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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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Odograph \O"do*graph\, n. [Gr. [?] way + -graph.] 1. A machine for registering the distance traversed by a vehicle or pedestrain. 2. A device for recording the length and rapidity of stride and the number of steps taken by a walker. | |
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Floriken \Flo"ri*ken\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An Indian bustard ({Otis aurita}). The Bengal floriken is {Sypheotides Bengalensis}. [Written also {florikan}, {florikin}, {florican}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Shore \Shore\, n. [OE. schore, AS. score, probably fr. scieran, and so meaning properly, that which is shorn off, edge; akin to OD. schoore, schoor. See {Shear}, v. t.] The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river. Michael Cassio, Lieutenant to the warlike Moor Othello, Is come shore. --Shak. The fruitful shore of muddy Nile. --Spenser. {In shore}, near the shore. --Marryat. {On shore}. See under {On}. {Shore birds} (Zo[94]l.), a collective name for the various limicoline birds found on the seashore. {Shore crab} (Zo[94]l.), any crab found on the beaches, or between tides, especially any one of various species of grapsoid crabs, as {Heterograpsus nudus} of California. {Shore lark} (Zo[94]l.), a small American lark ({Otocoris alpestris}) found in winter, both on the seacoast and on the Western plains. Its upper parts are varied with dark brown and light brown. It has a yellow throat, yellow local streaks, a black crescent on its breast, a black streak below each eye, and two small black erectile ear tufts. Called also {horned lark}. {Shore plover} (Zo[94]l.), a large-billed Australian plover ({Esacus magnirostris}). It lives on the seashore, and feeds on crustaceans, etc. {Shore teetan} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pipit ({Anthus obscurus}). [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Otocrane \O"to*crane\, n. [Oto- + Gr. [?] skull.] (Anat.) The cavity in the skull in which the parts of the internal ear are lodged. | |
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Otocranial \O`to*cra"ni*al\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the otocrane. | |
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Otography \O*tog"ra*phy\, n. [Oto- + -graphy.] A description of the ear. | |
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Outcourt \Out"court`\, n. An outer or exterior court. The skirts and outcourts of heaven. --South. | |
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Outcrafty \Out*craft"y\, v. t. To exceed in cunning. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Outcrier \Out"cri`er\, n. One who cries out or proclaims; a herald or crier. | |
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Outcrop \Out"crop`\, n. (Geol.) (a) The coming out of a stratum to the surface of the ground. --Lyell. (b) That part of inclined strata which appears at the surface; basset. | |
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Outcrop \Out*crop"\, v. i. (Geol.) To come out to the surface of the ground; -- said of strata. | |
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Outcry \Out"cry`\, n. 1. A vehement or loud cry; a cry of distress, alarm, opposition, or detestation; clamor. 2. Sale at public auction. --Massinger. Thackeray. | |
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Outgoer \Out"go`er\, n. One who goes out or departs. | |
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Outgrow \Out*grow"\, v. t. [imp. {Outgrew}; p. p. {Outgrown}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Outgrowing}.] 1. To surpass in growing; to grow more than. --Shak. 2. To grow out of or away from; to grow too large, or too aged, for; as, to outgrow clothing; to outgrow usefulness; to outgrow an infirmity. | |
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Outground \Out"ground`\, n. Ground situated at a distance from the house; outlying land. | |
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Outgrow \Out*grow"\, v. t. [imp. {Outgrew}; p. p. {Outgrown}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Outgrowing}.] 1. To surpass in growing; to grow more than. --Shak. 2. To grow out of or away from; to grow too large, or too aged, for; as, to outgrow clothing; to outgrow usefulness; to outgrow an infirmity. | |
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Outgrow \Out*grow"\, v. t. [imp. {Outgrew}; p. p. {Outgrown}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Outgrowing}.] 1. To surpass in growing; to grow more than. --Shak. 2. To grow out of or away from; to grow too large, or too aged, for; as, to outgrow clothing; to outgrow usefulness; to outgrow an infirmity. | |
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Outgrow \Out*grow"\, v. t. [imp. {Outgrew}; p. p. {Outgrown}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Outgrowing}.] 1. To surpass in growing; to grow more than. --Shak. 2. To grow out of or away from; to grow too large, or too aged, for; as, to outgrow clothing; to outgrow usefulness; to outgrow an infirmity. | |
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Outgrowth \Out"growth`\, n. That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence. | |
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Outguard \Out"guard`\, n. (Mil.) A guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main body of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy; hence, anything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended. | |
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Outscorn \Out*scorn"\, v. t. To confront, or subdue, with greater scorn. --Shak. | |
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Outscouring \Out"scour`ing\, n. That which is scoured out o[?] washed out. --Buckland. | |
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Outskirt \Out"skirt`\, n. A part remote from the center; outer edge; border; -- usually in the plural; as, the outskirts of a town. --Wordsworth. The outskirts of his march of mystery. --Keble. | |
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Outsoar \Out*soar"\, v. t. To soar beyond or above. | |
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Outswear \Out*swear"\, v. t. To exceed in swearing. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Otis Orchards, WA Zip code(s): 99027 | |
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Otis Orchards-East Farms, WA (CDP, FIPS 52267) Location: 47.70017 N, 117.09013 W Population (1990): 5811 (1833 housing units) Area: 18.2 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
outsourcing company might otherwise have employed its own staff to perform, e.g. software development. (1995-03-28) |