Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Ohmmeter

Ohm″me′ter (?), n. [Ohm + meter.] (Elec.) An instrument for indicating directly resistance in ohms.

677

Oho

O‐ho″ (?), interj. An exclamation of surprise, etc.

678

Oïdium

‖O‐ïd″i‐um (?), n. [NL., dim. fr. Gr. ῳὄν egg.] (Bot.) A genus of minute fungi which form a floccose mass of filaments on decaying fruit, etc. Many forms once referred to this g...

679

Oil

Oil (oil), n. [OE. oile, OF. oile, F. huile, fr. L. oleum; akin to Gr. �. Cf. Olive.] Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, not miscible with water; as,...

680

Oil (2)

Oil (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Oiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Oiling.] To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to anoint with oil.

681

Oilbird

Oil″bird′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Guacharo.

682

Oilcloth

Oil″cloth′ (?), n. Cloth treated with oil or paint, and used for marking garments, covering floors, etc.

683

Oiled

Oiled (oild), a. Covered or treated with oil; dressed with, or soaked in, oil.Oiled silk, silk rendered waterproof by saturation with boiled oil.

684

Oiler

Oil″er (?), n. 1. One who deals in oils.2. One who, or that which, oils.

685

Oilery

Oil″er‐y (?), n. [Cf. F. huilerie.] The business, the place of business, or the goods, of a maker of, or dealer in, oils.

686

Oiliness

Oil″i‐ness (?), n. The quality of being oily. Bacon.

687

Oillet

Oil″let (?), n. [See Eyelet.] (Arch.) (a) A small opening or loophole, sometimes circular, used in mediæval fortifications. (b) A small circular opening, and ring of moldings su...

688

Oilman

Oil″man (?), n.; pl.Oilmen (�). One who deals in oils; formerly, one who dealt in oils and pickles.

689

Oilnut

Oil″nut′ (?), n.(Bot.) The buffalo nut. See Buffalo nut, under Buffalo.☞ The name is also applied to various nuts and seeds yielding oil, as the butternut, cocoanut, oil-palm nut.

690

Oilseed

Oil″seed′ (?), n.(Bot.) (a) Seed from which oil is expressed, as the castor bean; also, the plant yielding such seed. See Castor bean. (b) A cruciferous herb (Camelina sativa). ...

691

Oilskin

Oil″skin′ (?), n. Cloth made waterproof by oil.

692

Oilstone

Oil″stone′ (?), n. A variety of hone slate, or whetstone, used for whetting tools when lubricated with oil.

693

Oily

Oil″y (?), a. [Compar.Oilier (?); superl.Oiliest.] 1. Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the nature or qualities of oil; unctuous; oleaginous; as, oily matter or substanc...

694

Oinement

Oi″ne‐ment (?), n. Ointment. Chaucer.

695

Oinomania

‖Oi′no‐ma″ni‐a (?), n. See œnomania.

696

Oint

Oint (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Ointed; p. pr & vb. n.Ointing.] [F. oint, p. p. of oindre, L. ungere. See Anoint, Ointment.] To anoint. Dryden.

697

Ointment

Oint″ment (?), n. [OE. oinement, OF. oignement, fr. F. oindre to anoint, L. ungere, unguere; akin to Skr. añj, and to G. anke (in Switzerland) butter. The first t in the E. word...

698

Ojibways

O‐jib″ways (?), n. pl.; sing. Ojibway. (Ethnol.) Same as Chippeways.

699

Ojo

‖O″jo (?), n. A spring, surrounded by rushes or rank grass; an oasis. Bartlett.

700

Okapi

O‐ka″pi (?), n. [Native name on the borders of Belgian Kongo, possibly the same word as Mpongwe okapo lean.] A peculiar mammal (Okapia johnostoni) closely related to the giraffe...

701

Oke

Oke (ōk), n. [Turk. okkah, fr. Ar. ūkīyah, wakīyah, prob. fr. Gr. ουγγἴα, ουγκἴα, an ounce, fr. L. uncia. Cf. Ounce a weight.] 1. A Turkish and Egyptian weight, equal to about 2...

702

Okenite

O″ken‐ite (?), n. [Prob. from Lorenz Oken, a German naturalist.] (Min.) A massive and fibrous mineral of a whitish color, chiefly hydrous silicate of lime.