While sports fishing off the Florida coast, a tourist capsized his boat. He could swim, but his fear of alligators kept him clinging to the overturned craft.
Spotting and old beachcomber standing on the shore, the tourist shouted,
"Are there any gators around here?!"
"Naw," the man hollered back, "they ain"t been around for years!"
Feeling safe, the tourist started swimming leisurely toward the shore.
About halfway there he asked the guy,
"How"d you get rid of the gators?"
"We didn"t do nothin"," the beachcomber said. "The sharks got "em."
n. Any of the statuettes awarded by the us academy of motion picture arts and sciences for excellence in film acting, directing, etc. [man's name]
OSIER
n. - willow used in basketwork.
- shoot of this. [french]
OSITY
suffix forming nouns from adjectives in -ose and -ous (verbosity; curiosity). [latin -ositas]
OSTEO
comb. Form bone. [greek osteon]
OTHER
day n. (also other night) (prec. By the) a few days (or nights) ago.
- half n. Colloq. One's wife or husband.
- woman n. (prec. By the) married man's mistress.
- —adj. - not the same as one or some already mentioned or implied; separate in identity or distinct in kind (other people; use other means).
- a further; additional (a few other examples). B second of two (open your other eye).
- (prec. By the) only remaining (must be in the other pocket; where are the other two?).
- (foll. By than) apart from. —n. Or pron. Other person or thing.
OTTER
n. - aquatic fish-eating mammal with webbed feet and thick brown fur.
- its fur. [old english]
OUGHT
v.aux. (as present and past, the only form now in use) 1 expressing duty or rightness (we ought to be thankful; it ought to have been done long ago).
- advisability (you ought to see a dentist).
- probability (it ought to rain soon). ought not negative form of ought (he ought not to have stolen it). [old english, past of *owe]
OUIJA
n. (in full ouija board) propr. Board marked with letters or signs and used with a movable pointer to try to obtain messages at a seance. [french oui, german ja, yes]
OUNCE
n. - unit of weight, 1/16 lb or approx. 28 g.
- very small quantity. [latin uncia twelfth part of a pound or a foot]
