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Os   /ɑs/   Listen
noun
Os  n.  (pl. ossa)  A bone.



Os  n.  (pl. ora)  A mouth; an opening; an entrance.



Os  n.  (pl. osar)  (Geol.) One of the ridges of sand or gravel found in Sweden, etc., supposed by some to be of marine origin, but probably formed by subglacial waters. The osar are similar to the kames of Scotland and the eschars of Ireland. See Eschar.



Os  n.  (Chem.) The chemical symbol for the element osmium.






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"Os" Quotes from Famous Books



... Chijis senhores da costa Choromandel, parte do Malabar e desta Ilha Ceilao. Na qual Ilha leixaram huma lingua, a que elles chamam Chingalla, e aos proprios povos Chingallas, principalmente os que vivem da ponta de Galle por diante na face da terra contra o Sul, e Oriente: e por ser pegada neste Cabo Galle, chamou a outra gente, que vivia do meio da ilha pera cima, aos que aqui habitavam Chingilla e a lingua delles ...
— Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and • James Emerson Tennent

... Ojeda hears of your calling him a cockroach on a mast, he will grind your ribs to a paste with a cudgel (os moliesen las costillas a puros palos)!" observed a pale, sharp-faced lad in a shabby doublet. The sailor who had made the comparison glanced at ...
— Days of the Discoverers • L. Lamprey

... daughter of the church will remain accountable for it before contemporaries, before history, before Europe, and before God. She will not be allowed to wipe her mouth like the adultress in Scripture, quae tergens os suum dicit, non ...
— Pius IX. And His Time • The Rev. AEneas MacDonell

... estate. His philosophy, as is well known, was of a fanciful and somewhat fantastic character; but his learning was deep, and he was possessed of a singular power of eloquence, which reminded the hearer of the os rotundum of the Grove ,or Academe. Enthusiastically partial to classical habits, his entertainments were always given in the evening, when there was a circulation of excellent Bordeaux, in flasks garlanded with roses, which were also strewed ...
— Guy Mannering • Sir Walter Scott

... "Apol." 25 D, {poteron eme eisageis deuro os diaphtheironta tous neous kai poneroterous ...
— The Apology • Xenophon


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