonize
definition:
Ozonize

O"zo*nize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ozonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ozonizing.]
(Chem.)
(a)
To convert into ozone, as oxygen.
(b)
To treat with ozone.


word: Ozonizer
definition:
Ozonizer

O"zo*ni`zer
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
An apparatus or agent for the production or application of ozone.


word: Ozonometer
definition:
Ozonometer

O`zo*nom"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Ozone + -meter.]
An instrument for ascertaining the amount of ozone in the atmosphere, or in any gaseous mixture.
Faraday.


word: Ozonometric
definition:
Ozonometric

O`zo*no*met"ric
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or used for, the determination of the amount of ozone; of or relating to ozonometry.


word: Ozonometry
definition:
Ozonometry

O`zo*nom"e*try
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
The measurement or determination of the quantity of ozone.


word: Ozonoscope
definition:
Ozonoscope

O*zo"no*scope
(?)
n.
[Ozone + -scope.]
(Chem.)
An apparatus employed to indicate the presence, or the amount, of ozone.


word: Ozonoscopic
definition:
Ozonoscopic

O*zo`no*scop"ic
(?)
a.
[Ozone + Gr. skopei^n to view.]
(Chem.)
Serving to indicate the presence or the amount of ozone.


word: P
definition:
P

P
(pē)
the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant whose form and value come from the Latin, into which language the letter was brought, through the ancient Greek, from the Phœnician, its probable origin being Egyptian.  Etymologically P is most closely related to b, f, and v; as hobble, hopple; father, paternal; recipient, receive. See B, F, and M.


word: Paage
definition:
Paage

Pa"age
(pā"a̝j; 48)
n.
[OF. paage, paiage, F. péage, fr. (assumed) LL. pedaticum, fr. L. pes, pedis, foot. See Pedage, Pedal.]
(O. Eng. Law)
A toll for passage over another person's grounds.
[Written also peage and pedage.]
Burke.


word: Paas₂
definition:
Paas

Paas
(p&asuml_;s)
n.
[D. paash. See Pasch.]
The Easter festival.
[Local, U. S.]
Bartlett.

Paas egg. See Easter egg, under Easter.


word: Pablum
definition:
Pablum

Pablum
n.
1.
A form of cereal for infants.
[Trademark]

2.
A diet that does not require chewing.

Syn. -- soft diet, pap, spoon food.

3.
Worthless or oversimplified ideas.

Syn. -- pap, pabulum{3}.


word: pabular
definition:
pabular

pab"u*lar
(?)
a.
[L. pabularis.]
Of, pertaining to, or fit for, pabulum or food; affording food.


word: Pabulation
definition:
Pabulation

Pab`u*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. pabulatio, fr. pabulari to feed, fr. pabulum food. See Pabulum.]

1.
The act of feeding, or providing food.
[Obs.]
Cockeram.

2.
Food; fodder; pabulum.
[Obs.]


word: Pabulous
definition:
Pabulous

Pab"u*lous
(?)
a.
[L. pabulosus.]
Affording pabulum, or food; alimental.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: pabulum
definition:
pabulum

pab"u*lum
(?)
n.
[L., akin to pascere to pasture. See Pastor.]
1.
The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment.
[wns=1]

Syn. -- comestible, edible, eatable, victual, victuals.

2.
Hence:
That which feeds or sustains, such as fuel for a fire;
especially,
that upon which the mind or soul is nourished; intellectual sustenance; as, intellectual pabulum.
[wns=2]

Syn. -- food for thought, intellectual nourishment.

3.
Trite or simplistic writing, sentiments, etc.; pablum{3}.


word: PAC
definition:
PAC

PAC
(păk)
n.
[Acronynm from Political Action Committee.]
(Politics)
A political action committee, a committee formed by an organization or special-interest group to raise money to support candidates for office or to influence legislation.  A PAC provides a legal means for corporations in the U. S. to support political candidates even when direct contributions from corporations to candidates is forbidden by law.  In theory, the corporation may not itself contribute to a PAC, but may pay the expenses of raising money from individuals.  PACs may also be formed by organizations other than commercial corporations, such as trade associations.
[Acronym, U. S.]


   PACs became popular in the 1970's after campaign finance reform laws put limits on the amount of money which an individual can contribute to each candidate for public office.  In addition to simply supporting candidates with specific viewpoints, the unstated purpose of PACs is to make politicians aware of their viewpoints, by aggregating sums of money into significant single donations.  This latter effect has aroused criticism of PACs from reformers who feel that large donations bias the political process.


word: Pac
definition:
Pac

Pac
(păk)
n.
A kind of moccasin, having the edges of the sole turned up and sewed to the upper.
Knight.


word: paca
definition:
paca

pa"ca
(Pg. pä"kȧ; E. pā"kȧ)
n.
[Pg., from the native name.]
1.
(Zool.)
A large burrowing South American rodent (Agouti paca syn. Cuniculus paca, formerly Cœlogenys paca), having blackish brown fur, with four parallel rows of white spots along its sides; the spotted cavy.  It is closely allied to the agouti and the Guinea pig and is highly esteemed as food.


word: pacate
definition:
pacate

pa"cate
(pā"ka̝t)
a.
[L. pacatus, p. p. of pacare to pacify, fr. pax, pacis, peace. See Pay to requite, Peace.]
Appeased; pacified; placated; tranquil.
[R.]


word: pace
definition:
pace

pace
(pās)
n.
[OE. pas, F. pas, from L. passus a step, pace, orig., a stretching out of the feet in walking; cf. pandere, passum, to spread, stretch; perh. akin to E. patent.  Cf. Pas, Pass.]
1.
A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.

2.
The length of a step in walking or marching, reckoned from the heel of one foot to the heel of the other; -- used as a unit in measuring distances; as, he advanced fifty paces.
pace
Chaucer.

&hand_; Ordinarily the pace is estimated at two and one half linear feet; but in measuring distances be stepping, the pace is extended to three feet (one yard) or to three and three tenths feet (one fifth of a rod). The regulation marching pace in the English and United States armies is thirty inches for quick time, and thirty-six inches for double time. The Roman pace (passus) was from the heel of one foot to the heel of the same foot when it next touched the ground, five Roman feet.

3.
Manner of stepping or moving; gait; walk; as, the walk, trot, canter, gallop, and amble are paces of the horse; a swaggering pace; a quick pace.
Chaucer.

To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day.
Shak.

In the military schools of riding a variety of paces are taught.
Walsh.

4.
A slow gait; a footpace.
[Obs.]
Chucer.

5.
Specifically, a kind of fast amble; a rack.

6.
Any single movement, step, or procedure.
[R.]

The first pace necessary for his majesty to make is to fall into confidence with Spain.
Sir W. Temple.

7.
(Arch.)
A broad step or platform; any part of a floor slightly raised above the rest, as around an altar, or at the upper end of a hall.

8.
(Weaving)
A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web.

9.
The rate of progress of any process or activity; as, the students ran at a rapid pace; the plants grew at a remarkable pace.

Geometrical pace, the space from heel to heel between the spot where one foot is set down and that where the same foot is again set down, loosely estimated at five feet, or by some at four feet and two fifths. See Roman pace in the Note under def. 2. [Obs.] -- To keep pace with or To hold pace with, to keep up with; to go as fast as.  “In intellect and attainments he kept pace with his age.”  Southey. -- To put (someone) through one's paces to cause (someone) to perform an act so as to demonstrate his/her skill or ability.


word: Pace
definition:
Pace

Pace
(pās)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Paced (pāst); p. pr. & vb. n. Pacing (pā"sĭng).]
1.
To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps.
paced
Pope.
pace
Shak.

2.
To proceed; to pass on.
[Obs.]

Or [ere] that I further in this tale pace.
Chaucer.

3.
To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack.

4.
To pass away; to die.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Pace₂
definition:
Pace

Pace
v. t.
1.
To walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or upon; as, the guard paces his round.
Pacing
T. Warton.

2.
To measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of ground.  Often used with out; as, to pace out the distance.

3.
To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in.

If you can, pace your wisdom
In that good path that I would wish it go.
Shak

To pace the web (Weaving), to wind up the cloth on the beam, periodically, as it is woven, in a loom.


word: Paced
definition:
Paced

Paced
(?)
a.
Having, or trained in, [such] a pace or gait; trained; -- used in composition; as, slow-paced; a thorough-paced villain.


word: pacemaker
definition:
pacemaker

pacemaker
n.
(Physiol. & Anat.)
1.
a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat.

Syn. -- cardiac pacemaker, sinoatrial node.

2.
An implanted electronic device that takes over the function of the natural cardiac pacemaker{1}; -- used to assist people whose heartbeat is irregular.

Syn. -- artificial pacemaker.

3.
A horse used to set the pace in racing.

Syn. -- pacer, pacesetter.


word: pacer
definition:
pacer

pa"cer
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, paces.

2.
Especially:
A horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together; a horse that paces.
[wns=2]

3.
A horse used to set the pace in racing.
[wns=3]

Syn. -- pacemaker, pacesetter.


word: Pachacamac
definition:
Pachacamac

Pa`cha*ca*mac"
(?)
prop. n.
A divinity worshiped by the ancient Peruvians as the creator of the universe.


word: Pachak
definition:
Pachak

Pa*chak"
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
The fragrant roots of the Saussurea Costus, exported from India to China, and used for burning as incense.  It is supposed to be the costus of the ancients.
[Written also putchuck.]


word: Parchisi
definition:
Parchisi

Parchesi

Pachisi

&VerbarPa*chi"si (?), Par*che"si, Par*chi"si (_;)
n.
[Hind., fr. pachis twenty-five, the highest throw in the game.]
1.
A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India.

2.
A game adopted from the Indian game, using disks, as of pasteboard, and dice; it is played on a cross-shaped board.
[U. S. & Eng.]


word: pachometer
definition:
pachometer

pa*chom"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Gr. pa`chos thickness + -meter.]
(Physics)
An instrument for measuring thickness, as of the glass of a mirror, or of paper; a pachymeter.


word: pachonta
definition:
pachonta

pa*chon"ta
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A substance resembling gutta-percha, and used to adulterate it, obtained from the East Indian tree Isonandra acuminata.


word: pachouli
definition:
pachouli

pachouli
n.
(Bot.)
A small East Indian shrubby mint (Pogostemon cablin); a fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes.

Syn. -- patchouli, patchouly, Pogostemon cablin.


word: pachuca tank
definition:
pachuca tank

pa*chu"ca tank
(?)
(Metallurgy)
A high and narrow tank, with a central cylinder for the introduction of compressed air, used in the agitation and settling of pulp (pulverized ore and water) during treatment by the cyanide process; -- so named because, though originally devised in New Zealand, it was first practically introduced in Pachuca, Mexico.


word: Pachy-
definition:
Pachy-

Pach"y-
(?)
[Gr. pachy`s thick.]
A combining form meaning thick; as, pachyderm, pachydactyl.


word: Pachycarpous
definition:
Pachycarpous

Pach`y*car"pous
(?)
a.
[Pachy- + Gr. karpo`s fruit.]
(Bot.)
Having the pericarp thick.


word: Pachycephala
definition:
Pachycephala

Pachycephala
prop. n.
A genus of arborial insectivorous birds.

Syn. -- genus Pachycephala.


word: Pachydactyl
definition:
Pachydactyl

Pach`y*dac"tyl
(?)
n.
[Pachy- + dactyl.]
(Zool.)
A bird or other animal having thick toes.


word: pachyderm
definition:
pachyderm

pach"y*derm
(păk"ĭ*dẽrm)
n.
[Cf. F. pachyderme.]
(Zool.)
Any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin, including the elephant, rhinoceros, and hippopotamus, one of the Pachydermata.


word: pachyderma
definition:
pachyderma

pachyderma
(păk"ĭ*dẽr"mȧ)
n.
(Med.)
An abnormal thickening of the skin (usually unilateral on an extremity) caused by congenital enlargement of lymph vessel and lymph vessel obstruction.

Syn. -- pachydermatosis, pachydermia, nevoid elephantiasis.


word: pachydermal
definition:
pachydermal

pach`y*der"mal
(păk"ĭ*dẽr"mal)
a.
(Zool.)
Of or relating to the pachyderms; as, pachydermal dentition.


word: Pachydermata
definition:
Pachydermata

Pach`y*der"ma*ta
(păk`ĭ*dẽr"mȧ*tȧ)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. pachy`dermos thick-skinned; pachy`s thick + de`rma skin.]
(Zool.)
A group of hoofed mammals distinguished for the thickness of their skins, including the elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, tapir, horse, and hog; the pachyderms.  It is now considered an artificial group.


word: pachydermatosis
definition:
pachydermatosis

pach*y*der`ma*to"sis
(păk*ĭ*dẽr`mȧ*t&omacr"sĭs)
n.
(Med.)
Same as pachyderma.

Syn. -- pachyderma, pachydermia, nevoid elephantiasis.


word: Pachydermatous
definition:
Pachydermatous

Pach`y*der"ma*tous
(?)
a.
1.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the pachyderms.

2.
Thick-skinned; not sensitive to ridicule.

3.
(Med.)
Of or pertaining to pachyderma.


word: pachydermia
definition:
pachydermia

pach`y*der"mi*a
(păk`ĭ*dẽr"mĭ*ȧĭs)
n.
(Med.)
Same as pachyderma.

Syn. -- pachydermatosis, pachyderma, nevoid elephantiasis.


word: Pachyglossal
definition:
Pachyglossal

Pach`y*glos"sal
(păk`ĭ*gl&obreve_;s"sal)
a.
[Pachy- + Gr. glw^ssa tongue.]
(Zool.)
Having a thick tongue; -- applied to a group of lizards (Pachyglossæ), including the iguanas and agamas.


word: pachyglossia
definition:
pachyglossia

pach`y*glos"si*a
(păk`ĭ*gl&obreve_;s"sĭ*ȧ)
n.
[Pachy- + Gr. glw^ssa tongue.]
(Med.)
The condition of having an enlarged thick tongue.


word: Pachymeningitis
definition:
Pachymeningitis

Pach`y*men`in*gi"tis
(?)
n.
[Pachy- + meningitis.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the dura mater or outer membrane of the brain.


word: Pachyote
definition:
Pachyote

Pach"y*ote
(?)
n.
[Pachy- + Gr. o'y^s, 'wto`s, ear.]
(Zool.)
One of a family of bats, including those which have thick external ears.


word: Pachyrhizus
definition:
Pachyrhizus

Pachyrhizus
prop. n.
(Bot.)
A small genus of tropical vines having tuberous roots.

Syn. -- genus Pachyrhizus.


word: pachysandra
definition:
pachysandra

pachysandra
n.
(Bot.)
Any plant of the genus Pachysandra; they are low-growing evergreen herbs or subshrubs having dentate leaves and used as ground cover.


word: pachytene
definition:
pachytene

pachytene
n.
(Biol.)
The third stage of the prophase of meiosis, the stage in which the pairing of homologous chromosomes has been completed.


word: pacific
definition:
pacific

pa*cif"ic
(?)
a.
[L. pacificus: cf. F. pacifique. See Pacify.]
Of or pertaining to peace; of a peaceful character; not warlike; not quarrelsome; as, a pacific nature or condition.
[wns=3]

Syn. -- peaceable.

2.
Promoting peace; suited to make or restore peace; conciliatory; as, pacific words or acts.
[wns=1]

Syn. -- irenic.

3.
of or pertaining to the Pacific Ocean; as, Pacific islands.

Pacific Ocean, the ocean between America and Asia, so called by Magellan, its first European navigator, on account of the exemption from violent tempests which he enjoyed while sailing over it; -- called also, simply, the Pacific, and, formerly, the South sea.


word: pacifical
definition:
pacifical

pa*cif"ic*al
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to peace; pacific.
[R.]
Sir H. Wotton.
Pa*cif"ic*al*ly, adv. [R.]


word: Pacification
definition:
Pacification

Pa*cif`i*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. pacificatio: cf. F. pacification. See Pacify.]
The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation.
pacification
Bacon.


word: Pacificatory
definition:
Pacificatory

Pa*cif"i*ca*to*ry
(?)
a.
[L. pacificatorius.]
Tending to make peace; conciliatory.
Barrow.


word: Pacifico
definition:
Pacifico

Pa*ci"fi*co
(?)
n.
[Sp. See Pacific.]
A peaceful person; -- applied specif. by the Spaniards to the natives in Cuba and the Philippine Islands who did not oppose the Spanish arms.
While we were going through the woods one of the pacificos pointed to a new grave.
Harper's Weekly.


word: Pacifier
definition:
Pacifier

Pac"i*fi`er
(?)
n.
1.
One who or that which pacifies.

2.
A small device, usually of rubber or plastic containing a protruding nipple-shaped portion which a baby may place in its mouth and suck on; -- it is used to keep babies contented.


word: pacifism
definition:
pacifism

pacifism
n.
the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable.

Syn. -- passivism.

2.
The belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration.


word: pacifist
definition:
pacifist

pacifist
n.
1.
A person opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes.

Syn. -- pacificist, disarmer.

2.
A person whose strong belief in pacifism causes him/her to refuse to participate in military activities, especially one who refuses to be drafted into the armed forces.


word: Pacify
definition:
Pacify

Pac"i*fy
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Pacified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pacifying (?).]
[F. pacifier, L. pacificare; pax, pacis, peace + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Peace, and -fy.]
To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of; to tranquillize; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify pride, appetite, or importunity.
pacify
Shak.

Syn. -- lenify, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle.

To pacify and settle those countries.
Bacon.


word: Pacinian
definition:
Pacinian

Pa*cin"i*an
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Filippo Pacini (1812-1883), an Italian physician of the 19th century.

Pacinian corpuscles, small oval bodies terminating some of the minute branches of the sensory nerves in the skin of the fingers, mesentery, integument and other parts of the body; the corpuscula lamellosa; called also Vater's corpuscles and Vater-Pacini corpuscles.  They are sensitive to pressure, and supposed to be tactile organs.


word: Pack₂
definition:
Pack

Pack
n.
[Akin to D. pak, G. pack, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa, Icel. pakki, Gael. & Ir. pac, Arm. pak.  Cf. Packet.]

1.
A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods.
Piers Plowman.

2.
[Cf. Peck, n.]
A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden.
pack
pack
Shak.

&hand_; “In England, by a pack of meal is meant 280 lbs.; of wool, 240 lbs.”
McElrath.

3.
A group or quantity of connected or similar things; as, a pack of lies
specifically:
(a)
A full set of playing cards; a deck; also, the assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre pack.
(b)
A number of wolves, hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together; as, a wolf pack.
(c)
A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang; as, a pack of thieves or knaves.
(d)
A shook of cask staves.
(e)
A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously.

4.
A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
Kane.

5.
An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.

6.
[Prob. the same word; but cf. AS. p&aemacr_;can to deceive.]
A loose, lewd, or worthless person. See Baggage.
[Obs.]
Skelton.

7.
(Med.)
In hydropathic practice, a wrapping of blankets or sheets called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the condition of the blankets or sheets used, put about a patient to give him treatment; also, the fact or condition of being so treated.

8.
(Rugby Football)
The forwards who compose one half of the scrummage; also, the scrummage.

Pack animal, an animal, as a horse, mule, etc., employed in carrying packs. -- Pack and prime road or Pack and prime way, a pack road or bridle way. -- Pack cloth, a coarse cloth, often duck, used in covering packs or bales. -- Pack horse. See Pack animal (above). -- Pack ice. See def. 4, above. -- Pack moth (Zool.), a small moth (Anacampsis sarcitella) which, in the larval state, is very destructive to wool and woolen fabrics. -- Pack needle, a needle for sewing with pack thread. Piers Plowman. -- Pack saddle, a saddle made for supporting the load on a pack animal. Shak. -- Pack staff, a staff for supporting a pack; a peddler's staff. --  Pack train (Mil.), a troop of pack animals.


word: Pack₃
definition:
Pack

Pack
(păk)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Packed (păkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Packing.]
[Akin to D. pakken, G. packen, Dan. pakke, Sw. packa, Icel. pakka. See Pack, n.]
1.
To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as, to pack goods in a box; to pack fish.

Strange materials packed up with wonderful art.
Addison.

Where . . . the bones
Of all my buried ancestors are packed.
Shak.

2.
To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater.

3.
To shuffle, sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly; to stack{3} (the deck).

And mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown.
Pope.

4.
Hence:
To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; to stack{3}; as, to pack a jury or a caucus.

The expected council was dwindling into . . . a packed assembly of Italian bishops.
Atterbury.

5.
To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
[Obs.]

 He lost life . . . upon a nice point subtilely devised and packed by his enemies.
Fuller.

6.
To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse.

Our thighs packed with wax, our mouths with honey.
Shack.

7.
To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; to send packing; -- sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to school.

He . . . must not die
Till George be packed with post horse up to heaven.
Shak.

8.
To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts).
[Western U.S.]

9.
(Hydropathy)
To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5.

10.
(Mech.)
To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine.

11.
To cover, envelop, or protect tightly with something;
specif.
(Hydropathy)
to envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.


word: Pack₄
definition:
Pack

Pack
v. i.
1.
To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.

2.
To admit of stowage, or of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to settle together, so as to form a compact mass; as, the goods pack conveniently; wet snow packs well.

3.
To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack.
[Eng.]

4.
To depart in haste; -- generally with off or away.

Poor Stella must pack off to town
Swift.

You shall pack,
And never more darken my doors again.
Tennyson.

5.
To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion.
[Obs.]
pack
Shak.

To send packing, to drive away; to send off roughly or in disgrace; to dismiss unceremoniously.  “The parliament . . . presently sent him packing.”  South.


word: Package
definition:
Package

Pack"age
(păk"a̝j; 48)
n.
1.
Act or process of packing.

2.
A bundle made up for transportation; a packet; a bale; a parcel; as, a package of goods.

3.
A charge made for packing goods.

4.
A duty formerly charged in the port of London on goods imported or exported by aliens, or by denizens who were the sons of aliens.


word: packaged
definition:
packaged

packaged
(păk"a̝jd)
adj.
Enclosed in a package{2} or protective covering; as, packaged cereals.
prepackaged, pre-packaged, prepacked 
unpackaged, loose

Syn. -- wrapped, done up.


word: packed
definition:
packed

packed
adj.
1.
Same as jammed.

Syn. -- full, jammed, jam-packed.

2.
Crowded; as, the theater was packed.


word: packer
definition:
packer

pack"er
(păk"ẽr)
n.
1.
A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation or for the market; as, a pork packer.

2.
A ring of packing or a special device to render gas-tight and water-tight the space between the tubing and bore of an oil well.
[U. S.]


word: Packera
definition:
Packera

Packera
prop. n.
A genus of American or East Asian perennial herbs with yellow to orange or red flower rays; it is sometimes included in genus Senecio.

Syn. -- genus Packera.


word: packet
definition:
packet

pack"et
(păk"ĕt)
n.
[F. paquet, dim. fr. LL. paccus, from the same source as E. pack. See Pack.]

1.
A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters.
Shak.

2.
Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat.

Packet boat, Packet ship, or Packet vessel. See Packet, n., 2. -- Packet day, the day for mailing letters to go by packet; or the sailing day. -- Packet note or Packet post. See under Paper.


word: Packet
definition:
Packet

Pack"et
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Packeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Packeting.]
1.
To make up into a packet or bundle.

2.
To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.

Her husband
Was packeted to France.
Ford.


word: Packfong
definition:
Packfong

Pack"fong`
(păk"f&obreve_;ng`)
n.
[Chin. peh tung.]
(Metal.)
A Chinese alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper, resembling German silver.


word: Packing
definition:
Packing

Pack"ing
n.
1.
The act or process of one who packs.

2.
Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close.
Specifically
(Mach.)
A substance or piece used to make a joint impervious
as:
(a)
A thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic material inserted between the surfaces of a flange joint.
(b)
The substance in a stuffing box, through which a piston rod slides.
(c)
A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc.

3.
(Masonry)
Same as Filling.
[Rare in the U. S.]

4.
A trick; collusion.
[Obs.]
Bale.

Cherd packing (Bridge Building), the arrangement, side by side, of several parts, as bars, diagonals, a post, etc., on a pin at the bottom of a chord. Waddell. -- Packing box, a stuffing box. See under Stuffing. -- Packing press, a powerful press for baling cotton, wool, hay, etc. -- Packing ring. See Packing, 2 (c), and Illust. of Piston. -- Packing sheet. (a) A large cloth for packing goods. (b) A sheet prepared for packing hydropathic patients.


word: packinghouse
definition:
packinghouse

packinghouse
n.
1.
A place where foodstuffs are processed and packed; as, they came from an apple packinghouse.

2.
A plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products.

Syn. -- packing plant.


word: pack rat
definition:
pack rat

packrat

packrat, pack rat
n.
1.
Any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America, especially Neotoma cinerea, which hoard food and other objects in their nests.

Syn. -- trade rat, bushytail woodrat, Neotoma cinerea.

2.
A person who habitually saves items, even those unlikely to be useful.
[Informal]


word: pack thread
definition:
pack thread

packthread

packthread, pack thread
n.
A strong three-ply thread or small twine used to sew or tie packs or packages.


word: Pacos
definition:
Pacos

Paco

{ Pa"co (?), Pa"cos (?), }
n.
[Sp. paco, fr. Peruv. paco.  Cf. Alpaca.]
1.
(Zool.)
Same as Alpaca.

2.
[Peruv. paco, pacu, red, reddish, reddish ore containing silver; perh. a different word.]
(Min.)
An earthy-looking ore, consisting of brown oxide of iron with minute particles of native silver.
Ure.


word: pact
definition:
pact

pact
(păkt)
n.
[L. pactum, fr. paciscere to make a bargain or contract, fr. pacere to settle, or agree upon; cf. pangere to fasten, Gr. phgny`nai, Skr. pāça bond, and E. fang: cf. F. pacte.  Cf. Peace, Fadge, v.]
An agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant.
Bacon.

The engagement and pact of society which goes by the name of the constitution.
Burke.


word: Paction
definition:
Paction

Pac"tion
(?)
n.
[L. pactio: cf. F. paction. See Pact.]
An agreement; a compact; a bargain.
[R.]
Sir W. Scott.


word: Pactitious
definition:
Pactitious

Pac*ti"tious
(?)
a.
[L. pactitius, pacticius.]
Setted by a pact, or agreement.
[R.]
Johnson.


word: Pactolian
definition:
Pactolian

Pac*to"li*an
(?)
a.
Pertaining to the Pactolus, a river in ancient Lydia famous for its golden sands.


word: Pacu
definition:
Pacu

Pa"cu
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A South American fresh-water fish (Myletes pacu), of the family Characinidæ. It is highly esteemed as food.


word: pad
definition:
pad

pad
(păd)
n.
[D. pad. √21. See Path.]
1.
A footpath; a road.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

2.
An easy-paced horse; a padnag.
Addison

An abbot on an ambling pad.
Tennyson.

3.
A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad.
Gay. Byron.

4.
The act of robbing on the highway.
[Obs.]


word: Pad
definition:
Pad

Pad
v. t.
To travel upon foot; to tread.
[Obs.]

Padding the streets for half a crown.
Somerville.


word: Pad₂
definition:
Pad

Pad
v. i.
1.
To travel heavily or slowly.
Bunyan.

2.
To rob on foot.
[Obs.]
Cotton Mather.

3.
To wear a path by walking.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Pad₃
definition:
Pad

Pad
n.
[Perh. akin to pod.]
1.
A soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing.

2.
A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting; esp., one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper, or layers of blotting paper; a block of paper.

3.
A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.

4.
A stuffed guard or protection; esp., one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.

5.
(Zool.)
A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals.

6.
A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.

7.
(Med.)
A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.

8.
(Naut.)
A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.
W. C. Russel.

9.
A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles.
[Eng.]
Simmonds.

10.
A dwelling place, usually an apartment; one's living quarters; as, come over to my pad to watch the game.
[Slang]

11.
A sum of money paid as a bribe to police officers, shared among them;
also,
the list of such officers receiving such a bribe.

Pad cloth, a saddlecloth; a housing. -- Pad saddle. See def. 3, above. -- Pad tree (Harness Making), a piece of wood or metal which gives rigidity and shape to a harness pad. Knight. -- on the pad, receiving bribes; -- of police officers.


word: Pad₄
definition:
Pad

Pad
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Padded; p. pr. & vb. n. Padding.]
1.
To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.

2.
(Calico Printing)
To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth.
Ure.


word: Padding
definition:
Padding

Pad"ding
n.
1.
The act or process of making a pad or of inserting stuffing.

2.
The material with which anything is padded.

3.
Material of inferior value, serving to extend a book, essay, etc.
London Sat. Rev.

4.
(Calico Printing)
The uniform impregnation of cloth with a mordant.


word: Paddle
definition:
Paddle

Pad"dle
(?)
v. i.
[Prob. for pattle, and a dim. of pat, v.; cf. also E. pad to tread, Prov. G. paddeln, padden, to walk with short steps, to paddle, G. patschen to splash, dash, dabble, F. patouiller to dabble, splash, fr. patte a paw.  √21.]
1.
To use the hands or fingers in toying; to make caressing strokes.
[Obs.]
Shak.

2.
To dabble in water with hands or feet; to use a paddle, or something which serves as a paddle, in swimming, in paddling a boat, etc.

As the men were paddling for their lives.
L'Estrange.

While paddling ducks the standing lake desire.
Gay.


word: Paddle₂
definition:
Paddle

Pad"dle
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Paddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Paddling (?)]
1.
To pat or stroke amorously, or gently.
[Obsolescent]

To be paddling palms and pinching fingers.
Shak.

2.
To propel with, or as with, a paddle or paddles.

3.
To pad; to tread upon; to trample.
[Prov. Eng.]

4.
To spank with a paddle or as if with a paddle; -- usually as a disciplinary punishment of children.

5.
To mix (a viscous liquid) by stirring or beating with a paddle.


word: Paddle₃
definition:
Paddle

Pad"dle
n.
[See Paddle, v. i.]
1.
An implement with a broad blade, which is used without a fixed fulcrum in propelling and steering canoes and boats.

2.
The broad part of a paddle, with which the stroke is made;
hence,
any short, broad blade, resembling that of a paddle, such as that used in table tennis.

Thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon.
Deut. xxiii. 13.

3.
One of the broad boards, or floats, at the circumference of a water wheel, or paddle wheel.

4.
A small gate in sluices or lock gates to admit or let off water; -- also called clough.

5.
(Zool.)
A paddle-shaped foot, as of the sea turtle.

6.
A paddle-shaped implement for stirring or mixing.

7.
[In this sense prob. for older spaddle, a dim. of spade.]
See Paddle staff (b), below.
[Prov. Eng.]

Paddle beam (Shipbuilding), one of two large timbers supporting the spring beam and paddle box of a steam vessel. -- Paddle board. See Paddle, n., 3. -- Paddle shaft, the revolving shaft which carries the paddle wheel of a steam vessel. -- Paddle staff. (a) A staff tipped with a broad blade, used by mole catchers. [Prov. Eng.] (b) A long-handled spade used to clean a plowshare; -- called also plow staff. [Prov. Eng.] -- Paddle steamer, a steam vessel propelled by paddle wheels, in distinction from a screw propeller. -- Paddle wheel, the propelling wheel of a steam vessel, having paddles (or floats) on its circumference, and revolving in a vertical plane parallel to the vessel's length.


word: paddle box
definition:
paddle box

paddlebox

paddlebox, paddle box
n.
1.
a wooden covering for the upper part of the paddle wheel of a steam vessel.


word: Paddlefish
definition:
Paddlefish

Pad"dle*fish`
(?)
n.
(Zool)
A large ganoid fish (Polyodon spathula) found in the rivers of the Mississippi Valley.  It has a long spatula-shaped snout.  Called also duck-billed cat, and spoonbill sturgeon.


word: Paddlewood
definition:
Paddlewood

Pad"dle*wood`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
The light elastic wood of the Aspidosperma excelsum, a tree of Guiana having a fluted trunk readily split into planks.


word: Paddock
definition:
Paddock

Pad"dock
(?)
n.
[OE. padde toad, frog + -ock; akin to D. pad, padde, toad, Icel. & Sw. padda, Dan. padde.]
(Zool.)
A toad or frog.
Wyclif.
paddocks
Spenser

Paddock pipe (Bot.), a hollow-stemmed plant of the genus Equisetum, especially Equisetum limosum and the fruiting stems of Equisetum arvense; -- called also padow pipe and toad pipe. See Equisetum. -- Paddock stone. See Toadstone. -- Paddock stool (Bot.),a toadstool.


word: Paddock₂
definition:
Paddock

Pad"dock
n.
[Corrupted fr. parrock. See Parrock.]

1.
A small inclosure or park for sporting.
[Obs.]

2.
A small inclosure for pasture; esp., one adjoining a stable.
Evelyn. Cowper.

3.
An enclosure used for saddling and mounting horses prior to a race.


word: Paddy
definition:
Paddy

Pad"dy
(?)
a.
[Prov. E. paddy worm-eaten.]
Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.
pady
Digges (1585).
paddy
Motley.


word: Paddy₂
definition:
Paddy

Pad"dy
n.
pl. Paddies (#).
[Corrupted fr. St. Patrick, the tutelar saint of Ireland.]
A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman; -- usually considered offensive.
[Obsolescent]


word: Paddy₃
definition:
Paddy

Pad"dy
n.
[Either fr. Canarese bhatta or Malay pādī.]
(Bot.)
Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies.

Paddy bird. (Zool.) See Java sparrow, under Java.


word: paddymelon
definition:
paddymelon

paddymelon
n.
1.
Any of several small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea, especially those belonging to the genus Thylogale.

Syn. -- pademelon.


word: paddy wagon
definition:
paddy wagon

paddy wagon
n.
An enclosed truck used by police to transport prisoners.

Syn. -- patrol wagon, Black Maria.


word: Pad elephant
definition:
Pad elephant

Pad elephant
An elephant that is furnished with a pad for carrying burdens instead of with a howdah for carrying passengers.


word: Padelion
definition:
Padelion

Pad`e*li"on
(?)
n.
[F. pas de lion lion's foot.]
(Bot.)
A plant with pedately lobed leaves; the lady's mantle.


word: Padella
definition:
Padella

Pa*del"la
(?)
n.
[It., prop., a pan, a friing pan, fr. L. patella a pan.]
A large cup or deep saucer, containing fatty matter in which a wick is placed, -- used for public illuminations, as at St. Peter's, in Rome.  Called also padelle.


word: pademelon
definition:
pademelon

pad`e*mel"on
n.
(Zool.)
Any of several small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea, especially those belonging to the genus Thylogale; a paddymelon.  See Wallaby


word: Padishah
definition:
Padishah

Pa`di*shah"
(?)
n.
[Per. pādishāh.  Cf. Pasha.]
Chief ruler; monarch; sovereign; -- a title of the Sultan of Turkey, and of the Shah of Persia.


word: Padlock
definition:
Padlock

Pad"lock`
(?)
n.
[Perh. orig., a lock for a pad gate, or a gate opening to a path, or perh., a lock for a basket or pannier, and from Prov. E. pad a pannier.  Cf. Pad a path, Paddler.]
1.
A portable lock with a bow which is usually jointed or pivoted at one end so that it can be opened, the other end being fastened by the bolt, -- used for fastening by passing the bow through a staple over a hasp or through the links of a chain, etc.

2.
Fig.:
A curb; a restraint.


word: Padlock₂
definition:
Padlock

Pad"lock`
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Padlocked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Padlocking.]
To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock.
Milton. Tennyson.


word: Padow
definition:
Padow

Pad"ow
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A paddock, or toad.

Padow pipe. (Bot.) See Paddock pipe, under Paddock.


word: Padre
definition:
Padre

Pa"dre
(pä"drā)
n.
pl. Sp. & Pg. Padres (pä"drās); It. Padri (pä"drē)
[Sp., Pg., & It., fr. L. pater father. See Father.]
1.
A Christian priest or monk; used as a term of address for priests in some churches (especially Roman or Orthodox Catholic in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Spanish America); -- also used in the American military.

Syn. -- Father.

2.
In India (from the Portuguese), any Christian minister; also, a priest of the native region.
Kipling.

3.
A chaplain in one of the military services.

Syn. -- military chaplain, Holy Joe, sky pilot.


word: Padrone
definition:
Padrone

Pa*dro"ne
(?)
n.
pl. It. Padroni (#), E. Padrones.
[It. See Patron.]
1.
A patron; a protector.

2.
The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.

3.
A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Italian laborers, street musicians, etc.


word: Paduasoy
definition:
Paduasoy

Pad`u*a*soy"
(?)
n.
[From Padua, in Italy + F. soie silk; or cf. F. pou-de-soie.]
A rich and heavy silk stuff.
[Written also padesoy.]


word: Paean
definition:
Paean

Pæ"an
(pē`an)
n.
[L. paean, Gr. paia`n, fr. Paia`n the physician of the gods, later, Apollo.  Cf. Pæon, Peony.]
[Written also pean.]
1.
An ancient Greek hymn in honor of Apollo as a healing deity, and, later, a song addressed to other deities.

2.
Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph, joy, or praise.
Dryden.
pæans
De Quincey.

3.
See Pæon.


word: paedogenesis
definition:
paedogenesis

pæ`do*gen"esis
(pē`do̝*jĕn"e̝*sĭs)
n.
[Gr. pai^s, paido`s, child + E. genesis.]
(Zool.)
Reproduction by young or larval animals.


word: paedogenetic
definition:
paedogenetic

pæ`do*ge*net"ic
(pē`do̝*je̝*nĕt"ĭk)
a.
(Zool.)
Producing young while in the immature or larval state; -- said of certain insects, etc.


word: paeon
definition:
paeon

pæ"on
(pē"&obreve_;n)
n.
[L. paeon, Gr. paiw`n a solemn song, also, a pæon, equiv. to paia`n. See Pæan.]
(Anc. Poet.)
A foot of four syllables, one long and three short, admitting of four combinations, according to the place of the long syllable.
[Written also, less correctly, pæan.]


word: Paeoniaceae
definition:
Paeoniaceae

Paeoniaceae
prop. n.
A natural family of perennial rhizomatous herbs and shrubs, native to temperate Europe and North America.

Syn. -- family Paeoniaceae, peony family.


word: paeonine
definition:
paeonine

pæ"o*nine
(pē"o̝*nĭn)
n.
(Chem.)
An artifical red nitrogenous dyestuff, called also red coralline.


word: Paeony
definition:
Paeony

paeony

pae"o*ny, Pæ"o*ny
(pē"o̝*n&ybreve_;)
n.
(Bot.)
Any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers; the Peony.


word: Pagan
definition:
Pagan

Pa"gan
(pā"gan)
n.
[L. paganus a countryman, peasant, villager, a pagan, fr. paganus of or pertaining to the country, rustic, also, pagan, fr. pagus a district, canton, the country, perh. orig., a district with fixed boundaries: cf. pangere to fasten.  Cf. Painim, Peasant, and Pact, also Heathen.]
One who worships false gods; an idolater; a heathen; one who is neither a Christian, a Mohammedan, nor a Jew.

Neither having the accent of Christians, nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man.
Shak.


word: Pagan₂
definition:
Pagan

Pa"gan
a.
[L. paganus of or pertaining to the country, pagan. See Pagan, n.]
Of or pertaining to pagans; relating to the worship or the worshipers of false goods; heathen; idolatrous, as, pagan tribes or superstitions.

And all the rites of pagan honor paid.
Dryden.


word: Paganical
definition:
Paganical

Paganic

{ Pa*gan"ic (pȧ*găn"ĭk), Pa*gan"ic*al (-ĭ*kal), }
a.
Of or pertaining to pagans or paganism; heathenish; paganish.
[R.]
paganic
Cudworth.
Pa*gan"ic*al*ly, adv. [R.]


word: Paganism
definition:
Paganism

Pa"gan*ism
(-ĭz'm)
n.
[L. paganismus: cf. F. paganisme. See Pagan, and cf. Painim.]
The state of being pagan; pagan characteristics; esp., the worship of idols or false gods, or the system of religious opinions and worship maintained by pagans; heathenism.


word: Paganity
definition:
Paganity

Pa*gan"i*ty
(pȧ*găn"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
[L. Paganitas.]
The state of being a pagan; paganism.
[R.]
Cudworth.


word: Paganize
definition:
Paganize

Pa"gan*ize
(pā"gan*īz)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Paganized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Paganizing (?).]
To render pagan or heathenish; to convert to paganism.
Hallywell.


word: Page
definition:
Page

Page
(pāj)
n.
[F., fr. It. paggio, LL. pagius, fr. Gr. paidi`on, dim. of pai^s, paido`s, a boy, servant; perh. akin to L. puer.  Cf. Pedagogue, Puerile.]
1.
A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonly, in England, a youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households; in the United States, a boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.  Prior to 1960 only boys served as pages in the United States Congress

He had two pages of honor -- on either hand one.
Bacon.

2.
A boy child.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

3.
A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman's dress from the ground.

4.
(Brickmaking)
A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.

5.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of beautiful South American moths of the genus Urania.


word: page
definition:
page

page
v. t.
1.
To attend (one) as a page.
[Obs.]
Shak.

2.
To call out a person's name in a public place, so as to deliver a message, as in a hospital, restaurant, etc.

3.
To call a person on a pager.


word: Page₂
definition:
Page

Page
n.
[F., fr. L. pagina; prob. akin to pagere, pangere, to fasten, fix, make, the pages or leaves being fastened together.  Cf. Pact, Pageant, Pagination.]

1.
One side of a leaf of a book or manuscript.

Such was the book from whose pages she sang.
Longfellow.

2.
Fig.:
A record; a writing; as, the page of history.

3.
(Print.)
The type set up for printing a page.


word: Page₃
definition:
Page

Page
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Paged (pājd); p. pr. & vb. n. Paging (pā"jĭng).]
To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript; to furnish with folios.


word: Pageant
definition:
Pageant

Pag"eant
(păj"ent or pā"jent; 277)
n.
[OE. pagent, pagen, originally, a movable scaffold or stage, hence, what was exhibited on it, fr. LL. pagina, akin to pangere to fasten; cf. L. pagina page, leaf, slab, compaginare to join together, compages a joining together, structure. See Pact, Page of a book.]

1.
A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle.
pageant
Shak.

To see sad pageants of men's miseries.
Spenser.

2.
An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a distinguished personage, or of the public; a show, spectacle, or display.

The gaze of fools, and pageant of a day!
Pope.

We love the man, the paltry pageant you.
Cowper.


word: Pageantry
definition:
Pageantry

Pag"eant*ry
(-r&ybreve_;)
n.
Scenic shows or spectacles, taken collectively; spectacular quality; splendor.

Such pageantry be to the people shown.
Dryden.

The pageantry of festival.
J. A. Symonds.


word: pager
definition:
pager

pag"er
n.
A small electronic communication device which signals when a telephone call has been received at a base station.  Each such device receives radio signals from the base station specifically coded for the individual to whom it is registered; the signal given by the device to the registered user may be a beeping sound, indicating that the user should call the base station to receive a message; or it may display a telephone number to which the user may call directly to return the incoming call, or may display a short message.  Such devices are small enough to carry in the pocket or pocketbook, or to clip onto a belt or other part of the clothing.  Also called beeper.


word: Pagina
definition:
Pagina

Pag"i*na
(?)
n.
pl. Paginæ (#).
[L.]
(Bot.)
The surface of a leaf or of a flattened thallus.


word: paginate
definition:
paginate

pag"i*nate
(păj"ĭ*nāt)
v. t.
To number the pages of (a book or manuscript).

Syn. -- foliate.


word: Pagination
definition:
Pagination

Pag`i*na"tion
(păj`ĭ*nā"shŭn)
n.
The act or process of paging a book; also, the characters used in numbering the pages; page number.
Lowndes.


word: Pagod
definition:
Pagod

Pa"god
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. pagode. See Pagoda.]
1.
A pagoda.
[R.]
pagod
Pope.

2.
An idol.
[Obs.]
Bp. Stillingfleet.


word: Pagoda
definition:
Pagoda

Pa*go"da
(?)
n.
[Pg. pagoda, pagode, fr. Hind. & Per. but-kadah a house of idols, or abode of God; Per. but an idol + kadah a house, a temple.]
1.
A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, -- usually but not always, devoted to idol worship.

2.
An idol.
[R.]
Brande & C.

3.
[Prob. so named from the image of a pagoda or a deity (cf. Skr. bhagavat holy, divine) stamped on it.]
A gold or silver coin, of various kinds and values, formerly current in India.  The Madras gold pagoda was worth about three and a half rupees.


word: Pagoda sleeve
definition:
Pagoda sleeve

Pa*go"da sleeve
(Costume)
A funnel-shaped sleeve arranged to show the sleeve lining and an inner sleeve.


word: Pagodite
definition:
Pagodite

Pa*go"dite
(?)
n.
(Min.)
Agalmatolite; -- so called because sometimes carved by the Chinese into the form of pagodas. See Agalmatolite.


word: Paguma
definition:
Paguma

Pa*gu"ma
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of East Indian viverrine mammals of the genus Paguma. They resemble a weasel in form.


word: Pagurian
definition:
Pagurian

Pa*gu"ri*an
(?)
n.
[L. pagurus a kind of crab, Gr. pa`goyros.]
(Zool.)
Any one of a tribe of anomuran crustaceans, of which Pagurus is a type; the hermit crab. See Hermit crab, under Hermit.


word: Pagurus
definition:
Pagurus

Pagurus
prop. n.
[Gr. pa`goyros, crab.]
The type genus of the crustacean family Paguridae.

Syn. -- genus Pagurus.


word: Pah
definition:
Pah

Pah
(?)
interj.
An exclamation expressing disgust or contempt. See Bah.

Fie! fie! fie! pah! pah! Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten my imagination.
Shak.


word: pahautea
definition:
pahautea

pahautea
n.
An evergreen tree (Libocedrus bidwillii) of New Zealand resembling the kawaka.

Syn. -- Libocedrus bidwillii, mountain pine.


word: Pahlevi
definition:
Pahlevi

Pahlavi

Pah"la*vi, Pah"le*vi
(?)
n.
1.
The language of Sassanian Persia.  See Pehlevi.

2.
The script in which the Pahlavi language was written.  It was taken from the Aramaic alphabet.

3.
A gold coin formerly used in Iran, equal in value to 20 rials.


word: Pahoehoe
definition:
Pahoehoe

Pa*ho"e*ho`e
(?)
n.
(Min.)
A name given in Hawaii (formerly the Sandwich Islands) to lava having a relatively smooth or billowing surface, in distinction from the rough-surfaced lava, called aa.


word: Paid
definition:
Paid

Paid
(?)
imp., p. p., & a.
from Pay
1.
Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney.

2.
Satisfied; contented.
[Obs.]
Paid
Chaucer.


word: paideutics
definition:
paideutics

pai*deu"tics
(pa̝*dū"tĭks)
n.
[Gr. paideytikh`, fr. paidey`ein to teach, fr. pai^s, paido`s, a boy.]
The science or art of teaching.


word: Paigle
definition:
Paigle

Pai"gle
(?)
n.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
(Bot.)
A species of Primula, either the cowslip or the primrose.
[Written also pagle, pagil, peagle, and pygil.]


word: Pail
definition:
Pail

Pail
(pāl)
n.
[OE. paile, AS. pægel a wine vessel, a pail, akin to D. & G. pegel a watermark, a gauge rod, a measure of wine, Dan. pægel half a pint.]
A vessel of wood or tin, etc., usually cylindrical and having a bail, -- used esp. for carrying liquids, as water or milk, etc.; a bucket.  It may, or may not, have a cover.
Shak.


word: Paillasse
definition:
Paillasse

Pail*lasse"
(?; F. _;)
n.
[F., fr. paille straw. See Pallet a bed.]
An under bed or mattress of straw.
[Written also palliasse.]


word: Paillon
definition:
Paillon

Pail`lon"
(?)
n.
pl. -lions (#)
[F., fr. paille straw.]
A thin leaf of metal, as for use in gilding or enameling, or to show through a translucent medium.


word: pain
definition:
pain

pain
(pān)
n.
[OE. peine, F. peine, fr. L. poena, penalty, punishment, torment, pain; akin to Gr. poinh` penalty.  Cf. Penal, Pine to languish, Punish.]
1.
Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty.
Chaucer.

We will, by way of mulct or pain, lay it upon him.
Bacon.

Interpose, on pain of my displeasure.
Dryden.

None shall presume to fly, under pain of death.
Addison.

2.
Any uneasy sensation in animal bodies, from slight uneasiness to extreme distress or torture, proceeding from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; bodily distress; bodily suffering; an ache; a smart.
pain
Chaucer.

&hand_; Pain may occur in any part of the body where sensory nerves are distributed, and it is always due to some kind of stimulation of them.  The sensation is generally interpreted as originating at the peripheral end of the nerve.

3.
pl.
Specifically, the throes or travail of childbirth.

She bowed herself and travailed, for her pains came upon her.
1 Sam. iv. 19.

4.
Uneasiness of mind; mental distress; disquietude; anxiety; grief; solicitude; anguish.  Also called mental pain.
Chaucer.

In rapture as in pain.
Keble.

5.
See Pains, labor, effort.

Bill of pains and penalties. See under Bill. -- To die in the pain, to be tortured to death. [Obs.] Chaucer.


word: Pain
definition:
Pain

Pain
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Pained (pānd); p. pr. & vb. n. Paining.]
[OE. peinen, OF. pener, F. peiner to fatigue. See Pain, n.]
1.
To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish.
[Obs.]
Wyclif (Acts xxii. 5).

2.
To put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture; as, his dinner or his wound pained him; his stomach pained him.

Excess of cold, as well as heat, pains us.
Locke.

3.
To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve; as, a child's faults pain his parents.

I am pained at my very heart.
Jer. iv. 19.

To pain one's self, to exert or trouble one's self; to take pains; to be solicitous. [Obs.] “She pained her to do all that she might.”  Chaucer.


word: Painable
definition:
Painable

Pain"a*ble
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. pénible.]
Causing pain; painful.
[Obs.]

The manacles of Astyages were not . . . the less weighty and painable for being composed of gold or silver.
Evelyn.


word: Painful
definition:
Painful

Pain"ful
(?)
a.
1.
Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.
Addison.

2.
Requiring labor or toil; difficult; executed with laborious effort; as a painful service; a painful march.

3.
Painstaking; careful; industrious.
[Obs.]
Fuller.

A very painful person, and a great clerk.
Jer. Taylor.

Nor must the painful husbandman be tired.
Dryden.


word: painfulness
definition:
painfulness

pain"ful*ness
n.
Emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid.

Syn. -- pain.


word: Painim
definition:
Painim

Pai"nim
(?)
n.
[OE. painime pagans, paganism, fr. OF. paienisme paganism, LL. paganismus. See Paganism, Pagan.]
A pagan; an infidel; -- used also adjectively.
[Written also panim and paynim.]
Peacham.


word: painkiller
definition:
painkiller

pain"kil`ler
n.
A medicine used in to relieve pain.

Syn. -- analgesic, anodyne, pain pill.


word: Pains
definition:
Pains

Pains
(pānz)
n.
Labor; toilsome effort; care or trouble taken; -- plural in form, but used with a singular or plural verb, commonly the former.

And all my pains is sorted to no proof.
Shak.

The pains they had taken was very great.
Clarendon.

The labored earth your pains have sowed and tilled.
Dryden.


word: Painstaker
definition:
Painstaker

Pains"tak`er
(pānz"tāk`ẽr)
n.
One who takes pains; one careful and faithful in all work.
Gay.


word: Painstaking
definition:
Painstaking

Pains"tak`ing
(pānz"tāk`ĭng)
a.
Careful in doing; diligent; faithful; attentive.
Painstaking
Harris.


word: Painstaking₂
definition:
Painstaking

Pains"tak`ing
n.
The act of taking pains; carefulness and fidelity in performance.
Beau. & Fl.


word: Paint
definition:
Paint

Paint
(pānt)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Painted; p. pr. & vb. n. Painting.]
[OE. peinten, fr. F. peint, p. p. of peindre to paint, fr. L. pingere, pictum; cf. Gr. poiki`los many-colored, Skr. piç to adorn.  Cf. Depict, Picture, Pigment, Pint.]
1.
To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc.

Jezebel painted her face and tired her head.
2 Kings ix. 30.

2.
Fig.:
To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors.

Not painted with the crimson spots of blood.
Shak.

Cuckoo buds of yellow hue
Do paint the meadows with delight.
Shak.

3.
To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape.

4.
Fig.:
To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict; as, to paint a political opponent as a traitor.

Disloyal?
The word is too good to paint out her wickedness.
Shak.

If folly grow romantic, I must paint it.
Pope.


word: Paint₂
definition:
Paint

Paint
v. t.
1.
To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints well.

2.
To color one's face by way of beautifying it.

Let her paint an inch thick.
Shak.


word: Paint₃
definition:
Paint

Paint
n.
1.
(a)
A pigment or coloring substance.
(b)
The same prepared with a vehicle, as oil, water with gum, or the like, for application to a surface.

2.
A cosmetic; rouge.
Praed.


word: paintable
definition:
paintable

paintable
adj.
Lending itself to being painted; as, a highly paintable landscape; made of sturdy eminently paintable wood.  Opposite of unpaintable.


word: Painted
definition:
Painted

Paint"ed
a.
1.
Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors.

As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean.
Coleridge.

2.
(Nat. Hist.)
Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting.

Painted beauty (Zool.), a handsome American butterfly (Vanessa Huntera), having a variety of bright colors, -- Painted cup (Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs (Castilleia) in which the bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than the flowers.  Castilleia coccinea has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and is common in meadows. -- Painted finch. See Nonpareil. -- Painted lady (Zool.), a bright-colored butterfly. See Thistle butterfly. -- Painted turtle (Zool.), a common American freshwater tortoise (Chrysemys picta), having bright red and yellow markings beneath.


word: painted wolf
definition:
painted wolf

painted wolf
n.
(Zool.)
Same as African wild dog.

Syn. -- African wild dog, African hunting dog.


word: Painter
definition:
Painter

Paint"er
(pānt"ẽr)
n.
[OE, pantere a noose, snare, F. pantière, LL. panthera, L. panther a hunting net, fr. Gr. panqh`ra; pa^s  all + qh`r beast; cf. Ir. painteir a net, gin, snare, Gael. painntear.]
(Naut.)
A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything.
Totten.


word: Painter₂
definition:
Painter

Paint"er
n.
[Corrupt. of panther.]
(Zool.)
The panther, or puma.
[A form representing an illiterate pronunciation, U. S.]
J. F. Cooper.


word: Painter₃
definition:
Painter

Paint"er
n.
[See 1st Paint.]
One whose occupation is to paint
esp.:
(a)
One who covers buildings, ships, ironwork, and the like, with paint.
(b)
An artist who represents objects or scenes in color on a flat surface, as canvas, plaster, or the like.

Painter's colic. (Med.) See Lead colic, under Colic. -- Painter stainer. (a) A painter of coats of arms. Crabb. (b) A member of a livery company or guild in London, bearing this name.


word: Painterly
definition:
Painterly

Paint"er*ly
(pānt"ẽr*l&ybreve_;)
a.
Like a painter's work.
[Obs.]
painterly
Sir P. Sidney.


word: paint gun
definition:
paint gun

paint" gun`
(pānt" gun`)
n.
1.
A device designed to rapidly cover a surface with paint by ejecting a spray of paint from a reservoir onto the surface by means of compressed air or other special mechanism.  Also called a paint sprayer.  Use of a paint gun is an efficient method to rapidly paint large surface areas.

2.
A device resembling a rifle, designed to shoot a small quantity of paint at an opponent as part of a game often conducted at specially-designed indoor locations, or outdoors.  Points are awarded to players who hit their target; success in hitting one's target is made obvious by the appearance of a spot of paint on the player who is hit.


word: Painting
definition:
Painting

Paint"ing
n.
1.
The act or employment of laying on, or adorning with, paints or colors.

2.
(Fine Arts)
The work of the painter; also, any work of art in which objects are represented in color on a flat surface; a colored representation of any object or scene; a picture.

3.
Color laid on; paint.
[R.]
Shak.

4.
A depicting by words; vivid representation in words.


word: Painture
definition:
Painture

Pain"ture
(pān"t&uuptack_;r; 135)
n.
[F. peinture. See Paint, v. t., and cf. Picture.]
The art of painting.
[Obs.]
Chaucer. Dryden.


word: Painty
definition:
Painty

Paint"y
(pānt"&ybreve_;)
a.
Unskillfully painted, so that the painter's method of work is too obvious; also, having too much pigment applied to the surface.
[Cant]


word: Pair
definition:
Pair

Pair
(pâr)
n.
[F. paire, LL. paria, L. paria, pl. of par pair, fr. par, adj., equal.  Cf. Apparel, Par equality, Peer an equal.]

1.
A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. “A pair of beads.”  Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. “Four pair of stairs.” Macaulay. [Now mostly or quite disused.]

Two crowns in my pocket, two pair of cards.
Beau. & Fl.

2.
Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes.

3.
Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen.

4.
A married couple; a man and wife.
pair
Dryden.
pair
Milton.

5.
A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of pants; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows.

6.
Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question (in order, for example, to allow the members to be absent during the vote without affecting the outcome of the vote), or on issues of a party nature during a specified time; as, there were two pairs on the final vote.
[Parliamentary Cant]
A member who is thus paired with one who would have voted oppositely is said to be paired for or paired against a measure, depending on the member's position.

7.
(Kinematics)
In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion.

&hand_; Pairs are named in accordance with the kind of motion they permit; thus, a journal and its bearing form a turning pair, a cylinder and its piston a sliding pair, a screw and its nut a twisting pair, etc.  Any pair in which the constraining contact is along lines or at points only (as a cam and roller acting together), is designated a higher pair; any pair having constraining surfaces which fit each other (as a cylindrical pin and eye, a screw and its nut, etc.), is called a lower pair.

Pair royal (pl. Pairs Royal) three things of a sort; -- used especially of playing cards in some games, as cribbage; as three kings, three “eight spots” etc.  Four of a kind are called a double pair royal.  “Something in his face gave me as much pleasure as a pair royal of naturals in my own hand.”  Goldsmith. “That great pair royal of adamantine sisters [the Fates].” Quarles. [Written corruptly parial and prial.]


word: Pair₂
definition:
Pair

Pair
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Paired (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pairing.]
1.
To be joined in pairs; to couple; to mate, as for breeding.

2.
To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.

My heart was made to fit and pair with thine.
Rowe.

3.
Same as To pair off. See phrase below.

To pair off, to separate from a group in pairs or couples; specif. (Parliamentary Cant), to agree with one of the opposite party or opinion to abstain from voting on specified questions or issues. See Pair, n., 6.


word: Pair₃
definition:
Pair

Pair
v. t.
1.
To unite in couples; to form a pair of; to bring together, as things which belong together, or which complement, or are adapted to one another.

Glossy jet is paired with shining white.
Pope.

2.
To engage (one's self) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.
[Parliamentary Cant]

Paired fins. (Zool.) See under Fin.


