English Dictionary: oesophagogastric junction | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Devil \Dev"il\, n. [AS. de[a2]fol, de[a2]ful; akin to G. [?]eufel, Goth. diaba[a3]lus; all fr. L. diabolus the devil, Gr. [?] the devil, the slanderer, fr. [?] to slander, calumniate, orig., to throw across; [?] across + [?] to throw, let fall, fall; cf. Skr. gal to fall. Cf. {Diabolic}.] 1. The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind. [Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil. --Luke iv. 2. That old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world. --Rev. xii. 9. 2. An evil spirit; a demon. A dumb man possessed with a devil. --Matt. ix. 32. 3. A very wicked person; hence, any great evil. [bd]That devil Glendower.[b8] [bd]The devil drunkenness.[b8] --Shak. Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? --John vi. 70. 4. An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation. [Low] The devil a puritan that he is, . . . but a timepleaser. --Shak. The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. --Pope. 5. (Cookery) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper. Men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting oysters, and preparing devils on the gridiron. --Sir W. Scott. 6. (Manuf.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc. {Blue devils}. See under {Blue}. {Cartesian devil}. See under {Cartesian}. {Devil bird} (Zo[94]l.), one of two or more South African drongo shrikes ({Edolius retifer}, and {E. remifer}), believed by the natives to be connected with sorcery. {Devil may care}, reckless, defiant of authority; -- used adjectively. --Longfellow. {Devil's apron} (Bot.), the large kelp ({Laminaria saccharina}, and {L. longicruris}) of the Atlantic ocean, having a blackish, leathery expansion, shaped somewhat like an apron. {Devil's coachhorse}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The black rove beetle ({Ocypus olens}). [Eng.] (b) A large, predacious, hemipterous insect ({Prionotus cristatus}); the wheel bug. [U.S.] {Devil's darning-needle}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Darn}, v. t. {Devil's fingers}, {Devil's hand} (Zo[94]l.), the common British starfish ({Asterias rubens}); -- also applied to a sponge with stout branches. [Prov. Eng., Irish & Scot.] {Devil's riding-horse} (Zo[94]l.), the American mantis ({Mantis Carolina}). {The Devil's tattoo}, a drumming with the fingers or feet. [bd]Jack played the Devil's tattoo on the door with his boot heels.[b8] --F. Hardman (Blackw. Mag.). {Devil worship}, worship of the power of evil; -- still practiced by barbarians who believe that the good and evil forces of nature are of equal power. {Printer's devil}, the youngest apprentice in a printing office, who runs on errands, does dirty work (as washing the ink rollers and sweeping), etc. [bd]Without fearing the printer's devil or the sheriff's officer.[b8] --Macaulay. {Tasmanian devil} (Zo[94]l.), a very savage carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania ({Dasyurus, [or] Diabolus, ursinus}). {To play devil with}, to molest extremely; to ruin. [Low] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ojibways \O*jib"ways\, n. pl.; sing. {Ojibway}. (Ethnol.) Same as {Chippeways}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Okapi \O*ka"pi\, n. [Native name on the borders of Belgian Kongo, possibly the same word as Mpongwe okapo lean.] A peculiar mammal ({Okapia johnostoni}) closely related to the giraffe, discovered in the deep forests of Belgian Kongo in 1900. It is smaller than an ox, and somewhat like a giraffe, except that the neck is much shorter. Like the giraffe, it has no dewclaws. There is a small prominence on each frontal bone of the male. The color of the body is chiefly reddish chestnut, the cheeks are yellowish white, and the fore and hind legs above the knees and the haunches are striped with purplish black and cream color. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ossific \Os*sif"ic\, a. [L. os, ossis, bone + facere to make: cf. F. ossifique. See {Fact}.] Capable of producing bone; having the power to change cartilage or other tissue into bone. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ossification \Os`si*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ossification. See {Ossify}.] 1. (Physiol.) The formation of bone; the process, in the growth of an animal, by which inorganic material (mainly lime salts) is deposited in cartilage or membrane, forming bony tissue; ostosis. Note: Besides the natural ossification of growing tissue, there is the so-called accidental ossification which sometimes follows certain abnormal conditions, as in the ossification of an artery. 2. The state of being changed into a bony substance; also, a mass or point of ossified tissue. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Oxpecker \Ox"peck`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An African bird of the genus {Buphaga}; the beefeater. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Oak Beach, NY Zip code(s): 11702 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Okfuskee County, OK (county, FIPS 107) Location: 35.47147 N, 96.32608 W Population (1990): 11551 (4894 housing units) Area: 1618.2 sq km (land), 10.8 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Okoboji, IA (city, FIPS 58710) Location: 43.39212 N, 95.13618 W Population (1990): 775 (833 housing units) Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51355 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OS/VS1 {OS/MFT} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OS/VS2 with the {IBM S/370} and originally known as {OS/MVT}. OS/VS2 R1 was known as SVS (Single Virtual Storage) as it had a single 16 MB {virtual address space}. OS/VS2 R2 was known as MVS - {Multiple Virtual Storage}. (1999-01-13) |