O″re‐ad (?), n. [L. Oreas, -adis, Gr. Ορειἄσ, -άδοσ, fr. ὄροσ mountain: cf. F. oréade.] (Class. Myth.) One of the nymphs of mountains and grottoes.
Like a wood nymph light,
Oread or Dryad. Milton.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.