oindre (oignant, oint), v.a., to anoint. Oignez vilain, il vous poindra, poignez vilain, il vous oindra (i.e. if not oppressed, the churls will become oppressors).
oing (oin), n.m., hog’s-grease, cart-grease. Vieux —; cart-grease, axle-grease.
oint, n.m., anointed. L’— du Seigneur; the Lord’s anointed.
oiseau, n.m., bird; creature (pers.); (mas.) fellow, chap, bird, fish, hod. — de proie; bird of prey. Tirer aux —x; to go out fowling. — moqueur; mocking-bird. Chasse aux —x; bird-shooting. Plan à vue d’—; bird’s-eye view. Il est comme l’— sur la branche; he is unsettled; he is always on the move. La belle cage ne nourrit pas l’—; a fine cage does not fill a bird’s belly. Petit à petit l’— fait son nid; little strokes fell great oaks. Il a battu les buissons, un autre a pris l’—; he did the work, another stole the profits. À tout — son nid est beau; home is home, be it ever so homely. À vol d’—; as the crow flies, in a straight line. — mouche, (—x —s) humming-bird. — trompette; (orni.) trumpeter. —x de passage; birds of passage. —x de basse-cour; fowls, poultry. —x voyageurs; migratory birds.
oiseler (oa-zlé), v.a., (hawking) to train a bird.
oiseler, v.n., to catch birds.
oiselet, n.m., little bird.
oiseleur (oa-zleur), n.m., bird-catcher.
oiselier, n.m., bird-seller, dealer in birds.
oisellerie (oa-zèl-rî), n.f., bird-catching; bird-trade.