O″as‐is (ō″ȧ‐sĭs or ō̍‐ā″sĭs; 277), n.; pl.Oases (–sēz). [L., fr. Gr. ὄασισ; cf. Copt. ouahe.] A fertile or green spot in a waste or desert, esp. in a sandy desert.
My one oasis in the dust and drouth
Of city life. Tennyson.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.