(n.) One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy.
Example Sentences:
(1) World Peace Is None of Your Business: tracklisting World Peace is None of Your Business Neal Cassady Drops Dead Istanbul I’m Not a Man Earth Is the Loneliest Planet Staircase at the University The Bullfighter Dies Kiss Me a Lot Smiler With Knife Kick the Bride Down the Aisle Mountjoy Oboe Concerto
(2) René Brunel, who wrote about the Aissawa in the 1920s, described his experience of 'the furious tempest of drums and oboes', saying the spectators were 'in the grip of the terrifying staccato music seized by this contagious madness and ecstatic frenzy which none can resist'.
(3) 1.11pm BST OBO community housekeeping, with Robin Hazlehurst: "As desperately bad cricket seems to be the theme of the day, then perhaps a quick nod towards some rather jollier exponents of it.
(4) Well, when Daniel volunteered to start things off today, I assumed I'd be sitting for what passes as the OBO pavilion (it's a kind of gazebo, but with no windows) without getting involved at any point.
(5) "We in the OBO are just as guilty of this as anyone although (to add to it myself) I do think he needs media-management support, so long as it doesn't turn him into a cliche-spouting robot.
(6) Anyone who wants to play is very welcome, the only qualification is wanting to come and having a rough notion what the OBO (or cricket) is.
(7) "I’m having to stifle a small shriek every time I have a surreptitious glance at the OBO, which is a bit of a giveaway in an open plan office."
(8) Naomi Zeichner: editor-in-chief, the Fader Facebook Twitter Pinterest OBO The Baddest: Nigerian Afrobeats singer Davido.
(9) This is an inversion of the OBO norm if ever there was one.
(10) You may feel that describing your penis as Beefy McManstick or Blue-veined Jack Hammer or The Pink Oboe will add to your incredible sex life and who I am to say otherwise?
(11) We play the oboe in our spare time; we make our own hummus.
(12) His Sonata for Oboe and Clarinet, inspired by a Kurt Schwitters poem, was heard at the Aeolian Hall in London, while his Sonatina for Piano had been performed in New York.
(13) Obama could learn much from the pooled misery and pressure of existing that's exemplified by the OBO - I can see exactly how that might happen.
(14) Maybe the OBO is always 'syndicated' in this bizarre way, but thought I'd let you know in case you hadn't seen it before."
(15) Meanwhile, the 40 US special forces troops will remain at two camps deep in the bush, near the towns of Obo and Djema.
(16) This explains the absence of poetry, revelation, anecdote and aphorism in your OBO until this point - feel free to re-send it as per the above.
(17) The convergent synthetic approach utilizes a 2-lithio-1,3-dithiane derived from 10-undecenal or 9-decenal, which is alkylated with the OBO (oxabicyclooctyl) ester of 5-bromopentanoic acid or 6-bromohexanoic acid, respectively.
(18) According to the OBO's Spirit of Cricket committee, that has equivalent status as slow over rates, punishable with dead arms, noogies and bicycle rides.
(19) Yet aside from being a comic foil to Chuck's imperious lyrics, he's their most musical member, proficient in everything from drums to oboe.
(20) 7.30pm BST "Can we do an obo of what people are pretending to do while people are actually following your mbm," says Jeremy Dresner.
Obole
Definition:
(n.) A weight of twelve grains; or, according to some, of ten grains, or half a scruple.
Example Sentences:
(1) Equipment is often worn-out and safety procedures are frequently violated, according to Oleg Obolents, a retired miner who recently formed an independent miners' union to fight for better pay and safety standards.
(2) If the association agreement goes through and Ukraine's market is completely opened up to Europe, the tougher EU production standards will result in the decline of Ukraine's coal and metallurgy industries and the loss of jobs, Obolents said.