) A faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars. True nebulae are gaseous; but very distant star clusters often appear like them in the telescope. Nebula (n.) A white spot or a slight opacity of the cornea. Nebula (n.) A cloudy ...
Oath (n.) A solemn affirmation, connected with a sacred object, or one regarded as sacred, as the temple, the altar, the blood of Abel, the Bible, the Koran, etc. Oath (n.) An appeal (in verification of a statement made) to a superior sanction, in such a form as exposes the pa...