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Show OB BLI'VIOUS adi ‘OB [obliviofus e o crime by Cremona's neighb'ring Obnoxisu Latin. Caufing forgettulnefs Raze out the written troubles of the brain And with fome fweet cblivious antidot Cleanfe the fufi"d bofom Shakcfpeare's Macheth The Britith foul Exult to fee the crowding ghofts defcen The wings of fwans Shall raife aloft 3. Reprehenfible; no tion OBLO'NG adj [eblong Pope French ob 4. Liable; expofed Long hoftility had made their friendfhip week i itfelf, and more obnoxious to jealoufies and diftrufts Hayward But what will not ambition and reveng Defcend to ? who afpires, muft down as lo As high he foar'd ; -chnoxious firfk or laft The beft figure ofa gardenI efteem an oblon upon a defcent Temple's Mifcellanies Every pasticle, fuppofing them globular or no very oblorg, would be above nine million times thei own length from any other particle Bentley [from oblong. oblong form than it would have been, had the globe of our cart or of the planets, been either fpherical, or oblongl Sbanidion Cheyne. Osio'~cwess. 2./. [from oblong. ftate of being oblong O'BLOQ}J Yt f 1. Cenforiou reproach [oélcgzmr {peech 'Th Latin. blame To bafeft things Osno'x10UusNEss. #. f. [from cbnoxious. Subjection ; lizblenefs to punifhment OsNO'X10USLY. adv [from cbnoxions. In a ftate of fubjetion; in the flate o macy twelve grains OBRE‘PTION n / Ainfworth [obreptio Latin. pronounc'd and fwvorn @ a [obrego z. Offenfive Addifon A girdle foul with greafe binds his odfcene attire Ewery age might perhaps produce one or two tru genius, if they were not funk under the cenfur and obloguy of pledding, fervile, imitating pedants Swvif No Dryden Of the relentlefs dame to death purfu'd And of the fight obfcene {o lately view'd 3. Inaufpiciouns obmutefco A vehement fear often produceth obmutefcence Browwn OBNO'XIOUS 1. Subje&t adj [obnoxius, Latin. I propound a charater of juftice in a middl -form, between the fpeculative difcourfes of philofophers, and the writings of lawyers, which ar tied and cbnoxious to their particular laws to owls and ob cene animals luftre wh Jeenenefs All are obnoxious, and this faulty land Like fainting Hefter, does before you ftand Watching your fceptre Waller We know ourfelves obnoxious to God's fevere juftice, and that he; is a God of mercy and hateth fin 1. To darken ; to make dark Thou art wickedly devout In Tiber ducking thrice by break of day To wath th' ohfeenitics of night away Dryden. No pardon vile obfcenity thould find Tho' wit and art confpire to move your mind. - Pope. his unwillingnefs to forgive, he hath fent hisonly | n. f. [obfeuratio, Latin. The a& of darkening ate of being darkened change of co lou R Tm ns Ch it oBlowrafiplin happens commo eruption of a fiery mountain l befor th Burnet Lae 1 flti oaxg}ii?ffe?f},,f?ifh}fi §nw§_ pfit haidrb o ' o FaHlalt scond ourgmeet,ing,,tche;t:;ifi.ag- play to the night -,g,;:; o Sudden the thunder blackens all the f yfr And the winds whiftle, and th furges roll Mountains onmountains, and obfcure the pole. P 2. To make lefs vifible Wha muft T hold = candle to my thames They in themfelves, good footh, are too, to Why An 'tis an office of difcovery, love T fhould be ohfeurd Y deLz Thinking by this retirement to dbfeure from God, he infringed the omnifCiena cyd effeatial ubiquity of his Maker Browt's VulEm 3 T make lefs intelligible By private confent it hath been ufed in dangeron times to obfcure writing, and make it hard to k read by others not acquainted with the intrigue Hddm There is fcarce any duty which has beenfo diurd by the writings of learned men, asthis Wi 4. To mak 1iluftrious lefs glorious, beautiful, o Think'ft thou, vain fpirit, thy glories are fh fame And feelt notfin obfeures thy godlike frame I know thee:now.by thy ungrateful pride That fhows me what thy faded looks did hideiy 5. Lo conceal; to make unknown O might I her In folitude live favage, in.fome glad Obfcur'd, where higheft woods, impenctrable To fun or ftarlight, fpread their umbrage broat . Milt OBscu'rRELY. adw. [from obfeure. 1. Not brightly; not luminou; fdalrkylj 2. Out of fight; privately; without a0 a tice; not confpicuoufly Such was the rife of this prodigious fire Which in mean buildings firfkt obfcurely bied From thence did foon to open fireets afpire There live retir'd MJ@; Content thyfelf to be ebfeurely good 3. Not clearly; not plainly; darkl the mind Drydei and that we might not have the leat fufpicion of | OBscura'rion Preferve our plains, and fhield the Mantuan tow'rs 7o O8sCU'RE. ©. a. [wbfiurs Mr. Coyley afferts plainly, that obfcenity has n 2. Liable to punithment Thy name, O Varus, if the kinder pow'r He fays, that he is an obfeyre erfo fuppofe, that is inithe dark e s cannot bear hi Pope's Latters place in wit Dryden Thofe fables were tempered with the Italian feverity, and free from any note of infamy or cb Not noted 3 not obfervable Dryd v oo R 2 E CE'NELY.~ advfer. [f om ob/ce c.] In a impure and unchafte manner. Ossce'Newess. | m./. [obfeenité, French ORrsce'NITY from edfeene.] Impurit of thought or language; unchaftit lewdnef Bacon begotten fon into the world, by his difmal fuffering S5 T A and curfed death, to expiate our offences. Ca amy 4 Dryden It is the fun's fate like your's, to be difpleafin Shakefpeare to exprefs himi'elf Care fhuns thy walks, as at the chearful ligh The groaning ghofts, and birds obfcene take flight My chaftity's the jewel of our houfe Bequeathed down from many anceftors Which were the greateft obloguy 1 th® worl OerMUTE'SCENCE. 7. /. [fro Lat. Lofs of fpeech ili-omened ab({mf:. and this according to the manner wherei b Home as they went, the fad difcourfe renew'd proper In me to lofe difgufting intelligible I explain fome of the mof obfeure thefe which are moft necefTaryfto efifflfim Latin. ‘Words that were once chafte, by frequent uf grow sbfcene and uncleanly Watis's Logick Shall names, that made yourcity the glory of th earth, be mentioned with obloguy and detraction of reproach ; difgrace cult Chemos tly' cbftene dread of Moab's fons. Ailr Milton Cauf 3. Not eafil The at of creeping on with fecrecy o by furprife 7o OBRO'GATE 's Parggy The obfeure birdiclamonrd the Ii c~lon; In phar To proclaim a contrary law for th diffolution of the former Di Tupt, we are on the other fide as extreme, eve O S E E adj [o fc ne Fr aé m' m againft moit harmlefs ordinances Hooker Latin. Here new afperfions, with new oblogaies Daniel's Ciwil War, | 1» Immodeft ; not agreeable to chatlit Are {aid on old deferts Canft thou with impious obloguy condemn of mind ; caufing lewd ideas The jult decree of God z. Living in the dark cloud ; to obfcure . /i [ebolus, Latin. his father Who.thall ternpt awith.wand! ngnfec The dark unbottom'd infin And thro" the palpable oéf':;iabfigf ou His uncouth way - Mika Pae lxakzie to punithment 70 OBNU'BILATE. @. 4. [obnubilo, Lat. flander; | O'BoLE curfet fhall be' put out in obfcur darkn:fsn.‘e%'gfi Miltorw's Paradife Loft To dews obnoxious on the grafly floor Diryden They leave the government a trunk naked, defencelefs, and obnoxious to every ftorm. Dawenant T Reafonable moderation hath freed us from bein defervedly fubject unto that bitter kind of obloguy whereby as the church of Rome doth, wnder th colour of love towards thofe things which be harmlefs, maintain extremely moft hurtfal corruptions {o we peradventure might be upbraided, that unde colour of hatred towards thofe things that are cor Whef Beafts lie down Ina The furface of the temperate climates is large reputa fuffer his underftanding to be prepofie® b th contrived. and interefted {chemes of modern, an withal obuoxious authors Fell longus, Latin. Longer than broad the fame with a re@angle parailelogram, whefe fides are unequal. Harris Osro'~Gry. adv of foun \Coneeiving it moft reafonable to fearch for primitive truth in the primitive writers, and not t Unnumber'd; well aveng'd, they quit the care Of mortal life,and drink th' oblivious lake. Philips Ch born to fee what none can fee awake Behold the wonders of th' ob/ivious lake and ftronger pinion'd rhim Dryden OBSCU'RE. a4/." [obfeur Z Jeurus, Latin 1. Dark ; unenl; ghtened 3 glg‘m& drinhg fight The woman's feed at firft obfeurely told 4 1 Now amplier known, thy faviour and-t.h)/'l I:,am! Opscu'rRENESS. | 7./. {"_5/:"‘""""'} § obfeurité, Prench Orscu'riTy 4 i ht 4 rknefs ; want of li § 13 2 an a o da e N\ enad ui{h{ i kneefs andgelzfitlri!j'Eflbdhfl*s antangpraNRI Venus, and cach fl Should Cynthia quit thee, ¥e It would not formione thought dask as mine art I could lend them obfcurenefs now, and 3y 0 Out of myfelf there fhould beno mfl z 11 4 |