Crossword-Solution: OYER
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Oyer | n. | A hearing or an inspection, as of a deed, bond, etc., as when a defendant in court prays oyer of a writing. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| OYER | anagram | OREY, ROEY, ROYE, YORE |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RTEEA
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greedy person
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Sentences with OYER (5)
Holmes was put on his trial on October 28, 1895, before the Court of Oyer and Terminer in Philadelphia, charged with the murder of Benjamin Pitezel.
Now, before we come to examine those evidences regarding Overbury's death that were to be brought forward in the series of trials of later date, that series which was to be known as "the Great Oyer of Poisoning," it may be well to consider what effect upon the Essex nullity suit Overbury's appearance before the commission might have had.
Weston, Mrs Turner, Elwes, and, later, Franklin had to be got out of the way, so that they could not be confronted with the chief figure against whom the Great Oyer was directed, and whom it was designed to pull down, Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset--and with him his wife.
INDEX Abbot, George, Archbishop of Canterbury Alem-Rousseau, Maitre; on arsenic Amos (Great Oyer of Poisoning) Ansell, Mary Aqua fortis--see Poisons Armstrong, poisoner Arsenic--see Poisons Artois, Comte d'--see Charles X Aumale, Duc d' Bacon, Sir Francis Balfour, Rev.
Thirty in all were tried at the Old Bailey before the Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer and a special jury of knights and gentlemen of quality in the county of Middlesex.
Quotes with OYER (1)
And now Nineteen persons having been hang'd, and one prest to death, and Eight more condemned, in all Twenty and Eight, of which above a third part were Members of some of the Churches of N. England, and more than half of them of a good Conversation in general, and not one clear'd; about Fifty having confest themselves to be Witches, of which not one Executed; above an Hundred and Fifty in Prison, and Two Hundred more accused; the Special Commision of Oyer and Terminer comes to a period. — Robert Calef 1692
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Appears in: Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 89 times in crossword archives (1943–2020).