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A prefix signifying to, toward, before, against, reversely, etc.; also, as a simple intensive; as in oblige, to bind to; obstacle, something standing before; object, lit., to throw against; obovate, reversely, ovate. Ob- is commonly assimilated before c, f, g, and p, to oc-, of-, og-, and op-.
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a.
Obovate.
pl.
of Obolus
n.
One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy.
n.
Either of two annual herbaceous plants of the genus Sesamum (S. Indicum, and S. orientale), from the seeds of which an oil is expressed; also, the small obovate, flattish seeds of these plants, sometimes used as food. See Benne.
a.
Obversely omegoid.
n.
A performer on the oboe.
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A fife; also, a rude kind of oboe or a bagpipe with an inflated skin for reservoir.
n.
A copper coin, used in the Ionian Islands, about one cent in value.
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A weight of twelve grains; or, according to some, of ten grains, or half a scruple.
a.
Possessing only small coins; impoverished.
n.
A small silver coin of Athens, the sixth part of a drachma, about three cents in value.
n.
An annual plant (Portulaca oleracea), with fleshy, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads, garnishing, and pickling.
v. t.
See Obelize.
v. i.
Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular.
a.
Inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end downward; as, an obovate leaf.
n.
An ancient weight, the sixth part of a drachm.
n.
A hautboy or oboe.
a.
Of the value of three oboli; hence, mean; worthless.
n.
A valuable kind of pear, of an obovate shape and with melting flesh of delicious flavor; -- more properly called White Doyenne.
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