Oared shrew(Zoöl.), an aquatic European shrew (Crossopus ciliatus); — called also black water shrew.

Oarfish
(Oar"fish`) n. (Zoöl.) The ribbon fish.

Oarfoot
(Oar"foot`) n. (Zoöl.) Any crustacean of the genus Remipes.

Oar-footed
(Oar"-foot`ed) a. Having feet adapted for swimming.

Oarless
(Oar"less), a. Without oars. Sylvester.

Oarlock
(Oar"lock`) n. (Naut.), The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat, in which the oar rests in rowing. See Rowlock.

Oarsman
(Oars"man) n.; pl. Oarsmen One who uses, or is skilled in the use of, an oar; a rower.

At the prow of the boat, rose one of the oarsmen.
Longfellow.

Oarsweed
(Oars"weed`) n. (Bot.) Any large seaweed of the genus Laminaria; tangle; kelp. See Kelp.

Oary
(Oar"y) a. Having the form or the use of an oar; as, the swan's oary feet. Milton. Addison.

Oasis
(O"as*is) (o"a*sis or o*a"sis; 277), n.; pl. Oases [L., fr. Gr. 'o`asis; cf. Copt. ouahe.] A fertile or green spot in a waste or desert, esp. in a sandy desert.

My one oasis in the dust and drouth
Of city life.
Tennyson.

Oast
(Oast) n. [OE. ost, AS. ast; cf. Gr. a'i^qos burning heat.] A kiln to dry hops or malt; a cockle. Mortimer.

Oat
(Oat) n.; pl. Oats [OE. ote, ate, AS. ata, akin to Fries. oat. Of uncertain origin.]

1. (Bot.) A well-known cereal grass and its edible grain; — commonly used in the plural and in a collective sense.

2. A musical pipe made of oat straw. [Obs.] Milton.

Animated oatsorAnimal oats(Bot.), A grass (Avena sterilis) much like oats, but with a long spirally twisted awn which coils and uncoils with changes of moisture, and thus gives the grains an apparently automatic motion.Oat fowl(Zoöl.), the snow bunting; — so called from its feeding on oats. [Prov. Eng.] — Oat grass(Bot.), the name of several grasses more or less resembling oats, as Danthonia spicata, D. sericea, and Arrhenatherum avenaceum, all common in parts of the United States.To feel one's oats, to be conceited ro self-important. [Slang] — To sow one's wild oats, to indulge in youthful dissipation. Thackeray.Wild oats(Bot.), a grass (Avena fatua) much resembling oats, and by some persons supposed to be the original of cultivated oats.

Oatcake
(Oat"cake) n. A cake made of oatmeal.

Oar
(Oar), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Oared ; p. pr. & vb. n. Oaring.] To row. "Oared himself." Shak.

Oared with laboring arms.
Pope.

Oared
(Oared) a.

1. Furnished with oars; — chiefly used in composition; as, a four- oared boat.

2. (Zoöl.) (a) Having feet adapted for swimming. (b) Totipalmate; — said of the feet of certain birds. See Illust. of Aves.


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