Sherlock Holmes and his friend Watson were on a camping and hiking trip.
They had gone to bed and were lying there looking up at the sky. Holmes said, "Watson, look up. What do you see?"
"Well, I see thousands of stars."
"And what does that mean to you?"
"Well, I guess it means we will have another nice day tomorrow. What does it mean to you, Holmes?"
"To me, it means someone has stolen our tent."
n. - painful or horrific experience; severe trial.
- hist. Test of an accused person by subjection to severe pain, with survival taken as proof of innocence. [old english]
ORDURE
n. Dung. [latin horridus: related to *horrid]
ORGASM
—n. Climax of sexual excitement. —v. Have a sexual orgasm. orgasmic adj. [greek, = excitement]
ORIENT
—n. (the orient) countries east of the mediterranean, esp. E. Asia. —v. - a place or determine the position of with the aid of a compass; find the bearings of. B (often foll. By towards) direct.
ORIGAN
n. (also origanum) wild marjoram. [latin from greek]
ORIGIN
n. - starting-point; source.
- (often in pl.) Ancestry, parentage.
- math. Point from which coordinates are measured. [latin origo origin- from orior rise]
ORIOLE
n. (in full golden oriole) bird with black and yellow plumage in the male. [latin aurum gold]
ORMOLU
n. - (often attrib.) Gilded bronze; gold-coloured alloy.
- articles made of or decorated with ormolu. [french or moulu powdered gold]
ORNATE
adj. - elaborately adorned.
- (of literary style) convoluted; flowery. ornately adv. Ornateness n. [latin: related to *ornament]
ORPHAN
—n. Child whose parents are dead. —v. Bereave (a child) of its parents. [latin from greek, = bereaved]
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