To NUZZLE, to hide the Head, as a Child does in the Mother's Bosom.

NYMPH, a Goddess of Wa­ters, Rivers, Springs and Lakes, Fresh or River Water.

O.

O. An Interjection of Calling.

OAF, a Fool, or silly Fellow.

OAFISH, foolish, silly

OAFISHNESS, Foolishness, Silliness.

OAK, one of the Mast-bear­ing Trees.

OAKHAM, OAKUM, old Ropes un­twisted, and pulled out into loose Hemp, for the Calking of Ships.

OAR, ORE, Metal unrefined, as it is mixed with the Earth of the Mine

OARS, Instruments used in Rowing Boats, also a Boat rowed by two Persons.

OATMEAL, Meal, or Flower made with Oats.

OATHS, a sort of Grain.

OATH, a Swearing, or af­firming a thing by Swearing.

OAZY GROUND, soft, slimy or muddy Ground.

OAZINESS, Sliminess, Mud­diness.

OBADIAH, a proper Name of Men.

To OBAMBULATE, to walk about.

OBDURATE, hardened, ob­stinate.

OBEDIENCE, Dutifulness, Submission, Subjection.

OBEDIENT, dutiful, sub­missive.

OBEISANCE, a Congee, or low Bow.

To OBEY, to be obedient, or dutiful, to submit.

OBJECT, any thing proposed to Sight, or any other Sense, also Subject, or Matter.

To OBJECT, to make an Ob­jection, to oppose, to urge a­gainst.

OBJECTION, a Difficulty raised against a Proposition.

OBJECTOR, one who op­poses, or brings an Argument a­gainst.

OBLATION, an Offering, more especially that offered by religious Persons to the Church, for pious Uses, also a Toll, or Subsidy.

OBLECTATION, a Recrea­tion, Delight, Pleasure.

To OBLIGATE, to bind, or tye.

OBLIGATION, Duty, En­gagement, Tye, a Bond, or Writing obligatory.

OBLIGATORY, is of Force to oblige, binding.

To OBLIGE, to bind, con­strain, or engage, also to do a Kindness, or good Turn.

OBLIGING, civil, courteous, kind.

OBLIQUE, crooked, awry.

OBLIQUITY, Crookedness, going aslaunt.

To OBLITERATE, to blot out, to raze out of the Memory.

OBLITERATION, a blotting out, a cancelling, an abolishing.

OBLIVION, Forgetfulness

OBLONG, that is of a Figure commonly called a long Square.

OBLOQUY, a speaking evil against, Backbiting, Slandering.

OBNOXIOUS, liable, subject to, properly liable to be punish­ed for Offences

OBSCENE, filthy, unclean, unchaste, lewd, smutty.

OBSCENITY, unclean Speech, or Action, Bawdry, Ribaldry.

OBSCURE, dark, gloomy, difficult to be understood, private, retired, base, mean

To OBSCURE, to darken, to make unintelligible; to cloud, or drown the Merit of another.

OBSCURITY, Darkness, Dif­ficulty in being understood, al­so a retired Life.

OBSEQUIES, Funeral Rights or Ceremonies

OBSEQUIOUS, ready to o­bey, dutiful, careful to please, submissive.

OBSEQUIOUSNESS, Readi­ness to oblige, Complaisance

OBSERVABLE, fit, easy or worthy to be observed.

OBSERVANCE, Perform­ance, also Respect, Regard.

OBSERVANT, having Re­gard to, respectful.

OBSERVATION, an Observ­ing, Noting, a Note, or Remark.

OBSERVATOR, an Observer of People's Manners, also a Mo­nitor in a School.

To OBSERVE, to keep, to follow a Rule, Law, &c. to take notice of, to consider.

OBSOLETE, grown old, or out of Use.

OBSTACLE, Hindrance, Bar, Let

OBSTINANCY, Stubbornness, a Fixedness in maintaining an Opinion, Wilfulness.

OBSTINATE, wilful, reso­ute, stubborn.

To OBSTRUCT, to stop up, hinder.

OBSTRUCTION, Stoppage, Hindrance.

To OBTAIN, to succeed in the Pursuit of a Thing, to get, or gain.

To OBTRUDE, to thrust or force in or upon, to impose.

OBTRUSION, a thrusting in or upon.

OBTUSE, blunt, having a dull Edge.

To OBVERT, to turn back, or against.

To OBVIATE, to prevent, or hinder.

OBVIOUS, easy to be per­ceived or understood, plain, common.

OCCASION, Season, conve­nient or Fit Time to do any thing, also Cause, Reason, Ne­cessity, or Want.

OCCASIONS, Affairs, Con­cerns.

OCCASIONAL, belonging to Occasion, also casual.

OCCIDENT, the West.

OCCULT, hidden, secret.

OCCUPATION, Business, Employ, a Trade

OCCUPIER, one who occu­pieth, or possesseth.

To OCCUPY, to fill, or take up a Space, to be seized, or in Possession of, to deal, or trade.

To OCCUR, to meet, to come in the way, to offer, or present itself

OCCURRENCE, a casual Ad­venture, Rencounter, or Con­junction of Affairs; also News.

OCEAN, that vast Collection of Water, or Sea, which sur­rounds the Globe of the Earth

OCEANOUS, belonging to the Ocean.

OCKHAM, a Town in Surrey.

OCKLEY, a Village in Surrey.

OCTAGON, a Figure of Eight Angles and Sides.

OCTAVE, in Musick a 8th, or an Interval of Eight Sounds.

OCTAVO, a Book is so cal­led when a Sheet is folded in Eight Leaves

OCTOBER, the eighth Month of the Year from March.