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Electic
·adj ·see <<Eclectic>>. ...

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

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

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o
ō (rarely, before a vowel o, V.), interj.of feeling or surprise, O! oh!: O vir fortis es, T.:...

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

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

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

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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....

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

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

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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...

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

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

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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...

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jack-o-legs
a clasp knife. N. ...

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back-o'-beyond
Said of an unknown distance. ...

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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>>. ...

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Hop-o'-my-thumb
·noun ·Alt. of Hop-thumb. ...

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Will-o'-the-wisp
·noun ·see Ignis fatuus. ...

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dub o' th' hick
A lick on the head. ...

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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...

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all-a-taunt-o
See a'taunto ...

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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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