Definition of oat

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Oat (n.) A well-known cereal grass (Avena sativa), and its edible grain; -- commonly used in the plural and in a collective sense..

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Castor :: Castor (n.) A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats.
Stream :: Stream (v. i.) To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind..
Quinsy :: Quinsy (n.) An inflammation of the throat, or parts adjacent, especially of the fauces or tonsils, attended by considerable swelling, painful and impeded deglutition, and accompanied by inflammatory fever. It sometimes creates danger of suffocation; -- called also squinancy, and squinzey..
Quilt :: Quilt (v. t.) To stitch or sew together at frequent intervals, in order to confine in place the several layers of cloth and wadding of which a garment, comforter, etc., may be made; as, to quilt a coat..
Feather :: Feather (v. i.) To curdle when poured into another liquid, and float about in little flakes or feathers; as, the cream feathers.
Abjure :: Abjure (v. i.) To renounce on oath.
Flight :: Flight (n.) The husk or glume of oats.
Foreland :: Foreland (n.) A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat.
Foul :: Foul (v. t.) To entangle, so as to impede motion; as, to foul a rope or cable in paying it out; to come into collision with; as, one boat fouled the other in a race..
Floatage :: Floatage (n.) Same as Flotage.
Bloat :: Bloat (v. t.) To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote.
Synecdochical :: Synecdoche (n.) A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc..
Mailclad :: Mailclad (a.) Protected by a coat of mail; clad in armor.
Goatee :: Goatee (n.) A part of a man's beard on the chin or lower lip which is allowed to grow, and trimmed so as to resemble the beard of a goat..
Guttural :: Guttural (n.) A sound formed in the throat; esp., a sound formed by the aid of the back of the tongue, much retracted, and the soft palate; also, a letter representing such a sound..
Dugout :: Dugout (n.) A canoe or boat dug out from a large log.
Heel :: Heel (v. i.) To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it..
Throaty :: Throaty (a.) Guttural; hoarse; having a guttural voice.
Canker Rash :: Canker rash () A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat.
Sludge :: Sludge (n.) Small floating pieces of ice, or masses of saturated snow..
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