Olaf, last Olafiad, n. a successor Olafiaeth, n. a successorship Olbrain, n. the herb crowfoot Ole, n. a ravine Olew, oil, unction Olewwydd, n. olive trees Oliedydd, n. a pricker, in hunting Olion, n. leavings, refuse Olp, n. puncture; islet-hole Olrhain, n. a search after Olrhead, n. a beagle Olrheiniad, n. a tracing out Olrheiniadwy, a. scrutable Olrheinio, v. to scrutinise Olrheiniwr, n. a tracer, a scrutiniser Olwyn, n. a wheel, a trundle Olwynad, n. a wheeling Olwyno, v. to wheel Olwynog, a. having wheels Olynol, a following Olysgrif, n. a postscript Oll, a. all, whole, everyone Ollalluog, a. almighty, omnipotent Ollalluogrwydd, n. almightiness Ollddifaol, a. all-consuming Ollddigonol, a. all-sufficient Ollddoeth, a. all-wise, all-knowing Ollgyfoethog, a. all-powerful Olliach, n. the herb all-heal Ollnerthedd, n. omnipotency Ollnerthog, a. omnipotent Ollryw,
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards
Only the cicadas ran from hedge to hedge calling shrilly; or now and then a solitary trumpet stirred the drowsy air, or, in the vicinity of the prisons, the moaning of the dying men, made the silence terribly vocal.
— from A Song of a Single Note: A Love Story by Amelia E. Barr
Muller was in that state of nervous agitation that a single jarring word would have roused an unrestricted torrent of abuse.
— from The Argus Pheasant by John Charles Beecham
I only tell you so that you may not wonder if I do speak out now and then about some small thing.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 19, April 1874‐September 1874 by Various
In explaining the origin of society and power, divers modern writers have said a great deal about a certain state of nature anterior to all societies, and have supposed that these societies were formed by a gradual transition from a barbarous to a civilized state.
— from Protestantism and Catholicity compared in their effects on the civilization of Europe by Jaime Luciano Balmes
We obtained a sort of promise, however, from the Spanish officers, not again to allow such conduct as disgraced the preceding night; and having cautioned the French in the rear to keep close together, we went to our quarters in a little village, with some hopes that the murderers would not again go to their infernal work; but we were disappointed; for next morning the front room of the cottage in which we passed the night, was filled with Spanish soldiers at day-break, (for it happened to be a sort of wine-house,) and every one 180 of them had a knapsack or two which they took from the French on the preceding evening: and no doubt for every knapsack which we counted, there was a murdered prisoner.
— from The Military Sketch-Book, Vol. 2 of 2 Reminiscences of seventeen years in the service abroad and at home by William Maginn
Besides, she's obviously not a tart and she may be known here.
— from The Lonely Unicorn: A Novel by Alec (Alexander Raban) Waugh
So far their journey had been without adventure; they had scarcely even seen a soul; only now and then a solitary horseman had appeared about half a mile away; and then, after looking about him, apparently with no particular object, had galloped off.
— from For Love of a Bedouin Maid by Voleur
Until the circumcision of the new-born child, on the eighth day, he was regarded by the law as ceremonially still in a state of nature, and therefore as symbolically unclean.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Leviticus by Samuel H. (Samuel Henry) Kellogg
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