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To make firm; to harden in resolution. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. Sheldon.

The act of oblatrating; a barking or snarling. Bp. Hall.

Obscurity. Bp. Hall.

Expressing, or used in, entreaty; supplicatory. [R.] Bp. Hall.

To become obsolescent. [R.] Fitzed. Hall.

To become obsolete; to go out of use. [R.] Fitzed. Hall.

A disused word or phrase; an archaism. Fitzed. Hall.

The act of assisting as a midwife; delivery. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

The act of stopping up, or closing, an opening. "Deaf by an outward obturation." Bp. Hall.

The act of making blind, or the state of being blind. [R.] "This inward occecation." Bp. Hall.

pproval of the public, and contended for prizes; -- hence, in modern usage, the name of a hall for musical or dramatic performances.

Leaving out; omitting. Bp. Hall. -- O*mis"sive*ly, adv.

ion to the number one; for one time; not twice nor any number of times more than one. Ye shall . . . go round about the city once. Josh. vi. 3. Trees that bear mast are fruitful but once in two years. Bacon.

The state of being at one or reconciled. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Obscurity; want of clearness. Bp. Hall.

ance, or character, and to the expression of thought and feeling, etc. With aspect open, shall erect his head. Pope. The Moor is of a free and open nature. Shak. The French are always open, familiar, and talkative. Addison.

Laboriousness. [R.] Bp. Hall.

The time after harvest when the common fields are open to all kinds of stock. [Prov.Eng.] Halliwell. [Written also opentide.]

Capable of being put in opposition. Bp. Hall.

Opposition. [R.] Bp. Hall.