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atoor, atour, atower, atowre, attae, attour, attowre, by_an_ootower, by_and_ootower, foroot$n, forooten, forouten, mair_ootower, mairatour, mairatower, mairatowre, mairootower, oot, oot$n, oot_i, oot_o, oota, ootae, ootance, ootay, ootbae, ootby, oot-by, ootbye, ooten, ooter, ooteral, ooterlie, ooterlin, ooterly, ootin, ootins, ootlan, ootler, ootlie, ootlier, ootlin, ootlins, ootly, ootmaist, ootna, ooton, ootower, ootowre, oot-owre, ootrel, ootta, ootwan, ootward, ootwart, ootwin, ooty, out, outance, outby, outbye, outen, outer, outerlie, outins, outlan, outler, outlie, outlin, outlins, outly, outmaist, outower, outowre, out-owre, outrel, outwan, outward, outwin,
oot [ut]
prep. Out. Along or up a road in an outwardly direction away from the speaker. Out of, from. Beyond, outside.
adv. Out. Outside, in the fields. Of a gathering of people, a church congregation, school day or meeting etc.: dismissed and left the building, dispersed, over, concluded. Of a cup or glass etc.: emptied, drained, consumed. With a numeral age: fully, quite. Of land: out of cultivation, untilled, fallow.
adj. Out. Outside, out of doors, in the fields. Outer, outlying, distant, remote. Open to all, unrestricted, of a competition.
comp. ooter
superl. ootmaist Outermost, most remote. Utmost, most extreme, maximum.
 
ooterly
adj. Outer, far out at sea.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
by and ootower: Moreover.
for oot on [fər ˈut on] contracted for oot'n [fər ˈutən]: prep. Without.
mair ootower: Moreover, further more, especially.
ootby: Outside, outwards, out and a little way off from the speaker, beyond, to or at some distance from a point expressed or inferred in the context, away from the shore, out at sea etc.
ooter: One who goes socialising.
ootin: An outing.
ooterlin: The weakling of a brood, the black sheep of a family, a reprobate.
ootins: Outside, out-of-doors.
ootler: Unhoused, a farm animal which remains outside during winter.
ootlin: Alien, an outsider, an outcast. pl. ootlins.
ootly: adv. Fully, completely.
oot o: Out of (Scots usually omits o after oot in for example oot the windae).
oot on contracted oot'n [ˈutən]: Out of.
ootower contracted atour [əˈtʌur]: Beyond, across, outside leg. In addition to. Throughout, all over, completely, to the full.
ootrel An outsider, a stranger. pl. ootrels.
ootwart, MN. ootwan: Outwards. Cold, aloof, distant, reserved in manner.
ootmaag, ootmaagit, ootmag, ootmaggit,
ootmag [I.Sh. utˈmag]
v. To tire out, exhaust, weaken.
pt. pp. ootmaggit adj. Exausted with hard work.
appeenyin, opeenion, opeenionatit, opeenyin, opingan, opinyan,
opeenion [əˈpinjən, əˈpiŋən]
n. Opinion.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
opeenionatit: Oppinionated.
op$ry, operae, operey, operie, opery, opry, opyra,
operae [ˈop(ə)ri]
n. An opera. A noisy fuss, to-do.
opponent,
opponent [əˈponənt]
n. Opponent.
opperteen, opporteen, opportuin, opportune, upperteen,
opportuin [əpərˈtyn, -ˈtən]
adj. Opportune.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
opportuinity: Opportunity.
opposeetion,
opposeetion [əˈposiʃən]
n. Opposition.
opteecian, opteician,
opteecian [ˈoptiʃən]
n. Optician.
aur, er, err, ir, oar, or, ur, urr,
or [ər]
conj. Or.
ar, er, ir, oore, or, ore, ur, urr,
or [ər]
prep. Before, ere. Until, till.
conj. Before or ere in reference to future time frequently followed by the subjunctive. Until, till. Sooner than or rather than in expressions of preference. I. Than (nor).
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
or lang: Soon, shortly.
 
See ere also.

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