obbligato
         n 1: a persistent but subordinate motif [syn: {obbligato},
               {obligato}]
         2: a part of the score that must be performed without change or
            omission [syn: {obbligato}, {obligato}]

English Dictionary: obloquy	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obelisk n a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote Synonym(s): dagger, obelisk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obligate adj restricted to a particular condition of life; "an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen" Antonym(s): facultative v force somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form" Synonym(s): compel, oblige, obligate commit in order to fulfill an obligation; "obligate money" bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise" Synonym(s): oblige, bind, hold, obligate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obligate anaerobe n an organism that cannot grow in the presence of oxygen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obligated adj caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course; "felt obligated to repay the kindness"; "was obligated to pay off the student loan" Antonym(s): unobligated
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obligation n the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr Synonym(s): duty, responsibility, obligation the state of being obligated to do or pay something; "he is under an obligation to finish the job" a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor Synonym(s): obligation, indebtedness a written promise to repay a debt Synonym(s): debt instrument, obligation, certificate of indebtedness a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obligational adj relating or constituting or qualified to create a legal or financial obligation; "obligational authority"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obligato n a persistent but subordinate motif [syn: obbligato, obligato] a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission Synonym(s): obbligato, obligato
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obligatorily adv in an obligatory manner; "this rule applies obligatorily" Antonym(s): optionally in a manner that cannot be evaded; "the ministry considers that contributions to such a fund should be met from voluntary donations rather than from rates compulsorily levied." Synonym(s): compulsorily, obligatorily, mandatorily
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obligatory adj morally or legally constraining or binding; "attendance is obligatory"; "an obligatory contribution" Antonym(s): optional required by obligation or compulsion or convention; "he made all the obligatory apologies"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oblige v force somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form" Synonym(s): compel, oblige, obligate bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise" Synonym(s): oblige, bind, hold, obligate provide a service or favor for someone; "We had to oblige him" Synonym(s): oblige, accommodate Antonym(s): disoblige
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obliged adj under a moral obligation to do something [syn: {duty- bound(p)}, obliged(p)]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obliger n someone who performs a service or does a favor [syn: obliger, accommodator]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obliging adj showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others; "to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave" Synonym(s): complaisant, obliging
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obligingly adv in accommodation; "obligingly, he lowered his voice" Synonym(s): obligingly, accommodatingly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obligingness n a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others Synonym(s): complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness, deference
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oblique adj slanting or inclined in direction or course or position-- neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base" Antonym(s): parallel, perpendicular indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading; "used devious means to achieve success"; "gave oblique answers to direct questions"; "oblique political maneuvers" Synonym(s): devious, oblique n any grammatical case other than the nominative [syn: oblique, oblique case] Antonym(s): nominative, nominative case, subject case a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso Synonym(s): external oblique muscle, musculus obliquus externus abdominis, abdominal external oblique muscle, oblique
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oblique angle n an angle that is not a right angle or a multiple of a right angle Antonym(s): right angle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oblique bandage n a bandage in which successive turns proceed obliquely up or down a limb
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oblique case n any grammatical case other than the nominative [syn: oblique, oblique case] Antonym(s): nominative, nominative case, subject case
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oblique triangle n a triangle that contains no right angle [ant: {right triangle}, right-angled triangle]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oblique vein of the left atrium n a tributary of the coronary sinus; on the posterior wall of the left atrium Synonym(s): oblique vein of the left atrium, vena obliqua atrii sinistri
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oblique-angled adj having oblique angles
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obliquely adv to, toward or at one side; "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face" Synonym(s): sidelong, sideways, obliquely at an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face" Synonym(s): obliquely, aslant, athwart
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obliqueness n the property of being neither parallel nor perpendicular, but at a slanting angle the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly Synonym(s): deviousness, obliqueness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obliquity n the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle Synonym(s): asynclitism, obliquity the quality of being deceptive Synonym(s): deceptiveness, obliquity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obloquy n state of disgrace resulting from public abuse [syn: obloquy, opprobrium] a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions Synonym(s): defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obolus n a Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
off-licence n a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere Synonym(s): package store, liquor store, off- licence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
opal glass n a milky white translucent or opaque glass [syn: {opal glass}, milk glass]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
opalesce v reflect light or colors like an opal; "Distant clouds opalesce like pale brocade"; "raindrops caught in a sunbeam seem to opalesce" exhibit a play of colors like that of an opal; "This nitrate opalesces under certain conditions"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
opalescence n the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface Synonym(s): opalescence, iridescence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
opalescent adj having a play of lustrous rainbow colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster" Synonym(s): iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
opalise v make opalescent Synonym(s): opalize, opalise replace or convert into opal; "opalized tree trunks" Synonym(s): opalize, opalise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
opalize v make opalescent Synonym(s): opalize, opalise replace or convert into opal; "opalized tree trunks" Synonym(s): opalize, opalise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oval kumquat n shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats [syn: nagami, {nagami kumquat}, oval kumquat, Fortunella margarita]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oval-shaped adj rounded like an egg [syn: egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Marjoram \Mar"jo*ram\, n. [OE. majoran, F. marjolaine, LL.       marjoraca, fr. L. amaracus, amaracum, Gr. [?], [?].] (Bot.)       A genus of mintlike plants ({Origanum}) comprising about       twenty-five species. The sweet marjoram ({O. Majorana}) is       pecularly aromatic and fragrant, and much used in cookery.       The wild marjoram of Europe and America is {O. vulgare}, far       less fragrant than the other.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Origan \Or"i*gan\, d8Origanum \[d8]O*rig"a*num\, n. [L.       origanum, Gr. [?], [?], prob. fr. 'o`ros, mountain + [?]       brightness, beauty. Cf. {Organy}.] (Bot.)       A genus of aromatic labiate plants, including the sweet       marjoram ({O. Marjorana}) and the wild marjoram ({O.       vulgare}). --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prickly \Prick"ly\, a.       Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with       prickles; as, a prickly shrub.          {Prickly ash} (Bot.), a prickly shrub ({Xanthoxylum             Americanum}) with yellowish flowers appearing with the             leaves. All parts of the plant are pungent and aromatic.             The southern species is {X. Carolinianum}. --Gray.          {Prickly heat} (Med.), a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of             red pimples, attended with intense itching and tingling of             the parts affected. It is due to inflammation of the sweat             glands, and is often brought on by overheating the skin in             hot weather.          {Prickly pear} (Bot.), a name given to several plants of the             cactaceous genus {Opuntia}, American plants consisting of             fleshy, leafless, usually flattened, and often prickly             joints inserted upon each other. The sessile flowers have             many petals and numerous stamens. The edible fruit is a             large pear-shaped berry containing many flattish seeds.             The common species of the Northern Atlantic States is             {Opuntia vulgaris}. In the South and West are many others,             and in tropical America more than a hundred more. {O.             vulgaris}, {O. Ficus-Indica}, and {O. Tuna} are abundantly             introduced in the Mediterranean region, and {O. Dillenii}             has become common in India.          {Prickly pole} (Bot.), a West Indian palm ({Bactris             Plumierana}), the slender trunk of which bears many rings             of long black prickles.          {Prickly withe} (Bot.), a West Indian cactaceous plant             ({Cereus triangularis}) having prickly, slender, climbing,             triangular stems.          {Prickly rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of South             American burrowing rodents belonging to {Ctenomys} and             allied genera. The hair is usually intermingled with sharp             spines.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hop \Hop\, n. [OE. hoppe; akin to D. hop, hoppe, OHG. hopfo, G.       hopfen; cf. LL. hupa, W. hopez, Armor. houpez, and Icel.       humall, SW. & Dan. humle.]       1. (Bot.) A climbing plant ({Humulus Lupulus}), having a             long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its             fruit (hops).          2. The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in             brewing to give a bitter taste.          3. The fruit of the dog-rose. See {Hip}.          {Hop back}. (Brewing) See under 1st {Back}.          {Hop clover} (Bot.), a species of yellow clover having heads             like hops in miniature ({Trifolium agrarium}, and {T.             procumbens}).          {Hop flea} (Zo[94]l.), a small flea beetle ({Haltica             concinna}), very injurious to hops.          {Hop fly} (Zo[94]l.), an aphid ({Phorodon humuli}), very             injurious to hop vines.          {Hop froth fly} (Zo[94]l.), an hemipterous insect             ({Aphrophora interrupta}), allied to the cockoo spits. It             often does great damage to hop vines.          {Hop hornbeam} (Bot.), an American tree of the genus {Ostrya}             ({O. Virginica}) the American ironwood; also, a European             species ({O. vulgaris}).          {Hop moth} (Zo[94]l.), a moth ({Hypena humuli}), which in the             larval state is very injurious to hop vines.          {Hop picker}, one who picks hops.          {Hop pole}, a pole used to support hop vines.          {Hop tree} (Bot.), a small American tree ({Ptelia             trifoliata}), having broad, flattened fruit in large             clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for hops.          {Hop vine} (Bot.), the climbing vine or stalk of the hop.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obeliscal \Ob`e*lis"cal\, a.       Formed like an obelisk.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obelisk \Ob"e*lisk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obelisked}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Obelisking}.]       To mark or designate with an obelisk.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obelisk \Ob"e*lisk\, n. [L. obeliscus, Gr. [?], dim. of [?] a       spit, a pointed pillar: cf. F. ob[82]lisque.]       1. An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it             rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It             is ordinarily monolithic. Egyptian obelisks are commonly             covered with hieroglyphic writing from top to bottom.          2. (Print.) A mark of reference; -- called also {dagger}             [[dagger]]. See {Dagger}, n., 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dagger \Dag"ger\ (-g[etil]r), n. [Cf. OE. daggen to pierce, F.       daguer. See {Dag} a dagger.]       1. A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general             term: cf. {Poniard}, {Stiletto}, {Bowie knife}, {Dirk},             {Misericorde}, {Anlace}.          2. (Print.) A mark of reference in the form of a dagger             [[dagger]]. It is the second in order when more than one             reference occurs on a page; -- called also {obelisk}.          {Dagger moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth of the genus {Apatalea}.             The larv[91] are often destructive to the foliage of fruit             trees, etc.          {Dagger of lath}, the wooden weapon given to the Vice in the             old Moralities. --Shak.          {Double dagger}, a mark of reference [[Dagger]] which comes             next in order after the dagger.          {To look, [or] speak}, {daggers}, to look or speak fiercely             or reproachfully.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obelisk \Ob"e*lisk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obelisked}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Obelisking}.]       To mark or designate with an obelisk.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obelisk \Ob"e*lisk\, n. [L. obeliscus, Gr. [?], dim. of [?] a       spit, a pointed pillar: cf. F. ob[82]lisque.]       1. An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it             rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It             is ordinarily monolithic. Egyptian obelisks are commonly             covered with hieroglyphic writing from top to bottom.          2. (Print.) A mark of reference; -- called also {dagger}             [[dagger]]. See {Dagger}, n., 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dagger \Dag"ger\ (-g[etil]r), n. [Cf. OE. daggen to pierce, F.       daguer. See {Dag} a dagger.]       1. A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general             term: cf. {Poniard}, {Stiletto}, {Bowie knife}, {Dirk},             {Misericorde}, {Anlace}.          2. (Print.) A mark of reference in the form of a dagger             [[dagger]]. It is the second in order when more than one             reference occurs on a page; -- called also {obelisk}.          {Dagger moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth of the genus {Apatalea}.             The larv[91] are often destructive to the foliage of fruit             trees, etc.          {Dagger of lath}, the wooden weapon given to the Vice in the             old Moralities. --Shak.          {Double dagger}, a mark of reference [[Dagger]] which comes             next in order after the dagger.          {To look, [or] speak}, {daggers}, to look or speak fiercely             or reproachfully.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obelisk \Ob"e*lisk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obelisked}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Obelisking}.]       To mark or designate with an obelisk.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obelisk \Ob"e*lisk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obelisked}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Obelisking}.]       To mark or designate with an obelisk.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obelize \Ob"e*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obelized}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Obelizing}.] [Gr. [?], fr. 'obelo`s. See {Obelus}.]       To designate with an obelus; to mark as doubtful or       spirituous. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obelize \Ob"e*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obelized}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Obelizing}.] [Gr. [?], fr. 'obelo`s. See {Obelus}.]       To designate with an obelus; to mark as doubtful or       spirituous. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obelize \Ob"e*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obelized}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Obelizing}.] [Gr. [?], fr. 'obelo`s. See {Obelus}.]       To designate with an obelus; to mark as doubtful or       spirituous. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oblectate \Ob*lec"tate\, v. t. [L. oblectatus, p. p. of       oblectare.]       To delight; to please greatly. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oblectation \Ob"lec*ta"tion\, n. [L. oblectatio.]       The act of pleasing highly; the state of being greatly       pleased; delight. [R.] --Feltham.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obligable \Ob"li*ga*ble\, a.       Acknowledging, or complying with, obligation; trustworthy.       [R.]                   The main difference between people seems to be, that                one man can come under obligations on which you can                rely, -- is obligable; and another is not. --Emerson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obligate \Ob"li*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obligated}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Obligating}.] [L. obligatus, p. p. of obligare. See       {Oblige}.]       1. To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to             hold by a constraining motive. [bd]Obligated by a sense of             duty.[b8] --Proudfit.                         That's your true plan -- to obligate The present                      ministers of state.                           --Churchill.          2. To bind or firmly hold to an act; to compel; to constrain;             to bind to any act of duty or courtesy by a formal pledge.                         That they may not incline or be obligated to any                      vile or lowly occupations.                  --Landor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obligate \Ob"li*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obligated}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Obligating}.] [L. obligatus, p. p. of obligare. See       {Oblige}.]       1. To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to             hold by a constraining motive. [bd]Obligated by a sense of             duty.[b8] --Proudfit.                         That's your true plan -- to obligate The present                      ministers of state.                           --Churchill.          2. To bind or firmly hold to an act; to compel; to constrain;             to bind to any act of duty or courtesy by a formal pledge.                         That they may not incline or be obligated to any                      vile or lowly occupations.                  --Landor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obligate \Ob"li*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obligated}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Obligating}.] [L. obligatus, p. p. of obligare. See       {Oblige}.]       1. To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to             hold by a constraining motive. [bd]Obligated by a sense of             duty.[b8] --Proudfit.                         That's your true plan -- to obligate The present                      ministers of state.                           --Churchill.          2. To bind or firmly hold to an act; to compel; to constrain;             to bind to any act of duty or courtesy by a formal pledge.                         That they may not incline or be obligated to any                      vile or lowly occupations.                  --Landor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obligation \Ob"li*ga"tion\, n. [F. obligation. L. obligatio. See       {Oblige}.]       1. The act of obligating.          2. That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a             promise, contract, oath, or vow, or of law; that which             constitutes legal or moral duty.                         A tender conscience is a stronger obligation than a                      proson.                                             --Fuller.          3. Any act by which a person becomes bound to do something to             or for anouther, or to forbear something; external duties             imposed by law, promise, or contract, by the relations of             society, or by courtesy, kindness, etc.                         Every man has obligations which belong to his                      station. Duties extend beyond obligation, and direct                      the affections, desires, and intentions, as well as                      the actions.                                       --Whewell.          4. The state of being obligated or bound; the state of being             indebted for an act of favor or kindness; as, to place             others under obligations to one.          5. (Law) A bond with a condition annexed, and a penalty for             nonfulfillment. In a larger sense, it is an acknowledgment             of a duty to pay a certain sum or do a certain things.          {Days of obligation}. See under {Day}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obligatorily \Ob"li*ga*to*ri*ly\, adv.       In an obligatory manner; by reason of obligation. --Foxe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obligatoriness \Ob"li*ga*to*ri*ness\, n.       The quality or state of being obligatory.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obligatory \Ob"li*ga*to*ry\, a. [L. obligatorius: cf.F.       obligatoire.]       Binding in law or conscience; imposing duty or obligation;       requiring performance or forbearance of some act; -- often       followed by on or upon; as, obedience is obligatory on a       soldier.                   As long as the law is obligatory, so long our obedience                is due.                                                   --Jer. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oblige \O*blige"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obliged}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Obliging}.] [OF. obligier, F. obliger, L. obligare; ob       (see {Ob-}) + ligare to bind. See {Ligament}, and cf.       {Obligate}.]       1. To attach, as by a bond. [Obs.]                         He had obliged all the senators and magistrates                      firmly to himself.                              --Bacon.          2. To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put             under obligation to do or forbear something.                         The obliging power of the law is neither founded in,                      nor to be measured by, the rewards and punishments                      annexed to it.                                    --South.                         Religion obliges men to the practice of those                      virtues which conduce to the preservation of our                      health.                                             --Tillotson.          3. To bind by some favor rendered; to place under a debt;             hence, to do a favor to; to please; to gratify; to             accommodate.                         Thus man, by his own strength, to heaven would soar,                      And would not be obliged to God for more. --Dryden.                         The gates before it are brass, and the whole much                      obliged to Pope Urban VIII.               --Evelyn.                         I shall be more obliged to you than I can express.                                                                               --Mrs. E.                                                                               Montagu.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oblige \O*blige"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obliged}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Obliging}.] [OF. obligier, F. obliger, L. obligare; ob       (see {Ob-}) + ligare to bind. See {Ligament}, and cf.       {Obligate}.]       1. To attach, as by a bond. [Obs.]                         He had obliged all the senators and magistrates                      firmly to himself.                              --Bacon.          2. To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put             under obligation to do or forbear something.                         The obliging power of the law is neither founded in,                      nor to be measured by, the rewards and punishments                      annexed to it.                                    --South.                         Religion obliges men to the practice of those                      virtues which conduce to the preservation of our                      health.                                             --Tillotson.          3. To bind by some favor rendered; to place under a debt;             hence, to do a favor to; to please; to gratify; to             accommodate.                         Thus man, by his own strength, to heaven would soar,                      And would not be obliged to God for more. --Dryden.                         The gates before it are brass, and the whole much                      obliged to Pope Urban VIII.               --Evelyn.                         I shall be more obliged to you than I can express.                                                                               --Mrs. E.                                                                               Montagu.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obligee \Ob"li*gee"\, n. [F. oblig[82], p. p. of obliger. See       {Oblige}.]       The person to whom another is bound, or the person to whom a       bond is given. --Blackstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obligement \O*blige"ment\, n.       Obligation. [R.]                   I will not resist, therefore, whatever it is, either of                divine or human obligement, that you lay upon me.                                                                               --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obliger \O*bli"ger\, n.       One who, or that which, obliges. --Sir H. Wotton.
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Oblige \O*blige"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obliged}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Obliging}.] [OF. obligier, F. obliger, L. obligare; ob       (see {Ob-}) + ligare to bind. See {Ligament}, and cf.       {Obligate}.]       1. To attach, as by a bond. [Obs.]                         He had obliged all the senators and magistrates                      firmly to himself.                              --Bacon.          2. To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put             under obligation to do or forbear something.                         The obliging power of the law is neither founded in,                      nor to be measured by, the rewards and punishments                      annexed to it.                                    --South.                         Religion obliges men to the practice of those                      virtues which conduce to the preservation of our                      health.                                             --Tillotson.          3. To bind by some favor rendered; to place under a debt;             hence, to do a favor to; to please; to gratify; to             accommodate.                         Thus man, by his own strength, to heaven would soar,                      And would not be obliged to God for more. --Dryden.                         The gates before it are brass, and the whole much                      obliged to Pope Urban VIII.               --Evelyn.                         I shall be more obliged to you than I can express.                                                                               --Mrs. E.                                                                               Montagu.
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Obliging \O*bli"ging\, a.       Putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors;       hence, helpful; civil; kind.                   Mons.Strozzi has many curiosities, and is very obliging                to a stranger who desires the sight of them. --Addison.          Syn: Civil; complaisant; courteous; kind, -- {Obliging},                {Kind}, {Complaisant}.          Usage: One is kind who desires to see others happy; one is                   complaisant who endeavors to make them so in social                   intercourse by attentions calculated to please; one                   who is obliging performs some actual service, or has                   the disposition to do so. -- {O*bli"ging*ly}. adv. --                   {O*bli"ging*ness}, n.
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Obliging \O*bli"ging\, a.       Putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors;       hence, helpful; civil; kind.                   Mons.Strozzi has many curiosities, and is very obliging                to a stranger who desires the sight of them. --Addison.          Syn: Civil; complaisant; courteous; kind, -- {Obliging},                {Kind}, {Complaisant}.          Usage: One is kind who desires to see others happy; one is                   complaisant who endeavors to make them so in social                   intercourse by attentions calculated to please; one                   who is obliging performs some actual service, or has                   the disposition to do so. -- {O*bli"ging*ly}. adv. --                   {O*bli"ging*ness}, n.
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Obliging \O*bli"ging\, a.       Putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors;       hence, helpful; civil; kind.                   Mons.Strozzi has many curiosities, and is very obliging                to a stranger who desires the sight of them. --Addison.          Syn: Civil; complaisant; courteous; kind, -- {Obliging},                {Kind}, {Complaisant}.          Usage: One is kind who desires to see others happy; one is                   complaisant who endeavors to make them so in social                   intercourse by attentions calculated to please; one                   who is obliging performs some actual service, or has                   the disposition to do so. -- {O*bli"ging*ly}. adv. --                   {O*bli"ging*ness}, n.
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Obligor \Ob`li*gor"\, n.       The person who binds himself, or gives his bond to another.       --Blackstone.
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Oblique \Ob*lique"\, a. [F., fr. L. obliquus; ob (see {Ob-}) +       liquis oblique; cf. licinus bent upward, Gr [?] slanting.]       [Written also {oblike}.]       1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at             right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.                         It has a direction oblique to that of the former                      motion.                                             --Cheyne.          2. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence,             disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.                         The love we bear our friends . . . Hath in it                      certain oblique ends.                        --Drayton.                         This mode of oblique research, when a more direct                      one is denied, we find to be the only one in our                      power.                                                --De Quincey.                         Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye. That                      looks for evil, like a treacherous spy. --Wordworth.          3. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father             and son; collateral.                         His natural affection in a direct line was strong,                      in an oblique but weak.                     --Baker.          {Oblique angle}, {Oblique ascension}, etc. See under             {Angle},{Ascension}, etc.          {Oblique arch} (Arch.), an arch whose jambs are not at right             angles with the face, and whose intrados is in consequence             askew.          {Oblique bridge}, a skew bridge. See under {Bridge}, n.          {Oblique case} (Gram.), any case except the nominative. See             {Case}, n.          {Oblique circle} (Projection), a circle whose plane is             oblique to the axis of the primitive plane.          {Oblique fire} (Mil.), a fire the direction of which is not             perpendicular to the line fired at.          {Oblique flank} (Fort.), that part of the curtain whence the             fire of the opposite bastion may be discovered. --Wilhelm.          {Oblique leaf}. (Bot.)             (a) A leaf twisted or inclined from the normal position.             (b) A leaf having one half different from the other.          {Oblique line} (Geom.), a line that, meeting or tending to             meet another, makes oblique angles with it.          {Oblique motion} (Mus.), a kind of motion or progression in             which one part ascends or descends, while the other             prolongs or repeats the same tone, as in the accompanying             example.
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Obliquation \Ob`li*qua"tion\, n. [L. obliquatio, fr. obliquare       to turn obliquely. See {Oblique}.]       1. The act of becoming oblique; a turning to one side;             obliquity; as, the obliquation of the eyes. [R.] --Sir T.             Browne.          2. Deviation from moral rectitude. [R.]
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Oblique \Ob*lique"\, a. [F., fr. L. obliquus; ob (see {Ob-}) +       liquis oblique; cf. licinus bent upward, Gr [?] slanting.]       [Written also {oblike}.]       1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at             right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.                         It has a direction oblique to that of the former                      motion.                                             --Cheyne.          2. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence,             disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.                         The love we bear our friends . . . Hath in it                      certain oblique ends.                        --Drayton.                         This mode of oblique research, when a more direct                      one is denied, we find to be the only one in our                      power.                                                --De Quincey.                         Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye. That                      looks for evil, like a treacherous spy. --Wordworth.          3. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father             and son; collateral.                         His natural affection in a direct line was strong,                      in an oblique but weak.                     --Baker.          {Oblique angle}, {Oblique ascension}, etc. See under             {Angle},{Ascension}, etc.          {Oblique arch} (Arch.), an arch whose jambs are not at right             angles with the face, and whose intrados is in consequence             askew.          {Oblique bridge}, a skew bridge. See under {Bridge}, n.          {Oblique case} (Gram.), any case except the nominative. See             {Case}, n.          {Oblique circle} (Projection), a circle whose plane is             oblique to the axis of the primitive plane.          {Oblique fire} (Mil.), a fire the direction of which is not             perpendicular to the line fired at.          {Oblique flank} (Fort.), that part of the curtain whence the             fire of the opposite bastion may be discovered. --Wilhelm.          {Oblique leaf}. (Bot.)             (a) A leaf twisted or inclined from the normal position.             (b) A leaf having one half different from the other.          {Oblique line} (Geom.), a line that, meeting or tending to             meet another, makes oblique angles with it.          {Oblique motion} (Mus.), a kind of motion or progression in             which one part ascends or descends, while the other             prolongs or repeats the same tone, as in the accompanying             example.
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Oblique \Ob*lique"\, n. (Geom.)       An oblique line.
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Oblique \Ob*lique"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Obliqued}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Obliquing}.]       1. To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an             oblique direction.                         Projecting his person towards it in a line which                      obliqued from the bottom of his spine. --Sir. W.                                                                               Scott.          2. (Mil.) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the             column or platoon; -- formerly accomplished by oblique             steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to             the right or left.
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d8Cone \[d8]Cone\, n. [L. conus cone (in sense 1), Gr. [?]; akin       to Skr. [87]ana whetstone, L. cuneus wedge, and prob. to E.       hone. See {Hone}, n.]       1. (Geom.) A solid of the form described by the revolution of             a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to             the right angle; -- called also a {right cone}. More             generally, any solid having a vertical point and bounded             by a surface which is described by a straight line always             passing through that vertical point; a solid having a             circle for its base and tapering to a point or vertex.          2. Anything shaped more or less like a mathematical cone; as,             a volcanic cone, a collection of scori[91] around the             crater of a volcano, usually heaped up in a conical form.                         Now had Night measured with her shadowy cone Half                      way up hill this vast sublunar vault. --Milton.          3. (Bot.) The fruit or strobile of the {Conifer[91]}, as of             the pine, fir, cedar, and cypress. It is composed of woody             scales, each one of which has one or two seeds at its             base.          4. (Zo[94]l.) A shell of the genus {Conus}, having a conical             form.          {Cone of rays} (Opt.), the pencil of rays of light which             proceed from a radiant point to a given surface, as that             of a lens, or conversely.          {Cone pulley}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Oblique} [or] {Scalene cone}, a cone of which the axis is             inclined to the plane of its base.          {Eight cone}. See {Cone}, 1.
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Oblique \Ob*lique"\, a. [F., fr. L. obliquus; ob (see {Ob-}) +       liquis oblique; cf. licinus bent upward, Gr [?] slanting.]       [Written also {oblike}.]       1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at             right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.                         It has a direction oblique to that of the former                      motion.                                             --Cheyne.          2. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence,             disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.                         The love we bear our friends . . . Hath in it                      certain oblique ends.                        --Drayton.                         This mode of oblique research, when a more direct                      one is denied, we find to be the only one in our                      power.                                                --De Quincey.                         Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye. That                      looks for evil, like a treacherous spy. --Wordworth.          3. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father             and son; collateral.                         His natural affection in a direct line was strong,                      in an oblique but weak.                     --Baker.          {Oblique angle}, {Oblique ascension}, etc. See under             {Angle},{Ascension}, etc.          {Oblique arch} (Arch.), an arch whose jambs are not at right             angles with the face, and whose intrados is in consequence             askew.          {Oblique bridge}, a skew bridge. See under {Bridge}, n.          {Oblique case} (Gram.), any case except the nominative. See             {Case}, n.          {Oblique circle} (Projection), a circle whose plane is             oblique to the axis of the primitive plane.          {Oblique fire} (Mil.), a fire the direction of which is not             perpendicular to the line fired at.          {Oblique flank} (Fort.), that part of the curtain whence the             fire of the opposite bastion may be discovered. --Wilhelm.          {Oblique leaf}. (Bot.)             (a) A leaf twisted or inclined from the normal position.             (b) A leaf having one half different from the other.          {Oblique line} (Geom.), a line that, meeting or tending to             meet another, makes oblique angles with it.          {Oblique motion} (Mus.), a kind of motion or progression in             which one part ascends or descends, while the other             prolongs or repeats the same tone, as in the accompanying             example.
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Angle \An"gle\ ([acr][nsm]"g'l), n. [F. angle, L. angulus angle,       corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. 'agky`los bent, crooked,       angular, 'a`gkos a bend or hollow, AS. angel hook, fish-hook,       G. angel, and F. anchor.]       1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a             corner; a nook.                         Into the utmost angle of the world.   --Spenser.                         To search the tenderest angles of the heart.                                                                               --Milton.          2. (Geom.)             (a) The figure made by. two lines which meet.             (b) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines                   meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.          3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.                         Though but an angle reached him of the stone.                                                                               --Dryden.          4. (Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological             [bd]houses.[b8] [Obs.] --Chaucer.          5. [AS. angel.] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish,             consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a             rod.                         Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there.                                                                               --Shak.                         A fisher next his trembling angle bears. --Pope.          {Acute angle}, one less than a right angle, or less than             90[deg].          {Adjacent} or {Contiguous angles}, such as have one leg             common to both angles.          {Alternate angles}. See {Alternate}.          {Angle bar}.             (a) (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of                   a polygonal or bay window meet. --Knight.             (b) (Mach.) Same as {Angle iron}.          {Angle bead} (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle             of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of             a wall.          {Angle brace}, {Angle tie} (Carp.), a brace across an             interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse             and securing the two side pieces together. --Knight.          {Angle iron} (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having             one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or             connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to             which it is riveted.          {Angle leaf} (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or             less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to             strengthen an angle.          {Angle meter}, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for             ascertaining the dip of strata.          {Angle shaft} (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a             capital or base, or both.          {Curvilineal angle}, one formed by two curved lines.          {External angles}, angles formed by the sides of any             right-lined figure, when the sides are produced or             lengthened.          {Facial angle}. See under {Facial}.          {Internal angles}, those which are within any right-lined             figure.          {Mixtilineal angle}, one formed by a right line with a curved             line.          {Oblique angle}, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a             right angle.          {Obtuse angle}, one greater than a right angle, or more than             90[deg].          {Optic angle}. See under {Optic}.          {Rectilineal} or {Right-lined angle}, one formed by two right             lines.          {Right angle}, one formed by a right line falling on another             perpendicularly, or an angle of 90[deg] (measured by a             quarter circle).          {Solid angle}, the figure formed by the meeting of three or             more plane angles at one point.          {Spherical angle}, one made by the meeting of two arcs of             great circles, which mutually cut one another on the             surface of a globe or sphere.          {Visual angle}, the angle formed by two rays of light, or two             straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object             to the center of the eye.          {For Angles of commutation}, {draught}, {incidence},       {reflection}, {refraction}, {position}, {repose}, {fraction},             see {Commutation}, {Draught}, {Incidence}, {Reflection},             {Refraction}, etc.
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Oblique \Ob*lique"\, a. [F., fr. L. obliquus; ob (see {Ob-}) +       liquis oblique; cf. licinus bent upward, Gr [?] slanting.]       [Written also {oblike}.]       1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at             right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.                         It has a direction oblique to that of the former                      motion.                                             --Cheyne.          2. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence,             disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.                         The love we bear our friends . . . Hath in it                      certain oblique ends.                        --Drayton.                         This mode of oblique research, when a more direct                      one is denied, we find to be the only one in our                      power.                                                --De Quincey.                         Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye. That                      looks for evil, like a treacherous spy. --Wordworth.          3. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father             and son; collateral.                         His natural affection in a direct line was strong,                      in an oblique but weak.                     --Baker.          {Oblique angle}, {Oblique ascension}, etc. See under             {Angle},{Ascension}, etc.          {Oblique arch} (Arch.), an arch whose jambs are not at right             angles with the face, and whose intrados is in consequence             askew.          {Oblique bridge}, a skew bridge. See under {Bridge}, n.          {Oblique case} (Gram.), any case except the nominative. See             {Case}, n.          {Oblique circle} (Projection), a circle whose plane is             oblique to the axis of the primitive plane.          {Oblique fire} (Mil.), a fire the direction of which is not             perpendicular to the line fired at.          {Oblique flank} (Fort.), that part of the curtain whence the             fire of the opposite bastion may be discovered. --Wilhelm.          {Oblique leaf}. (Bot.)             (a) A leaf twisted or inclined from the normal position.             (b) A leaf having one half different from the other.          {Oblique line} (Geom.), a line that, meeting or tending to             meet another, makes oblique angles with it.          {Oblique motion} (Mus.), a kind of motion or progression in             which one part ascends or descends, while the other             prolongs or repeats the same tone, as in the accompanying             example.
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Oblique \Ob*lique"\, a. [F., fr. L. obliquus; ob (see {Ob-}) +       liquis oblique; cf. licinus bent upward, Gr [?] slanting.]       [Written also {oblike}.]       1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at             right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.                         It has a direction oblique to that of the former                      motion.                                             --Cheyne.          2. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence,             disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.                         The love we bear our friends . . . Hath in it                      certain oblique ends.                        --Drayton.                         This mode of oblique research, when a more direct                      one is denied, we find to be the only one in our                      power.                                                --De Quincey.                         Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye. That                      looks for evil, like a treacherous spy. --Wordworth.          3. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father             and son; collateral.                         His natural affection in a direct line was strong,                      in an oblique but weak.                     --Baker.          {Oblique angle}, {Oblique ascension}, etc. See under             {Angle},{Ascension}, etc.          {Oblique arch} (Arch.), an arch whose jambs are not at right             angles with the face, and whose intrados is in consequence             askew.          {Oblique bridge}, a skew bridge. See under {Bridge}, n.          {Oblique case} (Gram.), any case except the nominative. See             {Case}, n.          {Oblique circle} (Projection), a circle whose plane is             oblique to the axis of the primitive plane.          {Oblique fire} (Mil.), a fire the direction of which is not             perpendicular to the line fired at.          {Oblique flank} (Fort.), that part of the curtain whence the             fire of the opposite bastion may be discovered. --Wilhelm.          {Oblique leaf}. (Bot.)             (a) A leaf twisted or inclined from the normal position.             (b) A leaf having one half different from the other.          {Oblique line} (Geom.), a line that, meeting or tending to             meet another, makes oblique angles with it.          {Oblique motion} (Mus.), a kind of motion or progression in             which one part ascends or descends, while the other             prolongs or repeats the same tone, as in the accompanying             example.
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Ascension \As*cen"sion\, n. [F. ascension, L. ascensio, fr.       ascendere. See {Ascend}.]       1. The act of ascending; a rising; ascent.          2. Specifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the             fortieth day after his resurrection. (--Acts i. 9.) Also,             Ascension Day.          3. An ascending or arising, as in distillation; also that             which arises, as from distillation.                         Vaporous ascensions from the stomach. --Sir T.                                                                               Browne.          {Ascension Day}, the Thursday but one before Whitsuntide, the             day on which commemorated our Savior's ascension into             heaven after his resurrection; -- called also {Holy             Thursday}.          {Right ascension} (Astron.), that degree of the equinoctial,             counted from the beginning of Aries, which rises with a             star, or other celestial body, in a right sphere; or the             arc of the equator intercepted between the first point of             Aries and that point of the equator that comes to the             meridian with the star; -- expressed either in degrees or             in time.          {Oblique ascension} (Astron.), an arc of the equator,             intercepted between the first point of Aries and that             point of the equator which rises together with a star, in             an oblique sphere; or the arc of the equator intercepted             between the first point of Aries and that point of the             equator that comes to the horizon with a star. It is             little used in modern astronomy.
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Oblique \Ob*lique"\, a. [F., fr. L. obliquus; ob (see {Ob-}) +       liquis oblique; cf. licinus bent upward, Gr [?] slanting.]       [Written also {oblike}.]       1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at             right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.                         It has a direction oblique to that of the former                      motion.                                             --Cheyne.          2. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence,             disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.                         The love we bear our friends . . . Hath in it                      certain oblique ends.                        --Drayton.                         This mode of oblique research, when a more direct                      one is denied, we find to be the only one in our                      power.                                                --De Quincey.                         Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye. That                      looks for evil, like a treacherous spy. --Wordworth.          3. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father             and son; collateral.                         His natural affection in a direct line was strong,                      in an oblique but weak.                     --Baker.          {Oblique angle}, {Oblique ascension}, etc. See under             {Angle},{Ascension}, etc.          {Oblique arch} (Arch.), an arch whose jambs are not at right             angles with the face, and whose intrados is in consequence             askew.          {Oblique bridge}, a skew bridge. See under {Bridge}, n.          {Oblique case} (Gram.), any case except the nominative. See             {Case}, n.          {Oblique circle} (Projection), a circle whose plane is             oblique to the axis of the primitive plane.          {Oblique fire} (Mil.), a fire the direction of which is not             perpendicular to the line fired at.          {Oblique flank} (Fort.), that part of the curtain whence the             fire of the opposite bastion may be discovered. --Wilhelm.          {Oblique leaf}. (Bot.)             (a) A leaf twisted or inclined from the normal position.             (b) A leaf having one half different from the other.          {Oblique line} (Geom.), a line that, meeting or tending to             meet another, makes oblique angles with it.          {Oblique motion} (Mus.), a kind of motion or progression in             which one part ascends or descends, while the other             prolongs or repeats the same tone, as in the accompanying             example.
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Oblique \Ob*lique"\, a. [F., fr. L. obliquus; ob (see {Ob-}) +       liquis oblique; cf. licinus bent upward, Gr [?] slanting.]       [Written also {oblike}.]       1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at             right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.                         It has a direction oblique to that of the former                      motion.                                             --Cheyne.          2. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence,             disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.                         The love we bear our friends . . . Hath in it                      certain oblique ends.                        --Drayton.                         This mode of oblique research, when a more direct                      one is denied, we find to be the only one in our                      power.                                                --De Quincey.                         Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye. That                      looks for evil, like a treacherous spy. --Wordworth.          3. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father             and son; collateral.                         His natural affection in a direct line was strong,                      in an oblique but weak.                     --Baker.          {Oblique angle}, {Oblique ascension}, etc. See under             {Angle},{Ascension}, etc.          {Oblique arch} (Arch.), an arch whose jambs are not at right             angles with the face, and whose intrados is in consequence             askew.          {Oblique bridge}, a skew bridge. See under {Bridge}, n.          {Oblique case} (Gram.), any case except the nominative. See             {Case}, n.          {Oblique circle} (Projection), a circle whose plane is             oblique to the axis of the primitive plane.          {Oblique fire} (Mil.), a fire the direction of which is not             perpendicular to the line fired at.          {Oblique flank} (Fort.), that part of the curtain whence the             fire of the opposite bastion may be discovered. --Wilhelm.          {Oblique leaf}. (Bot.)             (a) A leaf twisted or inclined from the normal position.             (b) A leaf having one half different from the other.          {Oblique line} (Geom.), a line that, meeting or tending to             meet another, makes oblique angles with it.          {Oblique motion} (Mus.), a kind of motion or progression in             which one part ascends or descends, while the other             prolongs or repeats the same tone, as in the accompanying             example.
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Oblique \Ob*lique"\, a. [F., fr. L. obliquus; ob (see {Ob-}) +       liquis oblique; cf. licinus bent upward, Gr [?] slanting.]       [Written also {oblike}.]       1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at             right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.                         It has a direction oblique to that of the former                      motion.                                             --Cheyne.          2. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence,             disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.                         The love we bear our friends . . . Hath in it                      certain oblique ends.                        --Drayton.                         This mode of oblique research, when a more direct                      one is denied, we find to be the only one in our                      power.                                                --De Quincey.                         Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye. That                      looks for evil, like a treacherous spy. --Wordworth.          3. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father             and son; collateral.                         His natural affection in a direct line was strong,                      in an oblique but weak.                     --Baker.          {Oblique angle}, {Oblique ascension}, etc. See under             {Angle},{Ascension}, etc.          {Oblique arch} (Arch.), an arch whose jambs are not at right             angles with the face, and whose intrados is in consequence             askew.          {Oblique bridge}, a skew bridge. See under {Bridge}, n.          {Oblique case} (Gram.), any case except the nominative. See             {Case}, n.          {Oblique circle} (Projection), a circle whose plane is             oblique to the axis of the primitive plane.          {Oblique fire} (Mil.), a fire the direction of which is not             perpendicular to the line fired at.          {Oblique flank} (Fort.), that part of the curtain whence the             fire of the opposite bastion may be discovered. --Wilhelm.          {Oblique leaf}. (Bot.)             (a) A leaf twisted or inclined from the normal position.             (b) A leaf having one half different from the other.          {Oblique line} (Geom.), a line that, meeting or tending to             meet another, makes oblique angles with it.          {Oblique motion} (Mus.), a kind of motion or progression in             which one part ascends or descends, while the other             prolongs or repeats the same tone, as in the accompanying             example.
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Descension \De*scen"sion\, n. [OF. descension, L. descensio. See       {Descent}.]       The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking;       declension; degradation.          {Oblique descension} (Astron.), the degree or arc of the             equator which descends, with a celestial object, below the             horizon of an oblique sphere.          {Right descension}, the degree or arc of the equator which             descends below the horizon of a right sphere at the same             time with the object. [Obs.]
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Fault \Fault\, n.       1. (Elec.) A defective point in an electric circuit due to a             crossing of the parts of the conductor, or to contact with             another conductor or the earth, or to a break in the             circuit.          2. (Geol. & Mining) A dislocation caused by a slipping of             rock masses along a plane of facture; also, the dislocated             structure resulting from such slipping.          Note: The surface along which the dislocated masses have                moved is called the          {fault plane}. When this plane is vertical, the fault is a          {vertical fault}; when its inclination is such that the             present relative position of the two masses could have             been produced by the sliding down, along the fault plane,             of the mass on its upper side, the fault is a          {normal}, [or] {gravity}, {fault}. When the fault plane is so             inclined that the mass on its upper side has moved up             relatively, the fault is then called a          {reverse} (or {reversed}), {thrust}, or {overthrust},       {fault}. If no vertical displacement has resulted, the fault             is then called a          {horizontal fault}. The linear extent of the dislocation             measured on the fault plane and in the direction of             movement is the          {displacement}; the vertical displacement is the          {throw}; the horizontal displacement is the          {heave}. The direction of the line of intersection of the             fault plane with a horizontal plane is the          {trend} of the fault. A fault is a          {strike fault} when its trend coincides approximately with             the strike of associated strata (i.e., the line of             intersection of the plane of the strata with a horizontal             plane); it is a          {dip fault} when its trend is at right angles to the strike;             an          {oblique fault} when its trend is oblique to the strike.             Oblique faults and dip faults are sometimes called          {cross faults}. A series of closely associated parallel             faults are sometimes called          {step faults} and sometimes          {distributive faults}.
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Oblique \Ob*lique"\, a. [F., fr. L. obliquus; ob (see {Ob-}) +       liquis oblique; cf. licinus bent upward, Gr [?] slanting.]       [Written also {oblike}.]       1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at             right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.                         It has a direction oblique to that of the former                      motion.                                             --Cheyne.          2. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence,             disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.                         The love we bear our friends . . . Hath in it                      certain oblique ends.                        --Drayton.                         This mode of oblique research, when a more direct                      one is denied, we find to be the only one in our                      power.                                                --De Quincey.                         Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye. That                      looks for evil, like a treacherous spy. --Wordworth.          3. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father             and son; collateral.                         His natural affection in a direct line was strong,                      in an oblique but weak.                     --Baker.          {Oblique angle}, {Oblique ascension}, etc. See under             {Angle},{Ascension}, etc.          {Oblique arch} (Arch.), an arch whose jambs are not at right             angles with the face, and whose intrados is in consequence             askew.          {Oblique bridge}, a skew bridge. See under {Bridge}, n.          {Oblique case} (Gram.), any case except the nominative. See             {Case}, n.          {Oblique circle} (Projection), a circle whose plane is             oblique to the axis of the primitive plane.          {Oblique fire} (Mil.), a fire the direction of which is not             perpendicular to the line fired at.          {Oblique flank} (Fort.), that part of the curtain whence the             fire of the opposite bastion may be discovered. --Wilhelm.          {Oblique leaf}. (Bot.)             (a) A leaf twisted or inclined from the normal position.             (b) A leaf having one half different from the other.          {Oblique line} (Geom.), a line that, meeting or tending to             meet another, makes oblique angles with it.          {Oblique motion} (Mus.), a kind of motion or progression in             which one part ascends or descends, while the other             prolongs or repeats the same tone, as in the accompanying             example.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oblique \Ob*lique"\, a. [F., fr. L. obliquus; ob (see {Ob-}) +       liquis oblique; cf. licinus bent upward, Gr [?] slanting.]       [Written also {oblike}.]       1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at             right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.                         It has a direction oblique to that of the former                      motion.                                             --Cheyne.          2. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence,             disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.                         The love we bear our friends . . . Hath in it                      certain oblique ends.                        --Drayton.                         This mode of oblique research, when a more direct                      one is denied, we find to be the only one in our                      power.                                                --De Quincey.                         Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye. That                      looks for evil, like a treacherous spy. --Wordworth.          3. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father             and son; collateral.                         His natural affection in a direct line was strong,                      in an oblique but weak.                     --Baker.          {Oblique angle}, {Oblique ascension}, etc. See under             {Angle},{Ascension}, etc.          {Oblique arch} (Arch.), an arch whose jambs are not at right             angles with the face, and whose intrados is in consequence             askew.          {Oblique bridge}, a skew bridge. See under {Bridge}, n.          {Oblique case} (Gram.), any case except the nominative. See             {Case}, n.          {Oblique circle} (Projection), a circle whose plane is             oblique to the axis of the primitive plane.          {Oblique fire} (Mil.), a fire the direction of which is not             perpendicular to the line fired at.          {Oblique flank} (Fort.), that part of the curtain whence the             fire of the opposite bastion may be discovered. --Wilhelm.          {Oblique leaf}. (Bot.)             (a) A leaf twisted or inclined from the normal position.             (b) A leaf having one half different from the other.          {Oblique line} (Geom.), a line that, meeting or tending to             meet another, makes oblique angles with it.          {Oblique motion} (Mus.), a kind of motion or progression in             which one part ascends or descends, while the other             prolongs or repeats the same tone, as in the accompanying             example.
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Oblique \Ob*lique"\, a. [F., fr. L. obliquus; ob (see {Ob-}) +       liquis oblique; cf. licinus bent upward, Gr [?] slanting.]       [Written also {oblike}.]       1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at             right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.                         It has a direction oblique to that of the former                      motion.                                             --Cheyne.          2. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence,             disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.                         The love we bear our friends . . . Hath in it                      certain oblique ends.                        --Drayton.                         This mode of oblique research, when a more direct                      one is denied, we find to be the only one in our                      power.                                                --De Quincey.                         Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye. That                      looks for evil, like a treacherous spy. --Wordworth.          3. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father             and son; collateral.                         His natural affection in a direct line was strong,                      in an oblique but weak.                     --Baker.          {Oblique angle}, {Oblique ascension}, etc. See under             {Angle},{Ascension}, etc.          {Oblique arch} (Arch.), an arch whose jambs are not at right             angles with the face, and whose intrados is in consequence             askew.          {Oblique bridge}, a skew bridge. See under {Bridge}, n.          {Oblique case} (Gram.), any case except the nominative. See             {Case}, n.          {Oblique circle} (Projection), a circle whose plane is             oblique to the axis of the primitive plane.          {Oblique fire} (Mil.), a fire the direction of which is not             perpendicular to the line fired at.          {Oblique flank} (Fort.), that part of the curtain whence the             fire of the opposite bastion may be discovered. --Wilhelm.          {Oblique leaf}. (Bot.)             (a) A leaf twisted or inclined from the normal position.             (b) A leaf having one half different from the other.          {Oblique line} (Geom.), a line that, meeting or tending to             meet another, makes oblique angles with it.          {Oblique motion} (Mus.), a kind of motion or progression in             which one part ascends or descends, while the other             prolongs or repeats the same tone, as in the accompanying             example.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oblique \Ob*lique"\, a. [F., fr. L. obliquus; ob (see {Ob-}) +       liquis oblique; cf. licinus bent upward, Gr [?] slanting.]       [Written also {oblike}.]       1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at             right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.                         It has a direction oblique to that of the former                      motion.                                             --Cheyne.          2. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence,             disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.                         The love we bear our friends . . . Hath in it                      certain oblique ends.                        --Drayton.                         This mode of oblique research, when a more direct                      one is denied, we find to be the only one in our                      power.                                                --De Quincey.                         Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye. That                      looks for evil, like a treacherous spy. --Wordworth.          3. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father             and son; collateral.                         His natural affection in a direct line was strong,                      in an oblique but weak.                     --Baker.          {Oblique angle}, {Oblique ascension}, etc. See under             {Angle},{Ascension}, etc.          {Oblique arch} (Arch.), an arch whose jambs are not at right             angles with the face, and whose intrados is in consequence             askew.          {Oblique bridge}, a skew bridge. See under {Bridge}, n.          {Oblique case} (Gram.), any case except the nominative. See             {Case}, n.          {Oblique circle} (Projection), a circle whose plane is             oblique to the axis of the primitive plane.          {Oblique fire} (Mil.), a fire the direction of which is not             perpendicular to the line fired at.          {Oblique flank} (Fort.), that part of the curtain whence the             fire of the opposite bastion may be discovered. --Wilhelm.          {Oblique leaf}. (Bot.)             (a) A leaf twisted or inclined from the normal position.             (b) A leaf having one half different from the other.          {Oblique line} (Geom.), a line that, meeting or tending to             meet another, makes oblique angles with it.          {Oblique motion} (Mus.), a kind of motion or progression in             which one part ascends or descends, while the other             prolongs or repeats the same tone, as in the accompanying             example.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oblique \Ob*lique"\, a. [F., fr. L. obliquus; ob (see {Ob-}) +       liquis oblique; cf. licinus bent upward, Gr [?] slanting.]       [Written also {oblike}.]       1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at             right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.                         It has a direction oblique to that of the former                      motion.                                             --Cheyne.          2. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence,             disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.                         The love we bear our friends . . . Hath in it                      certain oblique ends.                        --Drayton.                         This mode of oblique research, when a more direct                      one is denied, we find to be the only one in our                      power.                                                --De Quincey.                         Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye. That                      looks for evil, like a treacherous spy. --Wordworth.          3. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father             and son; collateral.                         His natural affection in a direct line was strong,                      in an oblique but weak.                     --Baker.          {Oblique angle}, {Oblique ascension}, etc. See under             {Angle},{Ascension}, etc.          {Oblique arch} (Arch.), an arch whose jambs are not at right             angles with the face, and whose intrados is in consequence             askew.          {Oblique bridge}, a skew bridge. See under {Bridge}, n.          {Oblique case} (Gram.), any case except the nominative. See             {Case}, n.          {Oblique circle} (Projection), a circle whose plane is             oblique to the axis of the primitive plane.          {Oblique fire} (Mil.), a fire the direction of which is not             perpendicular to the line fired at.          {Oblique flank} (Fort.), that part of the curtain whence the             fire of the opposite bastion may be discovered. --Wilhelm.          {Oblique leaf}. (Bot.)             (a) A leaf twisted or inclined from the normal position.             (b) A leaf having one half different from the other.          {Oblique line} (Geom.), a line that, meeting or tending to             meet another, makes oblique angles with it.          {Oblique motion} (Mus.), a kind of motion or progression in             which one part ascends or descends, while the other             prolongs or repeats the same tone, as in the accompanying             example.
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{Oblique muscle} (Anat.), a muscle acting in a direction             oblique to the mesial plane of the body, or to the             associated muscles; -- applied especially to two muscles             of the eyeball.          {Oblique narration}. See {Oblique speech}.          {Oblique planes} (Dialing), planes which decline from the             zenith, or incline toward the horizon.          {Oblique sailing} (Naut.), the movement of a ship when she             sails upon some rhumb between the four cardinal points,             making an oblique angle with the meridian.          {Oblique speech} (Rhet.), speech which is quoted indirectly,             or in a different person from that employed by the             original speaker.          {Oblique sphere} (Astron. & Geog.), the celestial or             terrestrial sphere when its axis is oblique to the horizon             of the place; or as it appears to an observer at any point             on the earth except the poles and the equator.          {Oblique step} (Mil.), a step in marching, by which the             soldier, while advancing, gradually takes ground to the             right or left at an angle of about 25[deg]. It is not now             practiced. --Wilhelm.          {Oblique system of co[94]rdinates} (Anal. Geom.), a system in             which the co[94]rdinate axes are oblique to each other.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Oblique muscle} (Anat.), a muscle acting in a direction             oblique to the mesial plane of the body, or to the             associated muscles; -- applied especially to two muscles             of the eyeball.          {Oblique narration}. See {Oblique speech}.          {Oblique planes} (Dialing), planes which decline from the             zenith, or incline toward the horizon.          {Oblique sailing} (Naut.), the movement of a ship when she             sails upon some rhumb between the four cardinal points,             making an oblique angle with the meridian.          {Oblique speech} (Rhet.), speech which is quoted indirectly,             or in a different person from that employed by the             original speaker.          {Oblique sphere} (Astron. & Geog.), the celestial or             terrestrial sphere when its axis is oblique to the horizon             of the place; or as it appears to an observer at any point             on the earth except the poles and the equator.          {Oblique step} (Mil.), a step in marching, by which the             soldier, while advancing, gradually takes ground to the             right or left at an angle of about 25[deg]. It is not now             practiced. --Wilhelm.          {Oblique system of co[94]rdinates} (Anal. Geom.), a system in             which the co[94]rdinate axes are oblique to each other.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Oblique muscle} (Anat.), a muscle acting in a direction             oblique to the mesial plane of the body, or to the             associated muscles; -- applied especially to two muscles             of the eyeball.          {Oblique narration}. See {Oblique speech}.          {Oblique planes} (Dialing), planes which decline from the             zenith, or incline toward the horizon.          {Oblique sailing} (Naut.), the movement of a ship when she             sails upon some rhumb between the four cardinal points,             making an oblique angle with the meridian.          {Oblique speech} (Rhet.), speech which is quoted indirectly,             or in a different person from that employed by the             original speaker.          {Oblique sphere} (Astron. & Geog.), the celestial or             terrestrial sphere when its axis is oblique to the horizon             of the place; or as it appears to an observer at any point             on the earth except the poles and the equator.          {Oblique step} (Mil.), a step in marching, by which the             soldier, while advancing, gradually takes ground to the             right or left at an angle of about 25[deg]. It is not now             practiced. --Wilhelm.          {Oblique system of co[94]rdinates} (Anal. Geom.), a system in             which the co[94]rdinate axes are oblique to each other.
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Projection \Pro*jec"tion\, n. [L. projectio: cf. F. projection.]       1. The act of throwing or shooting forward.          2. A jutting out; also, a part jutting out, as of a building;             an extension beyond something else.          3. The act of scheming or planning; also, that which is             planned; contrivance; design; plan. --Davenant.          4. (Persp.) The representation of something; delineation;             plan; especially, the representation of any object on a             perspective plane, or such a delineation as would result             were the chief points of the object thrown forward upon             the plane, each in the direction of a line drawn through             it from a given point of sight, or central point; as, the             projection of a sphere. The several kinds of projection             differ according to the assumed point of sight and plane             of projection in each.          5. (Geog.) Any method of representing the surface of the             earth upon a plane.          {Conical projection}, a mode of representing the sphere, the             spherical surface being projected upon the surface of a             cone tangent to the sphere, the point of sight being at             the center of the sphere.          {Cylindric projection}, a mode of representing the sphere,             the spherical surface being projected upon the surface of             a cylinder touching the sphere, the point of sight being             at the center of the sphere.          {Globular}, {Gnomonic}, {Orthographic}, {projection},etc. See             under {Globular}, {Gnomonic}, etc.          {Mercator's projection}, a mode of representing the sphere in             which the meridians are drawn parallel to each other, and             the parallels of latitude are straight lines whose             distance from each other increases with their distance             from the equator, so that at all places the degrees of             latitude and longitude have to each other the same ratio             as on the sphere itself.          {Oblique projection}, a projection made by parallel lines             drawn from every point of a figure and meeting the plane             of projection obliquely.          {Polar projection}, a projection of the sphere in which the             point of sight is at the center, and the plane of             projection passes through one of the polar circles.          {Powder of projection} (Alchemy.), a certain powder cast into             a crucible or other vessel containing prepared metal or             other matter which is to be thereby transmuted into gold.                      {Projection of a point on a plane} (Descriptive Geom.), the             foot of a perpendicular to the plane drawn through the             point.          {Projection of a straight line of a plane}, the straight line             of the plane connecting the feet of the perpendiculars let             fall from the extremities of the given line.          Syn: See {Protuberance}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Oblique muscle} (Anat.), a muscle acting in a direction             oblique to the mesial plane of the body, or to the             associated muscles; -- applied especially to two muscles             of the eyeball.          {Oblique narration}. See {Oblique speech}.          {Oblique planes} (Dialing), planes which decline from the             zenith, or incline toward the horizon.          {Oblique sailing} (Naut.), the movement of a ship when she             sails upon some rhumb between the four cardinal points,             making an oblique angle with the meridian.          {Oblique speech} (Rhet.), speech which is quoted indirectly,             or in a different person from that employed by the             original speaker.          {Oblique sphere} (Astron. & Geog.), the celestial or             terrestrial sphere when its axis is oblique to the horizon             of the place; or as it appears to an observer at any point             on the earth except the poles and the equator.          {Oblique step} (Mil.), a step in marching, by which the             soldier, while advancing, gradually takes ground to the             right or left at an angle of about 25[deg]. It is not now             practiced. --Wilhelm.          {Oblique system of co[94]rdinates} (Anal. Geom.), a system in             which the co[94]rdinate axes are oblique to each other.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Oblique muscle} (Anat.), a muscle acting in a direction             oblique to the mesial plane of the body, or to the             associated muscles; -- applied especially to two muscles             of the eyeball.          {Oblique narration}. See {Oblique speech}.          {Oblique planes} (Dialing), planes which decline from the             zenith, or incline toward the horizon.          {Oblique sailing} (Naut.), the movement of a ship when she             sails upon some rhumb between the four cardinal points,             making an oblique angle with the meridian.          {Oblique speech} (Rhet.), speech which is quoted indirectly,             or in a different person from that employed by the             original speaker.          {Oblique sphere} (Astron. & Geog.), the celestial or             terrestrial sphere when its axis is oblique to the horizon             of the place; or as it appears to an observer at any point             on the earth except the poles and the equator.          {Oblique step} (Mil.), a step in marching, by which the             soldier, while advancing, gradually takes ground to the             right or left at an angle of about 25[deg]. It is not now             practiced. --Wilhelm.          {Oblique system of co[94]rdinates} (Anal. Geom.), a system in             which the co[94]rdinate axes are oblique to each other.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Oblique muscle} (Anat.), a muscle acting in a direction             oblique to the mesial plane of the body, or to the             associated muscles; -- applied especially to two muscles             of the eyeball.          {Oblique narration}. See {Oblique speech}.          {Oblique planes} (Dialing), planes which decline from the             zenith, or incline toward the horizon.          {Oblique sailing} (Naut.), the movement of a ship when she             sails upon some rhumb between the four cardinal points,             making an oblique angle with the meridian.          {Oblique speech} (Rhet.), speech which is quoted indirectly,             or in a different person from that employed by the             original speaker.          {Oblique sphere} (Astron. & Geog.), the celestial or             terrestrial sphere when its axis is oblique to the horizon             of the place; or as it appears to an observer at any point             on the earth except the poles and the equator.          {Oblique step} (Mil.), a step in marching, by which the             soldier, while advancing, gradually takes ground to the             right or left at an angle of about 25[deg]. It is not now             practiced. --Wilhelm.          {Oblique system of co[94]rdinates} (Anal. Geom.), a system in             which the co[94]rdinate axes are oblique to each other.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sphere \Sphere\, n. [OE. spere, OF. espere, F. sph[8a]re, L.       sphaera,. Gr. [?][?][?] a sphere, a ball.]       1. (Geom.) A body or space contained under a single surface,             which in every part is equally distant from a point within             called its center.          2. Hence, any globe or globular body, especially a celestial             one, as the sun, a planet, or the earth.                         Of celestial bodies, first the sun, A mighty sphere,                      he framed.                                          --Milton.          3. (Astron.)             (a) The apparent surface of the heavens, which is assumed                   to be spherical and everywhere equally distant, in                   which the heavenly bodies appear to have their places,                   and on which the various astronomical circles, as of                   right ascension and declination, the equator,                   ecliptic, etc., are conceived to be drawn; an ideal                   geometrical sphere, with the astronomical and                   geographical circles in their proper positions on it.             (b) In ancient astronomy, one of the concentric and                   eccentric revolving spherical transparent shells in                   which the stars, sun, planets, and moon were supposed                   to be set, and by which they were carried, in such a                   manner as to produce their apparent motions.          4. (Logic) The extension of a general conception, or the             totality of the individuals or species to which it may be             applied.          5. Circuit or range of action, knowledge, or influence;             compass; province; employment; place of existence.                         To be called into a huge sphere, and not to be seen                      to move in 't.                                    --Shak.                         Taking her out of the ordinary relations with                      humanity, and inclosing her in a sphere by herself.                                                                               --Hawthorne.                         Each in his hidden sphere of joy or woe Our hermit                      spirits dwell.                                    --Keble.          6. Rank; order of society; social positions.          7. An orbit, as of a star; a socket. [R.] --Shak.          {Armillary sphere}, {Crystalline sphere}, {Oblique sphere},.             See under {Armillary}, {Crystalline},.          {Doctrine of the sphere}, applications of the principles of             spherical trigonometry to the properties and relations of             the circles of the sphere, and the problems connected with             them, in astronomy and geography, as to the latitudes and             longitudes, distance and bearing, of places on the earth,             and the right ascension and declination, altitude and             azimuth, rising and setting, etc., of the heavenly bodies;             spherical geometry.          {Music of the spheres}. See under {Music}.          Syn: Globe; orb; circle. See {Globe}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Oblique muscle} (Anat.), a muscle acting in a direction             oblique to the mesial plane of the body, or to the             associated muscles; -- applied especially to two muscles             of the eyeball.          {Oblique narration}. See {Oblique speech}.          {Oblique planes} (Dialing), planes which decline from the             zenith, or incline toward the horizon.          {Oblique sailing} (Naut.), the movement of a ship when she             sails upon some rhumb between the four cardinal points,             making an oblique angle with the meridian.          {Oblique speech} (Rhet.), speech which is quoted indirectly,             or in a different person from that employed by the             original speaker.          {Oblique sphere} (Astron. & Geog.), the celestial or             terrestrial sphere when its axis is oblique to the horizon             of the place; or as it appears to an observer at any point             on the earth except the poles and the equator.          {Oblique step} (Mil.), a step in marching, by which the             soldier, while advancing, gradually takes ground to the             right or left at an angle of about 25[deg]. It is not now             practiced. --Wilhelm.          {Oblique system of co[94]rdinates} (Anal. Geom.), a system in             which the co[94]rdinate axes are oblique to each other.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Oblique muscle} (Anat.), a muscle acting in a direction             oblique to the mesial plane of the body, or to the             associated muscles; -- applied especially to two muscles             of the eyeball.          {Oblique narration}. See {Oblique speech}.          {Oblique planes} (Dialing), planes which decline from the             zenith, or incline toward the horizon.          {Oblique sailing} (Naut.), the movement of a ship when she             sails upon some rhumb between the four cardinal points,             making an oblique angle with the meridian.          {Oblique speech} (Rhet.), speech which is quoted indirectly,             or in a different person from that employed by the             original speaker.          {Oblique sphere} (Astron. & Geog.), the celestial or             terrestrial sphere when its axis is oblique to the horizon             of the place; or as it appears to an observer at any point             on the earth except the poles and the equator.          {Oblique step} (Mil.), a step in marching, by which the             soldier, while advancing, gradually takes ground to the             right or left at an angle of about 25[deg]. It is not now             practiced. --Wilhelm.          {Oblique system of co[94]rdinates} (Anal. Geom.), a system in             which the co[94]rdinate axes are oblique to each other.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oblique-angled \Ob*lique"-an`gled\, a.       Having oblique angles; as, an oblique-angled triangle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oblique \Ob*lique"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Obliqued}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Obliquing}.]       1. To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an             oblique direction.                         Projecting his person towards it in a line which                      obliqued from the bottom of his spine. --Sir. W.                                                                               Scott.          2. (Mil.) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the             column or platoon; -- formerly accomplished by oblique             steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to             the right or left.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obliquely \Ob*lique"ly\, adv.       In an oblique manner; not directly; indirectly. [bd]Truth       obliquely leveled.[b8] --Bp. Fell.                   Declining from the noon of day, The sun obliquely                shoots his burning ray.                           --Pope                   His discourse tends obliquely to the detracting from                others.                                                   --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obliqueness \Ob*lique"ness\, n.       Quality or state of being oblique.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oblique \Ob*lique"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Obliqued}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Obliquing}.]       1. To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an             oblique direction.                         Projecting his person towards it in a line which                      obliqued from the bottom of his spine. --Sir. W.                                                                               Scott.          2. (Mil.) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the             column or platoon; -- formerly accomplished by oblique             steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to             the right or left.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obliquity \Ob*liq"ui*ty\, n.; pl. {Obliquities}. [L. obliquitas:       cf. F. obliquit[82].]       1. The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right             line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; the             amount of such deviation; divergence; as, the obliquity of             the ecliptic to the equator.          2. Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity; deviation             from moral rectitude.                         To disobey [God] . . . imports a moral obliquity.                                                                               --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obliquity \Ob*liq"ui*ty\, n.; pl. {Obliquities}. [L. obliquitas:       cf. F. obliquit[82].]       1. The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right             line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; the             amount of such deviation; divergence; as, the obliquity of             the ecliptic to the equator.          2. Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity; deviation             from moral rectitude.                         To disobey [God] . . . imports a moral obliquity.                                                                               --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oblocutor \Ob*loc"u*tor\, n. [L. oblocutor, obloquutor, fr.       obloqui, oblocutus, to speak against; ob (see {Ob-}) + loqui       to speak. See {Loquacious}.]       A disputer; a gainsayer. [Obs.] --Bale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obloquious \Ob*lo"qui*ous\, a.       Containing obloquy; reproachful [R.] --Naunton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obloquy \Ob"lo*quy\ ([ocr]b"l[osl]*kw[ycr]), n. [L. obloquium,       fr. obloqui. See {Oblocutor}.]       1. Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that             casts contempt on men or their actions; blame;             reprehension.                         Shall names that made your city the glory of the                      earth be mentioned with obloquy and detraction?                                                                               --Addison.          2. Cause of reproach; disgrace. [Obs.] --Shak.          Syn: Reproach; odium; censure; contumely; gainsaying;                reviling; calumny; slander; detraction.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obluctation \Ob`luc*ta"tion\, n. [L. oblictutio, fr. obluctari       to struggle against.]       A struggle against; resistance; opposition. [Obs.]       --Fotherby.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obolize \Ob"o*lize\, v. t.       See {Obelize}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opalesce \O`pal*esce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Opalesced}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Opalescing}.]       To give forth a play of colors, like the opal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opalesce \O`pal*esce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Opalesced}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Opalescing}.]       To give forth a play of colors, like the opal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opalescence \O`pal*es"cence\, n. (Min.)       A reflection of a milky or pearly light from the interior of       a mineral, as in the moonstone; the state or quality of being       opalescent.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opalescent \O`pal*es"cent\, a.       Reflecting a milky or pearly light from the interior; having       an opaline play of colors.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opalesce \O`pal*esce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Opalesced}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Opalescing}.]       To give forth a play of colors, like the opal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opalize \O"pal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Opalized}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Opalizing}.] [Cf. F. opaliser.]       To convert into opal, or a substance like opal. --Lyell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opalize \O"pal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Opalized}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Opalizing}.] [Cf. F. opaliser.]       To convert into opal, or a substance like opal. --Lyell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opalize \O"pal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Opalized}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Opalizing}.] [Cf. F. opaliser.]       To convert into opal, or a substance like opal. --Lyell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ophelic \O*phel"ic\, a. (Chem.)       Of, pertaining to, or designating, a substance (called       ophelic acid) extracted from a plant ({Ophelia}) of the       Gentian family as a bitter yellowish sirup, used in India as       a febrifuge and tonic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ophiologic \O`phi*o*log"ic\, Ophiological \O`phi*o*log"ic*al\,       a.       Of or pertaining to ophiology.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ophiologic \O`phi*o*log"ic\, Ophiological \O`phi*o*log"ic*al\,       a.       Of or pertaining to ophiology.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ophiologist \O`phi*ol"o*gist\, n.       One versed in the natural history of serpents.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ophiology \O`phi*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. 'o`fis a serpent + -logy:       cf.F. ophioloqie.]       That part of natural history which treats of the ophidians,       or serpents.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oval \O"val\, a. [F. ovale, fr. L. ovum egg. Cf. {Egg}, {Ovum}.]       1. Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception;             as, oval conceptions. [Obs.]          2. Having the figure of an egg; oblong and curvilinear, with             one end broader than the other, or with both ends of about             the same breadth; in popular usage, elliptical.          3. (Bot.) Broadly elliptical.          {Oval chuck} (Mech.), a lathe chuck so constructed that work             attached to it, and cut by the turning tool in the usual             manner, becomes of an oval form.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ovology \O*vol"o*gy\, n. [Ovum + -logy. Cf. F. ovologie.]       That branch of natural history which treats of the origin and       functions of eggs.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ovulist \O"vu*list\, n. (Biol.)       A believer in the theory (called encasement theory), current       during the last century, that the egg was the real animal       germ, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa       simply gave the impetus which caused the unfolding of the       egg, in which all generations were inclosed one within the       other. Also called {ovist}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Opa Locka, FL       Zip code(s): 33054
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Opal Cliffs, CA (CDP, FIPS 53924)       Location: 36.95520 N, 121.97474 W       Population (1990): 5940 (3030 housing units)       Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 3.2 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Opa-locka, FL (city, FIPS 51650)       Location: 25.89970 N, 80.25508 W       Population (1990): 15283 (5709 housing units)       Area: 11.2 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Opa-locka North, FL (CDP, FIPS 51662)       Location: 25.91900 N, 80.26810 W       Population (1990): 6568 (1553 housing units)       Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Opelika, AL (city, FIPS 57048)       Location: 32.65420 N, 85.37880 W       Population (1990): 22122 (8956 housing units)       Area: 116.5 sq km (land), 1.7 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 36801
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Opelousas, LA (city, FIPS 58045)       Location: 30.52470 N, 92.08351 W       Population (1990): 18151 (7173 housing units)       Area: 17.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 70570
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
ooblick /oo'blik/ n.   [from the Dr. Seuss title "Bartholomew    and the Oobleck"; the spelling `oobleck' is still current in the    mainstream] A bizarre semi-liquid sludge made from cornstarch and    water.   Enjoyed among hackers who make batches during playtime at    parties for its amusing and extremely non-Newtonian behavior; it    pours and splatters, but resists rapid motion like a solid and will    even crack when hit by a hammer.   Often found near lasers.          Here is a field-tested ooblick recipe contributed by GLS:       1 cup cornstarch    1 cup baking soda    3/4 cup water    N drops of food coloring    This recipe isn't quite as non-Newtonian as a pure cornstarch    ooblick, but has an appropriately slimy feel.          Some, however, insist that the notion of an ooblick _recipe_ is    far too mechanical, and that it is best to add the water in small    increments so that the various mixed states the cornstarch goes    through as it _becomes_ ooblick can be grokked in fullness by many    hands.   For optional ingredients of this experience, see the    "{Ceremonial Chemicals}" section of Appendix B.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Obliq          A small, statically scoped untyped language by Luca Cardelli,       1993.   Obliq is {object-oriented}, higher order, concurrent,       and distributed.   State is local to an address space, while       computation can migrate over the network.   The distributed       computation mechanism is based on {Modula-3} network objects.          {(ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/DEC/Modula-3/contrib)}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
oblique stroke          "/".   Common names include: (forward) slash;       stroke; {ITU-T}: slant; oblique stroke.   Rare: diagonal;       solidus; over; slak; virgule; {INTERCAL}: slat.          Commonly used as the division {operator} in programming, and       to separate the components in {Unix} {pathnames}, and hence       also in {URL}s.   Also used to delimit {regular expressions} in       several programs.          (1996-09-24)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Oblog          A small, portable, {Object-oriented} extension to       {Prolog} by Margaret McDougall of EdCAAD, Dept Arch,       {University of Edinburgh}.          (1995-12-29)