O
\ˈə͡ʊ], \ˈəʊ], \ˈəʊ]\
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the fifteenth letter and fourth vowel of our alphabet, its sound intermediate between a and u--with three values in English, the name-sound heard in note, the shorter sound heard in not, and the neutral vowel heard in son: as a numeral, 'nothing,' or 'zero' (formerly O=11, and ([=O])=11,000): (chem.) the symbol of oxygen: anything round or nearly so (pl. O'S, OES, pron. [=o]z).
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OH, [=o], interj. an exclamation of wonder, pain, desire, fear, &c. The form oh is the more usual in prose.--O HONE! OCH HONE! an Irish exclamation of lamentation. [A.S. eá.]
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the fifteenth letter and the fourth vowel in the English alphabet, has several different sounds ; a long sound, as in bone, tone; a short sound, as in lot, cot; a subdued sound, as in move (moov), prove (proov), and this last sound contracted, as in foot (foot), loot (loot). As a numeral, O stands for 11, and with a dash over it 11000. It is also the usual character for a cipher or nought. As an abbreviation it stands for old.
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- Tilings capable of being inherited, be it corporeal or incorporeal,real, personal, mixed, and including not only lands everything thereon, but alsolieir-looms, certain furniture which, by custom, may descend to the heir togetherwith (he land. Co. Litt. 5b; 2 Bl. Comm. 17; Nell is v. Munson, 108 N. Y. 453, 15 E.730; Owens Lewis, 40 Ind. 508, Am. Rep. 205; Whitlock Greacen. 4S J. Eq.350. 21 Atl. 944; Mitchell Warner, 5 Conn. 407; New York Mabie, 13 150, 04Am. Dec. 53S. Estates. Anything capable of being inherited, be it corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, mixed and including not only lands everything thereon, but also heir looms, certain furniture which, by custom, may descend to the heir, together with land. Co. Litt. 5 b; 1 Tho. 219; 2 Bl. Com. 17. this term such things are denoted, as subject-matter inheritance, inheritance itself; cannot therefore, its own intrinsic force, enlarge an estate, prima facie a life into fee. B. & P. 251; 8 T. R. 503; 219, note Hereditaments are divided into corporeal and incorporeal. confined to lands. (q. v.) Vide Incorporeal hereditaments, Shep. To. 91; Cruise's Dig. tit. 1, s. 1; Wood's Inst.221; 3 Kent, Com. 321; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; 1 Chit. Pr. 203-229; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1595, et seq.