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Knobstick
Knobstick Knob"stick`, n. One who refuses to join, or withdraws from, a trades union. [Cant, Eng.]
Knobstick
Knobstick Knob"stick`, n. A stick, cane, or club terminating in a knob; esp., such a stick or club used as a weapon or missile; a knobkerrie.
Obstinacy
Obstinacy Ob"sti*na*cy, n. [See Obstinate.] 1. A fixedness in will, opinion, or resolution that can not be shaken at all, or only with great difficulty; firm and usually unreasonable adherence to an opinion, purpose, or system; unyielding disposition; stubborness; pertinacity; persistency; contumacy. You do not well in obstinacy To cavil in the course of this contract. --Shak. To shelter their ignorance, or obstinacy, under the obscurity of their terms. --Locke. 2. The quality or state of being difficult to remedy, relieve, or subdue; as, the obstinacy of a disease or evil. Syn: Pertinacity; firmness; resoluteness; inflexibility; persistency; stubbornness; perverseness; contumacy. Usage: Obstinacy, Pertinacity. Pertinacity denotes great firmness in holding to a thing, aim, etc. Obstinacy is great firmness in holding out against persuasion, attack, etc. The former consists in adherence, the latter in resistance. An opinion is advocated with pertinacity or defended with obstinacy. Pertinacity is often used in a good sense; obstinacy generally in a bad one. ``In this reply was included a very gross mistake, and if with pertinacity maintained, a capital error.' --Sir T. Browne. ``Every degree of obstinacy in youth is one step to rebellion.' --South.
Obstinate
Obstinate Ob"sti*nate, a. [L. obstinatus, p. p. of obstinare to set about a thing with firmness, to persist in; ob (see Ob-) + a word from the root of stare to stand. See Stand, and cf.Destine.] 1. Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying unreasonableness. I have known great cures done by obstinate resolution of drinking no wine. --Sir W. Temple. No ass so meek, no ass so obstinate. --Pope. Of sense and outward things. --Wordsworth. 2. Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate fever; obstinate obstructions. Syn: Stubborn; inflexible; immovable; firm; pertinacious; persistent; headstrong; opinionated; unyielding; refractory; contumacious. See Stubborn. -- Ob"sti*nate*ly, adv. -- Ob"sti*nate*ness, n.
Obstinately
Obstinate Ob"sti*nate, a. [L. obstinatus, p. p. of obstinare to set about a thing with firmness, to persist in; ob (see Ob-) + a word from the root of stare to stand. See Stand, and cf.Destine.] 1. Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying unreasonableness. I have known great cures done by obstinate resolution of drinking no wine. --Sir W. Temple. No ass so meek, no ass so obstinate. --Pope. Of sense and outward things. --Wordsworth. 2. Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate fever; obstinate obstructions. Syn: Stubborn; inflexible; immovable; firm; pertinacious; persistent; headstrong; opinionated; unyielding; refractory; contumacious. See Stubborn. -- Ob"sti*nate*ly, adv. -- Ob"sti*nate*ness, n.
Obstinateness
Obstinate Ob"sti*nate, a. [L. obstinatus, p. p. of obstinare to set about a thing with firmness, to persist in; ob (see Ob-) + a word from the root of stare to stand. See Stand, and cf.Destine.] 1. Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying unreasonableness. I have known great cures done by obstinate resolution of drinking no wine. --Sir W. Temple. No ass so meek, no ass so obstinate. --Pope. Of sense and outward things. --Wordsworth. 2. Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate fever; obstinate obstructions. Syn: Stubborn; inflexible; immovable; firm; pertinacious; persistent; headstrong; opinionated; unyielding; refractory; contumacious. See Stubborn. -- Ob"sti*nate*ly, adv. -- Ob"sti*nate*ness, n.
Obstination
Obstination Ob`sti*na"tion, n. [L. obstinatio.] Obstinacy; stubbornness. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
Obstipation
Obstipation Ob`sti*pa"tion, n. [L. obstipatio a close pressure; ob (see Ob-) + stipare to press.] 1. The act of stopping up, as a passage. [Obs.] --Bailey. 2. (Med.) Extreme constipation. [Obs.] --Hooper.

Meaning of Obsti from wikipedia

- Copiula obsti is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to the Wondiwoi Mountains in West Papua, Indonesian New Guinea. It is known...
- (Pristurus obsti) is a species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Socotra Island. The specific name, obsti, is in honor...
- Alexandre Henri Mouhot, a French naturalist and explorer. The subspecific name, obsti, is in honor of Fritz Jürgen Obst (1939–2018), a German herpetologist. C...
- Peters 1854 Mabuya obsti Werner 1913 Mabuya obsti Loveridge 1923 Mabuya quinquetaeniata obsti Loveridge 1936 Mabuya quinquetaeniata obsti Broadley 1962 Mabuya...
- The obște (pl. obști) was an autonomous agricultural community of the Romanians of the Middle Ages. Mixing private and common ownership, the communities...
- Pyxidea mouhotii (Gray, 1862) Pyxidea mouhotii mouhotii Pyxidea mouhotii obsti Turtle Tortoise Asian box turtle "Cómo alimentar a las tortugas de tierra"...
- Retrieved 28 November 2023. "Software of Sweden's official website". www.obsti.se. Archived from the original on February 25, 1998. Retrieved 25 December...
- mucronatus (Fabricius, 1798) Lychas nigristernis (Po****, 1899) Lychas obsti Kraepelin, 1913 Lychas paraensis Koch, 1845 Lychas perfidus (Keyserling...
- minimus Arnold, 1977 – Arnold's rock gecko, least semap**** gecko Pristurus obsti Rösler & Wranik, 1999 – mangrove semap**** gecko Pristurus ornithocephalus...
- 1933) — Israel, Somalia Blossia obscura Kraepelin, 1908 — Botswana Blossia obsti (Roewer, 1933) — Tanzania Blossia occidentalis (Roewer, 1933) — Israel,...