Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter O - Page 30
Ouakari (n.) (Zool.) Any South American monkey of the genus Brachyurus, especially Brachyurus ouakari.
Ouanderoo (n.) (Zool.) The wanderoo.
Ouarine (n.) (Zool.) A Brazilian monkey of the genus Mycetes.
Oubliette (n.) 【史】（關無期徒刑犯人的）密牢；地牢 A dungeon with an opening only at the top, found in some old castles and other strongholds, into which persons condemned to perpetual imprisonment, or to perish secretly, were thrust, or lured to fall.
Sudden in the sun An oubliette winks. Where is he? Gone. -- Mrs. Browning.
Oubliette (n.) A dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling
Ouch (n.) A socket or bezel holding a precious stone; hence, a jewel or ornament worn on the person.
A precious stone in a rich ouche. -- Sir T. Elyot.
Your brooches, pearls, and ouches. -- Shak.
Oughne (a.) Own. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Ought (n. & adv.) See Aught.
Ought (imp., p. p., or auxiliary) Was or were under obligation to pay; owed. [Obs.]
This due obedience which they ought to the king. -- Tyndale.
The love and duty I long have ought you. -- Spelman.
[He] said . . . you ought him a thousand pound. -- Shak.
Ought (imp., p. p., or auxiliary) Owned; possessed. [Obs.]
The knight the which that castle ought. -- Spenser.
Ought (imp., p. p., or auxiliary) To be bound in duty or by moral obligation.
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak. -- Rom. xv. 1.
Ought (imp., p. p., or auxiliary) To be necessary, fit, becoming, or expedient; to behoove; -- in this sense formerly sometimes used impersonally or without a subject expressed. "Well ought us work." -- Chaucer.
To speak of this as it ought, would ask a volume. -- Milton.
Ought not Christ to have suffered these things? -- Luke xxiv. 26.
Note: Ought is now chiefly employed as an auxiliary verb, expressing fitness, expediency, propriety, moral obligation, or the like, in the action or state indicated by the principal verb.
Syn: Ought, Should.
Usage: Both words imply obligation, but ought is the stronger. Should may imply merely an obligation of propriety, expendiency, etc.; ought denotes an obligation of duty.
Owed (v. t.) [imp. & p. p.] (p. pr. & vb. n. Owing) To possess; to have, as the rightful owner; to own. [Obs.]
Thou dost here usurp The name thou ow'st not. -- Shak.
Owed [imp. & p. p.] (p. pr. & vb. n. Owing) To have or possess, as something derived or bestowed; to be obliged to ascribe (something to some source); to be indebted or obliged for; as, he owed his wealth to his father; he owed his victory to his lieutenants. -- Milton.
O deem thy fall not owed to man's decree. -- Pope.
Owed [imp. & p. p.] (p. pr. & vb. n. Owing) Hence: To have or be under an obigation to restore, pay, or render (something) in return or compensation for something received; to be indebted in the sum of; as, the subject owes allegiance; the fortunate owe assistance to the unfortunate.
The one ought five hundred pence, and the other fifty. -- Bible (1551).
A son owes help and honor to his father. -- Holyday.
Note: Owe was sometimes followed by an objective clause introduced by the infinitive. "Ye owen to incline and bow your heart." -- Chaucer.
Owed [imp. & p. p.] (p. pr. & vb. n. Owing) To have an obligation to (some one) on account of something done or received; to be indebted to; as, to owe the grocer for supplies, or a laborer for services.
Aught (n.) Anything; any part. [Also written ought.]
There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord has spoken. -- Josh. xxi. 45
But go, my son, and see if aught be wanting. -- Addison.
Oughtness (n.) The state of being as a thing ought to be; rightness. [R.] -- N. W. Taylor.
Oughwhere (adv.) Anywhere; somewhere. See Owher. [Obs.]
Ouistiti (n.) (Zool.) See Wistit.
Wistit (n.) (Zool.) A small South American monkey; a marmoset. [Written also wistiti, and ouistiti.].
Oul (n.) An awl. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Oul (n.) An owl. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Oulachan (n.) (Zool.) Same as Eulachon.
Eulachon (n.) [Native Indian name.] (Zool.) The candlefish. [Written also oulachan, oolacan, and ulikon.] See Candlefish.
Ounce (ouns), (n.) A unit of mass or weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and containing 28.35 grams or 4371/2 grains.
Ounce (ouns), (n.) (Troy Weight) The twelfth part of a troy pound; one troy ounce weighs 31.103486 grams, 8 drams, or 480 grains.
Note: The troy ounce contains twenty pennyweights, each of twenty-four grains, or, in all, 480 grains, and is the twelfth part of the troy pound. The troy ounce is also a weight in apothecaries' weight. [Troy ounce is sometimes written as one word, troyounce.]
Ounce (ouns), (n.) Fig.: A small portion; a bit. [Obs.]
By ounces hung his locks that he had. -- Chaucer.
Fluid ounce. See under Fluid, n.
Ounce (n.) (Zool.) A feline quadruped ({Felis irbis syn. Felis uncia) resembling the leopard in size, and somewhat in color, but it has longer and thicker fur, which forms a short mane on the back. The ounce is pale yellowish gray, with irregular dark spots on the neck and limbs, and dark rings on the body. It inhabits the lofty mountain ranges of Asia. Called also once. Ounded
Ounded (a.) Alt. of Oundy.
Oundy (a.) Wavy; waving; curly. [Obs.] "Owndie hair." -- Chaucer.
Ounding (vb. n.) Waving. [Obs.]
Ounding, paling, winding, or bending . . . of cloth. -- Chaucer.
Ouphe (n.) A fairy; a goblin; an elf. [Obs.] "Like urchins, ouphes, and fairies." -- Shak.
Auf (n.) A changeling or elf child, -- that is, one left by fairies; a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf. [Obs.] -- Drayton.
Ouphen (a.) Elfish. [Obs.]
Our (possessive pron.) Of or pertaining to us; belonging to us; as, our country; our rights; our troops; our endeavors. See I.
-our () See -or.
Ourang (n.) (Zool.) The orang-outang.
Ourang-outang (n.) (Zool.) See Orang-outang.
Ouranographist (n.) See Uranographist.
Ouranography (n.) See Uranography.
Ourebi (n.) (Zool.) A small, graceful, and swift African antelope, allied to the klipspringer.
Ouretic (a.) (Chem.) Uric.
Ourology (n.) See Urology.
Ouroscopy (n.) Ourology.
Compare: I
I (pron.) The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself.
Ours (possessive pron.) See Note under Our.
Compare: We
We (pron.; pl. of I.) The plural nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a person in speaking or writing denotes a number or company of which he is one, as the subject of an action expressed by a verb.
Note: We is frequently used to express men in general, including the speaker. We is also often used by individuals, as authors, editors, etc., in speaking of themselves, in order to avoid the appearance of egotism in the too frequent repetition of the pronoun I. The plural style is also in use among kings and other sovereigns, and is said to have been begun by King John of England. Before that time, monarchs used the singular number in their edicts. The German and the French sovereigns followed the example of King John in a. d. 1200.
Ourselves (pron.) ; sing. Ourself. An emphasized form of the pronoun of the first person plural; -- used as a subject, usually with we; also, alone in the predicate, in the nominative or the objective case.
We ourselves might distinctly number in words a great deal further then we usually do. -- Locke.
Safe in ourselves, While on ourselves we stand. -- Dryden.
Note: The form ourself is used only in the regal or formal style after we or us, denoting a single person.
Unless we would denude ourself of all force. -- Clarendon.
Compare: Myself
Myself (pron.; pl. Ourselves.) I or me in person; -- used for emphasis, my own self or person; as I myself will do it; I have done it myself; -- used also instead of me, as the object of the first person of a reflexive verb, without emphasis; as, I will defend myself.
-ous () An adjective suffix meaning full of, abounding in, having, possessing the qualities of, like; as in gracious, abounding in grace; arduous, full of ardor; bulbous, having bulbs, bulblike; riotous, poisonous, piteous, joyous, etc.
-ous () (Chem.) A suffix denoting that the element indicated by the name bearing it, has a valence lower than that denoted by the termination -ic; as, nitrous, sulphurous, etc., as contrasted with nitric, sulphuric, etc.
Ouse (n. & v.) See Ooze. [Obs.]
Ouse (n.) A river in northeastern England that flows generally southeastward to join the Trent River and form the Humber [syn: Ouse, Ouse River].
Ousel (n.) (Zool.) One of several species of European thrushes, especially the blackbird ({Merula merula, or Turdus merula), and the mountain or ring ousel ({Turdus torquatus). [Written also ouzel.]
Rock ousel (Zool.), The ring ousel.
Water ousel (Zool.), The European dipper ({Cinclus aquaticus), and the American dipper ({Cinclus Mexicanus).
Ousel (n.) Common black European thrush [syn: blackbird, merl, merle, ouzel, ousel, European blackbird, Turdus merula].
Oust (n.) See Oast.
Ousted (imp. & p. p.) of Oust.
Ousting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oust.
Oust (v. t.) 驅逐，攆走 [（+from）]；剝奪 1. To take away; to remove.
Multiplication of actions upon the case were rare, formerly, and thereby wager of law ousted. -- Sir M. Hale.
Oust (v. t.) To eject; to expel; to turn out. -- Blackstone.
From mine own earldom foully ousted me. -- Tennyson.
Oust (n.) See Oast.
Oust (v.) Remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds" [syn: oust, throw out, drum out, boot out, kick out, expel].
Oust (v.) Remove and replace; "The word processor has ousted the typewriter."
Oust (v. t.) To eject; to turn out.
Oust (v.) [ T ] To force someone to leave a position of power, job, place, or competition.
// The president was ousted (from power) in a military coup in January 1987.
// Police are trying to oust drug dealers from the city.
// Last year's NCAA winners have been ousted from the tournament.
Ouster (n.) A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection; disseizin.
Out (a.) In its original and strict sense, out means from the interior of something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in a position or relation which is exterior to something; -- opposed to in or into. The something may be expressed after of, from, etc. (see Out of, below); or, if not expressed, it is implied; as, he is out; or, he is out of the house, office, business, etc.; he came out; or, he came out from the ship, meeting, sect, party, etc.
Out (a.) Away; abroad; off; from home, or from a certain, or a usual, place; not in; not in a particular, or a usual, place; as, the proprietor is out, his team was taken out.
Out (a.) Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy, constraint, etc., actual of figurative; hence, not in concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; as, the sun shines out; he laughed out, to be out at the elbows; the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke out on his face; the book is out.
Out (a.) Beyond the limit of existence, continuance, or supply; to the end; completely; hence, in, or into, a condition of extinction, exhaustion, completion; as, the fuel, or the fire, has burned out.
Out (a.) Beyond possession, control, or occupation; hence, in, or into, a state of want, loss, or deprivation; -- used of office, business, property, knowledge, etc.; as, the Democrats went out and the Whigs came in; he put his money out at interest.
Out (a.) Beyond the bounds of what is true, reasonable, correct, proper, common, etc.; in error or mistake; in a wrong or incorrect position or opinion; in a state of disagreement, opposition, etc.; in an inharmonious relation.
Out (a.) Not in the position to score in playing a game; not in the state or turn of the play for counting or gaining scores.
Out (n.) One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office; -- generally in the plural.
Out (n.) A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space; -- chiefly used in the phrase ins and outs; as, the ins and outs of a question. See under In.
Out (n.) A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.
Out (v. t.) To cause to be out; to eject; to expel.
Out (v. t.) To come out with; to make known.
Out (v. t.) To give out; to dispose of; to sell.
Out (v. i.) To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public.
Out (interj.) Expressing impatience, anger, a desire to be rid of; -- with the force of command; go out; begone; away; off.
Outact (v. t.) To do or beyond; to exceed in acting.
Outagamies (n. pl.) See lst Fox, 7.
Outargue (v. t.) To surpass or conquer in argument.
Outbabble (v. t.) To utter foolishly or excessively; to surpass in babbling. [R.] -- Milton.
Outbalance (v. t.) 重過；（在價值或重要性方面）勝過 To outweight; to exceed in weight or effect.
Let dull Ajax bear away my right When all his days outbalance this one night. -- Dryden.
Outbalance (v.) Weigh more heavily; "these considerations outweigh our wishes" [syn: {preponderate}, {outweigh}, {overbalance}, {outbalance}].
Outbar (v. t.) To bar out.
Outbeg (v. t.) To surpass in begging.
Outbid (imp.) of Outbid.
Outbade () of Outbid.
Outbid (p. p.) of Outbid.
Outbidden () of Outbid.
Outbidding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Outbid.
Outbid (v. t.) To exceed or surpass in bidding ; to bid a higher price.
Prevent the greedy, and outbid the bold. -- Pope.
Outbid (v.) Bid over an opponent's bid when one's partner has not bid or doubled
Outbid (v.) Bid higher than others [ant: underbid].
Outbidder (n.) One who outbids. -- Johnson.
Outbleat (v. t.) To surpass in bleating.
Outblown (a.) Inflated with wind. -- Dryden.
Outblush (v. t.) To exceed in blushing; to surpass in rosy color. -- T. Shipman.
Outboard (a. & adv.) (Naut.) Beyond or outside of the lines of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; in a direction from the hull or from the keel; -- opposed to inboard; as, outboard rigging; swing the davits outboard.
Outboard (a.) Located away from the midline of a vessel or aircraft; "the outboard section of a wing"; "outboard rigging" [ant: inboard].
Outboard (n.) A motorboat with an outboard motor [syn: outboard motorboat, outboard].
Outboard (n.) Internal-combustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat [syn: outboard motor, outboard].
Outborn (a.) Foreign; not native. [R.]
Outbound (a.) Outward bound. -- Dryden.
Outbound (a.) That is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships" [syn: outbound, outward, outward-bound].
Outbounds (n. pl.) The farthest or exterior bounds; extreme limits; boundaries. -- Spenser.
Outbow (v. t.) To excel in bowing. -- Young.
Outbowed (a.) Convex; curved outward. "The convex or outbowed side of a vessel." -- Bp. Hall.
Outbrag (v. t.) To surpass in bragging; hence, to make appear inferior.
Whose bare outbragg'd the web it seemed to wear. -- Shak.
Outbrave (v. t.) To excel in bravery or in insolence; to defy with superior courage or audacity
Outbrave (v. t.) To excel in magnificence or comeliness.
The basest weed outbraves his dignity. -- Shak.
Outbrave (v.) Resist bravely; "He outbraved the enemy."
Outbrave (v.) Be braver than.
Outbray (v. t.) To exceed in braying.
Outbray (v. t.) To emit with great noise. [Obs.] -- Fairfax.
Outbrazen (v. t.) To bear down with a brazen face; to surpass in impudence. -- T. Brown.
Outbreak (n.) [C] 爆發 [（+of）]；暴動 A bursting forth; eruption; insurrection; mutiny; revolt. "Mobs and outbreaks." -- J. H. Newman.
The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind. -- Shak.
Outbreak (n.) A sudden beginning of a violent event; as, the outbreak of hostilities between ethnic groups.
Outbreak (n.) A sudden occurrence or manifestation; -- usually of disease or emotion, in one person or a group; as, an outbreak of measles among the students; he had an outbreak of shingles; an outbreak of nervousness in the mob.
Outbreak (n.) A sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition); "the outbreak of hostilities" [syn: {outbreak}, {eruption}, {irruption}].
Outbreaking (n.) The act of breaking out.
Outbreaking (n.) That which bursts forth.
Outbreast (v. t.) To surpass in singing. See {Breast}, n., 6. [Obs.]
Outbreathe (v. t.) To breathe forth. "Outbreathed life." -- Spenser.
Outbreathe (v. t.) To cause to be out of breath; to exhaust. -- Shak.
Outbreathe (v. i.) To issue, as breath; to be breathed out; to exhale. -- Beau. & Fl.
Outbribe (v. t.) To surpass in bribing.