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An obsolete spelling of orel. oared (ōrd), a. [ = L. urere, burn), burn), also " Ωασις, σις, and (the city) Ὕασις, a fertile spot in the Libyan desert; of Egypt. origin; cf. Coptic ouahe (> Ar. wah ), a dwelling-place, an oasis, ouih, dwell.] Originally, a fertile spot in the Libyan desert where there is a spring or well and more or le vegetation; now, any fertile tract in the midst of a waste: often used figuratively. O me, my pleasant rambles by the lake, My sweet, wild, fresh three quarters of a year, My one Oasis in the dust and drouth Of city life! Tennyson, Edwin Morris. Fountains are never so fresh and vegetation never so glorious as when you stumble upon some oasis after wandering over an arid wilderne . Edinburgh Rev. IMG:content-1545.png:[blocks in formation] Oast. a , grate; b , ash-pit; c, c, pa age for air which rises around the furnace and radiator and pa es through the perforated drying-floor i; d, smoke-opening; e, e, radiator; f, smoke-pa age; g, up-take; h, h , outlets for smoke; 1, 2, 1, entrances to and exits from drying floor; m , cupola perforated for escape of air and moisture. (The hops to be dried are spread on the floor 2.) oat