Ouranography
Ou′ra‐nog″ra‐phy (?), n. See Uranography.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Ourebi
‖Ou″re‐bi (?), n.(Zoöl.) A small, graceful, and swift African antelope, allied to the klipspringer.
Ouretic
Ou‐ret″ic (?), a. [Gr. �, from � urine. Cf. Uretic.] (Chem.) Uric.
Ourology
Ou‐rol″o‐gy (?), n. See Urology.
Ouroscopy
Ou‐ros″co‐py (?), n. [Gr. � urine + -scopy.] Ourology.
Ours
Ours (ourz), possessive pron. See Note under Our.
Ourselves
Our‐selves″ (?), pron.; sing.Ourself (�). An emphasized form of the pronoun of the first person plural; — used as a subject, usually with we; also, alone in the predicate, in th...
Ouse
Ouse (o͝oz), n. & v. See Ooze.
Ousel
Ou″sel (o͝o″z'l), n. [OE. osel, AS. ōsle; akin to G. amsel, OHG. amsala, and perh. to L. merula blackbird. Cf. Merle, Amsel.] (Zoöl.) One of several species of European thrushes...
Oust
Oust (?), n. See Oast.
Oust (2)
Oust, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Ousted; p. pr. & vb. n.Ousting.] [OF. oster, F. ôter, prob. fr. L. obstare to oppose, hence, to forbid, take away. See Obstacle, and cf. Ouster.] 1. To ...
Ouster
Oust″er (?), n. [Prob. fr. the OF. infin. oster, used substantively. See Oust.] A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection; disseizin.Ouster of the freehold is effecte...
Out
Out (?), adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. ūt, and ūte, ūtan, fr. ūt; akin to D. uit, OS. ūt, G. aus, OHG. ūz, Icel. ūt, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud. √198. Cf. About, But...
Out (2)
Out (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office; — generally in the plural.2. A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an ang...
Out (3)
Out, v. t. 1. To cause to be out; to eject; to expel.A king outed from his country. Selden.The French have been outed of their holds. Heylin.2. To come out with; to make known. ...
Out (4)
Out, v. i. To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public. “Truth will out.” Shak.
Out (5)
Out, interj. Expressing impatience, anger, a desire to be rid of; — with the force of command; go out; begone; away; off.Out, idle words, servants to shallow fools! Shak.Out upo...
Out-Herod
Out–Her″od (?), v. t. To surpass (Herod) in violence or wickedness; to exceed in any vicious or offensive particular. “It out-Herods Herod.” Shak.Out-Heroding the preposterous f...
Out-of-door
Out′–of–door″ (?), a. Being out of the house; being, or done, in the open air; outdoor; as, out-of-door exercise. See Out of door, under Out, adv.Amongst out-of-door delights. G...
Out-of-the-way
Out′–of–the–way″, a. See under Out, adv.
Out-patient
Out″–pa′tient (?), n. A patient who is outside a hospital, but receives medical aid from it.
Outact
Out‐act″ (?), v. t. To do or beyond; to exceed in acting.He has made me heir to treasuresWould make me outact a real window's whining. Otway.
Outagamies
Ou″ta‐gam′ies (?), n. pl.; sing. Outagamie (�). (Ethnol.) See 1st Fox, 7.
Outargue
Out‐ar″gue (?), v. t. To surpass or conquer in argument.
Outbabble
Out‐bab″ble (?), v. t. To utter foolishly or excessively; to surpass in babbling. Milton.
Outbalance
Out‐bal″ance (?), v. t. To outweight; to exceed in weight or effect.Let dull Ajax bear away my rightWhen all his days outbalance this one night. Dryden.
Outbar
Out‐bar″ (?), v. t. To bar out. Spenser.