Webster's Dictionary 1913

1918

Oswego tea

Os‐we″go tea″ (?). (Bot.) An American aromatic herb (Monarda didyma), with showy, bright red, labiate flowers.

1919

Otacoustic

Ot′a‐cous″tic (?), a. [Oto- + acoustic: cf. F. otacoustique.] Assisting the sense of hearing; as, an otacoustic instrument.

1920

Otacoustic (2)

{ Ot′a‐cous″tic (?), Ot′a‐cous″ti‐con (?), } n. An instrument to facilitate hearing, as an ear trumpet.

1921

Otaheite apple

O′ta‐hei″te ap″ple (?). [So named from Otaheite, or Tahiti, one of the Society Islands.] (Bot.) (a) The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree (Spondias dulcis), also called ...

1922

Otalgia

‖O‐tal″gi‐a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �; οὐ̑σ, ωτὄσ, the ear + ἄλγοσ pain: cf. F. otalgie.] (Med.) Pain in the ear; earache.

1923

Otalgic

O‐tal″gic (?), a.(Med.) Of or pertaining to otalgia. — n. A remedy for otalgia.

1924

Otalgy

O‐tal″gy (?), n. Pain in the ear; otalgia.

1925

Otary

O″ta‐ry (?), n.; pl.Otaries (#). [Gr. � large-eared, fr. �, �, ear: cf. F. otarie.] (Zoöl.) Any eared seal.

1926

Otheoscope

O″the‐o‐scope (?), n. [Gr. � to push + -scope.] (Physics) An instrument for exhibiting the repulsive action produced by light or heat in an exhausted vessel; a modification of t...

1927

Other

Oth″er (ŭt͡h″ẽr), conj. [See Or.] Either; — used with other or or for its correlative (as either... or are now used).Other of chalk, other of glass. Chaucer.

1928

Other (2)

Oth″er, pron. & a. [AS. ōðer; akin to OS. āðar, ōðar, D. & G. ander, OHG. andar, Icel. annarr, Sw. annan, Dan. anden, Goth. anþar, Skr. antara: cf. L. alter; all orig. comparati...

1929

Other (3)

Oth″er (ŭt͡h″ẽr), adv. Otherwise. “It shall none other be.” Chaucer. “If you think other.” Shak.

1930

Othergates

Oth″er‐gates′ (–gāts′), adv. [Other + gate way. See wards.] In another manner.He would have tickled you othergates. Shak.

1931

Otherguise

{ Oth″er‐guise′ (–gīz′), Oth″er‐guess′ (?) }, a. & adv. [A corruption of othergates.] Of another kind or sort; in another way. “Otherguess arguments.” Berkeley.

1932

Otherness

Oth″er‐ness, n. The quality or state of being other or different; alterity; oppositeness.

1933

Otherways

Oth″er‐ways′ (?), adv. See Otherwise. Tyndale.

1934

Otherwhere

Oth″er‐where′ (?), adv. In or to some other place, or places; elsewhere. Milton.Tennyson.

1935

Otherwhile

{ Oth″er‐while′ (?), Oth″er‐whiles′ (?), } adv. At another time, or other times; sometimes; occasionally.Weighing otherwhiles ten pounds and more. Holland.

1936

Otherwise

Oth″er‐wise′ (?), adv. [Other + wise manner.]1. In a different manner; in another way, or in other ways; differently; contrarily. Chaucer.Thy father was a worthy prince,And meri...

1937

Othman

Oth″man (?), n. & a. See Ottoman.

1938

Otic

O″tic (?), a. [Gr. �, fr. οὐ̑σ, ωτὄσ, the ear: cf. F. otique.] Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the ear; auricular; auditory.

1939

Otiose

O″ti‐ose′ (?), a. [L. otiosus, fr. otium ease.] Being at leisure or ease; unemployed; indolent; idle. “Otiose assent.” Paley.The true keeping of the Sabbath was not that otiose ...

1940

Otiosity

O′ti‐os″ity (?), n. [L. otiositas.] Leisure; indolence; idleness; ease. Thackeray.

1941

Otis

‖O″tis (?), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of birds including the bustards.

1942

Otitis

‖O‐ti″tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. οὐ̑σ, ωτὄσ, the ear + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the ear.

1943

Oto-

O″to– (?). [Gr. οὐ̑σ, ωτὄσ, the ear.] A combining form denoting relation to, or situation near or in, the ear.

1944

Otoba fat

O‐to″ba fat′ (?). (Chem.) A colorless buttery substance obtained from the fruit of Myristica otoba, a species of nutmeg tree.