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122 ORTS.—Odd pieces.

OURN.—Ours.

OUT.—Result of an attempt. "I zet un to do zome gardnin', but 'a maayde but a poor out on't.

OUT AN' OUT.—Wholly, entirely, beyond comparison. "I got out an' out the best o' the bargain wi' 'un."

OUT AN' OUTER.—Something very extraordinary or preposterous; one who does very extraordinary things.

OUT-AXT.—When the Banns have been put up in Church for the third time, the couple are said to be out-axt.

OUT-COME.—The result.

OWLISH.—Sleepy, stupid.

OXER.—A logget.

A short thick stick with a lump of lead or iron at the end.

A blow from a thick stick.

OX-SLIPS.—The flowers of Cowslip roots as produced when these roots are planted upside down, and with cow-dung or soot around. The manure doubtless accounts for the tint produced.