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860 words match “NYS”

ORIENT n.
irst appears in the morning; the east. [Morn] came furrowing all the orient into gold. Tennyson.
ORNAMENT n.
ii. 4. Like that long-buried body of the king Found lying with his urns and ornaments. Tennyson.
OSTLERESS n.
A female ostler. [R.] Tennyson.
OTHERWHERE adv.
In or to some other place, or places; elsewhere. Milton. Tennyson.
OUST v.
To eject; to turn out. Blackstone. From mine own earldom foully ousted me. Tennyson.
OUTLINE n.
the outline of a speech. But that larger grief . . . Is given in outline and no more. Tennyson.
OUTSTRIP v.
tes which . . . had outstripped the hours. Southey. He still outstript me in the race. Tennyson.
OUZEL n.
Same as Ousel. The mellow ouzel fluted in the elm. Tennyson.
OVATION n.
f the multitude to a public favorite. To rain an April of ovation round Their statues. Tennyson.
OVERDO v.
To surpass; to excel. [R.] Tennyson.
OVERSEA; OVERSEAS adv.
Over the sea; abroad. Milton. Tennyson.
OVERTOIL v.
to exhaust. Then dozed a while herself, but overtoiled By that day's grief and travel. Tennyson.
PACA n.
A small South American rodent (Cologenys paca), having blackish brown fur, with four parallel rows of white spots along its sides; the spotted cavy. It is nearly allied to the agouti and the Guinea pig.
PACK v.
lla must pack off to town Swift. You shall pack, And never more darken my doors again. Tennyson.
PAD n.
An easy-paced horse; a padnag. Addison An abbot on an ambling pad. Tennyson.
PADLOCK v.
ten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock. Milton. Tennyson.
PALFREY n.
saddle horse for ladies. Spenser. Call the host and bid him bring Charger and palfrey. Tennyson.
PALL n.
coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a tomb. Warriors carry the warrior's pall. Tennyson.
PALM n.
n the bases of the fingers and the wrist. Clench'd her fingers till they bit the palm. Tennyson.
PALTER v.
. Who never sold the truth to serve the hour, Nor paltered with eternal God for power. Tennyson.
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