Definitions for obiˈoʊ bi
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
o•biˈoʊ bi(n.)(pl.)o•bis, o•bi.
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
Category: Clothing
Origin of obi:
1875–80; < Japn: girdle, gird (v.)
o•biˈoʊ bi(n.)(pl.)o•bis.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Anthropology
Ref: obeah .
Origin of obi:
1750–60
Princeton's WordNet
obeah, obi(noun)
(West Indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery
obeah, obi(noun)
a religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas
Wiktionary
obi(Noun)
a form of witchcraft originating in Africa
Origin: From 帯, おび.
Webster Dictionary
Obi(noun)
a species of sorcery, probably of African origin, practiced among the negroes of the West Indies
Obi(noun)
a charm or fetich
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Obi
a river and, with its tributaries, great water highway of West Siberia, which rises in the Altai Mountains, and after a course of 2120 m. falls into the Arctic Ocean.
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