oblocutort (oblokutor)

[ oblong (ob'lông), a. and n. [F. oblong = Sp. Pg. It. oblongo, as, an oblong octavo. (d) In zool., having four straight sides, the opposite ones parallel and equal, but two of the sides longer than the other two; the angles may be sharp or rounded. (e) In entom., more than twice as long as broad, and with the ends variable or rounded: applied to insects or parts which are parallel-sided. (f) In bot., two or three times longer than broad, and with nearly parallel sides, as in many leaves. - Oblong cord, the medulla oblong at a. - Oblong spheroid, a prolate spheroid. Oblong Leaf of sem II. n. A figure of which the length Loniceras. is greater than the breadth; specifically, in geom ., a rectangle whose length exceeds its breadth. oblong a (ob-long′gä), n. Same as oblong at a. oblongal (ob-long'gal), a. Same as oblongatal. oblong at a (ob-long-ga'tä), n. [NL., Softening of the oblong at a was also decided. Medical News , LII. 430. oblongatal (ob-long-ga'tal), a. [ oblon gat a + -al .] Of or pertaining to the medulla oblong at a; macromyelonal; myelencephalic. Funiculus gracilis, the oblongatal continuation of the myelic dorsomesal column. Buck's Handbook of Med . Sciences, VIII. 124. oblong-ellipsoid (ob"lông-e-lip's oid), a . In nat . hist . , having a shape between oblong and elliptical. nat. hist., having a shape between oblong and lanceolate. oblongly (ob'lông-li), adv. In an oblong form: as, oblongly shaped. oblong-ovate (ob"lông-ō'vāt), a. In nat. hist., having a shape between oblong and ovate. obloquious (ob-lō'kwi-us), a. [ IMG:content-1577.png:[blocks in formation] 3. The state of one stigmatized; odium; disgrace; shame; infamy. From the great obloquy in which hee was soo late before, hee was sodaine lye fallen in soo greate truste. Sir T. More , Works, p. 44. And when his long public life, so singularly chequered with good and evil, with glory and obloquy, had at length closed forever, it was to Day les ford that he retired to die. Macaulay, Warren Hastings. =Syn. Opprobrium , Infamy , etc. (see ignominy ); censure, blame, detraction, calumny, aspersion; scandal, slander, defamation, dishonor, disgrace. obluctation (ob-luk-ta's hon), n. [ obluc tatio (n-), a struggling against, obluctari , struggle against, contend with, ob , against, + luctari , struggle: see luctation .] A struggling or striving against something; resistance. [Rare.] He hath not the command of himself to use that artificial obluctation and facing out of the matter which he doth at other times. obmurmuringt, n. [Verbal n. of *obmurmur, ob , against, + murmur are , murmur: see murmur.] Murmuring; objection. Fother by, Atheomastix, p. 125. Thus, maugre all th' obmurmurings of sense, We have found an e ence inc or pore all. Dr. H. More, Psych a than asia, II. ii. 10. obmutescencet (ob-mū-tes'ens), n. [L. obmu tescere , become dumb, be silent, ob , before, + (LL.) mutescere , grow dumb, mut us , dumb: see mutel .] A keeping silence; lo of speech; dumbne . But a vehement fear naturally produceth obmutescence; and sometimes irrecoverable silence. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., ііі. 8. The obmutescence, the gloom, and mortification of religious orders. Paley , Evidences, ii. 2. obnixelyt, adv . [ obnixe ( obnixus , obni sus , steadfast, firm, resolute, whence obnixum , obnize , adv., resolutely, strenuously, pp. of ob nit i , strive against, resist, ob , against, + nit i, strive: see nisus ) +-ly2.] Earnestly; strenuously. Most obnixely I must beseach both them and you. E. Codrington, To Sir E. Dering, May 24, 1641. ( Davies .) obnoxious (ob-nok's hus), a . [= Sp. Pg. obnoxio, obnoxius , subject or liable (to punishment or to guilt), subject, submi ive, exposed, exposed to danger, weak, etc., ob , against, + nox a , hurt, harm, injury, punishment, > noxius , hurtful: see noxious .] 1. Liable; subject; exposed, as to harm, injury, or punishment: generally with to : as, obnoxious to blame or to criticism. But if her dignity came by favour of some Prince, she [the church] was from that time his creature, and obnox ious to comply with his ends in state, were they right or wrong. Milton , Church-Government, i. 6. A man's hand, Being his executing part in fight, Is more obnoxious to the common peril. B. Jonson, Magnet ick Lady, iii. 4. He could not accuse his master of any word or private action that might render him obnoxious to suspicion or the law. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 318. Barrow , Works, I. 406. Men in public trust will much oftener act in such a manner as to render them unworthy of being any longer So obnoxious are we to manifold nece ities. obol trusted than in such a manner as to make them obnoxious to legal punishment. A. Hamilton, The Federalist, No. lxx. 2t. Justly liable to punishment; hence, guilty: reprehensible; censurable. What shall we then say of the power of God himself to dispose of men: little, finite, obnoxious things of his own making? South , Sermons, VIII. 315. 3. Offensive; odious; hateful. 'Tis fit I should give an account of an action so seemingly obnoxious. Glanville, Scep. Sci. More corrupted else, And therefore more obnoxious , at this hour, Than Sodom in her day had power to be. Couper , Task, iii. 846. 4. In law, vulnerable; amenable: with to: as, an indefinite allegation in pleading is obnoxious to a motion, but not generally to a demurrer. obnoxiously (ob-nok's hus-li), adv. In an obnoxious manner; reprehensibly; offensively; odiously.