O sb. (plural written “Oes,” in mod. edd. “O's”)
1.
cipher, mere nothing
Lr. I. iv. 214
“thou art an O without a
figure.”
2.
circle, round spot
LLL. V. ii. 45
“O, that your face were
not so full of O's”
(=smallpox marks),
MND. III. ii. 188
“yon fiery oes”
(=stars),
H5 I. Chor. 13
“this wooden O”
(=the Globe Theatre, London),
Ant. V. ii. 81
“The little O, the
earth.”
