o : Idioms & Phrases

• an instrument of punishment consisting of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a handle; formerly used to flog offenders on the bare back.

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• noun a whip with nine knotted cords
  cat.
  
  • British sailors feared the cat

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• noun the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens
  group O; O.
  
  • people with type O blood are universal donors

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Hop"-o'-my-thumb", Hop"-thumb" noun (Also<

• Hop-o'-my-thumb
• Hop-thumb

)

Definitions

1. A very diminutive person. Colloq. liwell.

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I O U

Etymology

i. e., I owe you.

Definitions

1. A paper having on it these letters, with a sum named, and duly signed; -- in use in England as an acknowledgment of a debt, and taken as evidence thereof, but not amounting to a promissory note; a due bill. Wharton. Story.

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• noun a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground
  friar's lantern; ignis fatuus; jack-o'-lantern.
  
• noun lantern carved from a pumpkin
  

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Jack"-o'-lan`tern noun

Definitions

1. See Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack.

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• noun a large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks; the gills are luminescent
  Omphalotus illudens; jack-a-lantern; jack-o-lantern.
  

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• noun a large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks; the gills are luminescent
  Omphalotus illudens; jack-a-lantern; jack-o-lantern.
  

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• . (a) An ignis fatuus; a will-o'-the-wisp . "[Newspaper speculations] supplying so many more jack-o'-lanterns to the future historian." Lowell. (b) A lantern made of a pumpkin so prepared as to show in illumination the features of a human face, etc.

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• noun fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder
  jello.
  

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• Scotland.

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• noun a woman inconstant in love
  light-of-love.
  

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Light"-o'-love` noun

Definitions

1. An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters. Nares. "Best sing it to the tune of light-o'-love." Shak.
2. Hence: A light or wanton woman. Beau. & Fl.

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• corrupted fr. F. O Dieu! or It. O Dio! O God! O Dio mio! O my God! Wyman, exclamations expressive of various emotions, but usually promoted by surprise, consternation, grief, pain, etc.

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• noun the basic level of a subject taken in school
  General Certificate of Secondary Education; GCSE.
  

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• noun a gasket consisting of a flat ring of rubber or plastic; used to seal a joint against high pressure
  

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• noun a bone that is of approximately equal dimension in all directions
  short bone.
  

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• noun the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus
  capitate; capitate bone.
  

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• noun the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits
  forehead; frontal bone.
  

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• noun the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers
  hamate bone; unciform bone; hamate.
  

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• noun a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles
  hyoid bone; hyoid.
  

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• noun one of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium
  ischial bone; ischium.
  

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• noun in limbs of vertebrate animals: a long cylindrical bone that contains marrow
  long bone.
  

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• noun one of the eight small wrist bones
  semilunar bone; lunate bone.
  

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• noun an elongated rectangular bone that forms the bridge of the nose
  nasal bone; nasal.
  

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• noun either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits
  palatine; palatine bone.
  

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• noun a small wrist bone that articulates only with the triquetral
  pisiform bone; pisiform.
  

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• noun one of the three sections of the hipbone; together these two bones form the front of the pelvis
  pubic bone; pubis.
  

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• noun the largest wrist bone on the thumb side
  scaphoid bone; navicular.
  

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• noun any of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a joint
  sesamoid bone; sesamoid.
  

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• noun butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull
  sphenoid; sphenoid bone.
  

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• noun the largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel
  heelbone; calcaneus.
  

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• noun a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear
  temporal bone.
  

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• noun the wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals
  trapezium bone; trapezium.
  

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• noun the wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones
  trapezoid; trapezoid bone.
  

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• noun a wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones
  triquetral; triquetral bone; cuneiform bone; pyramidal bone.
  

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• noun the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek
  jugal bone; malar; malar bone; cheekbone; zygomatic; zygomatic bone.
  

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• the Irish insurgents of 1784; so called from their visiting the house of the loyal Irish at day break in search of arms. Cant

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• noun a penicillin that is similar in antibiotic action to penicillin G but is obtained differently
  

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• noun a woolen cap of Scottish origin
  tam; tammy.
  

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• f, to gain an advantage over, whether fairly or unfairly.

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• noun the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens
  group O; O.
  
  • people with type O blood are universal donors

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Vit`re-o-e*lec"tic adjective

Etymology

See Vitreous, and Electric.

Definitions

1. (Physics) Containing or exhibiting positive, or vitreous, electricity.

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• noun a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground
  friar's lantern; ignis fatuus; jack-o'-lantern.
  
• noun an illusion that misleads
  ignis fatuus.
  

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Will"-o'-the-wisp` noun

Definitions

1. See Ignis fatuus.

Webster 1913