Ō'a-sĭs or Ō-ā'sĭs, n.

n.; pl. Ō'A-SĒS, or O-Ā'SĒS. [Lat. oasis, Gr. ὄασις, Copt. ouahe, ouahsoi, Ar. wāḥ.] A fertile place in a sandy or barren desert.

And bowed her state to them, that they might grow To use and power in this Oasis, lapped In the arms of leisure. Tennyson.