Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter O - Page 11
Officiate (v. i.) To act as an officer in performing a duty; to transact the business of an office or public trust; to conduct a public ceremony or service. -- Bp. Stillingfleet.
Officiate (v. t.) To discharge, perform, or supply, as an official duty or function. [Obs.]
Merely to officiate light Round this opacous earth. -- Milton.
Officiate (v.) Act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding; "Who officiated at your wedding?"
Officiate (v.) Perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function; "His wife officiated as his private secretary" [syn: officiate, function].
Officiator (n.) One who officiates. -- Tylor.
Officinal (a.) 依照藥方的，藥用的，成藥的 Used in a shop, or belonging to it. [Obs. or R.] -- Johnson.
Officinal (a.) (Pharm.) Kept in stock by apothecaries; -- said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral.
Note: This term is often interchanged with official, but in strict use officinal drugs are not necessarily official. See Official, a., 3.
Officinal (a.) Tending or used to cure disease or relieve pain : medicinal.
Officinal (a.) (Historical) (Of a herb or drug) Standardly used in medicine.
Officious (a.) Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty. [R.]
If there were any lie in the case, it could be no more than an officious and venial one. -- Note on Gen. xxvii. (Douay version).
Officious (a.) Disposed to serve; kind; obliging. [Archaic]
Yet not to earth are those bright luminaries Officious. -- Milton.
They were tolerably well bred, very officious, humane, and hospitable. -- Burke.
Officious (a.) Importunately interposing services; intermeddling in affairs in which one has no concern; meddlesome.
You are too officious In her behalf that scorns your services. -- Shak.
Syn: Impertinent; meddling. See Impertinent. -- Of*fi"cious*ly, adv. -- Of*fi"cious*ness, n.
Officious (a.) Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business" [syn: interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy, busybodied].
Offing (n.) That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore, or where there is deep water and no need of a pilot; also, distance from the shore; as, the ship had ten miles offing; we saw a ship in the offing.
In the offing (a) Coming; arriving in the foreseeable future.
In the offing (b) Visible but not nearby.
Offing (n.) The near or foreseeable future; "there was a wedding in the offing."
Offing (n.) The part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area; "there was a ship in the offing."
Offish (a.) Shy or distant in manner ; aloof; stand-offish. [Colloq. U.S.]
Offish (a.) Lacking cordiality; unfriendly; "a standoffish manner" [syn: offish, standoffish].
Offlet (n.) A pipe to let off water.
Offscouring (n.) That which is scoured off; hence, refuse; rejected matter; that which is vile or despised. -- Lam. iii. 45.
Offscum (n.) Removed scum; refuse; dross.
Offset (n.) In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something ; as:
Offset (n.) (Bot.) A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek.
Offset (n.) A sum, account, or value set off against another sum or account, as an equivalent; hence, anything which is given in exchange or retaliation; a set-off.
Offset (n.) A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
Offset (n.) (Arch.) A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; -- called also set-off.
Offset (n.) (Surv.) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
Offset (n.) (Mech.) An abrupt bend in an object, as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.
Offset (n.) (Print.) A more or less distinct transfer of a printed page or picture to the opposite page, when the pages are pressed together before the ink is dry or when it is poor; an unitended transfer of an image from one page to another; called also setoff.
Offset (n.) See offset printing.
Offset staff (Surv.), A rod, usually ten links long, used in measuring offsets.
Offset (imp. & p. p.) of Offset.
Offsetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Offset.
Offset (v. t.) To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another.
Offset (v. t.) To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc.
Offset (v. i.) (Printing) To make an offset.
Offset (n.) The time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" [syn: beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset] [ant: end, ending, middle].
Offset (n.) A compensating equivalent [syn: counterbalance, offset].
Offset (n.) A horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips [syn: stolon, runner, offset].
Offset (n.) A natural consequence of development [syn: outgrowth, branch, offshoot, offset].
Offset (n.) A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper [syn: offset, offset printing].
Offset (n.) Structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly [syn: set-back, setoff, offset].
Offset (v.) Compensate for or counterbalance; "offset deposits and withdrawals" [syn: offset, countervail]
Offset (v.) Make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength" [syn: cancel, offset, set off].
Offset (v.) Cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface.
Offset (v.) Create an offset in; "offset a wall."
Offset (v.) Produce by offset printing; "offset the conference proceedings."
Offset, () An index or position in an array, string, or block of memory usually a non-negative integer.
E.g. the Perl function splice(ARRAY, OFFSET, LENGTH, LIST) replaces LENGTH elements starting at index OFFSET in array with LIST, where offset zero means the start of the array.
For an Intel x86 processor with a segmented address space the offset is the position of a byte relative to the start of the segment.
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Offshoot (n.) That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree.
Offshoot (n.) A natural consequence of development [syn: outgrowth, branch, offshoot, offset].
Offshore (a.) From the shore; as, an offshore wind; an offshore signal.
Offshore (a.) Located in the waters near the shore; as, offshore drilling.
Offshore (a.) Operating or located in a foreign country; as, an offshore bank account; offshore mutual funds. Offside
Offshore (adv.) Away from shore; away from land; "cruising three miles offshore" [ant: onshore].
Offshore (a.) (Of winds) Coming from the land; "offshore winds" [syn: offshore, seaward] [ant: inshore, onshore, seaward, shoreward].
Offshore (a.) At some distance from the shore; "offshore oil reserves"; "an offshore island."
Offskip (n.) (Paint.) That part of a landscape which recedes from the spectator into distance. [R.] -- Fairholt.
Offspring (n. sing. & pl.) [M] 子女；子孫；後代；（動物的）幼獸；（植物的）幼苗 The act of production; generation. [Obs.]
Offspring (n. sing. & pl.) That which is produced; a child or children; a descendant or descendants, however remote from the stock.
To the gods alone Our future offspring and our wives are known. -- Dryden.
Offspring (n. sing. & pl.) Origin; lineage; family. [Obs.] -- Fairfax.
Offspring (n.) The immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue" [syn: {offspring}, {progeny}, {issue}].
Offspring (n.) Something that comes into existence as a result; "industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring"; "this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts" [syn: {offspring}, {materialization}, {materialisation}].
Offspring (n.) Any immature animal [syn: {young}, {offspring}].
Obfuscate (a.) Obfuscated; darkened; obscured. [Obs.] [Written also offuscate.] -- Sir. T. Elyot.
Offuscate (n.) Alt. of {Offuscation}.
Offuscation (n.) See {Obfuscate}, {Obfuscation}. [Obs.]
Offuscation (n.) (Rare ) Obscuration, confusion; = "Obfuscation".
Compare: Obfuscate
Obfuscate (a.) Obfuscated; darkened; obscured. [Obs.] [Written also {offuscate}.] -- Sir. T. Elyot.
Obfuscate (v. t.) 使模糊；使混亂；使困惑；使變暗 To darken; to obscure; to becloud.
Obfuscate (v. t.) Hence: To confuse; to bewilder; to make unclear.
His head, like a smokejack, the funnel unswept, and the ideas whirling round and round about in it, all obfuscated and darkened over with fuliginous matter. -- Sterne.
Clouds of passion which might obfuscate the intellects of meaner females. -- Sir. W. Scott.
Obfuscate (v.) Make obscure or unclear [ant: {clarify}, {clear up}, {elucidate}].
Compare: Obfuscation
Obfuscation (n.) 模糊；混亂；困惑；黯淡 [Mass noun] The action of making something obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.
‘When confronted with sharp questions they resort to obfuscation.’
[Count noun] ‘Ministers put up mealy-mouthed denials and obfuscations.’
Obfuscation (n.) The act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being darkened. "Obfuscation of the cornea." -- E. Darwin.
Obfuscation (n.) Confusion resulting from failure to understand [syn: bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement, befuddlement, mystification, bafflement, bemusement].
Obfuscation (n.) The activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered [syn: mystification, obfuscation].
Obfuscation
(n.)
Darkening or obscuring the sight of something.
Oft (adv.) Often; frequently; not rarely; many times. [Poetic] --
Chaucer.
Oft she rejects, but never once offends. -- Pope.
Oft (a.) Frequent; often; repeated. [Poetic]
Oft (adv.) Many times at short intervals; "we often met over a cup of coffee" [syn: frequently, often, oftentimes, oft, ofttimes] [ant: infrequently, rarely, seldom].
Often (adv.) Frequently; many times; not seldom.
Often (a.) Frequent; common; repeated. [R.] "Thine often infirmities." -- 1 Tim. v. 23.
And weary thee with often welcomes. -- Beau. & Fl.
Often (adv.) Many times at short intervals; "we often met over a cup of coffee" [syn: frequently, often, oftentimes,
oft, ofttimes] [ant: infrequently, rarely, seldom].
Often (adv.) Frequently or in great quantities; "I don't drink much"; "I don't travel much" [syn: much, a great deal, often].
Often (adv.) In many cases or instances.
Oftenness (n.) Frequency. -- Hooker.
Oftenness (n.) The number of occurrences within a given time period; "the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second"; "the frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older" [syn: frequency, frequence, oftenness].
Oftensith (adv.) Frequently; often. [Obs.]
For whom I sighed have so oftensith. -- Gascoigne.
Oftentide (adv.) Frequently; often. [Obs.] -- Robert of Brunne.
Oftentimes (adv.) Frequently; often;
many times. -- Wordsworth.
Oftentimes (adv.) Many times at short intervals;
"we often met over a cup of coffee" [syn: frequently,
often, oftentimes, oft, ofttimes] [ant: infrequently,
rarely, seldom].
Oftentimes (adv.) (Mainly US) 時常地 On many occasions. [syn: often].
// Oftentimes a company will contribute toward an employee's moving expenses.
// He would oftentimes prefer to be alone.
Ofter (adv.) Compar. of Oft. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Ofttimes (adv.) Frequently; often. -- Milton.
Ofttimes (adv.) Many times at short intervals; "we often met over a cup of coffee" [syn: frequently, often, oftentimes, oft, ofttimes] [ant: infrequently, rarely, seldom].
Ogham (n.) [Ir.] A particular kind of writing practiced by the ancient Irish, and found in inscriptions on stones, metals, etc. [Written also ogam.]
Ogam (n.) Same as Ogham.
Ogdoad (n.) A thing made up of eight parts. -- Milman.
Ogdoad (n.) The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one [syn: eight, 8, VIII, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, ogdoad, octonary, octet].
Ogdoastich (n.) A poem of eight lines. [Obs.] -- Selden
Ogee (n.) (Arch.) A molding, the section of which is the form of the letter S, with the convex part above; cyma reversa. See Illust. under Cyma.
Ogee (n.) Hence, any similar figure used for any purpose.
Ogee arch (Arch.), A pointed arch, each of the sides of which has the curve of an ogee, that is, has a reversed curve near the apex.
Talon (n.) The claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw of a bird of prey. -- Bacon.
Talon (n.) (Zool.) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
Talon (n.) (Arch.) A kind of molding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; -- usually called an ogee.
Note: When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inverted talon.
Talon (n.) The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt. -- Knight. Talook
Ogee (n.) A molding that (in section) has the shape of an S with the convex part above and the concave part below [syn: ogee, cyma reversa].
Ogeechee lime () (Bot.) The acid, olive-shaped, drupaceous fruit of a species of tupelo ({Nyssa capitata) which grows in swamps in Georgia and Florida.
Ogeechee lime () (Bot.) The tree which bears this fruit.
Ogganition (n.) Snarling; grumbling. [R.] -- Bp. Montagu.
Ogham (n.) [Ir.] A particular kind of writing practiced by the ancient Irish, and found in inscriptions on stones, metals, etc. [Written also ogam.]
Ogive (n.) (Arch.) The arch or rib which crosses a Gothic vault diagonally.
Ogive (n.) Front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere [syn: nose cone, ogive].
Ogled (imp. & p. p.) of Ogle.
Ogling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ogle.
Ogle (v. t.) To view or look at with side glances, as in fondness, or with a design to attract notice.
And ogling all their audience, ere they speak. -- Dryden.
Ogle (v. t.) To stare at conspicuously or impertinently.
Ogle (n.) An amorous side glance or look. -- Byron.
Ogle (v.) Look at with amorous intentions
Ogle -- U.S. County in Illinois
Population (2000): 51032
Housing Units (2000): 20420
Land area (2000): 758.833138 sq. miles (1965.368722 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 4.434577 sq. miles (11.485500 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 763.267715 sq. miles (1976.854222 sq. km)
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 42.025711 N, 89.308985 W
Headwords:
Ogle
Ogle, IL
Ogle County
Ogle County, IL
Ogler (n.) One who ogles. -- Addison.
Ogler (n.) A viewer who gives a flirtatious or lewd look at another person.
Oglio (n.) See Olio.
Ogre (n.) An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster.
His schoolroom must have resembled an ogre's den. -- Maccaulay.
Ogre (n.) A cruel wicked and inhuman person [syn: monster, fiend, devil, demon, ogre].
Ogre (n.) (Folklore) A giant who likes to eat human beings
Ogreish (a.) Resembling an ogre; having the character or appearance of an ogre; suitable for an ogre. "An ogreish kind of jocularity." -- Dickens. Ogreism
Ogress (n.) A female ogre. -- Tennyson.
Ogress (n.) (Folklore) A female ogre.
Ogreism (n.) Alt. of Ogrism
Ogrism (n.) The character or manners of an ogre.
Ogygian (a.) Of or pertaining to Ogyges, a mythical king of ancient Attica, or to a great deluge in Attica in his days; hence, primeval; of obscure antiquity.
Oh (interj.) An exclamation expressing various emotions, according to the tone and manner, especially surprise, pain, sorrow, anxiety, or a wish. See the Note under O.
-ol (suff.) [From alcohol.] (Chem.) A suffix denoting that the substance in the name of which it appears belongs to the series of alcohols or hydroxyl derivatives, as ethanol, carbinol, phenol, glycerol, etc.
Such compounds contain the hydroxy radical ({-OH).
Compare: Molecular formula
Molecular formula (n.) (Chem.) An expression representing the composition of elements in a chemical substance, commonly consisting of a series of letters and numbers comprising the atomic symbols of each element present in a compound followed by the number of atoms of that element present in one molecule of the substance.
Thus the molecular formula for common alcohol (ethyl alcohol) is C2H6O, meaning that each molecule contains two carbon atoms, six hydrogen atoms, and one oxygen atom. The molecular formula may be written to provide some indication of the actual structure of the molecule, in which case structural units may be written separately. Thus, ethyl alcohol can also be written as CH3.CH2.OH or CH3-CH2-OH, in which the period or dash between functional groups indicates a single bond between the principle atoms of each group. This formula shows that in ethyl alcohol, the carbon of a methyl group ({CH3-) is attached to the carbon of a methylene group ({-CH2-), which is attached to the oxygen of a hydroxyl group ({-OH). A structural formula is a graphical depiction of the relative positions of atoms in a molecule, and may be very complicated.
OH (n.) A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region [syn: Ohio, Buckeye State, OH].
OH, () Off-Hook (MODEM)
Ohm (n.) (Elec.) The standard unit in the measure of electrical resistance, being the resistance of a circuit in which a potential difference of one volt produces a current of one ampere. As defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893, and by United States Statute, it is a resistance substantially equal to 109 units of resistance of the C.G.S. system of electro-magnetic units, and is represented by the resistance offered to an unvarying electric current by a column of mercury at the temperature of melting ice 14.4521 grams in mass, of a constant cross-sectional area, and of the length of 106.3 centimeters. As thus defined it is called the international ohm.
Ohm's law (Elec.), The statement of the fact that the strength or intensity of an electrical current is directly proportional to the electro-motive force, and inversely proportional to the resistance of the circuit.
Ohm (n.) A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
Ohm (n.) German physicist who formulated Ohm's law (1787-1854) [syn: Ohm, Georg Simon Ohm].
Ohm, () The MKS unit of electrical resistance. One Ohm is the resistance of a conductor across which a potential difference of one Volt produces a current of one Ampere. Named after Georg Simon Ohm.
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Oho (interj.) An exclamation of surprise, etc.
-oid () A suffix or combining form meaning like, resembling, in the form of; as in anthropoid, asteroid, spheroid.
OID, () Object IDentifier (OSI)
Object identifier
OID, () (OID) Generally an implementation-specific integer or pointer that uniquely identifies an object.
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Oidium (n.) (Bot.) A genus of minute fungi which form a floccose mass of filaments on decaying fruit, etc. Many forms once referred to this genus are now believed to be temporary conditions of fungi of other genera, among them the vine mildew (Oidium Tuckeri), which has caused much injury to grapes.
Compare: Arthrospore
Arthrospore (n.) (Bacteriol.) A bacterial resting cell, -- formerly considered a spore, but now known to occur even in endosporous bacteria.
Arthrospore (n.) One of the small conidia occurring arranged in chains in certain fungi. Called also oidium. -- Ar`thro*spor"ic, Ar*thros"po*rous, a.
Oil (n.) Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication, illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily consistency; as, oil of vitriol.
Note: The mineral oils are varieties of petroleum. See Petroleum. The vegetable oils are of two classes, essential oils (see under Essential), and natural oils which in general resemble the animal oils and fats. Most of the natural oils and the animal oils and fats consist of ethereal salts of glycerin, with a large number of organic acids, principally stearic, oleic, and palmitic, forming respectively stearin, olein, and palmitin. Stearin and palmitin prevail in the solid oils and fats, and olein in the liquid oils.
Mutton tallow, beef tallow, and lard are rich in stearin, human fat and palm oil in palmitin, and sperm and cod-liver oils in olein. In making soaps, the acids leave the glycerin and unite with the soda or potash.
Animal oil, Bone oil, Dipple's oil, etc. (Old Chem.), A complex oil obtained by the distillation of animal substances, as bones. See Bone oil, under Bone.
Drying oils, Essential oils. (Chem.) See under Drying, and Essential.
Ethereal oil of wine, Heavy oil of wine. (Chem.) See under Ethereal.
Fixed oil. (Chem.) See under Fixed.
Oil bag (Zool.), A bag, cyst, or gland in animals, containing oil.
Oil beetle (Zool.), Any beetle of the genus Meloe and allied genera. When disturbed they emit from the joints of the legs a yellowish oily liquor. Some species possess vesicating properties, and are used instead of cantharides.
Oil box, or Oil cellar (Mach.), A fixed box or reservoir, for lubricating a bearing; esp., the box for oil beneath the journal of a railway-car axle.
Oil cake. See under Cake.
Oil cock, A stopcock connected with an oil cup. See Oil cup.
Oil color. (a) A paint made by grinding a coloring substance in oil.
Oil color. (b) Such paints, taken in a general sense.
Oil color. (c) A painting made from such a paint.
Oil cup, A cup, or small receptacle, connected with a bearing as a lubricator, and usually provided with a wick, wire, or adjustable valve for regulating the delivery of oil.
Oil engine, A gas engine worked with the explosive vapor of petroleum.
Oil gas, Inflammable gas procured from oil, and used for lighting streets, houses, etc.
Oil gland. (a) (Zool.) A gland which secretes oil; especially in birds, the large gland at the base of the tail.
Oil gland. (b) (Bot.) A gland, in some plants, producing oil.
Oil green, A pale yellowish green, like oil.
Oil of brick, Empyreumatic oil obtained by subjecting a brick soaked in oil to distillation at a high temperature, -- used by lapidaries as a vehicle for the emery by which stones and gems are sawn or cut. -- Brande & C.
Oil of talc, A nostrum made of calcined talc, and famous in the 17th century as a cosmetic. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Oil of vitriol (Chem.), Strong sulphuric acid; -- so called from its oily consistency and from its forming the vitriols or sulphates.
Oil of wine, [OE]nanthic ether. See under [OE]nanthic.
Oil
painting. (a) The
art of painting in oil colors.
Oil painting. (b) Any kind of painting of which the
pigments are originally ground in oil.
Oil palm (Bot.), A palm tree whose fruit furnishes oil, esp. Elaeis Guineensis. See Elaeis.
Oil sardine (Zool.), An East Indian herring ({Clupea scombrina), valued for its oil.
Oil shark (Zool.) (a) The liver shark.
Oil shark (Zool.) (b) The tope.
Oil still, A still for hydrocarbons, esp. for petroleum.
Oil test, A test for determining the temperature at which petroleum oils give off vapor which is liable to explode.
Oil tree. (Bot.) Ricinus+({Ricinus+communis">(a) A plant of the genus Ricinus ({Ricinus communis), from the seeds of which castor oil is obtained.
Oil
tree. (Bot.) (b)
An Indian tree, the mahwa. See Mahwa.
Oil tree. (Bot.) (c) The oil palm.
To burn the midnight oil, To study or work late at night.
Volatle oils. See Essential oils, under Essential.
Oil color (n.) Oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist [syn: oil, oil color, oil colour].
Oiled (imp. & p. p.) of Oil.
Oiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oil.
Oil (v. t.) To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to anoint with oil.
Oil (n.) A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
Oil (n.) Oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist [syn: oil, oil color, oil colour].
Oil (n.) A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons [syn: petroleum, crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil, oil].
Oil (n.) Any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants [syn: vegetable oil, oil].
Oil (v.) Cover with oil, as if by rubbing; "oil the wooden surface."
Oil (v.) Administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing [syn: anoint, inunct, oil, anele, embrocate].
OIL, () Operator Identification Language (ELI)
OIL, () ["The Architecture of the FAIM-1 Symbolic Multiprocessing System", A. Davis et al, 9th Intl Joint Conf in Artif Intell, 1985, pp.32-38].
OIL, () Operator Identification Language. Used for overloading resolution by the Eli compiler-writing system.
Oil, () Only olive oil seems to have been used among the Hebrews. It was used for many purposes: for anointing the body or the hair (Ex. 29:7; 2 Sam. 14:2; Ps. 23:5; 92:10; 104:15; Luke 7:46); in some of the offerings (Ex. 29:40; Lev. 7:12; Num. 6:15; 15:4), but was excluded from the sin-offering (Lev. 5:11) and the jealousy-offering (Num. 5:15); for burning in lamps (Ex. 25:6; 27:20; Matt. 25:3); for medicinal purposes (Isa. 1:6; Luke 10:34; James 5:14); and for anointing the dead (Matt. 26:12; Luke 23:56).
It was one of the most valuable products of the country (Deut. 32:13; Ezek. 16:13), and formed an article of extensive commerce with Tyre (27:17).
The use of it was a sign of gladness (Ps. 92:10; Isa. 61:3), and its omission a token of sorrow (2 Sam. 14:2; Matt. 6:17). It was very abundant in Galilee. (See OLIVE.)
Guacharo (n.) (Zool.) A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad ({Steatornis Caripensis, or S. steatornis); -- called also oilbird.
Note: It resembles the goatsuckers and nighthawks, but feeds on fruits, and nests in caverns. A pure oil, used in place of butter, is extracted from the young by the natives.
Oilbird (n.) (Zool.) See Guacharo.
Oilbird (n.) Nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter [syn: oilbird, guacharo, Steatornis caripensis].
Oilcloth (n.) Cloth rendered waterproof by treatment with oil or paint, and used for marking garments, covering tables, shelves, floors, etc.
Oilcloth (n.) Cloth treated on one side with a drying oil or synthetic resin.
Oiled (a.) Covered or treated with oil; dressed with, or soaked in, oil.
Oiled (a.) Drunk; inebriated. [slang]
Oiled silk, Silk rendered waterproof by saturation with boiled oil.
Well oiled, (a) operating smoothly and efficiently.
Well oiled, (b) very drink. [slang]
Oiled (a.) Treated with oil; "oiled country roads"; "an oiled walnut table" [ant: unoiled].
Oiler (n.) One who deals in oils.
Oiler (n.) One who, or that which, oils.
Oiler (n.) An oil tanker.
Oiler (n.) A ship which is powered by oil.
Oiler (n.) An oilcan.
Oiler (n.) A worker who oils engines or machinery.
Oiler (n.) A well that yields or has yielded oil [syn: oil well, oiler].
Oiler (n.) A cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk [syn: oil tanker, oiler, tanker, tank ship].
Oilery (n.) The business, the place of business, or the goods, of a maker of, or dealer in, oils.
Oiliness (n.) The quality of being oily. -- Bacon.
Oiliness (n.) Consisting of or covered with oil [syn: greasiness, oiliness, oleaginousness].
Oiliness (n.) Smug self-serving earnestness [syn: fulsomeness, oiliness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unctuousness, unction].
Oillet (n.) (Arch.) A small opening or loophole, sometimes circular, used in mediaeval fortifications.
Oillet (n.) (Arch.) A small circular opening, and ring of moldings surrounding it, used in window tracery in Gothic architecture. [Written also oylet.]
Oilmen (n. pl. ) of Oilman.
Oilman (n.) One who deals in oils; formerly, one who dealt in oils and pickles.
Oilman (n.) A person working in the petroleum industry, esp. an oil company executive.
Oilman (n.) A person who owns or operates oil wells.
Oilman (n.) A worker who produces or sells petroleum.
Oilnut (n.) (Bot.) The buffalo nut. See Buffalo nut, under Buffalo.
Note: The name is also applied to various nuts and seeds yielding oil, as the butternut, cocoanut, oil-palm nut.
Oilseed (n.) (Bot.) Seed from which oil is expressed, as the castor bean; also, the plant yielding such seed. See Castor bean.
Oilseed (n.) (Bot.) A cruciferous herb ({Camelina sativa).
Oilseed (n.) (Bot.) The sesame.
Oilseed (n.) Any of several seeds that yield oil [syn: oilseed, oil-rich seed].
Oilskin (n.) Cloth made waterproof by oil.
Oilskin (n.) A macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof [syn: oilskin, slicker].
Oilstone (n.) A variety of hone slate, or whetstone, used for whetting tools when lubricated with oil.
Compare: Whet
Whet (n.) The act of whetting.
Whet (n.) That which whets or sharpens; esp., an appetizer. "Sips, drams, and whets." -- Spectator.
Whet slate (Min.), A variety of slate used for sharpening cutting instruments; novaculite; -- called also whetstone slate, and oilstone.
Oilstone (n.) A whetstone for use with oil.
Oily (a.) Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the nature or qualities of oil; unctuous; oleaginous; as, oily matter or substance. -- Bacon.
Oily (a.) Covered with oil; greasy; hence, resembling oil; as, an oily appearance.
Oily (a.) Smoothly subservient; supple; compliant; plausible; insinuating. "This oily rascal." -- Shak.
His oily compliance in all alterations. -- Fuller.
Oily grain (Bot.), The sesame.
Oily palm, The oil palm.
Oily (a.) Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; "greasy hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds" [syn: greasy, oily, sebaceous, oleaginous].
Oily (a.) Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments" [syn: buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous].
Oily (a.) Coated or covered with oil; "oily puddles in the streets".
Oily (a.) Smeared or soiled with grease or oil; "greasy coveralls"; "get rid of rubbish and oily rags" [syn: greasy, oily].
Oinement (n.) Ointment. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Oinomania (n.) See oenomania.
Ointed (imp. & p. p.) of Oint.
Ointing (p. pr & vb. n.) of Oint.
Oint (v. t.) To anoint. [Obs.] -- Dryden.