What is a fertile or green spot in a waste or desert, esp. in a sandy desert. My one oasis in the dust and drouth Of city life. Tennyson called?
oasis — A fertile or green spot in a waste or desert, esp. in a sandy desert. My one oasis in the dust and drouth Of city life. Tennyson. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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