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d8O94phoridium \[d8]O`[94]*pho*rid"i*um\, n.; pl. L. {O[94]phorida}, E. {O[94]phoridiums}. [NL., dim. fr. Gr. [?]. See {O[94]phore}.] (Bot.) The macrosporangium or case for the larger kind of spores in heterosporous flowerless plants. | |
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d8O94phoridium \[d8]O`[94]*pho*rid"i*um\, n.; pl. L. {O[94]phorida}, E. {O[94]phoridiums}. [NL., dim. fr. Gr. [?]. See {O[94]phore}.] (Bot.) The macrosporangium or case for the larger kind of spores in heterosporous flowerless plants. | |
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Oberration \Ob`er*ra"tion\, n. [L. oberrate to wander about.] A wandering about. [Obs.] --Jonhson. | |
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Obvert \Ob*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obverted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Obverting}.] [L. obvertere; ob (see {Ob-}) + vertere to turn. See {Verse}.] To turn toward. If its base be obverted towards us. --I. Watts. | |
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Obvert \Ob*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obverted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Obverting}.] [L. obvertere; ob (see {Ob-}) + vertere to turn. See {Verse}.] To turn toward. If its base be obverted towards us. --I. Watts. | |
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Obvert \Ob*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obverted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Obverting}.] [L. obvertere; ob (see {Ob-}) + vertere to turn. See {Verse}.] To turn toward. If its base be obverted towards us. --I. Watts. | |
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Virtu \Vir*tu"\ (?; 277), n. [It. virt[97] virtue, excellence, from L. virtus. See {Virtue}.] A love of the fine arts; a taste for curiosities. --J. Spence. {An article}, [or] {piece}, {of virtu}, an object of art or antiquity; a curiosity, such as those found in museums or private collections. I had thoughts, in my chambers to place it in view, To be shown to my friends as a piece of virt[97]. --Goldsmith. | |
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Lead \Lead\, v. i. 1. To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or pre[89]minence; to be first or chief; -- used in most of the senses of lead, v. t. 2. To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place; as, the path leads to the mill; gambling leads to other vices. The mountain foot that leads towards Mantua. --Shak. {To lead} {off [or] out}, to go first; to begin. | |
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Offer \Of"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Offered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Offering}.] [OE. offren, {AS}. offrian to sacrifice, fr. L. offerre; ob (see {OB-}) + ferre to bear, bring. The English word was influenced by F. offrir to offer, of the same origin. See 1st {Bear}.] 1. To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up. Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement. --Ex. xxix. 36. A holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices. --1 Pet. ii. 5. 2. To bring to or before; to hold out to; to present for acceptance or rejection; as, to offer a present, or a bribe; to offer one's self in marriage. I offer thee three things. --2 Sam. xxiv. 12. 3. To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest; as, to offer an opinion. With the infinitive as an objective: To make an offer; to declare one's willingness; as, he offered to help me. 4. To attempt; to undertake. All that offer to defend him. --Shak. 5. To bid, as a price, reward, or wages; as, to offer a guinea for a ring; to offer a salary or reward. 6. To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten; as, to offer violence, attack, etc. Syn: To propose; propound; move; proffer; tender; sacrifice; immolate. | |
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Offertory \Of"fer*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Offertories} . [L. offertorium the place to which offerings were brought, in LL. offertory: cf.F. offertoire.] 1. The act of offering, or the thing offered. [Obs. or R.] --Bacon. Bp. Fell. 2. (R.C.Ch.) (a) An anthem chanted, or a voluntary played on the organ, during the offering and first part of the Mass. (b) That part of the Mass which the priest reads before uncovering the chalice to offer up the elements for consecration. (c) The oblation of the elements. 3. (Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.) (a) The Scripture sentences said or sung during the collection of the offerings. (b) The offerings themselves. | |
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Offertory \Of"fer*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Offertories} . [L. offertorium the place to which offerings were brought, in LL. offertory: cf.F. offertoire.] 1. The act of offering, or the thing offered. [Obs. or R.] --Bacon. Bp. Fell. 2. (R.C.Ch.) (a) An anthem chanted, or a voluntary played on the organ, during the offering and first part of the Mass. (b) That part of the Mass which the priest reads before uncovering the chalice to offer up the elements for consecration. (c) The oblation of the elements. 3. (Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.) (a) The Scripture sentences said or sung during the collection of the offerings. (b) The offerings themselves. | |
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Offerture \Of"fer*ture\, n. [LL. offertura an offering.] Offer; proposal; overture. [Obs.] More offertures and advantages to his crown. --Milton. | |
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Opera \Op"er*a\, n. [It., fr. opera work, composition, opposed to an improvisation, fr. L. opera pains work, fr. opus, operis, work, labor: cf. F. op[82]ra. See {Operate}.] 1. A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting of recitative, arials, choruses, duets, trios, etc., with orchestral accompaniment, preludes, and interludes, together with appropriate costumes, scenery, and action; a lyric drama. 2. The score of a musical drama, either written or in print; a play set to music. 3. The house where operas are exhibited. {[d8]Op[82]ra bouffe} [F. op[82]ra opera + bouffe comic, It. buffo], {[d8]Opera buffa} [It.], light, farcical, burlesque opera. {Opera box}, a partially inclosed portion of the auditorium of an opera house for the use of a small private party. {[d8]Op[82]ra comique} [F.], comic or humorous opera. {Opera flannel}, a light flannel, highly finished. --Knight. {Opera girl} (Bot.), an East Indian plant ({Mantisia saltatoria}) of the Ginger family, sometimes seen in hothouses. It has curious flowers which have some resemblance to a ballet dancer, whence the popular name. Called also {dancing girls}. {Opera glass}, a short telescope with concave eye lenses of low power, usually made double, that is, with a tube and set of glasses for each eye; a lorgnette; -- so called because adapted for use at the opera, theater, etc. {Opera hat}, a gentleman's folding hat. {Opera house}, specifically, a theater devoted to the performance of operas. {[d8]Opera seria} [It.], serious or tragic opera; grand opera. | |
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Operate \Op"er*ate\, v. t. 1. To produce, as an effect; to cause. The same cause would operate a diminution of the value of stock. --A. Hamilton. 2. To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work; as, to operate a machine. | |
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Operate \Op"er*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Operated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Operating}.] [L. operatus, p. p. of operari to work, fr. opus, operis, work, labor; akin to Skr. apas, and also to G. [81]ben to exercise, OHG. uoben, Icel. [?]fa. Cf. {Inure}, {Maneuver}, {Ure}.] 1. To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act. 2. To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (Med.), to take appropriate effect on the human system. 3. To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence. The virtues of private persons operate but on a few. --Atterbury. A plain, convincing reason operates on the mind both of a learned and ignorant hearer as long as they live. --Swift. 4. (Surg.) To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc. 5. To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits. [Brokers' Cant] | |
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Operate \Op"er*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Operated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Operating}.] [L. operatus, p. p. of operari to work, fr. opus, operis, work, labor; akin to Skr. apas, and also to G. [81]ben to exercise, OHG. uoben, Icel. [?]fa. Cf. {Inure}, {Maneuver}, {Ure}.] 1. To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act. 2. To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (Med.), to take appropriate effect on the human system. 3. To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence. The virtues of private persons operate but on a few. --Atterbury. A plain, convincing reason operates on the mind both of a learned and ignorant hearer as long as they live. --Swift. 4. (Surg.) To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc. 5. To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits. [Brokers' Cant] | |
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Operatic \Op`er**at"ic\, Operatical \Op`er*at"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to the opera or to operas; characteristic of, or resembling, the opera. | |
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Operatic \Op`er**at"ic\, Operatical \Op`er*at"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to the opera or to operas; characteristic of, or resembling, the opera. | |
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Operate \Op"er*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Operated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Operating}.] [L. operatus, p. p. of operari to work, fr. opus, operis, work, labor; akin to Skr. apas, and also to G. [81]ben to exercise, OHG. uoben, Icel. [?]fa. Cf. {Inure}, {Maneuver}, {Ure}.] 1. To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act. 2. To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (Med.), to take appropriate effect on the human system. 3. To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence. The virtues of private persons operate but on a few. --Atterbury. A plain, convincing reason operates on the mind both of a learned and ignorant hearer as long as they live. --Swift. 4. (Surg.) To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc. 5. To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits. [Brokers' Cant] | |
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Operation \Op`er*a"tion\, n. [L. operatio: cf. F. op[82]ration.] 1. The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral. The pain and sickness caused by manna are the effects of its operation on the stomach. --Locke. Speculative painting, without the assistance of manual operation, can never attain to perfection. --Dryden. 2. The method of working; mode of action. 3. That which is operated or accomplished; an effect brought about in accordance with a definite plan; as, military or naval operations. 4. Effect produced; influence. [Obs.] The bards . . . had great operation on the vulgar. --Fuller. 5. (Math.) Something to be done; some transformation to be made upon quantities, the transformation being indicated either by rules or symbols. 6. (Surg.) Any methodical action of the hand, or of the hand with instruments, on the human body, to produce a curative or remedial effect, as in amputation, etc. {Calculus of operations}. See under {Calculus}. | |
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Operative \Op"er*a*tive\, a. [Cf.L. operativus, F. op[82]ratif.] 1. Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive. It holds in all operative principles. --South. 2. Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious; as, an operative dose, rule, or penalty. 3. (Surg.) Based upon, or consisting of, an operation or operations; as, operative surgery. | |
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Operative \Op"er*a*tive\, n. A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory. | |
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Operatively \Op"er*a*tive*ly\, adv. In an operative manner. | |
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Operator \Op"er*a`tor\, n. [L.] 1. One who, or that which, operates or produces an effect. 2. (Surg.) One who performs some act upon the human body by means of the hand, or with instruments. 3. A dealer in stocks or any commodity for speculative purposes; a speculator. [Brokers' Cant] 4. (Math.) The symbol that expresses the operation to be performed; -- called also {facient}. | |
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Operatory \Op"er*a*to*ry\, n. A laboratory. [Obs.] | |
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Operetta \Op`er*et"ta\, n. [It., dim. of opera.] (Mus.) A short, light, musical drama. | |
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Opertaneous \Op`er*ta"ne*ous\, a. [L. opertaneus; operire to hide.] Concealed; private. [R.] | |
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Ophiurid \O`phi*u"rid\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Ophiurioid}. | |
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d8Ophiurioidea \[d8]O`phi*u`ri*oi"de*a\, d8Ophiuroidea \[d8]O`phi*u*roi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] serpent + [?] tail + [?] form.] (Zo[94]l.) A class of star-shaped echinoderms having a disklike body, with slender, articulated arms, which are not grooved beneath and are often very fragile; -- called also {Ophiuroida} and {Ophiuridea}. See Illust. under {Brittle star}. | |
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Ophiurioid \O`phi*u"ri*oid\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the Ophiurioidea. -- n. One of the Ophiurioidea. [Written also {ophiuroid}.] | |
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Ophiurioid \O`phi*u"ri*oid\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the Ophiurioidea. -- n. One of the Ophiurioidea. [Written also {ophiuroid}.] | |
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d8Ophiurioidea \[d8]O`phi*u`ri*oi"de*a\, d8Ophiuroidea \[d8]O`phi*u*roi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] serpent + [?] tail + [?] form.] (Zo[94]l.) A class of star-shaped echinoderms having a disklike body, with slender, articulated arms, which are not grooved beneath and are often very fragile; -- called also {Ophiuroida} and {Ophiuridea}. See Illust. under {Brittle star}. | |
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Opportune \Op`por*tune"\, a. [F. opporiun, L. opportunus, lit., at or before the port; ob (see {Ob-}) + a derivative of portus port, harbor. See {Port} harbor.] Convenient; ready; hence, seasonable; timely. --Milton. This is most opportune to our need. --Shak. -- {Op`por*tune"ly}, adv. -- {Op`por*tune"ness}, n. | |
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Opportune \Op`por*tune"\, v. t. To suit. [Obs.] --Dr. Clerke(1637). | |
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Opportune \Op`por*tune"\, a. [F. opporiun, L. opportunus, lit., at or before the port; ob (see {Ob-}) + a derivative of portus port, harbor. See {Port} harbor.] Convenient; ready; hence, seasonable; timely. --Milton. This is most opportune to our need. --Shak. -- {Op`por*tune"ly}, adv. -- {Op`por*tune"ness}, n. | |
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Opportune \Op`por*tune"\, a. [F. opporiun, L. opportunus, lit., at or before the port; ob (see {Ob-}) + a derivative of portus port, harbor. See {Port} harbor.] Convenient; ready; hence, seasonable; timely. --Milton. This is most opportune to our need. --Shak. -- {Op`por*tune"ly}, adv. -- {Op`por*tune"ness}, n. | |
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Opportunism \Op`por*tun"ism\, n. [Cf. F. opportunisme.] The art or practice of taking advantage of opportunities or circumstances, or of seeking immediate advantage with little regard for ultimate consequences. [Recent] | |
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Opportunist \Op`por*tun"ist\, n. [Cf. F. opportuniste.] One who advocates or practices opportunism. [Recent] | |
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Opportunity \Op`por*tu"ni*ty\, n.; pl. {Opportunities}. [F. opportunit[82], L. opportunitas. See {Opportune}.] 1. Fit or convenient time; a time or place favorable for executing a purpose; a suitable combination of conditions; suitable occasion; chance. A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. --Bacon. 2. Convenience of situation; fitness. [Obs.] Hull, a town of great strength and opportunity, both to sea and land affairs. --Milton. 3. Importunity; earnestness. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. Syn: Occasion; convenience; occurrence. Usage: {Opportunity}, {Occasion}. An occasion is that which falls in our way, or presents itself in the course of events; an opportunity is a convenience or fitness of time, place, etc., for the doing of a thing. Hence, occasions often make opportunities. The occasion of sickness may give opportunity for reflection. | |
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Opportunity \Op`por*tu"ni*ty\, n.; pl. {Opportunities}. [F. opportunit[82], L. opportunitas. See {Opportune}.] 1. Fit or convenient time; a time or place favorable for executing a purpose; a suitable combination of conditions; suitable occasion; chance. A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. --Bacon. 2. Convenience of situation; fitness. [Obs.] Hull, a town of great strength and opportunity, both to sea and land affairs. --Milton. 3. Importunity; earnestness. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. Syn: Occasion; convenience; occurrence. Usage: {Opportunity}, {Occasion}. An occasion is that which falls in our way, or presents itself in the course of events; an opportunity is a convenience or fitness of time, place, etc., for the doing of a thing. Hence, occasions often make opportunities. The occasion of sickness may give opportunity for reflection. | |
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Ovariotomist \O*va`ri*ot"o*mist\, n. One who performs, or is skilled in, ovariotomy. | |
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Ovariotomy \O*va`ri*ot"o*my\, n. [Ovarium + Gr. [?] to cut.] (Surg.) The operation of removing one or both of the ovaries; o[94]phorectomy. | |
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Over \O"ver\, prep. [AS. ofer; akin to D. over, G. [81]ber, OHG. ubir, ubar, Dan. over, Sw. [94]fver, Icel. yfir, Goth. ufar, L. super, Gr. [?], Skr. upari. [?]199. Cf. {Above}, {Eaves}, {Hyper-}, {Orlop}, {Super-}, {Sovereign}, {Up}.] 1. Above, or higher than, in place or position, with the idea of covering; -- opposed to {under}; as, clouds are over our heads; the smoke rises over the city. The mercy seat that is over the testimony. --Ex. xxx. 6. Over them gleamed far off the crimson banners of morning. --Longfellow. 2. Across; from side to side of; -- implying a passing or moving, either above the substance or thing, or on the surface of it; as, a dog leaps over a stream or a table. Certain lakes . . . poison birds which fly over them. --Bacon. 3. Upon the surface of, or the whole surface of; hither and thither upon; throughout the whole extent of; as, to wander over the earth; to walk over a field, or over a city. 4. Above; -- implying superiority in excellence, dignity, condition, or value; as, the advantages which the Christian world has over the heathen. --Swift. 5. Above in authority or station; -- implying government, direction, care, attention, guard, responsibility, etc.; -- opposed to {under}. Thou shalt be over my house. --Gen. xli. 40. I will make thee rules over many things. --Matt. xxv. 23. Dost thou not watch over my sin ? --Job xiv. 16. His tender mercies are over all his works. --Ps. cxlv. 9. 6. Across or during the time of; from beginning to end of; as, to keep anything over night; to keep corn over winter. 7. Above the perpendicular height or length of, with an idea of measurement; as, the water, or the depth of water, was over his head, over his shoes. 8. Beyond; in excess of; in addition to; more than; as, it cost over five dollars. [bd]Over all this.[b8] --Chaucer. 9. Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding; as, he triumphed over difficulties; the bill was passed over the veto. Note: Over, in poetry, is often contracted into o'er. Note: Over his signature (or name) is a substitute for the idiomatic English form, under his signature (name, hand and seal, etc.), the reference in the latter form being to the authority under which the writing is made, executed, or published, and not the place of the autograph, etc. {Over all} (Her.), placed over or upon other bearings, and therefore hinding them in part; -- said of a charge. {Over head and ears}, beyond one's depth; completely; wholly; hopelessly; as, over head and ears in debt. | |
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Border \Bor"der\, n. [OE. bordure, F. bordure, fr. border to border, fr. bord a border; of German origin; cf. MHG. borte border, trimming, G. borte trimming, ribbon; akin to E. board in sense 8. See {Board}, n., and cf. {Bordure}.] 1. The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink. Upon the borders of these solitudes. --Bentham. In the borders of death. --Barrow. 2. A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district. 3. A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish. 4. A narrow flower bed. {Border land}, land on the frontiers of two adjoining countries; debatable land; -- often used figuratively; as, the border land of science. {The Border}, {The Borders}, specifically, the frontier districts of Scotland and England which lie adjacent. {Over the border}, across the boundary line or frontier. Syn: Edge; verge; brink; margin; brim; rim; boundary; confine. | |
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Counter \Coun"ter\, n. {Over the counter} (Stock Exchanges), in an office; -- said of business so done, as distinguished from that done at an exchange. [Cant] Counterglow \Coun"ter*glow`\, n. (Astron.) An exceedingly faint roundish or somewhat oblong nebulous light near the ecliptic and opposite the sun, best seen during September and October, when in the constellations Sagittarius and Pisces. Its cause is not yet understood. Called also {Gegenschein}. | |
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Head \Head\, n. [OE. hed, heved, heaved, AS. he[a0]fod; akin to D. hoofd, OHG. houbit, G. haupt, Icel. h[94]fu[?], Sw. hufvud, Dan. hoved, Goth. haubip. The word does not corresponds regularly to L. caput head (cf. E. {Chief}, {Cadet}, {Capital}), and its origin is unknown.] 1. The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the chief sensory organs; poll; cephalon. 2. The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an animal; often, also, the larger, thicker, or heavier part or extremity, in distinction from the smaller or thinner part, or from the point or edge; as, the head of a cane, a nail, a spear, an ax, a mast, a sail, a ship; that which covers and closes the top or the end of a hollow vessel; as, the head of a cask or a steam boiler. 3. The place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed, of a grave, etc.; the head of a carriage, that is, the hood which covers the head. 4. The most prominent or important member of any organized body; the chief; the leader; as, the head of a college, a school, a church, a state, and the like. [bd]Their princes and heads.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia). The heads of the chief sects of philosophy. --Tillotson. Your head I him appoint. --Milton. 5. The place or honor, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front; as, the head of the table; the head of a column of soldiers. An army of fourscore thousand troops, with the duke Marlborough at the head of them. --Addison. 6. Each one among many; an individual; -- often used in a plural sense; as, a thousand head of cattle. It there be six millions of people, there are about four acres for every head. --Graunt. 7. The seat of the intellect; the brain; the understanding; the mental faculties; as, a good head, that is, a good mind; it never entered his head, it did not occur to him; of his own head, of his own thought or will. Men who had lost both head and heart. --Macaulay. 8. The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the source, or the height of the surface, as of water, above a given place, as above an orifice at which it issues, and the pressure resulting from the height or from motion; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet head; also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea. 9. A headland; a promontory; as, Gay Head. --Shak. 10. A separate part, or topic, of a discourse; a theme to be expanded; a subdivision; as, the heads of a sermon. 11. Culminating point or crisis; hence, strength; force; height. Ere foul sin, gathering head, shall break into corruption. --Shak. The indisposition which has long hung upon me, is at last grown to such a head, that it must quickly make an end of me or of itself. --Addison. 12. Power; armed force. My lord, my lord, the French have gathered head. --Shak. 13. A headdress; a covering of the head; as, a laced head; a head of hair. --Swift. 14. An ear of wheat, barley, or of one of the other small cereals. 15. (Bot.) (a) A dense cluster of flowers, as in clover, daisies, thistles; a capitulum. (b) A dense, compact mass of leaves, as in a cabbage or a lettuce plant. 16. The antlers of a deer. 17. A rounded mass of foam which rises on a pot of beer or other effervescing liquor. --Mortimer. 18. pl. Tiles laid at the eaves of a house. --Knight. Note: Head is often used adjectively or in self-explaining combinations; as, head gear or headgear, head rest. Cf. {Head}, a. {A buck of the first head}, a male fallow deer in its fifth year, when it attains its complete set of antlers. --Shak. {By the head}. (Naut.) See under {By}. {Elevator head}, {Feed head}, etc. See under {Elevator}, {Feed}, etc. {From head to foot}, through the whole length of a man; completely; throughout. [bd]Arm me, audacity, from head to foot.[b8] --Shak. {Head and ears}, with the whole person; deeply; completely; as, he was head and ears in debt or in trouble. [Colloq.] {Head fast}. (Naut.) See 5th {Fast}. {Head kidney} (Anat.), the most anterior of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in most vertebrates; the pronephros. {Head money}, a capitation tax; a poll tax. --Milton. {Head pence}, a poll tax. [Obs.] {Head sea}, a sea that meets the head of a vessel or rolls against her course. {Head and shoulders}. (a) By force; violently; as, to drag one, head and shoulders. [bd]They bring in every figure of speech, head and shoulders.[b8] --Felton. (b) By the height of the head and shoulders; hence, by a great degree or space; by far; much; as, he is head and shoulders above them. {Head or tail}, this side or that side; this thing or that; -- a phrase used in throwing a coin to decide a choice, guestion, or stake, head being the side of the coin bearing the effigy or principal figure (or, in case there is no head or face on either side, that side which has the date on it), and tail the other side. {Neither head nor tail}, neither beginning nor end; neither this thing nor that; nothing distinct or definite; -- a phrase used in speaking of what is indefinite or confused; as, they made neither head nor tail of the matter. [Colloq.] {Head wind}, a wind that blows in a direction opposite the vessel's course. {Out one's own head}, according to one's own idea; without advice or co[94]peration of another. {Over the head of}, beyond the comprehension of. --M. Arnold. | |
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Left \Left\, a. [OE. left, lift, luft; akin to Fries. leeft, OD. lucht, luft; cf. AS. left (equiv. to L. inanis), lyft[be]dl palsy; or cf. AS. l[emac]f weak.] Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action of the limbs is usually weaker than on the other side; -- opposed to {right}, when used in reference to a part of the body; as, the left hand, or arm; the left ear. Also said of the corresponding side of the lower animals. {Left bank of a river}, that which is on the left hand of a person whose face is turned downstream. {Left bower}. See under 2d {Bower}. {Left center}, the members whose sympathies are, in the main, with the members of the Left, but who do not favor extreme courses, and on occasions vote with the government. They sit between the Center and the extreme Left. {Over the left shoulder}, or {Over the left}, an old but still current colloquialism, or slang expression, used as an aside to indicate insincerity, negation, or disbelief; as, he said it, and it is true, -- over the left. | |
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[Colloq.] {Over the left}. See under {Left}. {To run over} (Mach.), to have rotation in such direction that the crank pin traverses the upper, or front, half of its path in the forward, or outward, stroke; -- said of a crank which drives, or is driven by, a reciprocating piece. | |
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Left \Left\, a. [OE. left, lift, luft; akin to Fries. leeft, OD. lucht, luft; cf. AS. left (equiv. to L. inanis), lyft[be]dl palsy; or cf. AS. l[emac]f weak.] Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action of the limbs is usually weaker than on the other side; -- opposed to {right}, when used in reference to a part of the body; as, the left hand, or arm; the left ear. Also said of the corresponding side of the lower animals. {Left bank of a river}, that which is on the left hand of a person whose face is turned downstream. {Left bower}. See under 2d {Bower}. {Left center}, the members whose sympathies are, in the main, with the members of the Left, but who do not favor extreme courses, and on occasions vote with the government. They sit between the Center and the extreme Left. {Over the left shoulder}, or {Over the left}, an old but still current colloquialism, or slang expression, used as an aside to indicate insincerity, negation, or disbelief; as, he said it, and it is true, -- over the left. | |
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Overawe \O`ver*awe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overawed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overawing}.] To awe exceedingly; to subjugate or restrain by awe or great fear. The king was present in person to overlook the magistrates, and overawe these subjects with the terror of his sword. --Spenser. | |
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Overdare \O`ver*dare"\, v. t. & i. To dare too much or rashly; to be too daring. | |
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Overdate \O`ver*date"\, v. t. To date later than the true or proper period. --Milton. | |
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Overdeal \O"ver*deal`\, n. The excess. [Obs.] The overdeal in the price will be double. --Holland. | |
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Overdelicate \O"ver*del"i*cate\, a. Too delicate. | |
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Overdelighted \O"ver*de*light"ed\, a. Delighted beyond measure. | |
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Overdevelop \O`ver*de*vel"op\, v. t. To develop excessively; specif. (Photog.), to subject (a plate or film) too long to the developing process. | |
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Overdo \O`ver*do"\, v. t. [imp. {Overdid}; p. p. {Overdone}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overdoing}.] 1. To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far. Anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing. --Shak. 2. To overtask. or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust; as, to overdo one's strength. 3. To surpass; to excel. [R.] --Tennyson. 4. To cook too much; as, to overdo the meat. | |
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Overdight \O"ver*dight"\, a. Covered over. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Overdo \O`ver*do"\, v. i. To labor too hard; to do too much. | |
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Overdo \O`ver*do"\, v. t. [imp. {Overdid}; p. p. {Overdone}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overdoing}.] 1. To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far. Anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing. --Shak. 2. To overtask. or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust; as, to overdo one's strength. 3. To surpass; to excel. [R.] --Tennyson. 4. To cook too much; as, to overdo the meat. | |
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Overdoer \O`ver*do"er\, n. One who overdoes. | |
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Overdo \O`ver*do"\, v. t. [imp. {Overdid}; p. p. {Overdone}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overdoing}.] 1. To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far. Anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing. --Shak. 2. To overtask. or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust; as, to overdo one's strength. 3. To surpass; to excel. [R.] --Tennyson. 4. To cook too much; as, to overdo the meat. | |
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Overdo \O`ver*do"\, v. t. [imp. {Overdid}; p. p. {Overdone}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overdoing}.] 1. To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far. Anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing. --Shak. 2. To overtask. or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust; as, to overdo one's strength. 3. To surpass; to excel. [R.] --Tennyson. 4. To cook too much; as, to overdo the meat. | |
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Overdose \O`ver*dose"\, v. t. To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to. | |
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Overdose \O"ver*dose`\, n. Too great a dose; an excessive dose. | |
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Overdraft \O"ver*draft`\, n. (Banking) The act of overdrawing; also, the amount or sum overdrawn. | |
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Overdraw \O`ver*draw"\, v. t. [imp. {Overdrew}; p. p. {Overdrawn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overdrawing}.] 1. To exaggerate; to overdo. 2. (Banking) To make drafts upon or against, in excess of the proper amount or limit. | |
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Overdraw \O`ver*draw"\, v. t. [imp. {Overdrew}; p. p. {Overdrawn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overdrawing}.] 1. To exaggerate; to overdo. 2. (Banking) To make drafts upon or against, in excess of the proper amount or limit. | |
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Overdraw \O`ver*draw"\, v. t. [imp. {Overdrew}; p. p. {Overdrawn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overdrawing}.] 1. To exaggerate; to overdo. 2. (Banking) To make drafts upon or against, in excess of the proper amount or limit. | |
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Overdress \O`ver*dress"\, v. t. To dress or adorn to excess; to dress too much. --Pope. | |
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Overdraw \O`ver*draw"\, v. t. [imp. {Overdrew}; p. p. {Overdrawn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overdrawing}.] 1. To exaggerate; to overdo. 2. (Banking) To make drafts upon or against, in excess of the proper amount or limit. | |
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Overdrink \O`ver*drink"\, v. t. & i. To drink to excess. | |
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Overdrown \O`ver*drown"\, v. t. To wet or drench to excess. [Obs.] --W. Browne. | |
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Overdry \O`ver*dry"\, v. t. To dry too much. --Burton. | |
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Overdtive \O`ver*dtive"\, v. t. & i. To drive too hard, or far, or beyond strength. | |
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Overdue \O"ver*due"\, a. Due and more than due; delayed beyond the proper time of arrival or payment, etc.; as, an overdue vessel; an overdue note. | |
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Overdye \O`ver*dye"\, v. t. To dye with excess of color; to put one color over (another). --Shak. | |
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Overeat \O`ver*eat"\, v. t. & i. 1. To gnaw all over, or on all sides. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. To eat to excess; -- often with a reflexive. | |
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Overhead \O`ver*head"\, adv. Aloft; above; in or attached to the ceiling or roof; in the story or upon the floor above; in the zenith. While overhead the moon Sits arbitress. --Milton. Note: Also used adjectively; as, an overhead crane, gear, etc. {Overhead engine}, a vertical steam engine in which the cylinder stands above the crank. {Overhead work}, a general term in manufactories for countershafting and gearing, when overhead. | |
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Overhead charges \O"ver*head" charges\, expenses \expenses\, etc. (Accounting) Those general charges or expenses in any business which cannot be charged up as belonging exclusively to any particular part of the work or product, as where different kinds of goods are made, or where there are different departments in a business; -- called also fixed, establishment, or (in a manufacturing business) administration, selling, and distribution, charges, etc. | |
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Overhead \O`ver*head"\, adv. Aloft; above; in or attached to the ceiling or roof; in the story or upon the floor above; in the zenith. While overhead the moon Sits arbitress. --Milton. Note: Also used adjectively; as, an overhead crane, gear, etc. {Overhead engine}, a vertical steam engine in which the cylinder stands above the crank. {Overhead work}, a general term in manufactories for countershafting and gearing, when overhead. | |
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Overhead \O`ver*head"\, adv. Aloft; above; in or attached to the ceiling or roof; in the story or upon the floor above; in the zenith. While overhead the moon Sits arbitress. --Milton. Note: Also used adjectively; as, an overhead crane, gear, etc. {Overhead engine}, a vertical steam engine in which the cylinder stands above the crank. {Overhead work}, a general term in manufactories for countershafting and gearing, when overhead. | |
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Overheat \O`ver*heat"\, v. t. [Cf. {Superheat}.] To heat to excess; to superheat. --Cowper. | |
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Overrate \O`ver*rate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overrating}.] To rate or value too highly. | |
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Overrate \O"ver*rate`\, n. An excessive rate. [R.] --Massinger. | |
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Overrate \O`ver*rate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overrating}.] To rate or value too highly. | |
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Overrate \O`ver*rate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overrating}.] To rate or value too highly. | |
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Overread \O`ver*read"\, v. t. To read over, or peruse. --Shak. | |
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Overready \O"ver*read"y\, a. Too ready. -- {O"ver*read"*i*ly}, adv. -- {O"ver*read"i*ness}, n. | |
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Overready \O"ver*read"y\, a. Too ready. -- {O"ver*read"*i*ly}, adv. -- {O"ver*read"i*ness}, n. | |
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Overready \O"ver*read"y\, a. Too ready. -- {O"ver*read"*i*ly}, adv. -- {O"ver*read"i*ness}, n. | |
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Overred \O`ver*red"\, v. t. To smear with red. [Obs.] | |
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Override \O`ver*ride"\, v. t. [imp. {Overrode}; p. p. {Overridden}, {Overrode}, {Overrid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overriding}.] [AS. offer[c6]dan.] 1. To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down. The carter overridden with [i. e., by] his cart. --Chaucer. 2. To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; as, one low overrides another; to override a veto. 3. To ride beyond; to pass; to outride. [Obs.] I overrode him on the way. --Shak. 4. To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength. | |
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Override \O`ver*ride"\, v. t. [imp. {Overrode}; p. p. {Overridden}, {Overrode}, {Overrid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overriding}.] [AS. offer[c6]dan.] 1. To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down. The carter overridden with [i. e., by] his cart. --Chaucer. 2. To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; as, one low overrides another; to override a veto. 3. To ride beyond; to pass; to outride. [Obs.] I overrode him on the way. --Shak. 4. To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength. | |
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Override \O`ver*ride"\, v. t. [imp. {Overrode}; p. p. {Overridden}, {Overrode}, {Overrid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overriding}.] [AS. offer[c6]dan.] 1. To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down. The carter overridden with [i. e., by] his cart. --Chaucer. 2. To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; as, one low overrides another; to override a veto. 3. To ride beyond; to pass; to outride. [Obs.] I overrode him on the way. --Shak. 4. To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength. | |
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Override \O`ver*ride"\, v. t. [imp. {Overrode}; p. p. {Overridden}, {Overrode}, {Overrid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overriding}.] [AS. offer[c6]dan.] 1. To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down. The carter overridden with [i. e., by] his cart. --Chaucer. 2. To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; as, one low overrides another; to override a veto. 3. To ride beyond; to pass; to outride. [Obs.] I overrode him on the way. --Shak. 4. To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength. | |
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Override \O`ver*ride"\, v. t. [imp. {Overrode}; p. p. {Overridden}, {Overrode}, {Overrid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overriding}.] [AS. offer[c6]dan.] 1. To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down. The carter overridden with [i. e., by] his cart. --Chaucer. 2. To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; as, one low overrides another; to override a veto. 3. To ride beyond; to pass; to outride. [Obs.] I overrode him on the way. --Shak. 4. To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength. | |
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Letter \Let"ter\, n. [OE. lettre, F. lettre, OF. letre, fr. L. littera, litera, a letter; pl., an epistle, a writing, literature, fr. linere, litum, to besmear, to spread or rub over; because one of the earliest modes of writing was by graving the characters upon tablets smeared over or covered with wax. --Pliny, xiii. 11. See {Liniment}, and cf. {Literal}.] 1. A mark or character used as the representative of a sound, or of an articulation of the human organs of speech; a first element of written language. And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew. --Luke xxiii. 38. 2. A written or printed communication; a message expressed in intelligible characters on something adapted to conveyance, as paper, parchment, etc.; an epistle. The style of letters ought to be free, easy, and natural. --Walsh. 3. A writing; an inscription. [Obs.] None could expound what this letter meant. --Chaucer. 4. Verbal expression; literal statement or meaning; exact signification or requirement. We must observe the letter of the law, without doing violence to the reason of the law and the intention of the lawgiver. --Jer. Taylor. I broke the letter of it to keep the sense. --Tennyson. 5. (Print.) A single type; type, collectively; a style of type. Under these buildings . . . was the king's printing house, and that famous letter so much esteemed. --Evelyn. 6. pl. Learning; erudition; as, a man of letters. 7. pl. A letter; an epistle. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Dead letter}, {Drop letter}, etc. See under {Dead}, {Drop}, etc. {Letter book}, a book in which copies of letters are kept. {Letter box}, a box for the reception of letters to be mailed or delivered. {Letter carrier}, a person who carries letters; a postman; specif., an officer of the post office who carries letters to the persons to whom they are addressed, and collects letters to be mailed. {Letter cutter}, one who engraves letters or letter punches. {Letter lock}, a lock that can not be opened when fastened, unless certain movable lettered rings or disks forming a part of it are in such a position (indicated by a particular combination of the letters) as to permit the bolt to be withdrawn. A strange lock that opens with AMEN. --Beau. & Fl. {Letter paper}, paper for writing letters on; especially, a size of paper intermediate between note paper and foolscap. See {Paper}. {Letter punch}, a steel punch with a letter engraved on the end, used in making the matrices for type. {Letters of administration} (Law), the instrument by which an administrator or administratrix is authorized to administer the goods and estate of a deceased person. {Letter of attorney}, {Letter of credit}, etc. See under {Attorney}, {Credit}, etc. {Letter of license}, a paper by which creditors extend a debtor's time for paying his debts. {Letters close [or] clause} (Eng. Law.), letters or writs directed to particular persons for particular purposes, and hence closed or sealed on the outside; -- distinguished from letters patent. --Burrill. {Letters of orders} (Eccl.), a document duly signed and sealed, by which a bishop makes it known that he has regularly ordained a certain person as priest, deacon, etc. {Letters patent}, {overt}, [or] {open} (Eng. Law), a writing executed and sealed, by which power and authority are granted to a person to do some act, or enjoy some right; as, letters patent under the seal of England. {Letter-sheet envelope}, a stamped sheet of letter paper issued by the government, prepared to be folded and sealed for transmission by mail without an envelope. {Letters testamentary} (Law), an instrument granted by the proper officer to an executor after probate of a will, authorizing him to act as executor. {Letter writer}. (a) One who writes letters. (b) A machine for copying letters. (c) A book giving directions and forms for the writing of letters. | |
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Overt \O"vert\, a. [OF. overt, F. ouvert, p. p. of OF. ovrir, F. ouvrir, to open, of uncertain origin; cf. It. aprire, OIt. also oprire, L. aperire to open, operire to cover, deoperire to uncover. Perch. from L. aperire influenced by F. couvrir to cover. Cf. {Aperient}, {Cover}.] 1. Open to view; public; apparent; manifest. Overt and apparent virtues bring forth praise. --Bacon. 2. (Law) Not covert; open; public; manifest; as, an overt act of treason. --Macaulay. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. --Constitution of the U. S. Note: In criminal law, an overt act is an open done in pursuance and manifestation of a criminal design; the mere design or intent not being punishable without such act. In English law, market overt is an open market; a pound overt is an open, uncovered pound. | |
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Letter \Let"ter\, n. [OE. lettre, F. lettre, OF. letre, fr. L. littera, litera, a letter; pl., an epistle, a writing, literature, fr. linere, litum, to besmear, to spread or rub over; because one of the earliest modes of writing was by graving the characters upon tablets smeared over or covered with wax. --Pliny, xiii. 11. See {Liniment}, and cf. {Literal}.] 1. A mark or character used as the representative of a sound, or of an articulation of the human organs of speech; a first element of written language. And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew. --Luke xxiii. 38. 2. A written or printed communication; a message expressed in intelligible characters on something adapted to conveyance, as paper, parchment, etc.; an epistle. The style of letters ought to be free, easy, and natural. --Walsh. 3. A writing; an inscription. [Obs.] None could expound what this letter meant. --Chaucer. 4. Verbal expression; literal statement or meaning; exact signification or requirement. We must observe the letter of the law, without doing violence to the reason of the law and the intention of the lawgiver. --Jer. Taylor. I broke the letter of it to keep the sense. --Tennyson. 5. (Print.) A single type; type, collectively; a style of type. Under these buildings . . . was the king's printing house, and that famous letter so much esteemed. --Evelyn. 6. pl. Learning; erudition; as, a man of letters. 7. pl. A letter; an epistle. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Dead letter}, {Drop letter}, etc. See under {Dead}, {Drop}, etc. {Letter book}, a book in which copies of letters are kept. {Letter box}, a box for the reception of letters to be mailed or delivered. {Letter carrier}, a person who carries letters; a postman; specif., an officer of the post office who carries letters to the persons to whom they are addressed, and collects letters to be mailed. {Letter cutter}, one who engraves letters or letter punches. {Letter lock}, a lock that can not be opened when fastened, unless certain movable lettered rings or disks forming a part of it are in such a position (indicated by a particular combination of the letters) as to permit the bolt to be withdrawn. A strange lock that opens with AMEN. --Beau. & Fl. {Letter paper}, paper for writing letters on; especially, a size of paper intermediate between note paper and foolscap. See {Paper}. {Letter punch}, a steel punch with a letter engraved on the end, used in making the matrices for type. {Letters of administration} (Law), the instrument by which an administrator or administratrix is authorized to administer the goods and estate of a deceased person. {Letter of attorney}, {Letter of credit}, etc. See under {Attorney}, {Credit}, etc. {Letter of license}, a paper by which creditors extend a debtor's time for paying his debts. {Letters close [or] clause} (Eng. Law.), letters or writs directed to particular persons for particular purposes, and hence closed or sealed on the outside; -- distinguished from letters patent. --Burrill. {Letters of orders} (Eccl.), a document duly signed and sealed, by which a bishop makes it known that he has regularly ordained a certain person as priest, deacon, etc. {Letters patent}, {overt}, [or] {open} (Eng. Law), a writing executed and sealed, by which power and authority are granted to a person to do some act, or enjoy some right; as, letters patent under the seal of England. {Letter-sheet envelope}, a stamped sheet of letter paper issued by the government, prepared to be folded and sealed for transmission by mail without an envelope. {Letters testamentary} (Law), an instrument granted by the proper officer to an executor after probate of a will, authorizing him to act as executor. {Letter writer}. (a) One who writes letters. (b) A machine for copying letters. (c) A book giving directions and forms for the writing of letters. | |
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Overt \O"vert\, a. [OF. overt, F. ouvert, p. p. of OF. ovrir, F. ouvrir, to open, of uncertain origin; cf. It. aprire, OIt. also oprire, L. aperire to open, operire to cover, deoperire to uncover. Perch. from L. aperire influenced by F. couvrir to cover. Cf. {Aperient}, {Cover}.] 1. Open to view; public; apparent; manifest. Overt and apparent virtues bring forth praise. --Bacon. 2. (Law) Not covert; open; public; manifest; as, an overt act of treason. --Macaulay. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. --Constitution of the U. S. Note: In criminal law, an overt act is an open done in pursuance and manifestation of a criminal design; the mere design or intent not being punishable without such act. In English law, market overt is an open market; a pound overt is an open, uncovered pound. | |
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Overtake \O`ver*take"\, v. t. [imp. {Overtook}; p. p. {Overtaken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overtaking}.] 1. To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with. Follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say . . . Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good. --Gen. xliv. 4. He had him overtaken in his flight. --Spenser. 2. To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome. If a man be overtaken in a fault. --Gal. vi. 1 I shall see The winged vengeance overtake such children. --Shak. 3. Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Overtake \O`ver*take"\, v. t. [imp. {Overtook}; p. p. {Overtaken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overtaking}.] 1. To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with. Follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say . . . Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good. --Gen. xliv. 4. He had him overtaken in his flight. --Spenser. 2. To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome. If a man be overtaken in a fault. --Gal. vi. 1 I shall see The winged vengeance overtake such children. --Shak. 3. Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Overtake \O`ver*take"\, v. t. [imp. {Overtook}; p. p. {Overtaken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overtaking}.] 1. To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with. Follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say . . . Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good. --Gen. xliv. 4. He had him overtaken in his flight. --Spenser. 2. To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome. If a man be overtaken in a fault. --Gal. vi. 1 I shall see The winged vengeance overtake such children. --Shak. 3. Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Overtalk \O`ver*talk"\, v. i. To talk to excess. --Milton. | |
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Overtask \O`ver*task"\, v. t. To task too heavily. | |
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Overtax \O`ver*tax"\, v. t. To tax or to task too heavily. | |
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Overtedious \O`ver*te"di*ous\, a. Too tedious. | |
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Overtempt \O`ver*tempt"\, v. t. To tempt exceedingly, or beyond the power of resistance. --Milton. | |
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Overthrow \O`ver*throw"\, v. t. [imp. {Overthrew}; p. p. {Overthrown}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overthrowing}.] 1. To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down. His wife overthrew the table. --Jer. Taylor. 2. To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy. When the walls of Thebes he overthrew. --Dryden. [Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion. --Shak. Syn: To demolish; overturn; prostrate; destroy; ruin; subvert; overcome; conquer; defeat; discomfit; vanquish; beat; rout. | |
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Overthrow \O`ver*throw"\, v. t. [imp. {Overthrew}; p. p. {Overthrown}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overthrowing}.] 1. To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down. His wife overthrew the table. --Jer. Taylor. 2. To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy. When the walls of Thebes he overthrew. --Dryden. [Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion. --Shak. Syn: To demolish; overturn; prostrate; destroy; ruin; subvert; overcome; conquer; defeat; discomfit; vanquish; beat; rout. | |
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Overthrow \O"ver*throw`\, n. 1. The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrow; ruin. Your sudden overthrow much rueth me. --Spenser. | |
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Overthrow \O`ver*throw"\, v. t. [imp. {Overthrew}; p. p. {Overthrown}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overthrowing}.] 1. To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down. His wife overthrew the table. --Jer. Taylor. 2. To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy. When the walls of Thebes he overthrew. --Dryden. [Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion. --Shak. Syn: To demolish; overturn; prostrate; destroy; ruin; subvert; overcome; conquer; defeat; discomfit; vanquish; beat; rout. | |
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Overthrow \O`ver*throw"\, v. t. [imp. {Overthrew}; p. p. {Overthrown}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overthrowing}.] 1. To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down. His wife overthrew the table. --Jer. Taylor. 2. To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy. When the walls of Thebes he overthrew. --Dryden. [Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion. --Shak. Syn: To demolish; overturn; prostrate; destroy; ruin; subvert; overcome; conquer; defeat; discomfit; vanquish; beat; rout. | |
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Fault \Fault\, n. 1. (Elec.) A defective point in an electric circuit due to a crossing of the parts of the conductor, or to contact with another conductor or the earth, or to a break in the circuit. 2. (Geol. & Mining) A dislocation caused by a slipping of rock masses along a plane of facture; also, the dislocated structure resulting from such slipping. Note: The surface along which the dislocated masses have moved is called the {fault plane}. When this plane is vertical, the fault is a {vertical fault}; when its inclination is such that the present relative position of the two masses could have been produced by the sliding down, along the fault plane, of the mass on its upper side, the fault is a {normal}, [or] {gravity}, {fault}. When the fault plane is so inclined that the mass on its upper side has moved up relatively, the fault is then called a {reverse} (or {reversed}), {thrust}, or {overthrust}, {fault}. If no vertical displacement has resulted, the fault is then called a {horizontal fault}. The linear extent of the dislocation measured on the fault plane and in the direction of movement is the {displacement}; the vertical displacement is the {throw}; the horizontal displacement is the {heave}. The direction of the line of intersection of the fault plane with a horizontal plane is the {trend} of the fault. A fault is a {strike fault} when its trend coincides approximately with the strike of associated strata (i.e., the line of intersection of the plane of the strata with a horizontal plane); it is a {dip fault} when its trend is at right angles to the strike; an {oblique fault} when its trend is oblique to the strike. Oblique faults and dip faults are sometimes called {cross faults}. A series of closely associated parallel faults are sometimes called {step faults} and sometimes {distributive faults}. | |
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Overthwart \O"ver*thwart"\ ([omac]"v[etil]r*thw[add]rt"), a. 1. Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite. [bd]Our overthwart neighbors.[b8] --Dryden. 2. Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing. [bd]Overthwart humor.[b8] --Clarendon. | |
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Overthwart \O"ver*thwart"\, adv. Across; crosswise; transversely. [bd]Y'clenched overthwart and endelong.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Overthwart \O`ver*thwart"\, v. t. To cross; to oppose. [Obs.] | |
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Overthwart \O"ver*thwart"\, prep. Across; from alde to side of. [bd]Huge trees overthwart one another.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Overthwart \O"ver*thwart`\, n. That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition. [Obs.] --Surrey. | |
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Overthwartly \O"ver*thwart"ly\, adv. In an overthwart manner; across; also, perversely. [Obs.] --Peacham. | |
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Overthwartness \O"ver*thwart"ness\, n. The state of being overthwart; perverseness. [Obs.] --Lord Herbert. | |
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Overtilt \O`ver*tilt"\, v. t. To tilt over; to overturn. | |
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Overtime \O"ver*time`\, n. Time beyond, or in excess of, a limit; esp., extra working time. | |
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Overtire \O`ver*tire"\, v. t. To tire to excess; to exhaust. | |
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Overtire \O`ver*tire"\, v. t. To become too tired. --Br. Hall. | |
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Overtitle \O`ver*ti"tle\, v. t. To give too high a title to. | |
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Overtly \O"vert*ly\, adv. Publicly; openly. | |
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Overtoil \O`ver*toil"\, v. t. To overwork. | |
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Overtoil \O`ver*toil"\, v. t. To weary excessively; to exhaust. Then dozed a while herself, but overtoiled By that day's grief and travel. --Tennyson. | |
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Overtone \O"ver*tone`\, n. [A translation of G. oberton. See {Over},{Tone}.] (Mus.) One of the harmonics faintly heard with and above a tone as it dies away, produced by some aliquot portion of the vibrating sting or column of air which yields the fundamental tone; one of the natural harmonic scale of tones, as the octave, twelfth, fifteenth, etc.; an aliquot or [bd]partial[b8] tone; a harmonic. See {Harmonic}, and {Tone}. --Tyndall. | |
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Overtake \O`ver*take"\, v. t. [imp. {Overtook}; p. p. {Overtaken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overtaking}.] 1. To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with. Follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say . . . Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good. --Gen. xliv. 4. He had him overtaken in his flight. --Spenser. 2. To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome. If a man be overtaken in a fault. --Gal. vi. 1 I shall see The winged vengeance overtake such children. --Shak. 3. Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Overtop \O`ver*top"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overtopped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overtopping}.] 1. To rise above the top of; to exceed in height; to tower above. [bd]To [?] 'ertop old Pelion.[b8] --Shak. 2. To go beyond; to transcend; to transgress. If kings presume to overtop the law by which they reign, . . . they are by law to be reduced into order. --Milton. 3. To make of less importance, or throw into the background, by superior excellence; to dwarf; to obscure. --Becon. | |
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Overtop \O`ver*top"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overtopped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overtopping}.] 1. To rise above the top of; to exceed in height; to tower above. [bd]To [?] 'ertop old Pelion.[b8] --Shak. 2. To go beyond; to transcend; to transgress. If kings presume to overtop the law by which they reign, . . . they are by law to be reduced into order. --Milton. 3. To make of less importance, or throw into the background, by superior excellence; to dwarf; to obscure. --Becon. | |
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Overtop \O`ver*top"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overtopped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overtopping}.] 1. To rise above the top of; to exceed in height; to tower above. [bd]To [?] 'ertop old Pelion.[b8] --Shak. 2. To go beyond; to transcend; to transgress. If kings presume to overtop the law by which they reign, . . . they are by law to be reduced into order. --Milton. 3. To make of less importance, or throw into the background, by superior excellence; to dwarf; to obscure. --Becon. | |
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Overtower \O`ver*tow"er\, v. t. To tower over or above. | |
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Overtower \O`ver*tow"er\, v. i. To soar too high. [R.] --Fuller. | |
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Overtrade \O`ver*trade"\, v. i. To trade beyond one's capital; to buy goods beyond the means of paying for or seleng them; to overstock the market. | |
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Overtrading \O`ver*trad"ing\, n. The act or practice of buying goods beyond the means of payment; a glutting of the market. | |
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Overtread \O`ver*tread"\, v. t. [AS. oferiredan.] To tread over or upon. | |
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Overtrip \O`ver*trip"\, v. t. To trip over nimbly. | |
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Overtroubled \O`ver*trou"bled\, a. Excessively troubled. | |
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Overtrow \O`ver*trow"\, v. i. To be too trustful or confident; to trust too much. [Obs.] --Wyclif [?] | |
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Overtrust \O"ver*trust`\, n. Excessive confidence. | |
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Overtrust \O`ver*trust"\, v. t. & i. To trust too much. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Overture \O"ver*ture\, v. t. To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on some subject. | |
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Overture \O"ver*ture\, [OF. overture, F. ouverture, fr. OF. ovrir, F. ouvrir. See {Overt}.] 1. An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber. [Obs.] --Spenser. [bd]The cave's inmost overture.[b8] --Chapman. 2. Disclosure; discovery; revelation. [Obs.] It was he That made the overture of thy treasons to us. --Shak. 3. A proposal; an offer; a proposition formally submitted for consideration, acceptance, or rejection. [bd]The great overture of the gospel.[b8] --Barrow. 4. (Mus.) A composition, for a full orchestra, designed as an introduction to an oratorio, opera, or ballet, or as an independent piece; -- called in the latter case a {concert overture}. | |
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Overturn \O`ver*turn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overturned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overturning}.] 1. To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building. 2. To subvert; to destroy; to overthrow. 3. To overpower; to conquer. --Milton. Syn: To demolish; overthrow. See {Demolish}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Overturn \O"ver*turn`\, n. The act off overturning, or the state of being overturned or subverted; overthrow; as, an overturn of parties. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Overturnable \O`ver*turn"a*ble\, a. Capable of being, or liable to be, overturned or subverted. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Overturn \O`ver*turn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overturned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overturning}.] 1. To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building. 2. To subvert; to destroy; to overthrow. 3. To overpower; to conquer. --Milton. Syn: To demolish; overthrow. See {Demolish}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Overturner \O`ver*turn"er\, n. One who overturns. --South. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Overturn \O`ver*turn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overturned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overturning}.] 1. To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building. 2. To subvert; to destroy; to overthrow. 3. To overpower; to conquer. --Milton. Syn: To demolish; overthrow. See {Demolish}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Overwatch \O"ver*watch"\, v. t. 1. To watch too much. 2. To weary or exhaust by watching. --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Overweather \O`ver*weath"er\, v. t. To expose too long to the influence of the weather. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Overwet \O"ver*wet\, n. Excessive wetness. [Obs.] Another ill accident is, overwet at sowing time. --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Overwit \O`ver*wit"\, v. t. To outwit. --Swift. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Obert, NE (village, FIPS 35560) Location: 42.68897 N, 97.02702 W Population (1990): 39 (20 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68762 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Opportunity, WA (CDP, FIPS 51515) Location: 47.64945 N, 117.24045 W Population (1990): 22326 (8917 housing units) Area: 17.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Overton, NE (village, FIPS 37770) Location: 40.74039 N, 99.53697 W Population (1990): 547 (245 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68863 Overton, NV Zip code(s): 89040 Overton, TX (city, FIPS 54432) Location: 32.27556 N, 94.97229 W Population (1990): 2105 (994 housing units) Area: 17.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75684 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Overton County, TN (county, FIPS 133) Location: 36.34380 N, 85.28535 W Population (1990): 17636 (7388 housing units) Area: 1122.4 sq km (land), 3.8 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
operating system n. [techspeak] (Often abbreviated `OS') The foundation software of a machine; that which schedules tasks, allocates storage, and presents a default interface to the user between applications. The facilities an operating system provides and its general design philosophy exert an extremely strong influence on programming style and on the technical cultures that grow up around its host machines. Hacker folklore has been shaped primarily by the {{Unix}}, {{ITS}}, {{TOPS-10}}, {{TOPS-20}}/{{TWENEX}}, {{WAITS}}, {{CP/M}}, {{MS-DOS}}, and {{Multics}} operating systems (most importantly by ITS and Unix). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
operating system the interface to {peripheral} {hardware}, schedules {tasks}, allocates {storage}, and presents a default {interface} to the user when no {application program} is running. The OS may be split into a {kernel} which is always present and various system programs which use facilities provided by the kernel to perform higher-level {house-keeping} tasks, often acting as {servers} in a {client-server} relationship. Some would include a {graphical user interface} and {window system} as part of the OS, others would not. The {operating system loader}, {BIOS}, or other {firmware} required at {boot time} or when installing the operating system would generally not be considered part of the operating system, though this distinction is unclear in the case of a {rommable operating system} such as {RISC OS}. The facilities an operating system provides and its general design philosophy exert an extremely strong influence on programming style and on the technical cultures that grow up around the machines on which it runs. Example operating systems include {386BSD}, {AIX}, {AOS}, {Amoeba}, {Angel}, {Artemis microkernel}, {BeOS}, {Brazil}, {COS}, {CP/M}, {CTSS}, {Chorus}, {DACNOS}, {DOSEXEC 2}, {GCOS}, {GEORGE 3}, {GEOS}, {ITS}, {KAOS}, {Linux}, {LynxOS}, {MPV}, {MS-DOS}, {MVS}, {Mach}, {Macintosh operating system}, {Microsoft Windows}, {MINIX}, {Multics}, {Multipop-68}, {Novell NetWare}, {OS-9}, {OS/2}, {Pick}, {Plan 9}, {QNX}, {RISC OS}, {STING}, {System V}, {System/360}, {TOPS-10}, {TOPS-20}, {TRUSIX}, {TWENEX}, {TYMCOM-X}, {Thoth}, {Unix}, {VM/CMS}, {VMS}, {VRTX}, {VSTa}, {VxWorks}, {WAITS}. {FAQ (ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/usenet/news-info/comp.os.research)}. {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.os.research}. [{Jargon File}] (1999-06-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Operating System/360 {IBM} for their {System/360} computer (announced in 1964). After this experience, {Frederick P. Brooks} wrote his famous book, {The Mythical Man-Month}, giving OS/360 as an example of the {second-system effect}. [Features? Relatonship to {DOS/360}?] (2001-03-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Operating System/Multiprogramming of Fixed Tasks systems} associated with the {IBM 360}, released in 1966 and targetted at mid-range {IBM 360} users (typically 360/40, 360/50). OS/MFT was the juinior member of the main 'OS' series of IBM operating systems, the other being {OS/MVT}. Smaller 360 mainframes used {DOS}. OS/MFT shared {JCL} and utilities with OS/MVT but allocated memory differently. In OS/MFT, partitions of memory were of a fixed number and size, specified by the generation and configuration of the operating system. As this class of mainframe had typically less than 512K of main memory, partitions tended to be about 128K. With the advent of {Virtual Storage} and the {System 370}'s {Dynamic Address Translation} (DAT), OS/MFT was improved to become {OS/VS1}, taking account of virtual storage in a single partition up to 16MB. (1999-01-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
operation code language} instruction which determines what kind of action the computer should take, e.g. add, jump, load, store. In any particular {instruction set} certain fixed bit positions within the instruction word contain the op code, others give {parameters} such as the addresses or {registers} involved. For example, in a 32-bit instruction the most significant eight bits might be the op code giving 256 possible operations. For some instruction sets, certain values in the fixed bit positions may select a group of operations and the exact operation may depend on other bits within instruction word or subsequent words. When programming in {assembly language}, the op code is represented by a readable name called an {instruction mnemonic}. (1997-02-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
operational database data, in contrast to a {decision support database}. (1995-02-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
operational requirements specify the desired capabilities of a system and serve as a basis for determining the operational effectiveness and suitability of a system prior to deployment. (1997-01-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
operational semantics or hypothetical computer changes while executing a program. The overall state is typically divided into a number of components, e.g. {stack}, {heap}, {register}s etc. Each rule specifies certain preconditions on the contents of some components and their new contents after the application of the rule. It is similar in spirit to the notion of a {Turing machine}, in which actions are precisely described in a mathematical way. Compuare {axiomatic semantics}, {denotational semantics}. (1996-08-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
operational test and evaluation to evaluate the operational effectiveness and suitability of the system with respect to its mission. (1997-01-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
operational testing {end-user} on software in its normal operating environment. (1997-01-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
operator syntax} if it has two arguments (e.g. "+") or {prefix syntax} if it has only one (e.g. {Boolean} NOT). Many languages use operators for built-in functions such as arithmetic and logic. (1995-04-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Operator Control Language used specifically with the {RPG II} {compiler}. See also {CL}. (1994-11-18) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
operator overloading {overloading} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Opportunity Management System related information. Each sales lead can be tracked with information such as source, type, worth, status, likelihood of closure etc. An OMS can perform other related tasks such as prioritising sales calls and generating analyses that assist the fine-tuning of marketing strategies. See also {Customer Relationship Management}. (1999-08-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Overdrive socket designed to accomodate an {Intel 486}, or into a special upgrade socket on the {motherboard}. (1995-03-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
overhead 1. Resources (in computing usually processing time or storage space) consumed for purposes which are incidental to, but necessary to, the main one. Overheads are usually quantifiable "costs" of some kind. Examples: The overheads in running a business include the cost of heating the building. Keeping a program running all the time eliminates the overhead of loading and initialising it for each transaction. Turning a {subroutine} into {inline} code eliminates the call and return time overhead for each execution but introduces space overheads. 2. error checking characters, that is transmitted along with the user data. It also includes information such as network status or operational instructions, network routing information, and retransmissions of user data received in error. 3. Overhead transparencies or "slides" (usually 8-1/2" x 11") that are projected to an audience via an overhead (flatbed) projector. (1997-09-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
overriding function member defined in a {parent class}. Not to be confused with "{overloading}". (1996-12-21) |