OPage 2
- English Word O Definition A cipher; zero.
- English Word O Definition Among the ancients, O was a mark of triple time, from the notion that the ternary, or number 3, is the most perfect of numbers, and properly expressed by a circle, the most perfect figure.
- English Word O' Definition A prefix to Irish family names, which signifies grandson or descendant of, and is a character of dignity; as, O'Neil, O'Carrol.
- English Word O' Definition A shortened form of of or on.
- English Word O'er Definition A contr. of Over.
- English Word O's Definition of O
- English Word Oad Definition See Woad.
- English Word Oaf Definition Originally, an elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins; hence, a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an idiot.
- English Word Oafish Definition Like an oaf; simple.
- English Word Oak Definition Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver grain.
- English Word Oak Definition The strong wood or timber of the oak.
- English Word Oaken Definition Made or consisting of oaks or of the wood of oaks.
- English Word Oaker Definition See Ocher.
- English Word Oakling Definition A young oak.
- English Word Oakum Definition The coarse portion separated from flax or hemp in nackling.
- English Word Oakum Definition The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc.
- English Word Oaky Definition Resembling oak; strong.
- English Word Oar Definition An oarlike swimming organ of various invertebrates.
- English Word Oar Definition An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle at one end and a broad blade at the other. The part which rests in the rowlock is called the loom.
- English Word Oar Definition An oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good oar.