Category:Oasis

O"as*is (o"a*sis or o*a"sis; 277), n.; pl. Oases (-sez). [l., fr. Gr. 'o`asis; cf. Copt. ouahe.]

Defn: 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.