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sericea, and
Arrhenatherum avenaceum, all common in parts of the United
States. -- To feel one's oats, to be
conceited ro self-important. [Slang] -- To sow one's
wild oats, to indulge in youthful dissipation.
Thackeray. -- Wild oats (Bot.), a
grass (Avena fatua) much resembling oats, and by some persons
supposed to be the original of cultivated oats.

Oat"cake (?), n. A cake made of
oatmeal.

Oat"en (?), a. 1.
Consisting of an oat straw or stem; as, an oaten
pipe. Milton.

2. Made of oatmeal; as, oaten
cakes.

Oath (ōth), n.; pl.
Oaths (ō&thlig;z). [OE. othe,
oth, ath, AS. āð; akin to D.
eed, OS. ēð, G. eid, Icel.
eiðr, Sw. ed, Dan. eed, Goth.
aiþs; cf. OIr. oeth.] 1. A
solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent appeal to God
for the truth of what is affirmed.

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