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31Oat — ([=o]t), n.; pl. {Oats} ([=o]ts). [OE. ote, ate, AS. [=a]ta, akin to Fries. oat. Of uncertain origin.] 1. (Bot.) A well known cereal grass ({Avena sativa}), and its edible grain, used as food and fodder; commonly used in the plural and in a… …
32Oat fowl — Oat Oat ([=o]t), n.; pl. {Oats} ([=o]ts). [OE. ote, ate, AS. [=a]ta, akin to Fries. oat. Of uncertain origin.] 1. (Bot.) A well known cereal grass ({Avena sativa}), and its edible grain, used as food and fodder; commonly used in the plural and in …
33Oat grass — Oat Oat ([=o]t), n.; pl. {Oats} ([=o]ts). [OE. ote, ate, AS. [=a]ta, akin to Fries. oat. Of uncertain origin.] 1. (Bot.) A well known cereal grass ({Avena sativa}), and its edible grain, used as food and fodder; commonly used in the plural and in …
34oat — n. 1 a a cereal plant, Avena sativa, cultivated in cool climates. b (in pl.) the grain yielded by this, used as food. 2 any other cereal of the genus Avena, esp. the wild oat, A. fatua. 3 poet. the oat stem used as a musical pipe by shepherds etc …
35oat — oatlike, adj. /oht/, n. 1. a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed. 2. Usually, oats. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) the seed of this plant, used as a food for humans and animals. 3. any of several plants of the same genus, as …
36oat — noun a cereal plant with a loose branched cluster of florets, cultivated in cool climates. [Avena sativa and related species.] Phrases feel one s oats N. Amer. informal feel lively and energetic. get one s oats Brit. informal have sex. sow one s… …
37oat — (n.) O.E. ate (pl. atan) grain of the oat plant, wild oats, of uncertain origin, possibly from O.N. eitill nodule, denoting a single grain, of unknown origin. The English word has cognates in Frisian and some Dutch dialects. The usual Germanic… …
38flourish — v 1. grow, grow like a weed, increase, develop, wax; burgeon, mushroom, boom, spring up, burst forth; sprout, bud, germinate, pullulate; bloom, blossom, flower, bear fruit, fructify; mature, maturate, ripen; luxuriate, abound, superabound. 2. be… …
39oat — [ōt] n. [ME ote < OE ate: not found in other Gmc languages: prob. < IE base * oid , to swell > Russ jádrica, groats] 1. [usually pl.] a) a hardy, widely grown cereal grass (Avena sativa) b) the edible grain of this grass 2. any of… …
40oat — (ōt), n. 1) pln a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible grain 2) pln Usu., oats. the grain of this plant 3) pln any of several other plants of the genus Avena, as the wild oat 4) archaic a musical pipe made of an oat straw • feel… …
