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  • other
    /óda/ [cf. NEXTother, plus hypercorrection; cf. Haitian lót idem HCEFD] adj. (in a series) next: One is gumelemi bark, the
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  • oreenge
    /aríynj/ [W Car.; cf. OED orenge to 1700's, Scots oreynzel n. the orange_ = FORBIDDEN FRUIT, GOLDEN APPLE, ORANGE APPLE
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  • orchid tree
    [from its large, lavender flowers resembling orchids] n. a tree, Bauhinia sp.: 1971 (Rabley 51). = BUTTERFLY FLOWER (Gen.)
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  • orchard
    [OED, a garden for herbs and fruit trees obs. →1388] n. 1. a pineapple field: 1880 In the "orchard" we
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  • orange apple
    [OED idem obs. 1561 only] n. the common or sweet orange, Citrus aurantium: 1889 (Gardner 370). = GOLDEN APPLE, FORBIDDEN
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  • operate
    [Atlantic; OED, of drugs and medicines, as cathartics etc.: to act] v. to loosen the bowels as a cure for
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  • open teeth
    n, teeth with gaps. (Black)
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  • oon.
    See OWN
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  • ooman
    úmam/ [Atlantic; "a preservation of a former pronunciation which was good upper-class usage from the 17th into the 19th century
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  • onliest
    /ównlis/ [Car., US Black; also dial. in Brit. North, West EDD and US South ADD] adj. only: 1940 Dat's de
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