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Without oars. Sylvester.

...obnoxious authors." Bp. Fell. All are obnoxious, and this faulty land, Like fainting Hester, does before you stand Watching your scepter. Waller.

or. The Theodosian code, several hundred years after Justinian's time, did obtain in the western parts of Europe. Baker.

Of or pertaining to the setting sun; falling; descending; western.

osed to orient. Specifically, in former times, Europe as opposed to Asia; now, also, the Western hemisphere. Chaucer. I may wander from east to occident. Shak.

Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western; -- opposed to oriental; as, occidental climates, or customs; an occidental planet.

Western Christians of the Latin rite. See Orientals. Shipley.

Western; occidental. [R.] Blount.

An American feline carnivore (Felis pardalis). It ranges from the Southwestern United States to Patagonia. It is covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches, which are variously arranged. The ground color varies from reddish gray to tawny yellow.

A spring, surrounded by rushes or rank grass; an oasis. [Southwestern U.S.] Bartlett.

An umbelliferous plant, the common Alexanders of Western Europe (Smyrnium Olusatrum).

of science which treats of mountains and mountain systems; orology; as, the orography of Western Europe.

n first known, lived on the Ottawa River. Most of them subsequently migrated to the southwestern shore of Lake Superior.

-- applied to measurements. -- Out West, in or towards, the West; specifically, in some Western State or Territory. [U. S.] -- To come out, To cut out, To fall out, etc. See under Come, Cut, Fall, etc. -- To put out of the way, to kill; to destroy. -- Week in, week out. See Day in, day out (above).

to gain advantage over by superior military skill or executive ability; to outmaneuver. Chesterfield.

To see too or too much; hence, to be deceived. [Obs.] The most expert gamesters may sometimes oversee. Fuller. Your partiality to me is much overseen, if you think me fit to correct your Latin. Walpole.

feat; to make a ruin of; to destroy. When the walls of Thebes he overthrew. Dryden. [Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion. Shak.

To wax or grow too rapindly or too much. [Obs.] R. of Gloucester.

transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts). [Western U.S.]

A western American hackberry (Celtis reticulata), having light- colored bark.