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Oak \Oak\ ([omac]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [be]c; akin to D. eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver grain. 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. Note: Among the true oaks in America are: {Barren oak}, or {Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}. {Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}. {Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or {quercitron oak}. {Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also {over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}. {Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}. {Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}. {Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also called {enceno}. {Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California. {Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}. {Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}. {Red oak}, {Q. rubra}. {Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}. {Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc. {Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}. {Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}. {Swamp Spanish oak}, or {Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}. {Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}. {Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}. {Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}. {Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe are: {Bitter oak}, [or] {Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}). {Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}. {English white oak}, {Q. Robur}. {Evergreen oak}, {Holly oak}, [or] {Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}. {Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}. {Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}. Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus {Quercus}, are: {African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia Africana}). {Australian, [or] She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus {Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}). {Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}). {Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}. {New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon excelsum}). {Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}. | |
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{Silky, [or] Silk-bark}, {oak}, an Australian tree ({Grevillea robusta}). {Green oak}, oak wood colored green by the growth of the mycelium of certain fungi. {Oak apple}, a large, smooth, round gall produced on the leaves of the American red oak by a gallfly ({Cynips confluens}). It is green and pulpy when young. {Oak beauty} (Zo[94]l.), a British geometrid moth ({Biston prodromaria}) whose larva feeds on the oak. {Oak gall}, a gall found on the oak. See 2d {Gall}. {Oak leather} (Bot.), the mycelium of a fungus which forms leatherlike patches in the fissures of oak wood. {Oak pruner}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pruner}, the insect. {Oak spangle}, a kind of gall produced on the oak by the insect {Diplolepis lenticularis}. {Oak wart}, a wartlike gall on the twigs of an oak. {The Oaks}, one of the three great annual English horse races (the Derby and St. Leger being the others). It was instituted in 1779 by the Earl of Derby, and so called from his estate. {To sport one's oak}, to be [bd]not at home to visitors,[b8] signified by closing the outer (oaken) door of one's rooms. [Cant, Eng. Univ.] | |
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Oak \Oak\ ([omac]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [be]c; akin to D. eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver grain. 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. Note: Among the true oaks in America are: {Barren oak}, or {Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}. {Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}. {Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or {quercitron oak}. {Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also {over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}. {Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}. {Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}. {Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also called {enceno}. {Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California. {Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}. {Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}. {Red oak}, {Q. rubra}. {Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}. {Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc. {Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}. {Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}. {Swamp Spanish oak}, or {Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}. {Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}. {Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}. {Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}. {Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe are: {Bitter oak}, [or] {Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}). {Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}. {English white oak}, {Q. Robur}. {Evergreen oak}, {Holly oak}, [or] {Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}. {Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}. {Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}. Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus {Quercus}, are: {African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia Africana}). {Australian, [or] She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus {Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}). {Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}). {Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}. {New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon excelsum}). {Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}. | |
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{Silky, [or] Silk-bark}, {oak}, an Australian tree ({Grevillea robusta}). {Green oak}, oak wood colored green by the growth of the mycelium of certain fungi. {Oak apple}, a large, smooth, round gall produced on the leaves of the American red oak by a gallfly ({Cynips confluens}). It is green and pulpy when young. {Oak beauty} (Zo[94]l.), a British geometrid moth ({Biston prodromaria}) whose larva feeds on the oak. {Oak gall}, a gall found on the oak. See 2d {Gall}. {Oak leather} (Bot.), the mycelium of a fungus which forms leatherlike patches in the fissures of oak wood. {Oak pruner}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pruner}, the insect. {Oak spangle}, a kind of gall produced on the oak by the insect {Diplolepis lenticularis}. {Oak wart}, a wartlike gall on the twigs of an oak. {The Oaks}, one of the three great annual English horse races (the Derby and St. Leger being the others). It was instituted in 1779 by the Earl of Derby, and so called from his estate. {To sport one's oak}, to be [bd]not at home to visitors,[b8] signified by closing the outer (oaken) door of one's rooms. [Cant, Eng. Univ.] | |
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Oaky \Oak"y\, n. Resembling oak; strong. --Bp. Hall. | |
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-ock \-ock\ [AS. -uc.] A suffix used to form diminutives; as, bullock, hillock. | |
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O \O\ ([omac]), n.; pl. {O's} [or] {Oes} ([omac]z). 1. The letter O, or its sound. [bd]Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes.[b8] --Tennyson. 2. Something shaped like the letter O; a circle or oval. [bd]This wooden O [Globe Theater][b8]. --Shak. 3. A cipher; zero. [R.] Thou art an O without a figure. --Shak. | |
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Ogee \O*gee"\, n. [F. ogive, augive, LL. augiva, of uncertain origin; cf.LL. ogis a support, prop. L. augere to increase, strengthen, Sp. auge highest point of power or fortune, apogee, Ar. auj, an astronomical term.] 1. (Arch.) A molding, the section of which is the form of the letter S, with the convex part above; cyma reversa. See Illust. under {Cyma}. 2. Hence, any similar figure used for any purpose. {Ogee arch} (Arch.), a pointed arch, each of the sides of which has the curve of an ogee, that is, has a reversed curve near the apex. | |
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Talon \Tal"on\, n. [F., heel, spur, LL. talo, fr. L. talus the ankle, heel.] 1. The claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw of a bird of prey. --Bacon. 2. (Zo[94]l.) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth. 3. (Arch.) A kind of molding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; -- usually called an {ogee}. Note: When the concave part is at the top, it is called an {inverted talon}. 4. The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt. --Knight. | |
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d8Cyma \[d8]Cy"ma\ (s[imac]"m[adot]) n. [NL., fr. Gr. ky^ma. See {Cyme}] 1. (Arch.) A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is wavelike in form. 2. (Bot.) A cyme. See {Cyme}. {Cyma recta}, or {Cyma}, a cyma, hollow in its upper part and swelling below. {Cyma reversa}, [or] {Ogee}, a cyma swelling out on the upper part and hollow below. | |
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Ogee \O*gee"\, n. [F. ogive, augive, LL. augiva, of uncertain origin; cf.LL. ogis a support, prop. L. augere to increase, strengthen, Sp. auge highest point of power or fortune, apogee, Ar. auj, an astronomical term.] 1. (Arch.) A molding, the section of which is the form of the letter S, with the convex part above; cyma reversa. See Illust. under {Cyma}. 2. Hence, any similar figure used for any purpose. {Ogee arch} (Arch.), a pointed arch, each of the sides of which has the curve of an ogee, that is, has a reversed curve near the apex. | |
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Talon \Tal"on\, n. [F., heel, spur, LL. talo, fr. L. talus the ankle, heel.] 1. The claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw of a bird of prey. --Bacon. 2. (Zo[94]l.) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth. 3. (Arch.) A kind of molding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; -- usually called an {ogee}. Note: When the concave part is at the top, it is called an {inverted talon}. 4. The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt. --Knight. | |
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d8Cyma \[d8]Cy"ma\ (s[imac]"m[adot]) n. [NL., fr. Gr. ky^ma. See {Cyme}] 1. (Arch.) A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is wavelike in form. 2. (Bot.) A cyme. See {Cyme}. {Cyma recta}, or {Cyma}, a cyma, hollow in its upper part and swelling below. {Cyma reversa}, [or] {Ogee}, a cyma swelling out on the upper part and hollow below. | |
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Ogee \O*gee"\, n. [F. ogive, augive, LL. augiva, of uncertain origin; cf.LL. ogis a support, prop. L. augere to increase, strengthen, Sp. auge highest point of power or fortune, apogee, Ar. auj, an astronomical term.] 1. (Arch.) A molding, the section of which is the form of the letter S, with the convex part above; cyma reversa. See Illust. under {Cyma}. 2. Hence, any similar figure used for any purpose. {Ogee arch} (Arch.), a pointed arch, each of the sides of which has the curve of an ogee, that is, has a reversed curve near the apex. | |
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Talon \Tal"on\, n. [F., heel, spur, LL. talo, fr. L. talus the ankle, heel.] 1. The claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw of a bird of prey. --Bacon. 2. (Zo[94]l.) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth. 3. (Arch.) A kind of molding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; -- usually called an {ogee}. Note: When the concave part is at the top, it is called an {inverted talon}. 4. The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt. --Knight. | |
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d8Cyma \[d8]Cy"ma\ (s[imac]"m[adot]) n. [NL., fr. Gr. ky^ma. See {Cyme}] 1. (Arch.) A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is wavelike in form. 2. (Bot.) A cyme. See {Cyme}. {Cyma recta}, or {Cyma}, a cyma, hollow in its upper part and swelling below. {Cyma reversa}, [or] {Ogee}, a cyma swelling out on the upper part and hollow below. | |
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Oke \Oke\, n. [Turk. okkah, fr. Ar. [umac]k[imac]yah, wak[imac]yah, prob. fr. Gr. [?], [?], an ounce, fr. L. uncia. Cf. {Ounce} a weight.] 1. A Turkish and Egyptian weight, equal to about 2[frac34] pounds. 2. An Hungarian and Wallachian measure, equal to about 2[frac12] pints. | |
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Ook \Ook\, n. Oak. [Obs.] [bd]A branched ook.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Ooze \Ooze\, n. (Oceanography) A soft deposit covering large areas of the ocean bottom, composed largely or mainly of the shells or other hard parts of minute organisms, as Foraminifera, Radiolaria, and diatoms. The {radiolarian ooze} occurring in many places in very deep water is composed mainly of the siliceous skeletons of radiolarians, calcareous matter being dissolved by the lage percentage of carbon dioxide in the water at these depths. | |
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Ooze \Ooze\, n. [OE. wose, AS. wase dirt, mire, mud, akin to w[?]s juice, ooze, Icel. v[be]s wetness, OHG. waso turf, sod, G. wasen.] 1. Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently, or easily yield to pressure. [bd]My son i' the ooze is bedded.[b8] --Shak. 2. Soft flow; spring. --Prior. 3. The liquor of a tan vat. | |
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Ooze \Ooze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Oozed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Oozing}.] [Prov. Eng. weeze, wooz. See {Ooze}, n.] 1. To flow gently; to percolate, as a liquid through the pores of a substance or through small openings. The latent rill, scare oozing through the grass. --Thomson. 2. Fig.: To leak (out) or escape slowly; as, the secret oozed out; his courage oozed out. | |
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Ooze \Ooze\, v. t. To cause to ooze. --Alex. Smith. | |
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Oozy \Ooz"y\, a. Miry; containing soft mud; resembling ooze; as, the oozy bed of a river. --Pope. | |
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O \O\ ([omac]), n.; pl. {O's} [or] {Oes} ([omac]z). 1. The letter O, or its sound. [bd]Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes.[b8] --Tennyson. 2. Something shaped like the letter O; a circle or oval. [bd]This wooden O [Globe Theater][b8]. --Shak. 3. A cipher; zero. [R.] Thou art an O without a figure. --Shak. | |
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Os \Os\, n.; pl. {Osar}. [Sw. [86]s ridge, chain of hills, pl. [86]sar.] (Geol.) One of the ridges of sand or gravel found in Sweden, etc., supposed by some to be of marine origin, but probably formed by subglacial waters. The osar are similar to the kames of Scotland and the eschars of Ireland. See {Eschar}. | |
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O \O\ ([omac]), n.; pl. {O's} [or] {Oes} ([omac]z). 1. The letter O, or its sound. [bd]Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes.[b8] --Tennyson. 2. Something shaped like the letter O; a circle or oval. [bd]This wooden O [Globe Theater][b8]. --Shak. 3. A cipher; zero. [R.] Thou art an O without a figure. --Shak. | |
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Os \Os\, n.; pl. {Osar}. [Sw. [86]s ridge, chain of hills, pl. [86]sar.] (Geol.) One of the ridges of sand or gravel found in Sweden, etc., supposed by some to be of marine origin, but probably formed by subglacial waters. The osar are similar to the kames of Scotland and the eschars of Ireland. See {Eschar}. | |
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-ose \-ose\ [L. -osus: cf. F. -ose. Cf. {-ous}.] 1. A suffix denoting full of, containing, having the qualities of, like; as in verbose, full of words; pilose, hairy; globose, like a globe. 2. (Chem.) A suffix indicating that the substance to the name of which it is affixed is a member of the carbohydrate group; as in cellulose, sucrose, dextrose, etc. | |
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Osmic \Os"mic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, osmium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a valence higher than in other lower compounds; as, osmic oxide. {Osmic acid}. (Chem.) (a) Osmic tetroxide. [Obs.] (b) Osmic acid proper, an acid analogous to sulphuric acid, not known in the free state, but forming a well-known and stable series of salts (osmates), which were formerly improperly called osmites. {Osmic tetroxide} (Chem.), a white volatile crystalline substance, {OsO4}, the most stable and characteristic of the compounds of osmium. It has a burning taste, and gives off a vapor, which is a powerful irritant poison, violently attacking the eyes, and emitting a strong chlorinelike odor. Formerly improperly called {osmic acid}. | |
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Oss \Oss\, v. i. [See {Osse}, n.] To prophesy; to presage. [R. & Obs.] --R. Edgeworth. | |
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d8Os \[d8]Os\, n.; pl. {Ossa}. [L.] A bone. | |
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Osse \Osse\, n. [Gr. [?].] A prophetic or ominous utterance. [R. & Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Ouch \Ouch\ (ouch), n. [OE. ouch, nouche (a nouch being taken for an ouch: cf. {Adder}), fr. OF. nusche, nosche, nousche, buckle, clasp, LL. nusca, fr. OHG. nusca, nuscha.] A socket or bezel holding a precious stone; hence, a jewel or ornament worn on the person. A precious stone in a rich ouche. --Sir T. Elyot. Your brooches, pearls, and ouches. --Shak. | |
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-ous \-ous\ [OF. -ous, us, -os, F. -eux, fr. L. -osus, and -us. Cf. {-ose}.] 1. An adjective suffix meaning full of, abounding in, having, possessing the qualities of, like; as in gracious, abounding in grace; arduous, full of ardor; bulbous, having bulbs, bulblike; riotous, poisonous, piteous, joyous, etc. 2. (Chem.) A suffix denoting that the element indicated by the name bearing it, has a valence lower than that denoted by the termination -ic; as, nitrous, sulphurous, etc., as contrasted with nitric, sulphuric, etc. | |
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Ouse \Ouse\, n. & v. See {Ooze}. [Obs.] | |
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Ouze \Ouze\, n. & v. See {Ooze}. [Obs.] | |
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Owch \Owch\, n. See {Ouch}. [Obs.] --Speser. | |
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Owse \Owse\ (ouz), Owser \Ow"ser\ (ou"z[etil]r), n. Tanner's ooze. See {Ooze}, 3. | |
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Ox \Ox\ ([ocr]ks), n.; pl. {Oxen}. [AS. oxa; akin to D. os. G. ochs, ochse, OHG. ohso, Icel. oxi, Sw. & Dan. oxe, Goth. a[a3]hsa, Skr. ukshan ox, bull; cf. Skr. uksh to sprinkle. [root]214. Cf. {Humid}, {Aurochs}.] (Zo[94]l.) The male of bovine quadrupeds, especially the domestic animal when castrated and grown to its full size, or nearly so. The word is also applied, as a general name, to any species of bovine animals, male and female. All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field. --Ps. viii. 7. Note: The castrated male is called a steer until it attains its full growth, and then, an ox; but if castrated somewhat late in life, it is called a stag. The male, not castrated, is called a bull. These distinctions are well established in regard to domestic animals of this genus. When wild animals of this kind are spoken of, ox is often applied both to the male and the female. The name ox is never applied to the individual cow, or female, of the domestic kind. Oxen may comprehend both the male and the female. {Grunting ox} (Zo[94]l.), the yak. {Indian ox} (Zo[94]l.), the zebu. {Javan ox} (Zo[94]l.), the banteng. {Musk ox}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Musk}. {Ox bile}. See {Ox gall}, below. {Ox gall}, the fresh gall of the domestic ox; -- used in the arts and in medicine. {Ox pith}, ox marrow. [Obs.] --Marston. {Ox ray} (Zo[94]l.), a very large ray ({Dicerobatis Giorn[91]}) of Southern Europe. It has a hornlike organ projecting forward from each pectoral fin. It sometimes becomes twenty feet long and twenty-eight feet broad, and weighs over a ton. Called also {sea devil}. {To have the black ox tread on one's foot}, to be unfortunate; to know what sorrow is (because black oxen were sacrificed to Pluto). --Leigh Hunt. | |
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Oxeye \Ox"eye`\, n. [Ox + eye.] 1. (Bot.) (a) The oxeye daisy. See under {Daisy}. (b) The corn camomile ({Anthemis arvensis}). (c) A genus of composite plants ({Buphthalmum}) with large yellow flowers. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A titmouse, especially the great titmouse ({Parus major}) and the blue titmouse ({P. c[d2]ruleus}). [Prov. Eng.] (b) The dunlin. (c) A fish; the bogue, or box. {Creeping oxeye} (Bot.) a West Indian composite plant ({Wedelia carnosa}). {Seaside oxeye} (Bot.), a West Indian composite shrub ({Borrichia arborescens}). | |
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Plover \Plov"er\, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See {Float}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging to the family {Charadrid[91]}, and especially those belonging to the subfamily {Charadrins[91]}. They are prized as game birds. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling, the true plovers, as the crab plover ({Dromas ardeola}); the American upland, plover ({Bartramia longicauda}); and other species of sandpipers. Note: Among the more important species are the {blackbellied, [or] blackbreasted, plover} ({Charadrius squatarola}) of America and Europe; -- called also {gray plover}, {bull-head plover}, {Swiss plover}, {sea plover}, and {oxeye}; the {golden plover} (see under {Golden}); the {ring [or] ringed plover} ({[92]gialitis hiaticula}). See {Ringneck}. The {piping plover} ({[92]gialitis meloda}); {Wilson's plover} ({[92]. Wilsonia}); the {mountain plover} ({[92]. montana}); and the {semipalmated plover} ({[92]. semipalmata}), are all small American species. {Bastard plover} (Zo[94]l.), the lapwing. {Long-legged}, [or] {yellow-legged}, {plover}. See {Tattler}. {Plover's page}, the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] {Rock plover}, [or] {Stone plover}, the black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.] {Whistling plover}. (a) The golden plover. (b) The black-bellied plover. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Oxeye \Ox"eye`\, n. [Ox + eye.] 1. (Bot.) (a) The oxeye daisy. See under {Daisy}. (b) The corn camomile ({Anthemis arvensis}). (c) A genus of composite plants ({Buphthalmum}) with large yellow flowers. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A titmouse, especially the great titmouse ({Parus major}) and the blue titmouse ({P. c[d2]ruleus}). [Prov. Eng.] (b) The dunlin. (c) A fish; the bogue, or box. {Creeping oxeye} (Bot.) a West Indian composite plant ({Wedelia carnosa}). {Seaside oxeye} (Bot.), a West Indian composite shrub ({Borrichia arborescens}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Plover \Plov"er\, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See {Float}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging to the family {Charadrid[91]}, and especially those belonging to the subfamily {Charadrins[91]}. They are prized as game birds. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling, the true plovers, as the crab plover ({Dromas ardeola}); the American upland, plover ({Bartramia longicauda}); and other species of sandpipers. Note: Among the more important species are the {blackbellied, [or] blackbreasted, plover} ({Charadrius squatarola}) of America and Europe; -- called also {gray plover}, {bull-head plover}, {Swiss plover}, {sea plover}, and {oxeye}; the {golden plover} (see under {Golden}); the {ring [or] ringed plover} ({[92]gialitis hiaticula}). See {Ringneck}. The {piping plover} ({[92]gialitis meloda}); {Wilson's plover} ({[92]. Wilsonia}); the {mountain plover} ({[92]. montana}); and the {semipalmated plover} ({[92]. semipalmata}), are all small American species. {Bastard plover} (Zo[94]l.), the lapwing. {Long-legged}, [or] {yellow-legged}, {plover}. See {Tattler}. {Plover's page}, the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] {Rock plover}, [or] {Stone plover}, the black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.] {Whistling plover}. (a) The golden plover. (b) The black-bellied plover. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Oxshoe \Ox"shoe`\, n. A shoe for oxen, consisting of a flat piece of iron nailed to the hoof. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Oxy- \Ox"y-\ (Chem.) A prefix, also used adjectively, designating: (a) A compound containing oxygen. (b) A compound containing the hydroxyl group, more properly designated by hydroxy-. See {Hydroxy-}. {Oxy acid}. See {Oxyacid} (below). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Oyez \O"yez`\ ([omac]y[ecr]s; 277), interj. [Anglo-F. oyez hear ye. See {Oyer}.] Hear; attend; -- a term used by criers of courts to secure silence before making a proclamation. It is repeated three times. [Written also {oyes}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Oyez \O"yez`\ ([omac]y[ecr]s; 277), interj. [Anglo-F. oyez hear ye. See {Oyer}.] Hear; attend; -- a term used by criers of courts to secure silence before making a proclamation. It is repeated three times. [Written also {oyes}.] | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Oak, NE (village, FIPS 35245) Location: 40.23726 N, 97.90404 W Population (1990): 68 (41 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68964 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Oaks, MO (village, FIPS 53804) Location: 39.19695 N, 94.57188 W Population (1990): 130 (58 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Oaks, OK (town, FIPS 53550) Location: 36.16816 N, 94.85298 W Population (1990): 431 (141 housing units) Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74359 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ocoee, FL (city, FIPS 51075) Location: 28.57219 N, 81.53259 W Population (1990): 12778 (4439 housing units) Area: 23.4 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 34761 Ocoee, TN Zip code(s): 37361 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ojai, CA (city, FIPS 53476) Location: 34.44908 N, 119.24572 W Population (1990): 7613 (3130 housing units) Area: 11.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 93023 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Okay, OK (town, FIPS 54100) Location: 35.85222 N, 95.31430 W Population (1990): 528 (235 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Osco, IL Zip code(s): 61274 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Osseo, MI Zip code(s): 49266 Osseo, MN (city, FIPS 49012) Location: 45.11790 N, 93.39915 W Population (1990): 2704 (1034 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Osseo, WI (city, FIPS 60575) Location: 44.57834 N, 91.21812 W Population (1990): 1551 (656 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54758 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Oswayo, PA (borough, FIPS 57280) Location: 41.92007 N, 78.02051 W Population (1990): 156 (82 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 16915 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Owasa, IA (city, FIPS 60555) Location: 42.43115 N, 93.20511 W Population (1990): 37 (20 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Owasso, OK (city, FIPS 56650) Location: 36.28011 N, 95.83505 W Population (1990): 11151 (4219 housing units) Area: 15.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74055 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Owego, NY (village, FIPS 55882) Location: 42.10480 N, 76.26266 W Population (1990): 4442 (1913 housing units) Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13827 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Owosso, MI (city, FIPS 61940) Location: 42.99522 N, 84.17577 W Population (1990): 16322 (6716 housing units) Area: 12.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48867 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
ogg /og/ v. [CMU] 1. In the multi-player space combat game Netrek, to execute kamikaze attacks against enemy ships which are carrying armies or occupying strategic positions. Named during a game in which one of the players repeatedly used the tactic while playing Orion ship G, showing up in the player list as "Og". This trick has been roundly denounced by those who would return to the good old days when the tactic of dogfighting was dominant, but as Sun Tzu wrote, "What is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy, not his tactics." However, the traditional answer to the newbie question "What does ogg mean?" is just "Pick up some armies and I'll show you." 2. In other games, to forcefully attack an opponent with the expectation that the resources expended will be renewed faster than the opponent will be able to regain his previous advantage. Taken more seriously as a tactic since it has gained a simple name. 3. To do anything forcefully, possibly without consideration of the drain on future resources. "I guess I'd better go ogg the problem set that's due tomorrow." "Whoops! I looked down at the map for a sec and almost ogged that oncoming car." | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
OS /O-S/ 1. [Operating System] n. An abbreviation heavily used in email, occasionally in speech. 2. n. obs. On ITS, an output spy. See "{OS and JEDGAR}" in Appendix A. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
OS/2 /O S too/ n. The anointed successor to MS-DOS for Intel 286- and 386-based micros; proof that IBM/Microsoft couldn't get it right the second time, either. Often called `Half-an-OS'. Mentioning it is usually good for a cheap laugh among hackers -- the design was so {baroque}, and the implementation of 1.x so bad, that 3 years after introduction you could still count the major {app}s shipping for it on the fingers of two hands -- in unary. The 2.x versions are said to have improved somewhat, and informed hackers now rate them superior to Microsoft Windows (an endorsement which, however, could easily be construed as damning with faint praise). See {monstrosity}, {cretinous}, {second-system effect}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
OSS Written-only acronym for "Open Source Software" (see {open source}. This is a rather ugly {TLA}, and the principals in the open-source movement don't use it, but it has (perhaps inevitably) spread through the trade press like kudzu. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
OSU /O-S-U/ n. obs. [TMRC] Acronym for Officially Sanctioned User; a user who is recognized as such by the computer authorities and allowed to use the computer above the objections of the security monitor. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Oc ["Self-Description of Oc and its Applications", M. Hirata, Proc 2nd Natl Conf Japan Soc Soft Sci Tech, pp. 153-156, 1984]. (1995-03-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OC-12 {Optical Carrier 12} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OC-3 {Optical Carrier 3} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OC-48 {Optical Carrier 48} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OCS {Object Compatibility Standard} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OCX {OLE custom controls} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ogg {Netrek}, to execute kamikaze attacks against enemy ships which are carrying armies or occupying strategic positions. Named during a game in which one of the players repeatedly used the tactic while playing Orion ship G, showing up in the player list as "Og". This trick has been roundly denounced by those who would return to the good old days when the tactic of dogfighting was dominant, but as Sun Tzu wrote, "What is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy." However, the traditional answer to the newbie question "What does ogg mean?" is just "Pick up some armies and I'll show you." 2. In other games, to forcefully attack an opponent with the expectation that the resources expended will be renewed faster than the opponent will be able to regain his previous advantage. Taken more seriously as a tactic since it has gained a simple name. 3. To do anything forcefully, possibly without consideration of the drain on future resources. "I guess I'd better go ogg the problem set that's due tomorrow." "Whoops! I looked down at the map for a sec and almost ogged that oncoming car." (1995-01-31) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OHCI {Open Host Controller Interface} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OIC (1998-01-18) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OOZE Object oriented extension of Z. "Object Orientation in Z", S. Stepney et al eds, Springer 1992. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OS 1. {operating system}. 2. [obsolete, {ITS}], an output spy. See "{OS and JEDGAR}". 3. their {System/360} line of hardware announced in 1964. OS was planned with several flavours that were supposed to be compatible. OS was late, memory hungry and not able to reach the marketing objectives of IBM for the 360/30, the planned successor of the {IBM 1401}. IBM then decided to design a new operating system for the low end machines which they called {DOS/360}. [{Jargon File}] (1997-09-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OS2 [{Jargon File}] (1997-05-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OS/2 /O S too/ {IBM} and {Microsoft}'s successor to the {MS-DOS} {operating system} for {Intel 80286} and {Intel 80386}-based {microprocessors}. It is proof that they couldn't get it right the second time either. Often called "Half-an-OS". The design was so {baroque}, and the implementation of 1.x so bad, that 3 years after introduction you could still count the major {application programs} shipping for it on the fingers of two hands, in {unary}. Later versions improved somewhat, and informed hackers now rate them superior to {Microsoft Windows}, which isn't saying much. See {second-system effect}. On an {Intel 80386} or better, OS/2 can {multitask} between existing {MS-DOS} {applications}. OS/2 is strong on connectivity and the provision of robust {virtual machines}. It can support {Microsoft Windows} programs in addition to its own {native} applications. It also supports the {Presentation Manager} {graphical user interface}. {OS/2} supports {hybrid multiprocessing} (HMP), which provides some elements of {symmetric multiprocessing} (SMP), using add-on IBM software called {MP/2}. OS/2 SMP was planned for release in late 1993. After OS/2 1.x the {IBM} and {Microsoft} partnership split. IBM continued to develop OS/2 2.0, while Microsoft developed what was originally intended to be OS/2 3.0 into {Windows NT}. In October 1994, IBM released version OS/2 3.0 (known as "Warp") but it is only distantly related to {Windows NT}. This version raised the limit on RAM from 16MB to 1GB (like Windows NT). IBM introduced networking with "OS/2 Warp Connect", the first multi-user version. OS/2 Warp 4.0 ("Merlin") is a {network operating system}. {(http://www.mit.edu:8001/activities/os2/os2world.html)}. [Dates?] [{Jargon File}] (1995-07-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OS2 [{Jargon File}] (1997-05-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OS/2 /O S too/ {IBM} and {Microsoft}'s successor to the {MS-DOS} {operating system} for {Intel 80286} and {Intel 80386}-based {microprocessors}. It is proof that they couldn't get it right the second time either. Often called "Half-an-OS". The design was so {baroque}, and the implementation of 1.x so bad, that 3 years after introduction you could still count the major {application programs} shipping for it on the fingers of two hands, in {unary}. Later versions improved somewhat, and informed hackers now rate them superior to {Microsoft Windows}, which isn't saying much. See {second-system effect}. On an {Intel 80386} or better, OS/2 can {multitask} between existing {MS-DOS} {applications}. OS/2 is strong on connectivity and the provision of robust {virtual machines}. It can support {Microsoft Windows} programs in addition to its own {native} applications. It also supports the {Presentation Manager} {graphical user interface}. {OS/2} supports {hybrid multiprocessing} (HMP), which provides some elements of {symmetric multiprocessing} (SMP), using add-on IBM software called {MP/2}. OS/2 SMP was planned for release in late 1993. After OS/2 1.x the {IBM} and {Microsoft} partnership split. IBM continued to develop OS/2 2.0, while Microsoft developed what was originally intended to be OS/2 3.0 into {Windows NT}. In October 1994, IBM released version OS/2 3.0 (known as "Warp") but it is only distantly related to {Windows NT}. This version raised the limit on RAM from 16MB to 1GB (like Windows NT). IBM introduced networking with "OS/2 Warp Connect", the first multi-user version. OS/2 Warp 4.0 ("Merlin") is a {network operating system}. {(http://www.mit.edu:8001/activities/os2/os2world.html)}. [Dates?] [{Jargon File}] (1995-07-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OS/360 {Operating System/360} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OS/390 featuring integrated {MVS}, {UNIX}, {LAN}, {distributed computing} and {application enablement services} through its base elements. These base services enable open, distributed processing and offer a foundation for object-ready application development. The OS/390 base includes a {Communication Server} that includes {VTAM}, the {VTAM AnyNet} feature, {TCP/IP} and {TIOC}. It provides {SNA} ({3270}), {APPC}, {High Performance Routing}, {ATM} support, {sockets} and {RPC}. OS/390 is basically rebranded, repackaged {MVS/OE}, {CMOS} processors, {RAMAC} disk arrays and {open systems} extension to networking in {VTAM}, the principle being that if you can't compete, rebrand what you have and tell everyone it's something new. {Home (http://204.146.133.206/os390/index.html)}. (1999-01-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OS-9 {Microware Corporation}. The original version was written about 1978 for the {Motorola 6809} and has since been ported to the {Motorola 68000}, {Intel 80386}, {Intel 486}, and the {PowerPC}. The {kernel} of OS-9 is {ROMable}, modular, with a unified file system, allowing it to easily be scaled up or down as required. {FAQ (http://os9archive.rtsi.com/os9faq.html)}. {User Group (http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~pruyne/os9ugfaq.html)}. {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.os.os9}. (1996-04-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OSA {Open Scripting Architecture} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OSE {Open Systems Environment} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OSI 1. 2. {Open Source Initiative}. (1999-12-29) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Ox {Iowa State University}, that extends and generalises the {syntax} and {semantics} of {Yacc}, {Lex}, and {C}. Ox's support of {LALR1 grammars} generalises {yacc} in the way that {attribute grammars} generalise {context-free grammars}. It augments Yacc and {Lex} specifications with definitions of synthesised and inherited attributes written in {C} {syntax}. Ox checks these specifications for consistency and completeness, and generates a program that builds and decorates {attributed parse trees}. Ox accepts a most general class of attribute grammars. The user may specify postdecoration traversals for easy ordering of {side effects} such as {code generation}. Latest version: G1.01, as of 1993-11-14. {(ftp://ftp.cs.iastate.edu/pub/ox/)}. Info: ["User Manual for Ox: An Attribute-Grammar Compiling System based on Yacc, Lex and C", K.M. Bischoff, TR92-30, Iowa State U, Dec 1992]. (2000-04-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Oz An {object-oriented} {concurrent} {constraint} language from the {University of Saarbrucken}. Oz is based on {constraint communication}, a new form of {asynchronous} communication using {logic variable}s. Partial information about the values of variables is imposed concurrently and incrementally. Supports {higher order} programming and object-orientation including {multiple inheritance}. {(ftp:duck.dfki.uni-sb.de/pub/papers)}. ["Object-Oriented Concurrent Constraint Programming in Oz", G. Smolka et al]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
oz An old Australian {top-level domain} and network which got incorporated into the current one. The former Australian {domain}s .oz, .edu and .com are now .oz.au, .edu.au and .com.au. (1994-10-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Oz An {object-oriented} {concurrent} {constraint} language from the {University of Saarbrucken}. Oz is based on {constraint communication}, a new form of {asynchronous} communication using {logic variable}s. Partial information about the values of variables is imposed concurrently and incrementally. Supports {higher order} programming and object-orientation including {multiple inheritance}. {(ftp:duck.dfki.uni-sb.de/pub/papers)}. ["Object-Oriented Concurrent Constraint Programming in Oz", G. Smolka et al]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
oz An old Australian {top-level domain} and network which got incorporated into the current one. The former Australian {domain}s .oz, .edu and .com are now .oz.au, .edu.au and .com.au. (1994-10-04) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Oak There are six Hebrew words rendered "oak." (1.) 'El occurs only in the word El-paran (Gen. 14:6). The LXX. renders by "terebinth." In the plural form this word occurs in Isa. 1:29; 57:5 (A.V. marg. and R.V., "among the oaks"); 61:3 ("trees"). The word properly means strongly, mighty, and hence a strong tree. (2.) 'Elah, Gen. 35:4, "under the oak which was by Shechem" (R.V. marg., "terebinth"). Isa. 6:13, A.V., "teil-tree;" R.V., "terebinth." Isa. 1:30, R.V. marg., "terebinth." Absalom in his flight was caught in the branches of a "great oak" (2 Sam. 18:9; R.V. marg., "terebinth"). (3.) 'Elon, Judg. 4:11; 9:6 (R.V., "oak;" A.V., following the Targum, "plain") properly the deciduous species of oak shedding its foliage in autumn. (4.) 'Elan, only in Dan. 4:11,14,20, rendered "tree" in Nebuchadnezzar's dream. Probably some species of the oak is intended. (5.) 'Allah, Josh. 24:26. The place here referred to is called Allon-moreh ("the oak of Moreh," as in R.V.) in Gen. 12:6 and 35:4. (6.) 'Allon, always rendered "oak." Probably the evergreen oak (called also ilex and holm oak) is intended. The oak woods of Bashan are frequently alluded to (Isa. 2:13; Ezek. 27:6). Three species of oaks are found in Palestine, of which the "prickly evergreen oak" (Quercus coccifera) is the most abundant. "It covers the rocky hills of Palestine with a dense brushwood of trees from 8 to 12 feet high, branching from the base, thickly covered with small evergreen rigid leaves, and bearing acorns copiously." The so-called Abraham's oak at Hebron is of this species. Tristram says that this oak near Hebron "has for several centuries taken the place of the once renowned terebinth which marked the site of Mamre on the other side of the city. The terebinth existed at Mamre in the time of Vespasian, and under it the captive Jews were sold as slaves. It disappeared about A.D. 330, and no tree now marks the grove of Mamre. The present oak is the noblest tree in Southern Palestine, being 23 feet in girth, and the diameter of the foliage, which is unsymmetrical, being about 90 feet." (See {HEBRON}; TEIL-{TREE}.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Og gigantic, the king of Bashan, who was defeated by Moses in a pitched battle at Edrei, and was slain along with his sons (Deut. 1:4), and whose kingdom was given to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh (Num. 21:32-35; Deut. 3:1-13). His bedstead (or rather sarcophagus) was of iron (or ironstone), 9 cubits in length and 4 cubits in breadth. His overthrow was afterwards celebrated in song (Ps. 135:11; 136:20). (See {SIHON}.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Ox Heb. bakar, "cattle;" "neat cattle", (Gen. 12:16; 34:28; Job 1:3, 14; 42:12, etc.); not to be muzzled when treading the corn (Deut. 25:4). Referred to by our Lord in his reproof to the Pharisees (Luke 13:15; 14:5). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Og, a cake; bread baked in ashes | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Oshea, same as Joshua |