OR
\ˈɔː], \ˈɔː], \ˈɔː]\
Definitions of OR
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A particle that marks an alternative; as, you may read or may write, -- that is, you may do one of the things at your pleasure, but not both. It corresponds to either. You may ride either to London or to Windsor. It often connects a series of words or propositions, presenting a choice of either; as, he may study law, or medicine, or divinity, or he may enter into trade.
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Ere; before; sooner than.
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Yellow or gold color, - represented in drawing or engraving by small dots.
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A particle that marks an alternative; as, you may read or may write, -- that is, you may do one of the things at your pleasure, but not both. It corresponds to either. You may ride either to London or to Windsor. It often connects a series of words or propositions, presenting a choice of either; as, he may study law, or medicine, or divinity, or he may enter into trade.
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Ere; before; sooner than.
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Yellow or gold color, - represented in drawing or engraving by small dots.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Either; else; a disjunctive, often preceded by either.
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Also; alias.
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A termination used to form (1) nouns of agent; as, actor, competitor; (2) comparatives of Latin origin; as, junior; (3) abstract and concrete nouns of Latin origin; as, honor, terror.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Gold-o. Blanc, Platinum-o. Cyanure d', see Gold-o. Divise, see Gold-o. Hydrochlorate d', see Gold-o. Iodure d', see Gold-o. Metallique, see Gold-o. Nitromuriate d', see Gold-o. Oxide d', see Gold-o. et de Sodium chlorure d', see Gold-o. et de Soude, Muriate d', see Gold.
By Robley Dunglison
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conj. [Anglo-Saxon] A disjunctive particle noting distribution, distinction, and sometimes opposition;- usually an alternative answering to either.
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n. [French, Latin] The yellow or gold colour represented on an escutcheon by small dots.
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