oarlock

A rowlock (q. v.). oar-propeller, s. A device to imitate by mach in yan desert. Of Egyptian origin; cf. Coptic ouahe = a dwelling-place, an oasis; outh = to dwell.] Originally a fertile spot in the Libyan desert; now applied to any fertile spot in the middle of a waste or desert. (Often used figuratively.) "Even where Arabia's arid waste entombs Whole caravans, the green oasis blooms." Holland: Hopes of Matrimony . (1822.) õast, oust, *ost, *oste, s. [A. S. dsta kiln; cogn. with Dut. eest ; O. Dut. ast , and allied to A.S. ad =a funeral pile.] A kiln for drying hops. The kiln has an upward draught, the floor being perforated and the hops lying upon hair-cloth.