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• O

  O, o, the fourteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, corresponding to the Gr. ο and ω. The Latin langu...

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• o

  ō (long also before an initial vowel: I o ego, Ov. M. 8, 51; Hor. A. P. 301; but also short: ŏ...

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• O

  ·noun A cipher; zero. II. O ·adj <<One>>. III. O ·noun The letter O, or its sound. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• O'

  ·prep A shortened form of of or on. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• o

  The fourth class of rating on Lloyd's books for the comparative excellence of merchant ships. But in...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• o!

  or ho! An interjection commanding attention or possibly the cessation of any action. ...

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• kind o'

  In a manner, as it were. A sort of qualifying expression; as, 'She made game on it kind o'.'--Forby....

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• I O U

  ·- A paper having on it these letters, with a sum named, and duly signed; — in use in England as an...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Jack-o'-lantern

  ·noun ·see Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Light-o'-love

  ·noun Hence: A light or wanton woman. II. Light-o'-love ·noun An old tune of a dance, the name of w...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Tam-o'-shanter

  ·add. ·noun A kind of Scotch cap of wool, worsted, or the like, having a round, flattish top much wi...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Tom o' Bedlam

  ·add. ·- Formerly, a wandering mendicant discharged as incurable from Bethlehem Hospitel, ·Eng.; hen...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Vitre-o-electic

  ·adj Containing or exhibiting positive, or vitreous, electricity. ...

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• o be joyful

  I'll make you sing O be joyful on the other side of your mouth; a threat, implying the party threate...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• jack-o-legs

  a clasp knife. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• back-o'-beyond

  Said of an unknown distance. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• jack o' lantern

  The corpo santo, or St. Elmo's light, is sometimes so called. ...

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• Cat o' nine tails

  ·- ·see under <<Cat>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Hop-o'-my-thumb

  ·noun ·Alt. of Hop-thumb. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Will-o'-the-wisp

  ·noun ·see Ignis fatuus. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• dub o' th' hick

  A lick on the head. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• hop-o-my-thumb

  A diminutive person, man or woman. She was such a-hop-o-my thumb, that a pigeon, sitting on her shou...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• all-a-taunt-o

  See a'taunto ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• cat o' nine tails

  An instrument of punishment used on board ships in the navy; it is commonly of nine pieces of line o...

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• john-o'-groat's buckie

  A northern name for the Cypræa pediculus, a small shell found on our sea-coasts. ...

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• scum-o'-the-sky

  Thin atmospheric vapours. ...

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