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   obduracy
         n 1: resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible
               [syn: {adamance}, {obduracy}, {unyieldingness}]

English Dictionary: obturate	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obdurate adj stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing [syn: cussed, obdurate, obstinate, unrepentant] showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart" Synonym(s): flinty, flint, granitic, obdurate, stony
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obdurately adv in a stubborn unregenerate manner; "she remained stubbornly in the same position" Synonym(s): stubbornly, pig-headedly, obdurately, mulishly, obstinately, cussedly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obiter dictum n an incidental remark [syn: obiter dictum, {passing comment}] an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding Synonym(s): obiter dictum, dictum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obituary n a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography Synonym(s): obituary, obit, necrology
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obtrude v push to thrust outward [syn: push out, obtrude, {thrust out}] thrust oneself in as if by force; "The colors don't intrude on the viewer" Synonym(s): intrude, obtrude
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obtrude upon v to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy" Synonym(s): intrude on, invade, obtrude upon, encroach upon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obtrusive adj undesirably noticeable; "the obtrusive behavior of a spoiled child"; "equally obtrusive was the graffiti" Synonym(s): obtrusive, noticeable Antonym(s): unnoticeable, unobtrusive sticking out; protruding
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obtrusively adv in an obtrusive manner Antonym(s): unobtrusively
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obtrusiveness n an unwelcome conspicuousness Antonym(s): unobtrusiveness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obturate v block passage through; "obstruct the path" [syn: obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up] Antonym(s): disengage, free
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obturator n a prosthesis used to close an opening (as to close an opening of the hard palate in cases of cleft palate)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obturator vein n a vein formed by the union of tributaries that drain the hip joints and thigh muscles; empties into the internal iliac vein Synonym(s): obturator vein, vena obturatoria
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
off the record adv not for quotation; "he spoke to the reporter off the record"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
off-the-rack adj (especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock; "a ready-made jacket"; "ready-to-wear clothes" Synonym(s): off-the-rack, off-the-shelf, off-the-peg, ready-to-wear
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Opheodrys n North American green snakes [syn: Opheodrys, {genus Opheodrys}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Opheodrys aestivus n of southern and eastern United States [syn: {rough green snake}, Opheodrys aestivus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Opheodrys vernalis n of western and central United States [syn: {smooth green snake}, Opheodrys vernalis]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oryx \O"ryx\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] a kind of gazelle or antelope.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of African antelopes which includes the gemsbok, the leucoryx, the bisa antelope ({O. beisa}), and the beatrix antelope ({O. beatrix}) of Arabia.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obdormition \Ob"dor*mi"tion\, n. [L. obdormire to fall asleep.] Sleep. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obduracy \Ob"duracy\, n. The duality or state of being obdurate; invincible hardness of heart; obstinacy. [bd]Obduracy and persistency.[b8] --Shak. The absolute completion of sin in final obduracy. --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obdurate \Ob"du*rate\, v. t. To harden. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obdurate \Ob"durate\, a. [L. obduratus, p. p. of obdurare to harden; ob (see Ob-)+ durare to harden, durus hard. See {Dure}.] 1. Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked. The very custom of evil makes the heart obdurate against whatsoever instructions to the contrary. --Hooker. Art thou obdurate, flinty, hard as steel, Nay, more than flint, for stone at rain relenteth? --Shak. 2. Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable. [bd]Obdurate consonants.[b8] --Swift. Note: Sometimes accented on the second syllable, especially by the older poets. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart. --Cowper. Syn: Hard; firm; unbending; inflexible; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; impenitent; callous; unfeeling; insensible; unsusceptible. Usage: {Obdurate}, {Callous}, {Hardened}. Callous denotes a deadening of the sensibilities; as. a callous conscience. Hardened implies a general and settled disregard for the claims of interest, duty, and sympathy; as, hardened in vice. Obdurate implies an active resistance of the heart and will aganst the pleadings of compassion and humanity. -- {Ob"durately}, adv. -- {Ob"durate*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obdurate \Ob"durate\, a. [L. obduratus, p. p. of obdurare to harden; ob (see Ob-)+ durare to harden, durus hard. See {Dure}.] 1. Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked. The very custom of evil makes the heart obdurate against whatsoever instructions to the contrary. --Hooker. Art thou obdurate, flinty, hard as steel, Nay, more than flint, for stone at rain relenteth? --Shak. 2. Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable. [bd]Obdurate consonants.[b8] --Swift. Note: Sometimes accented on the second syllable, especially by the older poets. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart. --Cowper. Syn: Hard; firm; unbending; inflexible; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; impenitent; callous; unfeeling; insensible; unsusceptible. Usage: {Obdurate}, {Callous}, {Hardened}. Callous denotes a deadening of the sensibilities; as. a callous conscience. Hardened implies a general and settled disregard for the claims of interest, duty, and sympathy; as, hardened in vice. Obdurate implies an active resistance of the heart and will aganst the pleadings of compassion and humanity. -- {Ob"durately}, adv. -- {Ob"durate*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obdurate \Ob"durate\, a. [L. obduratus, p. p. of obdurare to harden; ob (see Ob-)+ durare to harden, durus hard. See {Dure}.] 1. Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked. The very custom of evil makes the heart obdurate against whatsoever instructions to the contrary. --Hooker. Art thou obdurate, flinty, hard as steel, Nay, more than flint, for stone at rain relenteth? --Shak. 2. Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable. [bd]Obdurate consonants.[b8] --Swift. Note: Sometimes accented on the second syllable, especially by the older poets. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart. --Cowper. Syn: Hard; firm; unbending; inflexible; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; impenitent; callous; unfeeling; insensible; unsusceptible. Usage: {Obdurate}, {Callous}, {Hardened}. Callous denotes a deadening of the sensibilities; as. a callous conscience. Hardened implies a general and settled disregard for the claims of interest, duty, and sympathy; as, hardened in vice. Obdurate implies an active resistance of the heart and will aganst the pleadings of compassion and humanity. -- {Ob"durately}, adv. -- {Ob"durate*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obduration \Ob"du*ra"tion\, n. [L. obduratio.] A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obdure \Ob*dure"\, v. t. To harden. [Obs.] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obdure \Obdure"\, Obdured \Obdured"\, a. Obdurate; hard. [Obs.] This saw his hapless foes, but stood obdured. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obdure \Obdure"\, Obdured \Obdured"\, a. Obdurate; hard. [Obs.] This saw his hapless foes, but stood obdured. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obdureness \Obdure"ness\, n., Obduredness \Obdur"ed*ness\, n. Hardness. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obdureness \Obdure"ness\, n., Obduredness \Obdur"ed*ness\, n. Hardness. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obituary \Obit"ua*ry\, n.; pl. {Obituaries}. [Cf. F. obituaire. See {Obit}.] 1. That which pertains to, or is called forth by, the obit or death of a person; esp., an account of a deceased person; a notice of the death of a person, accompanied by a biographical sketch. 2. (R.C.Ch.) A list of the dead, or a register of anniversary days when service is performed for the dead.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obituarily \Obit"uarily\, adv. In the manner of an obituary.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obituary \Obit"ua*ry\, n.; pl. {Obituaries}. [Cf. F. obituaire. See {Obit}.] 1. That which pertains to, or is called forth by, the obit or death of a person; esp., an account of a deceased person; a notice of the death of a person, accompanied by a biographical sketch. 2. (R.C.Ch.) A list of the dead, or a register of anniversary days when service is performed for the dead.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obtrectation \Ob`trec*ta"tion\, n. [L. obtrectatio, from obtrectare to detract from through envy. See {Detract}.] Slander; detraction; calumny. [Obs.] --Barrow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obtrude \Ob*trude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obtruded}, p. pr. & vb. n. {Obtruding}.] [L. obtrudere, obtrusum; ob (see {Ob-}) + trudere to thrust. See {Threat}.] 1. To thrust impertinently; to present without warrant or solicitation; as, to obtrude one's self upon a company. The objects of our senses obtrude their particular ideas upon our minds, whether we will or no. --Lock. 2. To offer with unreasonable importunity; to urge unduly or against the will. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obtrude \Ob*trude"\, v. i. To thrust one's self upon a company or upon attention; to intrude. Syn: To {Obtrude}, {Intrude}. Usage: To intrude is to thrust one's self into a place, society, etc., without right, or uninvited; to obtrude is to force one's self, remarks, opinions, etc., into society or upon persons with whom one has no such intimacy as to justify such boldness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obtrude \Ob*trude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obtruded}, p. pr. & vb. n. {Obtruding}.] [L. obtrudere, obtrusum; ob (see {Ob-}) + trudere to thrust. See {Threat}.] 1. To thrust impertinently; to present without warrant or solicitation; as, to obtrude one's self upon a company. The objects of our senses obtrude their particular ideas upon our minds, whether we will or no. --Lock. 2. To offer with unreasonable importunity; to urge unduly or against the will. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obtruder \Ob*trud"er\, n. One who obtrudes. --Boyle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obtrude \Ob*trude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obtruded}, p. pr. & vb. n. {Obtruding}.] [L. obtrudere, obtrusum; ob (see {Ob-}) + trudere to thrust. See {Threat}.] 1. To thrust impertinently; to present without warrant or solicitation; as, to obtrude one's self upon a company. The objects of our senses obtrude their particular ideas upon our minds, whether we will or no. --Lock. 2. To offer with unreasonable importunity; to urge unduly or against the will. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obtruncate \Ob*trun"cate\, v. t. [L. obtruncatus, p. p. of obtruncare.] To deprive of a limb; to lop. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obtruncation \Ob`trun*ca"tion\, n. [L. obtruncatio.] The act of lopping or cutting off. [R.] --Cockeram.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obtrusion \Ob*tru"sion\, n. [L. obtrusio. See {Obtrude}.] 1. The act of obtruding; a thrusting upon others by force or unsolicited; as, the obtrusion of crude opinions on the world. 2. That which is obtruded. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obtrusionist \Obtru"sionist\, n. One who practices or excuses obtrusion. [R.] --Gent. Mag.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obtrusive \Obtru"sive\, a. Disposed to obtrude; inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others, or to enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive. -- {Obtru"sively}, adv. -- {Obtru"sive*ness}, n. Not obvious, not obtrusive, but retired. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obtrusive \Obtru"sive\, a. Disposed to obtrude; inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others, or to enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive. -- {Obtru"sively}, adv. -- {Obtru"sive*ness}, n. Not obvious, not obtrusive, but retired. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obtrusive \Obtru"sive\, a. Disposed to obtrude; inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others, or to enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive. -- {Obtru"sively}, adv. -- {Obtru"sive*ness}, n. Not obvious, not obtrusive, but retired. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obturate \Ob"tu*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obturated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Obturating}.] [L. obturatus; p.p. of obturare.] To stop or close, as an opening; specif., (Ordnance), to stop (a gun breech) so as to prevent the escape of gas in firing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obturate \Ob"tu*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obturated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Obturating}.] [L. obturatus; p.p. of obturare.] To stop or close, as an opening; specif., (Ordnance), to stop (a gun breech) so as to prevent the escape of gas in firing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obturate \Ob"tu*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obturated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Obturating}.] [L. obturatus; p.p. of obturare.] To stop or close, as an opening; specif., (Ordnance), to stop (a gun breech) so as to prevent the escape of gas in firing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obturation \Ob`tu*ra"tion\, n. [L. obturare to stop up: cf.F. obturation.] The act of stopping up, or closing, an opening. [bd]Deaf by an outward obturation.[b8] --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obturator \Ob"tu*ra`tor\, n. 1. (Ordnance) Any device for preventing the escape of gas through the breech mechanism of a breech-loading gun; a gas check. 2. (Photog.) A camera shutter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obturator \Ob"tu*ra`tor\, n. [NL., fr. L. obturare to stop up: cf.F. obturateur.] 1. That which closes or stops an opening. 2. (Surg.) An apparatus designed to close an unnatural opening, as a fissure of the palate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obturator \Ob"tu*ra`tor\, a. (Anat.) Serving as an obturator; closing an opening; pertaining to, or in the region of, the obturator foramen; as, the obturator nerve. {Obturator foramen} (Anat.), an opening situated between the public and ischial parts of the innominate bone and closed by the obturator membrane; the thyroid foramen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obturator \Ob"tu*ra`tor\, a. (Anat.) Serving as an obturator; closing an opening; pertaining to, or in the region of, the obturator foramen; as, the obturator nerve. {Obturator foramen} (Anat.), an opening situated between the public and ischial parts of the innominate bone and closed by the obturator membrane; the thyroid foramen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Truth \Truth\, n.; pl. {Truths}. [OE. treuthe, trouthe, treowpe, AS. tre[a2]w[?]. See {True}; cf. {Troth}, {Betroth}.] 1. The quality or being true; as: (a) Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been; or shall be. (b) Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, object of imitation, or the like. Plows, to go true, depend much on the truth of the ironwork. --Mortimer. (c) Fidelity; constancy; steadfastness; faithfulness. Alas! they had been friends in youth, But whispering tongues can poison truth. --Coleridge. (d) The practice of speaking what is true; freedom from falsehood; veracity. If this will not suffice, it must appear That malice bears down truth. --Shak. 2. That which is true or certain concerning any matter or subject, or generally on all subjects; real state of things; fact; verity; reality. Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor. --Zech. viii. 16. I long to know the truth here of at large. --Shak. The truth depends on, or is only arrived at by, a legitimate deduction from all the facts which are truly material. --Coleridge. 3. A true thing; a verified fact; a true statement or proposition; an established principle, fixed law, or the like; as, the great truths of morals. Even so our boasting . . . is found a truth. --2 Cor. vii. 14. 4. Righteousness; true religion. Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. --John i. 17. Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth. --John xvii. 17. {In truth}, in reality; in fact. {Of a truth}, in reality; certainly. {To do truth}, to practice what God commands. He that doeth truth cometh to the light. --John iii. 21.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Attorney \At*tor"ney\, n.; pl. {Attorneys}. [OE. aturneye, OF. atorn[82], p. p. of atorner: cf. LL. atturnatus, attornatus, fr. attornare. See {Attorn}.] 1. A substitute; a proxy; an agent. [Obs.] And will have no attorney but myself. --Shak. 2. (Law) (a) One who is legally appointed by another to transact any business for him; an attorney in fact. (b) A legal agent qualified to act for suitors and defendants in legal proceedings; an attorney at law. Note: An attorney is either public or private. A private attorney, or an attorney in fact, is a person appointed by another, by a letter or power of attorney, to transact any business for him out of court; but in a more extended sense, this class includes any agent employed in any business, or to do any act in pais, for another. A public attorney, or attorney at law, is a practitioner in a court of law, legally qualified to prosecute and defend actions in such court, on the retainer of clients. --Bouvier. -- The attorney at law answers to the procurator of the civilians, to the solicitor in chancery, and to the proctor in the ecclesiastical and admiralty courts, and all of these are comprehended under the more general term lawyer. In Great Britain and in some states of the United States, attorneys are distinguished from counselors in that the business of the former is to carry on the practical and formal parts of the suit. In many states of the United States however, no such distinction exists. In England, since 1873, attorneys at law are by statute called solicitors. {A power}, {letter}, or {warrant}, {of attorney}, a written authority from one person empowering another to transact business for him.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spirit \Spir"it\, n. [OF. espirit, esperit, F. esprit, L. spiritus, from spirare to breathe, to blow. Cf. {Conspire}, {Expire}, {Esprit}, {Sprite}.] 1. Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself. [Obs.] [bd]All of spirit would deprive.[b8] --Spenser. The mild air, with season moderate, Gently attempered, and disposed eo well, That still it breathed foorth sweet spirit. --Spenser. 2. A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing. [Obs.] Be it a letter or spirit, we have great use for it. --B. Jonson. 3. Life, or living substance, considered independently of corporeal existence; an intelligence conceived of apart from any physical organization or embodiment; vital essence, force, or energy, as distinct from matter. 4. The intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of man; the soul, in distinction from the body in which it resides; the agent or subject of vital and spiritual functions, whether spiritual or material. There is a spirit in man; and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. --Job xxxii. 8. As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. --James ii. 26. Spirit is a substance wherein thinking, knowing, doubting, and a power of moving, do subsist. --Locke. 5. Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it has left the body. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. --Eccl. xii. 7. Ye gentle spirits far away, With whom we shared the cup of grace. --Keble. 6. Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf. Whilst young, preserve his tender mind from all impressions of spirits and goblins in the dark. --Locke. 7. Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc. [bd]Write it then, quickly,[b8] replied Bede; and summoning all his spirits together, like the last blaze of a candle going out, he indited it, and expired. --Fuller. 8. One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper; as, a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit. Such spirits as he desired to please, such would I choose for my judges. --Dryden. 9. Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; -- often in the plural; as, to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be downhearted, or in bad spirits. God has . . . made a spirit of building succeed a spirit of pulling down. --South. A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ. --Pope. 10. Intent; real meaning; -- opposed to the letter, or to formal statement; also, characteristic quality, especially such as is derived from the individual genius or the personal character; as, the spirit of an enterprise, of a document, or the like. 11. Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of active qualities. All bodies have spirits . . . within them. --Bacon. 12. Any liquid produced by distillation; especially, alcohol, the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it having been first distilled from wine): -- often in the plural. 13. pl. Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors. 14. (Med.) A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf. {Tincture}. --U. S. Disp. 15. (Alchemy) Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment). The four spirits and the bodies seven. --Chaucer. 16. (Dyeing) Stannic chloride. See under {Stannic}. Note: Spirit is sometimes joined with other words, forming compounds, generally of obvious signification; as, spirit-moving, spirit-searching, spirit-stirring, etc. {Astral spirits}, {Familiar spirits}, etc. See under {Astral}, {Familiar}, etc. {Animal spirits}. (a) (Physiol.) The fluid which at one time was supposed to circulate through the nerves and was regarded as the agent of sensation and motion; -- called also the {nervous fluid}, or {nervous principle}. (b) Physical health and energy; frolicsomeness; sportiveness. {Ardent spirits}, strong alcoholic liquors, as brandy, rum, whisky, etc., obtained by distillation. {Holy Spirit}, [or] {The Spirit} (Theol.), the Spirit of God, or the third person of the Trinity; the Holy Ghost. The spirit also signifies the human spirit as influenced or animated by the Divine Spirit. {Proof spirit}. (Chem.) See under {Proof}. {Rectified spirit} (Chem.), spirit rendered purer or more concentrated by redistillation, so as to increase the percentage of absolute alcohol. {Spirit butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of delicate butterflies of tropical America belonging to the genus {Ithomia}. The wings are gauzy and nearly destitute of scales. {Spirit duck}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The buffle-headed duck. (b) The golden-eye. {Spirit lamp} (Art), a lamp in which alcohol or methylated spirit is burned. {Spirit level}. See under {Level}. {Spirit of hartshorn}. (Old Chem.) See under {Hartshorn}. {Spirit of Mindererus} (Med.), an aqueous solution of acetate of ammonium; -- named after R. Minderer, physician of Augsburg. {Spirit of nitrous ether} (Med. Chem.), a pale yellow liquid, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal odor. It is obtained by the distillation of alcohol with nitric and sulphuric acids, and consists essentially of ethyl nitrite with a little acetic aldehyde. It is used as a diaphoretic, diuretic, antispasmodic, etc. Called also {sweet spirit of niter}. {Spirit of salt} (Chem.), hydrochloric acid; -- so called because obtained from salt and sulphuric acid. [Obs.] {Spirit of sense}, the utmost refinement of sensation. [Obs.] --Shak. {Spirits}, [or] {Spirit}, {of turpentine} (Chem.), rectified oil of turpentine, a transparent, colorless, volatile, and very inflammable liquid, distilled from the turpentine of the various species of pine; camphine. See {Camphine}. {Spirit of vitriol} (Chem.), sulphuric acid; -- so called because formerly obtained by the distillation of green vitriol. [Obs.] {Spirit of vitriolic ether} (Chem.) ether; -- often but incorrectly called {sulphuric ether}. See {Ether}. [Obs.] {Spirits}, [or] {Spirit}, {of wine} (Chem.), alcohol; -- so called because formerly obtained by the distillation of wine. {Spirit rapper}, one who practices spirit rapping; a [bd]medium[b8] so called. {Spirit rapping}, an alleged form of communication with the spirits of the dead by raps. See {Spiritualism}, 3. {Sweet spirit of niter}. See {Spirit of nitrous ether}, above.
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Ofter \Oft"er\, adv. Compar. of {Oft}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ophidia \[d8]Ophid"ia\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], dim. of 'o`fis a snake.] (Zo[94]l.) The order of reptiles which includes the serpents. Note: The most important divisions are: the {Solenoglypha}, having erectile perforated fangs, as the rattlesnake; the {Proteroglypha}, or elapine serpents, having permanently erect fang, as the cobra; the {Asinea}, or colubrine serpents, which are destitute of fangs; and the {Opoterodonta}, or {Epanodonta}, blindworms, in which the mouth is not dilatable.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stenostome \Sten"o*stome\, a. [Gr. steno`s narrow, little + sto`ma mouth.] (Zo[94]l.) Having a small or narrow mouth; -- said of certain small ground snakes ({Opoterodonta}), which are unable to dilate their jaws.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ovate-rotundate \O"vate-ro*tund"ate\, a. Having a form intermediate between that of an egg and a sphere; roundly ovate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ovato-rotundate \Ova"to-rotund"ate\, a. Same as {Ovate-rotundate}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
OPTRAN Specification language for attributed tree transformation writetn by R. Wilhelm, U Saarlandes in the early 1980's. ["POPSY and OPTRAN Manual", ESPRIT PROSPECTRA Project Item S.1.6-R.3.0, U Saarlandes (Mar 1986)].