Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation observation
- abbreviation observatory
- abbreviation obsolete
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Examples
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I came forth looking like a _swairth_, one of those words marked "obs." in the dictionary -- means phantom of a person about to die.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 Various
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Twenty minutes later, Brown wrote a note to Alcock saying I can’t get an obs. in this fog.
Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn 2007
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