Definition of oe

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Oe () a diphthong, employed in the Latin language, and thence in the English language, as the representative of the Greek diphthong oi. In many words in common use, e alone stands instead of /. Classicists prefer to write the diphthong oe separate in Latin words..

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Minim :: Minim (n.) A short poetical encomium.
Pigeontoed :: Pigeontoed (a.) Having the toes turned in.
Coextended :: Coextended (imp. & p. p.) of Coexten.
Misseldine :: Misseldine (n.) The mistletoe.
Hobnailed :: Hobnailed (a.) See with hobnails, as a shoe..
Dactyl :: Dactyl (n.) A poetical foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tegm/n/, E. mer6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger..
Psalm :: Psalm (n.) A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God.
Fornication :: Fornication (n.) Unlawful sexual intercourse on the part of an unmarried person; the act of such illicit sexual intercourse between a man and a woman as does not by law amount to adultery.
Shoes :: Shoes (pl. ) of Sho.
Cobbler :: Cobbler (n.) A mender of shoes.
Porticoed :: Porticoed (a.) Furnished with a portico.
Roe :: Roe (n.) The female of any species of deer.
Purana :: Purana (n.) One of a class of sacred Hindoo poetical works in the Sanskrit language which treat of the creation, destruction, and renovation of worlds, the genealogy and achievements of gods and heroes, the reigns of the Manus, and the transactions of their descendants. The principal Puranas are eighteen in number, and there are the same number of supplementary books called Upa Puranas..
Argonaut :: Argonaut (n.) Any one of the legendary Greek heroes who sailed with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the Golden Fleece..
Ray :: Ray (n.) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Raiae, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc..
Acheron :: Acheron (n.) A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf..
Woefulness :: Woefulness (n.) Alt. of Wofulnes.
Virelay :: Virelay (n.) An ancient French song, or short poem, wholly in two rhymes, and composed in short lines, with a refrain..
Elsin :: Elsin (n.) A shoemaker's awl.
Scour :: Scour (n.) Diarrhoea or dysentery among cattle.
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