our : Idioms & Phrases

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-our
Etymology
OF. -our.
Definitions
  1. See -or.
Webster 1913

epiphany of our lord

  • noun twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus
    January 6; Epiphany; Twelfth day; Three Kings' Day.
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order of our lady of mount carmel

  • noun a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century
    Carmelite order.
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our lady's bedstraw

  • noun common yellow-flowered perennial bedstraw; North America and Europe and Asia
    Galium verum; yellow cleavers; yellow bedstraw.
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our lady's mild thistle

  • noun tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America
    Silybum marianum; milk thistle; holy thistle; lady's thistle; blessed thistle.
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our lord's candle

  • noun yucca of southwestern United States and Mexico with a tall spike of creamy white flowers
    Yucca whipplei.
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up to our necks

  • adjective satellite deeply involved
    neck-deep; up to your neck; up to their necks; up to his neck; up to my neck; up to her neck.
    • neck-deep in work
    • up to their necks in debt
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Welcome-to-our-house

  • (Bot.), a kind of spurge (Euphorbia Cyparissias).
Webster 1913