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."
- attractiveness, esp. Sex appeal. [origin uncertain]
OPERA
n. - a drama set to music for singers and instrumentalists. B this as a genre.
- opera-house. [italian from latin, = labour, work]
- pl. Of *opus.
OPINE
v. (-ning) (often foll. By that) literary hold or express as an opinion. [latin opinor believe]
OPIUM
n. Drug made from the juice of a certain poppy, used esp. As an analgesic and narcotic. [latin from greek opion]
OPTIC
adj. Of the eye or sight (optic nerve). [greek optos seen]
ORBIT
—n. - a curved course of a planet, satellite, etc. B one complete passage around a body.
- range or sphere of action.
- eye socket. —v. (-t-) 1 move in orbit round.
- put into orbit. orbiter n. [latin orbitus circular]
ORDER
in council n. Executive order, often approved by parliament but not debated.
- of the day n. - prevailing state of things.
- principal action, procedure, or programme.
- —n. - a condition in which every part, unit, etc. Is in its right place; tidiness. B specified sequence, succession, etc. (alphabetical order; the order of events).
- authoritative command, direction, instruction, etc.
- state of obedience to law, authority, etc.
- a direction to supply or pay something. B goods etc. To be supplied.
- social class; its members (the lower orders).
- kind; sort (talents of a high order).
- constitution or nature of the world, society, etc. (the moral order; the order of things).
- taxonomic rank below a class and above a family.
- religious fraternity with a common rule of life. 10 grade of the christian ministry. 11 any of the five classical styles of architecture (doric order). 12 a company of persons distinguished by a particular honour (order of the garter). B insignia worn by its members. 13 eccl. The stated form of divine service (the order of confirmation). 14 system of rules or procedure (at meetings etc.) (point of order). —v. - command; bid; prescribe.
- command or direct (a person) to a specified destination (ordered them home).
- direct a waiter, tradesman, etc. To supply (ordered dinner; ordered a new suit).
- (often as ordered adj.) Put in order; regulate (an ordered life).
- (of god, fate, etc.) Ordain. in (or out of) order 1 in the correct (or incorrect) sequence or position.
- fit (or not fit) for use.
- according (or not according) to the rules at a meeting etc. In order that with the intention; so that. In order to with the purpose of doing; with a view to. Of (or in) the order of approximately. On order ordered but not yet received. Order about command officiously. To order as specified by the customer. [latin ordo ordin- row, command, etc.]
ORGAN
n. - a musical instrument having pipes supplied with air from bellows and operated by keyboards and pedals. B instrument producing similar sounds electronically. C harmonium.
- a part of an animal or plant body serving a particular function (vocal organs; digestive organs). B esp. Joc. Penis.
- medium of communication, esp. A newspaper representing a party or interest. [greek organon tool]
ORIEL
n. (in full oriel window) projecting window of an upper storey. [french]
ORRIS
n. - a kind of iris.
- = *orris root. [alteration of *iris]
- root n. Fragrant iris root used in perfumery etc.
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