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||Ob"rok (?), n. [Russ. obrok'.]
(a) A rent. (b) A
poll tax paid by peasants absent from their lord's estate.
[Russia] Brande & C.

Ob*scene" (?), a. [L. obscenus,
obscaenus, obscoenus, ill looking, filthy, obscene: cf.
F. obscéne.]

1. Offensive to chastity or modesty;
expressing or presenting to the mind or view something which
delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as,
obscene language; obscene pictures.

Words that were once chaste, by frequent use grew
obscene and uncleanly.

2. Foul; fifthy; disgusting.

A girdle foul with grease b&?;&?;ds his obscene
attire.

3. Inauspicious; ill-omened. [R.] [A
Latinism]

At the cheerful light,

The groaning ghosts and birds obscene take
flight.

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