- Sir! Did you have a good holiday? Did you go away?
- Yes, I went to France, to Paris.
- Did you have much trouble with your French when you were there?
- No, I didn"t - but the Parisians did.
acid n. Very poisonous and sour acid found in sorrel and rhubarb leaves. [greek oxalis wood sorrel]
OXFORD
blue adj. & n. (as adj. Often hyphenated) a dark blue, often with a purple tinge.
OXHIDE
n. - hide of an ox.
- leather from this.
OXTAIL
n. Tail of an ox, often used in making soup.
OXYGEN
n. Tasteless odourless gaseous element essential to plant and animal life. [greek oxus sharp, *-gen (because it was thought to be present in all acids)]
- tent n. Tentlike enclosure supplying a patient with air rich in oxygen.
OYSTER
white adj. & n. (as adj. Often hyphenated) greyish white.
- —n. - bivalve mollusc, esp. An edible kind, sometimes producing a pearl.
- symbol of all one desires (the world is my oyster).
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