O*bei"sant (?), a. [F. obéissant, p. pr. of obéir to obey.] Ready to
obey; reverent; differential; also, servilely submissive.
||O*be"li*on (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?; a spit.] (Anat.) The region of
||the skull between the two parietal foramina where the closure of the
||sagittal suture usually begins.
Ob`e*lis"cal (?), a. Formed like an obelisk.
Ob"e*lisk (?), n. [L. obeliscus, Gr. &?;, dim. of &?; a spit, a pointed
pillar: cf. F. obélisque.] 1. An upright, four- sided pillar, gradually
tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion.
It is ordinarily monolithic. Egyptian obelisks are commonly covered
with hieroglyphic writing from top to bottom.
2. (Print.) A mark of reference; -- called also dagger [†]. See
Dagger, n., 2.
Ob"e*lisk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obelisked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Obelisking.] To mark or designate with an obelisk.
Ob"e*lize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obelized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Obelizing (?).] [Gr. &?;, fr. 'obelo`s. See Obelus.] To designate with
an obelus; to mark as doubtful or spirituous. [R.]
||Ob"e*lus (?), n.; pl. Obeli (#). [L., fr. Gr. 'obelo`s, prop., a
||spit.] (Print.) A mark [thus —, or ÷]; -- so called as resembling a
||needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected
||passages or readings.
Ob*eq"ui*tate (?), v. i. [L. obequitatus, p. p. of obequitare to ride
about.] To ride about. [Obs.] -- Ob*eq`ui*ta"tion (#), n. [Obs.]
Cockerman.
Ob"er*on (b"r*n), n. [F., fr. OF. Auberon; prob. of Frankish origin.]
(Mediæval Mythol.) The king of the fairies, and husband of Titania or
Queen Mab. Shak.
Ob`er*ra"tion (?), n. [L. oberrate to wander about.] A wandering about.
[Obs.] Jonhson.
O*bese" (?). a. [L. obesus eaten away, lean; also, that has eaten
itself fat, fat, stout, p. p. of obedere to devour; ob (see Ob-) +
edere to eat. See Eat.] Excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy.
O*bese"ness, n. Quality of being obese; obesity.
O*bes"i*ty (?), n.[L. obesitas: cf.F. obésité.] The state or quality of
being obese; incumbrance of flesh.
O*bey" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obeyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Obeying.]
[OE. obeyen, F. obéir, fr. L. obedire, oboedire; ob (see Ob-) + audire
to hear. See Audible, and cf. Obeisance.] 1. To give ear to; to execute
the commands of; to yield submission to; to comply with the orders of.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord.
Eph. vi. 1.
Was she the God, that her thou didst obey?
Milton.