Definition of o

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O () O, the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, derives its form, value, and name from the Greek O, through the Latin. The letter came into the Greek from the Ph/nician, which possibly derived it ultimately from the Egyptian. Etymologically, the letter o is most closely related to a, e, and u; as in E. bone, AS. ban; E. stone, AS. stan; E. broke, AS. brecan to break; E. bore, AS. beran to bear; E. dove, AS. d/fe; E. toft, tuft; tone, tune; number, F. nombre..

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Tout :: Tout (v. i.) To act as a tout. See 2d Tout.
Precaution :: Precaution (v. t.) To take precaution against.
Soffit :: Soffit (n.) The under side of the subordinate parts and members of buildings, such as staircases, entablatures, archways, cornices, or the like. See Illust. of Lintel..
Jumble :: Jumble (v. i.) To meet or unite in a confused way; to mix confusedly.
Plumb :: Plumb (adv.) In a plumb direction; perpendicularly.
Ivory :: Ivory (n.) Teeth; as, to show one's ivories..
Depredate :: Depredate (v. t.) To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon.
Reviviscency :: Reviviscency (n.) The act of reviving, or the state of being revived; renewal of life..
Catch :: Catch (v. i.) To spread by, or as by, infecting; to communicate..
Rubbing :: Rubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ru.
Nettling :: Nettling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Nettl.
Somite :: Somite (n.) One of the actual or ideal serial segments of which an animal, esp. an articulate or vertebrate, is is composed; somatome; metamere..
Hayfork :: Hayfork (n.) A fork for pitching and tedding hay.
Chill :: Chill (v. t.) To produce, by sudden cooling, a change of crystallization at or near the surface of, so as to increase the hardness; said of cast iron..
Dissecting :: Dissecting (a.) Used for or in dissecting; as, a dissecting knife; a dissecting microscope..
Macher :: Macher (n.) One who marches.
Over :: Over (adv.) From one person or place to another regarded as on the opposite side of a space or barrier; -- used with verbs of motion; as, to sail over to England; to hand over the money; to go over to the enemy..
Refrigeration :: Refrigeration (n.) The act or process of refrigerating or cooling, or the state of being cooled..
Chyliferous :: Chyliferous (a.) Transmitting or conveying chyle; as, chyliferous vessels..
Splutter :: Splutter (v. i.) To speak hastily and confusedly; to sputter.
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