English Dictionary: Otis | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8O94theca \[d8]O`[94]*the"ca\, n.; pl. {O[94]thec[91]}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] an egg + [?] a case.] (Zo[94]l.) An egg case, especially those of many kinds of mollusks, and of some insects, as the cockroach. Cf. {O[d2]cium}. | |
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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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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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d8Od2cium \[d8]O*[d2]"ci*um\, n.; pl. {O[d2]cia}. [NL., fr. Gr. w,'o`n an egg + [?] a house.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the special zooids, or cells, of Bryozoa, destined to receive and develop ova; an ovicell. See {Bryozoa}. | |
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d8Bryozoum \[d8]Bry`o*zo"um\, n. [NL. See {Bryozoa}.] (Zo[94]l.) An individual zooid of a bryozoan coralline, of which there may be two or more kinds in a single colony. The zo[d2]cia usually have a wreath of tentacles around the mouth, and a well developed stomach and intestinal canal; but these parts are lacking in the other zooids ({Avicularia}, {O[d2]cia}, etc.). | |
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Odds \Odds\ ([ocr]dz), n. sing. & pl. [See {Odd}, a.] 1. Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality; advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances; probability. [bd]Pre[89]minent by so much odds.[b8] --Milton. [bd]The fearful odds of that unequal fray.[b8] --Trench. The odds Is that we scarce are men and you are gods. --Shak. There appeared, at least, four to one odds against them. --Swift. All the odds between them has been the different scope . . . given to their understandings to range in. --Locke. Judging is balancing an account and determining on which side the odds lie. --Locke. 2. Quarrel; dispute; debate; strife; -- chiefly in the phrase at odds. Set them into confounding odds. --Shak. I can not speak Any beginning to this peevish odds. --Shak. {At odds}, in dispute; at variance. [bd]These squires at odds did fall.[b8] --Spenser. [bd]He flashes into one gross crime or other, that sets us all at odds.[b8] --Shak. {It is odds}, it is probable. [Obs.] | |
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Odic \Od"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to od. See {Od}. [Archaic] -- {Od"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Odious \O"di*ous\, a. [L. odiosus, from odium hatred: cf. F. odieux. See {Odium}.] 1. Hateful; deserving or receiving hatred; as, an odious name, system, vice. [bd]All wickedness will be most odious.[b8] --Sprat. He rendered himself odious to the Parliament. --Clarendon. 2. Causing or provoking hatred, repugnance, or disgust; offensive; disagreeable; repulsive; as, an odious sight; an odious smell. --Milton. The odious side of that polity. --Macaulay. Syn: Hateful; detestable; abominable; disgusting; loathsome; invidious; repulsive; forbidding; unpopular. -- {O"di*ous`ly}. adv. -- {O"di*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Odize \Od"ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Odized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Odizing}.] To charge with od. See {Od}. [Archaic] | |
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Ods \Ods\, interj. A corruption of God's; -- formerly used in oaths and ejaculatory phrases. [bd]Ods bodikin.[b8] [bd]Ods pity.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Odyssey \Od"ys*sey\, n. [L. Odyssea, Gr. [?], fr. [?] Ulysses: cf.F. Odyss[82]e.] An epic poem attributed to Homer, which describes the return of Ulysses to Ithaca after the siege of Troy. | |
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Otic \O"tic\, a. [Gr. [?], fr. o'y^s, 'wto`s, the ear: cf. F. otique.] Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the ear; auricular; auditory. | |
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Otiose \O"ti*ose`\, a. [L. otiosus, fr. otium ease.] Being at leisure or ease; unemployed; indolent; idle. [bd]Otiose assent.[b8] --Paley. The true keeping of the Sabbath was not that otiose and un[?]rofitable cessation from even good deeds which they would enforce. --Alford. | |
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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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Outgo \Out"go`\, n.; pl. {Outgoes}. That which goes out, or is paid out; outlay; expenditure; -- the opposite of {income}. --Lowell. | |
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Outgo \Out*go"\, v. t. [imp. {Outwent}; p. p. {Outgone}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Outgoing}.] 1. To go beyond; to exceed in swiftness; to surpass; to outdo. 2. To circumvent; to overreach. [Obs.] --Denham. | |
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Outhess \Out*hess"\, n. [Cf. LL. uthesium, hutesium, huesium, OF. hueis, and E. hue, in hue and cry.] Outcry; alarm. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Outhouse \Out"house`\, n. A small house or building at a little distance from the main house; an outbuilding. | |
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Outsee \Out*see"\, v. t. To see beyond; to excel in cer[?]ainty of seeing; to surpass in foresight. | |
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Outtake \Out*take"\, prep. Except. [Obs.] --R. of Brunne. | |
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Outweigh \Out*weigh"\, v. t. To exceed in weight or value. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Odessa, DE (town, FIPS 54050) Location: 39.45637 N, 75.66012 W Population (1990): 303 (132 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Odessa, FL Zip code(s): 33556 Odessa, MN (city, FIPS 48058) Location: 45.26138 N, 96.33119 W Population (1990): 155 (67 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56276 Odessa, MO (city, FIPS 54038) Location: 38.99695 N, 93.95475 W Population (1990): 3695 (1556 housing units) Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64076 Odessa, NE Zip code(s): 68861 Odessa, NY (village, FIPS 54452) Location: 42.31108 N, 76.81748 W Population (1990): 986 (377 housing units) Area: 19.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14869 Odessa, TX (city, FIPS 53388) Location: 31.87443 N, 102.34834 W Population (1990): 89699 (37751 housing units) Area: 91.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79761, 79762, 79763, 79764, 79765, 79766 Odessa, WA (town, FIPS 50745) Location: 47.33331 N, 118.68712 W Population (1990): 935 (476 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99159 | |
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Ohatchee, AL (town, FIPS 56472) Location: 33.78448 N, 86.01872 W Population (1990): 1042 (450 housing units) Area: 12.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36271 | |
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Otego, NY (village, FIPS 55618) Location: 42.39160 N, 75.17841 W Population (1990): 1068 (416 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13825 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Otis, CO (town, FIPS 56365) Location: 40.14969 N, 102.96159 W Population (1990): 451 (249 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 80743 Otis, KS (city, FIPS 53525) Location: 38.53492 N, 99.05306 W Population (1990): 385 (183 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Otis, LA Zip code(s): 71466 Otis, MA Zip code(s): 01253 Otis, OR Zip code(s): 97368 | |
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Otisco, IN Zip code(s): 47163 Otisco, MN Zip code(s): 56077 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ODC {Open Distributed Computing} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ODSA {Open Distributed System Architecture} |