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• Straw marquetry — is a craft very similar to that of wood marquetry, except that straw replaces the wood veneer. It is thought to have first been practised in the East; examples were brought to England in the 17th century.To mimick the varying shades of wood… …   Wikipedia

• Oat — ([=o]t), n.; pl. {Oats} ([=o]ts). [OE. ote, ate, AS. [=a]ta, akin to Fries. oat. Of uncertain origin.] 1. (Bot.) A well known cereal grass ({Avena sativa}), and its edible grain, used as food and fodder; commonly used in the plural and in a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Oat fowl — Oat Oat ([=o]t), n.; pl. {Oats} ([=o]ts). [OE. ote, ate, AS. [=a]ta, akin to Fries. oat. Of uncertain origin.] 1. (Bot.) A well known cereal grass ({Avena sativa}), and its edible grain, used as food and fodder; commonly used in the plural and in …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Oat grass — Oat Oat ([=o]t), n.; pl. {Oats} ([=o]ts). [OE. ote, ate, AS. [=a]ta, akin to Fries. oat. Of uncertain origin.] 1. (Bot.) A well known cereal grass ({Avena sativa}), and its edible grain, used as food and fodder; commonly used in the plural and in …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• oat|en — «OH tuhn», adjective. 1. made of oats or oatmeal: »an oaten cake. 2. made of oat straw: »his oaten pype (Edmund Spenser). 3. of or having to do with the oat: »oaten straws (Shakespeare) …   Useful english dictionary

• Oat — This article is about the common cereal. For other uses, see Oat (disambiguation). Oats redirects here. It may mean either the common cereal oat discussed here, or any cultivated or wild species of the genus Avena. Oat Oat plants with in …   Wikipedia

• oat — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English ote, from Old English āte Date: before 12th century 1. a. any of several grasses (genus Avena); especially a widely cultivated cereal grass (A. sativa) b. a crop or plot of the oat; also the …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• oat — oatlike, adj. /oht/, n. 1. a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed. 2. Usually, oats. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) the seed of this plant, used as a food for humans and animals. 3. any of several plants of the same genus, as …   Universalium

• oat — (ōt), n. 1) pln a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible grain 2) pln Usu., oats. the grain of this plant 3) pln any of several other plants of the genus Avena, as the wild oat 4) archaic a musical pipe made of an oat straw • feel… …   From formal English to slang

• Straw — is an agricultural by product, the dry of a cereal plant, after the grain or seed has been removed. Straw makes up about half of the yield of cereal crops such as barley, oats, rice, rye and wheat. In times gone by, it was regarded as a useful by …   Wikipedia

• oat — noun /əʊt/ a) A widely cultivated cereal grass, Avena sativa. The oat stalks made good straw. b) Any of several similar grain plants. The wild red oat is thought to be the ancestor of modern food oats …   Wiktionary