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Oad \Oad\ ([omac]d), n. See {Woad}. [Obs.] --Coles. | |
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Oat \Oat\ ([omac]t), n.; pl. {Oats} ([omac]ts). [OE. ote, ate, AS. [amac]ta, akin to Fries. oat. Of uncertain origin.] 1. (Bot.) A well-known cereal grass ({Avena sativa}), and its edible grain; -- commonly used in the plural and in a collective sense. 2. 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} (Zo[94]l.), 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}, {D. sericea}, and {Arrhenatherum avenaceum}, all common in parts of the United States. {To feel one's oats}, to be conceited ro self-important. [Slang] {To sow one's wild oats}, to indulge in youthful dissipation. --Thackeray. {Wild oats} (Bot.), a grass ({Avena fatua}) much resembling oats, and by some persons supposed to be the original of cultivated oats. | |
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Voluntary \Vol"un*ta*ry\, a. [L. voluntarius, fr. voluntas will, choice, from the root of velle to will, p. pr. volens; akin to E. will: cf. F. volontaire, Of. also voluntaire. See {Will}, v. t., and cf. {Benevolent}, {Volition}, {Volunteer}.] 1. Proceeding from the will; produced in or by an act of choice. That sin or guilt pertains exclusively to voluntary action is the true principle of orthodoxy. --N. W. Taylor. 2. Unconstrained by the interference of another; unimpelled by the influence of another; not prompted or persuaded by another; done of his or its own accord; spontaneous; acting of one's self, or of itself; free. Our voluntary service he requires. --Milton. She fell to lust a voluntary prey. --Pope. 3. Done by design or intention; intentional; purposed; intended; not accidental; as, if a man kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter. 4. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to the will; subject to, or regulated by, the will; as, the voluntary motions of an animal, such as the movements of the leg or arm (in distinction from involuntary motions, such as the movements of the heart); the voluntary muscle fibers, which are the agents in voluntary motion. 5. Endowed with the power of willing; as, man is a voluntary agent. God did not work as a necessary, but a voluntary, agent, intending beforehand, and decreeing with himself, that which did outwardly proceed from him. --Hooker. 6. (Law) Free; without compulsion; according to the will, consent, or agreement, of a party; without consideration; gratuitous; without valuable consideration. 7. (Eccl.) Of or pertaining to voluntaryism; as, a voluntary church, in distinction from an established or state church. {Voluntary affidavit} [or] {oath} (Law), an affidavit or oath made in extrajudicial matter. {Voluntary conveyance} (Law), a conveyance without valuable consideration. {Voluntary escape} (Law), the escape of a prisoner by the express consent of the sheriff. {Voluntary jurisdiction}. (Eng. Eccl. Law) See {Contentious jurisdiction}, under {Contentious}. {Voluntary waste}. (Law) See {Waste}, n., 4. Syn: See {Spontaneous}. | |
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Oath \Oath\ ([omac]th), n.; pl. {Oaths} ([omac][th]z). [OE. othe, oth, ath, AS. [be][edh]; akin to D. eed, OS. [c7][edh], G. eid, Icel. ei[edh]r, Sw. ed, Dan. eed, Goth. ai[thorn]s; cf. OIr. oeth.] 1. A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed. [bd]I have an oath in heaven[b8] --Shak. An oath of secrecy for the concealing of those [inventions] which we think fit to keep secret. --Bacon. 2. 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. 3. (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. 4. 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. [bd]A terrible oath[b8] --Shak. | |
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Voluntary \Vol"un*ta*ry\, a. [L. voluntarius, fr. voluntas will, choice, from the root of velle to will, p. pr. volens; akin to E. will: cf. F. volontaire, Of. also voluntaire. See {Will}, v. t., and cf. {Benevolent}, {Volition}, {Volunteer}.] 1. Proceeding from the will; produced in or by an act of choice. That sin or guilt pertains exclusively to voluntary action is the true principle of orthodoxy. --N. W. Taylor. 2. Unconstrained by the interference of another; unimpelled by the influence of another; not prompted or persuaded by another; done of his or its own accord; spontaneous; acting of one's self, or of itself; free. Our voluntary service he requires. --Milton. She fell to lust a voluntary prey. --Pope. 3. Done by design or intention; intentional; purposed; intended; not accidental; as, if a man kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter. 4. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to the will; subject to, or regulated by, the will; as, the voluntary motions of an animal, such as the movements of the leg or arm (in distinction from involuntary motions, such as the movements of the heart); the voluntary muscle fibers, which are the agents in voluntary motion. 5. Endowed with the power of willing; as, man is a voluntary agent. God did not work as a necessary, but a voluntary, agent, intending beforehand, and decreeing with himself, that which did outwardly proceed from him. --Hooker. 6. (Law) Free; without compulsion; according to the will, consent, or agreement, of a party; without consideration; gratuitous; without valuable consideration. 7. (Eccl.) Of or pertaining to voluntaryism; as, a voluntary church, in distinction from an established or state church. {Voluntary affidavit} [or] {oath} (Law), an affidavit or oath made in extrajudicial matter. {Voluntary conveyance} (Law), a conveyance without valuable consideration. {Voluntary escape} (Law), the escape of a prisoner by the express consent of the sheriff. {Voluntary jurisdiction}. (Eng. Eccl. Law) See {Contentious jurisdiction}, under {Contentious}. {Voluntary waste}. (Law) See {Waste}, n., 4. Syn: See {Spontaneous}. | |
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Oath \Oath\ ([omac]th), n.; pl. {Oaths} ([omac][th]z). [OE. othe, oth, ath, AS. [be][edh]; akin to D. eed, OS. [c7][edh], G. eid, Icel. ei[edh]r, Sw. ed, Dan. eed, Goth. ai[thorn]s; cf. OIr. oeth.] 1. A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed. [bd]I have an oath in heaven[b8] --Shak. An oath of secrecy for the concealing of those [inventions] which we think fit to keep secret. --Bacon. 2. 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. 3. (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. 4. 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. [bd]A terrible oath[b8] --Shak. | |
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Od \Od\, n. [G., fr. Gr. [?] passage.] (Physics) An alleged force or natural power, supposed, by Reichenbach and others, to produce the phenomena of mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by magnets, heat, light, chemical or vital action, etc.; -- called also {odyle} or the {odylic force}. [Archaic] That od force of German Reichenbach Which still, from female finger tips, burnt blue. --Mrs. Browning. | |
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Odd \Odd\, a. [Compar. {Odder}; superl. {Oddest}.] [OE. odde, fr.Icel. oddi a tongue of land, a triangle, an odd number (from the third or odd angle, or point, of a triangle), orig., a point, tip; akin to Icel. oddr point, point of a weapon, Sw. udda odd, udd point, Dan. od, AS. ord, OHG. ort, G. ort place (cf. E. point, for change of meaning).] 1. Not paired with another, or remaining over after a pairing; without a mate; unmatched; single; as, an odd shoe; an odd glove. 2. Not divisible by 2 without a remainder; not capable of being evenly paired, one unit with another; as, 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, etc., are odd numbers. I hope good luck lies in odd numbers. --Shak. 3. Left over after a definite round number has been taken or mentioned; indefinitely, but not greatly, exceeding a specified number; extra. Sixteen hundred and odd years after the earth was made, it was destroyed in a deluge. --T. Burnet. There are yet missing of your company Some few odd lads that you remember not. --Shak. 4. Remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence, occasional; inconsiderable; as, odd jobs; odd minutes; odd trifles. 5. Different from what is usual or common; unusual; singular; peculiar; unique; strange. [bd]An odd action.[b8] --Shak. [bd]An odd expression.[b8] --Thackeray. The odd man, to perform all things perfectly, is, in my poor opinion, Joannes Sturmius. --Ascham. Patients have sometimes coveted odd things. --Arbuthnot. Locke's Essay would be a very odd book for a man to make himself master of, who would get a reputation by critical writings. --Spectator. Syn: Quaint; unmatched; singular; unusual; extraordinary; strange; queer; eccentric, whimsical; fantastical; droll; comical. See {Quaint}. | |
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Ode \Ode\, n. [F., fr. L. ode, oda, Gr. [?] a song, especially a lyric song, contr. fr. [?], fr. [?] to sing; cf.Skr. vad to speak, sing. Cf. {Comedy}, {Melody}, {Monody}.] A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; esp., now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style. Hangs odes upon hawthorns and elegies on brambles. --Shak. O! run; prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at his blessed feet. --Milton. {Ode factor}, one who makes, or who traffics in, odes; -- used contemptuously. | |
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-oid \-oid\ [Gr. [?], fr. [?] form, akin to [?] to see, and E. wit: cf.F. -o[8b]de, L. -o[8b]des.] A suffix or combining form meaning like, resembling, in the form of; as in anthropoid, asteroid, spheroid. | |
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Oto- \O"to-\ [Gr. o'y^s, 'wto`s, the ear.] A combining form denoting relation to, or situation near or in, the ear. | |
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Ottawas \Ot"ta*was\, n. pl.; sing. {Ottawa}. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who, when first known, lived on the Ottawa River. Most of them subsequently migrated to the southwestern shore of Lake Superior. | |
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Otto \Ot"to\, n. See {Attar}. | |
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Attar \At"tar\, n. [Per. 'atar perfume, essence, Ar. 'itr, fr. 'atara to smell sweet. Cf. {Otto}.] A fragrant essential oil; esp., a volatile and highly fragrant essential oil obtained from the petals of roses. [Also written {otto} and {ottar}.] | |
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Otto \Ot"to\, n. See {Attar}. | |
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Attar \At"tar\, n. [Per. 'atar perfume, essence, Ar. 'itr, fr. 'atara to smell sweet. Cf. {Otto}.] A fragrant essential oil; esp., a volatile and highly fragrant essential oil obtained from the petals of roses. [Also written {otto} and {ottar}.] | |
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Veer \Veer\, v. t. To direct to a different course; to turn; to wear; as, to veer, or wear, a vessel. {To veer and haul} (Naut.), to pull tight and slacken alternately. --Totten. {To veer away} [or] {out} (Naut.), to let out; to slacken and let run; to pay out; as, to veer away the cable; to veer out a rope. | |
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Ring \Ring\ (r[icr]ng), v. t. [imp. {Rang} (r[acr]ng) or {Rung} (r[ucr]ng); p. p. {Rung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ringing}.] [AS. hringan; akin to Icel. hringja, Sw. ringa, Dan. ringe, OD. ringhen, ringkelen. [root]19.] 1. To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell. 2. To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound. The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, Hath rung night's yawning peal. --Shak. 3. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly. {To ring a peal}, to ring a set of changes on a chime of bells. {To ring the changes upon}. See under {Change}. {To ring in} [or] {out}, to usher, attend on, or celebrate, by the ringing of bells; as, to ring out the old year and ring in the new. --Tennyson. {To ring the bells backward}, to sound the chimes, reversing the common order; -- formerly done as a signal of alarm or danger. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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See \See\, v. t. [imp. {Saw}; p. p. {Seen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seeing}.] [OE. seen, sen, seon, As. se[a2]n; akin to OFries. s[c6]a, D. zien, OS. & OHG. sehan, G. sehen, Icel. sj[be], Sw. se, Dan. see, Goth. sa[a1]hwan, and probably to L. sequi to follow (and so originally meaning, to follow with the eyes). Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?], Skr. sac. Cf. {Sight}, {Sun} to follow.] 1. To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view. I will new turn aside, and see this great sight. --Ex. iii. 3. 2. To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain. Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren. --Gen. xxxvii. 14. Jesus saw that he answered discreetly. --Mark xii. 34. Who 's so gross That seeth not this palpable device? --Shak. 3. To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after. --Shak. I had a mind to see him out, and therefore did not care for centradicting him. --Addison. 4. To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend. And Samuel came no more to see Saul untill the day of his death. --1 Sam. xv. 35. 5. To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. --Ps. xc. 15. Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. --John viii. 51. Improvement in visdom and prudence by seeing men. --Locke. 6. To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars. {God you} ({him, [or] me}, etc.) {see}, God keep you (him, me, etc.) in his sight; God protect you. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To see} (anything) {out}, to see (it) to the end; to be present at, or attend, to the end. {To see stars}, to see flashes of light, like stars; -- sometimes the result of concussion of the head. [Colloq.] {To see (one) through}, to help, watch, or guard (one) to the end of a course or an undertaking. | |
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Sell \Sell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sold}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Selling}.] [OE. sellen, sillen, AS. sellan, syllan, to give, to deliver; akin to OS. sellian, OFries. sella, OHG. sellen, Icel. selja to hand over, to sell, Sw. s[84]lja to sell, Dan. s[?]lge, Goth. saljan to offer a sacrifice; all from a noun akin to E. sale. Cf. {Sale}.] 1. To transfer to another for an equivalent; to give up for a valuable consideration; to dispose of in return for something, especially for money. If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor. --Matt. xix. 21. I am changed; I'll go sell all my land. --Shak. Note: Sell is corellative to buy, as one party buys what the other sells. It is distinguished usually from exchange or barter, in which one commodity is given for another; whereas in selling the consideration is usually money, or its representative in current notes. 2. To make a matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price or reward for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the like; to betray. You would have sold your king to slaughter. --Shak. 3. To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat. [Slang] --Dickens. {To sell one's life dearly}, to cause much loss to those who take one's life, as by killing a number of one's assailants. {To sell} (anything) {out}, to dispose of it wholly or entirely; as, he had sold out his corn, or his interest in a business. | |
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Out \Out\, adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. [umac]t, and [umac]te, [umac]tan, fr. [umac]t; akin to D. uit, OS. [umac]t, G. aus, OHG. [umac]z, Icel. [umac]t, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud. [root]198. Cf. {About}, {But}, prep., {Carouse}, {Utter}, 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 is used in a variety of applications, as: 1. 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. [bd]My shoulder blade is out.[b8] --Shak. He hath been out (of the country) nine years. --Shak. 2. 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. Leaves are out and perfect in a month. --Bacon. She has not been out [in general society] very long. --H. James. 3. 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. [bd]Hear me out.[b8] --Dryden. Deceitiful men shall not live out half their days. --Ps. iv. 23. When the butt is out, we will drink water. --Shak. 4. 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. [bd]Land that is out at rack rent.[b8] --Locke. [bd]He was out fifty pounds.[b8] --Bp. Fell. I have forgot my part, and I am out. --Shak. 5. 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. [bd]Lancelot and I are out.[b8] --Shak. Wicked men are strangely out in the calculating of their own interest. --South. Very seldom out, in these his guesses. --Addison. 6. Not in the position to score in playing a game; not in the state or turn of the play for counting or gaining scores. Note: Out is largely used in composition as a prefix, with the same significations that it has as a separate word; as outbound, outbreak, outbuilding, outcome, outdo, outdoor, outfield. See also the first Note under {Over}, adv. {Day in, day out}, from the beginning to the limit of each of several days; day by day; every day. {Out and out}. (a) adv. Completely; wholly; openly. (b) adj. Without any reservation or disguise; absolute; as, an out and out villain. [As an {adj}. written also {out-and-out}.] {Out at}, {Out in}, {Out on}, etc., elliptical phrases, that to which out refers as a source, origin, etc., being omitted; as, out (of the house and) at the barn; out (of the house, road, fields, etc., and) in the woods. Three fishers went sailing out into the west, Out into the west, as the sun went down. --C. Kingsley. Note: In these lines after out may be understood, [bd]of the harbor,[b8] [bd]from the shore,[b8] [bd]of sight,[b8] or some similar phrase. The complete construction is seen in the saying: [bd]Out of the frying pan into the fire.[b8] {Out from}, a construction similar to {out of} (below). See {Of} and {From}. {Out of}, a phrase which may be considered either as composed of an adverb and a preposition, each having its appropriate office in the sentence, or as a compound preposition. Considered as a preposition, it denotes, with verbs of movement or action, from the interior of; beyond the limit: from; hence, origin, source, motive, departure, separation, loss, etc.; -- opposed to {in} or {into}; also with verbs of being, the state of being derived, removed, or separated from. Examples may be found in the phrases below, and also under Vocabulary words; as, out of breath; out of countenance. {Out of cess}, beyond measure, excessively. --Shak. {Out of character}, unbecoming; improper. {Out of conceit with}, not pleased with. See under {Conceit}. {Out of date}, not timely; unfashionable; antiquated. {Out of door}, {Out of doors}, beyond the doors; from the house; in, or into, the open air; hence, figuratively, shut out; dismissed. See under {Door}, also, {Out-of-door}, {Outdoor}, {Outdoors}, in the Vocabulary. [bd]He 's quality, and the question's out of door,[b8] --Dryden. {Out of favor}, disliked; under displeasure. {Out of frame}, not in correct order or condition; irregular; disarranged. --Latimer. {Out of hand}, immediately; without delay or preparation. [bd]Ananias . . . fell down and died out of hand.[b8] --Latimer. | |
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Out \Out\, v. i. To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public. [bd]Truth will out.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Out \Out\, interj. Expressing impatience, anger, a desire to be rid of; -- with the force of command; go out; begone; away; off. Out, idle words, servants to shallow fools ! --Shak. {Out upon} [or] {on!} equivalent to [bd]shame upon![b8] [bd]away with![b8] as, out upon you! | |
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Out \Out\, n. 1. One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office; -- generally in the plural. 2. 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}. 3. (Print.) A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission. {To make an out} (Print.), to omit something, in setting or correcting type, which was in the copy. | |
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Out \Out\, v. t. 1. To cause to be out; to eject; to expel. A king outed from his country. --Selden. The French have been outed of their holds. --Heylin. 2. To come out with; to make known. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 3. To give out; to dispose of; to sell. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Outer \Out"er\ (out"[etil]r), a. [Compar. of {Out}.] [AS. [umac]tor, compar. of [umac]t, adv., out. See {Out}, {Utter}, a.] Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the interior, from a given station, or from any space or position regarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to {inner}; as, the outer wall; the outer court or gate; the outer stump in cricket; the outer world. {Outer bar}, in England, the body of junior (or utter) barristers; -- so called because in court they occupy a place beyond the space reserved for Queen's counsel. | |
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Dig \Dig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dug}or {Digged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Digging}. -- Digged is archaic.] [OE. diggen, perh. the same word as diken, dichen (see {Dike}, {Ditch}); cf. Dan. dige to dig, dige a ditch; or (?) akin to E. 1st dag. [?][?][?].] 1. To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, open, or loosen, as if with a spade. Be first to dig the ground. --Dryden. 2. To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold. 3. To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well. 4. To thrust; to poke. [Colloq.] You should have seen children . . . dig and push their mothers under the sides, saying thus to them: Look, mother, how great a lubber doth yet wear pearls. --Robynson (More's Utopia). {To dig down}, to undermine and cause to fall by digging; as, to dig down a wall. {To dig from}, {out of}, {out}, [or] {up}, to get out or obtain by digging; as, to dig coal from or out of a mine; to dig out fossils; to dig up a tree. The preposition is often omitted; as, the men are digging coal, digging iron ore, digging potatoes. {To dig in}, to cover by digging; as, to dig in manure. | |
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And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it. --Gen. ii. 15. When he dresseth the lamps he shall burn incense. --Ex. xxx. 7. Three hundred horses . . . smoothly dressed. --Dryden. Dressing their hair with the white sea flower. --Tennyson . If he felt obliged to expostulate, he might have dressed his censures in a kinder form. --Carlyle. (b) To cut to proper dimensions, or give proper shape to, as to a tool by hammering; also, to smooth or finish. (c) To put in proper condition by appareling, as the body; to put clothes upon; to apparel; to invest with garments or rich decorations; to clothe; to deck. Dressed myself in such humility. -- Shak. Prove that ever Idress myself handsome till thy return. --Shak. (d) To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal. {To dress up} [or] {out}, to dress elaborately, artificially, or pompously. [bd]You see very often a king of England or France dressed up like a Julius C[91]sar.[b8] --Addison. {To dress a ship} (Naut.), to ornament her by hoisting the national colors at the peak and mastheads, and setting the jack forward; when dressed full, the signal flags and pennants are added. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. Syn: To attire; apparel; clothe; accouter; array; robe; rig; trim; deck; adorn; embellish. | |
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Bowl \Bowl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bowled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bowling}.] 1. To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball. Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven. --Shak. 2. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road. 3. To pelt or strike with anything rolled. Alas, I had rather be set quick i' the earth, And bowled to death with turnips[?] --Shak. {To bowl} (a player) {out}, in cricket, to put out a striker by knocking down a bail or a stump in bowling. | |
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Veer \Veer\, v. t. To direct to a different course; to turn; to wear; as, to veer, or wear, a vessel. {To veer and haul} (Naut.), to pull tight and slacken alternately. --Totten. {To veer away} [or] {out} (Naut.), to let out; to slacken and let run; to pay out; as, to veer away the cable; to veer out a rope. | |
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Ring \Ring\ (r[icr]ng), v. t. [imp. {Rang} (r[acr]ng) or {Rung} (r[ucr]ng); p. p. {Rung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ringing}.] [AS. hringan; akin to Icel. hringja, Sw. ringa, Dan. ringe, OD. ringhen, ringkelen. [root]19.] 1. To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell. 2. To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound. The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, Hath rung night's yawning peal. --Shak. 3. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly. {To ring a peal}, to ring a set of changes on a chime of bells. {To ring the changes upon}. See under {Change}. {To ring in} [or] {out}, to usher, attend on, or celebrate, by the ringing of bells; as, to ring out the old year and ring in the new. --Tennyson. {To ring the bells backward}, to sound the chimes, reversing the common order; -- formerly done as a signal of alarm or danger. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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See \See\, v. t. [imp. {Saw}; p. p. {Seen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seeing}.] [OE. seen, sen, seon, As. se[a2]n; akin to OFries. s[c6]a, D. zien, OS. & OHG. sehan, G. sehen, Icel. sj[be], Sw. se, Dan. see, Goth. sa[a1]hwan, and probably to L. sequi to follow (and so originally meaning, to follow with the eyes). Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?], Skr. sac. Cf. {Sight}, {Sun} to follow.] 1. To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view. I will new turn aside, and see this great sight. --Ex. iii. 3. 2. To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain. Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren. --Gen. xxxvii. 14. Jesus saw that he answered discreetly. --Mark xii. 34. Who 's so gross That seeth not this palpable device? --Shak. 3. To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after. --Shak. I had a mind to see him out, and therefore did not care for centradicting him. --Addison. 4. To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend. And Samuel came no more to see Saul untill the day of his death. --1 Sam. xv. 35. 5. To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. --Ps. xc. 15. Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. --John viii. 51. Improvement in visdom and prudence by seeing men. --Locke. 6. To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars. {God you} ({him, [or] me}, etc.) {see}, God keep you (him, me, etc.) in his sight; God protect you. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To see} (anything) {out}, to see (it) to the end; to be present at, or attend, to the end. {To see stars}, to see flashes of light, like stars; -- sometimes the result of concussion of the head. [Colloq.] {To see (one) through}, to help, watch, or guard (one) to the end of a course or an undertaking. | |
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Sell \Sell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sold}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Selling}.] [OE. sellen, sillen, AS. sellan, syllan, to give, to deliver; akin to OS. sellian, OFries. sella, OHG. sellen, Icel. selja to hand over, to sell, Sw. s[84]lja to sell, Dan. s[?]lge, Goth. saljan to offer a sacrifice; all from a noun akin to E. sale. Cf. {Sale}.] 1. To transfer to another for an equivalent; to give up for a valuable consideration; to dispose of in return for something, especially for money. If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor. --Matt. xix. 21. I am changed; I'll go sell all my land. --Shak. Note: Sell is corellative to buy, as one party buys what the other sells. It is distinguished usually from exchange or barter, in which one commodity is given for another; whereas in selling the consideration is usually money, or its representative in current notes. 2. To make a matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price or reward for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the like; to betray. You would have sold your king to slaughter. --Shak. 3. To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat. [Slang] --Dickens. {To sell one's life dearly}, to cause much loss to those who take one's life, as by killing a number of one's assailants. {To sell} (anything) {out}, to dispose of it wholly or entirely; as, he had sold out his corn, or his interest in a business. | |
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Out \Out\, adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. [umac]t, and [umac]te, [umac]tan, fr. [umac]t; akin to D. uit, OS. [umac]t, G. aus, OHG. [umac]z, Icel. [umac]t, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud. [root]198. Cf. {About}, {But}, prep., {Carouse}, {Utter}, 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 is used in a variety of applications, as: 1. 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. [bd]My shoulder blade is out.[b8] --Shak. He hath been out (of the country) nine years. --Shak. 2. 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. Leaves are out and perfect in a month. --Bacon. She has not been out [in general society] very long. --H. James. 3. 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. [bd]Hear me out.[b8] --Dryden. Deceitiful men shall not live out half their days. --Ps. iv. 23. When the butt is out, we will drink water. --Shak. 4. 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. [bd]Land that is out at rack rent.[b8] --Locke. [bd]He was out fifty pounds.[b8] --Bp. Fell. I have forgot my part, and I am out. --Shak. 5. 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. [bd]Lancelot and I are out.[b8] --Shak. Wicked men are strangely out in the calculating of their own interest. --South. Very seldom out, in these his guesses. --Addison. 6. Not in the position to score in playing a game; not in the state or turn of the play for counting or gaining scores. Note: Out is largely used in composition as a prefix, with the same significations that it has as a separate word; as outbound, outbreak, outbuilding, outcome, outdo, outdoor, outfield. See also the first Note under {Over}, adv. {Day in, day out}, from the beginning to the limit of each of several days; day by day; every day. {Out and out}. (a) adv. Completely; wholly; openly. (b) adj. Without any reservation or disguise; absolute; as, an out and out villain. [As an {adj}. written also {out-and-out}.] {Out at}, {Out in}, {Out on}, etc., elliptical phrases, that to which out refers as a source, origin, etc., being omitted; as, out (of the house and) at the barn; out (of the house, road, fields, etc., and) in the woods. Three fishers went sailing out into the west, Out into the west, as the sun went down. --C. Kingsley. Note: In these lines after out may be understood, [bd]of the harbor,[b8] [bd]from the shore,[b8] [bd]of sight,[b8] or some similar phrase. The complete construction is seen in the saying: [bd]Out of the frying pan into the fire.[b8] {Out from}, a construction similar to {out of} (below). See {Of} and {From}. {Out of}, a phrase which may be considered either as composed of an adverb and a preposition, each having its appropriate office in the sentence, or as a compound preposition. Considered as a preposition, it denotes, with verbs of movement or action, from the interior of; beyond the limit: from; hence, origin, source, motive, departure, separation, loss, etc.; -- opposed to {in} or {into}; also with verbs of being, the state of being derived, removed, or separated from. Examples may be found in the phrases below, and also under Vocabulary words; as, out of breath; out of countenance. {Out of cess}, beyond measure, excessively. --Shak. {Out of character}, unbecoming; improper. {Out of conceit with}, not pleased with. See under {Conceit}. {Out of date}, not timely; unfashionable; antiquated. {Out of door}, {Out of doors}, beyond the doors; from the house; in, or into, the open air; hence, figuratively, shut out; dismissed. See under {Door}, also, {Out-of-door}, {Outdoor}, {Outdoors}, in the Vocabulary. [bd]He 's quality, and the question's out of door,[b8] --Dryden. {Out of favor}, disliked; under displeasure. {Out of frame}, not in correct order or condition; irregular; disarranged. --Latimer. {Out of hand}, immediately; without delay or preparation. [bd]Ananias . . . fell down and died out of hand.[b8] --Latimer. | |
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Out \Out\, v. i. To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public. [bd]Truth will out.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Out \Out\, interj. Expressing impatience, anger, a desire to be rid of; -- with the force of command; go out; begone; away; off. Out, idle words, servants to shallow fools ! --Shak. {Out upon} [or] {on!} equivalent to [bd]shame upon![b8] [bd]away with![b8] as, out upon you! | |
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Out \Out\, n. 1. One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office; -- generally in the plural. 2. 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}. 3. (Print.) A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission. {To make an out} (Print.), to omit something, in setting or correcting type, which was in the copy. | |
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Out \Out\, v. t. 1. To cause to be out; to eject; to expel. A king outed from his country. --Selden. The French have been outed of their holds. --Heylin. 2. To come out with; to make known. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 3. To give out; to dispose of; to sell. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Outer \Out"er\ (out"[etil]r), a. [Compar. of {Out}.] [AS. [umac]tor, compar. of [umac]t, adv., out. See {Out}, {Utter}, a.] Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the interior, from a given station, or from any space or position regarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to {inner}; as, the outer wall; the outer court or gate; the outer stump in cricket; the outer world. {Outer bar}, in England, the body of junior (or utter) barristers; -- so called because in court they occupy a place beyond the space reserved for Queen's counsel. | |
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Dig \Dig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dug}or {Digged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Digging}. -- Digged is archaic.] [OE. diggen, perh. the same word as diken, dichen (see {Dike}, {Ditch}); cf. Dan. dige to dig, dige a ditch; or (?) akin to E. 1st dag. [?][?][?].] 1. To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, open, or loosen, as if with a spade. Be first to dig the ground. --Dryden. 2. To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold. 3. To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well. 4. To thrust; to poke. [Colloq.] You should have seen children . . . dig and push their mothers under the sides, saying thus to them: Look, mother, how great a lubber doth yet wear pearls. --Robynson (More's Utopia). {To dig down}, to undermine and cause to fall by digging; as, to dig down a wall. {To dig from}, {out of}, {out}, [or] {up}, to get out or obtain by digging; as, to dig coal from or out of a mine; to dig out fossils; to dig up a tree. The preposition is often omitted; as, the men are digging coal, digging iron ore, digging potatoes. {To dig in}, to cover by digging; as, to dig in manure. | |
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And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it. --Gen. ii. 15. When he dresseth the lamps he shall burn incense. --Ex. xxx. 7. Three hundred horses . . . smoothly dressed. --Dryden. Dressing their hair with the white sea flower. --Tennyson . If he felt obliged to expostulate, he might have dressed his censures in a kinder form. --Carlyle. (b) To cut to proper dimensions, or give proper shape to, as to a tool by hammering; also, to smooth or finish. (c) To put in proper condition by appareling, as the body; to put clothes upon; to apparel; to invest with garments or rich decorations; to clothe; to deck. Dressed myself in such humility. -- Shak. Prove that ever Idress myself handsome till thy return. --Shak. (d) To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal. {To dress up} [or] {out}, to dress elaborately, artificially, or pompously. [bd]You see very often a king of England or France dressed up like a Julius C[91]sar.[b8] --Addison. {To dress a ship} (Naut.), to ornament her by hoisting the national colors at the peak and mastheads, and setting the jack forward; when dressed full, the signal flags and pennants are added. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. Syn: To attire; apparel; clothe; accouter; array; robe; rig; trim; deck; adorn; embellish. | |
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Bowl \Bowl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bowled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bowling}.] 1. To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball. Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven. --Shak. 2. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road. 3. To pelt or strike with anything rolled. Alas, I had rather be set quick i' the earth, And bowled to death with turnips[?] --Shak. {To bowl} (a player) {out}, in cricket, to put out a striker by knocking down a bail or a stump in bowling. | |
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Veer \Veer\, v. t. To direct to a different course; to turn; to wear; as, to veer, or wear, a vessel. {To veer and haul} (Naut.), to pull tight and slacken alternately. --Totten. {To veer away} [or] {out} (Naut.), to let out; to slacken and let run; to pay out; as, to veer away the cable; to veer out a rope. | |
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Ring \Ring\ (r[icr]ng), v. t. [imp. {Rang} (r[acr]ng) or {Rung} (r[ucr]ng); p. p. {Rung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ringing}.] [AS. hringan; akin to Icel. hringja, Sw. ringa, Dan. ringe, OD. ringhen, ringkelen. [root]19.] 1. To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell. 2. To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound. The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, Hath rung night's yawning peal. --Shak. 3. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly. {To ring a peal}, to ring a set of changes on a chime of bells. {To ring the changes upon}. See under {Change}. {To ring in} [or] {out}, to usher, attend on, or celebrate, by the ringing of bells; as, to ring out the old year and ring in the new. --Tennyson. {To ring the bells backward}, to sound the chimes, reversing the common order; -- formerly done as a signal of alarm or danger. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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See \See\, v. t. [imp. {Saw}; p. p. {Seen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seeing}.] [OE. seen, sen, seon, As. se[a2]n; akin to OFries. s[c6]a, D. zien, OS. & OHG. sehan, G. sehen, Icel. sj[be], Sw. se, Dan. see, Goth. sa[a1]hwan, and probably to L. sequi to follow (and so originally meaning, to follow with the eyes). Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?], Skr. sac. Cf. {Sight}, {Sun} to follow.] 1. To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view. I will new turn aside, and see this great sight. --Ex. iii. 3. 2. To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain. Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren. --Gen. xxxvii. 14. Jesus saw that he answered discreetly. --Mark xii. 34. Who 's so gross That seeth not this palpable device? --Shak. 3. To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after. --Shak. I had a mind to see him out, and therefore did not care for centradicting him. --Addison. 4. To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend. And Samuel came no more to see Saul untill the day of his death. --1 Sam. xv. 35. 5. To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. --Ps. xc. 15. Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. --John viii. 51. Improvement in visdom and prudence by seeing men. --Locke. 6. To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars. {God you} ({him, [or] me}, etc.) {see}, God keep you (him, me, etc.) in his sight; God protect you. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To see} (anything) {out}, to see (it) to the end; to be present at, or attend, to the end. {To see stars}, to see flashes of light, like stars; -- sometimes the result of concussion of the head. [Colloq.] {To see (one) through}, to help, watch, or guard (one) to the end of a course or an undertaking. | |
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Sell \Sell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sold}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Selling}.] [OE. sellen, sillen, AS. sellan, syllan, to give, to deliver; akin to OS. sellian, OFries. sella, OHG. sellen, Icel. selja to hand over, to sell, Sw. s[84]lja to sell, Dan. s[?]lge, Goth. saljan to offer a sacrifice; all from a noun akin to E. sale. Cf. {Sale}.] 1. To transfer to another for an equivalent; to give up for a valuable consideration; to dispose of in return for something, especially for money. If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor. --Matt. xix. 21. I am changed; I'll go sell all my land. --Shak. Note: Sell is corellative to buy, as one party buys what the other sells. It is distinguished usually from exchange or barter, in which one commodity is given for another; whereas in selling the consideration is usually money, or its representative in current notes. 2. To make a matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price or reward for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the like; to betray. You would have sold your king to slaughter. --Shak. 3. To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat. [Slang] --Dickens. {To sell one's life dearly}, to cause much loss to those who take one's life, as by killing a number of one's assailants. {To sell} (anything) {out}, to dispose of it wholly or entirely; as, he had sold out his corn, or his interest in a business. | |
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Out \Out\, adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. [umac]t, and [umac]te, [umac]tan, fr. [umac]t; akin to D. uit, OS. [umac]t, G. aus, OHG. [umac]z, Icel. [umac]t, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud. [root]198. Cf. {About}, {But}, prep., {Carouse}, {Utter}, 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 is used in a variety of applications, as: 1. 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. [bd]My shoulder blade is out.[b8] --Shak. He hath been out (of the country) nine years. --Shak. 2. 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. Leaves are out and perfect in a month. --Bacon. She has not been out [in general society] very long. --H. James. 3. 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. [bd]Hear me out.[b8] --Dryden. Deceitiful men shall not live out half their days. --Ps. iv. 23. When the butt is out, we will drink water. --Shak. 4. 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. [bd]Land that is out at rack rent.[b8] --Locke. [bd]He was out fifty pounds.[b8] --Bp. Fell. I have forgot my part, and I am out. --Shak. 5. 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. [bd]Lancelot and I are out.[b8] --Shak. Wicked men are strangely out in the calculating of their own interest. --South. Very seldom out, in these his guesses. --Addison. 6. Not in the position to score in playing a game; not in the state or turn of the play for counting or gaining scores. Note: Out is largely used in composition as a prefix, with the same significations that it has as a separate word; as outbound, outbreak, outbuilding, outcome, outdo, outdoor, outfield. See also the first Note under {Over}, adv. {Day in, day out}, from the beginning to the limit of each of several days; day by day; every day. {Out and out}. (a) adv. Completely; wholly; openly. (b) adj. Without any reservation or disguise; absolute; as, an out and out villain. [As an {adj}. written also {out-and-out}.] {Out at}, {Out in}, {Out on}, etc., elliptical phrases, that to which out refers as a source, origin, etc., being omitted; as, out (of the house and) at the barn; out (of the house, road, fields, etc., and) in the woods. Three fishers went sailing out into the west, Out into the west, as the sun went down. --C. Kingsley. Note: In these lines after out may be understood, [bd]of the harbor,[b8] [bd]from the shore,[b8] [bd]of sight,[b8] or some similar phrase. The complete construction is seen in the saying: [bd]Out of the frying pan into the fire.[b8] {Out from}, a construction similar to {out of} (below). See {Of} and {From}. {Out of}, a phrase which may be considered either as composed of an adverb and a preposition, each having its appropriate office in the sentence, or as a compound preposition. Considered as a preposition, it denotes, with verbs of movement or action, from the interior of; beyond the limit: from; hence, origin, source, motive, departure, separation, loss, etc.; -- opposed to {in} or {into}; also with verbs of being, the state of being derived, removed, or separated from. Examples may be found in the phrases below, and also under Vocabulary words; as, out of breath; out of countenance. {Out of cess}, beyond measure, excessively. --Shak. {Out of character}, unbecoming; improper. {Out of conceit with}, not pleased with. See under {Conceit}. {Out of date}, not timely; unfashionable; antiquated. {Out of door}, {Out of doors}, beyond the doors; from the house; in, or into, the open air; hence, figuratively, shut out; dismissed. See under {Door}, also, {Out-of-door}, {Outdoor}, {Outdoors}, in the Vocabulary. [bd]He 's quality, and the question's out of door,[b8] --Dryden. {Out of favor}, disliked; under displeasure. {Out of frame}, not in correct order or condition; irregular; disarranged. --Latimer. {Out of hand}, immediately; without delay or preparation. [bd]Ananias . . . fell down and died out of hand.[b8] --Latimer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Out \Out\, v. i. To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public. [bd]Truth will out.[b8] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Out \Out\, interj. Expressing impatience, anger, a desire to be rid of; -- with the force of command; go out; begone; away; off. Out, idle words, servants to shallow fools ! --Shak. {Out upon} [or] {on!} equivalent to [bd]shame upon![b8] [bd]away with![b8] as, out upon you! | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Out \Out\, n. 1. One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office; -- generally in the plural. 2. 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}. 3. (Print.) A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission. {To make an out} (Print.), to omit something, in setting or correcting type, which was in the copy. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Out \Out\, v. t. 1. To cause to be out; to eject; to expel. A king outed from his country. --Selden. The French have been outed of their holds. --Heylin. 2. To come out with; to make known. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 3. To give out; to dispose of; to sell. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Outer \Out"er\ (out"[etil]r), a. [Compar. of {Out}.] [AS. [umac]tor, compar. of [umac]t, adv., out. See {Out}, {Utter}, a.] Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the interior, from a given station, or from any space or position regarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to {inner}; as, the outer wall; the outer court or gate; the outer stump in cricket; the outer world. {Outer bar}, in England, the body of junior (or utter) barristers; -- so called because in court they occupy a place beyond the space reserved for Queen's counsel. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dig \Dig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dug}or {Digged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Digging}. -- Digged is archaic.] [OE. diggen, perh. the same word as diken, dichen (see {Dike}, {Ditch}); cf. Dan. dige to dig, dige a ditch; or (?) akin to E. 1st dag. [?][?][?].] 1. To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, open, or loosen, as if with a spade. Be first to dig the ground. --Dryden. 2. To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold. 3. To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well. 4. To thrust; to poke. [Colloq.] You should have seen children . . . dig and push their mothers under the sides, saying thus to them: Look, mother, how great a lubber doth yet wear pearls. --Robynson (More's Utopia). {To dig down}, to undermine and cause to fall by digging; as, to dig down a wall. {To dig from}, {out of}, {out}, [or] {up}, to get out or obtain by digging; as, to dig coal from or out of a mine; to dig out fossils; to dig up a tree. The preposition is often omitted; as, the men are digging coal, digging iron ore, digging potatoes. {To dig in}, to cover by digging; as, to dig in manure. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it. --Gen. ii. 15. When he dresseth the lamps he shall burn incense. --Ex. xxx. 7. Three hundred horses . . . smoothly dressed. --Dryden. Dressing their hair with the white sea flower. --Tennyson . If he felt obliged to expostulate, he might have dressed his censures in a kinder form. --Carlyle. (b) To cut to proper dimensions, or give proper shape to, as to a tool by hammering; also, to smooth or finish. (c) To put in proper condition by appareling, as the body; to put clothes upon; to apparel; to invest with garments or rich decorations; to clothe; to deck. Dressed myself in such humility. -- Shak. Prove that ever Idress myself handsome till thy return. --Shak. (d) To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal. {To dress up} [or] {out}, to dress elaborately, artificially, or pompously. [bd]You see very often a king of England or France dressed up like a Julius C[91]sar.[b8] --Addison. {To dress a ship} (Naut.), to ornament her by hoisting the national colors at the peak and mastheads, and setting the jack forward; when dressed full, the signal flags and pennants are added. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. Syn: To attire; apparel; clothe; accouter; array; robe; rig; trim; deck; adorn; embellish. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bowl \Bowl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bowled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bowling}.] 1. To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball. Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven. --Shak. 2. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road. 3. To pelt or strike with anything rolled. Alas, I had rather be set quick i' the earth, And bowled to death with turnips[?] --Shak. {To bowl} (a player) {out}, in cricket, to put out a striker by knocking down a bail or a stump in bowling. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Outdo \Out*do"\, v. t. [imp. {Outdid}; p. p. {Outdone}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Outdoing}.] To go beyond in performance; to excel; to surpass. An imposture outdoes the original. --L' Estrange. I grieve to be outdone by Gay. --Swift. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Outway \Out"way`\, n. A way out; exit. [R.] In divers streets and outways multiplied. --P. Fletcher. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Outwoe \Out*woe"\, v. t. To exceed in woe. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Owe \Owe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Owed}, ({Ought}obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Owing}.] [OE. owen, awen,aghen, to have, own, have (to do), hence, owe, AS. [be]gan to have; akin to G. eigen, a., own, Icel. eiga to have, Dan. eie, Sw. [84]ga, Goth. [a0]igan, Skr. [?]. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Ought}, v., 2d {Own}, {Fraught}.] 1. To possess; to have, as the rightful owner; to own. [Obs.] Thou dost here usurp The name thou ow'st not. --Shak. 2. 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. 3. 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. [bd]Ye owen to incline and bow your heart.[b8] --Chaucer. 4. To have an obligation to (some one) on account of something done or received; to be indebted to; as, to iwe the grocer for supplies, or a laborer for services. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Odd, WV Zip code(s): 25902 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Otho, IA (city, FIPS 60105) Location: 42.42094 N, 94.14763 W Population (1990): 529 (226 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50569 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Oto, IA (city, FIPS 60240) Location: 42.28145 N, 95.89378 W Population (1990): 118 (69 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51044 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Otoe, NE (village, FIPS 37630) Location: 40.72446 N, 96.12026 W Population (1990): 196 (89 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68417 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ottawa, IL (city, FIPS 56926) Location: 41.35024 N, 88.83939 W Population (1990): 17451 (7511 housing units) Area: 15.5 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61350 Ottawa, KS (city, FIPS 53550) Location: 38.60913 N, 95.26626 W Population (1990): 10667 (4553 housing units) Area: 16.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66067 Ottawa, OH (village, FIPS 58982) Location: 41.02083 N, 84.04137 W Population (1990): 3999 (1557 housing units) Area: 7.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Otto, NC Zip code(s): 28763 Otto, TX Zip code(s): 76675 Otto, WY Zip code(s): 82434 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Otway, OH (village, FIPS 59066) Location: 38.86500 N, 83.18826 W Population (1990): 105 (46 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45657 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
-oid suff. [from Greek suffix -oid = `in the image of'] 1. Used as in mainstream slang English to indicate a poor imitation, a counterfeit, or some otherwise slightly bogus resemblance. Hackers will happily use it with all sorts of non-Greco/Latin stem words that wouldn't keep company with it in mainstream English. For example, "He's a nerdoid" means that he superficially resembles a nerd but can't make the grade; a `modemoid' might be a 300-baud box (Real Modems run at 28.8 or up); a `computeroid' might be any {bitty box}. The word `keyboid' could be used to describe a {chiclet keyboard}, but would have to be written; spoken, it would confuse the listener as to the speaker's city of origin. 2. More specifically, an indicator for `resembling an android' which in the past has been confined to science-fiction fans and hackers. It too has recently (in 1991) started to go mainstream (most notably in the term `trendoid' for victims of terminal hipness). This is probably traceable to the popularization of the term {droid} in "Star Wars" and its sequels. (See also {windoid}.) Coinages in both forms have been common in science fiction for at least fifty years, and hackers (who are often SF fans) have probably been making `-oid' jargon for almost that long [though GLS and I can personally confirm only that they were already common in the mid-1970s --ESR]. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
OTOH // [Usenet; very common] On The Other Hand. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OATH Object-oriented Abstract Type Hierarchy, a class library for C++ from {Texas Instruments}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OD390 for application development involving web interfaces to {DB2} tables. (1998-06-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ODA {Open Document Architecture} (formerly Office Document Architecture). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Ode An {Object-Oriented Database} from {AT&T} which extends {C++} and supports fast queries, complex application modelling and {multimedia}. Ode uses one integrated data model ({C++} {class}es) for both database and general purpose manipulation. An Ode database is a collection of {persistent} {object}s. It is defined, queried and manipulated using the language {O++}. O++ programs can be compiled with C++ programs, thus allowing the use of existing C++ code. O++ provides facilities for specifying transactions, creating and manipulating persistent objects, querying the database and creating and manipulating versions. The Ode object database provides four object compatible mechanisms for manipulating and querying the database. As well as O++ there are OdeView - an {X Window System} interface; OdeFS (a file system interface allowing objects to be treated and manipulated like normal Unix files); and CQL++, a {C++} variant of {SQL} for easing the transition from {relational database}s to OODBs such as Ode. Ode supports large objects (critical for {multimedia} applications). Ode tracks the relationship between versions of objects and provides facilities for accessing different versions. Transactions can be specified as read-only; such transactions are faster because they are not logged and they are less likely to {deadlock}. 'Hypothetical' transactions allow users to pose "what-if" scenarios (as with {spreadsheet}s). EOS, the {storage engine} of Ode, is based on a client-server architecture. EOS supports {concurrency} based on {multi-granularity} two-version two-phase locking; it allows many readers and one writer to access the same item simultaneously. Standard two-phase locking is also available. Ode supports both a {client-server} mode for multiple users with concurrent access and a single user mode giving improved performance. Ode 3.0 is currently being used as the {multimedia} {database engine} for {AT&T}'s {Interactive TV} project. Ode 2.0 has also been distributed to more than 80 sites within AT&T and more than 340 universities. Ode is available free to universities under a non-disclosure agreement. The current version, 3.0, is available only for {Sun} {SPARCstations} running {SunOS} 4.1.3 and {Solaris} 2.3. Ode is being ported to {Microsoft} {Windows NT}, {Windows 95} and {SGI} {platform}s. E-mail: Narain Gehani (1994-08-18) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ODI 1. {Optical Digital Image}. 2. {Open Data-link Interface}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ODT {Open Desktop} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OID {object identifier} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
-oid English to indicate a poor imitation, a counterfeit, or some otherwise slightly bogus resemblance. Hackers will happily use it with all sorts of non-Greco/Latin stem words that wouldn't keep company with it in mainstream English. For example, "He's a nerdoid" means that he superficially resembles a nerd but can't make the grade; a "modemoid" might be a 300-baud {modem} (Real Modems run at 144000 or up); a "computeroid" might be any {bitty box}. "-oid" can also mean "resembling an android", which was once confined to science-fiction fans and hackers. It too has recently (in 1991) started to go mainstream (most notably in the term "trendoid" for victims of terminal hipness). This is probably traceable to the popularisation of the term {droid} in "Star Wars" and its sequels. Coinages in both forms have been common in science fiction for at least fifty years, and hackers (who are often SF fans) have probably been making "-oid" jargon for almost that long (though {GLS} and {ESR} can personally confirm only that they were already common in the mid-1970s). [{Jargon File}] (1999-07-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OID {object identifier} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
-oid English to indicate a poor imitation, a counterfeit, or some otherwise slightly bogus resemblance. Hackers will happily use it with all sorts of non-Greco/Latin stem words that wouldn't keep company with it in mainstream English. For example, "He's a nerdoid" means that he superficially resembles a nerd but can't make the grade; a "modemoid" might be a 300-baud {modem} (Real Modems run at 144000 or up); a "computeroid" might be any {bitty box}. "-oid" can also mean "resembling an android", which was once confined to science-fiction fans and hackers. It too has recently (in 1991) started to go mainstream (most notably in the term "trendoid" for victims of terminal hipness). This is probably traceable to the popularisation of the term {droid} in "Star Wars" and its sequels. Coinages in both forms have been common in science fiction for at least fifty years, and hackers (who are often SF fans) have probably been making "-oid" jargon for almost that long (though {GLS} and {ESR} can personally confirm only that they were already common in the mid-1970s). [{Jargon File}] (1999-07-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OOD {object-oriented design} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OT {OpenTransport} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OT&E {operational test and evaluation} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OTI {Open Tool Interface} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OTOH (2000-01-31) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OTT Over the top. Excessive or uncalled for. (1995-01-31) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
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." | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Ohad united, or power, the third son of Simeon (Gen. 46:10). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Ohad, praising; confessing |