Upon entering the little country store, the stranger noticed a sign saying "DANGER! BEWARE OF DOG!" posted on the glass door.
Inside he noticed a harmless old hound dog asleep on the floor beside the cash register.
He asked the store manager, "Is that the dog folks are supposed to beware of?"
"Yep, that"s him," he replied.
The stranger couldn"t help but be amused.
"That certainly doesn"t look like a dangerous dog to me. Why in the world would you post that sign?"
"Because," the owner replied, "before I posted that sign, people kept tripping over him."
n. Enclosed compartment for heating or cooking food etc. [old english]
OVER
prefix 1 excessively.
- upper, outer.
- = *over in various senses (overshadow).
- completely (overawe; overjoyed).
- —adv. Expressing movement, position, or state above or beyond something stated or implied: 1 outward and downward from a brink or from any erect position (knocked me over).
- so as to cover or touch a whole surface (paint it over).
- so as to produce a fold or reverse position (bend it over; turn it over).
OVUM
n. (pl. Ova) female egg-cell from which young develop after fertilization. [latin, = egg]
OXEN
pl. Of *ox.
OXON
abbr. (esp. In degree titles) of oxford university. [latin oxoniensis: related to *oxonian]
OYEZ
int. (also oyes) uttered, usu. Three times, by a public crier or a court officer to command attention. [anglo-french, = hear!, from latin audio]
OAKUM
n. Loose fibre obtained by picking old rope to pieces and used esp. In caulking. [old english, = off-comb]
OASIS
n. (pl. Oases) 1 fertile place in a desert.
- area or period of calm in the midst of turbulence. [latin from greek]
OBESE
adj. Very fat. obesity n. [latin edo eat]
OBJET
d'art n. (pl. Objets d'art pronunc. Same) small decorative object. [french, = object of art]
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