Definition of Oais

Definition of Oais

O"as*is (ō"&adot;*s&ibreve;s or &osl;*ā"s&ibreve;s; 277), n.; pl. Oases (-sēz). [L., fr. Gr. 'o`asis; cf. Copt. ouahe.] A fertile or green spot in a waste or desert, esp. in a sandy desert.

My one oasis in the dust and drouth
Of city life.

Tennyson.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

A well surrounded by vegetation in a desert.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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