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A lover of wine. [R.] Thackeray.

d if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off. Matt. v. 29, 3O. Great peace have they which love thy law, and nothing shall offend them. Ps. cxix. 165.

proposal to be accepted or rejected; a sum offered; a bid. When offers are disdained, and love denied. Pope.

Oligarchic. Glover.

Unlimited power of a particular kind; as, love's omnipotence. Denham.

Having unlimited power of a particular kind; as, omnipotent love. Shak. The Omnipotent, The Almighty; God. Milton.

he shining ones." Bunyan. "Hence, with your little ones." Shak. He will hate the one, and love the other. Matt. vi. 24. That we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory. Mark x. 37. After one, after one fashion; alike. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- At one, in agreement or concord. See At one,…

In one manner or degree; for one purpose alone; simply; merely; barely. And to be loved himself, needs only to be known. Dryden.

Without reserve or disguise; plainly; evidently. My love . . . shall show itself more openly. Shak.

ts orange trees; especially, the purple scale (Mytilaspis citricola), the long scale (M. Gloveri), and the red scale (Aspidiotus Aurantii).

s; inherent in, or resulting from, a certain organization; as, an organic government; his love of truth was not inculcated, but organic.

gation to pay; owed. [Obs.] This due obedience which they ought to the king. Tyndale. The love and duty I long have ought you. Spelman. [He] said . . . you ought him a thousand pound. Shak.

, according to his mind, He could outlearn. Spenser. Men and gods have not outlearned it [love]. Emerson.

One that overruns. Lovelace.

o confess; to recognize in a particular character; as, we own that we have forfeited your love. The wakeful bloodhound rose, and shook his hide owns. Keats.

rtensia maritima), the fresh leaves of which have a strong flavor of oysters. -- Oyster plover. (Zoöl.) Same as Oyster catcher, above. -- Oyster shell (Zoöl.), the shell of an oyster. -- Oyster wench, Oyster wife, Oyster women, a women who deals in oysters. -- Pearl oyster. (Zoöl.) See under Pearl. -- Thorny oyste…

public; a show, spectacle, or display. The gaze of fools, and pageant of a day ! Pope. We love the man, the paltry pageant you. Cowper.

, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes.

strength, life, spirit, or taste; as, the liquor palls. Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in the eye, and palls upon the sense. Addisin.

A writing; a book. Testament of love. Sir Thomas More in his pamphlet of Richard the Third. Ascham.