Webster's Dictionary 1828

1162

OUTWIN

OUTWIN', verb transitive To get out of. [Not used.]

1163

OUTWIND

OUTWIND, verb transitive To extricate by winding; to unloose.

1164

OUTWING

OUTWING', verb transitive To move faster on the wing; to outstrip.

1165

OUTWIT

OUTWIT', verb transitive To surpass in design or stratagem; to overreach; to defeat or frustrate by superior ingenuity.

1166

OUTWORK

OUT'WORK, noun The part of a fortification most remote from the main fortress or citadel.

1167

OUTWORN

OUTWORN, participle passive [See Wear.] Worn out; consumed by use.

1168

OUTWORTH

OUTWORTH, verb transitive To exceed in value.

1169

OUTWREST

OUTWREST, verb transitive outrest'. To extort; to draw from or forth by violence.

1170

OUTWRITE

OUTWRITE, verb transitive outri'te. To surpass in writing.

1171

OUTWROUGHT

OUTWROUGHT, participle passive outraut'. [See Work.] Outdone; exceeded in act or efficacy.

1172

OUTZANY

OUTZA'NY, verb transitive [See Zany.] To exceed in buffoonery.

1173

OVAL

O'VAL, adjective [Latin ovum, an egg.]1. Of the shape or figure of an egg; oblong; curvilinear; resembling the longitudinal section of an egg. It is sometimes synonymous with el...

1174

OVARIOUS

OVA'RIOUS, adjective Consisting of eggs; as ovarious food.

1175

OVARY

O'VARY, noun [Latin ovarium, from ovum, an egg.]The part of a female animal in which the eggs are formed or lodged; or the part in which the fetus is supposed to be formed.

1176

OVATE

O'VATE,OVATE-LAN'CEOLATE, adjective Having something of the form of an egg and a lance, inclining to the latter.

1177

OVATE-SUBULATE

OVATE-SUB'ULATE, adjective Having something of the form of an egg and an awl, but most tending to the latter.

1178

OVATED

O'VATED, adjective [Latin ovatus, from ovum, an egg.] Egg-shaped; as an ovate leaf.

1179

OVATION

OVA'TION, noun [Latin ovatio.] In Roman antiquity, a lesser triumph allowed to commanders who had conquered without blood, or defeated an inconsiderable enemy.

1180

OVATO-OBLONG

OVATO-OB'LONG, adjective Oblong in the shape of an egg, or with the end lengthened.

1181

OVEN

OVEN, noun uv'n.An arch of brick or stone work, for baking bread and other things for food. Ovens are made in chimneys or set in the open air.

1182

OVER

O'VER, preposition [Latin super., Gr.]1. Across; from side to side; implying a passing or moving either above the substance or thing, or on the surface of it. Thus we say, a dog...

1183

OVERABOUND

OVERABOUND', verb intransitive To abound more than enough; to be superabundant.

1184

OVERACT

OVERACT', verb transitive To act or perform to excess; as, he overacted his part.OVERACT', verb intransitive To act more than is necessary.

1185

OVERAGITATE

OVERAG'ITATE, verb transitive To agitate or discuss beyond what is expedient.

1186

OVERALLS

O'VERALLS, noun A kind of trousers.

1187

OVERANXIOUS

OVERANX'IOUS, adjective Anxious to excess.

1188

OVERARCH

OVER'ARCH, verb transitive To arch over; to cover with an arch.Brown with o'erarching shades.