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Definition of Oreads
1. oread [n] - See also: oread
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oreads
Literary usage of Oreads
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Kitchi-Gami: Wanderings Round Lake Superior by Johann Georg Kohl (1860)
"... CHAINS AND RAGS— A BAD BARGAIN—ARGUMENTUM AD HOMINES—PLEASANT EVENINGS— INDIAN
SUPERSTITIONS—PROTECTING SPIRITS—DRYADS AND oreads— THE GREAT SPIRIT—THE ..."
2. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1838)
"It was discovered by an American, Gray, who entered the mouth of the Columbia (qv)
in oreads. ... oreads ..."
3. The Dramatic Festival: A Consideration of the Lyrical Method as a Factor in by Anne Abbot Throop Craig (1912)
"(As MOTHER GYPSY finally recedes, with oreads, the YOUTH comes down slowly to
... (oreads are heard singing softly again, off:) Hear now, the while we go. ..."
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