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Coloq. Other some , some others. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] -- Coloq. The other day , at a certain time past, not distant, but indefinite; not long ago; recently; rarely, the third day past.
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Bind my hair up: as 't was yesterday?
No, nor t' other day. B. Jonson.
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Other (ŭ�ẽr), adv. Otherwise. “It shall none other be.” Chaucer. “If you think other.” Shak.
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Othergates (ŭ�ẽrgāts), adv. [Other + gate way. See .] In another manner. [Obs.]
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He would have tickled you othergates. Shak.
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{ Otherguise (ŭ�ẽrgīz), Otherguess (?) }, a. & adv. [A corruption of othergates.] Of another kind or sort; in another way. “Otherguess arguments.” Berkeley.
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Otherness, n. The quality or state of being other or different; alterity; oppositeness.
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Otherways (ŭ�ẽrwāz), adv. See . Tyndale.
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Otherwhere (?), adv. In or to some other place, or places; elsewhere. Milton. Tennyson.
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{ Otherwhile (?), Otherwhiles (?), } adv. At another time, or other times; sometimes; occasionally. [Archaic]
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Weighing otherwhiles ten pounds and more. Holland.
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Otherwise (?), adv. [Other + wise manner.]
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1. In a different manner; in another way, or in other ways; differently; contrarily. Chaucer.
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Thy father was a worthy prince,
And merited, alas! a better fate;
But Heaven thought otherwise. Addison.
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2. In other respects.
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It is said, truly, that the best men otherwise are not always the best in regard of society. Hooker.
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3. In different circumstances; under other conditions; as, I am engaged, otherwise I would accept.
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☞ Otherwise, like so and thus, may be used as a substitute for the opposite of a previous adjective, noun, etc.
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Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me. 2 Cor. xi. 16.
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Her eyebrows . . . rather full than otherwise. Fielding.
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otherworldly adj. 1. existing outside of or not in accordance with nature.
Syn. -- nonnatural, preternatural, transcendental.
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2. Not worldly; preparing for or concerned primarily with the afterlife; -- of people.
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Othman (?), n. & a. See .
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othonna n. A South African plant of the genus Othonna having smooth often fleshy leaves and heads of yellow flowers.
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Otic (?), a. [Gr. �, fr. o'y^s, 'wtos, the ear: cf. F. otique.] Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the ear; auricular; auditory.
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Otides prop. n. A suborder of terrestrial game birds of the Old World and Australia, including the bustards.
Syn. -- suborder Otides.
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Otididae prop. n. A family of birds related to the cranes, most of which are large and ground-running, and comprising the bustards.
Syn. -- family Otididae.
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Otiose (?), a. [L. otiosus, fr. otium ease.] Being at leisure or ease; unemployed; indolent; idle. “Otiose assent.” Paley.
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The true keeping of the Sabbath was not that otiose and unprofitable cessation from even good deeds which they would enforce. Alford.
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Otiosity (?), n. [L. otiositas.] Leisure; indolence; idleness; ease. [R.] Thackeray.
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Otis (?), prop. n. [L., a kind of bustard, Gr. �.] (Zoöl.) A genus of birds including certain of the bustards.
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Otitis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. o'y^s, 'wtos, the ear + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the ear.
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Oto- (?). [Gr. o'y^s, 'wtos, the ear.] A combining form denoting relation to the ear, or situation near the ear or in the ear.
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Otoba fat (?). (Chem.) A colorless buttery substance obtained from the fruit of Myristica otoba, a species of nutmeg tree.
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Otoconite (?), n. [Oto- + Gr. � dust.] (Anat.) (a) A mass of otoliths. (b) An otolith.
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Otocrane (?), n. [Oto- + Gr. � skull.] (Anat.) The cavity in the skull in which the parts of the internal ear are lodged.
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Otocranial (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the otocrane.
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Otocyst (?), n. [Oto- + cyst.] (Zoöl. & Anat.) An auditory cyst or vesicle; one of the simple auditory organs of many invertebrates, containing a fluid and otoliths; also, the embryonic vesicle from which the parts of the internal ear of vertebrates are developed.
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Otography (?), n. [Oto- + -graphy.] A description of the ear.
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{ Otolith (?), Otolite (?), } n. [Oto- + -lith, -lite.] (Anat.) One of the small bones or particles of calcareous or other hard substance in the internal ear of vertebrates, and in the auditory organs of many invertebrates; an ear stone. Collectively, the otoliths are called ear sand and otoconite.
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{ Otolithic (?), Otolitic (?), } a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to otoliths.
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Otological (?), a. Of or pertaining to otology.
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Otologist (?), n. One skilled in otology; an aurist.
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Otology (?), n. [Oto- + -logy.] The branch of science which treats of the ear and its diseases.
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Otopathy (?), n. [Oto- + Gr. paqei^n to suffer.] (Med.) A diseased condition of the ear.
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Otorrhœa (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. o'y^s, 'wtos, the ear + � to flow.] (Med.) A flow or running from the ear, esp. a purulent discharge.
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Otoscope (?), n. [Oto- + -scope.] An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.
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Otoscopeic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the otoscope or to otoscopy.
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Otoscopy (?), n. (Med.) The examination of the ear; the art of using the otoscope.
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Otosteal (?), n. [Oto- + Gr. 'osteon a bone.] (Anat.) An auditory ossicle. R. Owen.
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Otozoum (?), prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. �, a fabled giant + zo^,on an animal.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of huge vertebrates, probably dinosaurs, known only from four-toed tracks in Triassic sandstones.
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Ottar (?), n. See .
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Ottava rima (?). [It. See , and .] (Pros.) A stanza of eight lines of heroic verse, with three rhymes, the first six lines rhyming alternately and the last two forming a couplet. It was used by Byron in “Don Juan,” by Keats in “Isabella,” by Shelley in “The Witch of Atlas,” etc.
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Ottawas (?), n. pl.; sing. Ottawa (�). (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who, when first known, lived on the Ottawa River. Most of them subsequently migrated to the southwestern shore of Lake Superior.
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Otter (ŏttẽr), n. [OE. oter, AS. otor; akin to D. & G. otter, Icel. otr, Dan. odder, Sw. utter, Lith. udra, Russ, vuidra, Gr. ydra water serpent, hydra, Skr. udra otter, and also to E. water. √137, 215. See , and cf. .]
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1. (Zoöl.) Any carnivorous animal of the genera Lutra, Enhydra, and related genera of the family Mustelidae. Several species are described. They have large, flattish heads, short ears, and webbed toes. They are aquatic, and feed on fish. The sea otter (Enhydra lutris) also eats clams, crabs, starfish, abalone, and other marine animals; they may come to the surface, and lying on their backs using the stomach as a table, may be seen cracking open the shell of its prey with a rock. The common otter of Europe is Lutra vulgaris; the North American otter (or American otter) is Lutra Canadensis, which inhabits marshes, streams and rivers; other species inhabit South America and Asia. The North American otter adult is about three to four feet long (including the tail) and weighs from 10 to 30 pounds; the sea otter is commonly four feet long and 45 pounds (female) or 60 pounds (male). Their fur is soft and valuable, and in the nineteenth century they were hunted extensively. The sea otter was hunted to near extinction by 1900, and is now protected. Fewer than 3,000 sea otters are believed to live along the central California coast.
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2. (Zoöl.) The larva of the ghost moth. It is very injurious to hop vines.
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Coloq. Otter hound , Coloq. Otter dog (Zoöl.), a small breed of hounds, used in England for hunting otters; see . -- Coloq. Otter sheep . See Ancon sheep, under . -- Coloq. Otter shell (Zoöl.), very large bivalve mollusk (Schizothærus Nuttallii) found on the northwest coast of America. It is excellent food, and is extensively used by the Indians. -- Coloq. Sea otter . (Zoöl.) See in the Vocabulary.
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Otter, n. A corruption of .
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otterhound, otter hound n. 1. A small hardy British hound having long pendulous ears and a thick coarse shaggy coat with an oily undercoat; bred in England for hunting otters. Called also otter dog.
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Otto (?), n. See .
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Otto cycle (?). (Thermodynamics) A four-stroke cycle for internal-combustion engines consisting of the following operations: First stroke, suction into cylinder of explosive charge, as of gas and air; second stroke, compression, ignition, and explosion of this charge; third stroke (the working stroke), expansion of the gases; fourth stroke, expulsion of the products of combustion from the cylinder. This is the cycle invented by Beau de Rochas in 1862 and applied by Dr. Otto in 1877 in the Otto-Crossley gas engine, the first commercially successful internal-combustion engine made.
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Otto engine. An engine using the Otto cycle.
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Ottoman (?), a. [F. ottoman: cf. It. ottomano, ottomanno; -- from Othoman, Othman, or Osman, the name of a sultan who assumed the government of Turkey about the year 1300. Cf. , a stuffed seat.] Of or pertaining to the Turks; as, the Ottoman power or empire.
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Ottoman, n.; pl. Ottomans (�). 1. A Turk.
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2. [F. ottomane, from ottoman Turkish.] A stuffed seat without a back, originally used in Turkey.
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Ottomite (?), n. An Ottoman. [R.] Shak.
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Ottrelite (?), n. [From Ottrez, on the borders of Luxembourg.] (Min.) A micaceous mineral occurring in small scales. It is characteristic of certain crystalline schists.
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Ouakari (?), n. [From the native name.] (Zoöl.) Any South American monkey of the genus Brachyurus, especially Brachyurus ouakari.
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Ouananiche (?), n. [Canadian F., of Amer. Indian origin.] A small landlocked variety of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar ounaniche) of Lake St. John, Canada, and neighboring waters, noted for its vigor and activity, and habit of leaping from the water when hooked.
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Ouanderoo (wŏndẽr�), n. (Zoöl.) The wanderoo.
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Ouarine (?), n. [F.] (Zoöl.) A Brazilian monkey of the genus Mycetes.
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Oubliette (?), n. [F., fr. oublier to forget, fr. (assumed) LL. oblitare, L. oblivisci, p. p. oblitus.] A dungeon with an opening only at the top, found in some old castles and other strongholds, into which persons condemned to perpetual imprisonment, or to perish secretly, were thrust, or lured to fall.
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Sudden in the sun
An oubliette winks. Where is he? Gone. Mrs. Browning.
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Ouch (ouch), n. [OE. ouch, nouche (a nouch being taken for an ouch: cf. ), fr. OF. nusche, nosche, nousche, buckle, clasp, LL. nusca, fr. OHG. nusca, nuscha.] A socket or bezel holding a precious stone; hence, a jewel or ornament worn on the person.
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A precious stone in a rich ouche. Sir T. Elyot.
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Your brooches, pearls, and ouches. Shak.
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Oughne (ōn�), a. Own. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Ought (�t), n. & adv. See .
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Ought, imp., p. p., or auxiliary. [Orig. the preterit of the verb to owe. OE. oughte, aughte, ahte, AS. āhte. √110. See .] 1. Was or were under obligation to pay; owed. [Obs.]
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This due obedience which they ought to the king. Tyndale.
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The love and duty I long have ought you. Spelman.
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[He] said . . . you ought him a thousand pound. Shak.
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2. Owned; possessed. [Obs.]
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The knight the which that castle ought. Spenser.
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3. To be bound in duty or by moral obligation.
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We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak. Rom. xv. 1.
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4. To be necessary, fit, becoming, or expedient; to behoove; -- in this sense formerly sometimes used impersonally or without a subject expressed. “Well ought us work.” Chaucer.
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To speak of this as it ought, would ask a volume. Milton.
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Ought not Christ to have suffered these things? Luke xxiv. 26.
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☞ Ought is now chiefly employed as an auxiliary verb, expressing fitness, expediency, propriety, moral obligation, or the like, in the action or state indicated by the principal verb.
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Syn. -- , . Both words imply obligation, but ought is the stronger. Should may imply merely an obligation of propriety, expendiency, etc.; ought denotes an obligation of duty.
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Oughtness (?), n. The state of being as a thing ought to be; rightness. [R.] N. W. Taylor.
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Oughwhere (?), adv. [AS. āhwær.] Anywhere; somewhere. See . [Obs.]
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Ouistiti (?), n. [F.] (Zoöl.) See .
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Oul (?), n. An awl. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Oul, n. An owl. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Oulachan (?), n. (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Ounce (ouns), n. [F. once, fr. L. uncia a twelfth, the twelfth part of a pound or of a foot: cf. Gr. 'ogkos bulk, mass, atom. Cf. 2d , .] 1. A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and containing 28.35 grams or 4371/2 grains.
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2. (Troy Weight) The twelfth part of a troy pound; one troy ounce weighs 31.103486 grams, 8 drams, or 480 grains.
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☞ The troy ounce contains twenty pennyweights, each of twenty-four grains, or, in all, 480 grains, and is the twelfth part of the troy pound. The troy ounce is also a weight in apothecaries' weight. [Troy ounce is sometimes written as one word, troyounce.]
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3. Fig.: A small portion; a bit. [Obs.]
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By ounces hung his locks that he had. Chaucer.
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Coloq. Fluid ounce . See under , n.
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Ounce, n. [F. once; cf. It. lonza, Sp. onza; prob. for lonce, taken as l'once, fr. L. lynx, Gr. �, or an (assumed) fem. adj. lyncea, from lynx. Cf. .] (Zoöl.) A feline quadruped (Felis irbis syn. Felis uncia) resembling the leopard in size, and somewhat in color, but it has longer and thicker fur, which forms a short mane on the back. The ounce is pale yellowish gray, with irregular dark spots on the neck and limbs, and dark rings on the body. It inhabits the lofty mountain ranges of Asia. Called also once.
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{ Ounded (?), Oundy (?), } a. [F. ondé, -ée, fr. onde, L. unda, a wave.] Wavy; waving; curly. [Obs.] “Owndie hair.” Chaucer.
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Ounding (?), vb. n. Waving. [Obs.]
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Ounding, paling, winding, or bending . . . of cloth. Chaucer.
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Ouphe (?), n. [See .] A fairy; a goblin; an elf. [Obs.] “Like urchins, ouphes, and fairies.” Shak.
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Ouphen (?), a. Elfish. [Obs.]
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Our (our), possessive pron. [AS. ūre our, of us; akin to ūs us, to us, and to G. unser our, of us, Goth. unsara. √186. See .] Of or pertaining to us; belonging to us; as, our country; our rights; our troops; our endeavors. See .
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The Lord is our defense. Ps. lxxxix. 18.
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☞ When the noun is not expressed, ours is used in the same way as hers for her, yours for your, etc.; as, whose house is that? It is ours.
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Our wills are ours, we know not how. Tennyson.
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-our (?) suff. [OF. -our.] See .
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Ourang (?), n. (Zoöl.) The orang-outang.
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Ourang-outang (?), n. (Zoöl.) See .
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Ouranographist (?), n. See .
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Ouranography (?), n. See .
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Ourebi (?), n. (Zoöl.) A small, graceful, and swift African antelope, allied to the klipspringer.
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Ouretic (?), a. [Gr. �, from � urine. Cf. .] (Chem.) Uric.
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Ourology (?), n. See .
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Ouroscopy (?), n. [Gr. � urine + -scopy.] Ourology.
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Ours (ourz), possessive pron. See Note under .
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Ourselves (?), pron.; sing. Ourself (�). An emphasized form of the pronoun of the first person plural; -- used as a subject, usually with we; also, alone in the predicate, in the nominative or the objective case.
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We ourselves might distinctly number in words a great deal further then we usually do. Locke.
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Safe in ourselves, while on ourselves we stand. Dryden.
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☞ The form ourself is used only in the regal or formal style after we or us, denoting a single person.
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Unless we would denude ourself of all force. Clarendon.
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-ous (?) suff. [OF. -ous, us, -os, F. -eux, fr. L. -osus, and -us. Cf. .] 1. An adjective suffix meaning full of, abounding in, having, possessing the qualities of, like; as in gracious, abounding in grace; arduous, full of ardor; bulbous, having bulbs, bulblike; riotous, poisonous, piteous, joyous, etc.
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2. (Chem.) A suffix denoting that the element indicated by the name bearing it, has a valence lower than that denoted by the termination -ic; as, nitrous, mercurous, ferrous, sulphurous, etc., as contrasted with nitric, mercuric, ferric, sulphuric, etc.
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