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  • English Word Owl Definition Hence, to carry on any contraband trade.
  • English Word Owl-eyed Definition Having eyes like an owl's.
  • English Word Owled Definition of Owl
  • English Word Owler Definition One who owls; esp., one who conveys contraband goods. See Owling, n.
  • English Word Owleries Definition of Owlery
  • English Word Owlery Definition An abode or a haunt of owls.
  • English Word Owlet Definition A small owl; especially, the European species (Athene noctua), and the California flammulated owlet (Megascops flammeolus).
  • English Word Owling Definition of Owl
  • English Word Owling Definition The offense of transporting wool or sheep out of England contrary to the statute formerly existing.
  • English Word Owlish Definition Resembling, or characteristic of, an owl.
  • English Word Owlism Definition Affected wisdom; pompous dullness.
  • English Word Owllight Definition Glimmering or imperfect light.
  • English Word Own Definition To grant; to acknowledge; to admit to be true; to confess; to recognize in a particular character; as, we own that we have forfeited your love.
  • English Word Own Definition Belonging to; belonging exclusively or especially to; peculiar; -- most frequently following a possessive pronoun, as my, our, thy, your, his, her, its, their, in order to emphasize or intensify the idea of property, peculiar interest, or exclusive ownership; as, my own father; my own composition; my own idea; at my own price.
  • English Word Own Definition To hold as property; to have a legal or rightful title to; to be the proprietor or possessor of; to possess; as, to own a house.
  • English Word Owned Definition of Own
  • English Word Owner Definition One who owns; a rightful proprietor; one who has the legal or rightful title, whether he is the possessor or not.
  • English Word Ownerless Definition Without an owner.
  • English Word Ownership Definition The state of being an owner; the right to own; exclusive right of possession; legal or just claim or title; proprietorship.
  • English Word Owning Definition of Own
  • English Word Owre Definition The aurochs.
  • English Word Owse Definition Alt. of Owser
  • English Word Owser Definition Tanner's ooze. See Ooze, 3.
  • English Word Ox Definition The male of bovine quadrupeds, especially the domestic animal when castrated and grown to its full size, or nearly so. The word is also applied, as a general name, to any species of bovine animals, male and female.
  • English Word Oxacid Definition See Oxyacid.
  • English Word Oxalan Definition A complex nitrogenous substance C3N3H5O3 obtained from alloxan (or when urea is fused with ethyl oxamate), as a stable white crystalline powder; -- called also oxaluramide.
  • English Word Oxalantin Definition A white crystalline nitrogenous substance (C6H4N4O5) obtained by the reduction of parabanic acid; -- called also leucoturic acid.
  • English Word Oxalate Definition A salt of oxalic acid.
  • English Word Oxaldehyde Definition Same as Glyoxal.
  • English Word Oxalethyline Definition A poisonous nitrogenous base (C6H10N2) obtained indirectly from oxamide as a thick transparent oil which has a strong narcotic odor, and a physiological action resembling that of atropine. It is probably related to pyridine.