obscenity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   obeisance
         n 1: bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or
               submission or shame or greeting [syn: {bow}, {bowing},
               {obeisance}]
         2: the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with
            respect to another person [syn: {obedience}, {obeisance}]
            [ant: {disobedience}, {noncompliance}]

English Dictionary: obscenity	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obiism n belief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indies
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obscene adj designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"-Margaret Mead offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels" Synonym(s): abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks" Synonym(s): lewd, obscene, raunchy, salacious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obscenely adv to an obscene degree; "this man is obscenely rich" in a lewd and obscene manner; "he had seen how in their dances the white men and women held one another obscenely" Synonym(s): lewdly, obscenely
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obscenity n the trait of behaving in an obscene manner [syn: obscenity, lewdness, bawdiness, salaciousness, salacity] an offensive or indecent word or phrase Synonym(s): obscenity, smut, vulgarism, filth, dirty word an obscene act
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obviousness n the property of being easy to see and understand [syn: obviousness, noticeability, noticeableness, patency]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
of sound mind adj of sound mind, memory, and understanding; in law, competent to go to trial Synonym(s): compos mentis(p), of sound mind(p)
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off-center adj situated away from the center or axis [syn: off-center, off-centered]
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off-centered adj situated away from the center or axis [syn: off-center, off-centered]
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officiant n a clergyman who officiates at a religious ceremony or service
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
opaqueness n incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning Synonym(s): opacity, opaqueness the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light Synonym(s): opacity, opaqueness Antonym(s): clarity, clearness, uncloudedness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
opossum n small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails Synonym(s): phalanger, opossum, possum nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America Synonym(s): opossum, possum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
opossum rat n terrestrial marsupials of southern South America that resemble shrews
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opossum shrimp n shrimp-like crustaceans whose females carry eggs and young in a pouch between the legs
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opossum wood n medium-sized tree of West Virginia to Florida and Texas Synonym(s): silver-bell tree, silverbell tree, snowdrop tree, opossum wood, Halesia carolina, Halesia tetraptera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
opposing adj characterized by active hostility; "opponent (or opposing) armies" Synonym(s): opponent, opposing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oppugn v challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; "We must question your judgment in this matter" Synonym(s): question, oppugn, call into question
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Opsanus tau n bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth Synonym(s): toadfish, Opsanus tau
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opsin n retinal protein formed by the action of light on rhodopsin
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opsonin n an antibody in blood serum that attaches to invading microorganisms and other antigens to make them more susceptible to the action of phagocytes
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opsonisation n process whereby opsonins make an invading microorganism more susceptible to phagocytosis Synonym(s): opsonization, opsonisation
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opsonization n process whereby opsonins make an invading microorganism more susceptible to phagocytosis Synonym(s): opsonization, opsonisation
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opsonize v make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ovis ammon n wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia [syn: argali, argal, Ovis ammon]
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Ovis canadensis n wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns Synonym(s): bighorn, bighorn sheep, cimarron, Rocky Mountain bighorn, Rocky Mountain sheep, Ovis canadensis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ovis montana dalli n large white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska Synonym(s): Dall sheep, Dall's sheep, white sheep, Ovis montana dalli
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Ovis musimon n wild mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia [syn: mouflon, moufflon, Ovis musimon]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ovocon n trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swan \Swan\, n. [AS. swan; akin to D. zwaan, OHG. swan, G. schwan, Icel. svanr, Sw. svan, Dan. svane; and perhaps to E. sound something audible.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to {Cygnus}, {Olor}, and allied genera of the subfamily {Cygnin[91]}. They have a large and strong beak and a long neck, and are noted for their graceful movements when swimming. Most of the northern species are white. In literature the swan was fabled to sing a melodious song, especially at the time of its death. Note: The European white, or mute, swan ({Cygnus gibbus}), which is most commonly domesticated, bends its neck in an S-shaped curve. The whistling, or trumpeting, swans of the genus {Olor} do not bend the neck in an S-shaped curve, and are noted for their loud and sonorous cry, due to complex convolutions of the windpipe. To this genus belong the European whooper, or whistling swan ({Olor cygnus}), the American whistling swan ({O. Columbianus}), and the trumpeter swan ({O. buccinator}). The Australian black swan ({Chenopis atrata}) is dull black with white on the wings, and has the bill carmine, crossed with a white band. It is a very graceful species and is often domesticated. The South American black-necked swan ({Sthenelides melancorypha}) is a very beautiful and graceful species, entirely white, except the head and neck, which are dark velvety seal-brown. Its bill has a double bright rose-colored knob. 2. Fig.: An appellation for a sweet singer, or a poet noted for grace and melody; as Shakespeare is called the swan of Avon. 3. (Astron.) The constellation Cygnus. {Swan goose} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of India ({Cygnopsis cygnoides}) resembling both the swan and the goose. {Swan shot}, a large size of shot used in fowling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oafish \Oaf"ish\, a. Like an oaf; simple. -- {Oaf"ish*ness}, n.
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Obcompressed \Ob"com*pressed"\ a. [Pref. ob- + compressed.] Compressed or flattened antero-posteriorly, or in a way opposite to the usual one.
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Obconic \Obcon"ic\, Obconical \Obcon"ic*al\, a. [Pref. ob- + conic, conical.] Conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obconic \Obcon"ic\, Obconical \Obcon"ic*al\, a. [Pref. ob- + conic, conical.] Conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obeisance \O*bei"sance\, n. [F. ob[82]issance obedience, fr. ob[82]issant. See {Obey}, and cf. {Obedience}, {Abaisance}.] 1. Obedience. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. A manifestation of obedience; an expression of difference or respect; homage; a bow; a courtesy. Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance unto the king. --1 Kings i. 16.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obeisancy \Obei"sancy\, n. See {Obeisance}. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obeisant \O*bei"sant\, a. [F. ob[82]issant, p. pr. of ob[82]ir to obey.] Ready to obey; reverent; differential; also, servilely submissive.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obeseness \O*bese"ness\, n. Quality of being obese; obesity.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obiism \O"bi*ism\, n. Belief in, or the practice of, the obi superstitions and rites.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obscene \Ob*scene"\, a/ [L. obscenus, obscaenus, obscoenus, ill looking, filthy, obscene: cf. F. obsc[82]ne.] 1. Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing of presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene language; obscene pictures. Words that were once chaste, by frequent use grew obscene and uncleanly. --I. Watts. 2. Foul; fifthy; disgusting.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
A girdle foul with grease b[?][?]ds his obscene attire. --Dryden. 3. Inauspicious; ill-omened. [R.] [A Latinism] At the cheerful light, The groaning ghosts and birds obscene take flight. --Dryden. Syn: Impure; immodest; indecent; unchaste; lewd. -- {Obscene"ly}, adv. -- {Obscene"ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
A girdle foul with grease b[?][?]ds his obscene attire. --Dryden. 3. Inauspicious; ill-omened. [R.] [A Latinism] At the cheerful light, The groaning ghosts and birds obscene take flight. --Dryden. Syn: Impure; immodest; indecent; unchaste; lewd. -- {Obscene"ly}, adv. -- {Obscene"ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obscenity \Obscen"ity\, n.; pl. {Obscenities}. [L. obscentias: cf.F. obsc[82]nit[82].] That quality in words or things which presents what is offensive to chasity or purity of mind; obscene or impure lanquage or acts; moral impurity; lewdness; obsceneness; as, the obscenity of a speech, or a picture. Mr.Cowley asserts plainly, that obscenity has no place in wit. --Dryden. No pardon vile obscenity should find. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obscenity \Obscen"ity\, n.; pl. {Obscenities}. [L. obscentias: cf.F. obsc[82]nit[82].] That quality in words or things which presents what is offensive to chasity or purity of mind; obscene or impure lanquage or acts; moral impurity; lewdness; obsceneness; as, the obscenity of a speech, or a picture. Mr.Cowley asserts plainly, that obscenity has no place in wit. --Dryden. No pardon vile obscenity should find. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obvious \Ob"vious\, a. [L. obvius; ob (see {Ob-}) + via way. See {Voyage}.] 1. Opposing; fronting. [Obs.] To the evil turn My obvious breast. --Milton. 2. Exposed; subject; open; liable. [Obs.] [bd]Obvious to dispute.[b8] --Milton. 3. Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as, an obvious meaning; an obvious remark. Apart and easy to be known they lie, Amidst the heap, and obvious to the eye. --Pope. Syn: Plain; clear; evident. See {Manifest}. -- {Ob"viously}, adv. -- {Ob"vious-ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
9. Denoting the agent, or person by whom, or thing by which, anything is, or is done; by. And told to her of [by] some. --Chaucer. He taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. --Luke iv. 15. [Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil. --Luke iv. 1, 2. Note: The use of the word in this sense, as applied to persons, is nearly obsolete. 10. Denoting relation to place or time; belonging to, or connected with; as, men of Athens; the people of the Middle Ages; in the days of Herod. 11. Denoting passage from one state to another; from. [Obs.] [bd]O miserable of happy.[b8] --Milton. 12. During; in the course of. Not be seen to wink of all the day. --Shak. My custom always of the afternoon. --Shak. Note: Of may be used in a subjective or an objective sense. [bd]The love of God[b8] may mean, our love for God, or God's love for us. Note: From is the primary sense of this preposition; a sense retained in off, the same word differently written for distinction. But this radical sense disappears in most of its application; as, a man of genius; a man of rare endowments; a fossil of a red color, or of an hexagonal figure; he lost all hope of relief; an affair of the cabinet; he is a man of decayed fortune; what is the price of corn? In these and similar phrases, of denotes property or possession, or a relation of some sort involving connection. These applications, however all proceeded from the same primary sense. That which proceeds from, or is produced by, a person or thing, either has had, or still has, a close connection with the same; and hence the word was applied to cases of mere connection, not involving at all the idea of separation. {Of consequence}, of importance, value, or influence. {Of late}, recently; in time not long past. {Of old}, formerly; in time long past. {Of one's self}, by one's self; without help or prompting; spontaneously. Why, knows not Montague, that of itself England is safe, if true within itself? --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Officiant \Of*fi"ciant\, n. [L. officians, p. pr. See {Officiate}.] (Eccl.) The officer who officiates or performs an office, as the burial office. --Shipley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Officinal \Offic"inal\, a. [F., fr. L. officina a workshop, contr.fr. opificina, fr. opifex a workman; opus work + facere to make or do.] 1. Used in a shop, or belonging to it. [Obs. or R.] --Johnson. 2. (Pharm.) Kept in stock by apothecaries; -- said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral. Note: This term is often interchanged with official, but in strict use officinal drugs are not necessarily official. See {Official}, a., 3.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Offscum \Off"scum`\, n. [Off + scum.] Removed scum; refuse; dross.
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Opaqueness \O*paque"ness\, n. The state or quality of being impervious to light; opacity. --Dr. H. More.
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Ophism \Oph"ism\, n. 1. Doctrines and rites of the Ophites. 2. Serpent worship or the use of serpents as magical agencies.
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Opisometer \Op`isom"eter\, n. [Gr. [?] backwards + -meter.] An instrument with a revolving wheel for measuring a curved line, as on a map.
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Opossum \O*pos"sum\, n. [Of N. American Indian origin.] (Zo[94]l.) Any American marsupial of the genera {Didelphys} and {Chironectes}. The common species of the United States is {Didelphys Virginiana}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Note: Several related species are found in South America. The water opossum of Brazil ({Chironectes variegatus}), which has the hind feet, webbed, is provided with a marsupial pouch and with cheek pouches. It is called also {yapock}. {Opossum mouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Flying mouse}, under {Flying}. {Opossum shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), any schizopod crustacean of the genus {Mysis} and allied genera. See {Schizopoda}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
2. Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt. This weak and writhled shrimp. --Shak. {Opossum shrimp}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Opossum}. {Spector shrimp}, [or] {Skeleton shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), any slender amphipod crustacean of the genus {Caprella} and allied genera. See Illust. under {L[91]modopoda}. {Shrimp catcher} (Zo[94]l.), the little tern ({Sterna minuta}). {Shrimp net}, a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net dragged over the fishing ground.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Note: Several related species are found in South America. The water opossum of Brazil ({Chironectes variegatus}), which has the hind feet, webbed, is provided with a marsupial pouch and with cheek pouches. It is called also {yapock}. {Opossum mouse}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Flying mouse}, under {Flying}. {Opossum shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), any schizopod crustacean of the genus {Mysis} and allied genera. See {Schizopoda}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oppignerate \Oppig"nerate\, v. i. [L. oppigneratus, p. p. of oppignerare to pawn. See {Ob-}, and {Pignerate}.] To pledge; to pawn. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oppose \Op*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Opposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Opposing}.] [F. opposer. See {Ob-}, {Pose}, and cf.2d {Appose}, {Puzzle}, n. Cf.L. opponere, oppositum.] 1. To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit. Her grace sat down . . . In a rich chair of state; opposing freely The beauty of her person to the people. --Shak. 2. To put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance or countervail; to set against; to offer antagonistically. I may . . . oppose my single opinion to his. --Locke. 3. To resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand; as, to oppose the king in battle; to oppose a bill in Congress. 4. To compete with; to strive against; as, to oppose a rival for a prize. I am . . . too weak To oppose your cunning. --Shak. Syn: To combat; withstand; contradict; deny; gainsay; oppugn; contravene; check; obstruct.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oppugn \Op*pugn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Oppugned}; p pr. & vb. n. {Oppugning}.] [OF. oppugner, L. oppugnare; ob (see {Ob-}) + pugnare to fight. See {Impugn}.] To fight against; to attack; to be in conflict with; to oppose; to resist. They said the manner of their impeachment they could not but conceive did oppugn the rights of Parliament. --Clarendon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oppugnancy \Oppug"nancy\, n. [See {Oppugnant}.] The act of oppugning; opposition; resistance. --Shak.
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Oppugnant \Op*pug"nant\, a. [L. oppugnans, p. pr. of oppugnare. See {Oppugn}.] Tending to awaken hostility; hostile; opposing; warring. [bd]Oppugnant forces.[b8] --I. Taylor. -- n. An opponent. [R.] --Coleridge.
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Oppugnation \Op`pug*na"tion\, n. [L. oppugnatio: cf. OF. oppugnation.] Opposition. [R.] --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oppugn \Op*pugn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Oppugned}; p pr. & vb. n. {Oppugning}.] [OF. oppugner, L. oppugnare; ob (see {Ob-}) + pugnare to fight. See {Impugn}.] To fight against; to attack; to be in conflict with; to oppose; to resist. They said the manner of their impeachment they could not but conceive did oppugn the rights of Parliament. --Clarendon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oppugner \Op*pugn"er\, n. One who opposes or attacks; that which opposes. --Selden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oppugn \Op*pugn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Oppugned}; p pr. & vb. n. {Oppugning}.] [OF. oppugner, L. oppugnare; ob (see {Ob-}) + pugnare to fight. See {Impugn}.] To fight against; to attack; to be in conflict with; to oppose; to resist. They said the manner of their impeachment they could not but conceive did oppugn the rights of Parliament. --Clarendon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opsimathy \Opsim"athy\, n. [Gr. [?].] Education late in life. [R.] --Hales.
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Opsiometer \Op`siom"eter\, n. [Gr. [?] sight + -meter: cf. F. opsiom[8a]tre.] An instrument for measuring the limits of distincts vision in different individuals, and thus determiming the proper focal length of a lens for correcting imperfect sight. --Brande & C.
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Opsonation \Op`so*na"tion\, n. [L. opsonatio.] A catering; a buying of provisions. [Obs.] --Bailey.
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d8Incertum \[d8]In*cer"tum\, a. Doubtful; not of definite form. {Opus incertum} (Anc. Arch.), a kind of masonry employed in building walls, in which the stones were not squared nor laid in courses; rubblework.
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{Opus incertum}. [L.] (Arch.) See under {Incertum}.
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d8Argal \[d8]Ar"gal\, d8Argali \[d8]Ar"ga*li\, n. [Mongolian.] (Zo[94]l.) A species of wild sheep ({Ovis ammon}, or {O. argali}), remarkable for its large horns. It inhabits the mountains of Siberia and central Asia. Note: The bearded argali is the aoudad. See {Aoudad}. The name is also applied to the bighorn sheep of the Rocky Mountains. See {Bighorn}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mouflon \Mouf"lon\, n. [F. mouflon.] (Zo[94]l.) A wild sheep ({Ovis musimon}), inhabiting the mountains of Sardinia, Corsica, etc. Its horns are very large, with a triangular base and rounded angles. It is supposed by some to be the original of the domestic sheep. Called also {musimon} or {musmon}. [Written also {moufflon}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ovism \O"vism\, n. [Ovum + -ism.] (Zo[94]l.) The old theory that the egg contains the whole embryo of the future organism and the germs of all subsequent offsprings and is merely awakened to activity by the spermatozo[94]n; -- opposed to {spermism} or {animalculism}.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Obeisance homage or reverence to any one (Gen. 37:7; 43:28).