Webster's Dictionary 1828

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OLFACT

OLFACT', verb transitive [Latin olfacto, olfacio; oleo, to smell, and facio, to make.]To smell; used in burlesque, but not otherwise authorized.

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OLFACTORY

OLFACT'ORY, adjective [Latin olfacio, supra.] Pertaining to smelling; having the sense of smelling; as olfactory nerves.

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OLIBAN

OL'IBAN,OLIBA'NUM, noun [The word signifies then frankincense, and it is so named from its whiteness.]A gum-resin consisting of tears or drops, of a yellow transparent color and...

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OLID

OL'ID,OL'IDOUS, adjective [Latin olidus, from oleo, to smell.] Fetid; having a strong disagreeable smell. [Little used.]

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OLIGARCHAL

OLIGARCH'AL,OLIGARCH'ICAL, adjective [See Oligrachy.] Pertaining to oligrachy, or government by a few.

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OLIGARCHICAL

OLIGARCH'ICAL, a. [See Oligrachy.] Pertaining to oligrachy, or government by a few.

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OLIGIST

OL'IGIST, 'IC, adjective [Gr. least.] oligist iron, so called, is a crystallized tritoxyd of iron.

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OLIGRACHY

OL'IGRACHY, noun [Gr. few, and rule.]A form of government in which the supreme power is placed in a few hands; a species of aristocracy.

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OLIO

O'LIO, noun [Latin olla, a pot.]1. A mixture; a medley.2. A miscellany; a collection of various pieces; applied to musical collections.

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OLITORY

OL'ITORY, adjective [Latin olitor, a gardener, from olus, pot-herbs.]Belonging to a kitchen garden; as olitory seeds. It may perhaps be used as a noun.

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OLIVACEOUS

OLIVA'CEOUS, adjective [from Latin oliva, olive.] Of the color of the olive.

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OLIVASTER

OLIVAS'TER, noun [Latin oliva, olive.] Of the color of the olive, tawny.

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OLIVE

OL'IVE, noun [Latin oliva, from olea, an olive tree; Gr. See Oil]A plant or tree of the genus Olea. The common olive tree grows in warm climates and rises to the height of twent...

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OLIVE-YARD

OL'IVE-YARD, noun An inclosure or piece of ground in which olives are cultivated. Exodus 23:1.

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OLIVED

OL'IVED, adjective Decorated with olive trees.

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OLIVENITE

OL'IVENITE, noun An ore of copper.

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OLIVIN

OL'IVIN,OL'IVINE, noun [from olive.] A subspecies of prismatic chrysolite of a brownish green, often inclining to a yellowish or grayish green, usually found in roundish grains ...

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OLIVINE

OL'IVINE, n. [from olive.] A subspecies of prismatic chrysolite of a brownish green, often inclining to a yellowish or grayish green, usually found in roundish grains in other s...

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OLYMPEAN

OLYM'PEAN, adjective Pertaining to Olympus; or to Olympis, a town in Greece.Olympic games, or Olympics, solemn games among the ancient Greeks, dedicated to Olympian Jupiter, and...

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OLYMPIAD

OLYM'PIAD, noun [Latin Olympias; Gr. from Olympus, a mountain of Macedonia.]A period of four years reckoned from one celebration of the Olympic games to another, and constitutin...

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OMBER

OM'BER,OM'BRE, noun [Latin homo.]A game at cards, borrowed from the Spaniards, usually played by three persons, though sometimes by two or five.

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OMBRE

OM'BRE, n. [L. homo.]A game at cards, borrowed from the Spaniards, usually played by three persons, though sometimes by two or five.

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OMBROMETER

OMBROM'ETER, noun [Gr. rain, and measure.]A machine or instrument to measure the quantity of rain that falls.

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OMEGA

OME'GA, noun [Gr. great O.] The name of the last letter of the Greek alphabet, as Alpha, A, is the first. Hence in Scripture, Alpha and omega denotes the first and last, the beg...

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OMELET

OM'ELET, noun A kind of pancake or fritter made with eggs and other ingredients.

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OMEN

O'MEN, noun [Latin omen; Heb. an augur.]A sign or indication of some future event; a prognostic. Superstition and ignorance multiply omens; philosophy and truth reject all omens...

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OMENED

O'MENED, adjective Containing an omen or prognostic.