Webster's Dictionary 1828

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OUNCE

OUNCE, noun ouns. [Latin uncia, the twelfth part of any thing; Gr; but the Greek is from Latin. Inch is from the same root, being the twelfth part of a foot.]1. A weight, the tw...

974

OUNDED

OUND'ED,OUND'ING, adjective Waving. [Latin unda. Not used.]

975

OUNDING

OUND'ING, a. Waving. [L. unda. Not used.]

976

OUPHE

OUPHE, noun oof'y. A fairy; a goblin; an elf. obsolete

977

OUPHEN

OUPHEN, noun oof'en. Elfish. obsolete

978

OUR

OUR, adjective1. Pertaining or belonging to us; as our country; our rights; our troops.2. Ours, which is primarily the possessive case of our is never used as an adjective, but ...

979

OURANOGRAPHY

OURANOG'RAPHY, noun [Gr. heaven, and to describe.] A description of the heavens.

980

OURSELF

OURSELF', pronoun reciprocal. [our and self.] This is added after we and us, and sometimes is used without either for myself, in the regal style only, as, we ourself will follow...

981

OURSELVES

OURSELVES, plural of ourself. We or us, not others; added to we, by way of emphasis or opposition.We ourselves might distinctly number in words a great deal farther than we usua...

982

OUSE

OUSE, noun ooz. [from ooze.] Tanner's bark.

983

OUSEL

OUSEL, noun oo'zl. The blackbird, a species of the genus Turdus.OUST, verb transitive [I take this to be our vulgar oost, used in the sense of lift. The usual signification then...

984

OUST

OUST, noun [Latin ustus.] A kiln to dry hops or malt.

985

OUSTED

OUST'ED, participle passive Taken away; removed; ejected.

986

OUSTER

OUST'ER, noun Amotion of possession; disseizin; dispossession; ejection.Ouster of the freehold is effected by abatement, intrusion, disseizin, discontinuance or deforcement.A de...

987

OUSTING

OUST'ING, participle present tense Taking away; removing; ejecting.

988

OUT

OUT, adverb1. Without; on the outside; not within; on the exterior or beyond the limits of any inclosed place or given line; opposed to in or within; as, to go out and come in; ...

989

OUTACT

OUTACT', verb transitive To do beyond; to exceed in act.He has made me heir to treasures, would make me outact a read widow's whining.

990

OUTBALANCE

OUTBAL'ANCE, verb transitive To out weigh; to exceed in weight or effect.Let dull Ajax bear away my right, when all his days outbalance this one night.

991

OUTBAR

OUTB'AR, verb transitive To shut out by bars or fortification.These to outbar with painful pionings.

992

OUTBID

OUTBID', verb transitive To bid more than another; to offer a higher price.For Indian spices, for Peruvian gold, prevent the greedy and outbid the bold.OUTBID'

993

OUTBIDDEN

OUTBID'DEN, participle passive Exceeded in the price offered.

994

OUTBIDDER

OUTBID'DER, noun One that outbids.

995

OUTBIDDING

OUTBID'DING, participle present tense Bidding a price beyond another.

996

OUTBLOWN

OUTBLOWN, participle passive Inflated; swelled with wind.

997

OUTBLUSH

OUTBLUSH', verb transitive To exceed in rosy color.

998

OUTBORN

OUT'BORN, adjective Foreign; not native. [Little used.]

999

OUTBOUND

OUT'BOUND, adjective Destined or proceeding from a country or harbor to a distant country or port; as an outbound ship.[The usual phrase among seamen is outward bound.]