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Ornature

OR'NATURE, noun Decoration. [Little used.]

Orniscopics

ORNISCOP'ICS, noun Divination by the observation of fowls.

Orniscopist

ORNIS'COPIST, noun [Gr. a bird, and to view.]

One who views the flight of fowls in order to foretell future events by their manner of flight. [Little used.]

Ornitholite

ORNITH'OLITE, noun A petrified bird.

Ornithological

ORNITHOLOG'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to ornithology.

Ornithologist

ORNITHOL'OGIST, noun [See Ornithology.] A person who is skilled in the natural history of fowls, who understands their form, structure, habits and uses; one who describes birds.

Ornithology

ORNITHOL'OGY, noun [Gr. a fowl, and discourse.]

The science of fowls, which comprises a knowledge of their form, structure, habits and uses.

Ornithomancy

ORNITH'OMANCY, noun [Gr. a fowl, and divination.]

Augury, a species of divination by means of fowls, their flight, etc.

Orohaned

OR'OHANED, adjective Bereft of parents or friends.

Orological

OROLOG'ICAL, adjective [See Orology.] Pertaining to a description of mountains.

Orologist

OROL'OGIST, noun A describer of mountains.

Orology

OROL'OGY, noun [Gr. a mountain, and discourse.] The science or description of mountains.

Orphan

OR'PHAN, noun [Gr.]

A child who is bereaved of father or mother or of both.

OR'PHAN, adjective Bereaved of parents.

Orphanage

OR'PHANAGE,

OR'PHANISM, noun The state of an orphan.

Orphanotrophy

ORPHANOT'ROPHY, noun [Gr. orphan, and food.] A hospital for orphans.

Orphean

OR'PHEAN,

OR'PHEUS, noun A fish found in the Mediterranean, broad, flat and thick, and sometimes weighing twenty pounds. The orpheus of the Greeks is said to have been a different fish.

Orpheus

OR'PHEUS, n. A fish found in the Mediterranean, broad, flat and thick, and sometimes weighing twenty pounds. The orpheus of the Greeks is said to have been a different fish.

Orphic

OR'PHIC, adjective Pertaining to Orpheus, the poet and musician; as orphic hymns.

Orpiment

OR'PIMENT, noun [Latin auripigmentum; aurum, gold, and pigmentum.]

Sulphuret of arsenic, found native and then an ore of arsenic, or artificially composed. The native orpiment appears in yellow, brilliant and seemingly talcky masses of various sizes. The red orpiment is called realgar. It is more or less lively and transparent, and often crystallized in bright needles. In this form it is called ruby of arsenic.

Orpine

OR'PINE, noun A plant of the genus Sedum, lesser houseleek or live-long. The bastard orpine is of the genus Andrachine; the lesser orpine of the genus Crassula.

ORRACH. [See. Orach.]

Orrach

OR'RACH, noun A plant of the genus Atriplex, used as a substitute for spinage.

Wild orach is of the genus Chenopodium.

Orrery

OR'RERY, noun A machine so constructed as to represent by the movements of its parts, the motions and phases of the planets in their orbits. This machine was invented by George Graham, but Rowley, a workman, borrowed one from him, and made a copy for the earl of orrery after whom it was named by Sir Richard Steele. similar machines are called also planetariums.

Orris

OR'RIS, noun

1. The plant iris, of which orris seems to be a corruption; fleur de lis or flag-flower.

2. A sort of gold or silver lace.

Ort

ORT, noun A fragment; refuse.

Ortalon

OR'TALON, noun A small bird of the genus Alauda.

Orthite

OR'THITE, noun [Gr. straight.] A mineral occurring in straight layers in felspath rock with albite, etc. It is of a blackish brown color, resembling gadolinite, but differs from it is fusibility.

Orthoceratite

ORTHOCER'ATITE, noun [Gr. straight, and a horn.]

The name of certain fossil univalve shells, straight or but slightly curved, arranged by Cuvier in the genus Nantilus.

Orthodox

OR'THODOX, adjective [See Orthodoxy.]

1. Sound in the christian faith; believing the genuine doctrines taught in the Scriptures; opposed to heretical; as an orthodox christian.

2. According with the doctrines of Scripture; as an orthodox creed or faith.

Orthodoxly

OR'THODOXLY, adverb With soundness of faith.

Orthodoxness

OR'THODOXNESS, noun The state of being sound in the faith, or of according with the doctrines of Scripture.

Orthodoxy

OR'THODOXY, noun [Gr. right, true, and opinion, from to think.]

1. Soundness of faith; a belief in the genuine doctrines taught in the Scriptures.

Basil bears full and clear testimony to Gregory's orthodoxy

2. Consonance to genuine scriptural doctrines; as the orthodoxy of a creed.

Orthodromic

ORTHODROM'IC, adjective [See orthodromy.] Pertaining to orthodromy.

Orthodromics

ORTHODROM'ICS, noun The art of sailing in the arc of a great circle, which is the shortest distance between any two points on the surface of the globe.

Orthodromy

OR'THODROMY, noun [Gr. right, and course.] The sailing in a straight course.

Orthoepist

OR'THOEPIST, noun [See Orthoepy.] One who pronounces words correctly, or who is well skilled in pronunciation.

Orthoepy

OR'THOEPY, noun [Gr. right, and word, or to speak.]

The art of uttering words with propriety; a correct pronunciation of words.

Orthogon

OR'THOGON, noun [Gr. right, and angle.] A rectangular figure.

Orthogonal

ORTHOG'ONAL, adjective Right angled; rectangular.

Orthographer

ORTHOG'RAPHER, noun [See Orthography.] One that spells words correctly, according to common usage.

Orthographic

ORTHOGRAPH'IC,

ORTHOGRAPH'ICAL, adjective

1. Correctly spelled; written with the proper letters.

2. Pertaining to the spelling of words; as, to make an orthographical mistake.

Orthographic projection of the sphere, a delineation of the sphere upon a plane that cuts it in the middle, the eye being supposed to be placed at an infinite distance from it.

A projection in which the eye is supposed to be at an infinite distance; so called because the perpendiculars from any point of the sphere will all fall in the common intersection of the sphere with the plane of the projection.

Orthographical

ORTHOGRAPH'ICAL, a. 1. Correctly spelled; written with the proper letters.2. Pertaining to the spelling of words; as, to make an orthographical mistake.Orthographic projection of the sphere, a delineation of the sphere upon a plane that cuts it in the middle, the eye being supposed to be placed at an infinite distance from it.A projection in which the eye is supposed to be at an infinite distance; so called because the perpendiculars from any point of the sphere will all fall in the common intersection of the sphere with the plane of the projection.

Orthographically

ORTHOGRAPH'ICALLY, adverb

1. According to the rules of proper spelling.

2. In the manner of orthographic projection.

Orthography

ORTHOG'RAPHY, noun [Gr. right, and writing.]

1. The art of writing words with the proper letters, according to common usage.

2. The part of grammar which treats of the nature and properties of letters, and of the art of writing words correctly.

3. The practice of spelling or writing words with the proper letters.

4. In geometry, the art of delineating the fore right plane or side of any object, and of expressing the elevations of each part; so called because it determines things by perpendicular lines falling on the geometrical plane.

5. In architecture, the elevation of a building, showing all the parts in their true proportion.

6. In perspective, the fore right side of any plane, that is, the side or plane that lies parallel to a straight line that may be imagined to pass through the outward convex points of the eyes, continued to a convenient length.

7. In fortification, the profile or representation of a work in all its parts, as they would appear if perpendicularly cut from top to bottom.

Orthology

ORTHOL'OGY, noun [Gr. right, and discourse.] The right description of things.

Orthometry

ORTHOM'ETRY, noun [Gr. right, and measure.]

The art or practice of constructing verse correctly; the laws of correct versification.

Orthopny

ORTHOP'NY, noun [Gr. right, erect, and breath; to breathe.]

1. A species of asthma in which respiration can be performed on in an erect posture.

2. Any difficulty of breathing.

Ortive

OR'TIVE, adjective [Latin ortivus, from ortus, orior, to rise.]

Rising, or eastern. The ortive amplitude of a planet is an arc of the horizon intercepted between the point where a star rises, and the east point of the horizon, the point where the horizon and equator intersect.

Ortolan

OR'TOLAN, noun [Latin hortulanus, from hortus, a garden.]

A bird of the genus Emberiza, about the size of the lark, with black wings. It is found in France and Italy, feeds on panic grass, and is delicious food.

Orts

ORTS, noun Fragments; pieces; refuse.

Orval

OR'VAL, noun The herb clary.

Orvietan

ORVIE'TAN, noun An antidote or counter poison. [Not used.]

Oryctognostic

ORYCTOGNOS'TIC, adjective Pertaining to oryctognosy.

Oryctognosy

ORYCTOG'NOSY, noun [Gr. fossil, and knowledge.]

That branch of mineralogy which has for its object the classification of minerals, according to well ascertained characters, and under appropriate denominations.

Oryctognosy consists in the description of minerals, the determination of their nomenclature, and the systematic arrangement of their different species. It coincides nearly with mineralogy, in its modern acceptation.

Oryctography

ORYCTOG'RAPHY, noun [Gr. fossil, and to describe.]

That part of natural history in which fossils are described.

Oryctology

ORYCTOL'OGY, noun [Gr. fossil, and discourse.] That part of physics which treats of fossils.

Oscheocele

OS'CHEOCELE, noun [Gr. the scrotum, and a tumor.] A rupture in the scrotum; scrotal hernia.

Oscillate

OS'CILLATE, verb intransitive [Latin oscillo, from ant. cillo, Gr. to move.]

To swing; to move backward and forward; to vibrate.

Oscillation

OSCILLA'TION, noun [Latin oscillatio.] Vibration; a moving backward and forward, or swinging like a pendulum.

Oscillatory

OS'CILLATORY, adjective Moving backward and forward like a pendulum; swinging; as an oscillatory motion.

Oscitancy

OS'CITANCY, noun [Latin oscito, to yawn, from os, the mouth.]

1. The act of gaping or yawning.

2. Unusual sleepiness; drowsiness; dullness.

It might proceed from the oscitancy of transcribers.

Oscitant

OS'CITANT, adjective

1. Yawning; gaping.

2. Sleepy; drowsy; dull; sluggish.

Oscitantly

OS'CITANTLY, adverb Carelessly.

Oscitation

OSCITA'TION, noun The act of yawning or gaping from sleepiness.

Osculation

OSCULA'TION, noun [Latin osculatio, a kissing.] In geometry, the contract between any given curve and its osculatory circle, that is, a circle of the same curvature with the given curve.

Osculatory

OS'CULATORY, adjective An osculatory circle, in geometry, is a circle having the same curvature with any curve at any given point.

OS'CULATORY, noun In church history, a tablet or board, with the picture of Christ or the virgin, etc. which is kissed by the priest and then delivered to the people for the same purpose.

Osier

OSIER, noun o'sher. A willow or water willow, or the twig of the willow, used in making baskets.

Osmazome

OS'MAZOME, noun [Gr. odor, and juice.]

A substance of an aromatic flavor, obtained from the flesh of the ox.

Osmium

OS'MIUM, noun [Gr. odor.] A metal recently discovered, and contained in the ore of platinum. A native alloy of this metal with iridium is found in grains along the rivers in South America. osmium has a dark gray color; it is not volatile when heated in close vessels, but heated in the open air, it absorbs oxygen and forms a volatile oxyd. It is insoluble in the acids, readily soluble in potassa and very volatile. It takes its name from the singular smell of its oxyd.

Osmund

OS'MUND, noun A plant, or a genus of plants, osmunda, moonwort. The most remarkable species is the osmund royal or flowering fern, growing in marshes, the root of which boiled, is very slimy, and is used in stiffening linen.

Osnaburg

OSNABURG, noun oz'nburg. A species of coarse linen imported from osnaburg in Germany.

Ospray

OS'PRAY, noun [Latin ossifraga; as, a bone, and frango, to break; the bone-breaker.]

The sea-eagle, a fowl of the genus Falco or hawk, of the size of a peacock. This is our fish hawk. It feeds on fish which it takes by suddenly darting upon them, when near the surface of the water.

Osselet

OS'SELET, noun [Latin os, osis, a bone.]

A hard substance growing on the inside of a horse's knee, among the small bones.

Osseous

OS'SEOUS, adjective [Latin osseus, from os, a bone.] Bony; resembling bone.

Ossicle

OS'SICLE, noun [Latin ossiculum.] A small bone.

Ossiferous

OSSIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin os, a bone, and fero, to produce.]

Producing or furnishing bones.

Ossific

OSSIF'IC, adjective [Latin os, a bone, and facio, to make.]

Having power to ossify or change carneous and membranous substances to bone.

Ossification

OSSIFICA'TION, noun [from ossify.]

1. The change or process of changing from flesh or other matter of animal bodies into a bony substance; as the ossification of an artery.

2. The formation of bones in animals.

Ossified

OS'SIFIED, participle passive Converted into bone, or a hard substance like bone.

Ossifrage

OS'SIFRAGE, noun [Latin ossifraga. See Ospray.]

The ospray or sea-eagle. In Leviticus 11:13, it denotes a different fowl.

Ossify

OS'SIFY, verb transitive [Latin os, bone, anf facio, to form.]

To form bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, or convert into a substance of the hardness of bones. This is done by the deposition of calcarious phosphate or carbonate on the part.

OS'SIFY, verb intransitive To become bone; to change from soft matter into a substance of bony hardness.

Ossivorous

OSSIV'OROUS, adjective [Latin os, bone, and voro, to eat.]

Feeding on bones; eating bones; as ossivorous quadrupeds.

Ossuary

OS'SUARY, noun [Latin ossuarium.] A charnel house; a place where the bones of the dead are deposited.

OST,

OUST, noun A kiln for dying hops or malt.

Ost

OST,

OSTENSIBIL'ITY, noun [See Ostensible.] The quality or state of appearing or being shown.

Ostensibility

OSTENSIBIL'ITY, n. [See Ostensible.] The quality or state of appearing or being shown.

Ostensible

OSTEN'SIBLE, adjective [Latin ostendo, to show.]

1. That may be shown; proper or intended to be shown.

2. Plausible; colorable.

3. Appearing; seeming; shown, declared or avowed. We say, the ostensible reason or motive for a measure may be the real one, or very different from the real one. This is the common, and I believe the only sense in which the word is used in America.

One of the ostensible grounds on which the proprietors had obtained their charter -

Ostensibly

OSTEN'SIBLY, adverb In appearance; in a manner that is declared or pretended.

An embargo and non-intercourse which totally defeat the interests they are ostensible destined to promote.

Ostensive

OSTEN'SIVE, adjective [Latin ostendo.] Showing; exhibiting. ostensive demonstration, is one which plainly and directly demonstrates the truth of a proposition.

Ostent

OS'TENT, noun [Latin ostentum, from ostendo.]

1. Appearance; air; manner; mien. [Little used.]

2. Show; manifestation; token. [Little used.]

3. A prodigy; a portent; any thing ominous. [Little used.]

Ostentate

OS'TENTATE, verb transitive [Latin ostento.] To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly. [Not used.]

Ostentation

OSTENTA'TION, noun [Latin ostentatio.]

1. Outward show or appearance.

2. Ambitious display; vain show; display of any thing dictated by vanity, or intended to invite praise or flattery. ostentation of endowments is made by boasting or self-commendation. ostentation often appears in works of art and sometimes in acts of charity.

He knew that good and bountiful minds are sometimes inclined to ostentation

The painter is to make no ostentation of the means by which he strikes the imagination.

3. A show or spectacle. [Not used.]

Ostentatious

OSTENTA'TIOUS, adjective

1. Making a display from vanity; boastful; fond of presenting one's endowments or works to others in an advantageous light.

Your modesty is so far from being ostentatious of the good you do -

2. Showy; gaudy; intended for vain display; as ostentatious ornaments.

Ostentatiously

OSTENTA'TIOUSLY, adverb With vain display; boastfully.

Ostentatiousness

OSTENTA'TIOUSNESS, noun Vain display; vanity; boastfulness.

Ostentator

OSTENTA'TOR, noun [Latin] One who makes a vain show; a boaster. [Little used.]

Ostentous

OSTENT'OUS, adjective Fond of making a show. [Little used.]

Osteocol

OS'TEOCOL,

OSTEOCOL'LA, noun [Gr. a bone, and glue.] A carbonate of lime, a fossil formed by incrustation on the stem of a plant. It is found in long, thick, and irregular cylindric pieces, generally hollow, sometimes filled with calcarious earth, and in size, from that of a crow's quill to that of a man's arm. It is always found in sand.

That word takes its name from an opinion that it has the quality of uniting fractured bones.

Osteocope

OS'TEOCOPE, noun [Gr. a bone, and labor, uneasiness.]

Pain in the bones; a violent fixed pain in any part of a bone.

Osteologer

OSTEOL'OGER,

OSTEOLOG'IC,

OSTEOLOG'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to a description of the bones.

Osteologic

OSTEOLOG'IC,

Osteological

OSTEOLOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to a description of the bones.

Osteologically

OSTEOLOG'ICALLY, adverb According to osteology.

Osteologist

OSTEOL'OGIST, noun [See Osteology.] One who describes the bones of animals.

Osteology

OSTEOL'OGY, noun [Gr. a bone, and discourse.]

1. A description of the bones; that part of anatomy which treats of the bones.

2. The system of animal bones.

Ostiary

OS'TIARY, noun [Latin ostium, mouth.] The mouth or opening by which a river discharges its waters into the sea, or into a lake.

Ostler

OSTLER. [See Hostler.]

Ostlery

OSTLERY. [See Hostlery.]

Ostmen

OST'MEN, noun plural East men; Danish settlers in Ireland, so called.

Ostracism

OSTRACISM, noun [Gr. from a shell, or potter's ware.]

1. In Grecian antiquity, banishment by the people of Athens, of a person whose merit and influence gave umbrage to them. It takes this name from the shell on which the name or the note of acquittal or condemnation was written. It is however most probable that this shell was a piece of baked earth, rendered by the Latins testa.

2. Banishment; expulsion; separation.

Sentenced to a perpetual ostracism from the esteem and confidence, and honors and emoluments of his country.

Ostracite

OS'TRACITE, noun [Gr. from a shell.]

An oyster shell in its fossil state, or a stone formed in the shell, the latter being dissolved. This stone is found in many parts of England, and has been in repute for its efficacy in cases of the gravel.

Ostracize

OS'TRACIZE, verb transitive [See Ostracism.] To banish by the popular voice, particularly a person eminent for public services, but who has lost his popularity.

Ostrich

OS'TRICH, noun [Latin struthio-camelus; Gr. a sparrow, and an ostrich The meaning of the name is not obvious. Eng. strut, Latin struthio, Gr., Latin avis. The primary sense of struz, struthio, etc. is to reach, stretch, extend or erect; but whether this name was given to the fowl from its stately walk or appearance, or from some part of its plumage, let the reader judge.]

A fowl now considered as constituting a distinct genus, the Struthio. This is the largest of all fowls, being four feet high from the ground to the top of the back and seven, eight, and it is said even ten to the top of the head, when standing erect. Its thighs and the sides of the body are naked, and the wings are so short as to be unfit for flying. The plumage is elegant, and much used in ornamental and showy dress. The speed of this fowl in running exceeds that of the fleetest horse.

Otacoustic

OTACOUS'TIC, adjective [Gr. ears, and to hear.] Assisting the sense of hearing; as an otacoustic instrument.

OTACOUS'TIC, noun An instrument to facilitate hearing.

Otency

OMNIP'OTENCE, 'OTENCY, noun [Latin omnipotens; omnis, all, and potens, powerful.]

1. Almighty power; unlimited or infinite power; a word in strictness applicable only to God. Hence it is sometimes used for God. The works of creation demonstrate the omnipotence of God.

Will Omnipotence neglect to save the suffering virtue of the wise and brave?

2. Unlimited power over particular things; as the omnipotence of love.

Other

OTH'ER, adjective [Heb.]

1. Not the same; different; not this or these.

Then the other company which is left shall escape. Genesis 32:8.

Behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. Exodus 4:7.

Other lords besides thee have had dominion over us. Isaiah 26:13.

There is one God, and there is none other but he. Mark 12:31.

2. Not this, but the contrary; as, on this side of the river stands Troy, on the other side stands Albany.

Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. Matthew 5:39.

3. Noting something besides. To the knowledge of the Latin and Greek, join as much other learning as you can.

4. Correlative to each, and applicable to any number of individuals.

They asked each other of their welfare. Exodus 18:4.

5. Opposed to some; as, 'some fell among thorns - but other fell into good ground.' Matthew 13:8.

6. The next.

7. The third part.

Other is used as a substitute for a noun, and in this use has the plural number, and the sign of the possessive case.

- The fool and the brutish person die, and leave their wealth to others. Psalms 49:10.

What do ye more than others? Matthew 5:39.

We were children of wrath even as others. Ephesians 2:3.

The confusion arises, when the one will put their sickle into the other's harvest.

With the sign of the possessive, other is preceded by the, as in the last example.

Other is sometimes put elliptically for other thing. From such a man, we can expect no other

The other day, at a certain time past, not distant but indefinite; not long ago.

Othergates

OTH'ERGATES, adverb [other and gate, for way, manner.] Of another manner. obsolete

Otherguise

OTH'ERGUISE, adverb [other and guise, manner.] Of another kind. [corruptly pronounced otherguess.]

Otherwhere

OTH'ERWHERE, adverb [other and where.] In some other place; or in other places.

Otherwhile

OTH'ERWHILE,

OTH'ERWHILES, adverb [other and while.] At other times.

Otherwise

OTH'ERWISE, adverb [other and wise, manner.]

1. In a different manner.

Thy father was a worthy prince, and merited, alas! a better fate; but heaven thought otherwise

2. By other causes.

Sir John Norris failed in the attempt of Lisborn, and returned with the loss, by sickness and otherwise of 8000 men.

3. In other respects.

It is said truly, that the best men otherwise are not always the best in regard to society.

Otomo

OT'OMO, noun A fowl of the Lagopus kind, about the size of a tame pigeon, a native of Germany, and highly esteemed for food.

Otter

OT'TER,

OT'TOMAN, adjective Designating something that pertains to the Turks or to their government; as the ottoman power or empire. The word originated in Othman or Osman, the name of a sultan who assumed the government about the year 1300.

Ouch

OUCH, noun

1. A bezil or socket in which a precious stone or seal is set. Exodus 39:6.

2. The blow given by a boar's tusk.

Ought

OUGHT. [See Aught, the true orthography.]

OUGHT, v. imperfect, aut.

1. To be held or bound in duty or moral obligation.

These ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Matthew 23:23.

We that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak. Romans 15:1.

Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers. Matthew 25:27.

2. To be necessary; to behoove.

OUGHT not Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into glory? Luke 24:26.

3. To be fit or expedient in a moral view.

My brethren, these things ought not so to be. James 3:10.

4. As a participle, owed; been indebted to.

The love and duty I long have ought you.

That followed, sir, which to myself I ought

[In this sense, obsolete.]

5. In Chaucer's time, it was used impersonally. 'Wel ought us werke, ' that is, well it behooveth us to work.

Ounce

OUNCE, noun ouns. [Latin uncia, the twelfth part of any thing; Gr; but the Greek is from Latin. Inch is from the same root, being the twelfth part of a foot.]

1. A weight, the twelfth part of a pound troy, and the sixteenth of a pound avoirdupois. In troy weight, the ounce is 20 pennyweights, each of 24 grains.

2. An animal of the genus Felis. [See Once.]

Ounded

OUND'ED,

OUND'ING, adjective Waving. [Latin unda. Not used.]

Ounding

OUND'ING, a. Waving. [L. unda. Not used.]

Ouphe

OUPHE, noun oof'y. A fairy; a goblin; an elf. obsolete

Ouphen

OUPHEN, noun oof'en. Elfish. obsolete

Our

OUR, adjective

1. Pertaining or belonging to us; as our country; our rights; our troops.

2. Ours, which is primarily the possessive case of our is never used as an adjective, but as a substitute for the adjective and the noun to which it belongs. Your house is on a plain; ours is on a hill. This is good English, but certainly ours must be the nominative to is, or it has none.

Their organs are better disposed than ours for receiving grateful impressions from sensible objects.

Here ours stands in the place of our organs, and cannot, in conformity with any rule of construction, be in the possessive case.

The same thing was done by them in suing in their courts, which is now done by us in suing in ours.

Ouranography

OURANOG'RAPHY, noun [Gr. heaven, and to describe.] A description of the heavens.

Ourself

OURSELF', pronoun reciprocal. [our and self.] This is added after we and us, and sometimes is used without either for myself, in the regal style only, as, we ourself will follow.

- Unless we would denude ourself of all force to defend us.

Ourselves

OURSELVES, plural of ourself. We or us, not others; added to we, by way of emphasis or opposition.

We ourselves might distinctly number in words a great deal farther than we usually do.

Safe in ourselves while on ourselves we stand.

Ouse

OUSE, noun ooz. [from ooze.] Tanner's bark.

Ousel

OUSEL, noun oo'zl. The blackbird, a species of the genus Turdus.

OUST, verb transitive [I take this to be our vulgar oost, used in the sense of lift. The usual signification then will be that of the Latin tollo, sustuli.]

1. To take away; to remove.

Multiplications of actions upon the case were rare formerly, and thereby wager of law ousted.

2. To eject; to disseize.

Afterward the lessor, reversioner or remainder-man or any stranger doth eject or oust the lessee of his term.

Oust

OUST, noun [Latin ustus.] A kiln to dry hops or malt.

Ousted

OUST'ED, participle passive Taken away; removed; ejected.

Ouster

OUST'ER, noun Amotion of possession; disseizin; dispossession; ejection.

Ouster of the freehold is effected by abatement, intrusion, disseizin, discontinuance or deforcement.

A delivery of lands out of the bands of a guardian, or out of the king's hands; or a judgment given for that purpose.

Ousting

OUST'ING, participle present tense Taking away; removing; ejecting.

Out

OUT, adverb

1. Without; on the outside; not within; on the exterior or beyond the limits of any inclosed place or given line; opposed to in or within; as, to go out and come in; to rush out

2. Abroad; not at home. The master of the house is out; a colloquial phrase for gone out

3. In a state of disclosure or discovery. The secret is out that is, has come out is disclosed. We shall find out the rogue.

4. Not concealed.

When these are gone, the woman will be out

5. In a state of extinction. The candle or the fire is out

6. In a state of being exhausted. The wine is out

7. In a state of destitution. We are out of bread corn.

8. Not in office or employment. I care not who is in or who is out He is out of business.

9. Abroad or from home, in a party, at church, in a parade, etc. He was not out today. The militia companies are out The man was out in a frolic last night.

10. To the end.

Hear me out

11. Loudly; without restraint; as, to laugh out

12. Not in the hands of the owner. The land is out upon a lease.

13. In an error.

As a musician that will always play, and yet is always out at the same note.

14. At a loss; in a puzzle.

I have forgot my part, and I am out

15. Uncovered; with clothes torn; as, to be out at the knees or elbows.

16. Away, so as to consume; as, to sleep out the best time in the morning.

17. Deficient; having expended. He was out of pocket. He was out fifty pounds.

18. It is used as an exclamation with the force of command, away; begone; as, out with the dog.

OUT upon you, out upon it, expressions of dislike or contempt.

OUT is much used as a modifier of verbs; as, to come out to go out to lead out to run out to leak out to creep out to flow out to pass out to look out to burn out to cut out to saw out to grow out to spin out to write out to boil out to beat out etc. bearing the sense of issuing, extending, drawing from, separating, bringing to open view, or in short, the passing of a limit that incloses or restrains; or bearing the metaphorical sense of vanishing, coming to an end.

OUT of. In this connection, out may be considered as adverb, and of as a preposition.

1. Proceeding from; as produce. Plants grow out of the earth. He paid me out of his own funds.

Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life. Proverbs 4:23.

OUT of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. James 3:10.

2. From or proceeding from a place, or the interior of a place; as, to take any thing out of the house. Mark 13:1.

3. Beyond; as out of the power of fortune.

They were astonished out of measure. Mark 10:26.

4. From, noting taking or derivation.

To whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets. Acts 28:3.

5. Not in, noting extraordinary exertion.

Be instant in season, out of season. 2 Timothy 4:2.

6. Not in, noting exclusion, dismission, departure, absence or dereliction; as out of favor; out of use; out of place; out of fashion.

7. Not in, noting unfitness or impropriety. He is witty out of season. The seed was sown out of season.

8. Not within, noting extraordinary delay; as, a ship is out of time.

9. Not within; abroad; as out of the door or house.

10. From, noting copy from an original; as, to cite or copy out of Horace.

11. From, noting rescue or liberation; as, to be delivered out of afflictions.

Christianity recovered the law of nature out of all those errors.

12. Not in, noting deviation, exorbitance or irregularity. This is out of all method; out of all rule. He goes out of his way to find cause of censure. He is out of order.

13. From, noting dereliction or departure. He will not be flattered or frightened out of his duty. He attempted to laugh men out of virtue.

14. From, noting loss or change of state. The mouth is out of taste; the instrument is out of tune.

15. Not according to, noting deviation; as, he acts or speaks out of character.

16. Beyond; not within the limits of; as, to be out of hearing, out of sight, out of reach. Time out of mind, is time beyond the reach of memory.

17. Noting loss or exhaustion, as, to be out of breath.

18. Noting loss; as out of hope.

19. By means of.

OUT of that will I cause those of Cyprus to mutiny.

20. In consequence of, noting the motive, source or reason.

What they do not grant out of the generosity of their nature, they may grant out of mere impatience.

So we say, a thing is done out of envy, spite or ambition.

OUT of hand, immediately, as that is easily used which is ready in the hand.

Gather we our forces out of hand.

OUT of print, denotes that a book is not in market, or to be purchased; the copies printed having been all sold.

OUT, verb intransitive To eject; to expel; to deprive by expulsion.

The French having been outed of their holds.

In composition, out signifies beyond, more, ejection or extension.

For the participles of the following compounds, see the simple verbs.

Outact

OUTACT', verb transitive To do beyond; to exceed in act.

He has made me heir to treasures, would make me outact a read widow's whining.

Outbalance

OUTBAL'ANCE, verb transitive To out weigh; to exceed in weight or effect.

Let dull Ajax bear away my right, when all his days outbalance this one night.

Outbar

OUTB'AR, verb transitive To shut out by bars or fortification.

These to outbar with painful pionings.

Outbid

OUTBID', verb transitive To bid more than another; to offer a higher price.

For Indian spices, for Peruvian gold, prevent the greedy and outbid the bold.

OUTBID'

Outbidden

OUTBID'DEN, participle passive Exceeded in the price offered.

Outbidder

OUTBID'DER, noun One that outbids.

Outbidding

OUTBID'DING, participle present tense Bidding a price beyond another.

Outblown

OUTBLOWN, participle passive Inflated; swelled with wind.

Outblush

OUTBLUSH', verb transitive To exceed in rosy color.

Outborn

OUT'BORN, adjective Foreign; not native. [Little used.]

Outbound

OUT'BOUND, adjective Destined or proceeding from a country or harbor to a distant country or port; as an outbound ship.

[The usual phrase among seamen is outward bound.]

Outbrave

OUTBRA'VE, verb transitive

1. To bear down by more daring or insolent conduct.

I would outstare the sternest eyes that look, outbrave the heart most daring on the earth, to win thee, lady.

2. To exceed in splendid appearance.

The towers as well as men outbrave the sky.

Outbrazen

OUTBRA'ZEN, verb transitive To bear down with a brazen face or impudence.

Outbreak

OUT'BREAK, noun A bursting forth; eruption.

The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind.

Outbreaking

OUT'BREAKING, noun That which bursts forth.

Outbreathe

OUTBRE'ATHE, verb transitive

1. To weary by having better breath.

2. To expire.

Outbud

OUTBUD', verb intransitive To sprout forth.

Outbuild

OUTBUILD, verb transitive outbild'. To exceed in building, or in durability of building.

Outcant

OUTCANT', verb transitive To surpass in canting.

Outcast

OUT'CAST, participle passive or adjective Cast out; thrown away; rejected as useless.

OUT'CAST, noun One who is cast out or expelled; an exile; one driven from home or country. Isaiah 16:3.

Outcept

OUTCEPT, for except, is not in use.

Outclimb

OUTCLIMB, verb transitive To climb beyond.

Outcompass

OUTCOM'PASS, verb transitive To exceed due bounds.

Outcraft

OUTCR'AFT, verb transitive To exceed in cunning.

Outcry

OUT'CRY, noun

1. A vehement or loud cry; cry of distress.

2. Clamor; noisy opposition or detestation.

3. Sale at public auction.

Outdare

OUTDA'RE, verb transitive To dare or venture beyond.

Outdate

OUTDA'TE, verb transitive To antiquate; as outdated ceremonies. [Not used.]

Outdo

OUTDO, verb transitive preterit tense outdid; participle passive outdone. [See Do.]

To excel; to surpass; to perform beyond another.

An imposture outdoes the original.

I grieve to be outdone by Gay.

Outdoing

OUTDOING, participle present tense Excelling; surpassing in performance.

OUTDOING, noun Excess in performance.

Outdone

OUTDONE, participle passive Of outdo.

Outdrink

OUTDRINK', verb transitive [See Drink.] To exceed in drinking.

Outdwell

OUTDWELL', verb transitive To dwell or stay beyond.

Outer

OUT'ER, adjective [comparative of out.] Being on the outside; external; opposed to inner; as the outer wall; the outer part of a thing; the outer court or gate.

Outerly

OUT'ERLY, adverb Towards the outside.

Outermost

OUT'ERMOST, adjective [superlative from outer.] Being on the extreme external part; remotest from the midst; as the outermost row.

Outface

OUTFA'CE, verb transitive To brave; to bear down with an imposing front or with impudence; to stare down.

Outfall

OUT'FALL, noun A fall of water; a canal.

Outfawn

OUT'FAWN, verb transitive To exceed in fawning or adulation.

Outfeast

OUTFE'AST, verb transitive To exceed in feasting.

Outfit

OUT'FIT, noun A fitting out, as of a ship for a voyage; usually in the plural, outfits, the expenses of equipping and furnishing a ship for a voyage.

Outflank

OUTFLANK', verb transitive To extend the flank of one army beyond that of another.

Outfly

OUTFLY, verb transitive To fly faster than another; to advance before in flight or progress.

Outfool

OUTFOOL', verb transitive To exceed in folly.

Outform

OUT'FORM, noun External appearance.

Outfrown

OUTFROWN', verb transitive To frown down; to overbear by frowning.

Outgate

OUT'GATE, noun An outlet; a passage outward.

Outgeneral

OUTGEN'ERAL, verb transitive To exceed in generalship; to gain advantage over by superior military skill.

Outgive

OUTGIVE, verb transitive outgiv'. To surpass in giving.

Outgo

OUTGO', verb transitive [See Go.]

1. To go beyond; to advance before in going; to go faster.

2. To surpass; to excel.

3. To circumvent; to overreach.

Outgoing

OUTGO'ING, participle present tense Going beyond.

OUT'GOING, noun

1. The act of going out.

2. The state of going out. Psalms 65:8.

3. Utmost border; extreme limit. Joshua 17:9.

Outgrin

OUTGRIN', verb transitive To surpass in grinning.

Outgrow

OUTGROW, verb transitive

1. To surpass in growth.

2. To grow too great or too old for any thing. Children outgrow their garments, and men outgrow their usefulness.

Outgrown

OUTGROWN, participle passive Of outgrow.

Outguard

OUT'GUARD, noun A guard at a distance from the main body of an army; or a guard at the farthest distance; any thing for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended.

Outherod

OUTHER'OD, verb transitive To surpass in enormity, absurdity or cruelty.

Outhouse

OUT'HOUSE, noun A small house or building at a little distance from the main house.

Outjest

OUTJEST', verb transitive To overpower by jesting.

Outjuggle

OUTJUG'GLE, verb transitive To surpass in juggling.

Outknave

OUTKNAVE, verb transitive outna've. To surpass in knavery.

Outland

OUT'LAND, adjective Foreign. obsolete

Outlander

OUT'LANDER, noun A foreigner; not a native. obsolete

Outlandish

OUTLAND'ISH, adjective

1. Foreign; not native.

Nevertheless, even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

Nehemiah 13:26.

2. Born or produced in the interior country, or among rude people; hence, vulgar; rustic; rude; clownish. [This is the sense in which the word is among us most generally used.]

Outlast

OUTL'AST, verb transitive To last longer than something else; to exceed in duration. Candles laid in bran will outlast others of the same stuff.

Outlaw

OUT'LAW, noun A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection. Formerly any person might kill an outlaw; but it is now held unlawful for any person to put to death an outlaw except the sheriff, who has a warrant for that purpose.

OUT'LAW, verb transitive To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to proscribe.

Outlawed

OUT'LAWED, participle passive Excluded from the benefit of law.

Outlawing

OUT'LAWING, participle present tense Depriving of the benefit of law.

Outlawry

OUT'LAWRY, noun The putting a man out of the protection of law, or the process by which a man is deprived of that protection; the punishment of a man who when called into court, contemptuously refuses to appear.

Outlay

OUT'LAY, noun A laying out or expending; expenditure.

Outleap

OUTLE'AP, verb transitive To leap beyond; to pass by leaping.

OUT'LEAP, noun Sally; flight; escape.

Outlet

OUT'LET, noun Passage outward; the place or the means by which any thing escapes or is discharged. A gate is the outlet of a city or fort. The mouth of a river is its outlet Colonies are the outlets of a populous nation.

Outlicker

OUT'LICKER, noun In ships, a small piece of timber fastened to the top of the poop.

Outlie

OUTLI'E, verb transitive To exceed in lying.

Outlier

OUT'LIER, noun One who does not reside in the place with which his office or duty connects him.

Outline

OUT'LINE, noun Contour; the line by which a figure is defined; the exterior line.

OUT'LINE, verb transitive To draw the exterior line; to delineate; to sketch.

Outlive

OUTLIVE, verb transitive outliv'.

1. To live beyond; to survive; to live after something has ceased; as, a man may outlive his children; a person may outlive his estate, his fame and his usefulness.

They live too long who happiness outlive

2. To live better or to better purpose.

Outliver

OUTLIV'ER, noun A survivor.

Outlook

OUTLOOK', verb transitive

1. To face down; to browbeat.

2. To select. [Not in use.]

OUT'LOOK, noun Vigilant watch; foresight. [But look-out is generally used.]

Outlope

OUT'LOPE, noun [See Lope and Leap.] An excursion. [Not used.]

Outluster

OUTLUS'TER,

OUTLUS'TRE, verb transitive To excel in brightness.

Outlustre

OUTLUS'TRE, v.t. To excel in brightness.

Outlying

OUTLY'ING, adjective

1. Lying or being at a distance from the main body or design.

2. Being on the exterior or frontier.

Outmarch

OUTM'ARCH, verb transitive To march faster than; to march so as to leave behind.

The horse outmarched the foot.

Outmeasure

OUTMEASURE, verb transitive outmezh'ur. To exceed in measure or extent.

Outmost

OUT'MOST, adjective Farthest outward; most remote from the middle.

Outnumber

OUTNUM'BER, verb transitive To exceed in number. The troops outnumbered those of the enemy.

Outpace

OUTPA'CE, verb transitive To outgo; to leave behind.

Outparamour

OUTPAR'AMOUR, verb transitive [See Paramour.] To exceed in keeping mistresses.

Outparish

OUT'PARISH, noun A parish lying without the walls, or on the border.

Outpart

OUT'PART, noun A part remote from the center or main part.

Outpass

OUTP'ASS, verb transitive To pass beyond; to exceed in progress.

Outpoise

OUTPOISE, verb transitive outpoiz'. To outweigh.

Outporch

OUT'PORCH, noun An entrance.

Outpost

OUT'POST, noun

1. A post or station without the limits of a camp, or at a distance from the main body of an army.

2. The troops placed at such a station.

Outpour

OUTPOUR, verb transitive

1. To pour out; to send forth in a stream.

2. To effuse.

Outpouring

OUT'POURING, noun A pouring out; effusion.

Outpray

OUTPRA'Y, verb transitive To exceed in prayer or in earnestness of entreaty.

Outpreach

OUTPRE'ACH, verb transitive To surpass in preaching; to produce more effect in inculcating lessons or truth.

And for a villain's quick conversion a pill'ry can outpreach a parson.

Outprize

OUTPRI'ZE, verb transitive To exceed in value or estimated worth.