1. Meal made of oats. Gay.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass.
OB-
Ob-. Etym: [L. ob, prep. Cf. Epi-.]
Defn: A prefix signifying to, toward, before, against, reversely, etc.; also, as a simple intensive; as in oblige, to bind to; obstacle, something standing before; object, lit., to throw against; obovate, reversely, ovate. Ob- is commonly assimilated before c, f, g, and p, to oc-, of-, og-, and op-.
OBBE
Ob"be, n.
Defn: See Obi.
OBCOMPRESSED
Ob"com*pressed". a. Etym: [Pref. ob- + compressed.]
Defn: Compressed or flattened antero-posteriorly, or in a way opposite to the usual one.
OBCONIC; OBCONICAL
Ob*con"ic, Ob*con"ic*al, a. Etym: [Pref. ob- + conic, conical.]