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o&k tree, iKOtiinlK pi. niotimlsitcaxh (piiit- 

 ;l<il' ini.iJ:, R. VV. ; pohkuhtimln, whiteoak; 

 insnttiniix, red oak; we.wkkuiiJ:, (red?) 

 oak wood, C. ; Abu. aiimkanifxi, oak 

 which bears acorns, Rasles). 



oath, ehadehi'kei/i-iiin'tunk (vbl. n. from 

 chadchekei/iiKin, he ><wear.s or vows; lit. 

 bespeaks vehemently, El. Gr. 21). 



obey, nmswetau, he obeys (him), pri- 

 marily he follows (him); nmstceetajih, 



' obey thou (him); ncosweetook,nosiveht6k, 

 obey ye {ken nmswHah, obey thou me; 

 nmswehtau Manit, obey God, C. ) ; with 

 inan. obj. ncoswetam, iit'mxrehtam, he 

 obeys (it, as a command, a law, etc.); 

 ncoswetamcok, obey ye; vbl. n. ncoswehta- 

 mdonk (ncoswetammonk, C. ), obe<lience, 

 an obeying; mat nmswehkinu'ionk, diso- 

 bedience. From 7i(DS)reu, he serves, he 

 yields, tvunnamptauau (he believes, 

 trusts to ) , he obeys ( him ) . "This word 

 they use just as the Greek tongue doth 

 that verb TCi6T£VEtv, for believing or 

 obeying, as it is often used in the N. 

 Testament: coanAumxdfms, I believe you 

 or I will obey you", R. AV. From 

 umnnamptam, he believes. 



object, tedg (thing, ([. v.). 



odor, asummKjfpiol. ii.viiiunikipmk, smell, 

 odor; indtrlieniiiiii/qnnl, a bad smell; 

 ■iivtiliuniK/ijiiot, sweet smell, perfume; 

 >iiatrherintnij(jut^suonk, a bad smell pro- 

 ceeding from or caused by an animate 

 being; so wuttis»umunkrpissuo)ik, 'his 

 smell'. Gen. 27, 27. 



otteT, pummunum, pumminniiin, lie offers, 

 devotes (it) to a superior; freq. pau- 

 paumunau, he offers or presents (him) ; 

 suffix uppaupatiiiu'mih, he offers them. 

 Eliot uses this word to express the 

 offering or consecration of objects to 

 (Sod, not sacrificial. Cf. "Pi'onpom, 

 a trilmte skin when a deer is killed 

 in the water. This skin is carried to 

 the sachem or prince within whose 

 territory the deer was slain", R. W. 

 mngou, he offers; mnmagun, he offers 

 it; see give, sephausu, he offers sac- 

 rifice {seephaixsu, it is offered or sacri- 

 ficed); sephauKineau, he offers (it) in 

 sacrifice, he sacrifices (it); sephausauau, 



offer — continued, 

 he sacrifices (him, an. obj.) to; mi// 

 wphaiiscoog wnnnaiimnnaoh . . . mitl- 

 trtnnittmh, they sacrificed their sons to 

 devils, Ps. 106, 27; vbl. n. sephaumonk, 

 an offering, sacrifice; n. agent, sepliaa- 

 siiaen, one who makes offerings, a sacri- 

 ficer, a priest; sephamauau, he offers 

 sacrifice to, or he sacrifices (it, inan. 

 obj.) to. ompontinnnm magmonk, he 

 .sends an offering ( i. e. a gift or a tribute) 

 [ompwwinan, he is tributary to]. 



offspring, neeckanog (pi.); n. collect. 

 wunneechdneunk, offspring collectively, 

 all children, Rom. 9, 8. See child. 



often, nohnompil [when it is repeated; 

 suppos. from uohnompii], oftentimes. 

 mwcliekit nonipe, when it is many 

 times [mcochikit, nGmpe, often, C; k6n- 

 kitchea, ayatche {for adtahshe) , as often: 

 ayatche nippeeam, I am (come) often 

 here, R. W. ). adhishc, ahhut tahuhe, at- 

 looche, ultcoche, as often as, as many 

 times as [adt tahshe']. 



oil, puinmee (pummee or sminiie, C). 

 From pumnioh, the sea, i. e. jiammae, 

 of the sea. 



ointment, mssequeonk (anointing; vbl. 

 n. from susgeqiin, he anoints). 



old, ki'hchiK, kiitchisKii, (lie is) old, an old 

 man; jil. kelirliixng, kiiirliisog, old men, 

 elders, seniores. Theinan. formissome- 

 times, though rarely, used, as kehchi- 

 yeue ketasKwi, an old king; pi. kihchiog 

 (an. inactive), the old, the ancients 

 {kitchize, R. W.; kelicMm, C; Del. 

 kigeyi lenno, an aged man, Hkw. "Chixe 

 is an old man, and kiehchise a man that 

 exceedeth in age", E. Winslow's Re- 

 lation, 1624. kiitfliiiiiiii, a middle-aged 

 man (?), R.W. ). krhdihipia, kutch'isqiia, 

 an old woman (»'t'>(i>(', pi. -sMcA', R.W. ; 

 Del. girhtochqueii, an aged woman; 

 chauclifsclmia, a very old woman, Hkw. ). 

 h/iine.i, pi. -suck, an old man, old men, 

 R. W. mahtauntam, mohtantam, (he is) 

 old; nummolitaiitam, I am old; suppos. 

 iiiahlaiintog, when old (mattaAntam, 

 'very old and decrepit', R.W. Del. 

 inihilaitis, 'an old man worn out with 

 age', Hkw.) This word has nearly 



