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A prophetic or ominous utterance. [R. & Obs.] Holland.

A fish having a bony skeleton; a teleost.

The organic basis of bone tissue; the residue after removal of the mineral matters from bone by dilute acid; in embryonic tissue, the substance in which the mineral salts are deposited to form bone; -- called also ostein. Chemically it is the same as collagen.

A little bone.

Composed of bone; resembling bone; capable of forming bone; bony; ossific.

A species of sturgeon.

Controlled by an evil spirit or by evil passions; wild. [Colloq.]

Embossed; also, bossy.

A rudimental antler of a young male of the red deer.

Colossal. [R.]

The amphitheater of Vespasian in Rome. [Also written Coliseum.]

To treat as a pet; to fondle. She was cosseted and posseted and prayed over and made much of. O. W. Holmes.

One of the small chips or slices into which beets are cut in sugar making.

The implement with which the ball is thrown and caught in the game of lacrosse.

A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also ancon, ear, elbow.

To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown. Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain. Goldsmith.

The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed. Bp. Hall.

One who dispossesses. Cowley.

Same as Dorsal, n.

A pannier, or basket. To hire a ripper's mare, and buy new dossers. Beau. & Fl.