Oesel
Americannoun
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It was a fossilized marine scorpion recently found on the island of Oesel in the Baltic Sea.
From Time Magazine Archive
The sea approaches to Leningrad were threatened as German naval and Luftwaffe parties battered their way onto the stubbornly defended Estonian Islands, Oesel, Vormsi and Moon.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus Esthonian peasants, in the island of Oesel, stand in great awe of the weevil, an insect which is exceedingly destructive to the grain.
From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir
Amongst the Esthonians of the island of Oesel the last sheaf is called the Ryeboar, and the man who gets it is saluted with a cry of “You have the Rye-boar on your back!”
From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir
Many of the Esthonians of the island of Oesel will not eat bread baked of the new corn till they have first taken a bite at a piece of iron.
From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir
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