Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter O - Page 1
O () O, The fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, derives its form, value, and name from the Greek O, through the Latin. The letter came into the Greek from the Ph[oe]nician, which possibly derived it ultimately from the Egyptian. Etymologically, the letter o is most closely related to a, e, and u; as in E. bone, AS. b[=a]n; E. stone, AS. st[=a]n; E. broke, AS. brecan to break; E. bore, AS. beran to bear; E. dove, AS. d[=u]fe; E. toft, tuft; tone, tune; number, F. nombre.
The
letter o has several vowel sounds, the principal of which are its long sound,
as in bone, its short sound, as in nod, and the sounds heard in the words orb,
son, do (feod), and wolf (book). In connection with the other vowels it forms
several digraphs and diphthongs. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect]
107-129.
O () Among the ancients, O was a mark of triple time, from the notion
that the ternary, or number 3, is the most perfect of numbers, and properly
expressed by a circle, the most perfect figure.
O Was also anciently used to represent 11: with a dash over it ([=O]), 11,000.
O's (n. pl. ) of O
Oes (n. pl. ) of O
O (n.) The letter O, or its sound. "Mouthing out his hollow oes
and aes." -- Tennyson.
O (n.) Something shaped like the letter O; a circle or oval. "This wooden O [Globe Theater]". -- Shak.
O (n.) A cipher; zero. [R.]
Thou art an O without a figure. -- Shak.
O' () A prefix to Irish family names, which signifies grandson or descendant of, and is a character of dignity; as, O'Neil, O'Carrol.
O' (prep.) A shortened form of of or on. "At the turning o' the tide." -- Shak.
O (a.) One.
O (interj.) An exclamation used in calling or directly addressing a person or personified object; also, as an emotional or impassioned exclamation expressing pain, grief, surprise, desire, fear, etc.
For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. -- Ps. cxix. 89.
O how love I thy law ! it is my meditation all the day. -- Ps. cxix. 97.
Note: O is frequently followed by an ellipsis and that, an in expressing a wish: "O [I wish] that Ishmael might live before thee!" -- Gen. xvii. 18; or in expressions of surprise, indignation, or regret: "O [it is sad] that such eyes should e'er meet other object!" -- Sheridan Knowles.
Note: A distinction between the use of O and oh is insisted upon by some, namely, that O should be used only in direct address to a person or personified object, and should never be followed by the exclamation point, while Oh (or oh) should be used in exclamations where no direct appeal or address to an object is made, and may be followed by the exclamation point or not, according to the nature or construction of the sentence. Some insist that oh should be used only as an interjection expressing strong feeling. The form O, however, is, it seems, the one most commonly employed for both uses by modern writers and correctors for the press. "O, I am slain!" --Shak. "O what a fair and ministering angel!" "O sweet angel !" -- Longfellow.
O for a kindling touch from that pure flame! -- Wordsworth.
But she is in her grave, -- and oh The difference to me! -- Wordsworth.
Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness! -- Cowper.
We should distinguish between the sign of the vocative and the emotional interjection, writing O for the former, and oh for the latter. -- Earle.
{O dear}, & {O dear me!} [corrupted fr. F. O Dieu! or It. O
Dio! O God! O Dio mio! O my God! -- Wyman.], exclamations expressive of various emotions, but usually promoted by surprise, consternation, grief, pain, etc.
O (n.) A nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust [syn: {oxygen}, {O}, {atomic number 8}].
O (n.) The 15th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: {O}, {o}]
O (n.) The blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens; "people with type O blood are universal donors" [syn: {O}, {type O}, {group O}].
Oad (n.) See Woad. [Obs.] -- Coles.
OAD, () Open Architecture Driver (Iomega).
Oaf (n.) Originally, an elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins; hence, a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an idiot.
Oaf (n.) A clumsy or awkward person.
Syn: klutz, clod, lummox, stumblebum.
Auf (n.) A changeling or elf child, -- that is, one left by fairies; a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf. [Obs.] -- Drayton.
Oaf (n.)An awkward stupid person [syn: lout, clod, stumblebum, goon, oaf, lubber, lummox, lump, gawk].
Oafish (a.) Like an oaf; simple or clumsy. -- Oaf"ish*ness, n.
Oafish (a.) Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude" [syn: boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish].
Oak (n.) (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver grain.
Oak (n.) The strong wood or timber of the oak.
Note: Among the true oaks in America are:
Barren oak, or Black-jack, Quercus nigra.
Basket oak, Quercus Michauxii.
Black oak, Quercus tinctoria; -- called also yellow oak or quercitron oak.
Bur oak (see under Bur.), Quercus macrocarpa; -- called also over-cup or mossy-cup oak.
Chestnut oak, Quercus Prinus and Quercus densiflora.
Chinquapin oak (see under Chinquapin), Quercus prinoides.
Coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia, of California; -- also called enceno.
Live oak (see under Live), Quercus virens, the best of all for shipbuilding; also, Quercus Chrysolepis, of
California.
Pin oak. Same as Swamp oak.
Post oak, Quercus obtusifolia.
Red oak, Quercus rubra.
Scarlet oak, Quercus coccinea.
Scrub
oak, Quercus
ilicifolia, Quercus undulata, etc.
Shingle oak, Quercus imbricaria.
Spanish oak, Quercus falcata.
Swamp Spanish oak, or Pin oak, Quercus palustris.
Swamp white oak, Quercus bicolor.
Water oak, Quercus aquatica.
Water white oak, Quercus lyrata.
Willow oak, Quercus Phellos. Among the true oaks in Europe are:
Bitter oak, or
Turkey oak, Quercus Cerris (see Cerris).
Cork oak, Quercus Suber.
English white oak, Quercus Robur.
Evergreen oak, Holly oak, or
Holm oak, Quercus Ilex.
Kermes oak, Quercus coccifera.
Nutgall oak, Quercus infectoria.
Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus Quercus, are:
African oak, A valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia Africana).
Australian oak or She oak, Any tree of the genus Casuarina (see Casuarina).
Indian oak, The teak tree (see Teak).
Jerusalem oak. See under Jerusalem.
New Zealand oak, A sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon excelsum).
Poison oak, A shrub once not distinguished from poison ivy, but now restricted to Rhus toxicodendron or Rhus diversiloba.
Silky oak or Silk-bark oak, An Australian tree ({Grevillea robusta).
Green oak, Oak wood colored green by the growth of the mycelium of certain fungi.
Oak apple, A large, smooth, round gall produced on the leaves of the American red oak by a gallfly ({Cynips confluens). It is green and pulpy when young.
Oak beauty (Zool.), A British geometrid moth ({Biston prodromaria) whose larva feeds on the oak.
Oak gall, A gall found on the oak. See 2d Gall.
Oak leather (Bot.), The mycelium of a fungus which forms leatherlike patches in the fissures of oak wood.
Oak pruner. (Zool.) See Pruner, the insect.
Oak spangle, A kind of gall produced on the oak by the insect Diplolepis lenticularis.
Oak wart, A wartlike gall on the twigs of an oak.
The Oaks, One of the three great annual English horse races (the Derby and St. Leger being the others). It was instituted in 1779 by the Earl of Derby, and so called from his estate.
To sport one's oak, To be "not at home to visitors," signified by closing the outer (oaken) door of one's rooms. [Cant, Eng. Univ.]
Oak (n.) The hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring.
Oak (n.) A deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves; "great oaks grow from little acorns" [syn: oak, oak tree].
OAK, () Object Application Kernel (Java, predecessor, Sun).
Oak, () There are six Hebrew words rendered "oak." (1.) 'El occurs only in the word El-paran (Gen. 14:6). The LXX. renders by "terebinth." In the plural form this word occurs in Isa. 1:29; 57:5 (A.V. marg. and R.V., "among the oaks"); 61:3 ("trees"). The word properly means strongly, mighty, and hence a strong tree.
Oak, (2.) 'Elah, Gen. 35:4, "under the oak which was by Shechem" (R.V. marg., "terebinth"). Isa. 6:13, A.V., "teil-tree;" R.V., "terebinth." Isa. 1:30, R.V. marg., "terebinth." Absalom in his flight was caught in the branches of a "great oak" (2 Sam. 18:9; R.V. marg., "terebinth").
Oak, (3.) 'Elon, Judg. 4:11; 9:6 (R.V., "oak;" A.V., following the Targum, "plain") properly the deciduous species of oak shedding its foliage in autumn.
Oak, (4.) 'Elan, only in Dan. 4:11,14,20, rendered "tree" in Nebuchadnezzar's dream. Probably some species of the oak is intended.
Oak, (5.) 'Allah, Josh. 24:26. The place here referred to is called Allon-moreh ("the oak of Moreh," as in R.V.) in Gen. 12:6 and 35:4.
Oak, (6.) 'Allon, always rendered "oak." Probably the evergreen oak (called also ilex and holm oak) is intended. The oak woods of Bashan are frequently alluded to (Isa. 2:13; Ezek. 27:6). Three species of oaks are found in Palestine, of which the "prickly evergreen oak" (Quercus coccifera) is the most abundant. "It covers the rocky hills of Palestine with a dense brushwood of trees from 8 to 12 feet high, branching from the base, thickly covered with small evergreen rigid leaves, and bearing acorns copiously." The so-called Abraham's oak at Hebron is of this species. Tristram says that this oak near Hebron "has for several centuries taken the place of the once renowned terebinth which marked the site of Mamre on the other side of the city.
The terebinth existed at Mamre in the time of Vespasian, and under it the captive Jews were sold as slaves. It disappeared about A.D. 330, and no tree now marks the grove of Mamre. The present oak is the noblest tree in Southern Palestine, being 23 feet in girth, and the diameter of the foliage, which is unsymmetrical, being about 90 feet." (See HEBRON; TEIL-{TREE.)
Oak, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 60
Housing Units (2000): 36
Land area (2000): 0.148115 sq. miles (0.383617 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.148115 sq. miles (0.383617 sq. km)
FIPS code: 35245
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 40.237287 N, 97.902920 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68964
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Oak, NE
Oak
Oaken (a.) Made or consisting of oaks or of the wood of oaks. "In oaken bower." -- Milton.
Oaken timber, Wherewith to build ships. -- Bacon.
Oaken (a.) Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree; "a solid oak table"; "the old oaken bucket".
Oaker (n.) See Ocher. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Oakling (n.) A young oak. -- Evelyn.
Oakum (n.) The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc.
Oakum (n.) The coarse portion separated from flax or hemp in nackling. -- Knight.
White oakum, that made from untarred rope.
Oakum (n.) Loose hemp or jute fiber obtained by unravelling old ropes; when impregnated with tar it was used to caulk seams and pack joints in wooden ships.
Oaky (n.) Resembling oak; strong. -- Bp. Hall.
Oar (n.) An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle at one end and a broad blade at the other. The part which rests in the rowlock is called the loom.
Note: An oar is a kind of long paddle, which swings about a kind of fulcrum, called a rowlock, fixed to the side of the boat.
Oar (n.) An oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good oar.
Oar (n.) (Zool.) An oarlike swimming organ of various invertebrates.
Oar cock (Zool.), The water rail. [Prov. Eng.]
Spoon oar, An oar having the blade so curved as to afford a better hold upon the water in rowing.
To boat the oars, To cease rowing, and lay the oars in the boat.
To feather the oars. See under Feather., v. t.
To lie on the oars, To cease pulling, raising the oars out of water, but not boating them; to cease from work of any kind; to be idle; to rest.
To muffle the oars, To put something round that part which rests in the rowlock, to prevent noise in rowing.
To put in one's oar, To give aid or advice; -- commonly used of a person who obtrudes aid or counsel not invited.
To ship the oars, To place them in the rowlocks.
To toss the oars, To peak the oars, to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.
To trail oars, To allow them to trail in the water alongside of the boat.
To unship the oars, To take them out of the rowlocks.
Oared (imp. & p. p.) of Oar.
Oaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oar.
Oar (v. t. & i.) To row. "Oared himself." -- Shak.
Oared with laboring arms. -- Pope.
Oar (n.) An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
Oared (a.) Furnished with oars; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a four-oared boat.
Oared (a.) (Zool.) Having feet adapted for swimming.
Oared (a.) (Zool.) Totipalmate; -- said of the feet of certain birds. See Illust. of Aves.
Oared shrew (Zool.), An aquatic European shrew ({Crossopus ciliatus); -- called also black water shrew.
Oarfish (n.) (Zool.) The ribbon fish.
Oarfish (n.) Thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin [syn: oarfish, king of the herring, ribbonfish, Regalecus glesne].
Oarfoot (n.) (Zool.) Any crustacean of the genus Remipes.
Oar-footed (a.) Having feet adapted for swimming.
Oarless (a.) Without oars. -- Sylvester.
Oarlock (n.) (Naut.), The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat, in which the oar rests in rowing. See Rowlock. [1].
Syn: peg, pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock.
Oarlock (n.) A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing [syn: peg, pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock].
Oarsmen (n. pl. ) of Oarsman.
Oarsman (n.) One who uses, or is skilled in the use of, an oar; a rower.
At the prow of the boat, rose one of the oarsmen. -- Longfellow.
Oarsman (n.) Someone who rows a boat [syn: oarsman, rower].
Oarsweed (n.) (Bot.) Any large seaweed of the genus Laminaria; tangle; kelp. See Kelp.
Oary (a.) Having the form or the use of an oar; as, the swan's oary feet. -- Milton. -- Addison.
Oases (n. pl. ) of Oasis.
Oasis (n.) A fertile or green spot in a waste or desert, esp. in a sandy desert, where the water table approaches the surface. "The Arab does not love the desert; the Arab loves the oasis and green fields."
Oasis (n.) Hence: (fig.) Any refuge from a prevailing stressful, unpleasant, or annoying situation.
Syn: haven.
My one oasis in the dust and drouth Of city life. -- Tennyson.
Oasis (n.) A fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface).
Oasis (n.) A shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary [syn: haven, oasis].
OASIS, () Online Application System Interactive Software.
OASIS, () Open And Secure Information Systems (Eureka).
OASIS, () Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (org.)
Oast (n.) A kiln to dry hops
or malt; a cockle. -- Mortimer.
Oast (n.) A kiln for drying hops.
Oats (n. pl. ) of Oat.
Oat (n.) (Bot.) A well-known cereal grass ({Avena sativa), and its edible grain; -- commonly used in the plural and in a collective sense.
Oat (n.) A musical pipe made of oat straw. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Animated oats or Animal oats (Bot.), A grass ({Avena sterilis) much like oats, but with a long spirally twisted awn which coils and uncoils with changes of moisture, and thus gives the grains an apparently automatic motion.
Oat fowl (Zool.), The snow bunting; -- so called from its feeding on oats. [Prov. Eng.]
Oat grass (Bot.), The name of several grasses more or less resembling oats, as Danthonia spicata, Danthonia sericea, and Arrhenatherum avenaceum, all common in parts of the United States.
To feel one's oats, (a) To be conceited or self-important. [Slang]
To feel one's oats (b) To feel lively and energetic.
To sow one's wild oats, To indulge in youthful dissipation. -- Thackeray.
Wild+oats+(Bot.),+A+grass+({Avena+fatua">Wild oats (Bot.), a grass ({Avena fatua) much resembling oats, and by some persons supposed to be the original of cultivated oats.
Oat (n.) Annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats').
Oat (n.) Seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as `oats').
Oatcake (n.) A cake made of oatmeal.
Oatcake (n.) Thin flat unleavened cake of baked oatmeal
Oaten (a.) Consisting of an oat straw or stem; as, an oaten pipe. -- Milton.
Oaten (a.) Made of oatmeal; as, oaten cakes.
Oaths (n. pl. ) of Oath.
Oath (n.) A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed. "I have an oath in heaven" -- Shak.
An oath of secrecy for the concealing of those [inventions] which we think fit to keep secret. -- Bacon.
Oath (n.) A solemn
affirmation, connected with a sacred object, or one regarded as sacred, as the
temple, the altar, the blood of Abel, the Bible, the Koran, etc.
Oath (n.) (Law) An appeal (in verification of a statement made)
to a superior sanction, in such a form as exposes the party making the appeal
to an indictment for perjury if the statement be false.
Oath (n.) A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the
divine Being, or anything divine or sacred, by way of appeal or as a profane
exclamation or ejaculation; an expression of profane swearing. "A terrible
oath" -- Shak.
Oath (n.) Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted" [syn: curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss].
Oath (n.) A commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury [syn: oath, swearing].
Oath (n.) A solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior; "they took an oath of allegiance".
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Oath, () A solemn appeal to God, permitted on fitting occasions (Deut. 6:13; Jer. 4:2), in various forms (Gen. 16:5; 2 Sam. 12:5; Ruth 1:17; Hos. 4:15; Rom. 1:9), and taken in different ways (Gen. 14:22; 24:2; 2 Chr. 6:22). God is represented as taking an oath (Heb. 6:16-18), so also Christ (Matt. 26:64), and Paul (Rom. 9:1; Gal. 1:20; Phil. 1:8). The precept, "Swear not at all," refers probably to ordinary conversation between man and man (Matt. 5:34,37). But if the words are taken as referring to oaths, then their intention may have been to show "that the proper state of Christians is to require no oaths; that when evil is expelled from among them every yea and nay will be as decisive as an oath, every promise as binding as a vow." OATH. A declaration made according to law, before a competent tribunal or officer, to tell the truth; or it is the act of one who, when lawfully required to tell the truth, takes God to witness that what he says is true. It is a religious act by which the party invokes God not only to witness the truth and sincerity of his promise, but also to avenge his imposture or violated faith, or in other words to punish his perjury if he shall be guilty of it. 10 Toull. n. 343 a 348; Puff. book, 4, c. 2, s. 4; Grot. book 2, c. 13, s. 1; Ruth Inst. book 1, ch. 14, s. 1; 1 Stark. Ev. 80; Merl. Repert. Convention; Dalloz, Dict. Serment: Dur. n. 592, 593; 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 3180.
Oath, () It is proper to distinguish two things in oaths; 1. The invocation by which the God of truth, who knows all things, is taken to witness. 2. The imprecation by which he is asked as a just and all-powerful being, to punish perjury.
Oath, () The commencement of an oath is made by the party taking hold of the book, after being required by the officer to do so, and ends generally with the words,"so help you God," and kissing the book, when the form used is that of swearing on the Evangelists. 9 Car. & P. 137.
Oath, () Oaths are taken in various forms; the most usual is upon the Gospel by taking the book in the hand; the words commonly used are, "You do swear that," &c. "so help you God," and then kissing the book. The origin of this oath may be traced to the Roman law, Nov. 8, tit. 3; Nov. 74, cap. 5; Nov. 124, cap. 1; and the kissing the book is said to be an imitation of the priest's kissing the ritual as a sign of reverence, before he reads it to the people. Rees, Cycl. h.v.
Oath, () Another form is by the witness or party promising holding up his right hand while the officer repeats to him,"You do swear by Almighty God, the searcher of hearts, that," &c., "And this as you shall answer to God at the great day."
Oath, () In another form of attestation commonly called an affirmation, (q.v.) the officer repeats, "You do solemnly, sincerely, and truly declare and affirm, that," &c.
Oath, () The oath, however, may be varied in any other form, in order to conform to the religious opinions of the person who takes it. 16 Pick. 154, 156, 157; 6 Mass. 262; 2 Gallis. 346; Ry. & Mo. N. P. Cas. 77; 2 Hawks, 458.
Oath, () Oaths may conveniently be divided into promissory, assertory, judicial and extra judicial.
Oath, () Among promissory oaths may be classed all those taken by public officers on entering into office, to support the constitution of the United States, and to perform the duties of the office.
Oath, () Custom-house oaths and others required by law, not in judicial proceedings, nor from officers entering into office, may be classed among the assertory oaths, when the party merely asserts the fact to be true.
Oath, () Judicial oaths, or those administered in judicial proceedings.
Oath, () Extra-judicial oaths are those taken without authority of law, which, though binding in foro conscientiae, do not render the persons who take them liable to the punishment of perjury, when false.
Oath, () Oaths are also divided into various kinds with reference to the purpose for which they are applied; as oath of allegiance, oath of calumny, oath ad litem, decisory oath, oath of supremacy, and the like. As to the persons authorized to administer oaths, see Gilp. R. 439; 1 Tyler, 347; 1 South. 297; 4 Wash. C. C. R. 555; 2 Blackf. 35.
Oath, () The act of congress of June 1, 1789, 1 Story's L. U. S. p. 1, regulates the time and manner of administering certain oaths as follows: Sec. 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the oath or affirmation required by the sixth article of the constitution of the United States, shall be administered in the form following, to wit, "I, A B, do solemnly swear or affirm, (as the case may be,) that I will support the constitution of the United States." The said oath or affirmation shall be administered within three days after the passing of this act, by any one member of the senate, to the president of the senate, and by him to all the members, and to the secretary; and by the speaker of the house of representatives, to all the members who have not taken a similar oath, by virtue of a particular resolution of the said house, and to the clerk: and in case of the absence of any member from the service of either house, at the time prescribed for taking the said oath or affirmation, the same shall be administered to such member when he shall appear to take his seat.
Oath, () That at the first session of congress after every general election of representatives, the oath or affirmation aforesaid shall be administered by any one member of the house of representatives to the speaker; and by him to all the members present, and to the clerk, previous to entering on any other business; and to the members who shall afterwards appear, previous to taking their seats. The president of the senate for the time being, shall also administer the said oath or affirmation to each senator who shall hereafter be elected, previous to his taking his seat; and in any future case of a president of the senate, who shall not have taken the said oath or affirmation, the same shall be administered to him by any one of the members of the senate.
Oath, () That the members of the several state legislatures, at the next session of the said legislatures respectively, and all executive and judicial officers of the several states, who have been heretofore chosen or appointed, or, who shall be chosen or appointed before the first day of August next, and who shall then be in office, shall, within one month thereafter, take the same oath or affirmation, except where they shall have taken it before which may be administered by any person authorized by the law of the state, in which such office shall be holden, to administer oaths. And the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers of the several states, who shall be chosen or appointed after the said first day of August, shall, before they proceed to execute the duties of their respective offices, take the foregoing oath or affirmation, which shall be administered by the person or persons, who, by the law of the state, shall be authorized to administer the oath of office; and the person or persons so administering the oath hereby required to be taken, shall cause a record or certificate thereof to be made, in the same manner as, by the law of the state, he or they shall be directed to record or certify the oath of office.
Oath, () That all officers appointed or hereafter to be appointed, under the authority of the United States, shall, before they act in their respective offices, take the same oath or affirmation, which shall be administered by the person or persons who shall be authorized by law to administer to such officers their respective oaths of office; and such officers shall incur the same penalties in case of failure, as shall be imposed by law in case of failure in taking their respective oaths of office.
Oath, () That the secretary of the senate, and the clerk of the house of representatives, for the time being, shall, at the time of taking the oath or affirmation aforesaid, each take an oath or affirmation in the words following, to wit; "I, A B, secretary of the senate, or clerk of the house of representatives (as the case may be) of the United States of America, do solemnly swear or affirm, that I will truly and faithfully discharge the duties of my said office to the best of my knowledge and abilities."
Oath, () There are several kinds of oaths, some of which are enumerated by law.
Oath, () Oath of calumny. This term is used in the civil law. It is an oath which a plaintiff was obliged to take that he was not actuated by a spirit of chicanery in commencing his action, but that he had bona fide a good cause of action. Poth. Pand. lib. 5, t. 16 and 17, s. 124. This oath is somewhat similar to our affidavit of a cause of action. Vide Dunlap's Adm. Pr. 289, 290.
Oath, () No instance is known in which the oath of calumny has been adopted in practice in the admiralty courts of the United States; Dunl. Adm. Pr. 290; and by the 102d of the rules of the district court for the southern district of New York, the oath of calumny shall not be required of any party in any stage of a cause. Vide Inst. 4, 16, 1; Code, 2, 59, 2; Dig. 10, 2, 44; 1 Ware's R. 427.
Oath, () Decisory oath. By this term in the civil law is understood an oath which one of the parties defers or refers back to the other, for the decision of the cause.
Oath, () It may be deferred in any kind of civil contest whatever, in questions of possession or of claim; in personal actions and in real. The plaintiff may defer the oath to the defendant, whenever he conceives he has not sufficient proof of the fact which is the foundation of his claim; and in like manner, the defendant may defer it to the plaintiff when he has not sufficient proof of his defence. The person to whom the oath is deferred, ought either to take it or refer it back, and if he will not do either, the cause should be decided against him. Poth. on Oblig. P. 4, c. 3, s. 4.
Oath, () The decisory oath has been practically adopted in the district court of the United States, for the district of Massachusetts, and admiralty causes have been determined in that court by the oath decisory; but the cases in which this oath has been adopted, have been where the tender has been accepted; and no case is known to have occurred there in which the oath has been refused and tendered back to the adversary. Dunl. Adm. Pr. 290, 291.
Oath, () A judicial oath is a solemn declaration made in some form warranted by law, before a court of justice or some officer authorized to administer it, by which the person who takes it promises to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, in relation to his knowledge of the matter then under examination, and appeals to God for his sincerity.
Oath, () In the civil law, a judicial oath is that which is given in judgment by one party to another. Dig. 12, 2, 25.
Oath, () Oath in litem, in the civil law, is an oath which was deferred to the complainant as to the value of the thing in dispute on failure of other proof, particularly when there was a fraud on the part of the defendant, and be suppressed proof in his possession. See Greenl. Ev. Sec. 348; Tait on Ev. 280; 1 Vern. 207; 1 Eq. Cas. Ab. 229; 1 Greenl. R. 27; 1 Yeates, R. 34; 12 Vin. Ab. 24. In general the oath of the party cannot, by the common law, be received to establish his claim, but to this there are exceptions. The oath in litem is admitted in two classes of cases: 1. Where it has been already proved, that the party against whom it is offered has been guilty of some fraud or other tortious or unwarrantable act of intermeddling with the complainant's goods, and no other evidence can be had of the amount of damages. As, for example, where a trunk of goods was delivered to a shipmaster at one port to be carried to another, and, on the passage, he broke the trunk open and rifled it of its contents; in an action by the owners of the goods against the shipmaster, the facts above mentioned having been proved aliunde, the plaintiff was held, a competent witness to testify as to the contents of the trunk. 1 Greenl. 27; and see 10 Watts, 335; 1 Greenl. Ev. Sec. 348; 1 Yeates, 34; 2 Watts, 220; 1 Gilb. Ev. by Lofft, 244. 2. The oath in litem is also admitted on the ground of public policy, where it is deemed essential to the purposes of justice. Tait on Ev. 280. But this oath is admitted only on the ground of necessity. An example may be mentioned of a case where a statute can receive no execution, unless the party interested be admitted as a witness. 16 Pet. 203.
Oath, () A promissory oath is an oath taken, by authority of law, by which the party declares that he will fulfill certain duties therein mentioned, as the oath which an alien takes on becoming naturalized, that he will support the constitution of the United States: the oath which a judge takes that he will perform the duties of his office. The breach of this does not involve the party in the legal crime or punishment of perjury.
Oath, () A suppletory oath in the civil and ecclesiastical law, is an oath required by the judge from either party in a cause, upon half proof already made, which being joined to half proof, supplies the evidence required to enable the judge to pass upon the subject. Vide Str. 80; 3 Bl. Com. 270.
Oath, () A purgatory oath is one by which one destroys the presumptions which were against him, for he is then said to purge himself, when he removes the suspicions which were against him; as, when a man is in contempt for not attending court as a witness, he may purge himself of the contempt, by swearing to a fact which is an ample excuse. See Purgation.
OATH, (n.) In law, a solemn appeal to the Deity, made binding upon the conscience by a penalty for perjury.
Oathable (a.) Capable of having an oath administered to. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Oathbreaking (n.) The violation of an oath; perjury. -- Shak
Oatmeal (n.) Meal made of oats. -- Gay.
Oatmeal (n.) (Bot.) A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass.
Oatmeal (n.) Porridge made of rolled oats [syn: oatmeal, burgoo].
Oatmeal (n.) Meal made from rolled or ground oats [syn: oatmeal, rolled oats].
Oatmeal (n.) [ U ] 燕麥粉 A type of flour made from oats.
// Oatmeal bread.
Oatmeal (n.) [ U ] (Mainly US) (Also mainly UK porridge) 燕麥粥 A thick, soft food made from oats boiled in milk or water, eaten hot for breakfast.
OATS, () Office Automation Technology and Services (OA)
Oats (n.) (n. pl.) 燕麥 A plant that is a type of grass, or its grain used in baking and cooking or to feed animals.
// A field of oats.
// Rolled oats. (= oats that have been pressed flat)
// These biscuits contain oats.
// (UK)
Porridge oats.
Ob- () A prefix signifying to, toward, before, against, reversely, etc.;
also, as a simple intensive; as in oblige, to bind to; obstacle, something
standing before; object, lit., to throw against; obovate, reversely, ovate. Ob-
is commonly assimilated before c, f, g, and p, to oc-, of-, og-, and op-.
Ob-, pref. Obligatory. A piece of netiquette acknowledging that the author has been straying from the newsgroup's charter topic. For example, if a posting in alt.sex is a response to a part of someone else's posting that has nothing particularly to do with sex, the author may append ?ObSex? (or ?Obsex?) and toss off a question or vignette about some unusual erotic act. It is considered a sign of great winnitude when one's Obs are more interesting than other people's whole postings.
Ob- prefix Obligatory. A piece of netiquette acknowledging that the author has been straying from the newsgroup's charter topic. For example, if a posting in alt.sex is a response to a part of someone else's posting that has nothing particularly to do with sex, the author may append "ObSex" (or "Obsex") and toss off a question or vignette about some unusual erotic act.
It is considered a sign of great winnitude when one's Obs are more interesting than other people's whole postings. [{Jargon File]
Obcompressed (a.) Compressed or flattened antero-posteriorly, or in a way opposite to the usual one. Obconic
Obconic (a.) Alt. of Obconical.
Obconical (a.) Conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical.
Obcordate (a.) Heart-shaped, with the attachment at the pointed end; inversely cordate: as, an obcordate petal or leaf.
Obdiplostemonous (a.) (Bot.) Having twice as many stamens as petals, those of the outer set being opposite the petals; -- said of flowers. -- Gray.
Obdiplostemony (n.) (Bot.) The condition of being obdiplostemonous.
Obdormition (n.) Sleep. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Obduce (v. t.) To draw over, as a covering. [Obs.] -- Sir M. Hale.
Obduct (v. t.) To draw over; to cover. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Obduction (n.) The act of drawing or laying over, as a covering. [Obs.]
Obduracy (n.) The duality or state of being obdurate; invincible hardness of heart; obstinacy. "Obduracy and persistency." -- Shak.
The absolute completion of sin in final obduracy. -- South.
Obduracy (n.) Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible [syn: adamance, obduracy, unyieldingness].
Obdurate (v. t.) To harden. [Obs.]
Obdurate (a.) 頑固的；冷酷的 Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying influences; Hardened in wrongdoing; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked.
The very custom of evil makes the heart obdurate against whatsoever instructions to the contrary. -- Hooker.
Art thou obdurate, flinty, hard as steel, Nay, more than flint, for stone at rain relenteth? -- Shak.
Obdurate (a.) Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable. "Obdurate consonants." -- Swift.
Note: Sometimes accented on the second syllable, especially by the older poets.
There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart. -- Cowper.
Syn: Hard; firm; unbending; inflexible; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; impenitent; callous; unfeeling; insensible; unsusceptible.
Usage: Obdurate, Callous, Hardened. Callous denotes a deadening of the sensibilities; as, a callous conscience. Hardened implies a general and settled disregard for the claims of interest, duty, and sympathy; as, hardened in vice. Obdurate implies an active resistance of the heart and will aganst the pleadings of compassion and humanity. -- Ob"du*rate*ly, adv. -- Ob"du*rate*ness, n.
Obdurate (a.) Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing [syn: cussed, obdurate, obstinate, unrepentant].
Obdurate (a.) Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart" [syn: flinty, flint, granitic, obdurate, stony].
Obdurate (a.) Resistant to persuasion; unyielding. Obdurate derives from the past participle of Latin obdurare, "to be hard against," from ob-, "against" + durus, "hard."
Obduration (n.) A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart. [Obs.]
Obdure (v. t.) To harden. [Obs.] -- Milton. Obdure
Obdure (a.) Alt. of Obdured
Obdured (a.) Obdurate; hard. [Obs.]
This saw his hapless foes, but stood obdured. -- Milton. Obdureness
Obdureness (n.) Alt. of Obduredness
Obduredness (n.) Hardness. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Obe (n.) See Obi.
Obeah (n.) Same as Obi.
Obi (n.) A species of sorcery, probably of African origin, practiced among the negroes of the West Indies. [Written also obe and obeah.] -- De Quincey. -- B. Edwards.
Obi (n.) A charm or fetich. [West Indies] -- B. Edwards.
Obeah (a.) Of or pertaining to obi; as, the obeah man. -- B. Edwards.
Obeah (n.) (West Indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery [syn: obeah, obi].
Obeah (n.) A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas [syn: obeah, obi].
Obedible (a.) Obedient. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Obedience (n.) 服從，順從 [U] [（+to）]；（教會對教徒的）權威，管轄；轄區；轄區教徒 [the S] The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control.
Government must compel the obedience of individuals. -- Ames.
Obedience (n.) Words or actions denoting submission to authority; dutifulness. -- Shak.
Obedience (n.) (Eccl.) A following; a body of adherents; as, the Roman Catholic obedience, or the whole body of persons who submit to the authority of the pope.
Obedience (n.) (Eccl.) A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior.
Obedience (n.) (Eccl.) One of the three monastic vows. -- Shipley.
Obedience (n.) (Eccl.) The written precept of a superior in a religious order or congregation to a subject.
Canonical obedience. See under Canonical.
Passive obedience. See under Passive.
Priory (n.; pl. Priories.) A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; -- sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abbey, and called also cell, and obedience. See Cell, 2.
Note: Of such houses there were two sorts: one where the prior was chosen by the inmates, and governed as independently as an abbot in an abbey; the other where the priory was subordinate to an abbey, and the prior was placed or displaced at the will of the abbot.
Alien priory, A small religious house dependent on a large monastery in some other country.
Syn: See Cloister.
Obedience (n.) The act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person [syn: {obedience}, {obeisance}] [ant: {disobedience}, {noncompliance}].
Obedience (n.) The trait of being willing to obey [ant: {disobedience}].
Obedience (n.) Behavior intended to please your parents; "their children were never very strong on obedience"; "he went to law school out of respect for his father's wishes" [syn: {obedience}, {respect}].
Obedience (n.) [ U ] （人或動物的）服從，聽話，馴服 The fact that people or animals do what they are told to do.
// He demands unquestioning obedience from his soldiers.
Obedienciary (n.) One yielding obedience. [Obs.] -- Foxe.
Obedient (a.) 服從的，順從的；恭順的 [（+to）] Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command.
And floating straight, obedient to the stream. -- Shak.
The chief his orders gives; the obedient band, With due observance, wait the chief's command. -- Pope.
Syn: Dutiful; respectful; compliant; submissive.
Obedient (a.) Dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke [ant: {disobedient}].
Obediential (a.) According to the rule of obedience. [R.]
An obediental subjection to the Lord of Nature. -- Sir M. Hale.
Obediently (adv.) 服從地，順從地，忠順地 In an obedient manner; with obedience.
Obediently (adv.) In an obedient manner; "obediently she slipped off her right shoe and stocking" [syn: {obediently}, {yieldingly}] [ant: {disobediently}].
Obeisance (n.) 敬禮（指鞠躬、行屈膝禮等）[C] [U] [（+to）]；敬重，尊敬 [U] [（+to）] Obedience. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Obeisance (n.) Deference or homage, or an expression of deference or respect; a bow; a curtsy.
Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance unto the king. -- 1 Kings i. 16.
Obeisance (n.) bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting [syn: bow, bowing, obeisance].
Obeisance (n.) The act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person [syn: obedience, obeisance] [ant: disobedience, noncompliance].
Obeisance, () Homage or reverence to any one (Gen. 37:7; 43:28).
Obeisance (n.) A manifestation of obedience; an expression of difference or respect; homage; a bow; a courtesy.
Obeisance (n.) Deference or homage, or an expression of deference or respect; a bow; a curtsy.
Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance unto the king. -- 1 Kings i. 16.
Obeisance (n.) [ C or U ] (Formal) 敬仰；恭敬；鞠躬，敬禮 The fact of obeying or respecting someone, or something you do that expresses this.
// One by one the noblemen made their obeisances (= bent at the waist) to the queen.
Obeisancy (n.) See Obeisance. [Obs.]
Obeisant (a.) Ready to obey; reverent; differential; also, servilely submissive.
Obelion (n.) (Anat.) The region of the skull between the two parietal foramina where the closure of the sagittal suture usually begins.
Obelion (n.) The craniometric point on the sagittal suture near the lamboid suture.
Obeliscal (a.) Formed like an obelisk.
Obelisk (n.) An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It is ordinarily monolithic. Egyptian obelisks are commonly covered with hieroglyphic writing from top to bottom.