ounce 
lynx; but this is not at all probable. Cf. MHG. 
liiii:r, linize, lioness.] 1. A carnivorous mam- 
mal, Felis irbi.s or F. unda, of the cat family, 
Ounce, or Snow-leopard (Felis iritis). 
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Whether we preach, pray, baptize, communicate, con- 
demn, give absolution, or whatsoever, as disposers of 
God's mysteries, our words, judgments, acts, and deeds 
are not ours but the Holy Ghost's. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, v. 77. 
One with our feelings and our powers 
And rather part of us than ours. 
Scott, Marmion, iii., Int. 
OUr 2 t, A former spelling of hour. 
There may ai-este me no pleasaunce, 
And our be our I fele grevaunce. 
MS. Cantab. Ff. L 6, f. 117. (Halliwell.) 
our-. For words so beginning, see uro-. 
ourang-outang, An erroneous form of orang- 
utan. 
ouranographist, n. Same as uranoffraphist. 
ouranograpby, n. Same as uranograpliy. 
Ourapteridae, n. pi. Same as Vrapterygida;. 
ourari (o-ra'ri), . Same as curari. 
t ml '^5 -o ^ 4) 
ther. It is an alpine animal, inhabiting the mountains 
of Asia up to an altitude of 18,000 feet, and bearing the 
same relation to the leopards of warmer regions that the 
Canada lynx, for example, bears to the ordinary bay lynx 
or wildcat. In consequence of its habitat the fur is very 
thick and long, even forming a mane on the back, and the 
color is pale-gray with obsolete dark spotting, instead of 
reddish with sharp black spotting as in the leopards of 
low countries. The muzzle is notably obtuse, with arched 
frontal profile, in consequence of the shortness of the nasal 
2f. The bay lynx or the Canada lynx. W. Wood. 
3. An occasional name of the American ja- 
guar, Felis onca. 
ounce-land (ouns'land), . In Orkney, before 
the islands became a part of Scotland proper, 
the area or tract of land that paid an annual 
tax of an ounce of silver. 
Each of the before-mentioned districts of land was call- 
ed an ounce-land (Ork. urisland), because it paid an annual 
tax of one ounce of silver. 
Westminster Rev., CXXVIII. 689. 
oundt, n. [< ME. ounde, < OF. onde, ounde, F. 
onde = Pr. onda, unda, honda = Sp.^ Pg. It. 
onda, < L. unda, a wave, water, = AS. yth, a 
wave : see ithe. Hence, from L. unda, E. abound, 
redound, surround, abundant, etc., redundant, 
etc.] 1. A wave. 2. Work waving up and 
down ; a kind of lace. Halliwell. 
Seyne come ther sewes sere, with solace ther-after, 
Ownd of azure alle over and ardant them semyde. 
Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 193. 
ounde, a. Same as oundy, 2. 
oundedt, [ME. ownded; < ound + -ed?.] 
Same as oundy, 1. 
The hynde of hym was lyk purpnre, and the tayle was 
ownded overthwert with a colour reede as rose. 
MS. Lincoln A. i. 17, f. 39. (ttattiwell.) 
oundingt, . [ME. owndynge; < ound + -ingl.] 
Imitation of waves ; laying in curls or rolls. 
The disguise, endentynge, barrynge, owndynge, palynge, 
wyndynge or bendynge, and semblable waste of clooth in 
vanitee. Chaucer, Parson's Tale. 
oundy (oun'di), a. [ME. oundy, oundie; < OF. 
onde, ounde, < onde, wave : see ound."] 1 . Wavy ; 
curling. 
Hir heere that oundy was and crips, 
As burned gold hit shoon to see. 
Chaucer, House of Fame, 1. 1386. 
2. Scalloped: said of the edge of a piece of 
stuff, a garment, or the like. Also ounde. 3. 
In her., same as unde. 
ounga, n. See gibbon. 
OUpEt, OUphet (of), . Obsolete and corrupt 
spellings of oaf. 
We'll dress 
Like urchins, ouphes, and fairies. 
Shak., M. W. of W., iv. 4. 49. 
And now they deemed the courier ouphe 
Some hunter-sprite of the elfin ground. 
J. S. Drake, Culprit Fay, p. 46. 
our 1 (our), pron. [Early mod. E. also oure, ower, 
owre ; < ME. oure, ure, < AS. ure (= OS. usa = 
OFries. use, unse, onse = D. ons, onze = MLG. 
unse = OHG. unsar, unser , MHG. G. unser = 
Icel. varr, vdr, mod. vor = Sw. var = Dan. vor = 
Goth, unsar), poss., our, < ure, gen. pi., of us: 
see s.] Pertaining or belonging to us : as, our 
country; our rights; our troops. Ours is a later 
possessive form from our, and is used in place of our and a 
noun, thus standing to our in the same relation as hers to 
her, yours to your, mine to my: as, the land is ours; your 
land and ours. 
Sir, oure strengh myght nogt stabill tham stille, 
They hilded for ought we couthe halde, 
Oure vnwittyng. 
York Plays (E. E. T. S.), p. 326. 
In this houre 
I wol ben dede, or she shal bleven oure. 
Chaucer, Troilus, iv. 639. 
Gomphia, and distinguished by the ten stamens 
and terminal panicles. There are about 100 species, 
natives of America, Africa, and Asia in the tropics. They 
have alternate shining evergreen leaves, yellow flowers of 
five petals (with the five sepals also commonly yellow), 
and a fruit of about five drupes sessile on a broad recepta- 
cle. See candleviood, 1. 
Ourax (6'raks), n. [NL., < Gr. ovpa^, Attic name 
of the bird rfr/wf.] 1. SameasPaMxi. Cuvier, 
1817. 2. Same as Mitu, 2. Swainson, 1837. 
oure 1 , pron. A Middle English form of our 1 . 
01ire 2 t, n. A Middle English form of hour. 
ourebi (ou're-bi), n. [AlsooriW; S. African.] 
Thebleekbok of South Africa, Antilope scoparia 
or Scopophorus ourebi, about 2 feet high, of a 
pale-dun color, white below, with sharp strong 
annulated horns in the male, inhabiting open 
plains. 
ouretic, a. See uretic. 
ourie, See oorie. 
ourn (ourn), pron. [< our + -n, an adj. suffix 
used also in hern, hisn, etc.] Ours. [Prov. or 
dial., Eng. and U. S.] 
Ourn 's the fust thru-by-daylight train. 
Lowell, Biglow Papers, 2d ser., i. 
OUTO-. For words so beginning, see uro-. 
ours (ourz), pron. See our 1 . 
ourself (our-self ' ), pron. [< ME. oure self, etc. : 
see oar 1 and self, and cf. himself, myself.] My- 
self: relating to we and us, when used of a sin- 
gle person, as in the regal or formal style. 
Graunte that we may oure silf to enserche & se, 
As thou for us on roode were rent, 
Thou chese us to thee for charite. 
Hymns to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 117. 
What touches us ourself shall be last served. 
Shak., J. C., iii. 1. 8. 
Not so much as a treaty can be obtained, unless we 
would denude ourself of all force to defend us. 
Clarendon, Great Rebellion. 
Ourself have ever vowed to esteem 
As virtue for itself, so fortune, base. 
B. Jonson, Cynthia's Bevels, v. 3. 
ourselves (o\a:-se\vz'),pron.pl. [< our + selves.] 
We or us, not others: often, when used as a 
nominative, added to we by way of emphasis ; 
when in the objective, often without emphasis 
and simply serving as the reflexive pronoun cor- 
responding to us: as, we blame ourselves; we 
pledge ourselves. 
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing 
as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God. 2 Cor. iii. 6. 
All things that are 
Made for our general uses are at war 
E'en we among ourselves. 
Fletcher, Upon "An Honest Man's Fortune." 
We ourselves might distinctly number in words a great 
deal farther than we usually do. Locke. 
All our knowledge is Ourselves to know. 
Pope, Essay on Man, iv. 398. 
To awaken and cherish this love of truth in ourselves 
and in others, to follow after it as long as we live, this is 
what has created the prophets, saints, heroes, and mar- 
tyrs of history. J. F. Clarke, Self-Culture, p. 152. 
-ous. [ME. -ous, -onse; < OF. -ous, -os, -us, -ens, 
later -eux, V. -eux = Sp. Pg. It. -oso, < L. -osus, 
for *-osus, orig. (Aryan) *-wansa, *-u-anta, a 
suffix (equivalent to E. -ful or -y l or -ed 2 ) 
attached to nouns to form adjectives noting 
fullness, as in callosus, hard-skinned, callous, 
famosus, noted, famous, generosus, well-born, 
generous, odiosus, hateful, odious, religiosus, 
scrupulous, religious, sumptuosus, costly, sump- 
tuous, vitiosus, faulty, vicious, etc.] A suffix of 
Latin origin, forming, from nouns, adjectives 
denoting fullness or abundance, or sometimes 
merely the presence, of the thing or quality 
expressed by the noun, as in callous, famous, 
out 
generous, odious, religious, sumptuous, vicious, 
etc. (see etymology). Many modern English adjec- 
tives taken directly from the Latin have -ose, as jocose, 
verbose, with or without an equivalent fomi in -uus, as 
herbose herbous, onerose onerous, vinose vinous, spicous spi- 
cose, etc., the form in -ose being especially common in 
botanical terms. By reason of the agreement in the ter- 
minal pronunciation of English adjeciives in -ous and the 
English pronunciation of Latin adjeciives in -us (in Latin 
a mere nominative termination), many such adjectives in 
-us have been transferred into English with the accom- 
modated termination -ous, as anxious, conspicuous, deviow, 
obvious, previous, serious, etc. , from Latin anxius, conspicu- 
us, devius, obelus, procmus, serius, etc. So with Laiin or 
New Latin adjectives in .us from Greek -os, as in acepha- 
lous, etc. The suffix -ous is felt as an English formative 
only when a noun accompanies the adjective, as infamous, 
odious, religious, ambitious, etc., associated with the nouns 
fame, odium, religion, ambition, etc. It is sometimes used 
(as also -one), as an English formative, attached to words of 
non-Latin origin, as in quartzous or quartzose, etc. 
OUSet, n. An obsolete form of ooze. 
OUSel, n. See ouzel. 
OUSet (ou'set), . [Origin obscure.] A cluster 
of cottages; a hamlet or clachan. SaUiwell. 
[Scotch and North. Eng.] 
OUSt 1 (oust), v. t. [< ME. *ousten, < OF. ous- 
ter, oster, F. 6ter = Pr. ostar, remove, oust; 
perhaps < ML. "haustare, draw out, remove (t), 
freq. of L. Jtaurire, pp. naustus, draw (water): 
see haurient, hausfi, exhaust.'] If. To take 
away; remove. 2. To turn out; eject; dis- 
possess. 
Afterwards the lessor, reversioner, remainder-man, or 
any stranger doth eject or oust the lessee of his term. 
Blackstone, Com., III. xi. 
Nothing less than the death of one Pharaoh, and the 
succession of another, could oust a favorite from his posi- 
tion. Stedman, Viet. Poets, p. 150. 
He . . . sack'd my house ; 
From mine own earldom foully ousted me. 
Tennyson, Geraint. 
oust 2 (oust), n. Same as oast. 
ouster (ous'ter), n. [< OF. ouster, inf. used as 
noun : see Ottsi 1 .] In law, a putting out of pos- 
session; ejection; the act of depriving one of 
his freehold. In modern use it implies a wrongful ex- 
clusion, and is used only with reference to real property. 
Also called dispossession. 
It is . . . stated that Smith the lessee entered ; and that 
the defendant, William Stiles, who is called the casual 
ejector, ousted him ; for which ouster he brings this action. 
Blackstone, Com., III. xi. 
Judgment respondeat ouster. See judgment. Oust- 
er by discontinuance. See discontinuance. 
ouster-le-main, n. [< OF. ouster, remove, + le, 
la, the, + main, hand: see main 3 .'] In feudal 
times, a writ or judgment for recovery of lands 
out of the hand of the superior lord. 
The heir, at the age of twenty-one, and the heiress, ori- 
ginally at the age of fourteen, but subsequently at the age 
of eighteen, sued out his or her livery or ousterlemain 
(take the hand off), and obtained release from royal pro- 
tection and control. S. Dou-eU, Taxes in England. I. 35. 
out (out), adv. and prep. [< ME. out, owt, oute, 
owte, < (a) AS. ut = OS. ut= OFries. ut = MD. 
tit, D. uit= MLG. ut, ute, uten = OHG.uz, uzs, uzz, 
MHG. uz, usz, us, G. aus = Icel. ut = Sw. ut = 
Dan. ud = Goth, ut, out ; whence (i) AS. ute = 
OS. iita, ute = OFries. uta, ute = OHG. itze, uzze, 
u:si, MHG. uze, uzze, onze = Sw. ute = Dan. 
ude = Goth, uta, out, without; (c) AS. utan = 
OS. utan = OHG. uzana, uzan, MHG. uzen, G. 
aussen = Icel. utan = Sw. utan = Dan. uden = 
Goth, utana, from without; prob. = Skt. ud, 
up, out. Hence comp. utter (whence utter, v., 
utterance, etc.), superl. utterest, utmost, outmost, 
etc., about, without, outward, etc.] I. adv. 1. 
Forth, either from a place, position, state, con- 
dition, or relation, or into a specified position, 
condition, existence, action, view, association, 
etc. the original notion 'forth' or the result- 
ant notion 'in 'prevailing according to the con- 
text or to circumstances, (a) From within or the 
inside to the exterior or outside : as, to go out; to rush out. 
Myrabell came and toke hym owt aside ; 
"Bo after me," quod she, "as in this case." 
Generydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 834. 
Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire 
leap out. Job xli. 19. 
There he sat and sung then- loves, 
As she went out and in. 
The Jolly Goshawk (Child's Ballads, III. 286). 
(b) From a source or receptacle : as, to draw out a dagger ; 
to pour out wine ; to squeeze out a drop. 
He saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the 
governor of the feast. John ii. 8. 
The sheepfold here 
Pours out its fleecy tenants o'er the glebe. 
Cowper, Task, i. 291. 
(c) From confinement, concealment, obscurity, entangle- 
ment, etc. : as, to let out a secret ; to bring out the mean- 
ing of a passage. 
Hit is lure of our lyues, and we let sholde 
ffor to wreke vs of wrathe for any wegh oute. 
Destruction of Troy, 1. 2175. 
