Os


(n.) A bone.


(n.) A mouth; an opening; an entrance.


(n.) One of the ridges of sand or gravel found in Sweden, etc., supposed by some to be of marine origin, but probably formed by subglacial waters. The osar are similar to the kames of Scotland and the eschars of Ireland. See Eschar.



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, a , or an . PCP. It is presumably an older spelling of scanned. --2. Specifically (Pros.), to go through with, as a verse, marking and distinguishing the feet of which it is composed; to show, in reading, the metrical structure of; to recite metrically   -drosten   -gos   -nos   -ose   -pos   -prossed   -prossing   -tos   -yos