Webster's Dictionary 1828

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ORTHOGRAPHY

ORTHOG'RAPHY, noun [Gr. right, and writing.]1. The art of writing words with the proper letters, according to common usage.2. The part of grammar which treats of the nature and ...

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ORTHOLOGY

ORTHOL'OGY, noun [Gr. right, and discourse.] The right description of things.

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ORTHOMETRY

ORTHOM'ETRY, noun [Gr. right, and measure.]The art or practice of constructing verse correctly; the laws of correct versification.

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ORTHOPNY

ORTHOP'NY, noun [Gr. right, erect, and breath; to breathe.]1. A species of asthma in which respiration can be performed on in an erect posture.2. Any difficulty of breathing.

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ORTIVE

OR'TIVE, adjective [Latin ortivus, from ortus, orior, to rise.]Rising, or eastern. The ortive amplitude of a planet is an arc of the horizon intercepted between the point where ...

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ORTOLAN

OR'TOLAN, noun [Latin hortulanus, from hortus, a garden.]A bird of the genus Emberiza, about the size of the lark, with black wings. It is found in France and Italy, feeds on pa...

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ORTS

ORTS, noun Fragments; pieces; refuse.

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ORVAL

OR'VAL, noun The herb clary.

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ORVIETAN

ORVIE'TAN, noun An antidote or counter poison. [Not used.]

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ORYCTOGNOSTIC

ORYCTOGNOS'TIC, adjective Pertaining to oryctognosy.

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ORYCTOGNOSY

ORYCTOG'NOSY, noun [Gr. fossil, and knowledge.]That branch of mineralogy which has for its object the classification of minerals, according to well ascertained characters, and u...

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ORYCTOGRAPHY

ORYCTOG'RAPHY, noun [Gr. fossil, and to describe.]That part of natural history in which fossils are described.

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ORYCTOLOGY

ORYCTOL'OGY, noun [Gr. fossil, and discourse.] That part of physics which treats of fossils.

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OSCHEOCELE

OS'CHEOCELE, noun [Gr. the scrotum, and a tumor.] A rupture in the scrotum; scrotal hernia.

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OSCILLATE

OS'CILLATE, verb intransitive [Latin oscillo, from ant. cillo, Gr. to move.]To swing; to move backward and forward; to vibrate.

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OSCILLATION

OSCILLA'TION, noun [Latin oscillatio.] Vibration; a moving backward and forward, or swinging like a pendulum.

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OSCILLATORY

OS'CILLATORY, adjective Moving backward and forward like a pendulum; swinging; as an oscillatory motion.

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OSCITANCY

OS'CITANCY, noun [Latin oscito, to yawn, from os, the mouth.]1. The act of gaping or yawning.2. Unusual sleepiness; drowsiness; dullness.It might proceed from the oscitancy of t...

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OSCITANT

OS'CITANT, adjective1. Yawning; gaping.2. Sleepy; drowsy; dull; sluggish.

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OSCITANTLY

OS'CITANTLY, adverb Carelessly.

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OSCITATION

OSCITA'TION, noun The act of yawning or gaping from sleepiness.

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OSCULATION

OSCULA'TION, noun [Latin osculatio, a kissing.] In geometry, the contract between any given curve and its osculatory circle, that is, a circle of the same curvature with the giv...

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OSCULATORY

OS'CULATORY, adjective An osculatory circle, in geometry, is a circle having the same curvature with any curve at any given point.OS'CULATORY, noun In church history, a tablet o...

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OSIER

OSIER, noun o'sher. A willow or water willow, or the twig of the willow, used in making baskets.

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OSMAZOME

OS'MAZOME, noun [Gr. odor, and juice.]A substance of an aromatic flavor, obtained from the flesh of the ox.

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OSMIUM

OS'MIUM, noun [Gr. odor.] A metal recently discovered, and contained in the ore of platinum. A native alloy of this metal with iridium is found in grains along the rivers in Sou...

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OSMUND

OS'MUND, noun A plant, or a genus of plants, osmunda, moonwort. The most remarkable species is the osmund royal or flowering fern, growing in marshes, the root of which boiled, ...