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_Douglas._
ODAL LANDS.
V. ~Udal~.
ODIN. _Promise of Odin_, a promise of marriage, or particular sort of contract, accounted very sacred by some of the inhabitants of Orkney, the contracting parties joining hands through an orifice in the _Black Stone of Odin_.
_Trans. S. Antiq. S._
ODOURE, _s._ Nastiness.
_Douglas._
OE, O, ~Oye~, _s._ A grandson, S.
_Wallace._
Gael. _ogha_, id. Ir. _ua_, id.
O'ERBLADED, _part. pa._ Hard driven in pursuit.
V. ~Blad~.
_Watson._
O'ERCOME, _s._ The overplus, S.
_Ramsay._
O'ERWORD, _s._ Any term frequently repeated, S.
OFFSET, _s._ A recommendation, S.
_Ramsay._
OFTSYIS, _adv._ Often.
OGART, _s._ Pride, arrogance.
_Wallace._
Sw. _hogfard_, Alem. _hohfart_, pride.
OGERTFUL, OGERTFOW, UGERTFOW, _adj._
1. Nice, squeamish, S. B.
_Journal Lond._
2. Affecting delicacy of taste, S. B.
_Beattie._
A. S. _oga_, Isl. _uggir_, fear, horror.
OHON, _interj._ Alas, S.
Gael.
OYE, _s._ Grandson.
V. ~Oe~.
OIL ~of~ HAZEL, a sound drubbing, S.
OYL-DOLIE, _s._ Oil of olives.
Fr. _huile d'olive_.
_Chron. S. P._
_To_ OYNT, OYHNT, _v. a._ To anoint.
_Wyntown._
OYSE, OYCE, _s._ Inlet of the sea.
_Brand._
Isl. _oes_, Su. G. _os_, ostium fluminis.
