Webster's Dictionary 1913

1297

Opye

O″pye (?), n. Opium. Chaucer.

1298

Oquassa

O‐quas″sa (?), n.(Zoöl.) A small, handsome trout (Salvelinus oquassa), found in some of the lakes in Maine; — called also blueback trout.

1299

Or

Or (ôr), conj. [OE. or, outher, other, auther, either, or, AS. āwðer, contr. from āhwæðer; ā aye + hwæðer whether. See Aye, and Whether, and cf. Either.] A particle that marks a...

1300

Or (2)

Or, prep. & adv. [AS. �r ere, before. √204. See Ere, prep. & adv.] Ere; before; sooner than.But natheless, while I have time and space,Or that I forther in this tale pace. Chauc...

1301

Or (3)

Or, n. [F., fr. L. aurum gold. Cf. Aureate.] (Her.) Yellow or gold color, — represented in drawing or engraving by small dots.

1302

Ora

O″ra (?), n. [AS. See 2d Ore.] A money of account among the Anglo-Saxons, valued, in the Domesday Book, at twenty pence sterling.

1303

Orabassu

‖O′ra‐bas″su (?), n.(Zoöl.) A South American monkey of the genus Callithrix, esp. C. Moloch.

1304

Orach

{ Or″ach, Or″ache} (?), n. [F. arroche, corrupted fr. L. atriplex, Gr. �. Cf. Arrach.] (Bot.) A genus (Atriplex) of herbs or low shrubs of the Goosefoot family, most of them wit...

1305

Oracle

Or″a‐cle (?), n. [F., fr. L. oraculum, fr. orare to speak, utter, pray, fr. os, oris, mouth. See Oral.]1. The answer of a god, or some person reputed to be a god, to an inquiry ...

1306

Oracle (2)

Or″a‐cle, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Oracled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Oracling (?).] To utter oracles.

1307

Oracular

O‐rac″u‐lar (?), a. [L. oracularius. See Oracle.]1. Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles; forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue.2. Resembling an oracle in so...

1308

Oraculous

O‐rac″u‐lous (?), a. Oracular; of the nature of an oracle. “Equivocations, or oraculous speeches.” Bacon. “The oraculous seer.” Pope. — O‐rac″u‐lous‐ly, adv. — O‐rac″u‐lous‐ness...

1309

Oragious

O‐ra″gious (?), a. [F. orageux.] Stormy.

1310

Oraison

Or″ai‐son (?), n. See Orison. Shak.

1311

Oral

O″ral (?), a. [L. os, oris, the mouth, akin to Skr. ās. Cf. Adore, Orison, Usher.] 1. Uttered by the mouth, or in words; spoken, not written; verbal; as, oral traditions; oral t...

1312

Orally

O″ral‐ly, adv. 1. In an oral manner. Tillotson.2. By, with, or in, the mouth; as, to receive the sacrament orally. Usher.

1313

Orang

O‐rang″ (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Orang-outang.

1314

Orang-outang

O‐rang″–ou‐tang′ (?), n. [Malayan ōrang ūtan, i.e., man of the woods; ōrang man + ūtan a forest, wood, wild, savage.] (Zoöl.) An arboreal anthropoid ape (Simia satyrus), which i...

1315

Orange

Or″ange (?), n. [F.; cf. It. arancia, arancio, LL. arangia, Sp. naranjia, Pg. laranja; all fr. Ar. nāranj, Per. nāranj, nārang; cf. Skr. nāranga orange tree. The o- in F. orange...

1316

Orange (2)

Or″ange, a. Of or pertaining to an orange; of the color of an orange; reddish yellow; as, an orange ribbon.

1317

Orangeade

Or′ange‐ade″ (?), n. [F., fr. orange.] A drink made of orange juice and water, corresponding to lemonade; orange sherbet.

1318

Orangeat

Or′an‐geat″ (?), n. [F., fr. orange.] Candied orange peel; also, orangeade.

1319

Orangeism

Or″ange‐ism (?), n. Attachment to the principles of the society of Orangemen; the tenets or practices of the Orangemen.

1320

Orangeman

Or″ange‐man (?), n.; pl.-men (�). One of a secret society, organized in the north of Ireland in 1795, the professed objects of which are the defense of the reigning sovereign of...

1321

Orangeroot

Or″ange‐root′ (?), n.(Bot.) An American ranunculaceous plant (Hidrastis Canadensis), having a yellow tuberous root; — also called yellowroot, golden seal, etc.

1322

Orangery

Or″an‐ger‐y (?), n. [F. orangerie, fr. orange. See Orange.] A place for raising oranges; a plantation of orange trees.

1323

Orangetawny

Or″ange‐taw′ny (?), a. & n. Deep orange-yellow; dark yellow. Shak.