O
O is the fifteenth letter, and the fourth vowel in the English Alphabet. The shape of this letter seems to have been taken from the circular configuration of the lips in utterin...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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OAF
OAF, noun [said to be a corruption of ouph or elf, a fairy or demon, and to denote a foolish child left by fairies in the place of one of better intellects which they steal.]1. ...
OAFISH
OAFISH, adjective Stupid; dull; doltish. [Little used.]
OAFISHNESS
OAFISHNESS, noun Stupidity; dullness; folly. [Little used.]
OAK
OAK, noun [It is probably that the first syllable, oak was originally an adjective expressing some quality, as hard or strong, and by the disuse of tree, oak became the name of ...
OAK-APPLE
OAK-APPLE, noun A kind of spungy excrescence on oak leaves or tender branches, etc. produced in consequence of the puncture of an insect. It is called also oak leaf gall, or gal...
OAKEN
OAKEN, adjective o'kn.1. Made of oak or consisting of oak; as an oaken plank or bench; an oaken bower.2. Composed of branches of oak; as an oaken garland.
OAKENPIN
OAKENPIN, noun An apple; so called from its hardness.
OAKLING
OAKLING, noun A young oak.
OAKUM
OAKUM, nounThe substance of old ropes untwisted and pulled into loose hemp; used for caulking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc. That formed from untarred ropes is called ...
OAKY
OAKY, adjective [from oak.] Hard; firm; strong.
OAR
OAR, noun An instrument for rowing boats, being a piece of timber round or square at one end, and flat at the other. The round end is the handle, and the flat end the blade.To b...
OARY
OARY, adjective Having the form or use of an oar; as the swan's oary feet.
OAST
OAST,OAT, nounA plant of the genus Avena, and more usually, the seed of the plant. The word is commonly used in the plural, oats. This plant flourishes best in cold latitudes, a...
OAT
OAT, n.A plant of the genus Avena, and more usually, the seed of the plant. The word is commonly used in the plural, oats. This plant flourishes best in cold latitudes, and dege...
OAT-THISTLE
OAT-THISTLE, noun A plant. [Not used.]
OATCAKE
OATCAKE, noun A cake made of the meal of oats.
OATEN
OATEN, adjective o'tn.1. Made of oatmeal; as oaten cakes.2. Consisting of an oat straw or stem; as an oaten pipe.
OATH
OATH, nounA solemn affirmation or declaration, made with an appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed. The appeal to God in an oath implies that the person imprecates his ...
OATHABLE
OATHABLE, adjective Capable of having an oath administered to. [Not used.]
OATHBREAKING
OATHBREAKING, noun The violation of an oath; perjury.
OATMALT
OATMALT, noun Malt made of oats.
OATMEAL
OATMEAL, noun1. Meal of oats produced by grinding or pounding.2. A plant. [Not used.]
OB
OB, a Latin preposition, signifies primarily, in front, before, and hence against, towards; as in objicio, to object, that is, to throw against. It has also the force of in or o...
OBAMBULATE
OBAM'BULATE, verb intransitive [Latin obambulo.] To walk about. [Not used.]
OBAMBULATION
OBAMBULA'TION, noun A walking about. [Not used.]
OBBLIGATO
OBBLIGA'TO, an. A term in music, signifying on purpose for the instrument named.