English Dictionary: ocarina | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tailor \Tai"lor\, n. [OF. tailleor, F. tailleur, fr. OF. taillier, F. tailler to cut, fr. L. talea a rod, stick, a cutting, layer for planting. Cf. {Detail}, {Entail}, {Retail}, {Tally}, n.] 1. One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer garments. Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou wert a man's tailor. --Shak. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The mattowacca; -- called also {tailor herring}. (b) The silversides. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The goldfish. [Prov. Eng.] {Salt-water tailor} (Zo[94]l.), the bluefish. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett. {Tailor bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of small Asiatic and East Indian singing birds belonging to {Orthotomus}, {Prinia}, and allied genera. They are noted for the skill with which they sew leaves together to form nests. The common Indian species are {O. longicauda}, which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail coverts yellowish green, and the under parts white; and the golden-headed tailor bird ({O. coronatus}), which has the top of the head golden yellow and the back and wings pale olive-green. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Oca \[d8]O"ca\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.) A Peruvian name for certain species of Oxalis ({O. crenata}, and {O. tuberosa}) which bear edible tubers. | |
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Ocarina \Oc`a*ri"na\, n. [Cf. It. carino pretty.] (Mus.) A kind of small simple wind instrument. | |
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Occurrence \Oc*cur"rence\, n. [Cf. F. occurrence. See {Occur}.] 1. A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision. Voyages detain the mind by the perpetual occurrence and expectation of something new. --I. Watts. 2. Any incident or event; esp., one which happens without being designed or expected; as, an unusual occurrence, or the ordinary occurrences of life. All the occurrence of my fortune. --Shak. Syn: See {Event}. | |
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Occurrent \Oc*cur"rent\, a. [L. occurrens, -entis, p. pr. of occurrere: cf.F. occurrent. See {Occur}.] Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental. | |
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Occurrent \Oc*cur"rent\, n. 1. One who meets; hence, an adversary. [Obs.] --Holland. 2. Anything that happens; an occurrence. [Obs.] These we must meet with in obvious occurrents of the world. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Occur \Oc*cur"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Occurred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Occurring}.] [L. occurrere, occursum; ob (see {Ob-}) + currere to run. See {Course}.] 1. To meet; to clash. [Obs.] The resistance of the bodies they occur with. --Bentley. 2. To go in order to meet; to make reply. [Obs.] I must occur to one specious objection. --Bentley. 3. To meet one's eye; to be found or met with; to present itself; to offer; to appear; to happen; to take place; as, I will write if opportunity occurs. In Scripture, though the word heir occur, yet there is no such thing as [bd]heir[b8] in our author's sense. --Locke. 4. To meet or come to the mind; to suggest itself; to be presented to the imagination or memory. There doth not occur to me any use of this experiment for profit. --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mahoe \Ma"hoe\, n. (Bot.) A name given to several malvaceous trees (species of {Hibiscus}, {Ochroma}, etc.), and to their strong fibrous inner bark, which is used for strings and cordage. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Corkwood \Cork"wood`\ (k[ocir]rk"w[oocr]d`), n. 1. The wood of the cork oak. [Obs.] 2. Any one of several trees or shrubs having light or corky wood; esp.: (a) In the United States, the tree {Leitneria floridana}. (b) In the West Indies: (1) Either of the cotton trees {Ochroma lagopus} and {Pariti tiliaceum}. (2) The tree producing the aligator apple. (3) The blolly. | |
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{Down tree} (Bot.), a tree of Central America ({Ochroma Lagopus}), the seeds of which are enveloped in vegetable wool. | |
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Corkwood \Cork"wood`\ (k[ocir]rk"w[oocr]d`), n. 1. The wood of the cork oak. [Obs.] 2. Any one of several trees or shrubs having light or corky wood; esp.: (a) In the United States, the tree {Leitneria floridana}. (b) In the West Indies: (1) Either of the cotton trees {Ochroma lagopus} and {Pariti tiliaceum}. (2) The tree producing the aligator apple. (3) The blolly. | |
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{Down tree} (Bot.), a tree of Central America ({Ochroma Lagopus}), the seeds of which are enveloped in vegetable wool. | |
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Harefoot \Hare"foot`\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A long, narrow foot, carried (that is, produced or extending) forward; -- said of dogs. 2. (Bot) A tree ({Ochroma Laqopus}) of the West Indies, having the stamens united somewhat in the form of a hare's foot. {Harefoot clover} (Bot.), a species of clover ({Trifolium arvense}) with soft and silky heads. | |
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Osiris \O*si"ris\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?]; of Egyptian origin.] (Myth.) One of the principal divinities of Egypt, the brother and husband of Isis. He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal cap of Upper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull, called Apis. Cf. {Serapis}. -- {O*sir"i*an}, a. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Oak Run, CA Zip code(s): 96069 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OSI-RM {Open Systems Interconnect} | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Ocran, a disturber; that disorders |