OPPOSITION, Contrariety, Disagreement, Hindrance, Stop.
To OPPRESS, to lie heavy upon, to over-burden, to crush by Authority and Violence.
OPPRESSION, over-burdening, crushing by Authority.
OPPRESSIVE, apt to oppress.
OPPRESSOR, he that oppresses.
OPPROBRIOUS, reproachful, injurious.
OPPROBRIUM, Shame, Disgrace.
To OPPUGN, to fight against, to oppose, to reject, or confute an Opinion.
OPTICK, belonging to the Sight.
OPTICKS, a Science which treats of the Sight in general.
OPTION, Choice, a Liberty of accepting or refusing a Thing.
OPULENCY, Wealth, Riches.
OPULENT, wealthy, very rich.
OR, either.
ORACLE, an ambiguous or obscure Answer, which the Heathen Priests gave to the People about Things to come, making them believe that God spoke by their Mouths
ORAL, delivered by the Mouth or Voice.
ORANGE, a well known Fruit.
ORANGERY, a sort of Perfume, also a Place where OrangeTrees are kept.
ORANOCO, a sort of Tobacco.
ORATION, a Discourse, or Speech, pronounced in publick
ORATOR, an eloquent Speaker, or Pleader.
An ORATORY, a private Chapel, a Place set apart for Prayer.
ORB, a hollow Sphere.
ORBIT, the Course in which any Planet moves.
ORCHARD, a Piece of Ground inclosed, and planted with Fruit Trees.
ORCHESTRE, a Place where the Chorus danceth, or where Musicians sit.
To ORDAIN, to command, to appoint, to confer holy Orders.
ORDER, a disposing Things in their proper Place; Custom, or Manner; Rule, or Discipline.
ORDER of Battle, the Disposition of an Army before it begins to engage the Enemy.
ORDERS in general, signify all that is commanded by superior Officers, and is sometimes only taken for the Word.
ORDERLY, acting according to rule, regular.
ORDINANCE, a Decree, Statute or Law, also Artillery, great Guns.
ORDINARY, common, usual, indifferent, mean.
An ORDINARY, a Victualling-House where Persons may eat.
ORDINATION, the Act of ordaining, or putting into holy Orders.
ORDURE, Filth, the Dung of Man or Beast.
OREB, a Prince of the Midianites.
ORGAN, the noblest of Musical Instruments used in Churches.
ORGANIST, one who plays upon Organs.
ORIEL COLLEGE, a College in the University of Oxford.
ORIENT, the East.
ORIENTAL, eastern, belonging to the East
ORIFICE, the Mouth, Entry or Brim of any thing.
ORIGIN, the first Rise or Source of a Thing, a Stock, or Pedigree.
ORIGINAL, belonging to an Original, primitive, first
An ORIGINAL, the first Beginning or Rise of a Thing, the first Draught or Pattern of a Thing, the Derivation of a Word, &c.
ORNAMENT, Beauty, Grace, Finery, Set off, Rhetorical Flourish.
ORPHAN, a fatherless and motherless Child.
ORPINGTON, a Town in Kent
ORRERY, an astronomical Machine for giving a clearer Account of the solar System.
ORTHODOX, that is of a true or right Opinion or Belief
ORTHOGRAPHICAL, ORTHOGRAPHICK, belonging to Orthography.
ORTHOGRAPHY, the right or true way of Writing, Spelling, or Describing.
ORTOLAN, a delicate Bird.
OSIER, the red or Water Willow.
OSMUND, a proper Name.
OSPREY, a Bird with a very strong beak.
OSTENSIVE, that serves to shew.
OSTENTATION, making fair Shews outwardly, Vainglory, excessive Boasting, Braging, Vaunting.
OSTENTATOUS, set out for Shew, vain-glorious.
OSTLER, one who takes care of Horses in an Inn
OSTRICH, a large African Fowl.
OSWALD, a King of Northumberland.
OSWESTRE, a Town in Shropshire, 130 Miles from London.
OTHER, another
OTHER-WHILE, ever and anon, now and then.
OTHERWISE, in another manner
OTTER, a sort of amphibious Creature.
OTTOMAN, belonging to the Turks.
OVAL, of the Shape of an Egg
OVEN, a hollow Place for baking Bread in
OVER, placed upon, or above, beyond
To OVERACT, to act beyond one's Commission
To OVERBALANCE, to exceed in Weigh
To OVER BEAR, to prevail over, oppress, or crush
OVER BOARD, into the Sea.
To OVERCAST, to grow dark, or cloudy, to whip a Seam, as Taylors do
To OVERCOME, to get the better of, to bring under, to subdue
OVERLAID, stifled, or smothered.
To OVERLOOK, to look over, to have an Eye upon, to look after, to take no notice of, to wink at, to look upon with Contempt.
OVERPLUS, an Exceeding, or something over and above.
To OVERPOISE, to outweigh
An OVER-REACH, a Strain, a Swelling of a matter Sinew of a Horse.
To OVER-REACH, to hurt one's self by reaching too far, also to couzen, or cheat.
To OVERRUN, to out run, run beyond, to invade every where.
To OVERSEE, to have the Management of, to over-look, or let pass.