† obeliscaradj.
Obsolete. rare.
Associated with, or relating to, an obelisk or obelisks.
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1837 Fraser's Mag. 16 629 Confirmed by the obeliscar inscriptions.
1837 Fraser's Mag. 16 629 The obeliscar sculptures.
1887 H. Jennings Rosicrucians (ed. 3) I. xvii. 190 The obeliscar form was adopted for ornaments.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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adj.1837- to throw ) something in a person's face
- to throw a blanket on
- to throw a curtain over
- to throw a curve
- to throw a curveball
- to throw a dicky fit
- to throw a discreet veil over
- to throw a fall
- to throw a fastball
- to throw a maddie
- to throw a main
- to throw a merry main
- to throw a mist before a person's eyes
- to throw a monkey wrench into the machinery
- to throw a moody
- to throw a paper route
- to throw a person a bone
- to throw a person into fits
- to throw a person off his or her bias
- to throw a person under the bus
- to throw a punch
- to throw a seven
- to throw a sheep's-eye at
- to throw a sheep's-eye upon
- to throw a sheep'seye at