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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Ounçe, n.p. 925A weight, the twelfth part of a pound troy, and the sixteenth of a pound avoirdupois. ☞ In troy weight, the ounce is twenty pennyweights, each of twenty-four grains, or, in all, 480 grains. In…
  2. Ounde, n.p. 926Something having a wavy or curled appearance; a wave; a curl; also, a kind of lace. [Obs.] Halliwell.
  3. Oundæ, a.p. 926Wavy; curly. [Written also owndæ.] [Obs.] Halliwell.
  4. Ound'ed or Ound'ingp. 926† a. [Fr. onde, a wave, Pr. onda, unda, Sp., Pg., & It. onda, Lat. unda.] Waving. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  5. Oun'dy, a.p. 926Waved; curled. [Written also owndy.] [Obs.]
  6. Ouphe, n.p. 926A fairy; a goblin; an elf. [Obs.] Shak.
  7. Ouph'en, a.p. 926Elfish. [Obs.] Shak.
  8. Our, possessive pron.p. 926Pertaining, or belonging, to us; as, our country; our rights; our troops. See I. ☞ When the noun is not expressed, ours (not our) is used; as, whose house is that? It is ours. Their organs are better…
  9. Ou-răng'-ou-tăng', n.p. 926See ORANG-OUTANG.
  10. Ou'ra-nōg'ra-phist, n.p. 926One versed in ouranography.
  11. Ou'ra-nŏg'ra-phy, n.p. 926The same as URANOGRAPHY.
  12. Ou-rē'tic, a.p. 926(Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, urine; as, ouretic acid.
  13. Ou-rōl'o-gy or Ou-rōs'eo-py, n.p. 926The examination of urine, in order to determine with respect to disease.
  14. Ours, possessive pron.p. 926See OUR.
  15. Our-sĕlf', pron.p. 926Not another, or others; we; us;—used by way of emphasis, and chiefly in the plural. We ourselves might distinctly number in words a great deal further than we usually do. Locke. Safe in ourselves…
  16. Quse, n. & v.p. 926The same as OOZE.
  17. Ou'zel, n.p. 926(Or-nith.) A bird of several species of the thrush family. One of them is the European blackbird.
  18. Oust, n.p. 926See OAST.
  19. Oust, v. t.p. 926To take away; to remove. Multiplications of actions upon the case were rare, formerly, and thereby wager of law ousted. Hale. 2. To eject; to turn out. Afterward the lessor, reversioner, or…
  20. Oust'er, n.p. 926A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection; disseizin. Ouster of the freehold is effected by abatement, intrusion, disseizin, discontinuance, or deforcement. Blackstone.
  21. Ouster le mainp. 926(Law), a delivery of lands out of the hands of a guardian, or out of the king’s hands; or, a judgment given for that purpose. Blackstone.
  22. Out, adv.p. 926Without; on the outside; not within; on the exterior, or beyond the limits of any inclosed place or given line;—opposed to in or within;—used in a variety of special senses; as, (a.) Abroad; not at…
  23. Out, n.p. 926One who, or that which, is without; especially, one who is out of office. See IN. 2. A place or space outside of, or around; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space;—chiefly used…
  24. Out, v. t.p. 926To deprive by expulsion; to eject; to expel. “A king outed from his country.” Selden. “The French have been outed of their holds.” Heylin.
  25. Out-āct', v. t.p. 926To do beyond; to exceed in acting. He has made me heir to treasures Would make me outact a real widow's whining. Otway.
  26. Out-är'gūe, v. t.p. 926To surpass or excel in argument.
  27. Out-băb'ble, v. t.p. 926To excel in babbling; to surpass in prating talk. “Outbabbling creeds and aves.” Milton.
  28. Out-băl'ance, v. t.p. 926To outweigh; to exceed in weight or effect. Let dull Ajax bear away my right When all his days outbalance this one night. Dryden.
  29. Out-bār', v. t.p. 926To shut out by bars or fortification; to bar out. Spenser.
  30. Out-bāt'ter, v. t.p. 926To surpass or outdo in battering, as in a siege, and the like.
  31. Out-bēg', v. t.p. 926To beg more than; to exceed in begging.
  32. Out-bĕl'lōw, v. t.p. 926To exceed in bellowing; to bellow louder than.
  33. Out-bĭd’, v. t.p. 926To bid beyond; to go beyond or surpass in the offer of a price. For Indian spices, for Peruvian gold, Prevent the greedy, and outbid the bold. Pope.
  34. Out-bid'der, n.p. 926One who outbids.
  35. Out-blāze', v. t.p. 926To exceed in blazing. “Outblazing other fires.” Young.
  36. Out-blēat', v. t.p. 926To exceed or surpass in bleating.
  37. Out-blōom', v. t.p. 926To surpass in bloom, beauty, or perfection; to bloom more than.
  38. Out'blōwn or Out-blōwn', a.p. 926Inflated or swollen with wind. Dryden.
  39. Out-blŭsh’, v. t.p. 926To exceed in blushing; to surpass in rosy color. Shipman.
  40. Out'bōard, n.p. 926(Naut.) Any thing that is outside of, or not on board of, a ship.
  41. Out'bōrn, a.p. 926Foreign; not native. [Rare.]
  42. Out'bound, a.p. 926Destined or proceeding from a country or harbor to a distant country or port; as, an outbound ship. Dryden.
  43. Out’bounds, n. pl.p. 926The outward or exterior bounds; limits; boundaries. [Obs.] Knockfergus, Belfast, Armagh, and Carlingford are now the most outbounds and abandoned places in the English pale. Spenser.
  44. Out-bow', v. t.p. 926To exceed in bowing. His character and gloves are ever clean, And then he can outbow the bowing dean. Young.
  45. Out'bōwed, a.p. 926Bowed outward; bent or curved outward. The convex or outbowed side of a vessel will hold nothing. Bp. Hall.
  46. Out-brāg', v. t.p. 926To exceed or surpass in bragging.
  47. Out-brāve', v. t.p. 926To excel in bravery or boldness; to cow, or browbeat; to defy. I would outstare the sternest eyes that look, Outbrave the heart most daring on the earth, To win thee, lady. Shak.
  48. Out-brāy', v. t.p. 926To excel in braying; to emit largely. [Obs.] “The snake that on his crest hot fire outbrayed.” Fairfax.
  49. Out-brā’zen, v. t.p. 926To bear down with a brazen face, or impudence.
  50. Out′breāk, n.p. 926A bursting forth; eruption. “The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind.” Shak.
  51. Out'break-er, n.p. 926A wave which breaks upon the shore or upon rocks; a breaker. The dim reflection of the darkened day Grew fainter, and the dash Of the outbreakers deadened. Southey.
  52. Out'break-ing, n.p. 926That which bursts forth.
  53. Out-brēast', v. t.p. 926To surpass in the power of the breast; especially, to excel in singing. Beau. & Pl.
  54. Out-brēathe', v. t.p. 926To weary by having better breath. Shak. 2. To cause to issue forth, as breath. “Out-breathed life.” Spenser.
  55. Out-brēathe', v. i.p. 926To issue, as breath; to be breathed out; to exhale.
  56. Out-brībe', v. t.p. 926To surpass in bribing.
  57. Out-brĭng', v. t.p. 926To bring or bear out.
  58. Out-bŭd', v. i.p. 926To sprout forth. Spenser.
  59. Out-build′, v. t.p. 926To exceed in building, or in durability of building.
  60. Out'-build'ing, n.p. 926A building separate from, and subordinate to, the main house or dwelling; an out-house; as, his barns and other out-buildings were destroyed by fire.