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O"pye (?), n. Opium. [Obs.]
Chaucer.

O*quas"sa (?), n. (Zoöl.)
A small, handsome trout (Salvelinus oquassa), found in
some of the lakes in Maine; -- called also blueback
trout.

-or. [L. -or: cf. OF. -or, -ur, -
our, F. -eur.]

1. A noun suffix denoting an act; a
state or quality; as in error, fervor,
pallor, candor, etc.

2. A noun suffix denoting an agent or
doer; as in auditor, one who hears; donor, one
who gives; obligor, elevator. It is correlative to -
ee. In general -or is appended to words of Latin, and -
er to those of English, origin. See -er.

Or (?), conj. [OE. or,
outher, other, auther, either, or, AS.
āw&?;er, contr. from āhwæ&?;er;
ā aye + hwæ&?;er whether.


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