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Definition of O.E.D.

1. Noun. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.

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Lexicographical Neighbors of O.E.D.

o-chlorobenzylidenemalonitrile o-chlorophenol O-diethylaminoethyl cellulose o-dihydricphenol meta-O-methyltransferase o-diphenolase O-phosphocholine O-phosphono- O-phosphoserine o-phthalaldehyde o-point

O-R system O-sialoglycoprotein endopeptidase o-succinylbenzoic acid synthase O-succinylhomoserine (thiol)-lyase o.d. O.E.D. (current term) O.K. O. Henry oaf oafish

oafish oafishly oafishness oafishnesses oafs Oahu Oahu Island oak oak oak-leaved goosefoot

Literary usage of O.E.D.

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1. Class-book of Botany: Being Outlines of the Structure, Physiology and by Alphonso Wood (1861)
"OED. 61 a Stamens 6 or 12, symmetrical with the 6 ovary-cells. ... OED. 131 f Flowers in a long naked spike. Stamens 6 or 7. ..."

2. Sophocles: with English notes by Sophocles, Fredericus H. M. Blaydes, Frederick Apthorp Paley (1859)
"The variants in Aj. and Oed. are given by Erf. Agrees mostly with D ... Contains Aj. El. Oed. Used by Burton and occasionally by Elmsley (in Oed. ..."

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