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a loud and tumultuous noise; clamorous; noisy; vociferous. "The obstreperous city." Wordsworth. "Obstreperous approbation." Addison. Beating the air with their obstreperous beaks. B. Jonson. -- Ob*strep"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Ob*strep"er*ous*ness, n.

That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use; refuse; rubbish. The off als of other profession. South.

Capable of being offered; suitable or worthy to be offered.

Frequently; often; many times. Wordsworth.

Comprehending or including all bodies; embracing all substance. [R.] Cudworth.

person or body; as, what one would have well done, one should do one's self. It was well worth one's while. Hawthorne. Against this sort of condemnation one must steel one's self as one best can. G. Eliot.

The state of being one or single. [Obs.] Cudworth.

onset and retire Of both your armies. Shak. Who on that day the word of onset gave. Wordsworth.

The witch-hazel. [Obs.] Ainsworth.

A sphere of action. [R.] Wordsworth. But in our orbs we'll live so round and safe. Shak

Same as Alkanet, 2. Ainsworth.

Capable of being ordained; worthy to be ordained or appointed. Bp. Hall.

ound with the rock in which it occurs, after it has been picked over to throw out what is worthless.

jewels are found in the East. "Pearls round and orient." Jer. Taylor. "Orient gems." Wordsworth. "Orient liquor in a crystal glass." Milton.

To prophesy; to presage. [R. & Obs.] R. Edgeworth.

r pertaining to an oyster, or to a shell; shelly. The crustaceous or ostreaceous body. Cudworth.

ner; in another way, or in other ways; differently; contrarily. Chaucer. Thy father was a worthy prince, And merited, alas! a better fate; But Heaven thought otherwise. Addison.

e center; outer edge; border; -- usually in the plural; as, the outskirts of a town. Wordsworth. The outskirts of his march of mystery. Keble.

over. [Poetic] Longfellow. Did with a huge projection overbrow Large space beneath. Wordsworth.

h; to subdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes. "And overpower'd that gallant few." Wordsworth.