Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A margin, or border, in technical uses; specifically, in entomology, the inflexed or inferior lateral margin of the prothorax, often separated from the antepectus by a suture.
- noun The day wind which blows from the south up the valley of lake Garda, in northern Italy.
- noun Plural of
os . - noun An Anglo-Saxon money of account.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A money of account among the Anglo-Saxons, valued, in the Domesday Book, at twenty pence sterling.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
os .;mouths oropenings , especially of thecervix . - noun A unit of
money among theAnglo-Saxons .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The phrase "ora d'aria" refers to the period when prison inmates are let into the yard: a blessed reprieve, which the restaurant Ora d'Aria certainly offers.
The Seattle Times 2011
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But in the higher elevations that you have around the city, there is a chance we may have what we refer to as a ora-graphic (ph) lift, which that moisture goes right up the hillsides, mountainsides, it is actually squeezed out.
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The señora is threatening to go to the delegado, the town magistrate.
The lady is a tramp - an excerpt from the book: Agave Marias 2006
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The señora is threatening to go to the delegado, the town magistrate.
The lady is a tramp - an excerpt from the book: Agave Marias 2006
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Since my Señora is in Mexico City taking care of the grandchildren while my daughter celebrates another wedding aniversary, I decided to go mountain biking up to the village of Rancho Viejo to have an exquisite "trucha al mojo de ajo y acuyo" with Doña Santos.
Fresh trout lunch! 2005
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Since my Señora is in Mexico City taking care of the grandchildren while my daughter celebrates another wedding aniversary, I decided to go mountain biking up to the village of Rancho Viejo to have an exquisite "trucha al mojo de ajo y acuyo" with Doña Santos.
Fresh trout lunch! 2005
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Nonne et ab ore magni illius hominis in ora omnium Christianorum diriuatum est: Ecce enim in iniquitatibus conceptus sum, et in peccatis concepit me mater mea?
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005
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"The Señora is German?" he said in Spanish to the younger one.
Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel Vicente Blasco Ib����ez 1897
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a Mexican señora is an idle one; nor, in such cases, can it be considered a useless one.
Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843
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I learned that Lassie’s owner had said, “If the Señora is kind enough to feed our horse, she should have something beautiful to put the food in.”
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