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Obverse (The)

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Of a coin or medal. That side which contains the principal device. Thus, the obverse of our money coin is the side which contains the sovereign’s head. The other side is called the “reverse.”

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Oberthal (Count)
Obidah
Obidicut
Oblism
Obiter dictum (Latin)
Object
Obolus
Obsequies
Obstacle Race (An)
Obstinate
Obverse (The)
Oby
Occam (William of)
Occam’s Razor
Occasion
Occult Sciences
Oceana
Ochiltree (Edie)
Octavian
Octavo
Ocypus