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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

oris

, the mouth, akin to Skr.

ās

. Cf.

Uttered by the mouth, or in words; spoken, not written; verbal;

as,

oral

traditions;

oral

testimony;

oral

law.

Of or pertaining to the mouth; surrounding or lining the mouth;

as, the

oral

cavity;

oral

cilia or cirri

Adj.

[L. os, oris, the mouth.] Uttered by the mouth or in words; spoken, not written; as oral traditions; oral testimony; oral law.