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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ōh, interj. p. 909An exclamation expressing various emotions, especially surprise, pain, sorrow, anxiety, or a wish. ☞ Oh is also used in direct address to a person or personified object. See O.O-īd'/i-ūm, n. p. 909(Bot.) A parasitic fungus consisting of minute interlacing filaments, that cover the surface with a white down. It is probably the mycelium of various fungi. One species (O. Tuckeri) is very…Oil, n. p. 909An unctuous substance expressed or drawn from various animal and vegetable substances. It has been found to consist of a base, called glycerine (a sweet and thick sirupy fluid), united with different…Oil, v. t. p. 909To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to anoint with oil.Oil'-bāg, n. p. 909A bag, cyst, or gland in animals containing oil.Oil'-bee'tle, n. p. 909(Entom.) An insect of the genus Meloe, which, when alarmed or disturbed, emits from the joints of its legs a yellowish, oily liquor, which has sometimes been successfully used, in Sweden, as a cure…Oil'-cāke, n. p. 909A cake or mass of compressed seeds, or other substance, from which oil has been extracted.Oil'-clōth, n. p. 909Cloth oiled or painted for covering floors, and other uses.Oil'-cōl'or, n. p. 910A color made by grinding a coloring substance in oil.Oil'e-oŭs, a. p. 910Oily. [Obs.] Holland.Oil'er, n. p. 910One who deals in oils; formerly, one who dealt in oils and pickles.Oil'er-y, n. p. 910The business, or the goods, of a dealer in oils.Oi'let, n. p. 910An eye, bud, or shoot, as of a plant; an œlet. [Obs.] Holland.Oilet-hole p. 910an eyelet-hole. See EYELET-HOLE.Oil'-gās, n. p. 910Inflammable gas procured from oil, and used for lighting streets and apartments in buildings. See GAS.Oil'i-ness, n. p. 910The quality of being oily; unctuousness; greasiness; a quality approaching that of oil.Oil'let, n. p. 910(Arch.) A small opening or loop-hole, sometimes circular, used in the fortifications of the middle ages. [Written also oylet.] Oxf. Gloss.Oil'-man, n. p. 910One who deals in oils; also, one who deals in oils and pickles.Oil'-nŭt, n. p. 910(Bot.) A North American shrub (Pyrularia [or Hamiltonia] oleifera); buffalo-nut. ☞ The name is also applied to various nuts and seeds yielding oil, as the butternut, cocoa-nut, oil-palm-nut, and the…Oil'-paint/ing, n. p. 910The art of painting in oil-colors. 2. A picture painted in oil-colors.Oil'-pălm, n. p. 910(Bot.) A palm tree (Elaeis Guineensis), from the fruit of which palm-oil is obtained.Oil'-seed, n. p. 910The seed of the Ricinus communis, from which castor-oil is obtained; castor-bean.Oil'-shōp, n. p. 910A shop where oils are sold.Oil'-skĭn, n. p. 910Cloth rendered water-proof by oil.Oil'-stōne, n. p. 910A variety of hone-slate. Simmonds.Oil'-tree, n. p. 910(Bot.) (a.) A plant of the genus Ricinus (R. communis), from the seeds of which castor-oil is obtained. (b.) An Indian tree of the genus Bassia (B. longifolia), from the seeds of which a kind of oil…Oil'y, a. p. 910Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the qualities of oil; unctuous; as, oily matter or substance. 2. Resembling oil; as, an oily appearance. 3. Fatty; greasy. A little, round, fat, oily man of…Oil'y-grāin, n. p. 910(Bot.) A plant of the genus Sesamum; sesame. See SESAME.Oil'y-pălm, n. p. 910The same as OIL-PALM.Oint, v. t. p. 910To anoint; to smear with an unctuous substance; to grease. [Obs.] They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil. Dryden.Oint'ment, n. p. 910That which serves to anoint; any soft, unctuous substance used for smearing; an unguent.Ōke, n. p. 910A weight, in Egypt equal to 2.75 pounds avoirdupois; in Turkey, to 2.83 pounds avoirdupois; in Hungary and Wallachia, a measure of about two and one half pints.Ō'ken-īte, n. p. 910(Min.) A massive and fibrous mineral of a white color with a shade of yellow or blue, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of lime; a variety of dysclasite. Dana.Ō'ker, n. p. 910See OCHER.Ō'krā, n. p. 910(Bot.)ŏ'kro p. 910An annual plant (Abelmoschus esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used in the West Indies, &c., for soups or pickles; gumbo.Old, a. p. 910Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived beyond the middle period, or toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree. The…Ōld’en, a. p. 910Old; ancient.Ōld-/făsh’ioned, a. p. 910Formed according to obsolete fashion or custom; as, an old-fashioned dress. “Old-fashioned men of wit.” Addison.Ōld-gĕn’tle-man-ly, a. p. 910Pertaining to an old gentleman, or like one.Old'ish, a. p. 910Somewhat old.Ōld'-lăng-sȳne', n. p. 910The same as AULD-LANG-SYNE, q. v.Ōld'ness, n. p. 910The state of being old, or of a long continuance; antiquity; as, the oldness of a building or a garment. 2. An advanced state of life or existence; old age; as, the oldness of a man, of an elephant…Ōld'-oil, n. p. 910Olive-oil purified and rendered limpid; — so called by watch-makers.Old′-said, a. p. 910Said of old. [Obs.] “An old-said saw.” Spenser.Ōld’wife, n. p. 910A prating old woman. 1 Tim. iv. 7. 2. (Ichth.) A fish of the wrasse kind, of the genus Labrus, and another of the genus Balistes.Ō'le-ā, n. p. 910(Bot.) A genus of trees, comprising many species, and including the olive.Ō/le-ăg′ĭ-nōŭs, a. p. 910Having the qualities of oil; oily; unctuous.Ōl'e-āg'i-noūš-ness, n. p. 910Oiliness.Ōl'e-ā'men, n. p. 910(Med.) A soft ointment — prepared from oil. Dunglison.Ō/le-ān'der, n. p. 910(Bot.) A beautiful evergreen shrub, having clusters of fragrant red or white flowers. It is a native of the East Indies, but the red variety has become common in the south of Europe;—called also…Ō/le-ăs'ter, n. p. 910(Bot.) A shrub or tree of the genus Elaeagnus, much resembling the olive.Ōl'e-ate, n. p. 910(Chem.) A compound of oleic acid with a salifiable base.Ol-e'cra-nal, a. p. 910Pertaining to the olecranon.O-lē'cra-nōn, n. p. 910(Anat.) The large process at the extremity of the ulna, or large bone of the fore-arm. Dunglison.Ōl'e-fi-ant, a. p. 910(Chem.) Forming or producing oil; — applied to a gas composed of four equivalents of carbon and four of hydrogen, generally present in coal-gas, oil-gas, and other gaseous mixtures produced by the…Ō'le-ic, a. p. 910(Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, oil; as, oleic acid, an acid which occurs in almost all the animal and vegetable oils which are not drying oils, as their chief constituent, and in others in a…Ō/le-īf’er-oūs, a. p. 910Producing oil; as, oleiferous seeds.Ō'le-īne, n. p. 910(Chem.) The thin, oily part of fats.Ō'le-ōm'e-ter, n. p. 910An instrument to ascertain the weight and purity of oil; an elaiometer.