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oagly, ooglie, oogly, ouglie, ougly, uglie, ugly,
ougly [ˈugli]
adj. Ugly.
grass_owl, gress_ool, gress_oul, houl, huam, ool, oold, ooled, oolet, oolin, oolit, oolit, oolt, oul, ouled, oulet, oulin, oulit, oulit, oult, skitteroolet, skitteroulet, ul,
oul [ul]
n. An owl.
oulet [ˈulɪt] An owl, often a young one. A disgruntled, peevish, dismal person or child.
v. To treat harshly, ill-use, bully To be dejected.
pt. pp. oult adj. Downtrodden, downcast, cowed, nervous, subdued, bewildered, dumbfounded.
Compounds and phrases etc.
fern oul: MN. The nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus.
gress oul: SN. The short-eared owl Asio flammeus
huam: SW. The moan of the owl in the warm days of summer.
hill oul: WC. The short-eared owl Asio flammeus.
little oul, wee oul: The little owl Athene noctua.
moss oul: SN. The short-eared owl Asio flammeus.
oulin. Of pain: troublesome, gnawing. Of people: fretful, peevish, downcast.
rock oul: The barn owl Tyto alba.
skitteroulet: An impudent young person, a brat.
stock oul: I.Ork. The eagle-owl Bubo bubo.
white oul: I.Sh. The snowy owl Bubo scandiacus.
emikin, emikins, ooma, oomick, oomie, oomik, oonmik, oumie, oumikin, oumikins, oumock, umag, umak, umak, umakie, umek, umekin, umik, umiki, umikin, umog, umok,
oumock [I.Sh. ˈumək]
also oumie [I.Ork. ˈumɪ], oumikin.
n. A small, weak person or creature. A very small quantity of something. I.Sh. A taboo name for a mouse.
adj. Odd, pitiful.
Compounds and phrases etc.
oumikins. A collection or heap of very small objects.
oorishk, ourisk, urisk, wrisk,
ourisk [ˈurɪsk]
n. A supernatural being like a brownie.
oozel, ouzel, ouzelie,
ouzel [ˈuːz(ə)l]
n. arch. The blackbird Turdus merula.
dim. ouzelie
Compounds and phrases etc.
gairden ouzel: WC. The blackbird Turdus merula.
$er, aer, air, backower, back-ower, backowre, back-owre, err, irr, iver, ivver, o$er, o$ers, o$re, oberins, obrance, obrances, oe$r, oe$rs, oer, oerby, ooer, oor, ore, ouer, our, oure, ourlie, ourly, ouwer, overby, overli, overly, ovir, ow$r, owe$r, ower, ower_a, ower_a$, ower_aa, ower_aw, oweraa, owerance, oweraw, owerby, owerbye, ower-bye, owered, owerins, owerlie, owerly, owerplus, owers, owersman, owert, owir, owr, owrance, owre, owreaa, owreaw, owreby, owre-by, owrebye, owrely, owreplus, owres, owresman, owur, owurby,
ower [ˈʌu(ə)r, ɔuːr, oːr, uːr]
prep. Over. Beyond the control or capabilities of, too much for. Down from, out of, or out at a door, window, bed, platform or similar elevation.
adv. Over. Of time: well on, late, far advanced. With adj. and adv.: too, overmuch, excessively. Very, quite, rather.
adj. Upper, higher. Going across or over, transverse.
v. To master, control, subdue. To overawe, cow.
pt. pp. owert, owered
owerly
adj. Excessively. Carelessly, casually. Casual, incidental, chance.
back-ower
adj. Situated behind, latter.
prep. Over the back of.
adv. Behind, backwards.
v. To move back.
Compounds and phrases etc.
ower aw: All over, everywhere.
owerby: Over the way.
owerin: An odd or extra job, made from leftovers, a trifle, trifling work.
owerins [-ɪnz]: Control, command, oversight, supervision, mastery, superiority. Odds and ends, remnants.
owerplus: Surplus.
owers. What is left over.
owersman: An overman, one's superior, a supervisor of craftsmen. A chief arbiter who has the final descision in case of a dead-lock.
o$ergang, owergaan, owergae, owergaed, owergaein, owergaen, owergane, owergang, owergang, owergauin, owergaun, ower-gaun, owergawn, owergeen, ower-geen, owergyaan, owergyan, owregae, owregane, owregang, owregaun, owre-geen, owregyan,
owergae [ˈʌu(ə)rˈgeː, ɔuːr-, oːr-, uːr-]
v. To go over, to pass through or over, to cross. To surpass oneself, go beyond bounds in one's behaviour, to get above oneself. To transgress, contravene. Of time: to pass, elapse. Of people: to pass through a period of time, to survive, be more than a certain age. To overrun, infest, overspread, cover over, with weeds or dirt etc. I.Sh. To overpower, overwhelm, oppress, to get the better of, master, to surpass, exceed.
owergang [-gaŋ, MN. -gjaŋ & -gɪŋ] To overcome, oppress, exceed, infest, overrun, overgrow
pt. owergaed [-geːd, gɛd, MN. -gɪd, N. -giːd]
pp. owergane [-geːn, MN.- giːn]. adj. I.Sh. Beyond oneself, too bold or forward in behaviour, unruly. Overrun with weeds. Of time past.
Compounds and phrases etc.
owergaun [-gɑːn, -gɔːn, SEC. -ˈgɑː(ɪ)n, N. I. -g(j)aːn]. A going-over, a dressing down. The point of falling asleep. The act of going or working over as part of a task or job.
From ower + gae
overture, owerture,
owerture [ˈʌu(ə)rtuːr, ˈɔuːr-, ˈoːr-, ˈuːr-]
n. An overture, a draft bill.
auskerrie, ooster, ous, ouse, ouskerri, ouwse, ouwse, ows, owse, owsed, owsekerri, owsekerrie, owse-room, owsin, owskerri, owskerri, owskerrie, owster, owz, owze,
owse [NN.b. I. ʌuz]
v. To scoop up water, to empty by baling.
pt. pp. owsed
owster
n. The act of baling.
v. To act or speak in a domineering manner.
Compounds and phrases etc.
owsekerrie: The scoop used for bailinng water out of a boat.
owse-room: I.Sh. The space in a saxern from which the water is bailed out.
ous, ouse, ousen, ousin, ouss, ousse, oussen, oussenbow, oussenbowe, oussenbowe, owse, owsen, owsenbow, owsen-bow, owsenbowe, owsen-bowe, owsin, owss, owssen, owze, ox-bow, oxee, ox-ee, oxen-bow, oxgait, oxgang, oxgate, oxgates,
owse [ʌus]
also ox [ɔks]
n. An ox.
pl. owsen [ˈʌusən]
Compounds and phrases etc.
owsenbowe [-bʌu]: A curved wooden collar for a draught ox.
ox-ee: The blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus or great tit Parus major.
big ox-ee: The great tit Parus major.
black ox-ee: WC.EC. The coal tit Periparus ater.
oxgang, oxgate: A land measurement.
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