One day Holmes and Watson are flying a dirigible balloon. It is foggy around, they have lost their way. Suddenly they see - a shepherd is grazing sheep below. The men are very glad and shout:
- The dear, tell us, please, where we are now?
- You are in the dirigible balloon.
- I understand... - Holmes says. - We are flying over Russia.
- But why? - Watson is surprised.
- It’s elementary, Buddy! Only a programmer could give such an exact and useless answer at the same time. And only in Russia programmers can look after sheep.
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]
