obarnet, obarnit

[Origin obscure.] A beverage a ociated in texts of the sixteenth century with meath and mead, and in one case mentioned as a variety of mead. Carmen Are got into the yellow starch; and chimney-sweepers To their tobacco and strong waters, hum, Meath, and obarni. B. Jonson, Devil is an A , i. 1. With spiced meades (wholesome but dear), As meade obarne , and meade cherunk, And the base qua e, by pesants drunk. Pymlyco , quoted by Gifford in B. Jonson, VII. 241. Such an act makes marriage-vows As false as dicers' oaths. Shak . , Hamlet, iii. 4. 45. Neither is there or can be any tie on human society when that of an oath is no more regarded; which being an appeal to God, he is immediate judge of it. Dryden, Vind. of Duke of Guise. All the officers appointed by congre were to take an oath of fidelity as well as of office. Bancroft, Hist. Const., II. 113. 2. The form of words in which such attestation is made. Oaths are of two kinds: ( a ) a ertory oaths, or those by which something is a erted as true, and (b) prom i ory oaths (see promi ory oath, oath of allegiance, and office, below). Witne es allowed to take oath in any form which they consider binding on their conscience. Provision is made in the cases of those who have conscientious objections to the taking of an oath, or those who are objected to as incompetent to take an oath, whereby they are allowed to substitute an affirmation or solemn promise and declaration. Oaths to perform illegal acts do not bind, nor do they excuse the performance of the act. 3. A light or blasphemous use of the name of the Divine Being, or of anything a ociated with the more sacred matters of religion, by way of appeal, imprecation, or ejaculation. of an oath; perjury. I told him gently of our grievances, Of his oath - breaking . Shak ., 1 Hen. IV., v. 2. 38. oath-rite (ōth'rit), n. The form used at the taking of an oath. oat-malt (ōt'mâlt), n . Malt made from oats. oatmeal (ōt'mēl), n. 1. Meal made from oats. The grain, with the husk removed, is kiln-dried and ground. O sister, O sister, that may not bee Till salt and oatmeale grow both of a tree. The Miller and the King's Daughter (Child's Ballads, II. 358), 2. A mush or porridge prepared from oatmeal. -3t. [ cap.] One of a band of riotous profligates who infested the streets of London in the seventeenth century. [Slang.] IMG:content-1550.png:[blocks in formation] named Obben.] One of an Anabaptist sect in northern Europe, about the time of Menno (about 1530). See the quotation. Menno attached himself to the Obbenites, who held that on earth true Christians had no prospect but to suffer persecution, refused to use the sword, and looked for no millennium on earth. Encyc. Brit., XVI. 12. obbligato (ob-li-ga'to), a. and n. [It., bound, obliged, L. obligatus, bound: see obligate, oblige.] I. a. In music, indispensable; so important that it cannot be omitted: especially used of accompaniments of independent value. II. n. An accompaniment, whether for a solo or a concerted instrument, which is of independent importance; especially, an instrumental solo accompanying a vocal piece. Also spelled obligato . obclavate (ob-klāvāt), a . [ ob- + clavate . ] Inversely clavate. obcompre ed (ob-kom-prest'), a. [ ob- + compre ed.] In bot . , flattened anteroposteriorly instead of laterally. obconic (ob-kon'ik), a. [ ob- + conic.] In nat . hist ., inversely conical; conical, with the apex downward. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary obconical 4053 obedient obcordate (ob-kôr'dāt), a. [ In nat. hist., inversely heart shaped; cordate, but with the broader end, with its strong notch, at the apex instead of the base. Obcordate Leaflets obcordiform (ob-kôr'di-fôrm), a. [ of Yellow Wood-sor. ta, var. strict a ). rel ( Oxalis cornicula