O \O\ ([=o]).
1. O, the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, derives
its form, value, and name from the Greek O, through the
Latin. The letter came into the Greek from the
Ph[oe]nician, which possibly derived it ultimately from
the Egyptian. Etymologically, the letter o is most closely
related to a, e, and u; as in E. bone, AS. b[=a]n; E.
stone, AS. st[=a]n; E. broke, AS. brecan to break; E.
bore, AS. beran to bear; E. dove, AS. d[=u]fe; E. toft,
tuft; tone, tune; number, F. nombre. The letter o has
several vowel sounds, the principal of which are its long
sound, as in bone, its short sound, as in nod, and the
sounds heard in the words orb, son, do (feod), and wolf
(book). In connection with the other vowels it forms
several digraphs and diphthongs. See Guide to
Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 107-129.
2. Among the ancients, O was a mark of triple time, from the
notion that the ternary, or number 3, is the most perfect
of numbers, and properly expressed by a circle, the most
perfect figure. O was also anciently used to represent 11:
with a dash over it ([=O]), 11,000.
O \O\ ([=o]), n.; pl. {O's} or {Oes} ([=o]z).
1. The letter O, or its sound. ``Mouthing out his hollow oes
and aes.'' --Tennyson.
2. Something shaped like the letter O; a circle or oval.
``This wooden O [Globe Theater]''. --Shak.
3. A cipher; zero. [R.]
Thou art an O without a figure. --Shak.
O' \O'\ [Ir. o a descendant.]
A prefix to Irish family names, which signifies grandson or
descendant of, and is a character of dignity; as, O'Neil,
O'Carrol.
O' \O'\ ([=o]; unaccented [-o]), prep.
A shortened form of of or on. ``At the turning o' the tide.''
--Shak.
O \O\ ([=o]), a. [See {One}.]
One. [Obs.] --Chaucer. ``Alle thre but o God.'' --Piers
Plowman.
O \O\, interj.
An exclamation used in calling or directly addressing a
person or personified object; also, as an emotional or
impassioned exclamation expressing pain, grief, surprise,
desire, fear, etc.
For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. --Ps.
cxix. 89.
O how love I thy law ! it is my meditation all the day.
--Ps. cxix.
97.
Note: O is frequently followed by an ellipsis and that, an in
expressing a wish: ``O [I wish] that Ishmael might live
before thee !'' --Gen. xvii. 18; or in expressions of
surprise, indignation, or regret: ``O [it is sad] that
such eyes should e'er meet other object !'' --Sheridan
Knowles.
Note: A distinction between the use of O and oh is insisted
upon by some, namely, that O should be used only in
direct address to a person or personified object, and
should never be followed by the exclamation point,
while Oh (or oh) should be used in exclamations where
no direct appeal or address to an object is made, and
may be followed by the exclamation point or not,
according to the nature or construction of the
sentence. Some insist that oh should be used only as an
interjection expressing strong feeling. The form O,
however, is, it seems, the one most commonly employed
for both uses by modern writers and correctors for the
press. ``O, I am slain !'' --Shak. ``O what a fair and
ministering angel !'' ``O sweet angel !'' --Longfellow.
O for a kindling touch from that pure flame !
--Wordsworth.
But she is in her grave, -- and oh The difference
to me ! --Wordsworth.
Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness !
--Cowper.
We should distinguish between the sign of the
vocative and the emotional interjection, writing
O for the former, and oh for the latter. --Earle.
{O dear}, & {O dear me!} [corrupted fr. F. O Dieu! or It. O
Dio! O God! O Dio mio! O my God! --Wyman.], exclamations
expressive of various emotions, but usually promoted by
surprise, consternation, grief, pain, etc.
Oad \Oad\ ([=o]d), n.
See {Woad}. [Obs.] --Coles.
Oaf \Oaf\ ([=o]f), n. [See {Auf}.]
Originally, an elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or
goblins; hence, a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an
idiot.
Oafish \Oaf"ish\, a.
Like an oaf; simple. -- {Oaf"ish*ness}, n.
Oak \Oak\ ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D.
eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]
1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks
have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and
staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,
called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a
scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now
recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly
fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,
Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few
barely reaching the northern parts of South America and
Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand
proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually
hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary
rays, forming the silver grain.
2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.
Note: Among the true oaks in America are:
{Barren oak}, or
{Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}.
{Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}.
{Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or
{quercitron oak}.
{Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also
{over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}.
{Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}.
{Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}.
{Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also
called {enceno}.
{Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all
for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California.
{Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}.
{Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}.
{Red oak}, {Q. rubra}.
{Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}.
{Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc.
{Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}.
{Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}.
{Swamp Spanish oak}, or
{Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}.
{Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}.
{Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}.
{Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}.
{Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe
are:
{Bitter oak}, or
{Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}).
{Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}.
{English white oak}, {Q. Robur}.
{Evergreen oak},
{Holly oak}, or
{Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}.
{Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}.
{Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}.
Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus
{Quercus}, are:
{African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia
Africana}).
{Australian, or She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus
{Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}).
{Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}).
{Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}.
{New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon
excelsum}).
{Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}.
{Silky, or Silk-bark}, {oak}, an Australian tree ({Grevillea
robusta}).
{Green oak}, oak wood colored green by the growth of the
mycelium of certain fungi.
{Oak apple}, a large, smooth, round gall produced on the
leaves of the American red oak by a gallfly ({Cynips
confluens}). It is green and pulpy when young.
{Oak beauty} (Zo["o]l.), a British geometrid moth ({Biston
prodromaria}) whose larva feeds on the oak.
{Oak gall}, a gall found on the oak. See 2d {Gall}.
{Oak leather} (Bot.), the mycelium of a fungus which forms
leatherlike patches in the fissures of oak wood.
{Oak pruner}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Pruner}, the insect.
{Oak spangle}, a kind of gall produced on the oak by the
insect {Diplolepis lenticularis}.
{Oak wart}, a wartlike gall on the twigs of an oak.
{The Oaks}, one of the three great annual English horse races
(the Derby and St. Leger being the others). It was
instituted in 1779 by the Earl of Derby, and so called
from his estate.
{To sport one's oak}, to be ``not at home to visitors,''
signified by closing the outer (oaken) door of one's
rooms. [Cant, Eng. Univ.]
Oaken \Oak"en\, a. [AS. [=a]cen.]
Made or consisting of oaks or of the wood of oaks. ``In oaken
bower.'' --Milton.
Oaken timber, wherewith to build ships. --Bacon.
Oaker \Oak"er\, n.
See {Ocher}. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Oakling \Oak"ling\, n.
A young oak. --Evelyn.
Oakum \Oak"um\, n. [AS. [=a]cumba; pref. ? (cf.G. er-, Goth.
us-, orig. meaning, out) + cemban to comb, camb comb. See
{Comb}.]
1. The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose
fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of
ships, stopping leaks, etc.
2. The coarse portion separated from flax or hemp in
nackling. --Knight.
{White oakum}, that made from untarred rope.
Oaky \Oak"y\, n.
Resembling oak; strong. --Bp. Hall.
Oar \Oar\, n [AS. [=a]r; akin to Icel. [=a]r, Dan. aare, Sw.
[*a]ra; perh. akin to E. row, v. Cf. {Rowlock}.]
1. An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece
of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle at
one end and a broad blade at the other. The part which
rests in the rowlock is called the loom.
Note: An oar is a kind of long paddle, which swings about a
kind of fulcrum, called a rowlock, fixed to the side of
the boat.
2. An oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good oar.
3. (Zo["o]l.) An oarlike swimming organ of various
invertebrates.
{Oar cock}
(Zo["o]l), the water rail. [Prov. Eng.]
{Spoon oar}, an oar having the blade so curved as to afford a
better hold upon the water in rowing.
{To boat the oars}, to cease rowing, and lay the oars in the
boat.
{To feather the oars}. See under {Feather}., v. t.
{To lie on the oars}, to cease pulling, raising the oars out
of water, but not boating them; to cease from work of any
kind; to be idle; to rest.
{To muffle the oars}, to put something round that part which
rests in the rowlock, to prevent noise in rowing.
{To put in one's oar}, to give aid or advice; -- commonly
used of a person who obtrudes aid or counsel not invited.
{To ship the oars}, to place them in the rowlocks.
{To toss the oars}, To peak the oars, to lift them from the
rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting
on the bottom of the boat.
{To trail oars}, to allow them to trail in the water
alongside of the boat.
{To unship the oars}, to take them out of the rowlocks.
Oar \Oar\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Oared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Oaring}.]
To row. ``Oared himself.'' --Shak.
Oared with laboring arms. --Pope.
Oared \Oared\, a.
1. Furnished with oars; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a
four-oared boat.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Having feet adapted for swimming.
(b) Totipalmate; -- said of the feet of certain birds. See
Illust. of {Aves}.
{Oared shrew} (Zo["o]l.), an aquatic European shrew
({Crossopus ciliatus}); -- called also {black water
shrew}.
Oarfish \Oar"fish`\ ([=o]r"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zo["o]l.)
The ribbon fish.
Oarfoot \Oar"foot`\ (-f[oomcr]t`), n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any crustacean of the genus {Remipes}.
Oar-footed \Oar"-foot`ed\ a.
Having feet adapted for swimming.
Oarless \Oar"less\, a.
Without oars. --Sylvester.
Oarlock \Oar"lock`\ ([=o]r"l[o^]k`), n. (Naut.),
The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat, in
which the oar rests in rowing. See {Rowlock}.
Oarsman \Oars"man\ ([=o]rz"man), n.; pl. {Oarsmen} (-men).
One who uses, or is skilled in the use of, an oar; a rower.
At the prow of the boat, rose one of the oarsmen.
--Longfellow.
Oarsweed \Oars"weed`\ ([=o]r"w[=e]d`), n. (Bot.)
Any large seaweed of the genus {Laminaria}; tangle; kelp. See
{Kelp}.
Oary \Oar"y\ ([=o]r"[y^]), a.
Having the form or the use of an oar; as, the swan's oary
feet. --Milton. --Addison.
Oasis \O"as*is\ ([=o]"[.a]*s[i^]s or [-o]*[=a]"s[i^]s; 277), n.;
pl. {Oases} (-s[=e]z). [L., fr. Gr. 'o`asis; cf. Copt.
ouahe.]
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.
Oast \Oast\ ([=o]st), n. [OE. ost, AS. [=a]st; cf. Gr. a'i^qos
burning heat.]
A kiln to dry hops or malt; a cockle. --Mortimer.
Oat \Oat\ ([=o]t), n.; pl. {Oats} ([=o]ts). [OE. ote, ate, AS.
[=a]ta, akin to Fries. oat. Of uncertain origin.]
1. (Bot.) A well-known cereal grass ({Avena sativa}), and its
edible grain; -- commonly used in the plural and in a
collective sense.
2. A musical pipe made of oat straw. [Obs.] --Milton.
{Animated oats} or {Animal oats} (Bot.), A grass ({Avena
sterilis}) much like oats, but with a long spirally
twisted awn which coils and uncoils with changes of
moisture, and thus gives the grains an apparently
automatic motion.
{Oat fowl} (Zo["o]l.), the snow bunting; -- so called from
its feeding on oats. [Prov. Eng.]
{Oat grass} (Bot.), the name of several grasses more or less
resembling oats, as {Danthonia spicata}, {D. sericea}, and
{Arrhenatherum avenaceum}, all common in parts of the
United States.
{To feel one's oats}, to be conceited ro self-important.
[Slang]
{To sow one's wild oats}, to indulge in youthful dissipation.
--Thackeray.
{Wild oats} (Bot.), a grass ({Avena fatua}) much resembling
oats, and by some persons supposed to be the original of
cultivated oats.
Oatcake \Oat"cake\, n.
A cake made of oatmeal.
Oaten \Oat"en\, a.
1. Consisting of an oat straw or stem; as, an oaten pipe.
--Milton.
2. Made of oatmeal; as, oaten cakes.
Oath \Oath\ ([=o]th), n.; pl. {Oaths} ([=o][th]z). [OE. othe,
oth, ath, AS. [=a][eth]; akin to D. eed, OS. [=e][eth], G.
eid, Icel. ei[eth]r, Sw. ed, Dan. eed, Goth. ai[thorn]s; cf.
OIr. oeth.]
1. A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent
appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed. ``I have
an oath in heaven'' --Shak.
An oath of secrecy for the concealing of those
[inventions] which we think fit to keep secret.
--Bacon.
2. 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.
3. (Law) An appeal (in verification of a statement made) to a
superior sanction, in such a form as exposes the party
making the appeal to an indictment for perjury if the
statement be false.
4. A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the divine
Being, or anything divine or sacred, by way of appeal or
as a profane exclamation or ejaculation; an expression of
profane swearing. ``A terrible oath'' --Shak.
Oathable \Oath"a*ble\, a.
Capable of having an oath administered to. [Obs.] --Shak.
Oathbreaking \Oath"break`ing\, n.
The violation of an oath; perjury. --Shak
Oatmeal \Oat"meal`\, n.
1. Meal made of oats. --Gay.
2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Panicum}; panic grass.
Ob- \Ob-\ [L. ob, prep. Cf. {Epi-}.]
A prefix signifying to, toward, before, against, reversely,
etc.; also, as a simple intensive; as in oblige, to bind to;
obstacle, something standing before; object, lit., to throw
against; obovate, reversely, ovate. Ob- is commonly
assimilated before c, f, g, and p, to oc-, of-, og-, and op-.
Obcompressed \Ob"com*pressed"\ a. [Pref. ob- + compressed.]
Compressed or flattened antero-posteriorly, or in a way
opposite to the usual one.
Obconic \Ob*con"ic\, Obconical \Ob*con"ic*al\, a. [Pref. ob- +
conic, conical.]
Conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical.
Obcordate \Ob*cor"date\, a. [Pref. ob- + cordate.]
Heart-shaped, with the attachment at the pointed end;
inversely cordate: as, an obcordate petal or leaf.
Obdiplostemonous \Ob*dip`lo*stem"o*nous\, a. [Pref. ob- +
diplostemonous.] (Bot.)
Having twice as many stamens as petals, those of the outer
set being opposite the petals; -- said of flowers. --Gray.
Obdiplostemony \Ob*dip"lo*stem"o*ny\, n. (Bot.)
The condition of being obdiplostemonous.
Obdormition \Ob"dor*mi"tion\, n. [L. obdormire to fall asleep.]
Sleep. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
Obduce \Ob*duce"\, v. t. [L. obducere, obductum; ob (see Ob-) +
ducere to lead.]
To draw over, as a covering. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale.
Obduct \Ob*duct"\, v. t. [See {Obduce}.]
To draw over; to cover. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Obduction \Ob*duc"tion\, n. [L. obductio.]
The act of drawing or laying over, as a covering. [Obs.]
Obduracy \Ob"du*ra*cy\, n.
The duality or state of being obdurate; invincible hardness
of heart; obstinacy. ``Obduracy and persistency.'' --Shak.
The absolute completion of sin in final obduracy.
--South.
Obdurate \Ob"du*rate\, a. [L. obduratus, p. p. of obdurare to
harden; ob (see Ob-)+ durare to harden, durus hard. See
{Dure}.]
1. Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying
influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked.
The very custom of evil makes the heart obdurate
against whatsoever instructions to the contrary.
--Hooker.
Art thou obdurate, flinty, hard as steel, Nay, more
than flint, for stone at rain relenteth? --Shak.
2. Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable. ``Obdurate
consonants.'' --Swift.
Note: Sometimes accented on the second syllable, especially
by the older poets.
There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart.
--Cowper.
Syn: Hard; firm; unbending; inflexible; unyielding; stubborn;
obstinate; impenitent; callous; unfeeling; insensible;
unsusceptible.
Usage: {Obdurate}, {Callous}, {Hardened}. Callous denotes a
deadening of the sensibilities; as. a callous
conscience. Hardened implies a general and settled
disregard for the claims of interest, duty, and
sympathy; as, hardened in vice. Obdurate implies an
active resistance of the heart and will aganst the
pleadings of compassion and humanity. --
{Ob"du*rate*ly}, adv. -- {Ob"du*rate*ness}, n.
Obdurate \Ob"du*rate\, v. t.
To harden. [Obs.]
Obduration \Ob"du*ra"tion\, n. [L. obduratio.]
A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart. [Obs.]
Obdure \Ob*dure"\, v. t.
To harden. [Obs.] --Milton.
Obdure \Ob*dure"\, Obdured \Ob*dured"\, a.
Obdurate; hard. [Obs.]
This saw his hapless foes, but stood obdured. --Milton.
Obdureness \Ob*dure"ness\, n., Obduredness \Ob*dur"ed*ness\, n.
Hardness. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
Obbe \Ob"be\, n.
See {Obi}.
Obeah \O*be"ah\ n.
Same as {Obi}. -- a. Of or pertaining to obi; as, the obeah
man. --B. Edwards.
Obedible \O*be"di*ble\, a.
Obedient. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
Obedience \O*be"di*ence\, n. [F. ob['e]dience, L. obedientia,
oboedientia. See {Obedient}, and cf.{Obeisance}.]
1. The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient;
compliance with that which is required by authority;
subjection to rightful restraint or control.
Government must compel the obedience of individuals.
--Ames.
2. Words or actions denoting submission to authority;
dutifulness. --Shak.
3. (Eccl.)
(a) A following; a body of adherents; as, the Roman
Catholic obedience, or the whole body of persons who
submit to the authority of the pope.
(b) A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by
a prior.
(c) One of the three monastic vows. --Shipley.
(d) The written precept of a superior in a religious order
or congregation to a subject.
{Canonical obedience}. See under {Canonical}.
{Passive obedience}. See under {Passive}.
Obedienciary \O*be`di*en"ci*a*ry\, n.
One yielding obedience. [Obs.] --Foxe.
Obedient \O*be"di*ent\, a. [OF. obedient, L. obediens,
oboediens, -entis. p. pr. of obedire, oboedire, to obey. See
{Obey}.]
Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey;
submissive to restraint, control, or command.
And floating straight, obedient to the stream. --Shak.
The chief his orders gives; the obedient band, With due
observance, wait the chief's command. --Pope.
Syn: Dutiful; respectful; compliant; submissive.
Obediential \O*be`di*en"tial\, a. [Cf. F. ob['e]dientiel.]
According to the rule of obedience. [R.]
An obediental subjection to the Lord of Nature. --Sir
M. Hale.
Obediently \O*be"di*ent*ly\, adv.
In an obedient manner; with obedience.
Obeisance \O*bei"sance\, n. [F. ob['e]issance obedience, fr.
ob['e]issant. See {Obey}, and cf. {Obedience}, {Abaisance}.]
1. Obedience. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. A manifestation of obedience; an expression of difference
or respect; homage; a bow; a courtesy.
Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance unto the king. --1
Kings i. 16.
Obeisancy \O*bei"san*cy\, n.
See {Obeisance}. [Obs.]
Obeisant \O*bei"sant\, a. [F. ob['e]issant, p. pr. of ob['e]ir
to obey.]
Ready to obey; reverent; differential; also, servilely
submissive.
Obelion \O*be"li*on\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? a spit.] (Anat.)
The region of the skull between the two parietal foramina
where the closure of the sagittal suture usually begins.
Obeliscal \Ob`e*lis"cal\, a.
Formed like an obelisk.
Obelisk \Ob"e*lisk\, n. [L. obeliscus, Gr. ?, dim. of ? a spit,
a pointed pillar: cf. F. ob['e]lisque.]
1. An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it
rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It
is ordinarily monolithic. Egyptian obelisks are commonly
covered with hieroglyphic writing from top to bottom.
2. (Print.) A mark of reference; -- called also {dagger}
[[dagger]]. See {Dagger}, n., 2.
Obelisk \Ob"e*lisk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obelisked}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Obelisking}.]
To mark or designate with an obelisk.
Obelize \Ob"e*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obelized}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Obelizing}.] [Gr. ?, fr. 'obelo`s. See {Obelus}.]
To designate with an obelus; to mark as doubtful or
spirituous. [R.]
Obelus \Ob"e*lus\, n.; pl. {Obeli}. [L., fr. Gr. 'obelo`s,
prop., a spit.] (Print.)
A mark [thus ---, or /]; -- so called as resembling a needle.
In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected
passages or readings.
Obequitate \Ob*eq"ui*tate\, v. i. [L. obequitatus, p. p. of
obequitare to ride about.]
To ride about. [Obs.] -- {Ob*eq`ui*ta"tion}, n. [Obs.]
--Cockerman.
Oberon \Ob"er*on\ ([o^]b"[~e]r*[o^]n), n. [F., fr. OF. Auberon;
prob. of Frankish origin.] (Medi[ae]val Mythol.)
The king of the fairies, and husband of Titania or Queen Mab.
--Shak.
Oberration \Ob`er*ra"tion\, n. [L. oberrate to wander about.]
A wandering about. [Obs.] --Jonhson.
Obese \O*bese"\ a. [L. obesus eaten away, lean; also, that has
eaten itself fat, fat, stout, p. p. of obedere to devour; ob
(see {Ob-}) + edere to eat. See {Eat}.]
Excessively corpulent; fat; fleshy.
Obeseness \O*bese"ness\, n.
Quality of being obese; obesity.
Obesity \O*bes"i*ty\, n.[L. obesitas: cf.F. ob['e]sit['e].]
The state or quality of being obese; incumbrance of flesh.
Obey \O*bey"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obeyed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Obeying}.] [OE. obeyen, F. ob['e]ir, fr. L. obedire,
oboedire; ob (see Ob-) + audire to hear. See {Audible}, and
cf. {Obeisance}.]
1. To give ear to; to execute the commands of; to yield
submission to; to comply with the orders of.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord. --Eph. vi.
1.
Was she the God, that her thou didst obey? --Milton.
2. To submit to the authority of; to be ruled by.
My will obeyed his will. --Chaucer.
Afric and India shall his power obey. --Dryden.
3. To yield to the impulse, power, or operation of; as, a
ship obeys her helm.
Obey \O*bey"\, v. i.
To give obedience.
Will he obey when one commands? --Tennyson.
Note: By some old writers obey was used, as in the French
idiom, with the preposition to.
His servants ye are, to whom ye obey. --Rom. vi.
16.
He commanded the trumpets to sound: to which the
two brave knights obeying, they performed their
courses. --Sir. P.
Sidney.
Obeyer \O*bey"er\, n.
One who yields obedience. --Holland.
Obeyingly \O*bey"ing*ly\, adv.
Obediently; submissively.
Obfirm \Ob*firm"\, Obfirmate \Ob*firm"ate\, v. t. [L.
obfirmatus, p. p. of obfirmare to make steadfast. See {Ob-},
and {Firm}, v. t.]
To make firm; to harden in resolution. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
Sheldon.
Obfirmation \Ob"fir*ma"tion\, n. [LL. obfirmatio.]
Hardness of heart; obduracy. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
Obfuscate \Ob*fus"cate\, a. [L. obfuscatus, p. p. of obfuscare
to darken; ob (see {Ob-}) + fuscare, fuscatum, to darken,
from fuscus dark.]
Obfuscated; darkened; obscured. [Obs.] [Written also
{offuscate}.] --Sir. T. Elyot.
Obfuscate \Ob*fus"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obfuscated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Obfuscating}.]
To darken; to obscure; to becloud; hence, to confuse; to
bewilder.
His head, like a smokejack, the funnel unswept, and the
ideas whirling round and round about in it, all
obfuscated and darkened over with fuliginous matter.
--Sterne.
Clouds of passion which might obfuscate the intellects
of meaner females. --Sir. W.
Scott.
Obfuscation \Ob`fus*ca"tion\, n. [L. obfuscatio.]
The act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being
darkened. ``Obfuscation of the cornea.'' --E. Darwin.
Obi \O"bi\, n. [Prob. of African origin.]
1. A species of sorcery, probably of African origin,
practiced among the negroes of the West Indies. [Written
also {obe} and {obeah}.] --De Quincey. --B. Edwards.
2. A charm or fetich. [West Indies] --B. Edwards.
Obimbricate \Ob*im"bri*cate\, a. [Pref. ob- + imbricate.] (Bot.)
Imbricated, with the overlapping ends directed downward.
Obit \O"bit\, n. [OF. obit, L. obitus, fr. obire to go against,
to go to meet, (sc. mortem) to die; ob (see Ob-) + ire to go.
See {Issue}.]
1. Death; decease; the date of one's death. --Wood.
2. A funeral solemnity or office; obsequies.
3. A service for the soul of a deceased person on the
anniversary of the day of his death.
The emoluments and advantages from oblations, obits,
and other sources, increased in value. --Milman.
{Post obit} [L. post obitum]. See {Post-obit}.
Obiter \Ob"i*ter\, adv. [L., on the way; ob (see {Ob-}) + iter a
going, a walk, way.]
In passing; incidentally; by the way.
{Obiter dictum} (Law), an incidental and collateral opinion
uttered by a judge. See {Dictum}, n., 2
(a) .
Obitual \O*bit"u*al\, a. [L. obitus death. See {Obit}.]
Of or pertaining to obits, or days when obits are celebrated;
as, obitual days. --Smart.
Obituarily \O*bit"u*a*ri*ly\, adv.
In the manner of an obituary.
Obiyuary \O*biy"u*a*ry\, a. [See {Obit}.]
Of or pertaining to the death of a person or persons; as, an
obituary notice; obituary poetry.
Obituary \O*bit"u*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Obituaries}. [Cf. F.
obituaire. See {Obit}.]
1. That which pertains to, or is called forth by, the obit or
death of a person; esp., an account of a deceased person;
a notice of the death of a person, accompanied by a
biographical sketch.
2. (R.C.Ch.) A list of the dead, or a register of anniversary
days when service is performed for the dead.
Object \Ob*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Objected}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Objecting}.] [L. objectus, p. p. of objicere, obicere, to
throw or put before, to oppose; ob (see {Ob-}) + jacere to
throw: cf. objecter. See {Jet} a shooting forth.]
1. To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to
oppose. [Obs.]
Of less account some knight thereto object, Whose
loss so great and harmful can not prove. --Fairfax.
Some strong impediment or other objecting itself.
--Hooker.
Pallas to their eyes The mist objected, and
condensed the skies. --Pope.
2. To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of
accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or
adverse reason.
He gave to him to object his heinous crime.
--Spencer.
Others object the poverty of the nation. --Addison.
The book . . . giveth liberty to object any crime
against such as are to be ordered. --Whitgift.
Object \Ob*ject"\, v. i.
To make opposition in words or argument; -- usually followed
by to. --Sir. T. More.
Object \Ob"ject\, n. [L. objectus. See {Object}, v. t.]
1. That which is put, or which may be regarded as put, in the
way of some of the senses; something visible or tangible;
as, he observed an object in the distance; all the objects
in sight; he touched a strange object in the dark.
2. That which is set, or which may be regarded as set, before
the mind so as to be apprehended or known; that of which
the mind by any of its activities takes cognizance,
whether a thing external in space or a conception formed
by the mind itself; as, an object of knowledge, wonder,
fear, thought, study, etc.
Object is a term for that about which the knowing
subject is conversant; what the schoolmen have
styled the ``materia circa quam.'' --Sir. W.
Hamilton.
The object of their bitterest hatred. --Macaulay.
3. That by which the mind, or any of its activities, is
directed; that on which the purpose are fixed as the end
of action or effort; that which is sought for; end; aim;
motive; final cause.
Object, beside its proper signification, came to be
abusively applied to denote motive, end, final cause . . .
. This innovation was probably borrowed from the French.
--Sir. W.
Hamilton.
Let our object be, our country, our whole country, and
nothing but our country. --D. Webster.
4. Sight; show; appearance; aspect. [Obs.] --Shak.
He, advancing close Up to the lake, past all the
rest, arose In glorious object. --Chapman.
5. (Gram.) A word, phrase, or clause toward which an action
is directed, or is considered to be directed; as, the
object of a transitive verb.
{Object glass}, the lens, or system of lenses, placed at the
end of a telescope, microscope, etc., which is toward the
object. Its office is to form an image of the object,
which is then viewed by the eyepiece. Called also
{objective}. See Illust. of {Microscope}.
{Object lesson}, a lesson in which object teaching is made
use of.
{Object staff}. (Leveling) Same as {Leveling staff}.
{Object teaching}, a method of instruction, in which
illustrative objects are employed, each new word or idea
being accompanied by a representation of that which it
signifies; -- used especially in the kindergarten, for
young children.
Object \Ob*ject"\, a. [L. objectus, p. p.]
Opposed; presented in opposition; also, exposed. [Obs.]
Objectable \Ob*ject"a*ble\, a.
Such as can be presented in opposition; that may be put
forward as an objection. [R.]
Objectify \Ob*jec"ti*fy\, v. t. [Object + -fy.]
To cause to become an object; to cause to assume the
character of an object; to render objective. --J. D. Morell.
Objection \Ob*jec"tion\, n. [L. objectio: cf. F. objection.]
1. The act of objecting; as, to prevent agreement, or action,
by objection. --Johnson.
2. That which is, or may be, presented in opposition; an
adverse reason or argument; a reason for objecting;
obstacle; impediment; as, I have no objection to going;
unreasonable objections. ``Objections against every
truth.'' --Tyndale.
3. Cause of trouble; sorrow. [Obs. or R.]
He remembers the objection that lies in his bosom,
and he sighs deeply. --Jer. Taylor.
Syn: Exception; difficulty; doubt; scruple.
Objectionable \Ob*jec"tion*a*ble\, a.
Liable to objection; likely to be objected to or disapproved
of; offensive; as, objectionable words. --
{Ob*jec"tion*a*bly}, adv.
Objectist \Ob"ject*ist\, n.
One who adheres to, or is skilled in, the objective
philosophy. --Ed. Rev.
Objectivate \Ob*jec"ti*vate\, v. t.
To objectify.
Objectivation \Ob*jec`ti*va"tion\, n.
Converting into an object.
Objective \Ob*jec"tive\, a. [Cf.F. objectif.]
1. Of or pertaining to an object.
2. (Metaph.) Of or pertaining to an object; contained in, or
having the nature or position of, an object; outward;
external; extrinsic; -- an epithet applied to whatever ir
exterior to the mind, or which is simply an object of
thought or feeling, and opposed to {subjective}.
In the Middle Ages, subject meant substance, and has
this sense in Descartes and Spinoza: sometimes,
also, in Reid. Subjective is used by William of
Occam to denote that which exists independent of
mind; objective, what is formed by the mind. This
shows what is meant by realitas objectiva in
Descartes. Kant and Fichte have inverted the
meanings. Subject, with them, is the mind which
knows; object, that which is known; subjective, the
varying conditions of the knowing mind; objective,
that which is in the constant nature of the thing
known. --Trendelenburg.
Objective means that which belongs to, or proceeds
from, the object known, and not from the subject
knowing, and thus denotes what is real, in
opposition to that which is ideal -- what exists in
nature, in contrast to what exists merely in the
thought of the individual. --Sir. W.
Hamilton.
Objective has come to mean that which has
independent exostence or authority, apart from our
experience or thought. Thus, moral law is said to
have objective authority, that is, authority
belonging to itself, and not drawn from anything in
our nature. --Calderwood
(Fleming's
Vocabulary).
3. (Gram.) Pertaining to, or designating, the case which
follows a transitive verb or a preposition, being that
case in which the direct object of the verb is placed. See
{Accusative}, n.
Note: The objective case is frequently used without a
governing word, esp. in designations of time or space,
where a preposition, as at, in, on, etc., may be
supplied.
My troublous dream [on] this night make me sad.
--Shak.
To write of victories [in or for] next year.
--Hudibras.
{Objective line} (Perspective), a line drawn on the
geometrical plane which is represented or sought to be
represented.
{Objective plane} (Perspective), any plane in the horizontal
plane that is represented.
{Objective point}, the point or result to which the
operations of an army are directed. By extension, the
point or purpose to which anything, as a journey or an
argument, is directed.
Syn: {Objective}, {Subjective}.
Usage: Objective is applied to things exterior to the mind,
and objects of its attention; subjective, to the
operations of the mind itself. Hence, an objective
motive is some outward thing awakening desire; a
subjective motive is some internal feeling or
propensity. Objective views are those governed by
outward things; subjective views are produced or
modified by internal feeling. Sir Walter Scott's
poetry is chiefly objective; that of Wordsworth is
eminently subjective.
In the philosophy of mind, subjective denotes
what is to be referred to the thinking subject,
the ego; objective what belongs to the object of
thought, the non-ego. --Sir. W.
Hamilton
Objective \Ob*jec"tive\, n.
1. (Gram.) The objective case.
2. An object glass. See under {Object}, n.
3. Same as {Objective point}, under {Objective}, a.
Objectively \Ob*jec"tive*ly\, adv.
In the manner or state of an object; as, a determinate idea
objectively in the mind.
Objectiveness \Ob*jec"tive*ness\, n.
Objectivity.
Is there such a motion or objectiveness of external
bodies, which produceth light? --Sir M. Hale
Objectivity \Ob`jec*tiv"i*ty\, n. [Cf.F. objectivit['e].]
The state, quality, or relation of being objective; character
of the object or of the objective.
The calm, the cheerfulness, the disinterested
objectivity have disappeared [in the life of the
Greeks]. --M. Arnold.
Obectize \Ob"ect*ize\, v. t.
To make an object of; to regard as an object; to place in the
position of an object.
In the latter, as objectized by the former, arise the
emotions and affections. --Coleridge.
Objectless \Ob"ject*less\, a.
Having no object; purposeless.
Objector \Ob*ject"or\, n. [L., an accuser.]
One who objects; one who offers objections to a proposition
or measure.
Objibways \Ob*jib"ways\, n.pl.
See {Chippeways}.
Objicient \Ob*jic"i*ent\, n. [L. objiciens, p. pr. of objicere
to object.]
One who makes objection; an objector. [R.] --Cardinal
Wiseman.
Objuration \Ob`ju*ra"tion\, n. [L. objurare to bind by oath; ob
(see {Ob-}) + jurare to swear, fr. jus right.]
A binding by oath. [R.] --Abp. Bramhall.
Objurgate \Ob*jur"gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Objurgated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Objurgating}.] [L. objurgatus, p. p. of
objurgare to chide; ob (see {Ob-}) + jurgare to quarrel,
scold, fr. jus right, court. See {Jury}.]
To chide; to reprove.
Objurgation \Ob`jur*ga"tion\, n. [L. objurgatio: cf.F.
objurgation.]
The act of objurgating; reproof.
While the good lady was bestowing this objurgation on
Mr.Ben Allen. --Dickens.
With a strong objurgation of the elbow in his ribs.
--Landor.
Objurgatory \Ob*jur"ga*to*ry\, a. [L. objurgatorius.]
Designed to objurgate or chide; containing or expressing
reproof; culpatory. --Bancroft.
The objurgatory question of the Pharisees. --Paley.
Oblanceolate \Ob*lan"ce*o*late\, a. [Pref. ob- + lanceolate.]
Lanceolate in the reversed order, that is, narrowing toward
the point of attachment more than toward the apex.
Oblate \Ob*late"\, a. [L. oblatus, used as p. p. of offerre to
bring forward, offer, dedicate; ob (see {Ob-}) + latus borne,
for tlatus. See {Tolerate}.]
1. (Geom.) Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth
is an oblate spheroid.
2. Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used
chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders.
See {Oblate}, n.
{Oblate ellipsoid} or {spheroid} (Geom.), a solid generated
by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis; an
oblatum. See {Ellipsoid of revolution}, under {Ellipsoid}.
Oblate \Ob*late"\, n. [From {Oblate}, a.] (R.C.Ch.)
(a) One of an association of priests or religious women
who have offered themselves to the service of the
church. There are three such associations of priests,
and one of women, called oblates.
(b) One of the Oblati.
Oblateness \Ob*late"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being oblate.
Oblati \Ob*la"ti\, n. pl. [LL., fr. L. oblatus. See {Oblate}.]
(R.C.Ch.)
(a) Children dedicated in their early years to the monastic
state.
(b) A class of persons, especially in the Middle Ages, who
offered themselves and their property to a monastery.
--Addis & Arnold.
Oblation \Ob*la"tion\, n. [L. oblatio: cf. F. oblation. See
{Oblate}.]
1. The act of offering, or of making an offering. --Locke.
2. Anything offered or presented in worship or sacred
service; an offering; a sacrifice.
A peculiar . . . oblation given to God. --Jer.
Taylor.
A pin was the usual oblation. --Sir. W.
Scott.
3. A gift or contribution made to a church, as for the
expenses of the eucharist, or for the support of the
clergy and the poor.
Oblationer \Ob*la"tion*er\, n.
One who makes an offering as an act worship or reverence.
--Dr. H. More.
Oblatrate \Ob*la"trate\, v. i. [L. oblatratus, p. p. of
oblatrare to bark against.]
To bark or snarl, as a dog. [Obs.]
Oblatration \Ob`la*tra"tion\, n.
The act of oblatrating; a barking or snarling. --Bp. Hall.
Oblatum \Ob*la"tum\, n.; pl. {Oblata}. [NL. See {Oblate}.]
(Geom.)
An oblate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of
an ellipse about its minor axis. Cf. {Oblongum}.
Oblectate \Ob*lec"tate\, v. t. [L. oblectatus, p. p. of
oblectare.]
To delight; to please greatly. [Obs.]
Oblectation \Ob"lec*ta"tion\, n. [L. oblectatio.]
The act of pleasing highly; the state of being greatly
pleased; delight. [R.] --Feltham.
Obligable \Ob"li*ga*ble\, a.
Acknowledging, or complying with, obligation; trustworthy.
[R.]
The main difference between people seems to be, that
one man can come under obligations on which you can
rely, -- is obligable; and another is not. --Emerson.
Obligate \Ob"li*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obligated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Obligating}.] [L. obligatus, p. p. of obligare. See
{Oblige}.]
1. To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to
hold by a constraining motive. ``Obligated by a sense of
duty.'' --Proudfit.
That's your true plan -- to obligate The present
ministers of state. --Churchill.
2. To bind or firmly hold to an act; to compel; to constrain;
to bind to any act of duty or courtesy by a formal pledge.
That they may not incline or be obligated to any
vile or lowly occupations. --Landor.
Obligation \Ob"li*ga"tion\, n. [F. obligation. L. obligatio. See
{Oblige}.]
1. The act of obligating.
2. That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a
promise, contract, oath, or vow, or of law; that which
constitutes legal or moral duty.
A tender conscience is a stronger obligation than a
proson. --Fuller.
3. Any act by which a person becomes bound to do something to
or for anouther, or to forbear something; external duties
imposed by law, promise, or contract, by the relations of
society, or by courtesy, kindness, etc.
Every man has obligations which belong to his
station. Duties extend beyond obligation, and direct
the affections, desires, and intentions, as well as
the actions. --Whewell.
4. The state of being obligated or bound; the state of being
indebted for an act of favor or kindness; as, to place
others under obligations to one.
5. (Law) A bond with a condition annexed, and a penalty for
nonfulfillment. In a larger sense, it is an acknowledgment
of a duty to pay a certain sum or do a certain things.
{Days of obligation}. See under {Day}.
Obligato \Ob"li*ga"to\, a. [It.]
See {Obbligato}.
Obligatorily \Ob"li*ga*to*ri*ly\, adv.
In an obligatory manner; by reason of obligation. --Foxe.
Obligatoriness \Ob"li*ga*to*ri*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being obligatory.
Obligatory \Ob"li*ga*to*ry\, a. [L. obligatorius: cf.F.
obligatoire.]
Binding in law or conscience; imposing duty or obligation;
requiring performance or forbearance of some act; -- often
followed by on or upon; as, obedience is obligatory on a
soldier.
As long as the law is obligatory, so long our obedience
is due. --Jer. Taylor.
Oblige \O*blige"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obliged}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Obliging}.] [OF. obligier, F. obliger, L. obligare; ob
(see {Ob-}) + ligare to bind. See {Ligament}, and cf.
{Obligate}.]
1. To attach, as by a bond. [Obs.]
He had obliged all the senators and magistrates
firmly to himself. --Bacon.
2. To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put
under obligation to do or forbear something.
The obliging power of the law is neither founded in,
nor to be measured by, the rewards and punishments
annexed to it. --South.
Religion obliges men to the practice of those
virtues which conduce to the preservation of our
health. --Tillotson.
3. To bind by some favor rendered; to place under a debt;
hence, to do a favor to; to please; to gratify; to
accommodate.
Thus man, by his own strength, to heaven would soar,
And would not be obliged to God for more. --Dryden.
The gates before it are brass, and the whole much
obliged to Pope Urban VIII. --Evelyn.
I shall be more obliged to you than I can express.
--Mrs. E.
Montagu.
Obligee \Ob"li*gee"\, n. [F. oblig['e], p. p. of obliger. See
{Oblige}.]
The person to whom another is bound, or the person to whom a
bond is given. --Blackstone.
Obligement \O*blige"ment\, n.
Obligation. [R.]
I will not resist, therefore, whatever it is, either of
divine or human obligement, that you lay upon me.
--Milton.
Obliger \O*bli"ger\, n.
One who, or that which, obliges. --Sir H. Wotton.
Obliging \O*bli"ging\, a.
Putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors;
hence, helpful; civil; kind.
Mons.Strozzi has many curiosities, and is very obliging
to a stranger who desires the sight of them. --Addison.
Syn: Civil; complaisant; courteous; kind, -- {Obliging},
{Kind}, {Complaisant}.
Usage: One is kind who desires to see others happy; one is
complaisant who endeavors to make them so in social
intercourse by attentions calculated to please; one
who is obliging performs some actual service, or has
the disposition to do so. -- {O*bli"ging*ly}. adv. --
{O*bli"ging*ness}, n.
Obligor \Ob`li*gor"\, n.
The person who binds himself, or gives his bond to another.
--Blackstone.
Obliquation \Ob`li*qua"tion\, n. [L. obliquatio, fr. obliquare
to turn obliquely. See {Oblique}.]
1. The act of becoming oblique; a turning to one side;
obliquity; as, the obliquation of the eyes. [R.] --Sir T.
Browne.
2. Deviation from moral rectitude. [R.]
Oblique \Ob*lique"\, a. [F., fr. L. obliquus; ob (see {Ob-}) +
liquis oblique; cf. licinus bent upward, Gr ? slanting.]
[Written also {oblike}.]
1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at
right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
It has a direction oblique to that of the former
motion. --Cheyne.
2. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence,
disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
The love we bear our friends . . . Hath in it
certain oblique ends. --Drayton.
This mode of oblique research, when a more direct
one is denied, we find to be the only one in our
power. --De Quincey.
Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye. That
looks for evil, like a treacherous spy. --Wordworth.
3. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father
and son; collateral.
His natural affection in a direct line was strong,
in an oblique but weak. --Baker.
{Oblique angle}, {Oblique ascension}, etc. See under
{Angle},{Ascension}, etc.
{Oblique arch} (Arch.), an arch whose jambs are not at right
angles with the face, and whose intrados is in consequence
askew.
{Oblique bridge}, a skew bridge. See under {Bridge}, n.
{Oblique case} (Gram.), any case except the nominative. See
{Case}, n.
{Oblique circle} (Projection), a circle whose plane is
oblique to the axis of the primitive plane.
{Oblique fire} (Mil.), a fire the direction of which is not
perpendicular to the line fired at.
{Oblique flank} (Fort.), that part of the curtain whence the
fire of the opposite bastion may be discovered. --Wilhelm.
{Oblique leaf}. (Bot.)
(a) A leaf twisted or inclined from the normal position.
(b) A leaf having one half different from the other.
{Oblique line} (Geom.), a line that, meeting or tending to
meet another, makes oblique angles with it.
{Oblique motion} (Mus.), a kind of motion or progression in
which one part ascends or descends, while the other
prolongs or repeats the same tone, as in the accompanying
example.
{Oblique muscle} (Anat.), a muscle acting in a direction
oblique to the mesial plane of the body, or to the
associated muscles; -- applied especially to two muscles
of the eyeball.
{Oblique narration}. See {Oblique speech}.
{Oblique planes} (Dialing), planes which decline from the
zenith, or incline toward the horizon.
{Oblique sailing} (Naut.), the movement of a ship when she
sails upon some rhumb between the four cardinal points,
making an oblique angle with the meridian.
{Oblique speech} (Rhet.), speech which is quoted indirectly,
or in a different person from that employed by the
original speaker.
{Oblique sphere} (Astron. & Geog.), the celestial or
terrestrial sphere when its axis is oblique to the horizon
of the place; or as it appears to an observer at any point
on the earth except the poles and the equator.
{Oblique step} (Mil.), a step in marching, by which the
soldier, while advancing, gradually takes ground to the
right or left at an angle of about 25[deg]. It is not now
practiced. --Wilhelm.
{Oblique system of co["o]rdinates} (Anal. Geom.), a system in
which the co["o]rdinate axes are oblique to each other.
Oblique \Ob*lique"\, n. (Geom.)
An oblique line.
Oblique \Ob*lique"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Obliqued}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Obliquing}.]
1. To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an
oblique direction.
Projecting his person towards it in a line which
obliqued from the bottom of his spine. --Sir. W.
Scott.
2. (Mil.) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the
column or platoon; -- formerly accomplished by oblique
steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to
the right or left.
Oblique-angled \Ob*lique"-an`gled\, a.
Having oblique angles; as, an oblique-angled triangle.
Obliquely \Ob*lique"ly\, adv.
In an oblique manner; not directly; indirectly. ``Truth
obliquely leveled.'' --Bp. Fell.
Declining from the noon of day, The sun obliquely
shoots his burning ray. --Pope
His discourse tends obliquely to the detracting from
others. --Addison.
Obliqueness \Ob*lique"ness\, n.
Quality or state of being oblique.
Obliquity \Ob*liq"ui*ty\, n.; pl. {Obliquities}. [L. obliquitas:
cf. F. obliquit['e].]
1. The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right
line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; the
amount of such deviation; divergence; as, the obliquity of
the ecliptic to the equator.
2. Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity; deviation
from moral rectitude.
To disobey [God] . . . imports a moral obliquity.
--South.
Oblite \Ob"lite\, a. [L. oblitus, p. p. pf oblinere to besmear.]
Indistinct; slurred over. [Obs.] ``Obscure and oblite
mention.'' --Fuller.
Obliterate \Ob*lit"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obliterated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Obliterating}.] [L. obliteratus, p. p. of
obliterare to obliterate; ob (see {Ob-}) + litera, littera,
letter. See {Letter}.]
1. To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable,
as a writing.
2. To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to
render imperceptible; as. to obliterate ideas; to
obliterate the monuments of antiquity.
The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that
experience are slowly obliterated. --W. Black.
Obliterate \Ob*lit"er*ate\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects.
Obliteration \Ob*lit`er*a"tion\, n. [L. obliteratio: cf.F.
oblit['e]ration.]
The act of obliterating, or the state of being obliterated;
extinction. --Sir. M. Hale.
Obliterative \Ob*lit"er*a*tive\, a.
Tending or serving to obliterate.
Oblivion \Ob*liv"i*on\, n. [L. oblivio, akin to oblivisci to
forget: cf. OF. oblivion.]
1. The act of forgetting, or the state of being forgotten;
cessation of remembrance; forgetfulness.
Second childishness and mere oblivion. --Shak.
Among our crimes oblivion may be set. --Dryden
The origin of our city will be buried in eternal
oblivion. --W. Irving.
2. Official ignoring of offenses; amnesty, or general pardon;
as, an act of oblivion. --Sir J. Davies.
Syn: See {Forgetfulness}.
Oblivious \Ob*liv"i*ous\, a. [L. obliviosus: cf.F. oblivieux.]
1. Promoting oblivion; causing forgetfulness. ``The oblivious
pool.'' --Milton.
She lay in deep, oblivious slumber. --Longfellow.
2. Evincing oblivion; forgetful.
Through are both weak in body and oblivious.
--Latimer.
-- {Obliv"i*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ob*liv"i*ous*ness}, n.
--Foxe.
Oblocutor \Ob*loc"u*tor\, n. [L. oblocutor, obloquutor, fr.
obloqui, oblocutus, to speak against; ob (see {Ob-}) + loqui
to speak. See {Loquacious}.]
A disputer; a gainsayer. [Obs.] --Bale.
Oblong \Ob"long\, a. [L. oblongus; ob (see {Ob-}) + longus long:
cf. F. oblong.]
Having greater length than breadth, esp. when rectangular.
Oblong \Ob"long\, n.
A rectangular figure longer than it is broad; hence, any
figure longer than it is broad.
The best figure of a garden I esteem an oblong upon a
descent. --Sir W.
Temple.
Oblongata \Ob`lon*ga"ta\, n. [NL.] (Anat.)
The medulla oblongata. --B. G. Wilder.
Oblongatal \Ob"lon*ga"tal\, a.
Of or pertaining to the medulla oblongata; medullar.
Oblongish \Ob"long*ish\, a.
Somewhat oblong.
Oblongly \Ob"long*ly\, adv.
In an oblong form.
Oblongness \Ob"long*ness\, n.
State or quality of being oblong.
Oblong-ovate \Ob"long-o"vate\, a.
Between oblong and ovate, but inclined to the latter.
Oblongum \Ob*lon"gum\, n.; pl. {Oblonga}. [NL. See {Oblong}.]
(Geom.)
A prolate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of
an ellipse about its greater axis. Cf. {Oblatum}, and see
{Ellipsoid of revolution}, under {Ellipsoid}.
Obloquious \Ob*lo"qui*ous\, a.
Containing obloquy; reproachful [R.] --Naunton.
Obloquy \Ob"lo*quy\ ([o^]b"l[-o]*kw[y^]), n. [L. obloquium, fr.
obloqui. See {Oblocutor}.]
1. Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that
casts contempt on men or their actions; blame;
reprehension.
Shall names that made your city the glory of the
earth be mentioned with obloquy and detraction?
--Addison.
2. Cause of reproach; disgrace. [Obs.] --Shak.
Syn: Reproach; odium; censure; contumely; gainsaying;
reviling; calumny; slander; detraction.
Obluctation \Ob`luc*ta"tion\, n. [L. oblictutio, fr. obluctari
to struggle against.]
A struggle against; resistance; opposition. [Obs.]
--Fotherby.
Obmutescence \Ob`mu*tes"cence\ ([o^]b`m[-u]*t[e^]s"sens), n. [L.
obmutescens, p. pr of obmutescere to become dumb; ob (see
{Ob-}) + mutescere to grow dumb, fr. mutus dumb.]
1. A becoming dumb; loss of speech. --Sir T. Browne.
2. A keeping silent or mute. --Paley.
Obnoxious \Ob*nox"ious\ ([o^]b*n[o^]k"sh[u^]s), a. [L. obnoxius;
ob (see {Ob-}) + noxius hurtful. See {Noxious}.]
1. Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; -- with
to.
The writings of lawyers, which are tied obnoxious to
their particular laws. --Bacon.
Esteeming it more honorable to live on the public
than to be obnoxious to any private purse. --Milton.
Obnoxious, first or last, To basest things --Milton.
2. Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible;
blameworthy. ``The contrived and interested schemes of . .
. obnoxious authors.'' --Bp. Fell.
All are obnoxious, and this faulty land, Like
fainting Hester, does before you stand Watching your
scepter. --Waller.
3. Offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious statesman; a
minister obnoxious to the Whigs. --Burke. --
{Ob*nox"ious*ly}, adv. -- {Ob*nox"ious*ness}, n. --South.
Obnubilate \Ob*nu"bi*late\, v. t. [L. obnubilatus, p. p. of
obnubilare to obscure. See {Ob-}, and {Nubilate}.]
To cloud; to obscure. [Obs.] --Burton. -- {Ob*nu"bi*la"tion},
n. [Obs.] --Beddoes.
Oboe \O"boe\, n. [It., fr. F. hautbois. See {Hautboy}.] (Mus.)
One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra,
yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality
of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more
slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy.
{Oboe d'amore} [It., lit., oboe of love], and {Oboe di
caccia} [It., lit., oboe of the chase], are names of obsolete
modifications of the oboe, often found in the scores of
Bach and Handel.
Oboist \O"bo*ist\, n.
A performer on the oboe.
Obolary \Ob"o*la*ry\, a. [See {Obolus}.]
Possessing only small coins; impoverished. [R.] --Lamb.
Obole \Ob"ole\, n. [Cf.F. obole. See {Obolus}.] (Old Pharm.)
A weight of twelve grains; or, according to some, of ten
grains, or half a scruple. [Written also {obol}.]
Obolize \Ob"o*lize\, v. t.
See {Obelize}.
Obolo \Ob"o*lo\, n. [Cf. {Obolus}.]
A copper coin, used in the Ionian Islands, about one cent in
value.
Obolus \Ob"o*lus\, n.;pl. {Oboli}. [L., fr Gr. (?)] (Gr.Antiq.)
(a) A small silver coin of Athens, the sixth part of a
drachma, about three cents in value.
(b) An ancient weight, the sixth part of a drachm.
Obomegoid \Ob`o*me"goid\, a. [Pref. ob- + omegoid.] (Zo["o]l.)
Obversely omegoid.
Oboval \Ob*o"val\, a. [Pref. ob- + oval.]
Obovate.
Obovate \Ob*o"vate\ a. [Pref. ob- + ovate.] (Bot.)
Inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end downward; as, an
obovate leaf.
Obreption \Ob*rep"tion\, n. [L. obreptio, fr. obrepere,
obreptum, to creep up to; ob (see {Ob-}) + repere to creep.]
1. The act of creeping upon with secrecy or by surprise.
[Obs.] --Cudworth.
2. (Scots Law) The obtaining gifts of escheat by fraud or
surprise. --Bell.
Obreptitious \Ob`rep*ti"tious\, a. [L. obreptitus. See
{Obreption}.]
Done or obtained by surprise; with secrecy, or by concealment
of the truth. [R.] --Cotgrave.
Obrogate \Ob"ro*gate\, v. t. [L. obrogatus, p. p. of obrogare to
obrogate.]
To annul indirectly by enacting a new and contrary law,
instead of by expressly abrogating or repealing the old one.
[Obs.] --Bailey.
Obrok \Ob"rok\, n. [Russ. obrok'.]
(a) A rent.
(b) A poll tax paid by peasants absent from their lord's
estate. [Russia] --Brande & C.
Obscene \Ob*scene"\, a/ [L. obscenus, obscaenus, obscoenus, ill
looking, filthy, obscene: cf. F. obsc['e]ne.]
1. Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing of presenting
to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and
decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene
language; obscene pictures.
Words that were once chaste, by frequent use grew
obscene and uncleanly. --I. Watts.
2. Foul; fifthy; disgusting.
A girdle foul with grease b??ds his obscene attire.
--Dryden.
3. Inauspicious; ill-omened. [R.] [A Latinism]
At the cheerful light, The groaning ghosts and birds
obscene take flight. --Dryden.
Syn: Impure; immodest; indecent; unchaste; lewd. --
{Ob*scene"ly}, adv. -- {Ob*scene"ness}, n.
Obscenity \Ob*scen"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Obscenities}. [L. obscentias:
cf.F. obsc['e]nit['e].]
That quality in words or things which presents what is
offensive to chasity or purity of mind; obscene or impure
lanquage or acts; moral impurity; lewdness; obsceneness; as,
the obscenity of a speech, or a picture.
Mr.Cowley asserts plainly, that obscenity has no place
in wit. --Dryden.
No pardon vile obscenity should find. --Pope.
Obscurant \Ob*scur"ant\, n. [L. obscurans, p. pr. of obscurare
to obscure.]
One who obscures; one who prevents enlightenment or hinders
the progress of knowledge and wisdom. --Coleridge.
Obscurantism \Ob*scur"ant*ism\, n.
The system or the principles of the obscurants. --C.
Kingsley.
Obscurantist \Ob*scur"ant*ist\, n.
Same as {Obscurant}. --Ed. Rev.
Obscuration \Ob`scu*ra"tion\, n. [L. obscurativ: cf.F.
obscuration. See {Obscure}, v. t. ]
The act or operation of obscuring; the state of being
obscured; as, the obscuration of the moon in an eclipse.
--Sir J. Herschel.
Obscure \Ob*scure"\, a. [Compar. {Obscurer}; superl.
{Obscurest}.] [L. obscurus, orig., covered; ob- (see {Ob-}) +
a root probably meaning, to cover; cf. L. scutum shield, Skr.
sku to cover: cf.F. obscur. Cf.{Sky}.]
1. Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light;
imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim.
His lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
--Prov. xx.
20.
2. Of or pertaining to darkness or night; inconspicuous to
the sight; indistinctly seen; hidden; retired; remote from
observation; unnoticed.
The obscure bird Clamored the livelong night.
--Shak.
The obscure corners of the earth. --Sir J.
Davies.
3. Not noticeable; humble; mean. ``O base and obscure
vulgar.'' --Shak. ``An obscure person.'' --Atterbury.
4. Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or
blind; as, an obscure passage or inscription.
5. Not clear, full, or distinct; clouded; imperfect; as, an
obscure view of remote objects.
{Obscure rays} (Opt.), those rays which are not luminous or
visible, and which in the spectrum are beyond the limits
of the visible portion.
Syn: Dark; dim; darksome; dusky; shadowy; misty; abstruse;
intricate; difficult; mysterious; retired; unnoticed;
unknown; humble; mean; indistinct.
Obscure \Ob*scure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obscured}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Obscuring}.] [L. obscurare, fr. obscurus: cf. OF.
obscurer. See {Obscure}, a.]
To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the
dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible,
glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.
They are all couched in a pit hard by Herne's oak, with
obscured lights. --Shak.
Why, 't is an office of discovery, love, And I should
be obscured. --Shak.
There is scarce any duty which has been so obscured by
the writings of learned men as this. --Wake.
And seest not sin obscures thy godlike frame? --Dryden.
Obscure \Ob*scure"\, v. i.
To conceal one's self; to hide; to keep dark. [Obs.]
How! There's bad news. I must obscure, and hear it.
--Beau. & Fl.
Obscure \Ob*scure"\, n.
Obscurity. [Obs.] --Milton.
Obscurely \Ob*scure"ly\, adv.
In an obscure manner. --Milton.
Obscurement \Ob*scure"ment\, n.
The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured;
obscuration. --Pomfret.
Obscureness \Ob*scure"ness\, n.
Obscurity. --Bp. Hall.
Obscurer \Ob*scur"er\, n.
One who, or that which, obscures.
Obscurity \Ob*scu"ri*ty\, n. [L. obscuritas: cf. F.
obscurit['e].]
The quality or state of being obscure; darkness; privacy;
inconspicuousness; unintelligibleness; uncertainty.
Yuo are not for obscurity designed. --Dryden.
They were now brought forth from obscurity, to be
contemplated by artists with admiration and despair.
--Macaulay.
Syn: {Darkness}; dimness; gloom. See {Darkness}.
Obsecrate \Ob"se*crate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obsecrated}; p.
pr. & vb, n. {Obsecrating}.] [L. obsecratus, p. p. of
obsecrare, prop., to ask on religious grounds; ob (see {Ob-})
+ sacrare to declare as sacred, from sacer sacred.]
To beseech; to supplicate; to implore. [R.]. --Cockerman.
Obsecration \Ob"se*cra"tion\, n. [L. obsecratio: cf. F.
obsecration.]
1. The act of obsecrating or imploring; as, the obsecrations
of the Litany, being those clauses beginning with ``By.''
--Bp. Stillingfeet. --Shipley.
2. (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which the orator implores
the assistance of God or man.
Obsecratory \Ob"se*cra*to*ry\, a.
Expressing, or used in, entreaty; supplicatory. [R.] --Bp.
Hall.
Obsequent \Ob"se*quent\, a. [L. obsequens, p. pr. of obsequi; ob
(see {Ob-}) + sequi. See {Sequence}.]
Obedient; submissive; obsequious. [Obs.] --Fotherby.
Obsequience \Ob*se"qui*ence\, n.
Obsequiousness. [R.]
Obsequies \Ob"se*quies\, n.pl.
See {Obsequy}.
Obsequious \Ob*se"qui*ous\, a. [L. obsequiosus, fr. obsequium
compliance, fr. obsequi, fr. obsequi: cf. F. obs['e]quieux,
See {Obsequent}, and cf. {Obsequy}.]
1. Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another;
compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted.
[Obs.]
His servants weeping, Obsequious to his orders, bear
him hither. --Addison.
2. Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess;
cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite.
There lies ever in ``obsequious'' at the present the
sense of an observance which is overdone, of an
unmanly readiness to fall in with the will of
another. --Trench.
3. [See {Obsequy}.] Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal.
[R.] ``To do obsequious sorrow.'' --Shak.
Syn: Compliant; obedient; servile. See {Yielding}.
Obsequiously \Ob*se"qui*ous*ly\, adv.
1. In an obsequious manner; compliantly; fawningly. --Dryden.
2. In a manner appropriate to obsequies. [Obs.]
Whilst I a while obsequiously lament The untimely
fall of virtuous Lancaster. --Shak.
Obsequiousness \Ob*se"qui*ous*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being obsequious. --South.
Obsequy \Ob"se*quy\, n.; pl. {Obsequies}. [L. obsequiae, pl.,
funeral rites, fr. obsequi: cf.F. obs[`e]ques. See
{Obsequent}, and cf. {Obsequious}.]
1. The last duty or service to a person, rendered after his
death; hence, a rite or ceremony pertaining to burial; --
now used only in the plural. --Spencer.
I will . . . fetch him hence, and solemnly attend,
With silent obsequy and funeral train. --Milton
I will myself Be the chief mourner at his obsequies.
--Dryden.
The funeral obsequies were decently and privately
performed by his family --J. P.
Mahaffy.
2. Obsequiousness. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Observable \Ob*serv"a*ble\, a. [L. observabilis: cf.F.
observable.]
Worthy or capable of being observed; discernible; noticeable;
remarkable. --Sir. T. Browne.
The difference is sufficiently observable. --Southey.
-- {Ob*serv"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Ob*serv"a*bly}, adv.
Observance \Ob*serv"ance\, n. [F. observance, L. observantia.
See {Observant}.]
1. The act or practice of observing or noticing with
attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; --
usually with a sense of strictness and fidelity; as, the
observance of the Sabbath is general; the strict
observance of duties.
It is a custom More honored in the breach than the
observance. --Shak.
2. An act, ceremony, or rite, as of worship or respect;
especially, a customary act or service of attention; a
form; a practice; a rite; a custom.
At dances These young folk kept their observances.
--Chaucer.
Use all the observance of civility. --Shak.
Some represent to themselves the whole of religion
as consisting in a few easy observances. --Rogers.
O I that wasted time to tend upon her, To compass
her with sweet observances! --Tennyson.
3. Servile attention; sycophancy. [Obs.]
Salads and flesh, such as their haste could get,
Served with observance. --Chapman.
This is not atheism, But court observance. --Beau. &
Fl.
Syn: {Observance}, {Observation}. These words are
discriminated by the two distinct senses of observe. To
observe means (1) to keep strictly; as, to observe a
fast day, and hence, observance denotes the keeping or
heeding with strictness; (2) to consider attentively, or
to remark; and hence, observation denotes either the act
of observing, or some remark made as the result thereof.
We do not say the observation of Sunday, though the word
was formerly so used. The Pharisees were curious in
external observances; the astronomers are curious in
celestial observations.
Love rigid honesty, And strict observance of
impartial laws. --Roscommon.
Observancy \Ob*serv"an*cy\, n.
Observance. [Obs.]
Observandum \Ob*ser`van"dum\, n.; pl. {Observanda}. [L.]
A thing to be observed. --Swift.
Observant \Ob*serv"ant\, a. [L. observans, -anits, p. pr. of
observare: cf. F. observant. See {Observe}.]
1. Taking notice; viewing or noticing attentively; watchful;
attentive; as, an observant spectator; observant habits.
Wandering from clime to clime observant stray'd.
--Pope.
2. Submissively attentive; obediently watchful; regardful;
mindful; obedient (to); -- with of, as, to be observant of
rules.
We are told how observant Alexander was of his
master Aristotle. --Sir K.
Digby.
Observant \Ob*serv"ant\, n.
1. One who observes forms and rules. [Obs.] --Hooker.
2. A sycophantic servant. [Obs.]
Silly ducking observants, That stretch their duties
nicely. --Shak.
3. (R.C.Ch.) An Observantine.
Observantine \Ob`ser*van"tine\, n. [Fr. observantin.] (R.C.Ch.)
One of a branch of the Order of Franciscans, who profess to
adhere more strictly than the Conventuals to the intention of
the founder, especially as to poverty; -- called also
{Observants}.
Observantly \Ob*serv"ant*ly\, adv.
In an observant manner.
Observation \Ob`ser*va"tion\, n. [L. observatio: cf.F.
observation.]
1. The act or the faculty of observing or taking notice; the
act of seeing, or of fixing the mind upon, anything.
My observation, which very seldom lies. --Shak.
2. The result of an act, or of acts, of observing; view;
reflection; conclusion; judgment.
In matters of human prudence, we shall find the
greatest advantage in making wise observations on
our conduct. --I. Watts.
3. Hence: An expression of an opinion or judgment upon what
one has observed; a remark. ``That's a foolish
observation.'' --Shak.
To observations which ourselves we make We grow more
partial for the observer's sake. --Pope.
4. Performance of what is prescribed; adherence in practice;
observance. [Obs.]
We are to procure dispensation or leave to omit the
observation of it in such circumstances. --Jer.
Taylor.
5. (Science)
(a) The act of recognizing and noting some fact or
occurrence in nature, as an aurora, a corona, or the
structure of an animal.
(b) Specifically, the act of measuring, with suitable
instruments, some magnitude, as the time of an
occultation, with a clock; the right ascension of a
star, with a transit instrument and clock; the sun's
altitude, or the distance of the moon from a star,
with a sextant; the temperature, with a thermometer,
etc.
(c) The information so acquired.
Note: When a phenomenon is scrutinized as it occurs in
nature, the act is termed an observation. When the
conditions under which the phenomenon occurs are
artificial, or arranged beforehand by the observer, the
process is called an experiment. Experiment includes
observation.
{To take an observation} (Naut.), to ascertain the altitude
of a heavenly body, with a view to fixing a vessel's
position at sea.
Syn: Observance; notice; attention; remark; comment; note.
See {Observance}.
Observational \Ob`ser*va"tion*al\, a.
Of a pertaining to observation; consisting of, or containing,
observations. --Chalmers.
Observative \Ob*serv"a*tive\, a.
Observing; watchful.
Observator \Ob"ser*va`tor\, n. [L.]
1. One who observes or takes notice. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale.
2. One who makes a remark. [Obs.] --Dryden.
Observatory \Ob*serv"a*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Observatories}. [Cf. F.
observatoire.]
1. A place or building for making observations on the
heavenly bodies.
The new observatory in Greenwich Park. --Evelyn.
2. A building fitted with instruments for making systematic
observations of any particular class or series of natural
phenomena.
3. A place, as an elevated chamber, from which a view may be
observed or commanded.
4. (Mil.) A lookout on a flank of a battery whence an officer
can note the range and effect of the fire. --Farrow.
Observe \Ob*serve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Observed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Observing}.] [L. observare, observatum; ob (see
{Ob-}) + servare to save, preserve, keep, heed, observe:
cf.F. observer. See {Serve}.]
1. To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's
action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to
comply with; as, to observe rules or commands; to observe
civility.
Ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread.
--Ex. xii. 17.
He wolde no such cursedness observe. --Chaucer.
Must I budge? Must I observe you? --Shak.
With solemn purpose to observe Immutably his
sovereign will. --Milton.
2. To be on the watch respecting; to pay attention to; to
notice with care; to see; to perceive; to discover; as, to
observe an eclipse; to observe the color or fashion of a
dress; to observe the movements of an army.
3. To express as what has been noticed; to utter as a remark;
to say in a casual or incidental way; to remark.
Observe \Ob*serve"\, v. i.
1. To take notice; to give attention to what one sees or
hears; to attend.
2. To make a remark; to comment; -- generally with on or
upon.
I have barely quoted . . . without observing upon it.
--Pope.
Syn: To remark. See {Remark}.
Observer \Ob*serv"er\, n.
1. One who observes, or pays attention to, anything;
especially, one engaged in, or trained to habits of, close
and exact observation; as, an astronomical observer.
The observed of all observers. --Shak.
Careful observers may foretell the hour, By sure
prognostic, when to dread a shower. --Swift.
2. One who keeps any law, custom, regulation, rite, etc.; one
who conforms to anything in practice. ``Diligent observers
of old customs.'' --Spenser.
These . . . hearkend unto observers of times.
--Deut. xviii.
14.
3. One who fulfills or performs; as, an observer of his
promises.
4. A sycophantic follower. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
Observership \Ob*serv"er*ship\, n.
The office or work of an observer.
Observing \Ob*serv"ing\, a.
Giving particular attention; habitually attentive to what
passes; as, an observing person; an observing mind.
-- {Ob*serv"ing*ly}, adv.
Obsess \Ob*sess"\, v. t. [L. obsessus, p. p. of obsidere to
besiege; ob (see {Ob-}) + sedere to sit.]
To besiege; to beset. --Sir T. Elyot.
Obsession \Ob*ses"sion\, n. [L. obsessio: cf.F. obsession.]
1. The act of besieging. --Johnson.
2. The state of being besieged; -- used specifically of a
person beset by a spirit from without. --Tylor.
Whether by obsession or possession, I will not
determine. --Burton.
Obsidian \Ob*sid"i*an\, n. [L. Obsidianus lapis, so named,
according to Pliny, after one Obsidius, who discovered it in
Ethiopia: cf.F. obsidiane, obsidienne. The later editions of
Pliny read Obsianus lapis, and Obsius, instead of Obsidianus
lapis, and Obsidius.] (Min.)
A kind of glass produced by volcanoes. It is usually of a
black color, and opaque, except in thin splinters.
Note: In a thin section it often exhibits a fluidal
structure, marked by the arrangement of microlites in
the lines of the flow of the molten mass.
Obsidional \Ob*sid"i*o*nal\, a. [L. obsidionalis, from obsidio a
siege, obsidere to besiege: cf.F. obsidional. See {Obsess}.]
Of or pertaining to a siege.
{Obsidional crown} (Rom.Antiq.), a crown bestowed upon a
general who raised the siege of a beleaguered place, or
upon one who held out against a siege.
Obsigillation \Ob*sig`il*la"tion\, n. [L. ob (see {Ob-}) +
sigillum a seal.]
A sealing up. [Obs.] --Maunder.
Obsign \Ob*sign"\, v. t. [See {Obsignate}.]
To seal; to confirm, as by a seal or stamp. [Obs.]
--Bradford.
Obsignate \Ob*sig"nate\, v. t. [L. obsignated, p. p. of
obsignare to seal. See {Ob-}, and {Sign}.]
To seal; to ratify. [Obs.] --Barrow.
Obsignation \Ob`sig*na"tion\, n. [L. obsignatio.]
The act of sealing or ratifying; the state of being sealed or
confirmed; confirmation, as by the Holy Spirit.
The spirit of manifestation will but upbraid you in the
shame and horror of a sad eternity, if you have not the
spirit of obsignation. --Jer. Taylor.
Obsignatory \Ob*sig"na*to*ry\, a.
Ratifying; confirming by sealing. [Obs.] --Samuel Ward (1643)
Obsolesce \Ob`so*lesce"\, v. i. [L. obsolescere. See
{Obsolescent}.]
To become obsolescent. [R.] --Fitzed. Hall.
Obsolescence \Ob`so*les"cence\, n. [See {Obsolescent}.]
The state of becoming obsolete.
Obsolescent \Ob`so*les"cent\, a. [L. obsolescens, -entis, p. pr.
of obsolescere, to wear out gradually, to fall into disuse;
ob (see {Ob-}) + solere to use, be wont.]
Going out of use; becoming obsolete; passing into desuetude.
Obsolete \Ob"so*lete\, a. [L. obsoletus, p. p. of obsolescere.
See {Obsolescent}.]
1. No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused; neglected;
as, an obsolete word; an obsolete statute; -- applied
chiefly to words, writings, or observances.
2. (Biol.) Not very distinct; obscure; rudimental;
imperfectly developed; abortive.
Syn: Ancient; antiquated; old-fashioned; antique; old;
disused; neglected. See {Ancient}.
Obsolete \Ob"so*lete\, v. i.
To become obsolete; to go out of use. [R.] --Fitzed. Hall.
Obsoletely \Ob"so*lete*ly\, adv.
In an obsolete manner.
Obsoleteness \Ob"so*lete*ness\, n.
1. The state of being obsolete, or no longer used; a state of
desuetude.
2. (Biol.) Indistinctness; want of development.
Obsoletism \Ob"so*let*ism\, n.
A disused word or phrase; an archaism. --Fitzed. Hall.
Obstacle \Ob"sta*cle\, n. [F., fr. L. obstaculum, fr. obstare to
withstand, oppose; ob (see {Ob-}) + stare to stand. See
{Stand}. and cf. {Oust}, v.]
That which stands in the way, or opposes; anything that
hinders progress; a hindrance; an obstruction, physical or
moral.
If all obstacles were cut away. And that my path were
even to the crown. --Shak.
Syn: Impediment; obstuction; hindrance; difficulty. See
{Impediment}, and {Obstruction}.
Obstancy \Ob"stan*cy\, n. [L. obstantia, fr. obstans, p. pr. of
obstare. See {Obstacle}.]
Opposition; impediment; obstruction. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Obstetric \Ob*stet"ric\, Obstetrical \Ob*stet"ric*al\, a. [L.
obstetricius, fr. obstetrix, -icis, a midwife, fr. obstare to
stand before: cf.F. obst['e]trique. See {Obstacle}.]
Of or pertaining to midwifery, or the delivery of women in
childbed; as, the obstetric art.
{Obstetrical toad} (Zo["o]l.), a European toad of the genus
{Alytes}, especially {A. obstetricans}. The eggs are laid
in a string which the male winds around his legs, and
carries about until the young are hatched.
Obstetricate \Ob*stet"ri*cate\, v. i. [L. obstetricatus, p. p.
of obstetricare, fr. obstetrix.]
To perform the office of midwife. [Obs.] ``Nature does
obstetricate.'' --Evelyn.
Obstetricate \Ob*stet"ri*cate\, v. t.
To assist as a midwife. [Obs.] --E. Waterhouse.
Obstetrication \Ob*stet"ri*ca"tion\, n.
The act of assisting as a midwife; delivery. [Obs.] --Bp.
Hall.
Obstetrician \Ob`ste*tri"cian\, n.
One skilled in obstetrics; an accoucheur.
Obstetricious \Ob`ste*tri"cious\, a. [See {Obstetric}.]
Serving to assist childbirth; obstetric; hence, facilitating
any bringing forth or deliverance. [Obs.]
Yet is all human teaching but maieutical, or
obstetricious. --Cudworth.
Obstetrics \Ob*stet"rics\, n. [Cf. F. obst['e]trique. See
{Obstetric}.]
The science of midwifery; the art of assisting women in
parturition, or in the trouble incident to childbirth.
Obstetricy \Ob*stet"ri*cy\, n.
Obstetrics. [R.] --Dunglison.
Obstinacy \Ob"sti*na*cy\, n. [See {Obstinate}.]
1. A fixedness in will, opinion, or resolution that can not
be shaken at all, or only with great difficulty; firm and
usually unreasonable adherence to an opinion, purpose, or
system; unyielding disposition; stubborness; pertinacity;
persistency; contumacy.
You do not well in obstinacy To cavil in the course
of this contract. --Shak.
To shelter their ignorance, or obstinacy, under the
obscurity of their terms. --Locke.
2. The quality or state of being difficult to remedy,
relieve, or subdue; as, the obstinacy of a disease or
evil.
Syn: Pertinacity; firmness; resoluteness; inflexibility;
persistency; stubbornness; perverseness; contumacy.
Usage: {Obstinacy}, {Pertinacity}. Pertinacity denotes great
firmness in holding to a thing, aim, etc. Obstinacy is
great firmness in holding out against persuasion,
attack, etc. The former consists in adherence, the
latter in resistance. An opinion is advocated with
pertinacity or defended with obstinacy. Pertinacity is
often used in a good sense; obstinacy generally in a
bad one. ``In this reply was included a very gross
mistake, and if with pertinacity maintained, a capital
error.'' --Sir T. Browne. ``Every degree of obstinacy
in youth is one step to rebellion.'' --South.
Obstinate \Ob"sti*nate\, a. [L. obstinatus, p. p. of obstinare
to set about a thing with firmness, to persist in; ob (see
{Ob-}) + a word from the root of stare to stand. See {Stand},
and cf.{Destine}.]
1. Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course;
persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other
means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying
unreasonableness.
I have known great cures done by obstinate
resolution of drinking no wine. --Sir W.
Temple.
No ass so meek, no ass so obstinate. --Pope.
Of sense and outward things. --Wordsworth.
2. Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate
fever; obstinate obstructions.
Syn: Stubborn; inflexible; immovable; firm; pertinacious;
persistent; headstrong; opinionated; unyielding;
refractory; contumacious. See {Stubborn}. --
{Ob"sti*nate*ly}, adv. -- {Ob"sti*nate*ness}, n.
Obstination \Ob`sti*na"tion\, n. [L. obstinatio.]
Obstinacy; stubbornness. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
Obstipation \Ob`sti*pa"tion\, n. [L. obstipatio a close
pressure; ob (see {Ob-}) + stipare to press.]
1. The act of stopping up, as a passage. [Obs.] --Bailey.
2. (Med.) Extreme constipation. [Obs.] --Hooper.
Obstreperous \Ob*strep"er*ous\, a. [L. obstreperus, from
obstrepere to make a noise at; ob (see {Ob-}) + strepere to
make a noise.]
Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise;
clamorous; noisy; vociferous. ``The obstreperous city.''
--Wordsworth. ``Obstreperous approbation.'' --Addison.
Beating the air with their obstreperous beaks. --B.
Jonson.
-- {Ob*strep"er*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ob*strep"er*ous*ness}, n.
Obstriction \Ob*stric"tion\, n. [L. obstringere, obstrictum, to
bind to or about.]
The state of being constrained, bound, or obliged; that which
constrains or obliges; obligation; bond. [R.] --Milton.
Obstringe \Ob*stringe"\, v. t. [See {Obstriction}.]
To constrain; to put under obligation. [R.] --Bp. Gardiner.
Obstruct \Ob*struct"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obstructed}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Obstructing}.] [L. obstructus, p. p. of obstruere
to build up before or against, to obstruct; ob (see {Ob-}) +
struere to pile up. See {Structure}.]
1. To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to
place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or
impediments that prevent or hinder passing; as, to
obstruct a street; to obstruct the channels of the body.
'T is the obstructed paths of sound shall clear.
--Pope.
2. To be, or come, in the way of; to hinder from passing; to
stop; to impede; to retard; as, the bar in the harbor
obstructs the passage of ships; clouds obstruct the light
of the sun; unwise rules obstruct legislation. ``Th'
impatience of obstructed love.'' --Johnson.
Syn: To bar; barricade; stop; arrest; check; interrupt; clog;
choke; impede; retard; embarrass; oppose.
Obstructer \Ob*struct"er\, n.
One who obstructs or hinders.
Obstruction \Ob*struc"tion\, n. [L. obstructio.]
1. The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
2. That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an
impediment; a hindrance.
A popular assembly free from obstruction. --Swift.
3. The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in
their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions;
death. [Poetic]
To die, and go we know not where, To lie in cold
obstruction, and to rot. --Shak.
Syn: {Obstacle}; bar; barrier; impediment; clog; check;
hindrance.
Usage: {Obstruction}, {Obstacle}. The difference between
these words is that indicated by their etymology; an
obstacle is something standing in the way; an
obstruction is something put in the way. Obstacle
implies more fixedness and is the stronger word. We
remove obstructions; we surmount obstacles.
Disparity in age seems a greater obstacle to an
intimate friendship than inequality of fortune.
--Collier.
The king expected to meet with all the
obstructions and difficulties his enraged
enemies could lay in his way. --Clarendon.
Obstructionism \Ob*struc"tion*ism\, n.
The act or the policy of obstructing progress. --Lond. Lit.
World.
Obstructionist \Ob*struc"tion*ist\, n.
One who hinders progress; one who obstructs business, as in a
legislative body. -- a. Of or pertaining to obstructionists.
[Recent]
Obstructive \Ob*struct"ive\, a. [Cf.F. obstrictif.]
Tending to obstruct; presenting obstacles; hindering; causing
impediment. -- {Ob*struct"ive*ly}, adv.
Obstructive \Ob*struct"ive\, n.
An obstructive person or thing.
Obstruent \Ob"stru*ent\, a. [L. obstruens, p. pr. of obstruere.
See {Obstruct}.]
Causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering; as, an obstruent
medicine. --Johnson.
Obstruent \Ob"stru*ent\, n.
Anything that obstructs or closes a passage; esp., that which
obstructs natural passages in the body; as, a medicine which
acts as an obstruent.
Obstupefaction \Ob*stu`pe*fac"tion\, n. [L. obstuperfacere to
stupefy.]
See {Stupefaction}. [Obs.] --Howell.
Obstupefactive \Ob*stu`pe*fac"tive\, a.
Stupefactive. [Obs.]
Obstupefy \Ob*stu"pe*fy\, v. t. [Cf.L. obstupefacere. See {Ob-},
and {Stupefy}.]
See {Stupefy}. [Obs.]
Obtain \Ob*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obtained}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Obtaining}.] [F. obtenir, L. obtinere; ob (see {Ob-}) +
tenere to hold. See {Tenable}.]
1. To hold; to keep; to possess. [Obs.]
His mother, then, is mortal, but his Sire He who
obtains the monarchy of heaven. --Milton.
2. To get hold of by effort; to gain possession of; to
procure; to acquire, in any way.
Some pray for riches; riches they obtain. --Dryden.
By guileful fair words peace may be obtained.
--Shak.
It may be that I may obtain children by her. --Gen.
xvi. 2.
Syn: To attain; gain; procure; acquire; win; earn.
Usage: See {Attain}. -- To {Obtain}, {Get}, {Gain}, {Earn},
{Acquire}. The idea of getting is common to all these
terms. We may, indeed, with only a slight change of
sense, substitute get for either of them; as, to get
or to gain a prize; to get or to obtain an employment;
to get or to earn a living; to get or to acquire a
language. To gain is to get by striving; and as this
is often a part of our good fortune, the word gain is
peculiarly applicable to whatever comes to us
fortuitously. Thus, we gain a victory, we gain a
cause, we gain an advantage, etc. To earn is to
deserve by labor or service; as, to earn good wages;
to earn a triumph. Unfortunately, one does not always
get or obtain what he has earned. To obtain implies
desire for possession, and some effort directed to the
attainment of that which is not immediately within our
reach. Whatever we thus seek and get, we obtain,
whether by our own exertions or those of others;
whether by good or bad means; whether permanently, or
only for a time. Thus, a man obtains an employment; he
obtains an answer to a letter, etc. To acquire is more
limited and specific. We acquire what comes to us
gradually in the regular exercise of our abilities,
while we obtain what comes in any way, provided we
desire it. Thus, we acquire knowledge, property,
honor, reputation, etc. What we acquire becomes, to a
great extent, permanently our own; as, to acquire a
language; to acquire habits of industry, etc.
Obtain \Ob*tain"\, v. i.
1. To become held; to gain or have a firm footing; to be
recognized or established; to subsist; to become prevalent
or general; to prevail; as, the custom obtains of going to
the seashore in summer.
Sobriety hath by use obtained to signify temperance
in drinking. --Jer. Taylor.
The Theodosian code, several hundred years after
Justinian's time, did obtain in the western parts of
Europe. --Baker.
2. To prevail; to succeed. [R.] --Evelyn.
So run that ye may obtain. --1 Cor. ix.
24.
There is due from the judge to the advocate, some
commendation, where causes are fair pleaded;
especially towards the side which obtaineth not.
--Bacon.
Obtainable \Ob*tain"a*ble\, a.
Capable of being obtained.
Obtainer \Ob*tain"er\, n.
One who obtains.
Obtainment \Ob*tain"ment\, n.
The act or process of obtaining; attainment. --Milton.
Obtected \Ob*tect"ed\, a. [L. obtectus, p. p. of obtegere to
cover over.]
1. Covered; protected. [Obs.]
2. (Zo["o]l.) Covered with a hard chitinous case, as the pupa
of certain files.
Obtemper \Ob*tem"per\, v. t. & i. [See {Obtemperate}.] (Scots
Law)
To obey (a judgment or decree).
Obtemperate \Ob*tem"per*ate\, v. t. [L. obtemperare,
obtemperatum to obey.]
To obey. [Obs.] --Johnson.
Obtend \Ob*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obtended}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Obtending}.] [L. obtendere, obtentum, to stretch or place
before or against; ob (see {Ob-}) + tendere to stretch.]
1. To oppose; to hold out in opposition. [Obs.] --Dryden.
2. To offer as the reason of anything; to pretend. [Obs.]
--Dryden
Obtenebration \Ob*ten`e*bra"tion\, n. [L. obtenebrate to make
dark.]
The act of darkening; the state of being darkened; darkness.
[Obs.]
In every megrim or vertigo, there is an obtenebration
joined with a semblance of turning round. --Bacon.
Obtension \Ob*ten"sion\, n. [L. obtentio. See {Obtend}.]
The act of obtending. [Obs.] --Johnson.
Obtest \Ob*test"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obtested}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Obtesting}.] [L. obtestari; ob (see {Ob-}) + testari to
witness, fr. testis a witness.]
1. To call to witness; to invoke as a witness. [R.] --Dryden.
2. To beseech; to supplicate; to beg for. [R.]
Obtest \Ob*test"\, v. i.
To protest. [R.] --E. Waterhouse.
Obtestation \Ob`tes*ta"tion\, n. [L. obtestatio.]
The act of obtesting; supplication; protestation. [R.]
Antonio asserted this with great obtestation. --Evelyn.
Obtrectation \Ob`trec*ta"tion\, n. [L. obtrectatio, from
obtrectare to detract from through envy. See {Detract}.]
Slander; detraction; calumny. [Obs.] --Barrow.
Obtrude \Ob*trude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obtruded}, p. pr. &
vb. n. {Obtruding}.] [L. obtrudere, obtrusum; ob (see {Ob-})
+ trudere to thrust. See {Threat}.]
1. To thrust impertinently; to present without warrant or
solicitation; as, to obtrude one's self upon a company.
The objects of our senses obtrude their particular
ideas upon our minds, whether we will or no. --Lock.
2. To offer with unreasonable importunity; to urge unduly or
against the will. --Milton.
Obtrude \Ob*trude"\, v. i.
To thrust one's self upon a company or upon attention; to
intrude.
Syn: To {Obtrude}, {Intrude}.
Usage: To intrude is to thrust one's self into a place,
society, etc., without right, or uninvited; to obtrude
is to force one's self, remarks, opinions, etc., into
society or upon persons with whom one has no such
intimacy as to justify such boldness.
Obtruder \Ob*trud"er\, n.
One who obtrudes. --Boyle.
Obtruncate \Ob*trun"cate\, v. t. [L. obtruncatus, p. p. of
obtruncare.]
To deprive of a limb; to lop. [R.]
Obtruncation \Ob`trun*ca"tion\, n. [L. obtruncatio.]
The act of lopping or cutting off. [R.] --Cockeram.
Obtrusion \Ob*tru"sion\, n. [L. obtrusio. See {Obtrude}.]
1. The act of obtruding; a thrusting upon others by force or
unsolicited; as, the obtrusion of crude opinions on the
world.
2. That which is obtruded. --Milton.
Obtrusionist \Ob*tru"sion*ist\, n.
One who practices or excuses obtrusion. [R.] --Gent. Mag.
Obtrusive \Ob*tru"sive\, a.
Disposed to obtrude; inclined to intrude or thrust one's self
or one's opinions upon others, or to enter uninvited;
forward; pushing; intrusive. -- {Ob*tru"sive*ly}, adv. --
{Ob*tru"sive*ness}, n.
Not obvious, not obtrusive, but retired. --Milton.
Obtund \Ob*tund"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obtunded}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Obtunding}.] [L. obtundere, obtusum; ob (see {Ob-}) +
tundere to strike or beat. See {Stutter}.]
To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to dull;
to blunt; to deaden; to quell; as, to obtund the acrimony of
the gall. [Archaic] --Harvey.
They . . . have filled all our law books with the
obtunding story of their suits and trials. --Milton.
Obtundent \Ob*tund"ent\, n. [L. obtundens, p. pr. of obtundere.]
(Med.)
A substance which sheathes a part, or blunts irritation,
usually some bland, oily, or mucilaginous matter; -- nearly
the same as demulcent. --Forsyth.
Obtunder \Ob*tund"er\, n. (Med.)
That which obtunds or blunts; especially, that which blunts
sensibility.
Obturation \Ob`tu*ra"tion\, n. [L. obturare to stop up: cf.F.
obturation.]
The act of stopping up, or closing, an opening. ``Deaf by an
outward obturation.'' --Bp. Hall.
Obturator \Ob"tu*ra`tor\, n. [NL., fr. L. obturare to stop up:
cf.F. obturateur.]
1. That which closes or stops an opening.
2. (Surg.) An apparatus designed to close an unnatural
opening, as a fissure of the palate.
Obturator \Ob"tu*ra`tor\, a. (Anat.)
Serving as an obturator; closing an opening; pertaining to,
or in the region of, the obturator foramen; as, the obturator
nerve.
{Obturator foramen} (Anat.), an opening situated between the
public and ischial parts of the innominate bone and closed
by the obturator membrane; the thyroid foramen.
Obtusangular \Ob*tus"an`gu*lar\, a.
See {Obstuseangular}.
Obtuse \Ob*tuse"\ a. [Compar. {Obtuser}; superl. {Obtusest}.]
[L. obtusus, p. p. of obtundere to blunt: cf. F. obtus. See
{Obtund}.]
1. Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles
greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety
degrees.
2. Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid;
as, obtuse senses. --Milton.
3. Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound. --Johnson.
Obtuse-angled \Ob*tuse"-an`gled\, obtuse-angular
\ob*tuse"-an`gu*lar\, a.
Having an obtuse angle; as, an obtuse-angled triangle.
Obtusely \Ob*tuse"ly\, adv.
In an obtuse manner.
Obtuseness \Ob*tuse"ness\, n.
State or quality of being obtuse.
Obtusion \Ob*tu"sion\, n. [L. obtusio, from obtundere to blunt.
See {Obtund}.]
1. The act or process of making obtuse or blunt.
2. The state of being dulled or blunted; as, the obtusion of
the senses. --Harvey.
Obtusity \Ob*tu"si*ty\, n.
Obtuseness. --Lond. Quart. Rev.
Obumbrant \Ob*um"brant\, a. [L. obumbrans, p. pr.] (Zo["o]l.)
Overhanging; as, obumbrant feathers.
Obumbrate \Ob*um"brate\, v. t. [L. obumbratus, p. p. of
obumbrare to overshadow, cloud; ob + umbrare to shade.]
To shade; to darken; to cloud. [R.] --Howell.
Obumbration \Ob`um*bra"tion\, n. [L. obumbratio.]
Act of darkening or obscuring. [R.] --Sir T. More.
Obuncous \Ob*un"cous\, a. [L. obuncus; ob (see {Ob-}) + uncus
hooked.]
Hooked or crooked in an extreme degree. --Maunder.
Obvention \Ob*ven"tion\, n. [L. obvention, fr. obvenire to come
before or in the way of, to befall; ob (see {Ob-}) + venire
to come: cf.F. obvention.]
The act of happening incidentally; that which happens
casually; an incidental advantage; an occasional offering.
[Obs.] ``Tithes and other obventions.'' --Spenser.
Legacies bequeathed by the deaths of princes and great
persons, and other casualities and obventions.
--Fuller.
Obversant \Ob*vers"ant\, a. [L. obversans, p. pr. of obversari
to hover before; ob (see {Ob-}) + versare to move about.]
Conversant; familiar. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Obverse \Ob*verse"\, a. [L. obversus, p. p. of obvertere. See
{Obvert}.]
Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than
the top, as a leaf.
Obverse \Ob"verse\, n. [Cf.F. obverse, obvers. See {Obverse},
a.]
1. The face of a coin which has the principal image or
inscription upon it; -- the other side being the reverse.
2. Anything necessarily involved in, or answering to,
another; the more apparent or conspicuous of two possible
sides, or of two corresponding things.
The fact that it [a belief] invariably exists being
the obverse of the fact that there is no alternative
belief. --H. Spencer.
Obversely \Ob*verse"ly\, adv.
In an obverse manner.
Obversion \Ob*ver"sion\, n. [L. obversio a turning towards.]
1. The act of turning toward or downward.
2. (Logic) The act of immediate inference, by which we deny
the opposite of anything which has been affirmed; as, all
men are mortal; then, by obversion, no men are immortal.
This is also described as ``immediate inference by
privative conception.'' --Bain.
Obvert \Ob*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obverted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Obverting}.] [L. obvertere; ob (see {Ob-}) + vertere to
turn. See {Verse}.]
To turn toward.
If its base be obverted towards us. --I. Watts.
Obviate \Ob"vi*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obviated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Obviating}.] [L. obviare; ob (see {Ob-}) + viare to
go, fr. via way. See {Voyage}.]
1. To meet in the way. [Obs.]
Not to stir a step to obviate any of a different
religion. --Fuller.
2. To anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove from
the way or path; to make unnecessary; as, to obviate the
necessity of going.
To lay down everything in its full light, so as to
obviate all exceptions. --Woodward.
Obviation \Ob`vi*a"tion\, n.
The act of obviating, or the state of being obviated.
Obvious \Ob"vi*ous\, a. [L. obvius; ob (see {Ob-}) + via way.
See {Voyage}.]
1. Opposing; fronting. [Obs.]
To the evil turn My obvious breast. --Milton.
2. Exposed; subject; open; liable. [Obs.] ``Obvious to
dispute.'' --Milton.
3. Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived
by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as,
an obvious meaning; an obvious remark.
Apart and easy to be known they lie, Amidst the
heap, and obvious to the eye. --Pope.
Syn: Plain; clear; evident. See {Manifest}. --
{Ob"vi*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ob"vi*ous-ness}, n.
Obvolute \Ob"vo*lute\, Obvoluted \Ob`vo*lu"ted\, a. [L.
obvolutus, p. p. of obvolvere to wrap round; ob (see {Ob-}) +
volvere to roll.]
Overlapping; contorted; convolute; -- applied primarily, in
botany, to two opposite leaves, each of which has one edge
overlapping the nearest edge of the other, and secondarily to
a circle of several leaves or petals which thus overlap.
Oby \O"by\, n.
See {Obi}.
Oca \O"ca\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.)
A Peruvian name for certain species of Oxalis ({O. crenata},
and {O. tuberosa}) which bear edible tubers.
Occamy \Oc"ca*my\, n. [A corruption of alchemy.]
An alloy imitating gold or silver. [Written also {ochimy},
{ochymy}, etc.]
Occasion \Oc*ca"sion\ ([o^]k*k[=a]"zh[u^]n), n. [F. occasion, L.
occasio, fr. occidere, occasum, to fall down; ob (see {Ob-})
+ cadere to fall. See {Chance}, and cf. {Occident}.]
1. A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that
which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident.
The unlooked-for incidents of family history, and
its hidden excitements, and its arduous occasions.
--I. Taylor.
2. A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance;
convenience.
Sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived
me. --Rom. vii.
11.
I'll take the occasion which he gives to bring Him
to his death. --Waller.
3. An occurrence or condition of affairs which brings with it
some unlooked-for event; that which incidentally brings to
pass an event, without being its efficient cause or
sufficient reason; accidental or incidental cause.
Her beauty was the occasion of the war. --Dryden.
4. Need; exigency; requirement; necessity; as, I have no
occasion for firearms.
After we have served ourselves and our own
occasions. --Jer. Taylor.
When my occasions took me into France. --Burke.
5. A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
Whose manner was, all passengers to stay, And
entertain with her occasions sly. --Spenser.
{On occasion}, in case of need; in necessity; as convenience
requires; occasionally. ``That we might have intelligence
from him on occasion,'' --De Foe.
Syn: Need; incident; use. See {Opportunity}.
Occasion \Oc*ca"sion\ ([o^]k*k[=a]"zh[u^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Occasioned} (-zh[u^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Occasioning}.]
[Cf.F. occasionner.]
To give occasion to; to cause; to produce; to induce; as, to
occasion anxiety. --South.
If we inquire what it is that occasions men to make
several combinations of simple ideas into distinct
modes. --Locke.
Occasionable \Oc*ca"sion*a*ble\, a.
Capable of being occasioned or caused. --Barrow.
Occasional \Oc*ca"sion*al\, a. [Cf.F. occasionnel.]
1. Of or pertaining to an occasion or to occasions; occuring
at times, but not constant, regular, or systematic; made
or happening as opportunity requires or admits; casual;
incidental; as, occasional remarks, or efforts.
The . . . occasional writing of the present times.
--Bagehot.
2. Produced by accident; as, the occasional origin of a
thing. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
{Occasional cause} (Metaph.), some circumstance preceding an
effect which, without being the real cause, becomes the
occasion of the action of the efficient cause; thus, the
act of touching gunpowder with fire is the occasional, but
not the efficient, cause of an explosion.
Occasionalism \Oc*ca"sion*al*ism\, n. (Metaph.)
The system of occasional causes; -- a name given to certain
theories of the Cartesian school of philosophers, as to the
intervention of the First Cause, by which they account for
the apparent reciprocal action of the soul and the body.
Occasionality \Oc*ca`sion*al"i*ty\, n.
Quality or state of being occasional; occasional occurrence.
[R.]
Occasionally \Oc*ca"sion*al*ly\, adv.
In an occasional manner; on occasion; at times, as
convenience requires or opportunity offers; not regularly.
--Stewart.
The one, Wolsey, directly his subject by birth; the
other, his subject occasionally by his preferment.
--Fuller.
Occasionate \Oc*ca"sion*ate\, v. t.
To occasion. [Obs.]
The lowest may occasionate much ill. --Dr. H. More.
Occasioner \Oc*ca"sion*er\, n.
One who, or that which, occasions, causes, or produces. --Bp.
Sanderson.
Occasive \Oc*ca"sive\, a. [L. occasivus, fr. occasus a going
down, setting of the heavenly bodies, fr. occidere to fall or
down. See {Occasion}.]
Of or pertaining to the setting sun; falling; descending;
western.
Occecation \Oc*ce*ca"tion\, n. [L. occaecatio, fr. occaecare to
make blind; ob + caecare to blind, fr. caecus blind.]
The act of making blind, or the state of being blind. [R.]
``This inward occecation.'' --Bp. Hall.
Occident \Oc"ci*dent\, n. [F., fr. L. occidens, occidentis, fr.
occidents, p. pr. of occidere to fall or go down. See
{Occasion}.]
The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the
evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west;
-- opposed to {orient}. Specifically, in former times, Europe
as opposed to Asia; now, also, the Western hemisphere.
--Chaucer.
I may wander from east to occident. --Shak.
Occidental \Oc`ci*den"tal\, a. [L. occidentalis; cf. F.
occidental.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west;
western; -- opposed to {oriental}; as, occidental
climates, or customs; an occidental planet.
2. Possessing inferior hardness, brilliancy, or beauty; --
used of inferior precious stones and gems, because those
found in the Orient are generally superior.
Occidentals \Oc`ci*den"tals\, n.pl. (Eccl.)
Western Christians of the Latin rite. See {Orientals}.
--Shipley.
Occiduous \Oc*cid"u*ous\, a. [L. occiduus, fr. occidere to go
down.]
Western; occidental. [R.] --Blount.
Occipital \Oc*cip"i*tal\, a. [Cf. F. occipital.] (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the occiput, or back part of the head, or
to the occipital bone.
{Occipital bone} (Anat.), the bone which forms the posterior
segment of the skull and surrounds the great foramen by
which the spinal cord leaves the cranium. In the higher
vertebrates it is usually composed of four bones, which
become consolidated in the adult.
{Occipital point} (Anat.), the point of the occiput in the
mesial plane farthest from the ophryon.
Occipital \Oc*cip"i*tal\, n. (Anat.)
The occipital bone.
Occipito- \Oc*cip"i*to-\ [See {Occiput}.]
A combining form denoting relation to, or situation near, the
occiput; as, occipito-axial; occipito-mastoid.
Occipitoaxial \Oc*cip`i*to*ax"i*al\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the occipital bone and second vertebra,
or axis.
Occiput \Oc"ci*put\, n.; pl. L. {Occipita}, E. {Occiputs}. [L.,
fr. ob (see {Ob-}) + caput head. See {Chief}.]
1. (Anat.) The back, or posterior, part of the head or skull;
the region of the occipital bone.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A plate which forms the back part of the head
of insects.
Occision \Oc*ci"sion\, n. [L. occisio, fr. occidere, occisium,
to cut down, to kill; ob (see {Ob-}) + caedere to cut.]
A killing; the act of killing. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale.
Occlude \Oc*clude"\, v. t. [L. occludere, occlusum; ob (see
{Ob-}) + claudere to shut.]
1. To shut up; to close. --Sir T. Browne.
2. (Chem.) To take in and retain; to absorb; -- said
especially with respect to gases; as iron, platinum, and
palladium occlude large volumes of hydrogen.
Occludent \Oc*clud"ent\, a. [L. occludens, p. pr. of occludere.]
Serving to close; shutting up. -- n. That which closes or
shuts up. --Sterne.
Occluse \Oc*cluse"\, a. [L. occlusus, p. p. See {Occlude}.]
Shut; closed. [Obs.] --Holder.
Occlusion \Oc*clu"sion\, n. [See {Occlude}.]
1. The act of occluding, or the state of being occluded.
Constriction and occlusion of the orifice. --Howell.
2. (Med.) The transient approximation of the edges of a
natural opening; imperforation. --Dunglison.
{Occlusion of gases} (Chem. & Physics), the phenomenon of
absorbing gases, as exhibited by platinum, palladium,
iron, or charcoal; thus, palladium absorbs, or occludes,
nearly a thousand times its own volume of hydrogen, and in
this case a chemical compound seems to be formed.
Occrustate \Oc*crus"tate\, v. t. [See {Ob-}, and {Crustated}.]
To incrust; to harden. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
Occult \Oc*cult"\, a. [L. occultus, p. p. of occulere to cover
up, hide; ob (see {Ob-}) + a root prob.akin to E. hell: cf.
F. occulte.]
Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret;
concealed; unknown.
It is of an occult kind, and is so insensible in its
advances as to escape observation. --I. Taylor.
{Occult line} (Geom.), a line drawn as a part of the
construction of a figure or problem, but not to appear in
the finished plan.
{Occult qualities}, those qualities whose effects only were
observed, but the nature and relations of whose productive
agencies were undetermined; -- so called by the schoolmen.
{Occult sciences}, those sciences of the Middle Ages which
related to the supposed action or influence of occult
qualities, or supernatural powers, as alchemy, magic,
necromancy, and astrology.
Occult \Oc*cult"\, v. t.
To eclipse; to hide from sight.
Occultation \Oc`cul*ta"tion\, n. [L. occultatio a hiding, fr.
occultare, v. intens. of occulere: cf.F. occultation. See
{Occult}.]
1. (Astron.) The hiding of a heavenly body from sight by the
intervention of some other of the heavenly bodies; --
applied especially to eclipses of stars and planets by the
moon, and to the eclipses of satellites of planets by
their primaries.
2. Fig.: The state of being occult.
The reappearance of such an author after those long
periods of occultation. --Jeffrey.
{Circle of perpetual occultation}. See under {Circle}.
Occulted \Oc*cult"ed\, a.
1. Hidden; secret. [Obs.] --Shak.
2. (Astron.) Concealed by the intervention of some other
heavenly body, as a star by the moon.
Occulting \Oc*cult"ing\, n.
Same as {Occultation}.
Occultism \Oc*cult"ism\, n.
A certain Oriental system of theosophy. --A. P. Sinnett.
Occultist \Oc*cult"ist\, n.
An adherent of occultism.
Occultly \Oc*cult"ly\, adv.
In an occult manner.
Occultness \Oc*cult"ness\, n.
State or quality of being occult.
Occupancy \Oc"cu*pan*cy\, n. [See {Occupant}.]
The act of taking or holding possession; possession;
occupation.
{Title by occupancy} (Law), a right of property acquired by
taking the first possession of a thing, or possession of a
thing which belonged to nobody, and appropriating it.
--Blackstone. Kent.
Occupant \Oc"cu*pant\, n. [L. occupans, p. pr. of occupare: cf.
F. occupant. See {Occupy}.]
1. One who occupies, or takes possession; one who has the
actual use or possession, or is in possession, of a thing.
Note: This word, in law, sometimes signifies one who takes
the first possession of a thing that has no owner.
2. A prostitute. [Obs.] --Marston.
Occupate \Oc"cu*pate\, v. t. [L. occupatus, p. p. of occupare.
See {Occupy}.]
To occupy. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Occupation \Oc`cu*pa"tion\, n. [L. occupatio: cf.F. occupation.]
1. The act or process of occupying or taking possession;
actual possession and control; the state of being
occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the
occupation of lands by a tenant.
2. That which occupies or engages the time and attention; the
principal business of one's life; vocation; employment;
calling; trade.
Absence of occupation is not rest. --Cowper.
{Occupation bridge} (Engin.), a bridge connecting the parts
of an estate separated by a railroad, a canal, or an
ordinary road.
Syn: Occupancy; possession; tenure; use; employment;
avocation; engagement; vocation; calling; office; trade;
profession.
Occupier \Oc"cu*pi`er\, n.
1. One who occupies, or has possession.
2. One who follows an employment; hence, a tradesman. [Obs.]
``Merchants and occupiers.'' --Holland.
The occupiers of thy merchandise. --Ezek. xxvii.
27.
Occupy \Oc"cu*py\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Occupied}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Occupying}.] [OE. occupien, F. occuper, fr.L. occupare;
ob (see {Ob-}) + a word akin to capere to take. See
{Capacious}.]
1. To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to
possess.
Woe occupieth the fine [/end] of our gladness.
--Chaucer.
The better apartments were already occupied. --W.
Irving.
2. To hold, or fill, the dimensions of; to take up the room
or space of; to cover or fill; as, the camp occupies five
acres of ground. --Sir J. Herschel.
3. To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the
service of; to employ; to busy.
An archbishop may have cause to occupy more
chaplains than six. --Eng. Statute
(Hen. VIII. )
They occupied themselves about the Sabbath. --2
Macc. viii.
27.
4. To do business in; to busy one's self with. [Obs.]
All the ships of the sea, with their mariners, were
in thee to occupy the merchandise. --Ezek. xxvii.
9.
Not able to occupy their old crafts. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
5. To use; to expend; to make use of. [Obs.]
All the gold that was occupied for the work. --Ex.
xxxviii. 24.
They occupy not money themselves. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
6. To have sexual intercourse with. [Obs.] --Nares.
Occupy \Oc"cu*py\, v. i.
1. To hold possession; to be an occupant. ``Occupy till I
come.'' --Luke xix. 13.
2. To follow business; to traffic.
Occur \Oc*cur"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Occurred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Occurring}.] [L. occurrere, occursum; ob (see {Ob-}) +
currere to run. See {Course}.]
1. To meet; to clash. [Obs.]
The resistance of the bodies they occur with.
--Bentley.
2. To go in order to meet; to make reply. [Obs.]
I must occur to one specious objection. --Bentley.
3. To meet one's eye; to be found or met with; to present
itself; to offer; to appear; to happen; to take place; as,
I will write if opportunity occurs.
In Scripture, though the word heir occur, yet there
is no such thing as ``heir'' in our author's sense.
--Locke.
4. To meet or come to the mind; to suggest itself; to be
presented to the imagination or memory.
There doth not occur to me any use of this
experiment for profit. --Bacon.
Occurrence \Oc*cur"rence\, n. [Cf. F. occurrence. See {Occur}.]
1. A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway
collision.
Voyages detain the mind by the perpetual occurrence
and expectation of something new. --I. Watts.
2. Any incident or event; esp., one which happens without
being designed or expected; as, an unusual occurrence, or
the ordinary occurrences of life.
All the occurrence of my fortune. --Shak.
Syn: See {Event}.
Occurrent \Oc*cur"rent\, a. [L. occurrens, -entis, p. pr. of
occurrere: cf.F. occurrent. See {Occur}.]
Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.
Occurrent \Oc*cur"rent\, n.
1. One who meets; hence, an adversary. [Obs.] --Holland.
2. Anything that happens; an occurrence. [Obs.]
These we must meet with in obvious occurrents of the
world. --Sir T.
Browne.
Occurse \Oc*curse"\, n. [L. occursus.]
Same as {Occursion}. [Obs.] --Bentley.
Occursion \Oc*cur"sion\, n. [L. occursio. See {Occur}.]
A meeting; a clash; a collision. [Obs.] --Boyle.
Ocean \O"cean\, n. [F. oc['e]an, L. oceanus, Gr.? ocean, in
Homer, the great river supposed to encompass the earth.]
1. The whole body of salt water which covers more than three
fifths of the surface of the globe; -- called also the
{sea}, or {great sea}.
Like the odor of brine from the ocean Comes the
thought of other years. --Longfellow.
2. One of the large bodies of water into which the great
ocean is regarded as divided, as the Atlantic, Pacific,
Indian, Arctic and Antarctic oceans.
3. An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without
apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an
ocean of affairs. --Locke.
Ocean \O"cean\, a.
Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean
waves; an ocean stream. --Milton.
Oceanic \O`ce*an"ic\, a. [Cf.F. oc['e]anique. See {Ocean}.]
1. Of or pertaining to the ocean; found or formed in or
about, or produced by, the ocean; frequenting the ocean,
especially mid-ocean.
Petrels are the most a["e]rial and oceanic of birds.
--Darwin.
2. Of or pertaining to Oceania or its inhabitants.
Oceanography \O`cean*og"ra*phy\, n. [Ocean + -graphy.]
A description of the ocean.
Oceanology \O`cean*ol"o*gy\, n. [Ocean + -logy.]
That branch of science which relates to the ocean.
Oceanus \O*ce"a*nus\, n. [L., from Gr. ?.] (Gr.Myth.)
The god of the great outer sea, or the river which was
believed to flow around the whole earth.
Ocellary \O*cel"la*ry\, a.
Of or pertaining to ocelli.
Ocellate \O*cel"late\, a.
Same as {Ocellated}.
Ocellated \O*cel"la*ted\, a. [L. ocellatus, fr. ocellus a little
eye, dim. of oculus an eye.]
1. Resembling an eye.
2. Marked with eyelike spots of color; as, the ocellated
blenny.
{Ocellated turkey} (Zo["o]l.), the wild turkey of Central
America ({Meleagris ocellata}).
Ocellus \O*cel"lus\, n.; pl. {Ocelli}. [L., dim. of oculus an
eye.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A little eye; a minute simple eye found in many
invertebrates.
(b) An eyelike spot of color, as those on the tail of the
peacock.
Oceloid \O"ce*loid\, a. [Ocelot + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
Resembling the ocelot.
Ocelot \O"ce*lot\, n. [Mexican ocelotl.] (Zo["o]l.)
An American feline carnivore ({Felis pardalis}). It ranges
from the Southwestern United States to Patagonia. It is
covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches, which are
variously arranged. The ground color varies from reddish gray
to tawny yellow.
Ocher \O"cher\, Ochre \O"chre\, n. [F. ocre, L. ochra, fr. Gr.
?, from (?) pale, pale yellow.] (Min.)
(a) A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay,
usually red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), -- used as a
pigment in making paints, etc. The name is also applied
to clays of other colors.
(b) A metallic oxide occurring in earthy form; as, tungstic
ocher or tungstite.
Ocherous \O"cher*ous\, Ochreous \O"chre*ous\, a. [Cf. F.
ocreux.]
Of or pertaining to ocher; containing or resembling ocher;
as, ocherous matter; ocherous soil.
Ochery \O"cher*y\, a.
Ocherous. [Written also {ochrey}, {ochry}.]
Ochimy \Och`i*my\, n. [Obs.]
See {Occamy}.
Ochlesis \Och*le"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? disturbance, fr. ?
crowd, mob.] (Med.)
A general morbid condition induced by the crowding together
of many persons, esp. sick persons, under one roof. --G.
Gregory.
Ochlocracy \Och*loc"ra*cy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? the populace, multitude
+ ? to be strong, to rule, ? strength: cf.F. ochlocratie.]
A form of government by the multitude; a mobocracy. --Hare.
Ochlocratic \Och`lo*crat`ic\, Ochlocratical \Och`lo*crat`ic*al\,
a.
Of or pertaining to ochlocracy; having the form or character
of an ochlocracy; mobocratic. -- {Och`lo*crat"ic*al*ly}, adv.
Ochraceous \O*chra"ceous\, a.
Ocherous.
Ochre \O"chre\, n. (Min.)
See {Ocher}.
Ochrea \O"chre*a\, n.; pl. {Ochre[ae]e}. [L.]
1. (Antiq.) A greave or legging.
2. (Bot.) A kind of sheath formed by two stipules united
round a stem.
Ochreate \O"chre*ate\, Ochreated \O"chre*a`ted\, a.
1. Wearing or furnished with an ochrea or legging; wearing
boots; booted.
A scholar undertook . . . to address himself
ochreated unto the vice chancellor. --Fuller.
2. (Bot.) Provided with ochrea, or sheathformed stipules, as
the rhubarb, yellow dock, and knotgrass.
Ochreous \O"chre*ous\, a.
See {Ocherous}.
Ochrey \O"chrey\, a.
See {Ochery}.
Ochroleucous \Och`ro*leu"cous\, a. [Gr. ? ocher + ? white.]
Yellowish white; having a faint tint of dingy yellow. --Gray.
Ochry \O"chry\, a.
See {Ochery}.
Ochymy \Och"y*my\, n. [Obs.]
See {Occamy}.
-ock \-ock\ [AS. -uc.]
A suffix used to form diminutives; as, bullock, hillock.
Ocra \O"cra\, n. (Bot.)
See {Okra}.
Ocrea \O"cre*a\, n. [L.]
See {Ochrea}.
Ocreate \O"cre*ate\, Ocreated \O"cre*a"ted\, a. [See {Ochrea}.]
Same as {Ochreate}, {Ochreated}.
Octa- \Oc"ta-\
A prefix meaning eight. See {Octo-}.
Octachord \Oc"ta*chord\, n. [Gr. ? with eight strings; ? (for ?
eight) + ? string, chord: cf.F. octacorde.] (Mus.)
An instrument of eight strings; a system of eight tones.
[Also written {octochord}.]
Octad \Oc"tad\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, the number eight.] (Chem.)
An atom or radical which has a valence of eight, or is
octavalent.
Octaedral \Oc`ta*e"dral\, a.
See {Octahedral}.
Octaemeron \Oc`ta*em"e*ron\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, neut. of ? of
the eighth day.] (Eccl.)
A fast of eight days before a great festival. --Shipley.
Octagon \Oc"ta*gon\, n. [Gr. ? eight-cornered; ? (for ? eight) +
? an angle: cf.F. cctogone.]
1. (Geom.) A plane figure of eight sides and eight angles.
2. Any structure (as a fortification) or place with eight
sides or angles.
{Regular octagon}, one in which the sides are all equal, and
the angles also are all equal.
Octagonal \Oc*tag"o*nal\, a.
Having eight sides and eight angles.
Octagynous \Oc*tag"y*nous\, a. [Octa- + Gr. ? wife.] (Bot.)
Having eight pistils or styles; octogynous.
Octahedral \Oc`ta*he"dral\, a. [See {Octahedron}.]
Having eight faces or sides; of, pertaining to, or formed in,
octahedrons; as, octahedral cleavage.
{Octahedral borax} (Chem.), borax obtained from a saturated
solution in octahedral crystals, which contain five
molecules of water of crystallization; distinguished from
common or prismatic borax.
{Octahedral iron ore} (Min.), magnetite.
Octahedrite \Oc`ta*he"drite\, n. (Min.)
Titanium dioxide occurring in acute octahedral crystals.
Octahedron \Oc`ta*he"dron\, n. [Gr.?, fr. ? eight-side; ? (for ?
eight) + ? seat, base, from ? to sit.] (Geom.)
A solid bounded by eight faces. The regular octahedron is
contained by eight equal equilateral triangles.
Octamerous \Oc*tam"er*ous\, a. [Octa- + Gr. ? part.] (Biol.)
Having the parts in eights; as, an octamerous flower;
octamerous mesenteries in polyps.
Octameter \Oc*tam"e*ter\, n. [Cf.L. octameter in eight feet. See
{Octa-}, and {meter}.] (Pros.)
A verse containing eight feet; as,
Deep" in|to" the | dark"ness | peer"ing, | long" I |
stood" there | wond'"ring, | fear"ing. --Poe.
Octander \Oc*tan"der\, n.
One of the Octandria.
Octandria \Oc*tan"dri*a\, n.pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? (for ? eight) +
?, ?, male, man.] (Bot.)
A Linn[ae]an class of plants, in which the flowers have eight
stamens not united to one another or to the pistil.
Octandrian \Oc*tan"dri*an\, Octandrous \Oc*tan"drous\, a. (Bot.)
Of or pertaining to the Octandria; having eight distinct
stamens.
Octane \Oc"tane\, n. [See {Octa-}] . (Chem.)
Any one of a group of metametric hydrocarcons ({C8H18}) of
the methane series. The most important is a colorless,
volatile, inflammable liquid, found in petroleum, and a
constituent of benzene or ligroin.
Octangular \Oc*tan"gu*lar\, a. [L. octangulus eight-cornered;
octo eight + angulus angle.]
Having eight angles; eight-angled. -- {Oc*tan"gu*lar*ness},
n.
Octant \Oc"tant\, n. [L. octans, -antis. fr. octo eight. See
{Octave}.]
1. (Geom.) The eighth part of a circle; an arc of 45 degrees.
2. (Astron. & Astrol.) The position or aspect of a heavenly
body, as the moon or a planet, when half way between
conjunction, or opposition, and quadrature, or distant
from another body 45 degrees.
3. An instrument for measuring angles (generally called a
quadrant), having an arc which measures up to 9O[deg], but
being itself the eighth part of a circle. Cf. {Sextant}.
4. (Math. & Crystallog.) One of the eight parts into which a
space is divided by three co["o]rdinate planes.
Octapla \Oc"ta*pla\, n.; etymol. pl., but syntactically sing.
[NL., fr.Gr. ? (for ? eight) + -pla, as in E. hexapla; cf.Gr.
? eightfold.]
A portion of the Old Testament prepared by Origen in the 3d
century, containing the Hebrew text and seven Greek versions
of it, arranged in eight parallel columns.
Octaroon \Oc`ta*roon"\, n.
See {Octoroon}.
Octastyle \Oc"ta*style\, a.
See {Octostyle}.
Octateuch \Oc"ta*teuch\, n. [L. octateuchus, Gr. ?.]
A collection of eight books; especially, the first eight
books of the Old Testament. [R.]
Octavalent \Oc*tav"a*lent\, a. [Octa- + L. valens, p. pr. See
{Valence}.] (Chem.)
Having a valence of eight; capable of being combined with,
exchanged for, or compared with, eight atoms of hydrogen; --
said of certain atoms or radicals.
Octave \Oc"tave\, n. [F., fr. L. octava an eighth, fr. octavus
eighth, fr. octo eight. See {Eight}, and cf. {Octavo},
{Utas}.]
1. The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day
being included; also, the week following a church
festival. ``The octaves of Easter.'' --Jer. Taylor.
2. (Mus.)
(a) The eighth tone in the scale; the interval between one
and eight of the scale, or any interval of equal
length; an interval of five tones and two semitones.
(b) The whole diatonic scale itself.
Note: The ratio of a musical tone to its octave above is 1:2
as regards the number of vibrations producing the
tones.
3. (Poet.) The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of
four verses each; a stanza of eight lines.
With mournful melody it continued this octave. --Sir
P. Sidney.
{Double octave}. (Mus.) See under {Double}.
{Octave flute} (Mus.), a small flute, the tones of which
range an octave higher than those of the German or
ordinary flute; -- called also {piccolo}. See {Piccolo}.
4. A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe.
Octave \Oc"tave\, a.
Consisting of eight; eight. --Dryden.
Octavo \Oc*ta"vo\, n.;pl. {Octavos}. [L. in octavo; in in +
octavo, abl. of octavus. See {Octave}.]
A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into eight
leaves; hence, indicating more or less definitely a size of
book so made; -- usually written 8vo or 8[deg].
Octavo \Oc*ta"vo\, a.
Having eight leaves to a sheet; as, an octavo form, book,
leaf, size, etc.
Octene \Oc"tene\, n. [See {Octo-}.] (Chem.)
Same as {Octylene}.
Octennial \Oc*ten"ni*al\, a. [L. octennium a period of eight
years; octo eight + annus year.]
Happening every eighth year; also, lasting a period of eight
years. --Johnson. -- {Oc*ten"ni*al*ly}, adv.
Octet \Oc*tet"\, n. [From L. octo eight, like E. duet, fr.L.
duo. See {Octave}.] (Mus.)
A composition for eight parts, usually for eight solo
instruments or voices.
Octic \Oc"tic\, a. [Octo- + -ic.] (Math.)
Of the eighth degree or order. -- n. (Alg.) A quantic of the
eighth degree.
Octile \Oc"tile\, n. [Cf. F. octil, a. See {Octant}.]
Same as {Octant}, 2. [R.]
Octillion \Oc*til"lion\, n. [L. octo eight + -illion, as in E.
million: cf. F. octillion.]
According to the French method of numeration (which method is
followed also in the United States) the number expressed by a
unit with twenty-seven ciphers annexed. According to the
English method, the number expressed by a unit with
forty-eight ciphers annexed. See {Numeration}.
Octo- \Oc"to-\, Octa- \Oc"ta-\ [L. octo eight, Gr. ?, with a
combining form ?. Cf.{Eight}.]
A combining form meaning eight; as in octodecimal,
octodecimal, octolocular.
Octoate \Oc"to*ate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of an octoic acid; a caprylate.
October \Oc*to"ber\, n. [L., the eighth month of the primitive
Roman year, which began in March, fr. octo eight: cf.F.
Octobre. See {Octave}.]
1. The tenth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
2. Ale or cider made in that month.
The country gentlemen had a posset or drink they
called October. --Emerson.
Octocera \Oc*toc"e*ra\, n.pl. [NL.]
Octocerata.
Octocerata \Oc`to*cer"a*ta\, n.pl. [NL., fr. Gr.? eight + ?, a
horn.] (Zo["o]l.)
A suborder of Cephalopoda including Octopus, Argonauta, and
allied genera, having eight arms around the head; -- called
also {Octopoda}.
Octochord \Oc"to*chord\, n. (Mus.)
See {Octachord}.
Octodecimo \Oc`todec"i*mo\, a. [L. octodecim eighteen. See
{Octavo}, {Decimal}, and {-mo}.]
Having eighteen leaves to a sheet; as, an octodecimo form,
book, leaf, size, etc.
Octodecimo \Oc`to*dec"i*mo\, n.; pl. {Octodecimos}.
A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into
eighteen leaves; hence; indicating more or less definitely a
size of book, whose sheets are so folded; -- usually written
18mo or 18[deg], and called eighteenmo.
Octodentate \Oc`to*den"tate\, a. [Octo- + dentate.]
Having eight teeth.
Octodont \Oc"to*dont\, a. [Octo- + Gr. ?, ?.] (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the {Octodontid[ae]}, a family of rodents
which includes the coypu, and many other South American
species.
Octoedrical \Oc`to*ed"ric*al\, a.
See {Octahedral}. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Octofid \Oc"to*fid\, a. [Octo- + root of L. findere to split:
cf.F. octofide.] (Bot.)
Cleft or separated into eight segments, as a calyx.
Octogamy \Oc*tog"a*my\, n. [Octo- + Gr. ? marriage.]
A marrying eight times. [R.] --Chaucer.
Octogenarian \Oc`to*ge*na"ri*an\, n.
A person eighty years, or more, of age.
Octogenary \Oc*tog"e*na*ry\, a. [L. octogenarrus, from octogeni
eighty each, octoginta eighty, fr. octo eight. See {Eight},
{Eighty}.]
Of eighty years of age. ``Being then octogenary.'' --Aubrey.
Octogild \Oc"to*gild\, n. [Octo- + AS. gild payment.]
(Anglo-Saxon Law)
A pecuniary compensation for an injury, of eight times the
value of the thing.
Octogonal \Oc*tog"o*nal\, a.
See {Octagonal}. [Obs.]
Octogynia \Oc`to*gyn"i*a\, n.pl. [NL., from Gr. ? eight + ? a
woman, female.] (Bot.)
A Linnaean order of plants having eight pistils.
Octogynian \Oc`to*gyn"i*an\, Octogynous \Oc*tog"y*nous\, a.
(Bot.)
Having eight pistils; octagynous.
Octoic \Oc*to"ic\, a. [See {Octo-}.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, octane; -- used
specifically, to designate any one of a group of acids, the
most important of which is called caprylic acid.
Octolocular \Oc`to*loc"u*lar\, a. [Octo- + locular.] (Bot.)
Having eight cells for seeds.
Octonaphthene \Oc`to*naph"thene\, n. [Octo- + naphthene.]
(Chem.)
A colorless liquid hydrocarbon of the octylene series,
occurring in Caucasian petroleum.
Octonary \Oc`to*na*ry\, a. [L. octonarius, fr. octoni eight
each, fr. octo eight.]
Of or pertaining to the number eight. --Dr. H. More.
Octonocular \Oc`to*noc"u*lar\, a. [L. octoni eight each + E.
ocular.]
Having eight eyes. --Derham.
Octopede \Oc`to*pede\, n. [Octo- + L. pes, pedis, foot.]
(Zo["o]l.)
An animal having eight feet, as a spider.
Octopetalous \Oc`to*pet"al*ous\, a. [Octo- + petal.] (Bot.)
Having eight petals or flower leaves.
Octopod \Oc"to*pod\, n. [Gr. ? eight-footed; ? eight + ?, ?,
foot: cf.F. octopode.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Octocerata.
Octopoda \Oc*top"o*da\, n.pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Same as {Octocerata}.
(b) Same as {Arachnida}.
Octopodia \Oc`to*po"di*a\, n.pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? eight + ? a
little foot.] (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Octocerata}.
Octopus \Oc"to*pus\, n. [NL. See {Octopod}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of eight-armed cephalopods, including numerous
species, some of them of large size. See {Devilfish},
Octoradiated \Oc`to*ra"*di*a`ted\, a. [Octo- + radiated.]
Having eight rays.
Octoroon \Oc`to*roon"\, n. [L. octo eight + -roon, as in
quadroon.]
The offspring of a quadroon and a white person; a mestee.
Octospermous \Oc`to*sper"mous\, a. [Octo- + Cr. ? seed.] (Bot.)
Containing eight seeds.
Octostichous \Oc*tos"ti*chous\, a. [Octo- + Gr. ? a row.] (Bot.)
In eight vertical ranks, as leaves on a stem.
Octostyle \Oc"to*style\, a. [Octo- + Gr. ? a pillar: cf.F.
octostyle.] (Arch.)
Having eight columns in the front; -- said of a temple or
portico. The Parthenon is octostyle, but most large Greek
temples are hexastele. See {Hexastyle}. -- n. An octostyle
portico or temple.
Octosyllabic \Oc`to*syl*lab"ic\, Octosyllabical
\Oc`to*syl*lab"ic*al\, a. [L. octosyllabus. See {Octo-}, and
{Syllable}.]
Consisting of or containing eight syllables.
Octosyllable \Oc"to*syl`la*ble\, a.
Octosyllabic.
Octosyllable \Oc"to*syl`la*ble\, n.
A word of eight syllables.
Octoyl \Oc"to*yl\, n. [Octoic + -yl.] (Chem.)
A hypothetical radical ({C8H15O}), regarded as the essential
residue of octoic acid.
Octroi \Oc`troi"\, n. [F.]
1. A privilege granted by the sovereign authority, as the
exclusive right of trade granted to a guild or society; a
concession.
2. A tax levied in money or kind at the gate of a French city
on articles brought within the walls. [Written also
{octroy}.]
Octuor \Oc"tu*or\, n. [From L. octo eight + -uor, as in L.
quatuor.] (Mus.)
See {Octet}. [R.]
Octuple \Oc"tu*ple\, a. [L. octuplus; cf. Gr. ?: cf.F. octuple.]
Eightfold.
Octyl \Oc"tyl\, n. [Octane + -yl.] (Chem.)
A hypothetical hydrocarbon radical regarded as an essential
residue of octane, and as entering into its derivatives; as,
octyl alcohol.
Octylene \Oc"tyl*ene\, n. [Octane + ethylene.] (Chem.)
Any one of a series of metameric hydrocarbons ({C8H16}) of
the ethylene series. In general they are combustible,
colorless liquids.
Octylic \Oc*tyl"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, octyl; as,
octylic ether.
Ocular \Oc"u*lar\, a. [L. ocularis, ocularius, fr. oculus the
eye: cf.F. oculaire. See {Eye}, and cf. {Antler},
{Inveigle}.]
1. Depending on, or perceived by, the eye; received by actual
sight; personally seeing or having seen; as, ocular proof.
--Shak.
Thomas was an ocular witness of Christ's death.
--South.
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the eye; optic.
Ocular \Oc"u*lar\, n. (Opt.)
The eyepiece of an optical instrument, as of a telescope or
microscope.
Ocularly \Oc"u*lar*ly\, adv.
By the eye, or by actual sight.
Oculary \Oc"u*la*ry\, a.
Of or pertaining to the eye; ocular; optic; as, oculary
medicines. --Holland.
Oculate \Oc"u*late\, Oculated \Oc"u*la`ted\, a. [L. oculatus,
fr. oculus eye.]
1. Furnished with eyes.
2. Having spots or holes resembling eyes; ocellated.
Oculiform \Oc`u*li*form\, a. [L. oculus the eye + form: cf.F.
oculiforme.]
In the form of an eye; resembling an eye; as, an oculiform
pebble.
Oculina \Oc`u*li"na\, n. [NL., fr. L. oculus the eye.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A genus of tropical corals, usually branched, and having a
very volid texture.
Oculinacea \Oc`u*li*na"*ce*a\, n.pl. [NL., fr. NL. oculina the
name of a typical genus.] (Zo["o]l.)
A suborder of corals including many reef-building species,
having round, starlike calicles.
Oculist \Oc"u*list\, n. [L. oculus the eye: cf. F. oculiste.]
One skilled in treating diseases of the eye.
Oculo- \Oc"u*lo-\
A combining form from L. oculus the eye.
Oculomotor \Oc`u*lo*mo"tor\, a. [Oculo- + motor.] (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the movement of the eye; -- applied
especially to the common motor nerves (or third pair of
cranial nerves) which supply many of the muscles of the
orbit. -- n. The oculomotor nerve.
Oculonasal \Oc`u*lo*na"sal\, a. [Oculo- + nasal.] (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the region of the eye and the nose; as,
the oculonasal, or nasal, nerve, one of the branches of the
ophthalmic.
Oculus \Oc"u*lus\, n.; pl. {Oculi}. [L., an eye.]
1. An eye; (Bot.) a leaf bud.
2. (Arch.) A round window, usually a small one.
Ocypodian \O`cy*po"di*an\, n. [Gr. 'wky`s swift + poy`s, podo`s,
foot.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of a tribe of crabs which live in holes in the sand along
the seashore, and run very rapidly, -- whence the name.
Od \Od\, n. [G., fr. Gr. ? passage.] (Physics)
An alleged force or natural power, supposed, by Reichenbach
and others, to produce the phenomena of mesmerism, and to be
developed by various agencies, as by magnets, heat, light,
chemical or vital action, etc.; -- called also {odyle} or the
{odylic force}. [Archaic]
That od force of German Reichenbach Which still, from
female finger tips, burnt blue. --Mrs.
Browning.
Odalisque \O`da`lisque"\, n. [F., fr. Turk. odaliq chambermaid,
fr. oda chamber, room.]
A female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish
sultan. [Written also {odahlic}, {odalisk}, and {odalik}.]
Not of those that men desire, sleek Odalisques, or
oracles of mode. --Tennyson.
Odd \Odd\, a. [Compar. {Odder}; superl. {Oddest}.] [OE. odde,
fr.Icel. oddi a tongue of land, a triangle, an odd number
(from the third or odd angle, or point, of a triangle),
orig., a point, tip; akin to Icel. oddr point, point of a
weapon, Sw. udda odd, udd point, Dan. od, AS. ord, OHG. ort,
G. ort place (cf. E. point, for change of meaning).]
1. Not paired with another, or remaining over after a
pairing; without a mate; unmatched; single; as, an odd
shoe; an odd glove.
2. Not divisible by 2 without a remainder; not capable of
being evenly paired, one unit with another; as, 1, 3, 7,
9, 11, etc., are odd numbers.
I hope good luck lies in odd numbers. --Shak.
3. Left over after a definite round number has been taken or
mentioned; indefinitely, but not greatly, exceeding a
specified number; extra.
Sixteen hundred and odd years after the earth was
made, it was destroyed in a deluge. --T. Burnet.
There are yet missing of your company Some few odd
lads that you remember not. --Shak.
4. Remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence,
occasional; inconsiderable; as, odd jobs; odd minutes; odd
trifles.
5. Different from what is usual or common; unusual; singular;
peculiar; unique; strange. ``An odd action.'' --Shak. ``An
odd expression.'' --Thackeray.
The odd man, to perform all things perfectly, is, in
my poor opinion, Joannes Sturmius. --Ascham.
Patients have sometimes coveted odd things.
--Arbuthnot.
Locke's Essay would be a very odd book for a man to
make himself master of, who would get a reputation
by critical writings. --Spectator.
Syn: Quaint; unmatched; singular; unusual; extraordinary;
strange; queer; eccentric, whimsical; fantastical;
droll; comical. See {Quaint}.
Odd Fellow \Odd" Fel`low\
A member of a secret order, or fraternity, styled the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, established for mutual aid
and social enjoyment.
Oddity \Odd"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Oddities}.
1. The quality or state of being odd; singularity; queerness;
peculiarity; as, oddity of dress, manners, and the like.
That infinitude of oddities in him. --Sterne.
2. That which is odd; as, a collection of oddities.
Oddly \Odd"ly\, adv.
1. In an odd manner; unevently. [R.]
2. In a peculiar manner; strangely; queerly; curiously. ``A
figure a little more oddly turned.'' --Locke.
A great black substance, . . . very oddly shaped.
--Swift.
3. (Math.) In a manner measured by an odd number.
Oddness \Odd"ness\, n.
1. The state of being odd, or not even.
Take but one from three, and you not only destroy
the oddness, but also the essence of that number.
--Fotherby.
2. Singularity; strangeness; eccentricity; irregularity;
uncouthness; as, the oddness of dress or shape; the
oddness of an event. --Young.
Odds \Odds\ ([o^]dz), n. sing. & pl. [See {Odd}, a.]
1. Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of
one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality;
advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances;
probability. ``Pre["e]minent by so much odds.'' --Milton.
``The fearful odds of that unequal fray.'' --Trench.
The odds Is that we scarce are men and you are gods.
--Shak.
There appeared, at least, four to one odds against
them. --Swift.
All the odds between them has been the different
scope . . . given to their understandings to range
in. --Locke.
Judging is balancing an account and determining on
which side the odds lie. --Locke.
2. Quarrel; dispute; debate; strife; -- chiefly in the phrase
at odds.
Set them into confounding odds. --Shak.
I can not speak Any beginning to this peevish odds.
--Shak.
{At odds}, in dispute; at variance. ``These squires at odds
did fall.'' --Spenser. ``He flashes into one gross crime
or other, that sets us all at odds.'' --Shak.
{It is odds}, it is probable. [Obs.]
--Jer. Taylor.
{Odds and ends}, that which is left; remnants; fragments;
refuse; scraps; miscellaneous articles. ``My brain is
filled . . . with all kinds of odds and ends.'' --W.
Irving.
Ode \Ode\, n. [F., fr. L. ode, oda, Gr. ? a song, especially a
lyric song, contr. fr. ?, fr. ? to sing; cf.Skr. vad to
speak, sing. Cf. {Comedy}, {Melody}, {Monody}.]
A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or
sung; a lyric poem; esp., now, a poem characterized by
sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style.
Hangs odes upon hawthorns and elegies on brambles.
--Shak.
O! run; prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it
lowly at his blessed feet. --Milton.
{Ode factor}, one who makes, or who traffics in, odes; --
used contemptuously.
Odelet \Ode"let\, n.
A little or short ode.
Odeon \O*de"on\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ?: cf.F. od['e]on. See
{Ode}.]
A kind of theater in ancient Greece, smaller than the
dramatic theater and roofed over, in which poets and
musicians submitted their works to the approval of the
public, and contended for prizes; -- hence, in modern usage,
the name of a hall for musical or dramatic performances.
Odeum \O*de"um\, n. [L.]
See {Odeon}.
Odible \O"di*ble\, a. [L. odibilis. See {Odium}.]
Fitted to excite hatred; hateful. [Obs.] --Bale.
Odic \Od"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to od. See {Od}. [Archaic] -- {Od"ic*al*ly},
adv.
Odin \O"din\, n. [Icel. ?; prob.akin to E. wood, a. See
{Wednesday}.] (Northern Myth.)
The supreme deity of the Scandinavians; -- the same as
{Woden}, of the German tribes.
There in the Temple, carved in wood, The image of great
Odin stood. --Longfellow.
Odinic \O*din"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to Odin.
Odious \O"di*ous\, a. [L. odiosus, from odium hatred: cf. F.
odieux. See {Odium}.]
1. Hateful; deserving or receiving hatred; as, an odious
name, system, vice. ``All wickedness will be most
odious.'' --Sprat.
He rendered himself odious to the Parliament.
--Clarendon.
2. Causing or provoking hatred, repugnance, or disgust;
offensive; disagreeable; repulsive; as, an odious sight;
an odious smell. --Milton.
The odious side of that polity. --Macaulay.
Syn: Hateful; detestable; abominable; disgusting; loathsome;
invidious; repulsive; forbidding; unpopular. --
{O"di*ous`ly}. adv. -- {O"di*ous*ness}, n.
Odist \Od"ist\, n.
A writer of an ode or odes.
Odium \O"di*um\, n. [L., fr. odi I hate. Gr. {Annoy},
{Noisome}.]
1. Hatred; dislike; as, his conduct brought him into odium,
or, brought odium upon him.
2. The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness.
She threw the odium of the fact on me. --Dryden.
{Odium theologicum}[L.], the enmity peculiar to contending
theologians.
Syn: Hatred; abhorrence; detestation; antipathy.
Usage: {Odium}, {Hatred}. We exercise hatred; we endure
odium. The former has an active sense, the latter a
passive one. We speak of having a hatred for a man,
but not of having an odium toward him. A tyrant incurs
odium. The odium of an offense may sometimes fall
unjustly upon one who is innocent.
I wish I had a cause to seek him there, To
oppose his hatred fully. --Shak.
You have . . . dexterously thrown some of the
odium of your polity upon that middle class
which you despise. --Beaconsfield.
Odize \Od"ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Odized}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Odizing}.]
To charge with od. See {Od}. [Archaic]
Odmyl \Od"myl\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, stench + -yl.] (Chem.)
A volatile liquid obtained by boiling sulphur with linseed
oil. It has an unpleasant garlic odor.
Odometer \O*dom"e*ter\ ([-o]*d[o^]m"[-e]*t[~e]r), n. [Gr.
'odo`metron, 'odo`metros, an instrument for measuring
distance; 'odo`s way + me`tron measure: cf. F. odom['e]tre,
hodom['e]tre.]
An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure
the distance traversed; also, a wheel used by surveyors,
which registers the miles and rods traversed.
Odometrical \O`do*met"ric*al\, a. [Cf. F. odom['e]trique,
hodom['e]trique.]
Of or pertaining to the odometer, or to measurements made
with it.
Odometrous \O*dom"e*trous\, a.
Serving to measure distance on a road. [R.] --Sydney Smith.
Odometry \O*dom"e*try\, n.
Measurement of distances by the odometer.
Odonata \O*don"a*ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a
tooth.] (Zo["o]l.)
The division of insects that includes the dragon flies.
Odontalgia \O`don*tal"gi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; 'odoy`s,
'odo`ntos, a tooth + ? pain.] (Med.)
Toothache.
Odontalgic \O`don*tal"gic\, a. [Cf. F. odontalgique.]
Of or pertaining to odontalgia. -- n. A remedy for the
toothache.
Odontalgy \O`don*tal"gy\, n. (Med.)
Same as {Odontalgia}.
Odontiasis \O`don*ti"a*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'odoy`s,
'odo`ntos, a tooth.]
Cutting of the teeth; dentition.
Odonto- \O*don"to-\
A combining form from Gr. 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth.
Odontoblast \O*don"to*blast\, n. [Odonto- + -blast.]
1. (Anat.) One of the more or less columnar cells on the
outer surface of the pulp of a tooth; an odontoplast. They
are supposed to be connected with the formation of
dentine.
2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the cells which secrete the chitinous
teeth of Mollusca.
Odontocete \O*don`to*ce"te\, n.pl. [NL., from Gr. 'odoy`s,
'odo`ntos, a tooth + ? a whale.] (Zo["o]l.)
A subdivision of Cetacea, including the sperm whale,
dolphins, etc.; the toothed whales.
Odontogeny \O`don*tog"e*ny\, n. [Odonto- + root of Gr. ? to be
born: cf: F. odontog['e]nie.] (Physiol.)
Generetion, or mode of development, of the teeth.
Odontograph \O*don"to*graph\, n. [Odonto- + -graph.]
An instrument for marking or laying off the outlines of teeth
of gear wheels.
Odontographic \O*don`to*graph"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to odontography.
Odontography \O`don*tog"ra*phy\, n.
A description of the teeth.
Odontoid \O*don"toid\, a. [Gr. ?; 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth +
? form: cf.F. odonto["i]de.] (Anat.)
(a) Having the form of a tooth; toothlike.
(b) Of or pertaining to the odontoid bone or to the odontoid
process.
{Odontoid bone} (Anat.), a separate bone, in many reptiles,
corresponding to the odontoid process.
{Odontoid process}, or {Odontoid peg} (Anat.), the anterior
process of the centrum of the second vertebra, or axis, in
birds and mammals. See {Axis}.
Odontolcae \O`don*tol"cae\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. 'odoy`s,
'odo`ntos, a tooth + ? a furrow.] (Paleon.)
An extinct order of ostrichlike aquatic birds having teeth,
which are set in a groove in the jaw. It includes
{Hesperornis}, and allied genera. See {Hesperornis}. [Written
also {Odontholcae}, and {Odontoholcae}.]
Odontolite \O*don"to*lite\, n. [Odonto- + -lite.] (Min.)
A fossil tooth colored a bright blue by phosphate of iron. It
is used as an imitation of turquoise, and hence called {bone
turquoise}.
Odontology \O`don*tol"o*gy\, n. [Odonto- + -logy: cf.F.
odontologie.]
The science which treats of the teeth, their structure and
development.
Odontophora \O`don*toph"o*ra\, n.pl. [NL. See {Odontophore}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Cephalophora}.
Odontophore \O*don"to*phore\, n. [Odonto- + Gr. ? to bear.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A special structure found in the mouth of most mollusks,
except bivalves. It consists of several muscles and a
cartilage which supports a chitinous radula, or lingual
ribbon, armed with teeth. Also applied to the radula alone.
See {Radula}.
Odontophorous \O`don*toph"o*rous\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Having an odontophore.
Odontoplast \O*don"to*plast\, n. [Odonto- + Gr. ? to form,
mold.] (Anat.)
An odontoblast.
Odontopteryx \O`don*top"te*ryx\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'odoy`s,
'odo`ntos, a tooth + pte`ryx a wing.] (Paleon.)
An extinct Eocene bird having the jaws strongly serrated, or
dentated, but destitute of true teeth. It was found near
London.
Odontornithes \O*don`tor*ni*"thes\, n. pl. [NL., fr.Gr. 'odoy`s,
'odo`ntos, a tooth + ?, ?, a bird.] (Paleon.)
A group of Mesozoic birds having the jaws armed with teeth,
as in most other vertebrates. They have been divided into
three orders: Odontolc[ae], Odontotorm[ae], and Saurur[ae].
Odontostomatous \O*don"to*stom"a*tous\, a. [Odonto- + Gr. ?, ?,
the mouth.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having toothlike mandibles; -- applied to certain insects.
Odontotormae \O*don`to*tor"mae\, n.pl. [NL., fr. 'odoy`s,
'odo`ntos, a tooth + ? a socket.] (Paleon.)
An order of extinct toothed birds having the teeth in
sockets, as in the genus Ichthyornis. See {Ichthyornis}.
Odor \O"dor\, n. [OE. odor, odour, OF. odor, odour, F. odeur,
fr. L. odor; akin to olere to smell, Gr. ?, Lith. ? Cf.
{Olfactory}, {Osmium}, {Ozone}, {Redolent}.] [Written also
{odour}.]
Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.
Meseemed I smelt a garden of sweet flowers, That dainty
odors from them threw around. --Spenser.
{To be in bad odor}, to be out of favor, or in bad repute.
Odorament \O"dor*a*ment\, n. [L. odoramentum. See {Odorate}.]
A perfume; a strong scent. [Obs.] --Burton.
Odorant \O"dor*ant\, a. [L. odorans, -antis, p. pr.]
Yielding odors; fragrant. --Holland.
Odorate \O"dor*ate\, a. [L. odoratus, p. p. of odorare to
perfume, fr. odor odor.]
Odorous. [Obos.] --Bacon.
Odorating \O"dor*a*`ting\, a.
Diffusing odor or scent; fragrant.
Odoriferous \O`dor*if"er*ous\, a. [L. odorifer; odor odor +
ferre to bear. See {Odoe}, and {?}st {Bear}.]
Bearing or yielding an odor; perfumed; usually, sweet of
scent; fragrant; as, odoriferous spices, particles, fumes,
breezes. --Milton. -- {O`dor*if"er*ous*ly}, adv.
--{O`dor*if"er*ous*ness}, n.
Odorline \O"dor*line\, n. (Chem.)
A pungent oily substance obtained by redistilling bone oil.
[Obs.]
Odorless \O"dor*less\, a.
Free from odor.
Odorous \O"dor*ous\, a. [Written also {odourous}.] [L. odorus,
fr. odor odor: cf. OF. odoros, odoreux.]
Having or emitting an odor or scent, esp. a sweet odor;
fragrant; sweet-smelling. ``Odorous bloom.'' --Keble.
Such fragrant flowers do give most odorous smell.
--Spenser.
-- {O"dor*ous*ly}, adv. -- {O"dor*ous*ness}, n.
Ods \Ods\, interj.
A corruption of God's; -- formerly used in oaths and
ejaculatory phrases. ``Ods bodikin.'' ``Ods pity.'' --Shak.
Odyl \Od"yl\, Odyle \Od"yle\, n. [Gr. ?, passage + ? matter or
material.] (Physics)
See {Od}. [Archaic].
Odylic \O*dyl"ic\, a. (Physics)
Of or pertaining to odyle; odic; as, odylic force. [Archaic]
Odyssey \Od"ys*sey\, n. [L. Odyssea, Gr. ?, fr. ? Ulysses: cf.F.
Odyss['e]e.]
An epic poem attributed to Homer, which describes the return
of Ulysses to Ithaca after the siege of Troy.
OE \[OE]\ ([=e]),
a diphthong, employed in the Latin language, and thence in
the English language, as the representative of the Greek
diphthong oi. In many words in common use, e alone stands
instead of [oe]. Classicists prefer to write the diphthong oe
separate in Latin words.
OEcoid \[OE]"coid\, n. [Gr. ? a house + -oid.] (Anat.)
The colorless porous framework, or stroma, of red blood
corpuscles from which the zooid, or hemoglobin and other
substances of the corpuscles, may be dissolved out.
OEcology \[OE]*col"o*gy\, n. [Gr.? house + -logy.] (Biol.)
The various relations of animals and plants to one another
and to the outer world.
OEconomical \[OE]`co*nom"ic*al\, a.
See {Economical}.
OEconomics \[OE]`co*nom"ics\, n.
See {Economics}.
OEconomy \[OE]*con"o*my\, n.
See {Economy}.
OEcumenical \[OE]c`u*men"ic*al\, a.
See {Ecumenical}.
OEdema \[OE]*de"ma\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? a swelling, tumor, fr.
? to swell.] (Med.)
A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular
tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the
subcutaneous cellular tissue. [Written also {edema}.]
OEdematous \[OE]*dem"a*tous\, a. (Med.)
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, edema; affected with
edema.
OEiliad \[OE]*il"iad\, OEillade \[OE]il"lade`\, n. [F.
[oe]illade, fr. [oe]el eye. See {Eyelent}.]
A glance of the eye; an amorous look. [Obs.]
She gave strange [oe]illades and most speaking looks.
--Shak.
OElet \[OE]"let\, n. [See {Eyelet}.]
An eye, bud, or shoot, as of a plant; an oilet. [Obs.]
--Holland.
OEnanthate \[OE]*nan"thate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of the supposed [oe]nanthic acid.
OEnanthic \[OE]*nan"thic\, a. [Gr. ? the first shoot of the
vine, the vine blossom, the vine; ? the vine + ? bloom, ?
flower.] (Chem.)
Having, or imparting, the odor characteristic of the bouquet
of wine; specifically used, formerly, to designate an acid
whose ethereal salts were supposed to occasion the peculiar
bouquet, or aroma, of old wine. Cf. {[OE]nanthylic}.
{[OE]nanthic acid}, an acid obtained from [oe]nanthic ether
by the action of alkalies.
{[OE]nanthic ether}, an ethereal substance (not to be
confused with the bouquet, or aroma, of wine) found in
wine lees, and consisting of a complex mixture of the
ethereal salts of several of the higher acids of the
acetic acid series. It has an ethereal odor, and it used
in flavoring artificial wines and liquors. Called also
{oil of wine}. See {Essential oil}, under {Essential}.
OEnanthol \[OE]*nan"thol\, n. [[oe]nanthylic + L. oleum oil.]
(Chem.)
An oily substance obtained by the distillation of castor oil,
recognized as the aldehyde of [oe]nanthylic acid, and hence
called also {[oe]nanthaldehyde}.
OEnanthone \[OE]*nan"thone\, n. [[oe]nanthic + -one] (Chem.)
The ketone of [oe]nanthic acid.
OEnanthyl \[OE]*nan"thyl\, n. [[oe]nnthic + -yl.] (Chem.)
A hydrocarbon radical formerly supposed to exist in
[oe]nanthic acid, now known to be identical with heptyl.
OEnanthylate \[OE]*nan"thyl*ate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of [oe]nanthylic acid; as, potassium [oe]nanthylate.
OEnanthylic \[OE]`nan*thyl"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, [oe]nanthyl;
specifically, designating an acid formerly supposed to be
identical with the acid in [oe]nanthic ether, but now known
to be identical with heptoic acid.
OEnanthylidene \[OE]`nan*thyl"i*dene\, n. (Chem.)
A colorless liquid hydrocarbon, having a garlic odor;
heptine.
OEnanthylous \[OE]*nan"thyl*ous\, a. (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid formerly supposed
to be the acid of [oe]nanthylic ether, but now known to be a
mixture of higher acids, especially capric acid. [Obs.]
OEnocyan \[OE]`no*cy"an\, n. [Gr. ? wine + ? a dark-blue
substance.] (Chem.)
The coloring matter of red wines.
OEnology \[OE]*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? wine + -logy.]
Knowledge of wine, scientific or practical.
OEnomania \[OE]n`o*ma"ni*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? wine + ? mania.]
(Med.)
(a) Delirium tremens. --Rayer.
(b) Dipsomania.
OEnomel \[OE]n"o*mel\, n. [Gr. ? wine + ? honey.]
Wine mixed with honey; mead, [R.]
OEnometer \[OE]*nom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? wine + -meter.]
See {Alcoholometer}.
OEnophilist \[OE]*noph"i*list\, n. [Gr. ? wine + ? to love.]
A lover of wine. [R.]
--Thackeray.
OEnothionic \[OE]`no*thi*on"ic\, a. [Gr. ? wine + thionic.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to an acid now called {sulphovinic, or ethyl
sulphuric, acid}.
O'er \O'er\, prep. & adv.
A contr. of {Over}. [Poetic]
OEsophagus \[OE]*soph"a*gus\, n., OEsophageal
\[OE]`so*phag"e*al\, a., etc.
Same as {Esophagus}, {Esophageal}, etc.
OEstrian \[OE]s"tri*an\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the gadflies. -- n. A gadfly.
OEstrual \[OE]s"tru*al\, a. [See {[OE]strus}.] (Physiol.)
Of or pertaining to sexual desire; -- mostly applied to brute
animals; as, the [oe]strual period; [oe]strual influence.
OEstruation \[OE]s`tru*a"tion\, n. (Physiol.)
The state of being under [oe]strual influence, or of having
sexual desire.
OEstrus \[OE]s"trus\, n. [L., a gadfly; also, frenzy, fr.Gr. ?
gadfly; hence, sting, fury, insane desire, frenzy.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of gadflies. The species which deposits
its larv[ae] in the nasal cavities of sheep is {[oe]strus
ovis}.
2. A vehement desire; esp. (Physiol.), the periodical sexual
impulse of animals; heat; rut.
Of \Of\, prep. [AS. of of, from, off; akin to D. & OS. af, G. ab
off, OHG. aba from, away, Icel., Dan., Sw., & Goth. af, L.
ab, Gr. ?, Skr. apa. Cf.{Off}, {A-} (2), {Ab-}, {After},
{Epi-}.]
In a general sense, from, or out from; proceeding from;
belonging to; relating to; concerning; -- used in a variety
of applications; as:
1. Denoting that from which anything proceeds; indicating
origin, source, descent, and the like; as, he is of a race
of kings; he is of noble blood.
That holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be
called the Son of God. --Luke i. 35.
I have received of the Lord that which also I
delivered unto you. --1 Cor. xi.
23.
2. Denoting possession or ownership, or the relation of
subject to attribute; as, the apartment of the consul: the
power of the king; a man of courage; the gate of heaven.
``Poor of spirit.'' --Macaulay.
3. Denoting the material of which anything is composed, or
that which it contains; as, a throne of gold; a sword of
steel; a wreath of mist; a cup of water.
4. Denoting part of an aggregate or whole; belonging to a
number or quantity mentioned; out of; from amongst; as, of
this little he had some to spare; some of the mines were
unproductive; most of the company.
It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed.
--Lam. iii.
22.
It is a duty to communicate of those blessings we have
received. --Franklin.
5. Denoting that by which a person or thing is actuated or
impelled; also, the source of a purpose or action; as,
they went of their own will; no body can move of itself;
he did it of necessity.
For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts. --Josh. xi.
20.
6. Denoting reference to a thing; about; concerning; relating
to; as, to boast of one's achievements.
Knew you of this fair work? --Shak.
7. Denoting nearness or distance, either in space or time;
from; as, within a league of the town; within an hour of
the appointed time.
8. Denoting identity or equivalence; -- used with a name or
appellation, and equivalent to the relation of apposition;
as, the continent of America; the city of Rome; the Island
of Cuba.
9. Denoting the agent, or person by whom, or thing by which,
anything is, or is done; by.
And told to her of [by] some. --Chaucer.
He taught in their synagogues, being glorified of
all. --Luke iv. 15.
[Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil.
--Luke iv. 1,
2.
Note: The use of the word in this sense, as applied to
persons, is nearly obsolete.
10. Denoting relation to place or time; belonging to, or
connected with; as, men of Athens; the people of the
Middle Ages; in the days of Herod.
11. Denoting passage from one state to another; from. [Obs.]
``O miserable of happy.'' --Milton.
12. During; in the course of.
Not be seen to wink of all the day. --Shak.
My custom always of the afternoon. --Shak.
Note: Of may be used in a subjective or an objective sense.
``The love of God'' may mean, our love for God, or
God's love for us.
Note: From is the primary sense of this preposition; a sense
retained in off, the same word differently written for
distinction. But this radical sense disappears in most
of its application; as, a man of genius; a man of rare
endowments; a fossil of a red color, or of an hexagonal
figure; he lost all hope of relief; an affair of the
cabinet; he is a man of decayed fortune; what is the
price of corn? In these and similar phrases, of denotes
property or possession, or a relation of some sort
involving connection. These applications, however all
proceeded from the same primary sense. That which
proceeds from, or is produced by, a person or thing,
either has had, or still has, a close connection with
the same; and hence the word was applied to cases of
mere connection, not involving at all the idea of
separation.
{Of consequence}, of importance, value, or influence.
{Of late}, recently; in time not long past.
{Of old}, formerly; in time long past.
{Of one's self}, by one's self; without help or prompting;
spontaneously.
Why, knows not Montague, that of itself England is
safe, if true within itself? --Shak.
Off \Off\, adv. [OE. of, orig. the same word as R. of, prep.,
AS. of, adv. & prep. [root]194. See {Of}.]
In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:
1. Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile
off.
2. Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation;
as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off,
to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to
fly off, and the like.
3. Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement,
interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the
pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off.
4. Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away;
as, to look off.
5. Denoting opposition or negation. [Obs.]
The questions no way touch upon puritanism, either
off or on. --Bp.
Sanderson.
{From off}, off from; off. ``A live coal . . . taken with the
tongs from off the altar.'' --Is. vi. 6.
{Off and on}.
(a) Not constantly; not regularly; now and then;
occasionally.
(b) (Naut.) On different tacks, now toward, and now away
from, the land.
{To be off}.
(a) To depart; to escape; as, he was off without a
moment's warning.
(b) To be abandoned, as an agreement or purpose; as, the
bet was declared to be off. [Colloq.]
{To come off}, {To cut off}, {To fall off}, {To go off}, etc.
See under {Come}, {Cut}, {Fall}, {Go}, etc.
{To get off}.
(a) To utter; to discharge; as, to get off a joke.
(b) To go away; to escape; as, to get off easily from a
trial. [Colloq.]
{To take off}, to mimic or personate.
{To tell off} (Mil.), to divide and practice a regiment or
company in the several formations, preparatory to marching
to the general parade for field exercises. --Farrow.
{To be well off}, to be in good condition.
{To be ill off}, {To be badly off}, to be in poor condition.
Off \Off\, interj.
Away; begone; -- a command to depart.
Off \Off\, prep.
Not on; away from; as, to be off one's legs or off the bed;
two miles off the shore. --Addison.
{Off hand}. See {Offhand}.
{Off side}
(Football), out of play; -- said when a player has got in
front of the ball in a scrimmage, or when the ball
has been last touched by one of his own side
behind him.
{To be off color}, to be of a wrong color.
{To be off one's food}, to have no appetite. (Colloq.)
Off \Off\, a.
1. On the farther side; most distant; on the side of an
animal or a team farthest from the driver when he is on
foot; in the United States, the right side; as, the off
horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the {nigh} or
{near} horse or ox; the off leg.
2. Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to
business or affairs, or is absent from his post, and,
hence, a time when affairs are not urgent; as, he took an
off day for fishing: an off year in politics. ``In the off
season.'' --Thackeray.
{Off side}.
(a) The right hand side in driving; the farther side. See
{Gee}.
(b) (Cricket) See {Off}, n.
Off \Off\, n. (Cricket)
The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket
keeper.
Offal \Of"fal\, n. [Off + fall.]
1. The rejected or waste parts of a butchered animal.
2. A dead body; carrion. --Shak.
3. That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use;
refuse; rubbish.
The off als of other profession. --South.
Offcut \Off"cut`\, n.
1. That which is cut off.
2. (Bookbinding) A portion ofthe printed sheet, in certain
sizes of books, that is cut off before folding.
Offence \Of*fence"\, n.
See {Offense}.
Offend \Of*fend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Offended}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Offending}.] [OF. offendre, L. offendere, offensum; ob
(see {Ob-}) + fendere (in comp.) to thrust, dash. See
{Defend}.]
1. To strike against; to attack; to assail. [Obs.] --Sir P.
Sidney.
2. To displease; to make angry; to affront.
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong
city. --Prov. xviii.
19.
3. To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong
light offends the eye; to offend the conscience.
4. To transgress; to violate; to sin against. [Obs.]
Marry, sir, he hath offended the law. --Shak.
5. (Script.) To oppose or obstruct in duty; to cause to
stumble; to cause to sin or to fall. [Obs.]
Who hath you misboden or offended. --Chaucer.
If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out . . . And
if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off. --Matt.
v. 29, 3O.
Great peace have they which love thy law, and
nothing shall offend them. --Ps. cxix.
165.
Odfend \Od*fend"\, v. i.
1. To transgress the moral or divine law; to commit a crime;
to stumble; to sin.
Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend
in one point, he is guilty of all. --James ii.
10.
If it be a sin to cevet honor, I am the most
offending soul alive. --Shak.
2. To cause dislike, anger, or vexation; to displease.
I shall offend, either to detain or give it. --Shak.
{To offend against}, to do an injury or wrong to; to commit
an offense against. ``We have offended against the Lord
already.'' --2 Chron. xxviii. 13.
Offendant \Of*fend"ant\, n.
An offender. [R.] --Holland.
Offender \Of*fend"er\, n.
One who offends; one who violates any law, divine or human; a
wrongdoer.
I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. --1
Kings i. 21.
Offendress \Of*fend"ress\, n.
A woman who offends. --Shak.
Offense \Of*fense"\, Offence \Of*fence"\, n. [F., fr. L.
offensa. See {Offend}.]
1. The act of offending in any sense; esp., a crime or a sin,
an affront or an injury.
Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised
again for our justification. --Rom. iv. 25.
I have given my opinion against the authority of two
great men, but I hope without offense to their
memories. --Dryden.
2. The state of being offended or displeased; anger;
displeasure.
He was content to give them just cause of offense,
when they had power to make just revenge. --Sir P.
Sidney.
3. A cause or occasion of stumbling or of sin. [Obs.]
Woe to that man by whom the offense cometh! --Matt.
xviii. 7.
Note: This word, like expense, is often spelled with a c. It
ought, however, to undergo the same change with
expense, the reasons being the same, namely, that s
must be used in offensive as in expensive, and is found
in the Latin offensio, and the French offense.
{To take offense}, to feel, or assume to be, injured or
affronted; to become angry or hostile.
{Weapons of offense}, those which are used in attack, in
distinction from those of defense, which are used to
repel.
Syn: Displeasure; umbrage; resentment; misdeed; misdemeanor;
trespass; transgression; delinquency; fault; sin; crime;
affront; indignity; outrage; insult.
Offenseful \Of*fense"ful\, a.
Causing offense; displeasing; wrong; as, an offenseful act.
[R.]
Offenseless \Of*fense"less\, a.
Unoffending; inoffensive.
Offensible \Of*fen"si*ble\, a.
That may give offense. [Obs.]
Offension \Of*fen"sion\, n. [OF., fr. L. offensio an offense.]
Assault; attack. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Offensive \Of*fen"sive\, a. [Cf.F. offensif. See {Offend}.]
1. Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment;
displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.
2. Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable;
revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive
sounds. ``Offensive to the stomach.'' --Bacon.
3. Making the first attack; assailant; aggressive; hence,
used in attacking; -- opposed to {defensive}; as, an
offensive war; offensive weapons.
{League offensive and defensive}, a leaque that requires all
the parties to it to make war together against any foe,
and to defend one another if attacked.
Syn: Displeasing; disagreeable; distasteful; obnoxious;
abhorrent; disgusting; impertinent; rude; saucy;
reproachful; opprobrious; insulting; insolent; abusive;
scurrilous; assailant; attacking; invading. --
{Of*fen"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Of*fen"sive*ness}, n.
Offensive \Of*fen"sive\, n.
The state or posture of one who offends or makes attack;
aggressive attitude; the act of the attacking party; --
opposed to {defensive}.
{To act on the offensive}, to be the attacking party.
Offer \Of"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Offered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Offering}.] [OE. offren, {AS}. offrian to sacrifice, fr. L.
offerre; ob (see {OB-}) + ferre to bear, bring. The English
word was influenced by F. offrir to offer, of the same
origin. See 1st {Bear}.]
1. To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to
sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with
up.
Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin
offering for atonement. --Ex. xxix.
36.
A holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices.
--1 Pet. ii.
5.
2. To bring to or before; to hold out to; to present for
acceptance or rejection; as, to offer a present, or a
bribe; to offer one's self in marriage.
I offer thee three things. --2 Sam. xxiv.
12.
3. To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to
suggest; as, to offer an opinion. With the infinitive as
an objective: To make an offer; to declare one's
willingness; as, he offered to help me.
4. To attempt; to undertake.
All that offer to defend him. --Shak.
5. To bid, as a price, reward, or wages; as, to offer a
guinea for a ring; to offer a salary or reward.
6. To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way;
to threaten; as, to offer violence, attack, etc.
Syn: To propose; propound; move; proffer; tender; sacrifice;
immolate.
Offer \Of"fer\, v. i.
1. To present itself; to be at hand.
The occasion offers, and the youth complies.
--Dryden.
2. To make an attempt; to make an essay or a trial; -- used
with at. ``Without offering at any other remedy.''
--Swift.
He would be offering at the shepherd's voice.
--L'Estrange.
I will not offer at that I can not master. --Bacon.
Offer \Of"fer\, n. [Cf. F. offre, fr. offrir to offer, fr. L.
offerre. See {Offer}, v. t.]
1. The act of offering, bringing forward, proposing, or
bidding; a proffer; a first advance. ``This offer comes
from mercy.'' --Shak.
2. That which is offered or brought forward; a proposal to be
accepted or rejected; a sum offered; a bid.
When offers are disdained, and love denied. --Pope.
3. Attempt; endeavor; essay; as, he made an offer to catch
the ball. ``Some offer and attempt.'' --South.
Offerable \Of"fer*a*ble\, a.
Capable of being offered; suitable or worthy to be offered.
Offerer \Of"fer*er\, n.
One who offers; esp., one who offers something to God in
worship. --Hooker.
Offering \Of"fer*ing\, n.
1. The act of an offerer; a proffering.
2. That which is offered, esp. in divine service; that which
is presented as an expiation or atonement for sin, or as a
free gift; a sacrifice; an oblation; as, sin offering.
They are polluted offerings more abhorred Than
spotted livers in the sacrifice. --Shak.
3. A sum of money offered, as in church service; as, a
missionary offering. Specif.: (Ch. of Eng.) Personal
tithes payable according to custom, either at certain
seasons as Christmas or Easter, or on certain occasions as
marriages or christenings.
[None] to the offering before her should go.
--Chaucer.
{Burnt offering}, {Drink offering}, etc. See under {Burnt}.
etc.
Offertory \Of"fer*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Offertories} . [L.
offertorium the place to which offerings were brought, in LL.
offertory: cf.F. offertoire.]
1. The act of offering, or the thing offered. [Obs. or R.]
--Bacon. Bp. Fell.
2. (R.C.Ch.)
(a) An anthem chanted, or a voluntary played on the organ,
during the offering and first part of the Mass.
(b) That part of the Mass which the priest reads before
uncovering the chalice to offer up the elements for
consecration.
(c) The oblation of the elements.
3. (Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.)
(a) The Scripture sentences said or sung during the
collection of the offerings.
(b) The offerings themselves.
Offerture \Of"fer*ture\, n. [LL. offertura an offering.]
Offer; proposal; overture. [Obs.]
More offertures and advantages to his crown. --Milton.
Offhand \Off"hand`\, a.
Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech;
offhand excuses. -- adv. In an offhand manner; as, he replied
offhand.
Office \Of"fice\, n. [F., fr. L. officium, for opificium; ops
ability, wealth, holp + facere to do or make. See {Opulent},
{Fact}.]
1. That which a person does, either voluntarily or by
appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary
duty, or a duty that arises from the relations of man to
man; as, kind offices, pious offices.
I would I could do a good office between you.
--Shak.
2. A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by
authority and for a public purpose; a position of trust or
authority; as, an executive or judical office; a municipal
office.
3. A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God
himself; as, the office of a priest under the old
dispensation, and that of the apostles in the new.
Inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I
magnify mine office. --Rom. xi. 13.
4. That which is performed, intended, or assigned to be done,
by a particular thing, or that which anything is fitted to
perform; a function; -- answering to duty in intelligent
beings.
They [the eyes] resign their office and their light.
--Shak.
Hesperus, whose office is to bring Twilight upon the
earth. --Milton.
In this experiment the several intervals of the
teeth of the comb do the office of so many prisms.
--Sir I.
Newton.
5. The place where a particular kind of business or service
for others is transacted; a house or apartment in which
public officers and others transact business; as, the
register's office; a lawyer's office.
6. The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose
place of business is in an office; as, I have notified the
office.
7. pl. The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics
discharge the duties attached to the service of a house,
as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. [Eng.]
As for the offices, let them stand at distance.
--Bacon.
8. (Eccl.) Any service other than that of ordination and the
Mass; any prescribed religious service.
This morning was read in the church, after the
office was done, the declaration setting forth the
late conspiracy against the king's person. --Evelyn.
{Holy office}. Same as {Inquisition}, n., 3.
{Houses of office}. Same as def. 7 above. --Chaucer.
{Little office} (R.C.Ch.), an office recited in honor of the
Virgin Mary.
{Office bearer}, an officer; one who has a specific office or
duty to perform.
{Office copy} (Law), an authenticated or certified copy of a
record, from the proper office. See {Certified copies},
under {Copy}. --Abbott.
{Office-found} (Law), the finding of an inquest of office.
See under {Inquest}.
{Office holder}. See {Officeholder} in the Vocabulary
Office \Of`fice\, v. t.
To perform, as the duties of an office; to discharge. [Obs.]
--Shak.
Officeholder \Of"fice*hold"er\, n.
An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a
placeman.
Officer \Of"fi*cer\, n. [F. officier. See {Office}, and cf.
{Official}, n.]
1. One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with
an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as,
a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer. ``I
am an officer of state.'' --Shak.
2. (U. S. Mil.) Specifically, a commissioned officer, in
distinction from a warrant officer.
{Field officer}, {General officer}, etc. See under {Field},
{General}. etc.
{Officer of the day} (Mil.), the officer who, on a given day,
has charge for that day of the quard, prisoners, and
police of the post or camp.
{Officer of the deck}, or {Officer of the watch} (Naut.), the
officer temporarily in charge on the deck of a vessel,
esp. a war vessel.
Officer \Of"fi*cer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Officered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Officering}.]
1. To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over.
--Marshall.
2. To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments
officered the recruits.
Official \Of*fi"cial\, a. [L. officialis: cf. F. officiel. See
{Office}, and cf. {Official}, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as,
official duties, or routine.
That, in the official marks invested, you Anon do
meet the senate. --Shak.
2. Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the
proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of
authority; as, an official statement or report.
3. (Pharm.) Approved by authority; sanctioned by the
pharmacop[oe]ia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an
official drug or preparation. Cf. {Officinal}.
4. Discharging an office or function. [Obs.]
The stomach and other parts official unto nutrition.
--Sir T.
Browne.
Official \Of*fi"cial\, n. [L. officialis a magistrate's servant
or attendant: cf.F. official. See {Official}, a., and cf.
{Officer}.]
1. One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive
officer or attendant.
2. An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter,
archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual
jurisdiction. --Blackstone.
Officialism \Of*fi"cial*ism\, n.
The state of being official; a system of official government;
also, adherence to office routine; red-tapism.
Officialism may often drift into blunders. --Smiles.
Officialily \Of*fi`ci*al`i*ly\, n.
See {Officialty}.
Officially \Of*fi"cial*ly\, adv.
By the proper officer; by virtue of the proper authority; in
pursuance of the special powers vested in an officer or
office; as, accounts or reports officially vertified or
rendered; letters officially communicated; persons officially
notified.
Officialty \Of*fi"cial*ty\, n. [Cf.F. officialit['e].]
The charge, office, court, or jurisdiction of an official.
--Ayliffe.
Officiant \Of*fi"ciant\, n. [L. officians, p. pr. See
{Officiate}.] (Eccl.)
The officer who officiates or performs an office, as the
burial office. --Shipley.
Officiary \Of*fi"ci*a*ry\, a.
Of or pertaining to an office or an officer; official. [R.]
--Heylin.
Officiate \Of*fi"ci*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Officiated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Officiating}.] [LL. officiare. See {Office}.]
To act as an officer in performing a duty; to transact the
business of an office or public trust; to conduct a public
service. --Bp. Stillingfleet.
Officiate \Of*fi"ci*ate\, v. t.
To discharge, perform, or supply, as an official duty or
function. [Obs.]
Merely to officiate light Round this opacous earth.
--Milton.
Officiator \Of*fi"ci*a`tor\, n.
One who officiates. --Tylor.
Officinal \Of*fic"i*nal\, a. [F., fr. L. officina a workshop,
contr.fr. opificina, fr. opifex a workman; opus work + facere
to make or do.]
1. Used in a shop, or belonging to it. [Obs. or R.]
--Johnson.
2. (Pharm.) Kept in stock by apothecaries; -- said of such
drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special
preparation or compounding; not magistral.
Note: This term is often interchanged with official, but in
strict use officinal drugs are not necessarily
official. See {Official}, a., 3.
Officious \Of*fi"cious\, a. [L. officiosus: cf.F. officieux. See
{Office}.]
1. Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty. [R.]
If there were any lie in the case, it could be no
more than as officious and venial one. --Note on
Gen. xxvii.
(Douay
version).
2. Disposed to serve; kind; obliging. [Archaic]
Yet not to earth are those bright luminaries
Officious. --Milton.
They were tolerably well bred, very officious,
humane, and hospitable. --Burke.
3. Importunately interposing services; intermeddling in
affairs in which one has no concern; meddlesome.
You are too officious In her behalf that scorns your
services. --Shak.
Syn: Impertinent; meddling. See {Impertinent}. --
{Of*fi"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Of*fi"cious*ness}, n.
Offing \Off"ing\, n. [From {Off}.]
That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore, or
where there is deep water and no need of a pilot; also,
distance from the shore; as, the ship had ten miles offing;
we saw a ship in the offing.
Offish \Off"ish\, a.
Shy or distant in manner. [Colloq. U.S.]
Offlet \Off"let\, n. [Off + let.]
A pipe to let off water.
Offscouring \Off"scour`ing\, n. [Off + scour.]
That which is scoured off; hence, refuse; rejected matter;
that which is vile or despised. --Lam. iii. 45.
Offscum \Off"scum`\, n. [Off + scum.]
Removed scum; refuse; dross.
Offset \Off"set`\, n. [Off + set. Cf. {Set-off}.]
In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against,
something; as:
1. (Bot.) A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and
produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of
{Houseleek}.
2. A sum, account, or value set off against another sum or
account, as an equivalent; hence, anything which is given
in exchange or retaliation; a set-off.
3. A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
4. (Arch.) A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed
by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or
upper surface of a part built out from it; -- called also
{set-off}.
5. (Surv.) A short distance measured at right angles from a
line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary,
or to some object.
6. (Mech.) An abrupt bend in an object, as a rod, by which
one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel,
with the rest; the part thus bent aside.
7. (Print.) A more or less distinct transfer of a printed
page or picture to the opposite page, when the pages are
pressed together before the ink is dry or when it is poor.
{Offset staff} (Surv.), a rod, usually ten links long, used
in measuring offsets.
Offset \Off*set"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Offset}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Offsetting}.]
1. To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to
offset one account or charge against another.
2. To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc.
Offset \Off"set\, v. i. (Printing)
To make an offset.
Offshoot \Off"shoot`\, n. [Off + shoot.]
That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel,
family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree.
Offshore \Off"shore"\, a.
From the shore; as, an offshore wind; an offshore signal.
Offskip \Off"skip`\, n. [Off + -skip, as in landskip.] (Paint.)
That part of a landscape which recedes from the spectator
into distance. [R.] --Fairholt.
Offspring \Off"spring`\, n.sing. & pl. [Off + spring.]
1. The act of production; generation. [Obs.]
2. That which is produced; a child or children; a descendant
or descendants, however remote from the stock.
To the gods alone Our future offspring and our wives
are known. --Dryden.
3. Origin; lineage; family. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
Offuscate \Of*fus"cate\, Offuscation \Of`fus*ca`tion\
See {Obfuscate}, {Obfuscation}. [Obs.]
Oft \Oft\ ([o^]ft; 115), adv. [AS. oft; akin to OS. & G. oft,
OHG. ofto, Sw. ofta, Dan. ofte, Icel. opt, Goth. ufta; of
uncertain origin. Cf. {Often}.]
Often; frequently; not rarely; many times. [Poetic]
--Chaucer.
Oft she rejects, but never once offends. --Pope.
Oft \Oft\, a.
Frequent; often; repeated. [Poetic]
Often \Of`ten\, adv. [Compar. {Oftener}; superl. {Oftenest}.]
[Formerly also ofte, fr. oft. See {Oft}., adv.]
Frequently; many times; not seldom.
Often \Of"ten\, a.
Frequent; common; repeated. [R.] ``Thine often infirmities.''
--1 Tim. v. 23.
And weary thee with often welcomes. --Beau. & Fl.
Oftenness \Of"ten*ness\, n.
Frequency. --Hooker.
Oftensith \Of"ten*sith\, adv. [Often + sith time.]
Frequently; often. [Obs.]
For whom I sighed have so oftensith. --Gascoigne.
Oftentide \Of"ten*tide"\, adv. [Often + tide time.]
Frequently; often. [Obs.] --Robert of Brunne.
Oftentimes \Of"ten*times`\, adv. [Often + time. Cf. {-wards}.]
Frequently; often; many times. --Wordsworth.
Ofter \Oft"er\, adv.
Compar. of {Oft}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Ofttimes \Oft"times`\, adv. [Oft + time. Cf. {-wards}.]
Frequently; often. --Milton.
Ogam \Og"am\, n.
Same as {Ogham}.
Ogdoad \Og"do*ad\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, from ? eight.]
A thing made up of eight parts. --Milman.
Ogdoastich \Og`do*as`tich\, n. [Gr. ? the eighth + ? a verse.]
A poem of eight lines. [Obs.] --Selden
Ogee \O*gee"\, n. [F. ogive, augive, LL. augiva, of uncertain
origin; cf.LL. ogis a support, prop. L. augere to increase,
strengthen, Sp. auge highest point of power or fortune,
apogee, Ar. auj, an astronomical term.]
1. (Arch.) A molding, the section of which is the form of the
letter S, with the convex part above; cyma reversa. See
Illust. under {Cyma}.
2. Hence, any similar figure used for any purpose.
{Ogee arch} (Arch.), a pointed arch, each of the sides of
which has the curve of an ogee, that is, has a reversed
curve near the apex.
Ogeechee lime \O*gee"chee lime`\ [So named from the Ogeechee
River in Georgia.] (Bot.)
(a) The acid, olive-shaped, drupaceous fruit of a species
of tupelo ({Nyssa capitata}) which grows in swamps in
Georgia and Florida.
(b) The tree which bears this fruit.
Ogganition \Og`ga*ni"tion\, n. [L. oggannire to snarl at; ob
(see {Ob-}) + gannire to yelp.]
Snarling; grumbling. [R.] --Bp. Montagu.
Ogham \Og"ham\, n. [Ir.]
A particular kind of writing practiced by the ancient Irish,
and found in inscriptions on stones, metals, etc. [Written
also {ogam}.]
Ogive \O"give\, n. [F. ogive, OF. augive a pointed arch, LL.
augiva a double arch of two at right angles.] (Arch.)
The arch or rib which crosses a Gothic vault diagonally.
Ogle \O"gle\ ([=o]g'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ogled}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Ogling}.] [From a Dutch word corresponding to G.
["a]ugeln to ogle, fr. auge eye; cf. D. ooglonken to ogle,
OD. oogen to cast sheep's eyes upon, ooge eye. See {Eye}.]
To view or look at with side glances, as in fondness, or with
a design to attract notice.
And ogling all their audience, ere they speak.
--Dryden.
Ogle \O"gle\, n.
An amorous side glance or look. --Byron.
Ogler \O"gler\, n.
One who ogles. --Addison.
Oglio \O"gli*o\, n.
See {Olio}.
Ogre \O"gre\, n. [F., fr. Sp. ogro, fr. L. Orcus the god of the
infernal regions; also, the lower world, hell.]
An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who
lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel
monster.
His schoolroom must have resembled an ogre's den.
--Maccaulay.
Ogreish \O"gre*ish\, a.
Resembling an ogre; having the character or appearance of an
ogre; suitable for an ogre. ``An ogreish kind of
jocularity.'' --Dickens.
Ogress \O"gress\, n. [F. ogresse. See {Ogre}.]
A female ogre. --Tennyson.
Ogreism \O"gre*ism\, Ogrism \O"grism\, n.
The character or manners of an ogre.
Ogygian \O*gyg"i*an\, a. [L. Ogygius, Gr. ?.]
Of or pertaining to Ogyges, a mythical king of ancient
Attica, or to a great deluge in Attica in his days; hence,
primeval; of obscure antiquity.
Oh \Oh\, interj. [See O, interj.]
An exclamation expressing various emotions, according to the
tone and manner, especially surprise, pain, sorrow, anxiety,
or a wish. See the Note under O.
Ohm \Ohm\, n. [So called from the German electrician, G.S. Ohm.]
(Elec.)
The standard unit in the measure of electrical resistance,
being the resistance of a circuit in which a potential
difference of one volt produces a current of one amp['e]re.
As defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893,
and by United States Statute, it is a resistance
substantially equal to 10^{9} units of resistance of the
C.G.S. system of electro-magnetic units, and is represented
by the resistance offered to an unvarying electric current by
a column of mercury at the temperature of melting ice 14.4521
grams in mass, of a constant cross-sectional area, and of the
length of 106.3 centimeters. As thus defined it is called the
{international ohm}.
{Ohm's law} (Elec.), the statement of the fact that the
strength or intensity of an electrical current is directly
proportional to the electro-motive force, and inversely
proportional to the resistance of the circuit.
Oho \O*ho"\, interj.
An exclamation of surprise, etc.
-oid \-oid\ [Gr. ?, fr. ? form, akin to ? to see, and E. wit:
cf.F. -o["i]de, L. -o["i]des.]
A suffix or combining form meaning like, resembling, in the
form of; as in anthropoid, asteroid, spheroid.
Oidium \O*["i]d"i*um\, n. [NL., dim. fr. Gr. w,'o`n egg.] (Bot.)
A genus of minute fungi which form a floccose mass of
filaments on decaying fruit, etc. Many forms once referred to
this genus are now believed to be temporary conditions of
fungi of other genera, among them the vine mildew ({O["i]dium
Tuckeri}), which has caused much injury to grapes.
Oil \Oil\ (oil), n. [OE. oile, OF. oile, F. huile, fr. L. oleum;
akin to Gr. ?. Cf. {Olive}.]
Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible
substances, not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale
oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral
origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used
for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication,
illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily
consistency; as, oil of vitriol.
Note: The mineral oils are varieties of petroleum. See
{Petroleum}. The vegetable oils are of two classes,
{essential oils} (see under {Essential}), and {natural
oils} which in general resemble the animal oils and
fats. Most of the natural oils and the animal oils and
fats consist of ethereal salts of glycerin, with a
large number of organic acids, principally stearic,
oleic, and palmitic, forming respectively stearin,
olein, and palmitin. Stearin and palmitin prevail in
the solid oils and fats, and olein in the liquid oils.
Mutton tallow, beef tallow, and lard are rich in
stearin, human fat and palm oil in palmitin, and sperm
and cod-liver oils in olein. In making soaps, the acids
leave the glycerin and unite with the soda or potash.
{Animal oil}, {Bone oil}, {Dipple's oil}, etc. (Old Chem.), a
complex oil obtained by the distillation of animal
substances, as bones. See {Bone oil}, under {Bone}.
{Drying oils}, {Essential oils}. (Chem.) See under {Drying},
and {Essential}.
{Ethereal oil of wine}, {Heavy oil of wine}. (Chem.) See
under {Ethereal}.
{Fixed oil}. (Chem.) See under {Fixed}.
{Oil bag} (Zo["o]l.), a bag, cyst, or gland in animals,
containing oil.
{Oil beetle} (Zo["o]l.), any beetle of the genus {Meloe} and
allied genera. When disturbed they emit from the joints of
the legs a yellowish oily liquor. Some species possess
vesicating properties, and are used instead of
cantharides.
{Oil box}, or {Oil cellar} (Mach.), a fixed box or reservoir,
for lubricating a bearing; esp., the box for oil beneath
the journal of a railway-car axle.
{Oil cake}. See under {Cake}.
{Oil cock}, a stopcock connected with an oil cup. See {Oil
cup}.
{Oil color}.
(a) A paint made by grinding a coloring substance in oil.
(b) Such paints, taken in a general sense.
{Oil cup}, a cup, or small receptacle, connected with a
bearing as a lubricator, and usually provided with a wick,
wire, or adjustable valve for regulating the delivery of
oil.
{Oil engine}, a gas engine worked with the explosive vapor of
petroleum.
{Oil gas}, inflammable gas procured from oil, and used for
lighting streets, houses, etc.
{Oil gland}.
(a) (Zo["o]l.) A gland which secretes oil; especially in
birds, the large gland at the base of the tail.
(b) (Bot.) A gland, in some plants, producing oil.
{Oil green}, a pale yellowish green, like oil.
{Oil of brick}, empyreumatic oil obtained by subjecting a
brick soaked in oil to distillation at a high temperature,
-- used by lapidaries as a vehicle for the emery by which
stones and gems are sawn or cut. --Brande & C.
{Oil of talc}, a nostrum made of calcined talc, and famous in
the 17th century as a cosmetic. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
{Oil of vitriol} (Chem.), strong sulphuric acid; -- so called
from its oily consistency and from its forming the
vitriols or sulphates.
{Oil of wine}, [OE]nanthic ether. See under {[OE]nanthic}.
{Oil painting}.
(a) The art of painting in oil colors.
(b) Any kind of painting of which the pigments are originally
ground in oil.
{Oil palm} (Bot.), a palm tree whose fruit furnishes oil,
esp. {El[ae]is Guineensis}. See {El[ae]is}.
{Oil sardine} (Zo["o]l.), an East Indian herring ({Clupea
scombrina}), valued for its oil.
{Oil shark} (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The liver shark.
(b) The tope.
{Oil still}, a still for hydrocarbons, esp. for petroleum.
{Oil test}, a test for determining the temperature at which
petroleum oils give off vapor which is liable to explode.
{Oil tree}. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus {Ricinus} ({R. communis}), from the
seeds of which castor oil is obtained.
(b) An Indian tree, the mahwa. See {Mahwa}.
(c) The oil palm.
{To burn the midnight oil}, to study or work late at night.
{Volatle oils}. See {Essential oils}, under {Essential}.
Oil \Oil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Oiled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Oiling}.]
To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to
anoint with oil.
Oilbird \Oil"bird`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See {Guacharo}.
Oilcloth \Oil"cloth"\, n.
Cloth treated with oil or paint, and used for marking
garments, covering floors, etc.
Oiled \Oiled\, a.
Covered or treated with oil; dressed with, or soaked in, oil.
{Oiled silk}, silk rendered waterproof by saturation with
boiled oil.
Oiler \Oil"er\, n.
1. One who deals in oils.
2. One who, or that which, oils.
Oilery \Oil"er*y\, n. [Cf.F. huilerie.]
The business, the place of business, or the goods, of a maker
of, or dealer in, oils.
Oiliness \Oil"i*ness\, n.
The quality of being oily. --Bacon.
Oillet \Oil"let\, n. [See {Eyelet}.] (Arch.)
(a) A small opening or loophole, sometimes circular, used in
medi[ae]val fortifications.
(b) A small circular opening, and ring of moldings
surrounding it, used in window tracery in Gothic
architecture. [Written also {oylet}.]
Oilman \Oil"man\, n.; pl. {Oilmen}.
One who deals in oils; formerly, one who dealt in oils and
pickles.
Oilnut \Oil"nut`\, n. (Bot.)
The buffalo nut. See {Buffalo nut}, under {Buffalo}.
Note: The name is also applied to various nuts and seeds
yielding oil, as the butternut, cocoanut, oil-palm nut.
Oilseed \Oil"seed`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) Seed from which oil is expressed, as the castor bean;
also, the plant yielding such seed. See {Castor bean}.
(b) A cruciferous herb ({Camelina sativa}).
(c) The sesame.
Oilskin \Oil"skin`\, n.
Cloth made waterproof by oil.
Oilstone \Oil"stone`\, n.
A variety of hone slate, or whetstone, used for whetting
tools when lubricated with oil.
Oily \Oil"y\, a. [Compar. {Oilier}; superl. {Oiliest}.]
1. Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the nature or
qualities of oil; unctuous; oleaginous; as, oily matter or
substance. --Bacon.
2. Covered with oil; greasy; hence, resembling oil; as, an
oily appearance.
3. Smoothly subservient; supple; compliant; plausible;
insinuating. ``This oily rascal.'' --Shak.
His oily compliance in all alterations. --Fuller.
{Oily grain} (Bot.), the sesame.
{Oily palm}, the oil palm.
Oinement \Oi"ne*ment\, n.
Ointment. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Oinomania \Oi`no*ma"ni*a\, n.
See {[oe]nomania}.
Oint \Oint\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ointed}; p. pr & vb. n.
{Ointing}.] [F. oint, p. p. of oindre, L. ungere. See
{Anoint}, {Ointment}.]
To anoint. [Obs.] --Dryden.
Ointment \Oint"ment\, n. [OE. oinement, OF. oignement, fr.F.
oindre to anoint, L. ungere, unguere; akin to Skr. a?j, and
to G. anke (in Switzerland) butter. The first t in the E.
word is due to the influence of anoint. Cf. {Anoint},
{Unguent}.]
That which serves to anoint; any soft unctuous substance used
for smearing or anointing; an unguent.
Ojibways \O*jib"ways\, n. pl.; sing. {Ojibway}. (Ethnol.)
Same as {Chippeways}.
Ojo \O"jo\, n. [Sp., prop., an eye.]
A spring, surrounded by rushes or rank grass; an oasis.
[Southwestern U.S.] --Bartlett.
Oke \Oke\, n. [Turk. okkah, fr. Ar. [=u]k[imac]yah,
wak[imac]yah, prob. fr. Gr. ?, ?, an ounce, fr. L. uncia. Cf.
{Ounce} a weight.]
1. A Turkish and Egyptian weight, equal to about 23/4 pounds.
2. An Hungarian and Wallachian measure, equal to about 21/2
pints.
Okenite \O"ken*ite\, n. [Prob. from Lorenz Oken, a German
naturalist.] (Min.)
A massive and fibrous mineral of a whitish color, chiefly
hydrous silicate of lime.
Oker \O"ker\, n. (Min.)
See {Ocher}.
Okra \O"kra\, n. (Bot.)
An annual plant ({Abelmoschus, or Hibiscus, esculentus}),
whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much
used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo. [Written also
{ocra} and {ochra}.]
-ol \-ol\ [From alcohol.] (Chem.)
A suffix denoting that the substance in the name of which it
appears belongs to the series of alcohols or hydroxyl
derivatives, as carbinol, glycerol, etc.
Olay \O"lay\, n. pl. [Tamil [=o]lai.]
Palm leaves, prepared for being written upon with a style
pointed with steel. [Written also {ola}.] --Balfour (Cyc. of
India).
Old \Old\, n.
Open country. [Obs.] See {World}. --Shak.
Old \Old\, a. [Compar. {Older}; superl. {Oldest}.] [OE. old,
ald, AS. ald, eald; akin to D. oud, OS. ald, OFries. ald,
old, G. alt, Goth. alpeis, and also to Goth. alan to grow up,
Icel. ala to bear, produce, bring up, L. alere to nourish.
Cf. {Adult}, {Alderman}, {Aliment}, {Auld}, {Elder}.]
1. Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived
till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an
old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree.
Let not old age disgrace my high desire. --Sir P.
Sidney.
The melancholy news that we grow old. --Young.
2. Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having
existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship.
``An old acquaintance.'' --Camden.
3. Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding;
original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise.
``The old schools of Greece.'' --Milton. ``The character
of the old Ligurians.'' --Addison.
4. Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence;
having (a certain) length of existence; -- designating the
age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a
cathedral centuries old.
And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
--Cen. xlvii.
8.
Note: In this use old regularly follows the noun that
designates the age; as, she was eight years old.
5. Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as,
an old offender; old in vice.
Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old.
--Milton.
6. Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to
{new} land, that is, to land lately cleared.
7. Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness;
as, old shoes; old clothes.
8. More than enough; abundant. [Obs.]
If a man were porter of hell gate, he should have
old turning the key. --Shak.
9. Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or
other qualities belonging to youth; -- used disparagingly
as a term of reproach.
10. Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good
old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly.
11. Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and
familiarity. ``Go thy ways, old lad.'' --Shak.
{Old age}, advanced years; the latter period of life.
{Old bachelor}. See {Bachelor}, 1.
{Old Catholics}. See under {Catholic}.
{Old English}. See under {English}. n., 2.
{Old Nick}, {Old Scratch}, the devil.
{Old lady} (Zo["o]l.), a large European noctuid moth ({Mormo
maura}).
{Old maid}.
(a) A woman, somewhat advanced in years, who has never
been married; a spinster.
(b) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the pink-flowered
periwinkle ({Vinca rosea}).
(c) A simple game of cards, played by matching them. The
person with whom the odd card is left is the old
maid.
{Old man's beard}. (Bot.)
(a) The traveler's joy ({Clematis Vitalba}). So named
from the abundant long feathery awns of its fruit.
(b) The {Tillandsia usneoides}. See {Tillandsia}.
{Old man's head} (Bot.), a columnar cactus ({Pilocereus
senilis}), native of Mexico, covered towards the top with
long white hairs.
{Old red sandstone} (Geol.), a series of red sandstone rocks
situated below the rocks of the Carboniferous age and
comprising various strata of siliceous sandstones and
conglomerates. See {Sandstone}, and the Chart of
{Geology}.
{Old school}, a school or party belonging to a former time,
or preserving the character, manner, or opinions of a
former time; as, a gentleman of the old school; -- used
also adjectively; as, Old-School Presbyterians.
{Old sledge}, an old and well-known game of cards, called
also {all fours}, and {high, low, Jack, and the game}.
{Old squaw} (Zo["o]l.), a duck ({Clangula hyemalis})
inhabiting the northern parts of both hemispheres. The
adult male is varied with black and white and is
remarkable for the length of its tail. Called also
{longtailed duck}, {south southerly}, {callow}, {hareld},
and {old wife}.
{Old style}. (Chron.) See the Note under {Style}.
{Old Testament}. See under {Testament}.
{Old wife}. [In the senses
b and
c written also {oldwife}.]
(a) A prating old woman; a gossip.
Refuse profane and old wives' fables. --1 Tim.
iv. 7.
(b) (Zo["o]l.) The local name of various fishes, as the
European black sea bream ({Cantharus lineatus}), the
American alewife, etc.
(c) (Zo["o]l.) A duck; the old squaw.
{Old World}, the Eastern Hemisphere.
Syn: Aged; ancient; pristine; primitive; antique; antiquated;
old-fashioned; obsolete. See {Ancient}.
Olden \Old"en\, a.
Old; ancient; as, the olden time. ``A minstrel of the olden
stamp.'' --J. C. Shairp.
Olden \Old"en\, v. i.
To grow old; to age. [R.]
She had oldened in that time. --Thackeray.
Old-fashioned \Old`-fash"ioned\, a.
Formed according to old or obsolete fashion or pattern;
adhering to old customs or ideas; as, an old-fashioned dress,
girl. ``Old-fashioned men of wit.'' --Addison.
This old-fashioned, quaint abode. --Longfellow.
Old-gentlemanly \Old`-gen"tle*man*ly\, a.
Pertaining to an old gentleman, or like one. --Byron.
Oldish \Old"ish\, a.
Somewhat old.
Old lang syne \Old` lang syne"\
See {Auld lang syne}.
Old-maidish \Old`-maid"ish\, a.
Like an old maid; prim; precise; particular.
Old-maidism \Old`-maid"ism\, n.
The condition or characteristics of an old maid. --G. Eliot.
Oldness \Old"ness\, n.
The state or quality of being old; old age.
Oldster \Old"ster\, n. [Cf. {Youngster}.]
An old person. [Jocular] --H. Kingsley.
Old-womanish \Old`-wom`an*ish\, a.
Like an old woman; anile. -- {Old`-wom"an*ish*ness}, n.
Olea \O"le*a\, n. [L. olive. See {Olive}.] (Bot.)
A genus of trees including the olive.
Note: The Chinese {Olea fragrans}, noted for its fragrance,
and the American devilwood ({Olea Americana}) are now
usually referred to another genus ({Osmanthus}).
Oleaceous \O`le*a"ceous\, a. [L. ol['e]aceus of the olive tree.]
(Bot.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants
({Oleace[ae]}), mostly trees and shrubs, of which the olive
is the type. It includes also the ash, the lilac, the true
jasmine, and fringe tree.
Oleaginous \O`le*ag`i*nous\, a. [L. oleaginus, oleagineus,
belonging to the olive, fr. olea olive: cf. F. ol['e]agineux.
See {Olive}, {Oil}.]
Having the nature or qualities of oil; oily; unctuous.
Oleaginousness \O`le*ag`i*nous*ness\, n.
Oiliness. --Boyle.
Oleamen \O`le*a"men\, n. [L.] (Med.)
A soft ointment prepared from oil. --Dunglison.
Oleander \O`le*an"der\, n. [F. ol['e]andre (cf. It. oleandro,
LL. lorandrum), prob. corrupted, under the influence of
laurus laurel, fr. L. rhododendron, Gr. ?; ? rose + ? tree.]
(Bot.)
A beautiful evergreen shrub of the Dogbane family, having
clusters of fragrant red or white flowers. It is native of
the East Indies, but the red variety has become common in the
south of Europe. Called also {rosebay}, {rose laurel}, and
{South-sea rose}.
Note: Every part of the plant is dangerously poisonous, and
death has occured from using its wood for skewers in
cooking meat.
Oleandrine \O`le*an"drine\, n. (Chem.)
One of several alkaloids found in the leaves of the oleander.
Oleaster \O`le*as"ter\, n. [L., fr. olea olive tree. See
{Olive}, {Oil}.] (Bot.)
(a) The wild olive tree ({Olea Europea}, var. sylvestris).
(b) Any species of the genus {El[ae]agus}. See {Eleagnus}.
The small silvery berries of the common species
({El[ae]agnus hortensis}) are called {Trebizond dates},
and are made into cakes by the Arabs.
Oleate \O"le*ate\, n. [Cf.F. ol['e]ate.] (Chem.)
A salt of oleic acid. Some oleates, as the oleate of mercury,
are used in medicine by way of inunction.
Olecranal \O*lec"ra*nal\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the olecranon.
Olecranon \O*lec"ra*non\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; ? elbow + krani`on
the head.] (Anat.)
The large process at the proximal end of the ulna which
projects behind the articulation with the humerus and forms
the bony prominence of the elbow.
Olefiant \O*le"fi*ant\, a. [F. ol['e]fiant, fr.L. oleum oil +
-ficare (in comp.). Cf. {-Fy}.] (Chem.)
Forming or producing an oil; specifically, designating a
colorless gaseous hydrocarbon called ethylene. [Archaic]
Olefine \O"le*fine\, n. [From {Olefiant}.] (Chem.)
Olefiant gas, or ethylene; hence, by extension, any one of
the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is a
type. See {Ethylene}.
Oleic \O"le*ic\, a. [L. oleum oil: cf. F. ol['e]ique.]
(Physiol.Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, oil; as, oleic
acid, an acid of the acrylic acid series found combined with
glyceryl in the form of olein in certain animal and vegetable
fats and oils, such as sperm oil, olive oil, etc. At low
temperatures the acid is crystalline, but melts to an oily
liquid above 14? C.
Oleiferous \O`le*if`er*ous\, a. [L. oleum oil + -ferous: cf.F.
ol['e]if['e]re.]
Producing oil; as, oleiferous seeds.
Olein \O"le*in\, n. [L. oleum oil: cf. F. ol['e]ine.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
A fat, liquid at ordinary temperatures, but solidifying at
temperatures below 0[deg] C., found abundantly in both the
animal and vegetable kingdoms (see {Palmitin}). It dissolves
solid fats, especially at 30-40[deg] C. Chemically, olein is
a glyceride of oleic acid; and, as three molecules of the
acid are united to one molecule of glyceryl to form the fat,
it is technically known as {triolein}. It is also called
{elain}.
Olent \O"lent\, a. [L. olens, p. pr. of olere to smell.]
Scented. [R.] --R. Browning.
Oleograph \O`le*o*graph\, n. [L. oleum oil + -graph.]
1. (Chem.) The form or figure assumed by a drop of oil when
placed upon water or some other liquid with which it does
not mix.
2. (Painting) A picture produced in oils by a process
analogous to that of lithographic printing.
Oleomargarine \O`le*o*mar"ga*rine\, n. [L. oleum oil + E.
margarine, margarin.] [Written also {oleomargarin}.]
1. A liquid oil made from animal fats (esp. beef fat) by
separating the greater portion of the solid fat or
stearin, by crystallization. It is mainly a mixture of
olein and palmitin with some little stearin.
2. An artificial butter made by churning this oil with more
or less milk.
Note: Oleomargarine was wrongly so named, as it contains no
margarin proper, but olein, palmitin, and stearin, a
mixture of palmitin and stearin having formerly been
called margarin by mistake.
Oleometer \O`le*om`e*ter\, n. [L. oleum oil + -meter.] (Chem.)
An instrument for ascertaining the weight and purity of oil;
an elaiometer.
Oleone \O"le*one\, n. [L. oleum + -one, 1.] (Chem.)
An oily liquid, obtained by distillation of calcium oleate,
and probably consisting of the ketone of oleic acid.
Oleoptene \O`le*op"tene\, n. [L. oleum oil + Cr. ? fleeting.]
(Chem.)
See {Eleoptene}. [R.]
Oleoresin \O`le*o*res"in\, n. [L. oleum oil + E. resin.]
1. (Chem.) A natural mixture of a terebinthinate oil and a
resin.
2. (Med.) A liquid or semiliquid preparation extracted (as
from capsicum, cubebs, or ginger) by means of ether, and
consisting of fixed or volatile oil holding resin in
solution. -- {O`le*o*res"in*ous}, a.
Oleose \O"le*ose`\, Oleous \O"le*ous\, a. [L. oleosus, fr. oleum
oil.]
Oily. [R.] --Ray. Floyer.
Oleosity \O`le*os"i*ty\, n.
The state or quality of being oily or fat; fatness. [R.] --B.
Jonson.
Oleraceous \Ol`er*a"ceous\, a. [L. oleraceus, from olus, oleris,
garden or pot herbs, vegetables.]
Pertaining to pot herbs; of the nature or having the
qualities of herbs for cookery; esculent. --Sir T. Browne.
Olf \Olf\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo["o]l.)
The European bullfinch. [Prov.Eng.]
Olfaction \Ol*fac"tion\, n. [See {Olfactory}.] (Physiol.)
The sense by which the impressions made on the olfactory
organs by the odorous particles in the atmosphere are
perceived.
Olfactive \Ol*fac"tive\, a.
See {Olfactory}, a.
Olfactor \Ol*fac"tor\, n.
A smelling organ; a nose. [R.]
Olfactory \Ol*fac"to*ry\, a. [L. olfactus, p. p. of olfacere to
smell; olere to have a smell + facere to make. See {Odor},
and {Fact}.] (Physiol.)
Of, pertaining to, or connected with, the sense of smell; as,
the olfactory nerves; the olfactory cells.
{Olfactory organ} (Anat.), an organ for smelling. In
vertebrates the olfactory organs are more or less
complicated sacs, situated in the front part of the head
and lined with epithelium innervated by the olfactory (or
first cranial) nerves, and sensitive to odoriferous
particles conveyed to it in the air or in water.
Olfactory \Ol*fac"to*ry\, n.; pl. {Olfactories}.
An olfactory organ; also, the sense of smell; -- usually in
the plural.
Oliban \Ol"i*ban\, n. (Chem.)
See {Olibanum}.
Olibanum \O*lib"a*num\, n. [LL., fr. Ar. al-luban frankincense;
cf.Gr. ?, ?, of Semitic origin.]
The fragrant gum resin of various species of {Boswellia};
Oriental frankincense.
Olibene \Ol"i*bene\, n. (Chem.)
A colorless mobile liquid of a pleasant aromatic odor
obtained by the distillation of olibanum, or frankincense,
and regarded as a terpene; -- called also {conimene}.
Olid \Ol"id\, Olidous \Ol"i*dous\, a. [L. olidus, fr. olere to
smell.]
Having a strong, disagreeable smell; fetid. [Obs.] --Boyle.
Sir T. Browne.
Olifant \Ol"i*fant\, n. [OF.]
1. An elephant. [Obs.]
2. An ancient horn, made of ivory.
Oligandrous \Ol`i*gan"drous\, a. [Oligo- + Gr. ?, ?, man, male.]
(Bot.)
Having few stamens.
Oliganthous \Ol`i*gan"thous\, a. [Oligo- + Gr. ? flower.] (Bot.)
Having few flowers.
Oligarch \Ol`i*garch\, n.
A member of an oligarchy; one of the rulers in an
oligarchical government.
Oligarchal \Ol`i*gar"chal\, a.
Oligarchic. --Glover.
Oligarchic \Ol`i*gar"chic\, Oligarchical \Ol`i*gar"chic*al\, a.
[Gr. ?: cf. F. oligarchique. See {Oligarchy}.]
Of or pertaining to oligarchy, or government by a few.
``Oligarchical exiles.'' --Jowett (Thucyd. ).
Oligarchist \Ol"i*gar`chist\, n.
An advocate or supporter of oligarchy.
Oligarchy \Ol"i*gar"chy\, n.; pl. {Oligarchies}. [Gr. ?; ? few,
little + ? to rule, govern: cf.F. oligarchie.]
A form of government in which the supreme power is placed in
the hands of a few persons; also, those who form the ruling
few.
All oligarchies, wherein a few men domineer, do what
they list. --Burton.
Oligist \Ol"i*gist\, n. [See {Oligist}, a.] (Min.)
Hematite or specular iron ore; -- prob. so called in allusion
to its feeble magnetism, as compared with magnetite.
Oligist \Ol"i*gist\, Oligistic \Ol`i*gis"tic\, a. [Gr. ?,
superl. of ? few, little: cf. F. oligiste.] (Min.)
Of or pertaining to hematite.
Oligo- \Ol"i*go-\
A combining form from Gr. ?, few, little, small.
Oligocene \Ol"i*go*cene\, a. [Oligo- + Gr. ? new, recent.]
(Geol.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain strata which
occupy an intermediate position between the Eocene and
Miocene periods. -- n. The Oligocene period. See the Chart of
{Geology}.
Oligochaeta \Ol`i*go*ch[ae]"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? little,
pl., few + ? hair.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of Annelida which includes the earthworms and
related species.
Oligochete \Ol"i*go*chete\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the Oligoch[ae]ta.
Oligoclase \Ol"i*go*clase\, n. [Oligo- + Gr. ? fracture, fr. ?
to break.] (Min.)
A triclinic soda-lime feldspar. See {Feldspar}.
Oligomerous \Ol`i*gom"er*ous\, a. [Oligo- + Gr. ? part.] (Bot.)
Having few members in each set of organs; as, an oligomerous
flower.
Oligomyold \Ol`i*go"my*old\, a. [Oligo- + Gr. ?, ?, a muscle +
-oid.] (Anat.)
Having few or imperfect syringeal muscles; -- said of some
passerine birds ({Oligomyodi}).
Oligopetalous \Ol`i*go*pet"al*ous\, a. [Oligo- + petal.] (Bot.)
Having few petals.
Oligosepalous \Ol`i*go*sep"al*ous\, a. [Oligo- + sepal.] (Bot.)
Having few sepals.
Oligosiderite \Ol`i*go*sid"er*ite\, n. [Oligo- + siderite.]
(Min.)
A meteorite characterized by the presence of but a small
amount of metallic iron.
Oligospermous \Ol`i*go*sper"mous\, a. [Oligo- + Gr. ? a seed.]
(Bot.)
Having few seeds.
Oligotokous \Ol`i*got"o*kous\, a. [Oligo- + Gr. ? offspring.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Producing few young.
Olio \O"li*o\, n. [Sp. olla a round earthen pot, a dish of
boiled or stewed meat, fr. L. olla a pot, dish. Cf. {Olla},
{Olla-podrida}.]
1. A dish of stewed meat of different kinds. [Obs.]
Besides a good olio, the dishes were trifling.
--Evelyn.
2. A mixture; a medley. --Dryden.
3. (Mus.) A collection of miscellaneous pieces.
Olitory \Ol"i*to*ry\, a. [L. olitorius belonging to a kitchen
gardener, or to vegetables, fr. olitor a kitchen gardener,
fr. olus, oleris, vegetables.]
Of or pertaining to, or produced in, a kitchen garden; used
for kitchen purposes; as, olitory seeds.
At convenient distance towards the olitory garden.
--Evelyn.
Oliva \O*li"va\, n. [L. an olive.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of polished marine gastropod shells, chiefly
tropical, and often beautifully colored.
Olivaceous \Ol`i*va"ceous\, a. [L. oliva olive.]
Resembling the olive; of the color of the olive; olive-green.
Olivary \Ol"i*va*ry\, a. [L. olivarius belonging to olives, fr.
oliva an olive: cf. F. olivaire.] (Anat.)
Like an olive.
{Olivary body} (Anat.), an oval prominence on each side of
the medulla oblongata; -- called also {olive}.
Olivaster \Ol`i*vas"ter\, a. [L. oliva olive: cf.F.
oliv[^a]tre.]
Of the color of the olive; tawny. --Sir T. Herbert.
Olive \Ol"ive\, n. [F., fr. L. oliva, akin to Gr. ?. See {Oil}.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A tree ({Olea Europ[ae]a}) with small oblong or
elliptical leaves, axillary clusters of flowers, and
oval, one-seeded drupes. The tree has been cultivated
for its fruit for thousands of years, and its branches
are the emblems of peace. The wood is yellowish brown
and beautifully variegated.
(b) The fruit of the olive. It has been much improved by
cultivation, and is used for making pickles. Olive oil
is pressed from its flesh.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; -- so
called from the form. See {Oliva}.
(b) The oyster catcher. [Prov.Eng.]
3.
(a) The color of the olive, a peculiar dark brownish,
yellowish, or tawny green.
(b) One of the tertiary colors, composed of violet and
green mixed in equal strength and proportion.
4. (Anat.) An olivary body. See under {Olivary}.
5. (Cookery) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and
cooked; as, olives of beef or veal.
Note: Olive is sometimes used adjectively and in the
formation of self-explaining compounds; as, olive
brown, olive green, olive-colored, olive-skinned, olive
crown, olive garden, olive tree, olive yard, etc.
{Bohemian olive} (Bot.), a species of {El[ae]agnus} ({E.
angustifolia}), the flowers of which are sometimes used in
Southern Europe as a remedy for fevers.
{Olive branch}.
(a) A branch of the olive tree, considered an emblem of
peace.
(b) Fig.: A child.
{Olive brown}, brown with a tinge of green.
{Olive green}, a dark brownish green, like the color of the
olive.
{Olive oil}, an oil expressed from the ripe fruit of the
olive, and much used as a salad oil, also in medicine and
the arts.
{Olive ore} (Min.), olivenite.
{Wild olive} (Bot.), a name given to the oleaster or wild
stock of the olive; also variously to several trees more
or less resembling the olive.
Olive \Ol"ive\, a.
Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark
brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.
Olived \Ol"ived\, a.
Decorated or furnished with olive trees. [R.] --T. Warton.
Olivenite \O*liv"en*ite\, n. (Min.)
An olive-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of copper; olive
ore.
Oliver \Ol"i*ver\, n.
1. [OF. oliviere.] An olive grove. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. [F. olivier.] An olive tree. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Oliver \Ol"i*ver\, n.
A small tilt hammer, worked by the foot.
Oliverian \Ol`i*ve"ri*an\, n. (Eng. Hist.)
An adherent of Oliver Cromwell. --Macaulay.
Olivewood \Ol`ive*wood"\, n. (Bot.)
(a) The wood of the olive.
(b) An Australian name given to the hard white wood of
certain trees of the genus {El[ae]odendron}, and also to
the trees themselves.
Olivil \Ol`i*vil\, n. [Cf. F. olivile.] (Chem.)
A white crystalline substance, obtained from an exudation
from the olive, and having a bitter-sweet taste and acid
proporties. [Written also {olivile}.] --Gregory.
Olivin \Ol"i*vin\, n. (Chem.)
A complex bitter gum, found on the leaves of the olive tree;
-- called also {olivite}.
Olivine \Ol"i*vine\, n. [Cf. F. olivine.] (Min.)
A common name of the yellowish green mineral chrysolite, esp.
the variety found in eruptive rocks.
Olivite \Ol"i*vite\, n. (Chem.)
See {Olivin}.
Olla \Ol"la\, n. [See {Olio}.]
1. A pot or jar having a wide mouth; a cinerary urn,
especially one of baked clay.
2. A dish of stewed meat; an olio; an olla-podrida.
Olla-podrida \Ol`la-po*dri"da\, n. [Sp., lit., a rotten pot. See
{Olio}.]
1. A favorite Spanish dish, consisting of a mixture of
several kinds of meat chopped fine, and stewed with
vegetables.
2. Any incongruous mixture or miscellaneous collection; an
olio. --B. Jonson.
Ology \Ol"o*gy\, n. [See {-logy}.]
A colloquial or humorous name for any science or branch of
knowledge.
He had a smattering of mechanics, of physiology,
geology, mineralogy, and all other ologies whatsoever.
--De Quincey.
Olpe \Ol"pe\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.]
Originally, a leather flask or vessel for oils or liquids;
afterward, an earthenware vase or pitcher without a spout.
Olusatrum \O*lu"sa*trum\, n. [L. holusatrum, olusatrum; olus
garden herb + ater black.] (Bot.)
An umbelliferous plant, the common Alexanders of Western
Europe ({Smyrnium Olusatrum}).
Olympiad \O*lym"pi*ad\ ([-o]*l[i^]m"p[i^]*[a^]d), n. [L.
olympias, -adis, Gr. 'olympia`s, -a`dos, fr. 'O`lympos
Olympus, a mountain in Macedonia: cf. F. olympiade.] (Greek
Antiq.)
A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned
time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic
games to another, beginning with the victory of Cor[oe]bus in
the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the
era of the olympiads.
Olympian \O*lym"pi*an\ (-an), Olympic \O*lym"pic\ (-p[i^]k), a.
[L. Olympius, Olympicus, Gr. 'Oly`mpios, 'Olympiko`s, fr.
'O`lympos: cf. F. olympique. See {Olympiad}.]
Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled
as the seat of the gods, or to Olympia, a small plain in
Elis.
{Olympic games}, or {Olympics} (Greek Antiq.), the greatest
of the national festivals of the ancient Greeks,
consisting of athletic games and races, dedicated to
Olympian Zeus, celebrated once in four years at Olympia,
and continuing five days.
Olympionic \O*lym`pi*on"ic\, n. [Gr. ? a conqueror in the
Olympic games.]
An ode in honor of a victor in the Olympic games. [R.]
--Johnson.
-oma \-o"ma\ [Gr. ?, ?.]
A suffix used in medical terms to denote a morbid condition
of some part, usually some kind of tumor; as in fibroma,
glaucoma.
Omagra \Om"a*gra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? shoulder + ? seizure.]
(Med.)
Gout in the shoulder.
Omahas \O"ma*has"\, n. pl.; sing. {Omaha}. (Ethnol.)
A tribe of Indians who inhabited the south side of the
Missouri River. They are now partly civilized and occupy a
reservation in Nebraska.
Omander wood \O*man"der wood`\ [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.)
The wood of {Diospyros ebenaster}, a kind of ebony found in
Ceylon.
Omasum \O*ma"sum\, n. [L.] (Anat.)
The third division of the stomach of ruminants. See
{Manyplies}, and Illust. under {Ruminant}.
Omber \Om"ber\, Ombre \Om"bre\, n. [F. hombre, fr. Sp. hombre,
lit., a man, fr. L. homo. See {Human}.]
A game at cards, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually
played by three persons. --Pope.
When ombre calls, his hand and heart are free, And,
joined to two, he fails not to make three. --Young.
Ombre \Om"bre\, n. [F., of uncertain origin.] (Zo["o]l.)
A large Mediterranean food fish ({Umbrina cirrhosa}): --
called also {umbra}, and {umbrine}.
Ombrometer \Om*brom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? rain + -meter: cf. F.
ombrom['e]tre.] (Meteorol.)
An instrument for measuring the rain that falls; a rain
gauge.
Omega \O*me"ga\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, i.e., the great or long o.
Cf. {Mickle}.]
1. The last letter of the Greek alphabet. See {Alpha}.
2. The last; the end; hence, death.
``Omega! thou art Lord,'' they said. --Tennyson.
{Alpha and Omega}, the beginning and the ending; hence, the
chief, the whole. --Rev. i. 8.
The alpha and omega of science. --Sir J.
Herschel.
Omegoid \O*me"goid\, a. [Omega + -oid.]
Having the form of the Greek capital letter Omega ([Omega]).
Omelet \Om"e*let\, n. [F. omelette, OF. amelette, alumete,
alumelle, perh. fr. L. lamella. Cf. {Lamella}.]
Eggs beaten up with a little flour, etc., and cooked in a
frying pan; as, a plain omelet.
Omen \O"men\, n. [L. omen, the original form being osmen,
according to Varro.]
An occurrence supposed to portend, or show the character of,
some future event; any indication or action regarded as a
foreshowing; a foreboding; a presage; an augury.
Bid go with evil omen, and the brand Of infamy upon my
name. --Milton.
Omen \O"men\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Omened}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Omening}.]
To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents; to have omens
or premonitions regarding; to predict; to augur; as, to omen
ill of an enterprise.
The yet unknown verdict, of which, however, all omened
the tragical contents. --Sir W.
Scott.
Omened \O"mened\, a.
Attended by, or containing, an omen or omens; as,
happy-omened day.
Omental \O*men"tal\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to an omentum or the omenta.
Omentum \O*men"tum\, n.; pl. {Omenta}. [L.] (Anat.)
A free fold of the peritoneum, or one serving to connect
viscera, support blood vessels, etc.; an epiplo["o]n.
Note: The great, or gastrocolic, omentum forms, in most
mammals, a great sac, which is attached to the stomach
and transverse colon, is loaded with fat, and covers
more or less of the intestines; the caul. The lesser,
or gastrohepatic, omentum connects the stomach and
liver and contains the hepatic vessels. The
gastrosplenic omentum, or ligament, connects the
stomach and spleen.
Omer \O"mer\, n. [Cf. {Homer}.]
A Hebrew measure, the tenth of an ephah. See {Ephah}. --Ex.
xvi. 36.
Omiletical \Om`i*let"ic*al\, a.
Homiletical. [Obs.]
Ominate \Om"i*nate\, v. t. & i. [L. ominatus, p. p. of ominari
to presage, fr. omen.]
To presage; to foreshow; to foretoken. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
Omination \Om`i*na"tion\, n. [L. ominatio.]
The act of ominating; presaging. [Obs.] --Fuller.
Ominous \Om"i*nous\, a. [L. ominosus, fr. omen. See {Omen}.]
Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting
an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a
favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter;
foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous
dread.
He had a good ominous name to have made a peace.
--Bacon.
In the heathen worship of God, a sacrifice without a
heart was accounted ominous. --South.
-- {Om"i*nous*ly}, adv. -- {Om"i*nous*ness}, n.
Omissible \O*mis"si*ble\, a.
Capable of being omitted; that may be omitted.
Omission \O*mis"sion\, n. [L. omissio: cf. F. omission. See
{Omit}.]
1. The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something
required by propriety or duty.
The most natural division of all offenses is into
those of omission and those of commission.
--Addison.
2. That which is omitted or is left undone.
Omissive \O*mis"sive\, a. [See {Omit}.]
Leaving out; omitting. --Bp. Hall. -- {O*mis"sive*ly}, adv.
Omit \O*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Omitted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Omitting}.] [L. omittere, omissum; ob (see {Ob-} + mittere
to cause to go, let go, send. See {Mission}.]
1. To let go; to leave unmentioned; not to insert or name; to
drop.
These personal comparisons I omit. --Bacon.
2. To pass by; to forbear or fail to perform or to make use
of; to leave undone; to neglect.
Her father omitted nothing in her education that
might make her the most accomplished woman of her
age. --Addison.
Omittance \O*mit"tance\, n.
The act of omitting, or the state of being omitted;
forbearance; neglect. --Shak.
Omitter \O*mit"ter\, n.
One who omits. --Fuller.
Ommateal \Om`ma*te"al\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to an ommateum.
Ommateum \Om`ma*te"um\, n.; pl. {Ommatea}. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?,
the eye.] (Zo["o]l.)
A compound eye, as of insects and crustaceans.
Ommatidium \Om`ma*tid"i*um\, n.; pl. {Ommatidia}. [NL., dim. of
Gr. ?, ?, the eye.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the single eyes forming the compound eyes of
crustaceans, insects, and other invertebrates.
Omni- \Om"ni-\ [L. omnis all.]
A combining form denoting all, every, everywhere; as in
omnipotent, all-powerful; omnipresent.
Omnibus \Om"ni*bus\, n. [L., for all, dat. pl. from omnis all.
Cf. {Bus}.]
1. A long four-wheeled carriage, having seats for many
people; especially, one with seats running lengthwise,
used in conveying passengers short distances.
2. (Glass Making) A sheet-iron cover for articles in a leer
or annealing arch, to protect them from drafts.
{Omnibus bill}, a legislative bill which provides for a
number of miscellaneous enactments or appropriations.
[Parliamentary Cant, U.S.]
{Omnibus box}, a large box in a theater, on a level with the
stage and having communication with it. [Eng.]
--Thackeray.
Omnicorporeal \Om`ni*cor*po"re*al\, a. [Omni- + corporeal.]
Comprehending or including all bodies; embracing all
substance. [R.] --Cudworth.
Omniety \Om*ni"e*ty\, n.
That which is all-pervading or all-comprehensive; hence, the
Deity. [R.]
Omniety formed nullity into an essence. --Sir T.
Browne.
Omnifarious \Om`ni*fa"ri*ous\, a. [L. omnifarius; omnis all +
-farius. Cf. {Bifarious}.]
Of all varieties, forms, or kinds. ``Omnifarious learning.''
--Coleridge.
Omniferous \Om*nif"er*ous\, a. [L. omnifer; omnis all + ferre to
bear.]
All-bearing; producing all kinds.
Omnific \Om*nif"ic\, a. [Omni- + L. -ficare (in comp.) to make.]
All-creating. ``The omnific word.'' --Milton.
Omniform \Om"ni*form\, a. [L. omniformis; omnis all + forma
form: cf. F. omniforme.]
Having every form or shape. --Berkeley.
Omniformity \Om`ni*for"mi*ty\, n.
The condition or quality of having every form. --Dr. H. More.
Omnify \Om"ni*fy\, v. t. [Omni- + -fy.]
To render universal; to enlarge. [R.]
Omnify the disputed point into a transcendent, and you
may defy the opponent to lay hold of it. --Coleridge.
Omnigenous \Om*nig"e*nous\, a. [L. omniqenus; omnis all + genus
kind.]
Consisting of all kinds. [R.]
Omnigraph \Om"ni*graph\, n. [Omni- + -graph.]
A pantograph. [R.]
Omniparient \Om`ni*pa"ri*ent\, a. [L. omniparens all-producing;
omnis all + parere to bring forth.]
Producing or bringing forth all things; all-producing. [R.]
Omniparity \Om`ni*par"i*ty\, n. [Omni- + -parity.]
Equality in every part; general equality.
Omniparous \Om*nip"a*rous\, a. [See {Omniparient}.]
Producing all things; omniparient.
Omnipatient \Om`ni*pa"tient\, a. [Omni- + patient.]
Capable of enduring all things. [R.] --Carlyle.
Omnipercipience \Om`ni*per*cip"i*ence\, Omnipercipiency
\Om`ni*per*cip"i*en*cy\, n.
Perception of everything.
Omnipercipient \Om`ni*per*cip"i*ent\, a. [Omni- + percipient.]
Perceiving everything. --Dr. H. More.
Omnipotence \Om*nip"o*tence\, Omnipotency \Om*nip"o*ten*cy\, n.
[L. omnipotentia: cf.F. omnipotence.]
1. The state of being omnipotent; almighty power; hence, one
who is omnipotent; the Deity.
Will Omnipotence neglect to save The suffering
virtue of the wise and brave? --Pope.
2. Unlimited power of a particular kind; as, love's
omnipotence. --Denham.
Omnipotent \Om*nip"o*tent\, a. [F., fr.L. omnipotens, -entis;
omnis all + potens powerful, potent. See {Potent}.]
1. Able in every respect and for every work; unlimited in
ability; all-powerful; almighty; as, the Being that can
create worlds must be omnipotent.
God's will and pleasure and his omnipotent power.
--Sir T. More.
2. Having unlimited power of a particular kind; as,
omnipotent love. --Shak.
The Omnipotent, The Almighty; God. --Milton.
Omnipotently \Om*nip"o*tent*ly\, adv.
In an omnipotent manner.
Omnipresence \Om`ni*pres"ence\, n. [Cf. F. omnipr['e]sence.]
Presence in every place at the same time; unbounded or
universal presence; ubiquity.
His omnipresence fills Land, sea, and air, and every
kind that lives. --Milton.
Omnipresency \Om`ni*pres"en*cy\, n.
Omnipresence. [Obs.]
Omnipresent \Om`ni*pres"ent\, a. [Omni- + present: cf.F.
omnipr['e]sent.]
Present in all places at the same time; ubiquitous; as, the
omnipresent Jehovah. --Prior.
Omnipresential \Om`ni*pre*sen"tial\, a.
Implying universal presence. [R.] --South.
Omniprevalent \Om`ni*prev"a*lent\, a. [Omni- + prevalent.]
Prevalent everywhere or in all things. --Fuller.
Omniscience \Om*nis"cience\, n. [Cf. F. omniscience.]
The quality or state of being omniscient; -- an attribute
peculiar to God. --Dryden.
Omnisciency \Om*nis"cien*cy\, n.
Omniscience.
Omniscient \Om*nis"cient\, a. [Omni- + L. sciens, -entis, p. pr.
of scire to know: cf. F. omniscient. See {Science}.]
Having universal knowledge; knowing all things; infinitely
knowing or wise; as, the omniscient God. --
{Om*nis"cient*ly}, adv.
For what can scape the eye Of God all-seeing, or
deceive his heart Omniscient? --Milton.
Omniscious \Om*nis"cious\, a. [L. omniscius. See {Omniscient}.]
All-knowing. [Obs.] --Hakewill.
Omnispective \Om`ni*spec"tive\, a. [Omni- + L. spectus, p. p. of
specere, spicere, to view.]
Beholding everything; capable of seeing all things;
all-seeing. [R.] ``Omnispective Power!'' --Boyse.
Omnium \Om"ni*um\, n. [L., of all, gen. pl. of omnis all.]
(Eng.Stock Exchange)
The aggregate value of the different stocks in which a loan
to government is now usually funded. --M'Culloch.
Omnium-gatherum \Om`ni*um-gath"er*um\, n. [A macaronic compound
of L. omnium, gen.pl. of omnis all, and E. gather.]
A miscellaneous collection of things or persons; a confused
mixture; a medley. [Colloq. & Humorous] --Selden.
Omnivagant \Om*niv"a*gant\, a. [Omni + L. vagans, p. pr. of
vagari to wander.]
Wandering anywhere and everywhere. [R.]
Omnivora \Om*niv"o*ra\, n. pl. [NL. See {Omnivorous}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A group of ungulate mammals including the hog and the
hippopotamus. The term is also sometimes applied to the
bears, and to certain passerine birds.
Omnivorous \Om*niv"o*rous\, a. [L. omnivorus; omnis all + vorate
to eat greedily. See {Voracious}.]
All-devouring; eating everything indiscriminately; as,
omnivorous vanity; esp. (Zo["o]l.), eating both animal and
vegetable food. -- {Om*niv"o*rous*ness}, n.
Omo- \O"mo-\ [Gr. ? the shoulder.]
A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with,
or relation to, the shoulder or the scapula.
Omohyoid \O`mo*hy"oid\, a. [Omo- + hyoid.] (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the shoulder and the hyoid bone; as, the
omohyoid muscle.
Omophagic \O"mo*phag"ic\, a. [Gr. ?; ? raw + ? to eat.]
Eating raw flesh; using uncooked meat as food; as, omophagic
feasts, rites.
Omoplate \Om"o*plate\, n. [F., from Gr. ?. See {Omo-}, and
{Plate}.] (Anat.)
The shoulder blade, or scapula.
Omostegite \O*mos"te*gite\, n. [Omo- + Gr. ? a roof.] (Zo["o]l.)
The part of the carapace of a crustacean situated behind the
cervical groove.
Omosternal \O`mo*ster"nal\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the omosternum.
Omosternum \O`mo*ster"num\, n. [Omo- + sternum.] (Anat.)
(a) The anterior element of the sternum which projects
forward from between the clavicles in many batrachians
and is usually tipped with cartilage.
(b) In many mammals, an interarticular cartilage, or bone,
between the sternum and the clavicle.
Omphacine \Om"pha*cine\, a. [Gr. ?, from ? an unripe grape or
olive: cf.F. omphacin.]
Of, pertaining to, or expressed from, unripe fruit; as,
omphacine oil.
Omphalic \Om*phal"ic\, a. [Gr. ? having a boss, bossy, fr. ? the
navel. See {Navel}.] (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the umbilicus, or navel.
Omphalo- \Om"pha*lo-\ [Gr. ? the navel.]
A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to,
the umbilicus, or navel.
Omphalocele \Om"pha*lo*cele`\, n. [Gr. ? the navel + ? a tumor:
cf.F. omphaloc['e]le.] (Med.)
A hernia at the navel.
Omphalode \Om"pha*lode\, n. [Omphalo- + Gr. ? form.] (Bot.)
The central part of the hilum of a seed, through which the
nutrient vessels pass into the rhaphe or the chalaza; --
called also {omphalodium}.
Omphalomancy \Om"pha*lo*man"cy\, n. [Omphalo- + -mancy.]
Divination by means of a child's navel, to learn how many
children the mother may have. --Crabb.
Omphalomesaraic \Om`pha*lo*mes`a*ra"ic\, a. [Omphalo- +
mesaraic.] (Anat.)
Omphalomesenteric.
Omphalomesenteric \Om`pha*lo*mes`en*ter"ic\, a. [Omphalo- +
mesenteric.] (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the umbilicus and mesentery;
omphalomesaraic; as, the omphalomesenteric arteries and veins
of a fetus.
Omphalopsychite \Om`pha*lop"sy*chite\, n. [Omphalo- + Gr. ?
breath, spirit, soul: cf. F. omphalopsyque.] (Eccl.Hist.)
A name of the Hesychasts, from their habit of gazing upon the
navel.
Omphalopter \Om`pha*lop"ter\, Omphaloptic \Om`pha*lop"tic\, n.
[Gr. ? the navel + ? one who looks, ? belonging to sight:
cf.F. omphaloptre.]
An optical glass that is convex on both sides. [Obs.]
--Hutton.
Omphalos \Om"pha*los\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Anat.)
The navel.
Omphalotomy \Om`pha*lot"o*my\, n. [Gr. ?; ? the navel + ? to
cut: cf. F. omphalotomie.] (Surg.)
The operation of dividing the navel-string.
Omy \O"my\, a.
Mellow, as land. [Prov.Eng.] --Ray.
On \On\, prep. [OE. on, an, o, a, AS. on, an; akin to D. aan,
OS. & G. an, OHG. ana, Icel. [=a], Sw. [*a], Goth. ana, Russ.
na, L. an-, in anhelare to pant, Gr. 'ana`, Zend ana.
[root]195. Cf. {A-}, 1, {Ana-}, {Anon}.]
The general signification of on is situation, motion, or
condition with respect to contact or support beneath; as:
1. At, or in contact with, the surface or upper part of a
thing, and supported by it; placed or lying in contact
with the surface; as, the book lies on the table, which
stands on the floor of a house on an island.
I stood on the bridge at midnight. --Longfellow.
2. To or against the surface of; -- used to indicate the
motion of a thing as coming or falling to the surface of
another; as, rain falls on the earth.
Whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken.
--Matt. xxi.
44.
3. Denoting performance or action by contact with the
surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by
means of; with; as, to play on a violin or piano. Hence,
figuratively, to work on one's feelings; to make an
impression on the mind.
4. At or near; adjacent to; -- indicating situation, place,
or position; as, on the one hand, on the other hand; the
fleet is on the American coast.
5. In addition to; besides; -- indicating multiplication or
succession in a series; as, heaps on heaps; mischief on
mischief; loss on loss; thought on thought. --Shak.
6. Indicating dependence or reliance; with confidence in; as,
to depend on a person for assistance; to rely on; hence,
indicating the ground or support of anything; as, he will
promise on certain conditions; to bet on a horse.
7. At or in the time of; during; as, on Sunday we abstain
from labor. See {At} (synonym).
8. At the time of, conveying some notion of cause or motive;
as, on public occasions, the officers appear in full dress
or uniform. Hence, in consequence of, or following; as, on
the ratification of the treaty, the armies were disbanded.
9. Toward; for; -- indicating the object of some passion; as,
have pity or compassion on him.
10. At the peril of, or for the safety of. ``Hence, on thy
life.'' --Dryden.
11. By virtue of; with the pledge of; -- denoting a pledge or
engagement, and put before the thing pledged; as, he
affirmed or promised on his word, or on his honor.
12. To the account of; -- denoting imprecation or invocation,
or coming to, falling, or resting upon; as, on us be all
the blame; a curse on him.
His blood be on us and on our children. --Matt.
xxvii. 25.
13. In reference or relation to; as, on our part expect
punctuality; a satire on society.
14. Of. [Obs.] ``Be not jealous on me.'' --Shak.
Or have we eaten on the insane root That takes the
reason prisoner? --Shak.
Note: Instances of this usage are common in our older
writers, and are sometimes now heard in illiterate
speech.
15. Occupied with; in the performance of; as, only three
officers are on duty; on a journey.
16. In the service of; connected with; of the number of; as,
he is on a newspaper; on a committee.
Note: On and upon are in general interchangeable. In some
applications upon is more euphonious, and is therefore
to be preferred; but in most cases on is preferable.
{On a bowline}. (Naut.) Same as {Closehauled}.
{On a wind}, or {On the wind} (Naut.), sailing closehauled.
{On a sudden}. See under {Sudden}.
{On board}, {On draught}, {On fire}, etc. See under {Board},
{Draught}, {Fire}, etc.
{On it}, {On't}, of it. [Obs. or Colloq.] --Shak.
{On shore}, on land; to the shore.
{On the road}, {On the way}, {On the wing}, etc. See under
{Road}, {Way}, etc.
{On to}, upon; on; to; -- sometimes written as one word,
onto, and usually called a colloquialism; but it may be
regarded in analogy with into.
They have added the -en plural form on to an elder
plural. --Earle.
We see the strength of the new movement in the new
class of ecclesiastics whom it forced on to the
stage. --J. R. Green.
On \On\, adv. [See {On}, prep.]
1. Forward, in progression; onward; -- usually with a verb of
motion; as, move on; go on. ``Time glides on.''
--Macaulay.
The path is smooth that leadeth on to danger.
--Shak.
2. Forward, in succession; as, from father to son, from the
son to the grandson, and so on.
3. In continuance; without interruption or ceasing; as, sleep
on, take your ease; say on; sing on.
4. Adhering; not off; as in the phrase, ``He is neither on
nor off,'' that is, he is not steady, he is irresolute.
5. Attached to the body, as clothing or ornament, or for use.
``I have boots on.'' --B. Gonson.
He put on righteousness as a breastplate. --Is. lix.
17.
6. In progress; proceeding; as, a game is on.
Note: On is sometimes used as an exclamation, or a command to
move or proceed, some verb being understood; as, on,
comrades; that is, go on, move on.
{On and on}, continuously; for a long time together.
``Toiling on and on and on.'' --Longfellow.
Onager \On"a*ger\, n.; pl. L. {Onagri}, E. {Onagers}. [L.
onager, onagrus, Gr. ?.]
1. (Rom.Antiq.) A military engine acting like a sling, which
threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated
by machinery. --Fairholt.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A wild ass, especially the koulan.
Onagga \O*nag"ga\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The dauw.
Onagraceous \On`a*gra"ceous\, Onagrarieous \On`a*gra*ri"e*ous\,
a. [From NL. Onagra an old scientific name of the evening
primrose (Enothera), fr. Gr. ? a kind of plant; of uncertain
origin.] (Bot.)
Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants
({Onagrace[ae]} or {Onagrarie[ae]}), which includes the
fuchsia, the willow-herb ({Epilobium}), and the evening
primrose ({[OE]nothera}).
Onanism \O"nan*ism\, n. [Onan (--Gen. xxxviii. 9): cf. F.
onanisme.]
Self-pollution; masturbation.
Onappo \O*nap"po\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A nocturnal South American monkey ({Callithrix discolor}),
noted for its agility; -- called also {ventriloquist monkey}.
Ince \Ince\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The ounce.
Once \Once\, adv. [OE. ones, anes, an adverbial form fr. one,
on, an, one. See {One-}, {-Wards}.]
1. By limitation to the number one; for one time; not twice
nor any number of times more than one.
Ye shall . . . go round about the city once. --Josh.
vi. 3.
Trees that bear mast are fruitful but once in two
years. --Bacon.
2. At some one period of time; -- used indefinitely.
My soul had once some foolish fondness for thee.
--Addison.
That court which we shall once govern. --Bp. Hall.
3. At any one time; -- often nearly equivalent to ever, if
ever, or whenever; as, once kindled, it may not be
quenched.
Wilt thou not be made clean? When shall it once be?
--Jer. xiii.
27.
To be once in doubt Is once to be resolved. --Shak.
Note: Once is used as a noun when preceded by this or that;
as, this once, that once. It is also sometimes used
elliptically, like an adjective, for once-existing.
``The once province of Britain.'' --J. N. Pomeroy.
{At once}.
(a) At the same point of time; immediately; without delay.
``Stand not upon the order of your going, but go at
once.'' --Shak. ``I . . . withdrew at once and
altogether.'' --Jeffrey.
(b) At one and the same time; simultaneously; in one body;
as, they all moved at once.
{Once and again}, once and once more; repeatedly. ``A dove
sent forth once and again, to spy.'' --Milton.
Oncidium \On*cid"i*um\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A genus of tropical orchidaceous plants, the flower of one
species of which ({O. Papilio}) resembles a butterfly.
Oncograph \On"co*graph\, n. [Gr. ? bulk + -graph.] (Physiol.)
An instrument for registering the changes observable with an
oncometer.
Oncometer \On*com"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? bulk + -meter.] (Physiol.)
An instrument for measuring the variations in size of the
internal organs of the body, as the kidney, spleen, etc.
Oncotomy \On*cot"o*my\ ([o^][ng]"k[o^]t*[-o]*m[y^]), n. [Gr.
'o`gkos bulk, mass + te`mnein to cut: cf. F. oncotomie.]
(Surg.)
The opening of an abscess, or the removal of a tumor, with a
cutting instrument. [Written also {onkotomy}.] --Dunglison.
Onde \Onde\, n. [AS. anda malice, anger; akin to Icel. andi,
["o]nd, breath.]
Hatred; fury; envy. [Obs.]
On dit \On` dit"\ [F.]
They say, or it is said. -- n. A flying report; rumor; as, it
is a mere on dit.
-one \-one\ [From Gr. -w`nh, signifying, female descendant.]
(Chem.)
A suffix indicating that the substance, in the name of which
it appears, is a ketone; as, acetone.
-one \-one\(Chem.)
A termination indicating that the hydrocarbon to the name of
which it is affixed belongs to the fourth series of
hydrocarbons, or the third series of unsaturated
hydrocarbonsl as, nonone.
One \One\, a. [OE. one, on, an, AS. ["a]n; akin to D. een, OS.
["e]n, OFries. ["e]n, ["a]n, G. ein, Dan. een, Sw. en, Icel.
einn, Goth. ains, W. un, Ir. & Gael. aon, L. unus, earlier
oinos, oenos, Gr. ? the ace on dice; cf. Skr. ["e]ka. The
same word as the indefinite article a, an. [root] 299. Cf. 2d
A, 1st {An}, {Alone}, {Anon}, {Any}, {None}, {Nonce}, {Only},
{Onion}, {Unit}.]
1. Being a single unit, or entire being or thing, and no
more; not multifold; single; individual.
The dream of Pharaoh is one. --Gen. xli.
25.
O that we now had here But one ten thousand of those
men in England. --Shak.
2. Denoting a person or thing conceived or spoken of
indefinitely; a certain. ``I am the sister of one
Claudio'' [--Shak.], that is, of a certain man named
Claudio.
3. Pointing out a contrast, or denoting a particular thing or
person different from some other specified; -- used as a
correlative adjective, with or without the.
From the one side of heaven unto the other. --Deut.
iv. 32.
4. Closely bound together; undivided; united; constituting a
whole.
The church is therefore one, though the members may
be many. --Bp. Pearson
5. Single in kind; the same; a common.
One plague was on you all, and on your lords. --1
Sam. vi. 4.
6. Single; inmarried. [Obs.]
Men may counsel a woman to be one. --Chaucer.
Note: One is often used in forming compound words, the
meaning of which is obvious; as, one-armed, one-celled,
one-eyed, one-handed, one-hearted, one-horned,
one-idead, one-leaved, one-masted, one-ribbed,
one-story, one-syllable, one-stringed, one-winged, etc.
{All one}, of the same or equal nature, or consequence; as,
he says that it is all one what course you take. --Shak.
{One day}.
(a) On a certain day, not definitely specified, referring
to time past.
One day when Phoebe fair, With all her band, was
following the chase. --Spenser.
(b) Referring to future time: At some uncertain day or
period; some day.
Well, I will marry one day. --Shak.
One \One\, n.
1. A single unit; as, one is the base of all numbers.
2. A symbol representing a unit, as 1, or i.
3. A single person or thing. ``The shining ones.'' --Bunyan.
``Hence, with your little ones.'' --Shak.
He will hate the one, and love the other. --Matt.
vi. 24.
That we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the
other on thy left hand, in thy glory. --Mark x. 37.
{After one}, after one fashion; alike. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
{At one}, in agreement or concord. See {At one}, in the
Vocab.
{Ever in one}, continually; perpetually; always. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
{In one}, in union; in a single whole.
{One and one}, {One by one}, singly; one at a time; one after
another. ``Raising one by one the suppliant crew.''
--Dryden.
One \One\, indef. pron.
Any person, indefinitely; a person or body; as, what one
would have well done, one should do one's self.
It was well worth one's while. --Hawthorne.
Against this sort of condemnation one must steel one's
self as one best can. --G. Eliot.
Note: One is often used with some, any, no, each, every,
such, a, many a, another, the other, etc. It is
sometimes joined with another, to denote a reciprocal
relation.
When any one heareth the word. --Matt. xiii.
19.
She knew every one who was any one in the land of
Bohemia. --Compton
Reade.
The Peloponnesians and the Athenians fought
against one another. --Jowett
(Thucyd. ).
The gentry received one another. --Thackeray.
One \One\, v. t.
To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to
unite; to assimilite. [Obs.]
The rich folk that embraced and oned all their heart to
treasure of the world. --Chaucer.
Oneberry \One"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
The herb Paris. See {Herb Paris}, under {Herb}.
One-hand \One"-hand`\, a.
Employing one hand; as, the one-hand alphabet. See
{Dactylology}.
One-horse \One"-horse`\, a.
1. Drawn by one horse; having but a single horse; as, a
one-horse carriage.
2. Second-rate; inferior; small. [Slang, U.S.]
Oneidas \O*nei"das\, n. pl.; sing. {Oneida}. (Ethnol.)
A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the region near Oneida
Lake in the State of New York, and forming part of the Five
Nations. Remnants of the tribe now live in New York, Canada,
and Wisconsin.
Oneirocritic \O*nei`ro*crit`ic\, n. [Cf.F. oneirocritique. See
{Oneirocritic}, a.]
An interpreter of dreams. --Bp. Warburton. Addison.
Oneirocritic \O*nei`ro*crit`ic\, Oneirocritical
\O*nei`ro*crit`ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?; ? a dream + ? critical, fr. ?
to discern.]
Of or pertaining to the interpretation of dreams. --Addison.
Oneirocriticism \O*nei`ro*crit`i*cism\, Oneirocritics
\O*nei`ro*crit`ics\, n.
The art of interpreting dreams.
Oneiromancy \O*nei"ro*man`cy\, n. [Gr. ? a dream + -mancy.]
Divination by means of dreams. --De Quincey.
Oneiroscopist \O`nei*ros"co*pist\, n.
One who interprets dreams.
Oneiroscopy \O`nei*ros"co*py\, n. [Gr. ? a dream + -scopy.]
The interpretation of dreams.
Oneliness \One"li*ness\, n.
The state of being one or single. [Obs.] --Cudworth.
Onely \One"ly\, a.
See {Only}. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Onement \One"ment\, n.
The state of being at one or reconciled. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
Oneness \One"ness\, n.
The state of being one; singleness in number; individuality;
unity.
Our God is one, or rather very oneness. --Hooker.
Onerary \On"er*a*ry\, a. [L. onerarius, fr. onus, oneris, load,
burden: cf.F. on['e]raire.]
Fitted for, or carrying, a burden. --Johnson.
Onerate \On"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Onerated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Onerating}.] [L. oneratus, p. p. pf onerare.]
To load; to burden. [Obs.] --Becon.
Oneration \On`er*a"tion\, n.
The act of loading. [Obs.]
Onerous \On"er*ous\, a. [L. onerosus, fr. onus, oneris, a load,
burden: cf.F. on['e]reux.]
Burdensome; oppressive. ``Too onerous a solicitude.'' --I.
Taylor.
{Onerous cause} (Scots Law), a good and legal consideration;
-- opposed to {gratuitous}.
Onerously \On"er*ous*ly\, adv.
In an onerous manner.
Ones \Ones\, adv.
Once. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Oneself \One`self"\, pron.
A reflexive form of the indefinite pronoun one. Commonly
writen as two words, one's self.
One's self (or more properly oneself), is quite a
modern form. In Elizabethan English we find a man's
self=one's self. --Morris.
One-sided \One`-sid"ed\, a.
1. Having one side only, or one side prominent; hence,
limited to one side; partial; unjust; unfair; as, a
one-sided view or statement. ``Unguarded and one-sided
language.'' --T. Arnold.
2. (Bot.) Growing on one side of a stem; as, one-sided
flowers. -- {One`-sid"ed-ly}, adv. -- {One`-sid"ed*ness},
n.
Onethe \On*ethe"\, adv.
Scarcely. See {Unnethe}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Ongoing \On"go`ing\, n.
The act of going forward; progress; (pl.) affairs; business;
current events.
The common ongoings of this our commonplace world, and
everyday life. --Prof.
Wilson.
Onguent \On"guent\, n. [F.]
An unguent.
On-hanger \On"-hang`er\, n.
A hanger-on.
Onion \On"ion\, n. [F. ognon, fr. L. unio oneness, unity, a
single large pearl, an onion. See {One}, {Union}.] (Bot.)
A liliaceous plant of the genus {Allium} ({A. cepa}), having
a strong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its
bulbous root, much used as an article of food. The name is
often extended to other species of the genus.
{Onion fish} (Zo["o]l.), the grenadier.
{Onion fly} (Zo["o]l.) a dipterous insect whose larva feeds
upon the onion; especially, {Anthomyia ceparum} and
{Ortalis flexa}.
{Welsh onion}. (Bot.) See {Cibol}.
{Wild onion} (Bot.), a name given to several species of the
genus {Allium}.
Onirocritic \O*ni`ro*crit`ic\, a.
See {Oneirocritic}.
Onliness \On"li*ness\, n.
The state of being alone. [Obs.]
Onloft \On*loft"\, adv.
Aloft; above ground. [Obs.]
She kept her father's life onloft. --Chaucer.
On-looker \On"-look`er\, n.
A looker-on.
On-looking \On"-look`ing\, a.
Looking on or forward.
Only \On"ly\, a. [OE. only, anly, onlich, AS. [=a]nlic, i.e.,
onelike. See {One}, {and Like}, a.]
1. One alone; single; as, the only man present; his only
occupation.
2. Alone in its class; by itself; not associated with others
of the same class or kind; as, an only child.
3. Hence, figuratively: Alone, by reason of superiority;
pre["e]minent; chief. ``Motley's the only wear.'' --Shak.
Only \On"ly\, adv. [See {Only}, a.]
1. In one manner or degree; for one purpose alone; simply;
merely; barely.
And to be loved himself, needs only to be known.
--Dryden.
2. So and no otherwise; no other than; exclusively; solely;
wholly. ``She being only wicked.'' --Beau. & Fl.
Every imagination . . . of his heart was only evil.
--Gen. vi. 5.
3. Singly; without more; as, only-begotten.
4. Above all others; particularly. [Obs.]
His most only elected mistress. --Marston.
Only \On"ly\, conj.
Save or except (that); -- an adversative used elliptically
with or without that, and properly introducing a single fact
or consideration.
He might have seemed some secretary or clerk . . . only
that his low, flat, unadorned cap . . . indicated that
he belonged to the city. --Sir W.
Scott.
Onocerin \On`o*ce"rin\, n. [NL. Ononis, the generic name of the
plant + L. cera wax.] (Chem.)
A white crystalline waxy substance extracted from the root of
the leguminous plant Ononis spinosa.
Onology \O*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? an ass + -logy.]
Foolish discourse. [R.]
Onomancy \On"o*man`cy\, n. [Gr. ? name + -mancy. Cf. {Nomancy}.]
Divination by the letters of a name; nomancy. [R.] --Camden.
Onomantic \On`o*man"tic\, Onomantical \On`o*man"tic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to onomancy. [R.]
Onomastic \On`o*mas"tic\, a. [Gr. ?, from ? to name, ? name.]
(Law)
Applied to a signature when the body of the instrument is in
another's handwriting. --Burrill.
Onomasticon \On`o*mas"ti*con\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? (sc.?), fr. ?.
See {Onomastic}.]
A collection of names and terms; a dictionary; specif., a
collection of Greek names, with explanatory notes, made by
Julius Pollux about A.D.180.
Onomatechny \On"o*ma*tech`ny\, n. [Gr. ? + ? art.]
Prognostication by the letters of a name.
Onomatologist \On`o*ma*tol"o*gist\, n.
One versed in the history of names. --Southey.
Onomatology \On`o*ma*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?, ? + -logy.]
The science of names or of their classification.
Onomatope \O*nom"a*tope\, n. [See {Onomatop[oe]ia}.]
An imitative word; an onomatopoetic word.
Onomatopoeia \On`o*mat`o*p[oe]"ia\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ?, ?, a
name + ? to make.] (Philol.)
The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of
speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound
of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees;
the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire.
Note: It has been maintained by some philologist that all
primary words, especially names, were formed by
imitation of natural sounds.
Onomatopoeic \On`o*mat`o*p[oe]"ic\, a.
Onomatopoetic. --Whitney.
Onomatopoetic \On`o*mat`o*po*et"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to onomatop[oe]ia; characterized by
onomatop[oe]ia; imitative; as, an onomatopoetic writer or
word. --Earle.
Onomatopy \On`o*mat"o*py\, n.
Onomatop[oe]ia.
Onomomancy \O*nom"o*man`cy\, n.
See {Onomancy}.
Onondagas \On`on*da"gas\, n. pl.; sing. {Onondaga}. (Ethnol.)
A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting what is now a part of
the State of New York. They were the central or head tribe of
the Five Nations.
Onrush \On"rush`\, n.
A rushing onward.
Onset \On"set`\, n. [On + set.]
1. A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a
storming; especially, the assault of an army. --Milton.
The onset and retire Of both your armies. --Shak.
Who on that day the word of onset gave.
--Wordsworth.
2. A setting about; a beginning. [Obs.] --Shak.
There is surely no greater wisdom than well to time
the beginnings and onsets of things. --Bacon.
3. Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful
appendage. [Obs.] --Johnson.
Onset \On"set`\, v. t.
1. To assault; to set upon. [Obs.]
2. To set about; to begin. [Obs.] --Carew.
Onslaught \On"slaught`\, n. [OE. on on + slaught, slaht,
slaughter. See {Slaughter}.]
1. An attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack
or assault.
By storm and onslaught to proceed. --Hudibras.
2. A bloody fray or battle. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
Onstead \On"stead\, n. [Possibly a corruption of homestead.]
A single farmhouse; a steading. [Prov.Eng. & Scot.] --Grose.
Jamieson.
Onto \On"to\, prep. [On + to. Cf. {Into}.]
On the top of; upon; on. See {On to}, under {On}, prep.
Ontogenesis \On`to*gen"e*sis\, Ontogeny \On*tog"e*ny\, n. [See
{Ontology}, and {Genesis}.] (Biol.)
The history of the individual development of an organism; the
history of the evolution of the germ; the development of an
individual organism, -- in distinction from phylogeny, or
evolution of the tribe. Called also {henogenesis},
{henogeny}.
Ontogenetic \On`to*ge*net"ic\, a. (Biol.)
Of or pertaining to ontogenesis; as, ontogenetic phenomena.
-- {On`to*ge*net"ic*al*ly}, adv.
Ontogenic \On`to*gen"ic\, a. (Biol.)
Ontogenetic.
Ontologic \On`to*log"ic\, a.
Ontological.
Ontological \On`to*log"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. ontologique.]
Of or pertaining to ontology.
Ontologically \On`*to*log"ic*al*ly\, adv.
In an ontological manner.
Ontologist \On*tol"o*gist\, n. [Cf.F. ontologiste.]
One who is versed in or treats of ontology. --Edin. Rev.
Ontology \On*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? the things which exist
(pl.neut. of ?, ?, being, p. pr. of ? to be) + -logy: cf.F.
ontologie.]
That department of the science of metaphysics which
investigates and explains the nature and essential properties
and relations of all beings, as such, or the principles and
causes of being.
Onus \O"nus\, n. [L.]
A burden; an obligation.
{Onus probandi}[L.], obligation to furnish evidence to prove
a thing; the burden of proof.
Onward \On"ward\, a.
1. Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a
contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward
course, progress, etc.
2. Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.
Within a while, Philoxenus came to see how onward
the fruits were of his friend's labor. --Sir P.
Sidney.
Onward \On"ward\, adv.
Toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively;
as, to move onward.
Not one looks backward, onward still he goes. --Pope.
Onwardness \On"ward*ness\, n.
Progress; advancement.
Onwards \On"wards\, adv. [See {-wards}.]
Onward.
Ony \On"y\, a.
Any. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Onycha \On"y*cha\, n. [NL., from L. onyx, -ychis, onyx, also, a
kind of mussel, Gr. ?, ?. See {Onyx}.]
1. An ingredient of the Mosaic incense, probably the
operculum of some kind of strombus. --Ex. xxx. 34.
2. The precious stone called onyx. [R.]
Onychia \O*nych"i*a\, n. [NL. See {Onyx}.] (Med.)
(a) A whitlow.
(b) An affection of a finger or toe, attended with
ulceration at the base of the nail, and terminating in
the destruction of the nail.
Onychomancy \On"y*cho*man`cy\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, a finger nail +
-mancy: cf. F. onychomancie.]
Divination by the nails.
Onychophora \On`y*choph"o*ra\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ?, ?, a
claw + ?.] (Zo["o]l.)
Malacopoda.
Onyx \O"nyx\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a claw, finger nail, a veined
gem. See {Nail}, and cf. {Onycha}.] (Min.)
Chalcedony in parallel layers of different shades of color.
It is used for making cameos, the figure being cut in one
layer with the next as a ground.
{Onyx marble}, a banded variety of marble or calcium
carbonate resembling onyx. It is obtained from Mexico.
Oo \Oo\, a.
One. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Oo \O"["o]\, n. [Hawaiian.] (Zo["o]l.)
A beautiful bird ({Moho nobilis}) of the Hawaiian Islands. It
yields the brilliant yellow feathers formerly used in making
the royal robes. Called also {yellow-tufted honeysucker}.
Ooecium \O*[oe]"ci*um\, n.; pl. {O[oe]cia}. [NL., fr. Gr. w,'o`n
an egg + ? a house.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the special zooids, or cells, of Bryozoa, destined to
receive and develop ova; an ovicell. See {Bryozoa}.
Oogenesis \O`["o]*gen"e*sis\, n. [Gr. w,'o`n an egg + E.
genesis.] (Physiol.)
The development, or mode of origin, of the ova.
Oogonium \O`["o]*go"ni*um\, n.; pl. L. {O["o]gonia}, E.
{O["o]goniums}. [NL., fr. Gr. w,'o`n an egg + ? offspring.]
(Bot.)
A special cell in certain cryptogamous plants containing
o["o]spheres, as in the rockweeds ({Fucus}), and the orders
{Vaucherie[ae]} and {Peronospore[ae]}.
Ooidal \O*oi"dal\, a. [Gr. ?; w,'o`n an egg + ? form.] (Biol.)
Shaped like an egg.
Ook \Ook\, n.
Oak. [Obs.] ``A branched ook.'' --Chaucer.
Oolite \O"["o]*lite\, n. [Gr. w,'o`n an egg + -lite: cf.F.
o["o]lithe. So named from its resemblance to the roe of
fish.] (Geol.)
A variety of limestone, consisting of small round grains,
resembling the roe of a fish. It sometimes constitutes
extensive beds, as in the European Jurassic. See the Chart of
{Geology}.
Oolitic \O`["o]*lit"ic\, a. [Cf.F. o["o]lithique.]
Of or pertaining to o["o]lite; composed of, or resembling,
o["o]lite.
Oological \O`["o]*log"ic*al\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to o["o]logy.
Oologist \O*["o]l"o*gist\, n.
One versed in o["o]logy.
Oology \O*["o]l"o*gy\, n. [Gr. w,'o`n an egg + -logy.]
The science of eggs in relation to their coloring, size,
shape, and number.
Oolong \Oo"long\, n. [Chinese, green dragon.]
A fragrant variety of black tea having somewhat the flavor of
green tea. [Written also {oulong}.]
Oomiac \Oo"mi*ac\, Oomiak \Oo"mi*ak\, n.
A long, broad boat used by the Eskimos.
Oon \Oon\, a.
One. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Oones \Oones\, adv.
Once. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Oop \Oop\, v. t. [Etymol. uncertain.]
To bind with a thread or cord; to join; to unite. [Scot.]
--Jamieson.
Oopack \Oo"pack\, Oopak \Oo"pak\, n. [So named from a district
in China.]
A kind of black tea.
Oophore \O"["o]*phore\, n. [Gr. ? egg-bearing; w,'o`n an egg + ?
to bear.] (Bot.)
An alternately produced form of certain cryptogamous plants,
as ferns, mosses, and the like, which bears antheridia and
archegonia, and so has sexual fructification, as contrasted
with the sporophore, which is nonsexual, but produces spores
in countless number. In ferns the o["o]phore is a minute
prothallus; in mosses it is the leafy plant.
Oophorectomy \O`["o]*pho*rec"to*my\, n. [Gr. w,'o`n egg + ? to
bear + ? a cutting out.] (Surg.)
Ovariotomy.
Oophoric \O`["o]*phor"ic\, a. (Bot.)
Having the nature of, or belonging to, an o["o]phore.
Oophoridium \O`["o]*pho*rid"i*um\, n.; pl. L. {O["o]phorida}, E.
{O["o]phoridiums}. [NL., dim. fr. Gr. ?. See {O["o]phore}.]
(Bot.)
The macrosporangium or case for the larger kind of spores in
heterosporous flowerless plants.
Oophoritis \O`["o]*pho*ri"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. w,'o`n egg +
fe`rein to bear + -itis.] (Med.)
Ovaritis.
Oophyte \O"["o]*phyte\, n. [Gr. w,'o`n an egg + fyto`n a plant.]
(Bot.)
Any plant of a proposed class or grand division (collectively
termed o["o]phytes or O["o]phyta), which have their sexual
reproduction accomplished by motile antherozoids acting on
o["o]spheres, either while included in their o["o]gonia or
after exclusion.
Note: This class was at first called {O["o]spore[ae]}, and is
made to include all alg[ae] and fungi which have this
kind of reproduction, however they may differ in all
other respects, the contrasted classes of Thallophytes
being Protophytes, Zygophytes, and Carpophytes. The
whole system has its earnest advocates, but is rejected
by many botanists. See {Carpophyte}.
Oophytic \O`["o]*phyt"ic\, a. (Bot.)
Of or pertaining to an o["o]phyte.
Oorial \O*["o]"ri*al\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A wild, bearded sheep inhabiting the Ladakh mountains. It is
reddish brown, with a dark beard from the chin to the chest.
Oosperm \O"["o]*sperm\, n. [Gr. ? an egg + E. sperm.] (Biol.)
The ovum, after fusion with the spermatozo["o]n in
impregnation. --Balfour.
Oospere \O"["o]*spere\, n. [Gr. ? an egg + E. sphere.]
1. (Bot.) An unfertilized, rounded mass of protoplasm,
produced in an o["o]gonium.
Note: After being fertilized by the access of antherozoids it
becomes covered with a cell wall and develops into an
o["o]spore, which may grow into a new plant like the
parent.
2. (Bot.) An analogous mass of protoplasm in the ovule of a
flowering plant; an embryonic vesicle. --Goodale.
Oosporangium \O`["o]*spo*ran"gi*um\, n.; pl. L.
{O["o]sporangia}, E. {O["o]sporangiums}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? an
egg + ? vessel.] (Bot.)
An o["o]gonium; also, a case containing oval or rounded
spores of some other kind than o["o]spores.
Oospore \O"["o]*spore\, n. [Gr. ? an egg + ? a seed.] (Bot.)
(a) A special kind of spore resulting from the fertilization
of an o["o]sphere by antherozoids.
(b) A fertilized o["o]sphere in the ovule of a flowering
plant.
Oosporic \O`["o]*spor"ic\, a. (Bot.)
Of or pertaining to an o["o]spore.
Oostegite \O*["o]s"te*gite\, n. [Gr. ? + ? a roof.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the plates which in some Crustacea inclose a cavity
wherein the eggs are hatched.
Ootheca \O`["o]*the"ca\, n.; pl. {O["o]thec[ae]}. [NL., fr. Gr.
? an egg + ? a case.] (Zo["o]l.)
An egg case, especially those of many kinds of mollusks, and
of some insects, as the cockroach. Cf. {O[oe]cium}.
Ootooid \O*["o]t"*ooid\, Ootocoid \O*["o]t"o*coid\, n. [Gr. ?
laying eggs (? egg + ? a bearing, ? to bear) + -oid.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A half oviparous, or an oviparous, mammal; a marsupial or
monotreme.
Ootype \O"["o]*type\, n. [Gr. ? + -type.] (Zo["o]l.)
The part of the oviduct of certain trematode worms in which
the ova are completed and furnished with a shell.
Ooze \Ooze\, n. [OE. wose, AS. wase dirt, mire, mud, akin to w?s
juice, ooze, Icel. v[=a]s wetness, OHG. waso turf, sod, G.
wasen.]
1. Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently, or
easily yield to pressure. ``My son i' the ooze is
bedded.'' --Shak.
2. Soft flow; spring. --Prior.
3. The liquor of a tan vat.
Ooze \Ooze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Oozed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Oozing}.] [Prov. Eng. weeze, wooz. See {Ooze}, n.]
1. To flow gently; to percolate, as a liquid through the
pores of a substance or through small openings.
The latent rill, scare oozing through the grass.
--Thomson.
2. Fig.: To leak (out) or escape slowly; as, the secret oozed
out; his courage oozed out.
Ooze \Ooze\, v. t.
To cause to ooze. --Alex. Smith.
Oozoa \O`["o]*zo"a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? an egg + ? an
animal.] (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Acrita}.
Oozy \Ooz"y\, a.
Miry; containing soft mud; resembling ooze; as, the oozy bed
of a river. --Pope.
Opacate \O*pa"cate\, v. t. [L. opacatus, p. p. of opacare.]
To darken; to cloud. [Obs.] --Boyle.
Opacity \O*pac"i*ty\, n. [L. opacitas: cf.F. opacit['e].]
1. The state of being opaque; the quality of a body which
renders it impervious to the rays of light; want of
transparency; opaqueness.
2. Obscurity; want of clearness. --Bp. Hall.
Opacous \O*pa"cous\, a. [L. opacus. See {Opaque}.]
Opaque. [R.] --Milton. -- {O*pa"cous*ness}, n. [R.]
Opacular \O*pac"u*lar\, a.
Opaque. [Obs.] --Sterne.
Opah \O"pah\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A large oceanic fish ({Lampris quttatus}), inhabiting the
Atlantic Ocean. It is remarkable for its brilliant colors,
which are red, green, and blue, with tints of purple and
gold, covered with round silvery spots. Called also {king of
the herrings}.
Opake \O*pake"\, a.
See {Opaque}.
Opal \O"pal\, n. [L. opalus: cf. Gr. ?, Skr. upala a rock,
stone, precious stone: cf. F. opale.] (Min.)
A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to
quartz in hardness and specific gravity.
Note: The precious opal presents a peculiar play of colors of
delicate tints, and is highly esteemed as a gem. One
kind, with a varied play of color in a reddish ground,
is called the harlequin opal. The fire opal has colors
like the red and yellow of flame. Common opal has a
milky appearance. Menilite is a brown impure variety,
occurring in concretions at Menilmontant, near Paris.
Other varieties are cacholong, girasol, hyalite, and
geyserite.
Opalesce \O`pal*esce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Opalesced}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Opalescing}.]
To give forth a play of colors, like the opal.
Opalescence \O`pal*es"cence\, n. (Min.)
A reflection of a milky or pearly light from the interior of
a mineral, as in the moonstone; the state or quality of being
opalescent.
Opalescent \O`pal*es"cent\, a.
Reflecting a milky or pearly light from the interior; having
an opaline play of colors.
Opaline \O"pal*ine\, a. [Cf. F. opalin.]
Of, pertaining to, or like, opal in appearance; having
changeable colors like those of the opal.
Opalize \O"pal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Opalized}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Opalizing}.] [Cf. F. opaliser.]
To convert into opal, or a substance like opal. --Lyell.
Opalotype \O*pal"o*type\, n. [Opal + -type.] (Photog.)
A picture taken on ``milky'' glass.
Opaque \O*paque"\, a. [F., fr. L. opacus. Cf. {Opacous}.]
1. Impervious to the rays of light; not transparent; as, an
opaque substance.
2. Obscure; not clear; unintelligible. [Colloq.]
Opaque \O*paque"\, n.
That which is opaque; opacity. --Young.
Opaqueness \O*paque"ness\, n.
The state or quality of being impervious to light; opacity.
--Dr. H. More.
Ope \Ope\, a.
Open. [Poetic] --Spenser.
On Sunday heaven's gate stands ope. --Herbert.
Ope \Ope\, v. t. & i.
To open. [Poetic]
Wilt thou not ope thy heart to know What rainbows teach
and sunsets show? --Emerson.
Opeidoscope \O*pei"do*scope\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, voice + ? form +
-scope.] (Physics)
An instrument, consisting of a tube having one end open and
the other end covered with a thin flexible membrance to the
center of which is attached a small mirror. It is used for
exhibiting upon a screen, by means of rays reflected from the
mirror, the vibratory motions caused by sounds produced at
the open end of the tube, as by speaking or singing into it.
--A. E. Dolbear.
Opelet \Ope"let\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A bright-colored European actinian ({Anemonia, or Anthea,
sulcata}); -- so called because it does not retract its
tentacles.
Open \O"pen\, a. [AS. open; akin to D. open, OS. opan, G. offan,
Icel. opinn, Sw. ["o]ppen, Dan. aaben, and perh. to E. up.
Cf. {Up}, and {Ope}.]
1. Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording
unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing
passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to
passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also,
to inclosed structures or objects; as, open houses, boxes,
baskets, bottles, etc.; also, to means of communication or
approach by water or land; as, an open harbor or
roadstead.
Through the gate, Wide open and unquarded, Satan
passed. --Milton
Note: Also, figuratively, used of the ways of communication
of the mind, as by the senses; ready to hear, see,
etc.; as, to keep one's eyes and ears open.
His ears are open unto their cry. --Ps. xxxiv.
15.
2. Free to be used, enjoyed, visited, or the like; not
private; public; unrestricted in use; as, an open library,
museum, court, or other assembly; liable to the approach,
trespass, or attack of any one; unprotected; exposed.
If Demetrius . . . have a matter against any man,
the law is open and there are deputies. --Acts xix.
33.
The service that I truly did his life, Hath left me
open to all injuries. --Shak.
3. Free or cleared of obstruction to progress or to view;
accessible; as, an open tract; the open sea.
4. Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended;
expanded; as, an open hand; open arms; an open flower; an
open prospect.
Each, with open arms, embraced her chosen knight.
--Dryden.
5. Hence:
(a) Without reserve or false pretense; sincere;
characterized by sincerity; unfeigned; frank; also,
generous; liberal; bounteous; -- applied to personal
appearance, or character, and to the expression of
thought and feeling, etc.
With aspect open, shall erect his head. --Pope.
The Moor is of a free and open nature. --Shak.
The French are always open, familiar, and
talkative. --Addison.
(b) Not concealed or secret; not hidden or disguised;
exposed to view or to knowledge; revealed; apparent;
as, open schemes or plans; open shame or guilt.
His thefts are too open. --Shak.
That I may find him, and with secret gaze Or
open admiration him behold. --Milton.
6. Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing
water ways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or
inclement; mild; -- used of the weather or the climate;
as, an open season; an open winter. --Bacon.
7. Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not
closed or withdrawn from consideration; as, an open
account; an open question; to keep an offer or opportunity
open.
8. Free; disengaged; unappropriated; as, to keep a day open
for any purpose; to be open for an engagement.
9. (Phon.)
(a) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the
articulating organs; -- said of vowels; as, the ["a]n
f["a]r is open as compared with the [=a] in s[=a]y.
(b) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply
narrowed without closure, as in uttering s.
10. (Mus.)
(a) Not closed or stopped with the finger; -- said of the
string of an instrument, as of a violin, when it is
allowed to vibrate throughout its whole length.
(b) Produced by an open string; as, an open tone.
{The open air}, the air out of doors.
{Open chain}. (Chem.) See {Closed chain}, under {Chain}.
{Open circuit} (Elec.), a conducting circuit which is
incomplete, or interrupted at some point; -- opposed to an
uninterrupted, or {closed circuit}.
{Open communion}, communion in the Lord's supper not
restricted to persons who have been baptized by immersion.
Cf. {Close communion}, under {Close}, a.
{Open diapason} (Mus.), a certain stop in an organ, in which
the pipes or tubes are formed like the mouthpiece of a
flageolet at the end where the wind enters, and are open
at the other end.
{Open flank} (Fort.), the part of the flank covered by the
orillon.
{Open-front furnace} (Metal.), a blast furnace having a
forehearth.
{Open harmony} (Mus.), harmony the tones of which are widely
dispersed, or separated by wide intervals.
{Open hawse} (Naut.), a hawse in which the cables are
parallel or slightly divergent. Cf. {Foul hawse}, under
{Hawse}.
{Open hearth} (Metal.), the shallow hearth of a reverberatory
furnace.
{Open-hearth furnace}, a reverberatory furnace; esp., a kind
of reverberatory furnace in which the fuel is gas, used in
manufacturing steel.
{Open-hearth process} (Steel Manuf.), a process by which
melted cast iron is converted into steel by the addition
of wrought iron, or iron ore and manganese, and by
exposure to heat in an open-hearth furnace; -- also called
the {Siemens-Martin process}, from the inventors.
{Open-hearth steel}, steel made by an open-hearth process; --
also called {Siemens-Martin steel}.
{Open newel}. (Arch.) See {Hollow newel}, under {Hollow}.
{Open pipe} (Mus.), a pipe open at the top. It has a pitch
about an octave higher than a closed pipe of the same
length.
{Open-timber roof} (Arch.), a roof of which the
constructional parts, together with the under side of the
covering, or its lining, are treated ornamentally, and
left to form the ceiling of an apartment below, as in a
church, a public hall, and the like.
{Open vowel} or {consonant}. See {Open}, a., 9.
Note: Open is used in many compounds, most of which are
self-explaining; as, open-breasted, open-minded.
Syn: Unclosed; uncovered; unprotected; exposed; plain;
apparent; obvious; evident; public; unreserved; frank;
sincere; undissembling; artless. See {Candid}, and
{Ingenuous}.
Open \O"pen\, n.
Open or unobstructed space; clear land, without trees or
obstructions; open ocean; open water. ``To sail into the
open.'' --Jowett (Thucyd. ).
Then we got into the open. --W. Black.
{In open}, in full view; without concealment; openly. [Obs.]
--Beau. & Fl.
Open \O"pen\ v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Opened}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Opening}.] [AS. openian. See {Open},a.]
1. To make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose;
to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering
from; as, to open a door; to open a box; to open a room;
to open a letter.
And all the windows of my heart I open to the day.
--Whittier.
2. To spread; to expand; as, to open the hand.
3. To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
The king opened himself to some of his council, that
he was sorry for the earl's death. --Bacon.
Unto thee have I opened my cause. --Jer. xx. 12.
While he opened to us the Scriptures. --Luke xxiv.
32.
4. To make known; to discover; also, to render available or
accessible for settlements, trade, etc.
The English did adventure far for to open the North
parts of America. --Abp. Abbot.
5. To enter upon; to begin; as, to open a discussion; to open
fire upon an enemy; to open trade, or correspondence; to
open a case in court, or a meeting.
6. To loosen or make less compact; as, to open matted cotton
by separating the fibers.
{To open one's mouth}, {to speak}.
{To open up}, to lay open; to discover; to disclose.
Poetry that had opened up so many delightful views
into the character and condition of our ``bold
peasantry, their country's pride.'' --Prof.
Wilson.
Open \O"pen\, v. i.
1. To unclose; to form a hole, breach, or gap; to be
unclosed; to be parted.
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and
covered the company of Abiram. --Ps. cvi. 17.
2. To expand; to spread out; to be disclosed; as, the harbor
opened to our view.
3. To begin; to commence; as, the stock opened at par; the
battery opened upon the enemy.
4. (Sporting) To bark on scent or view of the game.
Open-air \O"pen-air`\, a.
Taking place in the open air; outdoor; as, an open-air game
or meeting.
Openbill \O"pen*bill`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A bird of the genus {Anastomus}, allied to the stork; -- so
called because the two parts of the bill touch only at the
base and tip. One species inhabits India, another Africa.
Called also {open-beak}. See Illust.
(m), under {Beak}.
Opener \O"pen*er\, n.
One who, or that which, opens. ``True opener of my eyes.''
--Milton.
Open-eyed \O"pen-eyed`\, a.
With eyes widely open; watchful; vigilant. --Shak.
Open-handed \O"pen-hand`ed\, a.
Generous; liberal; munificent. -- {O"pen-hand`ed*ness}, n.
--J. S. Mill.
Open-headed \O"pen-head`ed\, a.
Bareheaded. [Obs.]
Open-hearted \O"pen-heart`ed\, a.
Candid; frank; generous. --Dryden. -- {O"pen-heart`ed*ly},
adv. -- {O"pen-heart`ed*ness}, n. --Walton.
Opening \O"pen*ing\, n.
1. The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement;
first appearance; as, the opening of a speech.
The opening of your glory was like that of light.
--Dryden.
2. A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap;
cleft, or hole.
We saw him at the opening of his tent. --Shak.
3. Hence: A vacant place; an opportunity; as, an opening for
business. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
4. A thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst
of a forest; as, oak openings. [U.S.] --Cooper.
Openly \O"pen*ly\, adv. [AS. openlice.]
1. In an open manner; publicly; not in private; without
secrecy.
How grossly and openly do many of us contradict the
precepts of the gospel by our ungodliness!
--Tillotson.
2. Without reserve or disguise; plainly; evidently.
My love . . . shall show itself more openly. --Shak.
Open-mouthed \O"pen-mouthed`\, a.
Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous.
--L'Estrange.
Openness \O"pen*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being open.
Openwork \O"pen*work`\, n.
1. Anything so constructed or manufactured (in needlework,
carpentry, metal work, etc.) as to show openings through
its substance; work that is perforated or pierced.
2. (Mining) A quarry; an open cut. --Raymond.
Opera \Op"er*a\, n. [It., fr. opera work, composition, opposed
to an improvisation, fr. L. opera pains work, fr. opus,
operis, work, labor: cf. F. op['e]ra. See {Operate}.]
1. A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an
essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting
of recitative, arials, choruses, duets, trios, etc., with
orchestral accompaniment, preludes, and interludes,
together with appropriate costumes, scenery, and action; a
lyric drama.
2. The score of a musical drama, either written or in print;
a play set to music.
3. The house where operas are exhibited.
{Op['e]ra bouffe} [F. op['e]ra opera + bouffe comic, It.
buffo], {Opera buffa} [It.], light, farcical, burlesque
opera.
{Opera box}, a partially inclosed portion of the auditorium
of an opera house for the use of a small private party.
{Op['e]ra comique} [F.], comic or humorous opera.
{Opera flannel}, a light flannel, highly finished. --Knight.
{Opera girl} (Bot.), an East Indian plant ({Mantisia
saltatoria}) of the Ginger family, sometimes seen in
hothouses. It has curious flowers which have some
resemblance to a ballet dancer, whence the popular name.
Called also {dancing girls}.
{Opera glass}, a short telescope with concave eye lenses of
low power, usually made double, that is, with a tube and
set of glasses for each eye; a lorgnette; -- so called
because adapted for use at the opera, theater, etc.
{Opera hat}, a gentleman's folding hat.
{Opera house}, specifically, a theater devoted to the
performance of operas.
{Opera seria} [It.], serious or tragic opera; grand opera.
Operable \Op"er*a*ble\, a.
Practicable. [Obs.]
Operameter \Op`er*am"e*ter\, n. [L. opus, operis, pl. opera work
+ -meter.]
An instrument or machine for measuring work done, especially
for ascertaining the number of rotations made by a machine or
wheel in manufacturing cloth; a counter. --Ure.
Operance \Op"er*ance\, Operancy \Op"er*an*cy\, n.
The act of operating or working; operation. [R.]
Operand \Op"er*and\, n. [From neuter of L. operandus, gerundive
of operari. See {Operate}.] (Math.)
The symbol, quantity, or thing upon which a mathematical
operation is performed; -- called also {faciend}.
Operant \Op"er*ant\, a. [L. operans, p. pr. of operari. See
{Operate}.]
Operative. [R.] --Shak. -- n. An operative person or thing.
[R.] --Coleridge.
Operate \Op"er*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Operated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Operating}.] [L. operatus, p. p. of operari to work,
fr. opus, operis, work, labor; akin to Skr. apas, and also to
G. ["u]ben to exercise, OHG. uoben, Icel. ?fa. Cf. {Inure},
{Maneuver}, {Ure}.]
1. To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh,
physical or mechanical; to act.
2. To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the
result designed by nature; especially (Med.), to take
appropriate effect on the human system.
3. To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power
or influence.
The virtues of private persons operate but on a few.
--Atterbury.
A plain, convincing reason operates on the mind both
of a learned and ignorant hearer as long as they
live. --Swift.
4. (Surg.) To perform some manual act upon a human body in a
methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a
view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation,
lithotomy, etc.
5. To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to
speculative profits. [Brokers' Cant]
Operate \Op"er*ate\, v. t.
1. To produce, as an effect; to cause.
The same cause would operate a diminution of the
value of stock. --A. Hamilton.
2. To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to
work; as, to operate a machine.
Operatic \Op`er**at"ic\, Operatical \Op`er*at"ic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to the opera or to operas; characteristic
of, or resembling, the opera.
Operation \Op`er*a"tion\, n. [L. operatio: cf. F. op['e]ration.]
1. The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of
power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
The pain and sickness caused by manna are the
effects of its operation on the stomach. --Locke.
Speculative painting, without the assistance of
manual operation, can never attain to perfection.
--Dryden.
2. The method of working; mode of action.
3. That which is operated or accomplished; an effect brought
about in accordance with a definite plan; as, military or
naval operations.
4. Effect produced; influence. [Obs.]
The bards . . . had great operation on the vulgar.
--Fuller.
5. (Math.) Something to be done; some transformation to be
made upon quantities, the transformation being indicated
either by rules or symbols.
6. (Surg.) Any methodical action of the hand, or of the hand
with instruments, on the human body, to produce a curative
or remedial effect, as in amputation, etc.
{Calculus of operations}. See under {Calculus}.
Operative \Op"er*a*tive\, a. [Cf.L. operativus, F. op['e]ratif.]
1. Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force,
physical or moral; active in the production of effects;
as, an operative motive.
It holds in all operative principles. --South.
2. Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious;
as, an operative dose, rule, or penalty.
3. (Surg.) Based upon, or consisting of, an operation or
operations; as, operative surgery.
Operative \Op"er*a*tive\, n.
A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a
machine in a mill or manufactory.
Operatively \Op"er*a*tive*ly\, adv.
In an operative manner.
Operator \Op"er*a`tor\, n. [L.]
1. One who, or that which, operates or produces an effect.
2. (Surg.) One who performs some act upon the human body by
means of the hand, or with instruments.
3. A dealer in stocks or any commodity for speculative
purposes; a speculator. [Brokers' Cant]
4. (Math.) The symbol that expresses the operation to be
performed; -- called also {facient}.
Operatory \Op"er*a*to*ry\, n.
A laboratory. [Obs.]
Opercle \O"per*cle\, n. [Cf.F. opercule. See {Operculum}.]
1. (Anat.) Any one of the bony plates which support the gill
covers of fishes; an opercular bone.
2. (Zo["o]l.) An operculum.
Opercula \O*per"cu*la\, n. pl.
See {Operculum}.
Oparcular \O*par"cu*lar\, a.
Of, pertaining to, or like, an operculum.
Opercular \O*per"cu*lar\, n. (Anat.)
The principal opercular bone or operculum of fishes.
Operculate \O*per"cu*late\, Operculated \O*per"cu*la`ted\, a.
[L. operculatus, p. p. of operculare to furnish with a lid,
fr. operculum lid.]
1. (Bot.) Closed by a lid or cover, as the capsules of the
mosses.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Having an operculum, or an apparatus for
protecting the gills; -- said of shells and of fishes.
Operculiferous \O*per`cu*lif"er*ous\, a. [Operculum + -ferous.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Bearing an operculum.
Operculiform \O*per"cu*li*form\, a. [L. operculum a cover +
-form: cf. F. operculiforme.]
Having the form of a lid or cover.
Operculigenous \O*per`cu*lig`e*nous\, a. [Operculum + -genous.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Producing an operculum; -- said of the foot, or part of the
foot, of certain mollusks.
Operculum \O*per"cu*lum\, n.; pl. L. {Opercula}, E.
{Operculums}. [L., a cover or lid, fr. operire to cover.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) The lid of a pitcherform leaf.
(b) The lid of the urnlike capsule of mosses.
2. (Anat.)
(a) Any lidlike or operculiform process or part; as, the
opercula of a dental follicle.
(b) The fold of integument, usually supported by bony
plates, which protects the gills of most fishes and
some amphibians; the gill cover; the gill lid.
(c) The principal opercular bone in the upper and
posterior part of the gill cover.
3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The lid closing the aperture of various species of
shells, as the common whelk. See Illust. of
{Gastropoda}.
(b) Any lid-shaped structure closing the aperture of a
tube or shell.
Operetta \Op`er*et"ta\, n. [It., dim. of opera.] (Mus.)
A short, light, musical drama.
Operose \Op"er*ose`\ a. [L. operosus, fr. opera pains, labor,
opus, operis, work, labor.]
Wrought with labor; requiring labor; hence, tedious;
wearisome. ``Operose proceeding.'' --Burke. ``A very operose
calculation.'' --De Quincey. -- {Op"er*ose`ly}, adv. --
{Op"er*ose`ness}, n.
Operosity \Op`er*os"i*ty\, n. [L. operositas.]
Laboriousness. [R.] --Bp. Hall.
Operous \Op"er*ous\, a.
Operose. [Obs.] --Holder. -- {Op"er*ous*ly}, adv. [Obs.]
Opertaneous \Op`er*ta"ne*ous\, a. [L. opertaneus; operire to
hide.]
Concealed; private. [R.]
Opetide \Ope"tide`\, n. [Ope + tide.]
Open time; -- applied to different things:
(a) The early spring, or the time when flowers begin opening.
[Archaic] --Nares.
(b) The time between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday wherein
marriages were formerly solemnized publicly in churches.
[Eng.]
(c) The time after harvest when the common fields are open to
all kinds of stock. [Prov.Eng.] --Halliwell. [Written
also {opentide}.]
Ophelic \O*phel"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a substance (called
ophelic acid) extracted from a plant ({Ophelia}) of the
Gentian family as a bitter yellowish sirup, used in India as
a febrifuge and tonic.
Ophicleide \Oph"i*cleide\, n. [F. ophicl['e]ide, fr. Gr. 'o`fis
a serpent + ?, gen. ?, a key. So named because it was in
effect the serpent, an old musical instrument, with keys
added.] (Mus.)
A large brass wind instrument, formerly used in the orchestra
and in military bands, having a loud tone, deep pitch, and a
compass of three octaves; -- now generally supplanted by bass
and contrabass tubas. --Moore (Encyc. of Music).
Ophidia \O*phid"i*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, dim. of 'o`fis a
snake.] (Zo["o]l.)
The order of reptiles which includes the serpents.
Note: The most important divisions are: the {Solenoglypha},
having erectile perforated fangs, as the rattlesnake;
the {Proteroglypha}, or elapine serpents, having
permanently erect fang, as the cobra; the {Asinea}, or
colubrine serpents, which are destitute of fangs; and
the {Opoterodonta}, or {Epanodonta}, blindworms, in
which the mouth is not dilatable.
Ophidian \O*phid"i*an\, n. [Cf. F. ophidien.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Ophidia; a snake or serpent.
Ophidian \O*phid"i*an\, a. [Cf. F. ophidien.] (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the Ophidia; belonging to serpents.
Ophidioid \O*phid"i*oid\, a. [Ophidion + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the {Ophidiid[ae]}, a family of fishes
which includes many slender species. -- n. One of the
{Ophidiid[ae]}.
Ophidion \O*phid"i*on\, n.; pl. {Ophidia}. [L., fr. Gr. ? little
snake, fr. 'o`fis a serpent.] (Zo["o]l.)
The typical genus of ophidioid fishes. [Written also
{Ophidium}.] See Illust. under {Ophidioid}.
Ophidious \O*phid"i*ous\, a.
Ophidian.
Ophiolatry \O`phi*ol"a*try\, n. [Gr. 'o`fis serpent + ?
worship.]
The worship of serpents.
Ophiologic \O`phi*o*log"ic\, Ophiological \O`phi*o*log"ic*al\,
a.
Of or pertaining to ophiology.
Ophiologist \O`phi*ol"o*gist\, n.
One versed in the natural history of serpents.
Ophiology \O`phi*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. 'o`fis a serpent + -logy:
cf.F. ophioloqie.]
That part of natural history which treats of the ophidians,
or serpents.
Ophiomancy \O"phi*o*man`cy\, n. [Gr. 'o`fis a serpent + -mancy:
cf. F. ophiomantie.]
Divination by serpents, as by their manner of eating, or by
their coils.
Ophiomorpha \O`phi*o*mor"pha\, n. pl. [NL. See {Ophiomorphous}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
An order of tailless amphibians having a slender, wormlike
body with regular annulations, and usually with minute scales
imbedded in the skin. The limbs are rudimentary or wanting.
It includes the c[ae]cilians. Called also {Gymnophiona} and
{Ophidobatrachia}.
Ophiomorphite \O`phi*o*mor"phite\, n. [Gr. 'o`fis a serpent + ?
form.] (Paleon.)
An ammonite.
Ophiomorphous \O`phi*o*mor"phous\, a. [Gr. 'o`fis a serpent +
-morphous.]
Having the form of a serpent.
Ophiophagous \O`phi*oph"a*gous\, a. [Gr. 'o`fis a serpent +
fagei^n to eat: cf. F. ophiophage.] (Zo["o]l.)
Feeding on serpents; -- said of certain birds and reptiles.
Ophiophagus \O`phi*oph"a*gus\, n. [NL. See {Ophiophagous}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A genus of venomous East Indian snakes, which feed on other
snakes. {Ophiophagus elaps} is said to be the largest and
most deadly of poisonous snakes.
Ophite \O"phite\, a. [Gr. 'ofi`ths, fr. 'o`fis a serpent.]
Of or pertaining to a serpent. [Obs.]
Ophite \O"phite\, n. [L. ophites, Gr. 'ofi`ths (sc. ?), a kind
of marble spotted like a serpent: cf. F. ophite.] (Min.)
A greenish spotted porphyry, being a diabase whose pyroxene
has been altered to uralite; -- first found in the Pyreness.
So called from the colored spots which give it a mottled
appearance. -- {O*phi"ic}, a.
Ophite \O"phite\, n. [L. Ophitae, pl. See {Ophite}, a.]
(Eccl.Hist.)
A mamber of a Gnostic serpent-worshiping sect of the second
century.
Ophiuchus \O`phi*u"chus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, lit., holding a
serpent; 'o`fis a serpent + ? to hold.] (Astron.)
A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere, delineated as a
man holding a serpent in his hands; -- called also
{Serpentarius}.
Ophiura \O`phi*u"ra\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? snake + ? a tail.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A genus of ophiurioid starfishes.
Ophiuran \O`phi*u"ran\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the Ophiurioidea. -- n. One of the
Ophiurioidea.
Ophiurid \O`phi*u"rid\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Ophiurioid}.
Ophiurida \O`phi*u"ri*da\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Ophiurioidea}.
Ophiurioid \O`phi*u"ri*oid\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the Ophiurioidea. -- n. One of the
Ophiurioidea. [Written also {ophiuroid}.]
Ophiurioidea \O`phi*u`ri*oi"de*a\, Ophiuroidea
\O`phi*u*roi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? serpent + ? tail + ?
form.] (Zo["o]l.)
A class of star-shaped echinoderms having a disklike body,
with slender, articulated arms, which are not grooved beneath
and are often very fragile; -- called also {Ophiuroida} and
{Ophiuridea}. See Illust. under {Brittle star}.
Ophryon \Oph"ry*on\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, the brow.] (Anat.)
The supraorbital point.
Ophthalmia \Oph*thal"mi*a\, n. [F. ophthalmie, L. ophthalmia,
fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? the eye, akin to E. optic. See {Optic}.]
(Med.)
An inflammation of the membranes or coats of the eye or of
the eyeball.
Ophthalmic \Oph*thal"mic\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. ophthalmique. See
{Ophthalmia}.] (Anat.)
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the eye; ocular; as
the ophthalmic, or orbitonasal, nerve, a division of the
trigeminal, which gives branches to the lachrymal gland,
eyelids, nose, and forehead.
{Ophthalmic region} (Zo["o]l.), the space around the eyes.
Ophthalmite \Oph*thal"mite\, n. [Gr. ? the eye.] (Zo["o]l.)
An eyestalk; the organ which bears the compound eyes of
decapod Crustacea.
Ophthalmological \Oph*thal`mo*log"ic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to ophthalmology.
Ophthalmologist \Oph`thal*mol"o*gist\, n.
One skilled in ophthalmology; an oculist.
Ophthalmology \Oph`thal*mol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? the eye + -logy:
cf. F. ophthalmologie.]
The science which treats of the structure, functions, and
diseases of the eye.
Ophthalmometer \Oph`thal*mom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? eye + -meter.]
(Physiol.)
An instrument devised by Helmholtz for measuring the size of
a reflected image on the convex surface of the cornea and
lens of the eye, by which their curvature can be ascertained.
Ophthalmoscope \Oph*thal"mo*scope\, n. [From Gr. ? the eye +
-scope.] (Physiol.)
An instrument for viewing the interior of the eye,
particularly the retina. Light is thrown into the eye by a
mirror (usually concave) and the interior is then examined
with or without the aid of a lens. -- {Oph*thal`mo*scop"ic},
a.
Ophthalmoscopy \Oph`thal*mos"co*py\, n. [Cf. F.
ophthalmoscopie.]
1. A branch of physiognomy which deduces the knowledge of a
person's temper and character from the appearance of the
eyes.
2. Examination of the eye with the ophthalmoscope.
Ophthalmy \Oph*thal"my\, n.
Same as {Ophthalmia}.
Opianic \O`pi*an"ic\, a. [From {Opium}.] (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained
by the oxidation of narcotine.
Opianine \O"pi*a*nine\, n. (Chem.)
An alkaloid found in small quantity in opium. It is identical
with narcotine.
Opianyl \O"pi*a*nyl\, n. [Opianic + -yl.] (Chem.)
Same as {Meconin}.
Opiate \O"pi*ate\, n. [From {Opium}: cf.F. opiat.]
1. Originally, a medicine of a thicker consistence than
sirup, prepared with opium. --Parr.
2. Any medicine that contains opium, and has the quality of
inducing sleep or repose; a narcotic.
3. Anything which induces rest or inaction; that which quiets
uneasiness.
They chose atheism as an opiate. --Bentley.
Opiate \O"pi*ate\, a. [See {Opium}.]
Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne;
causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of
Hermes. --Milton.
Opiate \O"pi*ate\, v. t.
To subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep.
[R.] --Fenton.
Opiated \O"pi*a`ted\, a.
1. Mixed with opiates.
2. Under the influence of opiates.
Opie \O"pie\, n.
Opium. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Opiferous \O*pif"er*ous\, a. [L. opifer; ops, opis, help + ferre
to bear.]
Bringing help. [R.]
Opifice \Op"i*fice\, n. [L. opificium, fr. opifex workman. See
{Office}.]
Workmanship. [Obs.] --Bailey.
Opificer \O*pif"i*cer\, n.
An artificer; a workman. [Obs.] ``The almighty opificer.''
--Bentley.
Opinable \O*pin"a*ble\, a. [L. opinabilis.]
Capable of being opined or thought. --Holland.
Opination \Op`i*na"tion\, n. [L. opinatio. See {Opine},]
The act of thinking; a supposition. [Obs.]
Opinative \O*pin"a*tive\, a.
Obstinate in holding opinions; opinionated. [Obs.] --
{O*pin"a*tive*ly}, adv. [Obs.] --Burton. Sir T. More.
Opinator \Op"i*na`tor\, n. [L.]
One fond of his own opinious; one who holds an opinion.
[Obs.] --Glanvill.
Opine \O*pine"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Opined}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Opining}.] [L. opinari, p. p. opinatus; akin to opinus
(in comp.) thinking, and perh. to E. apt: cf. F. opiner.]
To have an opinion; to judge; to think; to suppose. --South.
Opiner \O*pin"er\, n.
One who opines. --Jer. Taylor.
Opiniaster \O`pin*ias"ter\, Opiniatre \O`pin*ia"tre\, a. [OF.
opiniastre, F. opini[^a]tre. See {Opinion}.]
Opinionated. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
Opiniastrous \O`pin*ias"trous\, a.
See {Opiniaster}. [Obs.].
Opinlate \O*pin"late\, v. t.
To hold or maintain persistently. [Obs.] --Barrow.
Opiniated \O*pin"ia*ted\, a.
Opinionated. [Obs.]
Opiniative \O*pin"ia*tive\, a.
Opinionative. --Glanvill. -- {O*pin"ia*tive*ly}, adv. --
{O*pin"ia*tive*ness}, n.
Opiniator \O`pin*ia"tor\, Opiniatre \O`pin*ia"tre\, n.
One who is opinionated. [Obs.] --South. Barrow.
Opiniatre \O`pin*ia"tre\, a.
See {Opiniaster}. [Obs.] --Locke.
Opiniatrety \O`pin*iat"re*ty\, n. [Cf. F. opini[^a]tret['e].]
Obstinacy in opinious. [Written also {opiniatry}.] [Obs.]
Opinicus \O*pin"i*cus\, n. (Her.)
An imaginary animal borne as a charge, having wings, an
eagle's head, and a short tail; -- sometimes represented
without wings.
Opining \O*pin"ing\, n.
Opinion. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
Opinion \O*pin"ion\, n. [F., from L. opinio. See {Opine}.]
1. That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on
probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less
strong than positive knowledge; settled judgment in regard
to any point of knowledge or action.
Opinion is when the assent of the understanding is
so far gained by evidence of probability, that it
rather inclines to one persussion than to another,
yet not without a mixture of incertainty or
doubting. --Sir M. Hale.
I can not put off my opinion so easily. --Shak.
2. The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons
or things; estimation.
I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of
people. --Shak.
Friendship . . . gives a man a peculiar right and
claim to the good opinion of his friend. --South.
However, I have no opinion of those things. --Bacon.
3. Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation;
fame; public sentiment or esteem. [Obs.]
Thou hast redeemed thy lost opinion. --Shak.
This gained Agricola much opinion, who . . . had
made such early progress into laborious . . .
enterprises. --Milton.
4. Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression;
opiniativeness; conceitedness. [Obs.] --Shak.
5. (Law.) The formal decision, or expression of views, of a
judge, an umpire, a counselor, or other party officially
called upon to consider and decide upon a matter or point
submitted.
{To be of opinion}, to think; to judge.
{To hold opinion with}, to agree with. [Obs.] --Shak.
Syn: Sentiment; notion; persuasion; idea; view; estimation.
See {Sentiment}.
Opinion \O*pin"ion\, v. t.
To opine. [Obs.]
Opinionable \O*pin"ion*a*ble\, a.
Being, or capable of being, a matter of opinion; that can be
thought; not positively settled; as, an opinionable doctrine.
--C. J. Ellicott.
Opinionate \O*pin"ion*ate\, a.
Opinionated.
Opinionated \O*pin"ion*a`ted\, a.
Stiff in opinion; firmly or unduly adhering to one's own
opinion or to preconceived notions; obstinate in opinion.
--Sir W. Scott.
Opinionately \O*pin"ion*ate*ly\, adv.
Conceitedly. --Feltham.
Opinionatist \O*pin"ion*a*tist\, n.
An opinionist. [Obs.]
Opinionative \O*pin"ion*a*tive\, a.
1. Unduly attached to one's own opinions; opinionated.
--Milton.
2. Of the nature of an opinion; conjectured. [Obs.] ``Things
both opinionative and practical.'' --Bunyan. --
{O*pin"ion*a*tive*ly}, adv. -- {O*pin"ion*a*tive*ness}, n.
Opinionator \O*pin"ion*a`tor\, n.
An opinionated person; one given to conjecture. [Obs.]
--South.
Opinioned \O*pin"ioned\, a.
Opinionated; conceited.
His opinioned zeal which he thought judicious.
--Milton.
Opinionist \O*pin"ion*ist\, n. [Cf. F. opinioniste.]
One fond of his own notions, or unduly attached to his own
opinions. --Glanvill.
Opiparous \O*pip"a*rous\, a. [L. opiparus, fr. ops, opis, riches
+ parare to provide.]
Sumptuous. [Obs.] -- {O*pip"a*rous*ly}, adv. [Obs.] --E.
Waterhouse.
Opisometer \Op`i*som"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? backwards + -meter.]
An instrument with a revolving wheel for measuring a curved
line, as on a map.
Opisthion \O*pis"thi*on\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? hinder.] (Anat.)
The middle of the posterior, or dorsal, margin of the great
foramen of the skull.
Opisthobranchia \O*pis`tho*bran"chi*a\, Opisthobranchiata
\O*pis`tho*bran`chi*a"ta\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? behind + ?
gills.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of gastropod Mollusca, in which the breathing
organs are usually situated behind the heart. It includes the
tectibranchs and nudibranchs.
Opisthobranchiate \O*pis`tho*bran"chi*ate\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the Opisthobranchiata. -- n. One of the
Opisthobranchiata.
Opisthocoelian \O*pis`tho*c[oe]"li*an\, Opisthocoelous
\O*pis`tho*c[oe]"lous\, a. [Gr. ? behind + ? hollow,] (Anat.)
Concave behind; -- applied especially to vertebr[ae] in which
the anterior end of the centrum is convex and the posterior
concave.
Opisthodome \O*pis"tho*dome\, n. [L. opisthodomus, Gr. ?; ?
behind + do`mos house: cf. F. opisthodome.] (Arch.)
A back chamber; especially, that part of the naos, or cella,
farthest from the main entrance, sometimes having an entrance
of its own, and often used as a treasury.
Opisthoglypha \O*pis`tho*glyph"a\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ?
behind + ? to carve.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of serpents which have some of the posterior
maxillary teeth grooved for fangs.
Opisthography \Op`is*thog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. ? behind + -graphy.]
A writing upon the back of anything, as upon the back of a
leaf or sheet already written upon on one side. [R.]
--Scudamore.
Opisthomi \Op`is*tho"mi\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? behind + ? the
shoulder.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of eellike fishes having the scapular arch attached
to the vertebr[ae], but not connected with the skull.
Opisthopulmonate \O*pis`tho*pul"mo*nate\, a.[Gr. ? behind + E.
pulmonate.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having the pulmonary sac situated posteriorly; -- said of
certain air-breathing Mollusca.
Opisthotic \Op`is*thot"ic\, n. [Gr. ? behind + ?, ?, ear.]
(Anat.)
The inferior and posterior of the three elements forming the
periotic bone.
Opisthotonos \Op`is*thot"o*nos\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? backwards +
? a stretching.] (Med.)
A tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and
stiffened.
Opitulation \O*pit`u*la"tion\, n. [L. opitulatio, fr. opitulari
to bring help.]
The act of helping or aiding; help. [Obs.] --Bailey.
Opium \O"pi*um\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? poppy juice, dim. of ?
vegetable juice.] (Chem.)
The inspissated juice of the {Papaver somniferum}, or white
poppy.
Note: Opium is obtained from incisions made in the capsules
of the plant, and the best flows from the first
incision. It is imported into Europe and America
chiefly from the Levant, and large quantities are sent
to China from India, Persia, and other countries. It is
of a brownish yellow color, has a faint smell, and
bitter and acrid taste. It is a stimulant narcotic
poison, which may produce hallicinations, profound
sleep, or death. It is much used in medicine to soothe
pain and inflammation, and is smoked as an intoxicant
with baneful effects.
{Opium joint}, a low resort of opium smokers. [Slang]
Ople tree \O"ple tree`\ [L. opulus a kind of maple tree.]
The witch-hazel. [Obs.] --Ainsworth.
Opobalsam \Op`o*bal"sam\, Opobalsamum \Op`o*bal"sa*mum\, n. [L.
opobalsamum, Gr. ?; ? vegetable juice + ? balsam.] (Med.)
The old name of the aromatic resinous juice of the
{Balsamodendron opobalsamum}, now commonly called {balm of
Gilead}. See under {Balm}.
Opodeldoc \Op`o*del"doc\, n. [So called by Paracelsus. The first
syllable may be fr. Gr. ? vegetable juice.]
1. A kind of plaster, said to have been invented by
Mindererus, -- used for external injuries. [Obs.]
2. A saponaceous, camphorated liniment; a solution of soap in
alcohol, with the addition of camphor and essential oils;
soap liniment.
Opopanax \O*pop"a*nax\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; ? vegetable juice +
?, ?. a kind of plant: cf. F. opopanax.]
The inspissated juice of an umbelliferous plant (the
{Opoponax Chironum}), brought from Turkey and the East Indies
in loose granules, or sometimes in larger masses, of a
reddish yellow color, with specks of white. It has a strong
smell and acrid taste, and was formerly used in medicine as
an emmenagogue and antispasmodic. --Dunglison.
Opossum \O*pos"sum\, n. [Of N. American Indian origin.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any American marsupial of the genera {Didelphys} and
{Chironectes}. The common species of the United States is
{Didelphys Virginiana}.
Note: Several related species are found in South America. The
water opossum of Brazil ({Chironectes variegatus}),
which has the hind feet, webbed, is provided with a
marsupial pouch and with cheek pouches. It is called
also {yapock}.
{Opossum mouse}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Flying mouse}, under
{Flying}.
{Opossum shrimp} (Zo["o]l.), any schizopod crustacean of the
genus {Mysis} and allied genera. See {Schizopoda}.
Oppidan \Op"pi*dan\, a. [L. oppidanus, fr. oppidum town.]
Of or pertaining to a town. --Howell.
Oppidan \Op"pi*dan\, n.
1. An inhabitant of a town.
2. A student of Eton College, England, who is not a King's
scholar, and who boards in a private family.
Oppignerate \Op*pig"ner*ate\, v. i. [L. oppigneratus, p. p. of
oppignerare to pawn. See {Ob-}, and {Pignerate}.]
To pledge; to pawn. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Oppilate \Op"pi*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Oppilated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Oppilating}.] [L. oppilatus, p. p. of oppilare to
stop up; ob (see {Ob-}) + pilare to ram down, to thrust.]
To crowd together; to fill with obstructions; to block up.
[Obs.] --Cockeram.
Oppilation \Op`pi*la"tion\, n. [L. oppilatio: cf. F. opilation.]
The act of filling or crowding together; a stopping by
redundant matter; obstruction, particularly in the lower
intestines. --Jer. Taylor.
Oppilative \Op`pi*la*tive\, a. [Cf. F. opilatif. See
{Oppilate}.]
Obstructive. [Obs.] --Sherwood.
Opplete \Op*plete"\, Oppleted \Op*plet"ed\, a. [L. oppletus, p.
p. of opplere to fill up; ob (see {Ob-}) + plere to fill.]
Filled; crowded. [Obs.] --Johnson.
Oppletion \Op*ple"tion\, n.
The act of filling up, or the state of being filled up;
fullness. [Obs.]
Oppone \Op*pone"\, v. t. [L. opponere. See {Opponent}.]
To oppose. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Opponency \Op*po"nen*cy\, n.
The act of opening an academical disputation; the proposition
of objections to a tenet, as an exercise for a degree. [Eng.]
--Todd.
Opponent \Op*po"nent\, a. [L. opponens, -entis, p. pr. of
opponere to set or place against, to oppose; ob (see {Ob-}) +
ponere to place. See {Position}.]
Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse;
antagonistic. --Pope.
Opponent \Op*po"nent\, n.
1. One who opposes; an adversary; an antagonist; a foe.
--Macaulay.
2. One who opposes in a disputation, argument, or other
verbal controversy; specifically, one who attacks some
theirs or proposition, in distinction from the respondent,
or defendant, who maintains it.
How becomingly does Philopolis exercise his office,
and seasonably commit the opponent with the
respondent, like a long-practiced moderator! --Dr.
H. More.
Syn: Antagonist; opposer; foe. See {Adversary}.
Opportune \Op`por*tune"\, a. [F. opporiun, L. opportunus, lit.,
at or before the port; ob (see {Ob-}) + a derivative of
portus port, harbor. See {Port} harbor.]
Convenient; ready; hence, seasonable; timely. --Milton.
This is most opportune to our need. --Shak.
-- {Op`por*tune"ly}, adv. -- {Op`por*tune"ness}, n.
Opportune \Op`por*tune"\, v. t.
To suit. [Obs.] --Dr. Clerke(1637).
Opportunism \Op`por*tun"ism\, n. [Cf. F. opportunisme.]
The art or practice of taking advantage of opportunities or
circumstances, or of seeking immediate advantage with little
regard for ultimate consequences. [Recent]
Opportunist \Op`por*tun"ist\, n. [Cf. F. opportuniste.]
One who advocates or practices opportunism. [Recent]
Opportunity \Op`por*tu"ni*ty\, n.; pl. {Opportunities}. [F.
opportunit['e], L. opportunitas. See {Opportune}.]
1. Fit or convenient time; a time or place favorable for
executing a purpose; a suitable combination of conditions;
suitable occasion; chance.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he
finds. --Bacon.
2. Convenience of situation; fitness. [Obs.]
Hull, a town of great strength and opportunity, both
to sea and land affairs. --Milton.
3. Importunity; earnestness. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
Syn: Occasion; convenience; occurrence.
Usage: {Opportunity}, {Occasion}. An occasion is that which
falls in our way, or presents itself in the course of
events; an opportunity is a convenience or fitness of
time, place, etc., for the doing of a thing. Hence,
occasions often make opportunities. The occasion of
sickness may give opportunity for reflection.
Opposability \Op*pos`a*bil"i*ty\, n.
The condition or quality of being opposable.
In no savage have I ever seen the slightest approach to
opposability of the great toe, which is the essential
distinguishing feature of apes. --A. R.
Wallace.
Opposable \Op*pos"a*ble\, a.
1. Capable of being opposed or resisted.
2. Capable of being placed opposite something else; as, the
thumb is opposable to the forefinger.
Opposal \Op*pos"al\, n.
Opposition. [R.] --Sir T. Herbert.
Oppose \Op*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Opposed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Opposing}.] [F. opposer. See {Ob-}, {Pose}, and cf.2d
{Appose}, {Puzzle}, n. Cf.L. opponere, oppositum.]
1. To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to
exhibit.
Her grace sat down . . . In a rich chair of state;
opposing freely The beauty of her person to the
people. --Shak.
2. To put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance or
countervail; to set against; to offer antagonistically.
I may . . . oppose my single opinion to his.
--Locke.
3. To resist or antagonize by physical means, or by
arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to
resist; to withstand; as, to oppose the king in battle; to
oppose a bill in Congress.
4. To compete with; to strive against; as, to oppose a rival
for a prize.
I am . . . too weak To oppose your cunning. --Shak.
Syn: To combat; withstand; contradict; deny; gainsay; oppugn;
contravene; check; obstruct.
Oppose \Op*pose"\, v. i.
1. To be set opposite. --Shak.
2. To act adversely or in opposition; -- with against or to;
as, a servant opposed against the act. [Obs.] --Shak.
3. To make objection or opposition in controversy.
Opposeless \Op*pose"less\, a.
Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible. [Obs.] ``Your
great opposeless wills.'' --Shak.
Opposer \Op*pos"er\, n.
One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist; an adversary.
Opposite \Op"po*site\, a. [F., fr. L. oppositus, p. p. of
opponere. See {Opponent}.]
1. Placed over against; standing or situated over against or
in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite
to the Exchange.
2. Applied to the other of two things which are entirely
different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite
extreme.
3. Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant;
antagonistic.
Novels, by which the reader is misled into another
sort of pieasure opposite to that which is designed
in an epic poem. --Dryden.
Particles of speech have divers, and sometimes
almost opposite, significations. --Locke.
4. (Bot.)
(a) Set over against each other, but separated by the
whole diameter of the stem, as two leaves at the same
node.
(b) Placed directly in front of another part or organ, as
a stamen which stands before a petal.
Opposite \Op"po*site\, n.
1. One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist. [Obs.]
The opposites of this day's strife. --Shak.
2. That which is opposed or contrary; as, sweetness and its
opposite.
The virtuous man meets with more opposites and
opponents than any other. --Landor.
Oppositely \Op"po*site*ly\, adv.
In a situation to face each other; in an opposite manner or
direction; adversely.
Winds from all quarters oppositely blow. --May.
Oppositeness \Op"po*site*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being opposite.
Oppositifolious \Op*pos`i*ti*fo"li*ous\, a. [See {Opposite},
{Folious}.] (Bot.)
Placed at the same node with a leaf, but separated from it by
the whole diameter of the stem; as, an oppositifolious
peduncle.
Opposition \Op`po*si"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. oppositio. See
{Opposite}.]
1. The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or
defeat; resistance.
The counterpoise of so great an opposition. --Shak.
Virtue which breaks through all opposition.
--Milton.
2. The state of being placed over against; situation so as to
front something else. --Milton.
3. Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or
purpose; antipathy. --Shak.
4. That which opposes; an obstacle; specifically, the
aggregate of persons or things opposing; hence, in
politics and parliamentary practice, the party opposed to
the party in power.
5. (Astron.) The situation of a heavenly body with respect to
another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite
to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite
when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180[deg];
-- signified by the symbol ?; as, ? [Jupiter] [Sun],
opposition of Jupiter to the sun.
6. (Logic) The relation between two propositions when, having
the same subject and predicate, they differ in quantity,
or in quality, or in both; or between two propositions
which have the same matter but a different form.
Oppositionist \Op`po*si"tion*ist\, n.
One who belongs to the opposition party. --Praed.
Oppositipetalous \Op*pos`i*ti*pet"al*ous\, a. [See {Opposite},
and {Petal}.] (Bot.)
Placed in front of a petal.
Oppositisepalous \Op*pos`i*ti*sep"al*ous\, a. [See {Opposite},
and {Sepal}.] (Bot.)
Placed in front of a sepal.
Oppositive \Op*pos`i*tive\, a. [Cf. F. oppositif. See
{Opposite}.]
Capable of being put in opposition. --Bp. Hall.
Oppress \Op*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Oppressed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Oppressing}.] [F. oppresser, LL. oppressare, fr. L.
oppressus, p. p. of opprimere; ob (see {Ob-}) + premere to
press. See {Press}.]
1. To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to
treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. --Wyclif.
For thee, oppress[`e]d king, am I cast down. --Shak.
Behold the kings of the earth; how they oppress Thy
chosen ! --Milton.
2. To ravish; to violate. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
3. To put down; to crush out; to suppress. [Obs.]
The mutiny he there hastes to oppress. --Shak.
4. To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the
body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess
of food oppresses the stomach.
Oppression \Op*pres"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. oppressio.]
1. The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed.
2. That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty;
severity; tyranny. ``The multitude of oppressions.'' --Job
xxxv. 9.
3. A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind;
depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of
spirits; an oppression of the lungs.
There gentlee Sleep First found me, and with soft
oppression seized My drowsed sense. --Milton.
4. Ravishment; rape. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Oppressive \Op*press"ive\, a. [Cf. F. oppressif.]
1. Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or
harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of
service; an oppressive game law. --Macaulay.
2. Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or
commands.
3. Heavy; overpowering; hard to be borne; as, oppressive
grief or woe.
To ease the soul of one oppressive weight. --Pope.
-- {Op*press"ive*ly}, adv. -- {Op*press"ive*ness}, n.
Oppressor \Op*press"or\, n. [L.]
One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on others;
one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable
severity.
The orphan pines while the oppressor feeds. --Shak.
To relieve the oppressed and to punish the oppressor.
--Swift.
Oppressure \Op*pres"sure\, n.
Oppression. [Obs.]
Opprobrious \Op*pro"bri*ous\, a. [L. opprobriosus, fr.
opprobrium. See {Opprobrium}.]
1. Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace; reproachful;
scurrilous; as, opprobrious language.
They . . . vindicate themselves in terms no less
opprobrious than those by which they are attacked.
--Addison.
2. Infamous; despised; rendered hateful; as, an opprobrious
name.
This dark, opprobrious den of shame. --Milton.
-- {Op*pro"bri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Op*pro"bri*ous*ness}, n.
Opprobrium \Op*pro"bri*um\, n. [L., fr. ob (see {Ob-}) + probrum
reproach, disgrace.]
Disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt; abusive
language.
Being both dramatic author and dramatic performer, he
found himself heir to a twofold opprobrium. --De
Quincey.
Opprobry \Op*pro"bry\, n.
Opprobrium. [Obs.] --Johnson.
Oppugn \Op*pugn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Oppugned}; p pr. & vb.
n. {Oppugning}.] [OF. oppugner, L. oppugnare; ob (see {Ob-})
+ pugnare to fight. See {Impugn}.]
To fight against; to attack; to be in conflict with; to
oppose; to resist.
They said the manner of their impeachment they could
not but conceive did oppugn the rights of Parliament.
--Clarendon.
Oppugnancy \Op*pug"nan*cy\, n. [See {Oppugnant}.]
The act of oppugning; opposition; resistance. --Shak.
Oppugnant \Op*pug"nant\, a. [L. oppugnans, p. pr. of oppugnare.
See {Oppugn}.]
Tending to awaken hostility; hostile; opposing; warring.
``Oppugnant forces.'' --I. Taylor. -- n. An opponent. [R.]
--Coleridge.
Oppugnation \Op`pug*na"tion\, n. [L. oppugnatio: cf. OF.
oppugnation.]
Opposition. [R.] --Bp. Hall.
Oppugner \Op*pugn"er\, n.
One who opposes or attacks; that which opposes. --Selden.
Opsimathy \Op*sim"a*thy\, n. [Gr. ?.]
Education late in life. [R.] --Hales.
Opsiometer \Op`si*om"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? sight + -meter: cf. F.
opsiom[`e]tre.]
An instrument for measuring the limits of distincts vision in
different individuals, and thus determiming the proper focal
length of a lens for correcting imperfect sight. --Brande &
C.
Opsonation \Op`so*na"tion\, n. [L. opsonatio.]
A catering; a buying of provisions. [Obs.] --Bailey.
Optable \Op"ta*ble\, a. [L. optabilis.]
That may be chosen; desirable. [Obs.] --Cockeram.
Optate \Op"tate\, v. i. [L. optatus, p. p. of optare.]
To choose; to wish for; to desire. [Obs.] --Cotgrave.
Optation \Op*ta"tion\, n. [L. optatio. See {Option}.]
The act of optating; a wish. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Optative \Op"ta*tive\, a. [L. optativus: cf. F. optatif.]
Expressing desire or wish. --Fuller.
{Optative mood} (Gram.), that mood or form of a verb, as in
Greek, Sanskrit, etc., in which a wish or desire is
expressed.
Optative \Op"ta*tive\, n. [Cf. F. optatif.]
1. Something to be desired. [R.] --Bacon.
2. (Gram.) The optative mood; also, a verb in the optative
mood.
Optatively \Op"ta*tive*ly\, adv.
In an optative manner; with the expression of desire. [R.]
God blesseth man imperatively, and man blesseth God
optatively. --Bp. Hall.
Optic \Op"tic\, n. [From {Optic}, a.]
1. The organ of sight; an eye.
The difference is as great between The optics
seeing, as the object seen. --Pope.
2. An eyeglass. [Obs.] --Herbert.
Optic \Op"tic\, Optical \Op"tic*al\, a. [F. optique, Gr. ?; akin
to ? sight, ? I have seen, ? I shall see, and to ? the two
eyes, ? face, L. oculus eye. See {Ocular}, {Eye}, and cf.
{Canopy}, {Ophthalmia}.]
1. Of or pertaining to vision or sight.
The moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan
artist views. --Milton.
2. Of or pertaining to the eye; ocular; as, the optic nerves
(the first pair of cranial nerves) which are distributed
to the retina. See Illust. of {Brain}, and {Eye}.
3. Relating to the science of optics; as, optical works.
{Optic angle} (Opt.), the angle included between the optic
axes of the two eyes when directed to the same point; --
sometimes called {binocular parallax}.
{Optic axis}. (Opt.)
(a) A line drawn through the center of the eye
perpendicular to its anterior and posterior surfaces.
In a normal eye it is in the direction of the optic
axis that objects are most distinctly seen.
(b) The line in a doubly refracting crystal, in the
direction of which no double refraction occurs. A
uniaxial crystal has one such line, a biaxial crystal
has two.
{Optical circle} (Opt.), a graduated circle used for the
measurement of angles in optical experiments.
{Optical square}, a surveyor's instrument with reflectors for
laying off right angles.
Optically \Op"tic*al*ly\, adv.
By optics or sight; with reference to optics.
{Optically active}, {Optically inactive} (Chem. Physics),
terms used of certain metameric substances which, while
identical with each other in other respects, differ in
this, viz., that they do or do not produce right-handed or
left-handed circular polarization of light.
{Optically positive}, {Optically negative}. See under
{Refraction}.
Optician \Op*ti"cian\, n. [Cf. F. opticien. See {Optic}, a.]
1. One skilled in optics. [R.] --A. Smith.
2. One who deals in optical glasses and instruments.
Optics \Op"tics\, n. [Cf. F. optique, L. optice, Gr. ? (sc. ?).
See {Optic}.]
That branch of physical science which treats of the nature
and properties of light, the laws of its modification by
opaque and transparent bodies, and the phenomena of vision.
Optigraph \Op"ti*graph\, n. [Optic + -graph: cf. F.
opticographe. See {Optic}, a. ]
A telescope with a diagonal eyepiece, suspended vertically in
gimbals by the object end beneath a fixed diagonal plane
mirror. It is used for delineating landscapes, by means of a
pencil at the eye end which leaves the delineation on paper.
Optimacy \Op"ti*ma*cy\, n. [Cf. F. optimatie. See {Optimate}.]
1. Government by the nobility. [R.] --Howell.
2. Collectively, the nobility. [R.]
Optimate \Op"ti*mate\, a. [L. optimas, -atis, adj., optimates,
n. pl., the adherents of the best men, the aristocrats, fr.
optimus the best.]
Of or pertaining to the nobility or aristocracy. [R.] -- n. A
nobleman or aristocrat; a chief man in a state or city. [R.]
--Chapman.
Optimates \Op`ti*ma"tes\, n. pl. [L. See {Optimate}.]
The nobility or aristocracy of ancient Rome, as opposed to
the populares.
Optime \Op"ti*me\, n. [L., adv. fr. optimus the best.]
One of those who stand in the second rank of honors,
immediately after the wranglers, in the University of
Cambridge, England. They are divided into senior and junior
optimes.
Optimism \Op"ti*mism\, n. [L. optimus the best; akin to optio
choice: cf. F. optimisme. See {Option}.]
1. (Metaph.) The opinion or doctrine that everything in
nature, being the work of God, is ordered for the best, or
that the ordering of things in the universe is such as to
produce the highest good.
2. A disposition to take the most hopeful view; -- opposed to
{pessimism}.
Optimist \Op"ti*mist\, n. [Cf. F. optimiste.]
1. (Metaph.) One who holds the opinion that all events are
ordered for the best.
2. One who looks on the bright side of things, or takes
hopeful views; -- opposed to {pessimist}.
Optimistic \Op`ti*mis"tic\, a.
1. (Metaph.) Of or pertaining to optimism; tending, or
conforming, to the opinion that all events are ordered for
the best.
2. Hopeful; sanguine; as, an optimistic view.
Optimity \Op*tim"i*ty\, n. [L. optimitas, fr. optimus the best.]
The state of being best. [R.] --Bailey.
Option \Op"tion\, n. [L. optio; akin to optare to choose, wish,
optimus best, and perh. to E. apt: cf. F. option.]
1. The power of choosing; the right of choice or election; an
alternative.
There is an option left to the United States of
America, whether they will be respectable and
prosperous, or contemptible and miserable, as a
nation. --Washington.
2. The exercise of the power of choice; choice.
Transplantation must proceed from the option of the
people, else it sounds like an exile. --Bacon.
3. A wishing; a wish. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
4. (Ch. of Eng.) A right formerly belonging to an archbishop
to select any one dignity or benefice in the gift of a
suffragan bishop consecrated or confirmed by him, for
bestowal by himself when next vacant; -- annulled by
Parliament in 1845.
5. (Stock Exchange) A stipulated privilege, given to a party
in a time contract, of demanding its fulfillment on any
day within a specified limit.
{Buyer's option}, an option allowed to one who contracts to
buy stocks at a certain future date and at a certain
price, to demand the delivery of the stock (giving one
day's notice) at any previous time at the market price.
{Seller's option}, an option allowed to one who contracts to
deliver stock art a certain price on a certain future
date, to deliver it (giving one day's notice) at any
previous time at the market price. Such options are
privileges for which a consideration is paid.
{Local option}. See under {Local}.
Syn: Choice; preference; selection.
Usage: {Option}, {Choice}. Choice is an act of choosing;
option often means liberty to choose, and implies
freedom from constraint in the act of choosing.
Optional \Op"tion*al\, a.
Involving an option; depending on the exercise of an option;
left to one's discretion or choice; not compulsory; as,
optional studies; it is optional with you to go or stay. --
n. See {Elective}, n.
If to the former the movement was not optional, it was
the same that the latter chose when it was optional.
--Palfrey.
Original writs are either optional or peremptory.
--Blackstone.
Optionally \Op"tion*al*ly\, adv.
In an optional manner.
Optocoele \Op"to*c[oe]le\, Optocoelia \Op`to*c[oe]"li*a\, n.
[NL. optocoelia, fr. Gr. ? optic + ? a hollow.] (Anat.)
The cavity of one of the optic lobes of the brain in many
animals. --B. G. Wilder.
Optogram \Op"to*gram\, n. [Optic + -gram: cf. F. optogramme.]
(Physiol.)
An image of external objects fixed on the retina by the
photochemical action of light on the visual purple. See
{Optography}.
Optography \Op*tog"ra*phy\, n. [Optic + -graphy.] (Physiol.)
The production of an optogram on the retina by the
photochemical action of light on the visual purple; the
fixation of an image in the eye. The object so photographed
shows white on a purple or red background. See {Visual
purple}, under {Visual}.
Optometer \Op*tom"e*ter\, n. [Optic + -meter.] (Physiol.)
An instrument for measuring the distance of distinct vision,
mainly for the selection of eveglasses.
Opulence \Op"u*lence\, n. [L. opulentia: cf. F. opulence. See
{Opulent}.]
Wealth; riches; affluence. --Swift
Opulency \Op"u*len*cy\, n.
See {Opulence}. --Shak.
Opulent \Op"u*lent\, a. [L. opulens, opulentus, fr. ops, opis,
power, wealth, riches, perh. akin to E. apt: cf. F. opulent.
Cf. {Copious}, {Couple}, {Office}.]
Having a large estate or property; wealthy; rich; affluent;
as, an opulent city; an opulent citizen. -- {Op"u*lent*ly},
adv.
I will piece Her opulent throne with kingdoms. --Shak.
Opuntia \O*pun"ti*a\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A genus of cactaceous plants; the prickly pear, or Indian
fig.
Opus \O"pus\, n.; pl. {Opera}. [L. See {Opera}.]
A work; specif. (Mus.), a musical composition.
Note: Each composition, or set of pieces, as the composer may
choose, is called an opus, and they are numbered in the
order of their issue. (Often abbrev. to op.)
{Opus incertum}. [L.] (Arch.) See under {Incertum}.
Opuscle \O*pus"cle\, Opuscule \O*pus"cule\, n. [L. opusculum,
dim. of opus work: cf. F. opuscule.]
A small or petty work.
Opusculum \O*pus"cu*lum\, n.; pl. {Opuscula}. [L.]
An opuscule. --Smart.
Opye \O"pye\, n.
Opium. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Oquassa \O*quas"sa\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A small, handsome trout ({Salvelinus oquassa}), found in some
of the lakes in Maine; -- called also {blueback trout}.
-or \-or\ [L. -or: cf. OF. -or, -ur, -our, F. -eur.]
1. A noun suffix denoting an act; a state or quality; as in
error, fervor, pallor, candor, etc.
2. A noun suffix denoting an agent or doer; as in auditor,
one who hears; donor, one who gives; obligor, elevator. It
is correlative to -ee. In general -or is appended to words
of Latin, and -er to those of English, origin. See {-er}.
Or \Or\, conj. [OE. or, outher, other, auther, either, or, AS.
[=a]w?er, contr. from [=a]hw[ae]?er; [=a] aye + hw[ae]?er
whether. See {Aye}, and {Whether}, and cf. {Either}.]
A particle that marks an alternative; as, you may read or may
write, -- that is, you may do one of the things at your
pleasure, but not both. It corresponds to either. You may
ride either to London or to Windsor. It often connects a
series of words or propositions, presenting a choice of
either; as, he may study law, or medicine, or divinity, or he
may enter into trade.
If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his
rights and claims Are paramount. --Cowper.
Note: Or may be used to join as alternatives terms expressing
unlike things or ideas (as, is the orange sour or
sweet?), or different terms expressing the same thing
or idea; as, this is a sphere, or globe.
Note: Or sometimes begins a sentence. In this case it
expresses an alternative or subjoins a clause differing
from the foregoing. ``Or what man is there of you, who,
if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a
stone?'' --Matt. vii. 9 (Rev. Ver. ). Or for either is
archaic or poetic.
Maugre thine heed, thou must for indigence Or
steal, or beg, or borrow thy dispence. --Chaucer.
Or \Or\, prep. & adv. [AS. ?r ere, before. [root]204. See {Ere},
prep. & adv.]
Ere; before; sooner than. [Obs.]
But natheless, while I have time and space, Or that I
forther in this tale pace. --Chaucer.
{Or ever}, {Or ere}. See under {Ever}, and {Ere}.
Or \Or\, n. [F., fr. L. aurum gold. Cf. {Aureate}.] (Her.)
Yellow or gold color, -- represented in drawing or engraving
by small dots.
Ora \O"ra\, n. [AS. See 2d {Ore}.]
A money of account among the Anglo-Saxons, valued, in the
Domesday Book, at twenty pence sterling.
Orabassu \O`ra*bas"su\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A South American monkey of the genus {Callithrix}, esp. --C.
Moloch.
Orach \Or"ach\, Orache \Or"ache\, n. [F. arroche, corrupted fr.
L. atriplex, Gr. ?. Cf. {Arrach}.] (Bot.)
A genus ({Atriplex}) of herbs or low shrubs of the Goosefoot
family, most of them with a mealy surface.
{Garden orache}, a plant ({Atriplex hortensis}), often used
as a pot herb; -- also called {mountain spinach}.
Oracle \Or"a*cle\, n. [F., fr. L. oraculum, fr. orare to speak,
utter, pray, fr. os, oris, mouth. See {Oral}.]
1. The answer of a god, or some person reputed to be a god,
to an inquiry respecting some affair or future event, as
the success of an enterprise or battle.
Whatso'er she saith, for oracles must stand.
--Drayton.
2. Hence: The deity who was supposed to give the answer;
also, the place where it was given.
The oracles are dumb; No voice or hideous hum Runs
through the arched roof in words deceiving.
--Milton.
3. The communications, revelations, or messages delivered by
God to the prophets; also, the entire sacred Scriptures --
usually in the plural.
The first principles of the oracles of God. --Heb.
v. 12.
4. (Jewish Antiq.) The sanctuary, or Most Holy place in the
temple; also, the temple itself. --1 Kings vi. 19.
Siloa's brook, that flow'd Fast by the oracle of
God. --Milton.
5. One who communicates a divine command; an angel; a
prophet.
God hath now sent his living oracle Into the world
to teach his final will. --Milton.
6. Any person reputed uncommonly wise; one whose decisions
are regarded as of great authority; as, a literary oracle.
``Oracles of mode.'' --Tennyson.
The country rectors . . . thought him an oracle on
points of learning. --Macaulay.
7. A wise sentence or decision of great authority.
Oracle \Or"a*cle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Oracled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Oracling}.]
To utter oracles. [Obs.]
Oracular \O*rac"u*lar\, a. [L. oracularius. See {Oracle}.]
1. Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles;
forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue.
2. Resembling an oracle in some way, as in solemnity, wisdom,
authority, obscurity, ambiguity, dogmatism.
They have something venerable and oracular in that
unadorned gravity and shortness in the expression.
--Pope.
-- {O*rac"u*lar*ly}, adv. -- {O*rac"u*lar*ness}, n.
Oraculous \O*rac"u*lous\, a.
Oracular; of the nature of an oracle. [R.] ``Equivocations,
or oraculous speeches.'' --Bacon. ``The oraculous seer.''
--Pope. -- {O*rac"u*lous*ly}, adv. -- {O*rac"u*lous*ness}, n.
Oragious \O*ra"gious\, a. [F. orageux.]
Stormy. [R.]
Oraison \Or"ai*son\, n.
See {Orison}. [Obs.] --Shak.
Oral \O"ral\, a. [L. os, oris, the mouth, akin to Skr. [=a]s.
Cf. {Adore}, {Orison}, {Usher}.]
1. Uttered by the mouth, or in words; spoken, not written;
verbal; as, oral traditions; oral testimony; oral law.
2. Of or pertaining to the mouth; surrounding or lining the
mouth; as, oral cilia or cirri.
Orally \O"ral*ly\, adv.
1. In an oral manner. --Tillotson.
2. By, with, or in, the mouth; as, to receive the sacrament
orally. [Obs.] --Usher.
Orang \O*rang"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See {Orang-outang}.
Orange \Or"ange\, n. [F.; cf. It. arancia, arancio, LL. arangia,
Sp. naranjia, Pg. laranja; all fr. Ar. n[=a]ranj, Per.
n[=a]ranj, n[=a]rang; cf. Skr. n[=a]ranga orange tree. The o-
in F. orange is due to confusion with or gold, L. aurum,
because the orange resembles gold in color.]
1. The fruit of a tree of the genus {Citrus} ({C.
Aurantium}). It is usually round, and consists of pulpy
carpels, commonly ten in number, inclosed in a leathery
rind, which is easily separable, and is reddish yellow
when ripe.
Note: There are numerous varieties of oranges; as, the
{bitter orange}, which is supposed to be the original
stock; the {navel orange}, which has the rudiment of a
second orange imbedded in the top of the fruit; the
{blood orange}, with a reddish juice; and the {horned
orange}, in which the carpels are partly separated.
2. (Bot.) The tree that bears oranges; the orange tree.
3. The color of an orange; reddish yellow.
{Mandarin orange}. See {Mandarin}.
{Mock orange} (Bot.), any species of shrubs of the genus
{Philadelphus}, which have whitish and often fragrant
blossoms.
{Native orange}, or {Orange thorn} (Bot.), an Australian
shrub ({Citriobatus parviflorus}); also, its edible yellow
berries.
{Orange bird} (Zo["o]l.), a tanager of Jamaica ({Tanagra
zena}); -- so called from its bright orange breast.
{Orange cowry} (Zo["o]l.), a large, handsome cowry
({Cypr[ae]a aurantia}), highly valued by collectors of
shells on account of its rarity.
{Orange grass} (Bot.), an inconspicuous annual American plant
({Hypericum Sarothra}), having minute, deep yellow
flowers.
{Orange oil} (Chem.), an oily, terpenelike substance obtained
from orange rind, and distinct from neroli oil, which is
obtained from the flowers.
{Orange pekoe}, a kind of black tea.
{Orange pippin}, an orange-colored apple with acid flavor.
{Quito orange}, the orangelike fruit of a shrubby species of
nightshade ({Solanum Quitoense}), native in Quito.
{Orange scale} (Zo["o]l.) any species of scale insects which
infests orange trees; especially, the purple scale
({Mytilaspis citricola}), the long scale ({M. Gloveri}),
and the red scale ({Aspidiotus Aurantii}).
Orange \Or"ange\, a.
Of or pertaining to an orange; of the color of an orange;
reddish yellow; as, an orange ribbon.
Orangeade \Or`ange*ade"\, n. [F., fr. orange.]
A drink made of orange juice and water, corresponding to
lemonade; orange sherbet.
Orangeat \Or`an*geat"\, n. [F., fr. orange.]
Candied orange peel; also, orangeade.
Orangeism \Or"ange*ism\, n.
Attachment to the principles of the society of Orangemen; the
tenets or practices of the Orangemen.
Orangeman \Or"ange*man\, n.; pl. {-men}.
One of a secret society, organized in the north of Ireland in
1795, the professed objects of which are the defense of the
regning sovereign of Great Britain, the support of the
Protestant religion, the maintenance of the laws of the
kingdom, etc.; -- so called in honor of William, Prince of
Orange, who became William III. of England.
Orangeroot \Or"ange*root`\, n. (Bot.)
An American ranunculaceous plant ({Hidrastis Canadensis}),
having a yellow tuberous root; -- also called {yellowroot},
{golden seal}, etc.
Orangery \Or"an*ger*y\, n. [F. orangerie, fr. orange. See
{Orange}.]
A place for raising oranges; a plantation of orange trees.
Orangetawny \Or"ange*taw`ny\, a. & n.
Deep orange-yellow; dark yellow. --Shak.
Orangite \Or"an*gite\, (Min.)
An orange-yellow variety of the mineral thorite, found in
Norway.
Orang-outang \O*rang"-ou*tang`\, n. [Malayan ?rang ?tan, i. e.,
man of the woods; ?rang man + ?tan a forest, wood, wild,
savage.] (Zo["o]l.)
An arboreal anthropoid ape ({Simia satyrus}), which inhabits
Borneo and Sumatra. Often called simply {orang}. [Written
also {orang-outan}, {orang-utan}, {ourang-utang}, and
{oran-utan}.]
Note: It is over four feet high, when full grown, and has
very long arms, which reach nearly or quite to the
ground when the body is erect. Its color is reddish
brown. In structure, it closely resembles man in many
respects.
Orarian \O*ra"ri*an\, a. [L. orarius, fr. ora coast.]
Of or pertaining to a coast.
Oration \O*ra"tion\, n.[L. oratio, fr. orare to speak, utter,
pray. See {Oral}, {Orison}.]
An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an
important subject in a formal and dignified manner;
especially, a discourse having reference to some special
occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the
like; -- distinguished from an argument in court, a popular
harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at
Bunker Hill.
The lord archbishop . . . made a long oration. --Bacon.
Syn: Address; speech. See {Harangue}.
Oration \O*ra"tion\, v. i.
To deliver an oration. --Donne.
Orator \Or"a*tor\, n. [L., fr. orare to speak, utter. See
{Oration}.]
1. A public speaker; one who delivers an oration; especially,
one distinguished for his skill and power as a public
speaker; one who is eloquent.
I am no orator, as Brutus is. --Shak.
Some orator renowned In Athens or free Rome.
--Milton.
2. (Law)
(a) In equity proceedings, one who prays for relief; a
petitioner.
(b) A plaintiff, or complainant, in a bill in chancery.
--Burrill.
3. (Eng. Universities) An officer who is the voice of the
university upon all public occasions, who writes, reads,
and records all letters of a public nature, presents, with
an appropriate address, those persons on whom honorary
degrees are to be conferred, and performs other like
duties; -- called also {public orator}.
Oratorial \Or`a*to"ri*al\, a.
Oratorical. [R.] --Swift. --{Or`a*to"ri*al*ly}, adv.
Oratorian \Or`a*to"ri*an\, a.
Oratorical. [Obs.] --R. North.
Oratorian \Or`a*to"ri*an\, n. [Cf. F. oratorien.] (R. C. Ch.)
See {Fathers of the Oratory}, under {Oratory}.
Oratorical \Or`a*tor"ic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to an orator or to oratory; characterized by
oratory; rhetorical; becoming to an orator; as, an oratorical
triumph; an oratorical essay. -- {Or`a*tor"ic*al*ly}, adv.
Oratorio \Or`a*to"ri*o\, n. [It., fr. L. oratorius belonging to
praying. See {Orator}, and cf. {Oratory}.]
1. (Mus.) A more or less dramatic text or poem, founded on
some Scripture nerrative, or great divine event,
elaborately set to music, in recitative, arias, grand
choruses, etc., to be sung with an orchestral
accompaniment, but without action, scenery, or costume,
although the oratorio grew out of the Mysteries and the
Miracle and Passion plays, which were acted.
Note: There are instances of secular and mythological
subjects treated in the form of the oratorios, and
called oratorios by their composers; as Haydn's
``Seasons,'' Handel's ``Semele,'' etc.
2. Performance or rendering of such a composition.
Oratorious \Or`a*to"ri*ous\, a. [LL. oratorius.]
Oratorical. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. -- {Or`a*to"ri*ous*ly},
adv. [Obs.]
Oratorize \Or"a*tor*ize\, v. i.
To play the orator. [Jocose or derisive] --Dickens.
Oratory \Or"a*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Oratories}. [OE. oratorie, fr. L.
oratorium, fr. oratorius of praying, of an orator: cf. F.
oratoire. See {Orator}, {Oral}, and cf. {Oratorio}.]
A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small
room set apart for private devotions.
An oratory [temple] . . . in worship of Dian.
--Chaucer.
Do not omit thy prayers for want of a good oratory, or
place to pray in. --Jer. Taylor.
{Fathers of the Oratory} (R. C. Ch.), a society of priests
founded by St. Philip Neri, living in community, and not
bound by a special vow. The members are called also
{oratorians}.
Oratory \Or"a*to*ry\, n. [L. oratoria (sc. ars) the oratorical
art.]
The art of an orator; the art of public speaking in an
eloquent or effective manner; the exercise of rhetorical
skill in oral discourse; eloquence. ``The oratory of Greece
and Rome.'' --Milton.
When a world of men Could not prevail with all their
oratory. --Shak.
Oratress \Or"a*tress\, n.
A woman who makes public addresses. --Warner.
Oratrix \Or"a*trix\, n. [L.]
A woman plaintiff, or complainant, in equity pleading.
--Burrill.
Orb \Orb\, n. [OF. orb blind, fr. L. orbus destitute.] (Arch.)
A blank window or panel. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.
Orb \Orb\, n. [F. orbe, fr. L. orbis circle, orb. Cf. {Orbit}.]
1. A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the
celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star.
In the small orb of one particular tear. --Shak.
Whether the prime orb, Incredible how swift, had
thither rolled. --Milton.
2. One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the
ancients to be inclosed one within another, and to carry
the heavenly bodies in their revolutions.
3. A circle; esp., a circle, or nearly circular orbit,
described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit.
The schoolmen were like astronomers, which did feign
eccentrics, and epicycles, and such engines of orbs.
--Bacon.
You seem to me as Dian in her orb. --Shak.
In orbs Of circuit inexpressible they stood, Orb
within orb. --Milton.
4. A period of time marked off by the revolution of a
heavenly body. [R.] --Milton.
5. The eye, as luminous and spherical. [Poetic]
A drop serene hath quenched their orbs. --Milton.
6. A revolving circular body; a wheel. [Poetic]
The orbs Of his fierce chariot rolled. --Milton.
7. A sphere of action. [R.] --Wordsworth.
But in our orbs we'll live so round and safe. --Shak
8. Same as {Mound}, a ball or globe. See lst {Mound}.
9. (Mil.) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for
defense, esp. infantry to repel cavalry.
Syn: Globe; ball; sphere. See {Globe}.
Orb \Orb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Orbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Orbing}.]
1. To form into an orb or circle. [Poetic] --Milton. Lowell.
2. To encircle; to surround; to inclose. [Poetic]
The wheels were orbed with gold. --Addison.
Orb \Orb\, v. i.
To become round like an orb. [Poetic]
And orb into the perfect star. --Tennyson.
Orbate \Or"bate\, a. [L. orbatus, p. p. of orbare to bereave,
fr. orbus bereaved of parents or children. See {Orphan}.]
Bereaved; fatherless; childless. [Obs.]
Orbation \Or*ba"tion\, n. [L. orbatio.]
The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or
children; privation, in general; bereavement. [Obs.] --Bp.
Hall.
Orbed \Orbed\, a.
Having the form of an orb; round.
The orb[`e]d eyelids are let down. --Trench.
Orbic \Or"bic\, Orbical \Or"bic*al\, a. [L. orbicus, or orbitus,
fr. orbis orb.]
Spherical; orbicular; orblike; circular. [R.] --Bacon.
Orbicle \Or"bi*cle\, n. [L. orbiculus, dim. of orbis orb.]
A small orb, or sphere. [Obs.] --G. Fletcher.
Orbicula \Or*bic"u*la\, n. [NL. See {Orbicle}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Discina}.
Orbicular \Or*bic"u*lar\, a. [L. orbicularis, fr. orbiculus,
dim. of orbis orb: cf. F. orbiculaire.]
Resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular;
orbiculate. -- {Or*bic"u*lar*ly}, adv. --
{Or*bic"u*lar*ness}, n.
Orbicular as the disk of a planet. --De Quincey.
Orbiculate \Or*bic"u*late\, n.
That which is orbiculate; especially, a solid the vertical
section of which is oval, and the horizontal section
circular.
Orbiculate \Or*bic"u*late\, Orbiculated \Or*bic"u*la`ted\, a.
[L. orbiculatus. See {Orbicular}.]
Made, or being, in the form of an orb; having a circular, or
nearly circular, or a spheroidal, outline.
{Orbiculate leaf} (Bot.), a leaf whose outline is nearly
circular.
Orbiculation \Or*bic`u*la"tion\, n.
The state or quality of being orbiculate; orbicularness.
--Dr. H. More.
Orbit \Or"bit\, n. [L. orbita a track or rut made by a wheel,
course, circuit, fr. orbis a circle: cf. F. orbite. See 2d
{Orb}.]
1. (Astron.) The path described by a heavenly body in its
periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit
of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.
2. An orb or ball. [Rare & Improper]
Roll the lucid orbit of an eye. --Young.
3. (Anat.) The cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye
and its appendages are situated.
4. (Zo["o]l.) The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.
Orbital \Or"bit*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to an orbit. ``Orbital revolution.'' --J. D.
Forbes.
{Orbital index} (Anat.), in the skull, the ratio of the
vertical height to the transverse width of the orbit,
which is taken as the standard, equal to 100.
Orbitar \Or"bit*ar\, a. [Cf. F. orbitaire.]
Orbital. [R.] --Dunglison.
Orbitary \Or"bit*a*ry\, a.
Situated around the orbit; as, the orbitary feathers of a
bird.
Orbitelae \Or`bi*te"l[ae]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. orbis an orb +
tela a web.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of spiders, including those that make geometrical
webs, as the garden spider, or Epeira.
Orbitolites \Or`bi*to*li"tes\, n. [NL. See {Orbit}, and
{-lite}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of living Foraminifera, forming broad, thin, circular
disks, containing numerous small chambers.
Orbitonasal \Or`bi*to*na"sal\, a. [Orbit + nasal.] (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the orbit and the nose; as, the
orbitonasal, or ophthalmic, nerve.
Orbitosphenoid \Or`bi*to*sphe"noid\, a. [Orbit + sphenoid.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone and the orbit, or to
the orbitosphenoid bone. -- n. The orbitosphenoid bone, which
is situated in the orbit on either side of the presphenoid.
It generally forms a part of the sphenoid in the adult.
Orbitosphenoidal \Or`bi*to*sphe*noid"al\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the orbitosphenoid bone; orbitosphenoid.
Orbituary \Or*bit"u*a*ry\, a.
Orbital. [R.]
Orbitude \Or"bi*tude\, Orbity \Or"bi*ty\, n. [L. orbitudo,
orbitas, fr. orbus: cf. F. orbit['e]. See {Orbate}.]
Orbation. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
Orbulina \Or`bu*li"na\, n. [NL., dim. of L. orbis orb.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A genus of minute living Foraminifera having a globular
shell.
Orby \Orb"y\, a. [From 2d {Orb}.]
Orblike; having the course of an orb; revolving. [Obs.]
``Orby hours.'' --Chapman.
Orc \Orc\, n. [L. orca: cf. F. orque.] (Zo["o]l.)
The grampus. [Written also {ork} and {orch}.] --Milton.
Orcadian \Or*ca"di*an\, a. [L. Orcades the Orkney Islands.]
Of or pertaining to the Orkney Islands.
Orcein \Or"ce*in\, n. (Chem.)
A reddish brown amorphous dyestuff, ?, obtained from orcin,
and forming the essential coloring matter of cudbear and
archil. It is closely related to litmus.
Orchal \Or"chal\, n.
See {Archil}.
Orchanet \Or"cha*net\, n. [F. orcan[`e]te.] (Bot.)
Same as {Alkanet}, 2. --Ainsworth.
Orchard \Or"chard\, n. [AS. ortgeard, wyrtgeard, lit., wortyard,
i. e., a yard for herbs; wyrt herb + geard yard. See {Wort},
{Yard} inclosure.]
1. A garden. [Obs.]
2. An inclosure containing fruit trees; also, the fruit
trees, collectively; -- used especially of apples,
peaches, pears, cherries, plums, or the like, less
frequently of nutbearing trees and of sugar maple trees.
{Orchard grass} (Bot.), a tall coarse grass ({Dactylis
glomerata}), introduced into the United States from
Europe. It grows usually in shady places, and is of value
for forage and hay.
{Orchard house} (Hort.), a glazed structure in which fruit
trees are reared in pots.
{Orchard oriole} (Zool.), a bright-colored American oriole
({Icterus spurius}), which frequents orchards. It is
smaller and darker thah the Baltimore oriole.
Orcharding \Or"chard*ing\, n.
1. The cultivation of orchards.
2. Orchards, in general.
Orchardist \Or"chard*ist\, n.
One who cultivates an orchard.
Orchel \Or"chel\, n.
Archil.
Orchesography \Or`che*sog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. ? dance + -graphy.]
A treatise upon dancing. [R.]
Orchester \Or"ches*ter\, n.
See {Orchestra}.
Orchestian \Or*ches"tian\, n. [From Gr. ? a dancer. See
{Orchestra}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any species of amphipod crustacean of the genus {Orchestia},
or family {Orchestid[ae]}. See {Beach flea}, under {Beach}.
Orchestra \Or"ches*tra\, n. [L. orchestra, Gr. ?, orig., the
place for the chorus of dancers, from ? to dance: cf. F.
orchestre.]
1. The space in a theater between the stage and the audience;
-- originally appropriated by the Greeks to the chorus and
its evolutions, afterward by the Romans to persons of
distinction, and by the moderns to a band of instrumental
musicians.
2. The place in any public hall appropriated to a band of
instrumental musicians.
3. (Mus.)
(a) Loosely: A band of instrumental musicians performing
in a theater, concert hall, or other place of public
amusement.
(b) Strictly: A band suitable for the performance of
symphonies, overtures, etc., as well as for the
accompaniment of operas, oratorios, cantatas, masses,
and the like, or of vocal and instrumental solos.
(c) A band composed, for the largest part, of players of
the various viol instruments, many of each kind,
together with a proper complement of wind instruments
of wood and brass; -- as distinguished from a military
or street band of players on wind instruments, and
from an assemblage of solo players for the rendering
of concerted pieces, such as septets, octets, and the
like.
4. (Mus.) The instruments employed by a full band,
collectively; as, an orchestra of forty stringed
instruments, with proper complement of wind instruments.
Orchestral \Or"ches*tral\, a.
Of or pertaining to an orchestra; suitable for, or performed
in or by, an orchestra.
Orchestration \Or`ches*tra"tion\, n. (Mus.)
The arrangement of music for an orchestra; orchestral
treatment of a composition; -- called also {instrumentation}.
Orchestre \Or"ches*tre\, n. [F.]
See {Orchestra}.
Orchestric \Or*ches"tric\, a.
Orchestral.
Orchestrion \Or*ches"tri*on\, n.
A large music box imitating a variety of orchestral
instruments.
Orchid \Or"chid\, n. [See {Orchis}.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the order {Orchidace[ae]}. See {Orchidaceous}.
Orchidaceous \Or`chi*da"ceous\, a. (Bot.)
Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order
({Orchidace[ae]}) of endogenous plants of which the genus
Orchis is the type. They are mostly perennial herbs having
the stamens and pistils united in a single column, and
normally three petals and three sepals, all adherent to the
ovary. The flowers are curiously shaped, often resembling
insects, the odd or lower petal (called the lip) being unlike
the others, and sometimes of a strange and unexpected
appearance. About one hundred species occur in the United
States, but several thousand in the tropics.
Note: Over three hundred genera are recognized.
Orchidean \Or*chid"e*an\, a. (Bot.)
Orchidaceous.
Orchideous \Or*chid"e*ous\, a. (Bot.)
Same as {Orchidaceous}.
Orchidologist \Or`chid*ol"o*gist\, n.
One versed in orchidology.
Orchidology \Or`chid*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? the orchis + -logy.]
The branch of botany which treats of orchids.
Orchil \Or"chil\, n.
See {Archil}.
Orchilla weed \Or*chil"la weed`\ (Bot.)
The lichen from which archil is obtained. See {Archil}.
Orchis \Or"chis\, n.; pl. {Orchises}. [L., fr. Gr. ? a testicle,
the orchis; -- so called from its tubers.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of endogenous plants growing in the North
Temperate zone, and consisting of about eighty species.
They are perennial herbs growing from a tuber (beside
which is usually found the last year's tuber also), and
are valued for their showy flowers. See {Orchidaceous}.
2. (Bot.) Any plant of the same family with the orchis; an
orchid.
Note: The common names, such as bee orchis, fly orchis,
butterfly orchis, etc., allude to the peculiar form of
the flower.
Orchitis \Or*chi"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a testicle + -itis.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the testicles.
Orchotomy \Or*chot"o*my\, n. [Gr. ? a testicle + ? to cut.]
(Surg.)
The operation of cutting out or removing a testicle by the
knife; castration.
Orcin \Or"cin\, n. [Etymology uncertain: cf. F. orcine.] (Chem.)
A colorless crystalline substance, {C6H3.CH3.(OH)2}, which is
obtained from certain lichens ({Roccella}, {Lecanora}, etc.),
also from extract of aloes, and artificially from certain
derivatives of toluene. It changes readily into orcein.
Ord \Ord\, n. [AS. ord point.]
An edge or point; also, a beginning. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
--Chaucer.
{Ord and end}, the beginning and end. Cf. {Odds and ends},
under {Odds}. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Chaucer. Halliwell.
Ordain \Or*dain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ordained}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Ordaining}.] [OE. ordeinen, OF. ordener, F. ordonner, fr.
L. ordinare, from ordo, ordinis, order. See {Order}, and cf.
{Ordinance}.]
1. To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to
regulate; to set; to establish. ``Battle well ordained.''
--Spenser.
The stake that shall be ordained on either side.
--Chaucer.
2. To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law;
to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute.
Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month. --1
Kings xii. 32.
And doth the power that man adores ordain Their doom
? --Byron.
3. To set apart for an office; to appoint.
Being ordained his special governor. --Shak.
4. (Eccl.) To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal
functions; to introduce into the office of the Christian
ministry, by the laying on of hands, or other forms; to
set apart by the ceremony of ordination.
Meletius was ordained by Arian bishops. --Bp.
Stillingfleet.
Ordainable \Or*dain"a*ble\, a.
Capable of being ordained; worthy to be ordained or
appointed. --Bp. Hall.
Ordainer \Or*dain"er\, n.
One who ordains.
Ordainment \Or*dain"ment\, n.
Ordination. [R.] --Burke.
Ordal \Or"dal\, n.
Ordeal. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Ordalian \Or*da"li*an\, a. [LL. ordalium.]
Of or pertaining to trial by ordeal. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
Ordeal \Or"de*al\ ([^o]r"d[-e]*al), n. [AS. ord[=a]l, ord[=ae]l,
a judgment; akin to D. oordeel, G. urteil, urtheil; orig.,
what is dealt out, the prefix or- being akin to [=a]-
compounded with verbs, G. er-, ur-, Goth. us-, orig. meaning,
out. See {Deal}, v. & n., and cf. {Arise}, {Ort}.]
1. An ancient form of test to determine guilt or innocence,
by appealing to a supernatural decision, -- once common in
Europe, and still practiced in the East and by savage
tribes.
Note: In England ordeal by fire and ordeal by water were
used, the former confined to persons of rank, the
latter to the common people. The ordeal by fire was
performed, either by handling red-hot iron, or by
walking barefoot and blindfold over red-hot plowshares,
laid at unequal distances. If the person escaped
unhurt, he was adjudged innocent; otherwise he was
condemned as guilty. The ordeal by water was performed,
either by plunging the bare arm to the elbow in boiling
water, an escape from injury being taken as proof of
innocence, or by casting the accused person, bound hand
and foot, into a river or pond, when if he floated it
was an evidence of guilt, but if he sunk he was
acquitted. It is probable that the proverbial phrase,
to go through fire and water, denoting severe trial or
danger, is derived from the ordeal. See {Wager of
battle}, under {Wager}.
2. Any severe trial, or test; a painful experience.
{Ordeal bean}. (Bot.) See {Calabar bean}, under {Calabar}.
{Ordeal root} (Bot.) the root of a species of {Strychnos}
growing in West Africa, used, like the ordeal bean, in
trials for witchcraft.
{Ordeal tree} (Bot.), a poisonous tree of Madagascar
({Tanghinia, or Cerbera, venenata}). Persons suspected of
crime are forced to eat the seeds of the plumlike fruit,
and criminals are put to death by being pricked with a
lance dipped in the juice of the seeds.
Ordeal \Or"de*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to trial by ordeal.
Order \Or"der\, n. [OE. ordre, F. ordre, fr. L. ordo, ordinis.
Cf. {Ordain}, {Ordinal}.]
1. Regular arrangement; any methodical or established
succession or harmonious relation; method; system; as:
(a) Of material things, like the books in a library.
(b) Of intellectual notions or ideas, like the topics of a
discource.
(c) Of periods of time or occurrences, and the like.
The side chambers were . . . thirty in order.
--Ezek. xli.
6.
Bright-harnessed angels sit in order
serviceable. --Milton.
Good order is the foundation of all good things.
--Burke.
2. Right arrangement; a normal, correct, or fit condition;
as, the house is in order; the machinery is out of order.
--Locke.
3. The customary mode of procedure; established system, as in
the conduct of debates or the transaction of business;
usage; custom; fashion. --Dantiel.
And, pregnant with his grander thought, Brought the
old order into doubt. --Emerson.
4. Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance;
general tranquillity; public quiet; as, to preserve order
in a community or an assembly.
5. That which prescribes a method of procedure; a rule or
regulation made by competent authority; as, the rules and
orders of the senate.
The church hath authority to establish that for an
order at one time which at another time it may
abolish. --Hooker.
6. A command; a mandate; a precept; a direction.
Upon this new fright, an order was made by both
houses for disarming all the papists in England.
--Clarendon.
7. Hence: A commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods; a
direction, in writing, to pay money, to furnish supplies,
to admit to a building, a place of entertainment, or the
like; as, orders for blankets are large.
In those days were pit orders -- beshrew the
uncomfortable manager who abolished them. --Lamb.
8. A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or
suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a
grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a group or
division of men in the same social or other position;
also, a distinct character, kind, or sort; as, the higher
or lower orders of society; talent of a high order.
They are in equal order to their several ends.
--Jer. Taylor.
Various orders various ensigns bear. --Granville.
Which, to his order of mind, must have seemed little
short of crime. --Hawthorne.
9. A body of persons having some common honorary distinction
or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons
or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as,
the Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order.
Find a barefoot brother out, One of our order, to
associate me. --Shak.
The venerable order of the Knights Templars. --Sir
W. Scott.
10. An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or
bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; -- often
used in the plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy
orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry.
11. (Arch.) The disposition of a column and its component
parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in
classical architecture; hence (as the column and
entablature are the characteristic features of classical
architecture) a style or manner of architectural
designing.
Note: The Greeks used three different orders, easy to
distinguish, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The Romans
added the Tuscan, and changed the Doric so that it is
hardly recognizable, and also used a modified
Corinthian called Composite. The Renaissance writers on
architecture recognized five orders as orthodox or
classical, -- Doric (the Roman sort), Ionic, Tuscan,
Corinthian, and Composite. See Illust. of {Capital}.
12. (Nat. Hist.) An assemblage of genera having certain
important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and
Insectivora are orders of Mammalia.
Note: The Linn[ae]an artificial orders of plants rested
mainly on identity in the numer of pistils, or
agreement in some one character. Natural orders are
groups of genera agreeing in the fundamental plan of
their flowers and fruit. A natural order is usually (in
botany) equivalent to a family, and may include several
tribes.
13. (Rhet.) The placing of words and members in a sentence in
such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty or
clearness of expression.
14. (Math.) Rank; degree; thus, the order of a curve or
surface is the same as the degree of its equation.
{Artificial order} or {system}. See {Artificial
classification}, under {Artificial}, and Note to def. 12
above.
{Close order} (Mil.), the arrangement of the ranks with a
distance of about half a pace between them; with a
distance of about three yards the ranks are in {open
order}.
{The four Orders}, {The Orders four}, the four orders of
mendicant friars. See {Friar}. --Chaucer.
{General orders} (Mil.), orders issued which concern the
whole command, or the troops generally, in distinction
from special orders.
{Holy orders}.
(a) (Eccl.) The different grades of the Christian
ministry; ordination to the ministry. See def. 10
above.
(b) (R. C. Ch.) A sacrament for the purpose of conferring
a special grace on those ordained.
{In order to}, for the purpose of; to the end; as means to.
The best knowledge is that which is of greatest use
in order to our eternal happiness. --Tillotson.
{Minor orders} (R. C. Ch.), orders beneath the diaconate in
sacramental dignity, as acolyte, exorcist, reader,
doorkeeper.
{Money order}. See under {Money}.
{Natural order}. (Bot.) See def. 12, Note.
{Order book}.
(a) A merchant's book in which orders are entered.
(b) (Mil.) A book kept at headquarters, in which all
orders are recorded for the information of officers
and men.
(c) A book in the House of Commons in which proposed
orders must be entered. [Eng.]
{Order in Council}, a royal order issued with and by the
advice of the Privy Council. [Great Britain]
{Order of battle} (Mil.), the particular disposition given to
the troops of an army on the field of battle.
{Order of the day}, in legislative bodies, the special
business appointed for a specified day.
{Order of a differential equation} (Math.), the greatest
index of differentiation in the equation.
{Sailing orders} (Naut.), the final instructions given to the
commander of a ship of war before a cruise.
{Sealed orders}, orders sealed, and not to be opened until a
certain time, or arrival at a certain place, as after a
ship is at sea.
{Standing order}.
(a) A continuing regulation for the conduct of
parliamentary business.
(b) (Mil.) An order not subject to change by an officer
temporarily in command.
{To give order}, to give command or directions. --Shak.
{To take order for}, to take charge of; to make arrangements
concerning.
Whiles I take order for mine own affairs. --Shak.
Syn: Arrangement; management. See {Direction}.
Order \Or"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ordered}; p pr. & vb. n.
{Ordering}.] [From {Order}, n.]
1. To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to
arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence,
to regulate; to dispose; to direct; to rule.
To him that ordereth his conversation aright. --Ps.
1. 23.
Warriors old with ordered spear and shield.
--Milton.
2. To give an order to; to command; as, to order troops to
advance.
3. To give an order for; to secure by an order; as, to order
a carriage; to order groceries.
4. (Eccl.) To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive
into the ranks of the ministry.
These ordered folk be especially titled to God.
--Chaucer.
Persons presented to be ordered deacons. --Bk. of
Com. Prayer.
{Order arms} (Mil.), the command at which a rifle is brought
to a position with its but resting on the ground; also,
the position taken at such a command.
Order \Or"der\, v. i.
To give orders; to issue commands.
Orderable \Or"der*a*ble\, a.
Capable of being ordered; tractable. [R.]
Being very orderable in all his sickness. --Fuller.
Orderer \Or"der*er\, n.
1. One who puts in order, arranges, methodizes, or regulates.
2. One who gives orders.
Ordering \Or"der*ing\, n.
Disposition; distribution; management. --South.
Orderless \Or"der*less\, a.
Being without order or regularity; disorderly; out of rule.
Orderliness \Or"der*li*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being orderly.
Orderly \Or"der*ly\, a.
1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly
course or plan. --Milton.
2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient;
quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an
orderly community.
3. Performed in good or established order; well-regulated.
``An orderly . . . march.'' --Clarendon.
4. Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders.
``Aids-de-camp and orderly men.'' --Sir W. Scott.
{Orderly book} (Mil.), a book for every company, in which the
general and regimental orders are recorded.
{Orderly officer}, the officer of the day, or that officer of
a corps or regiment whose turn it is to supervise for the
day the arrangements for food, cleanliness, etc. --Farrow.
{Orderly room}.
(a) The court of the commanding officer, where charges
against the men of the regiment are tried.
(b) The office of the commanding officer, usually in the
barracks, whence orders emanate. --Farrow.
{Orderly sergeant}, the first sergeant of a company.
Orderly \Or"der*ly\, adv.
According to due order; regularly; methodically; duly.
You are blunt; go to it orderly. --Shak.
Orderly \Or"der*ly\, n.; pl. {Orderlies}.
1. (Mil.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier who attends a
superior officer to carry his orders, or to render other
service.
Orderlies were appointed to watch the palace.
--Macaulay.
2. A street sweeper. [Eng.] --Mayhew.
Ordinability \Or`di*na*bil"i*ty\, n.
Capability of being ordained or appointed. [Obs.] --Bp. Bull.
Ordinable \Or"di*na*ble\, a. [See {Ordinate}, {Ordain}.]
Capable of being ordained or appointed. [Obs.]
Ordinal \Or"di*nal\, a. [L. ordinalis, fr. ordo, ordinis, order.
See {Order}.]
1. Indicating order or succession; as, the ordinal numbers,
first, second, third, etc.
2. Of or pertaining to an order.
Ordinal \Or"di*nal\, n.
1. A word or number denoting order or succession.
2. (Ch. of Eng.) The book of forms for making, ordaining, and
consecrating bishops, priests, and deacons.
3. (R. C. Ch.) A book containing the rubrics of the Mass.
[Written also {ordinale}.]
Ordinalism \Or"di*nal*ism\, n.
The state or quality of being ordinal. [R.] --Latham.
Ordinance \Or"di*nance\, n. [OE. ordenance, OF. ordenance, F.
ordonnance. See {Ordain}, and cf. {Ordnance}, {Ordonnance}.]
1. Orderly arrangement; preparation; provision. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
They had made their ordinance Of victual, and of
other purveyance. --Chaucer.
2. A rule established by authority; a permanent rule of
action; a statute, law, regulation, rescript, or accepted
usage; an edict or decree; esp., a local law enacted by a
municipal government; as, a municipal ordinance.
Thou wilt die by God's just ordinance. --Shak.
By custom and the ordinance of times. --Shak.
Walking in all the commandments and ordinances of
the Lord blameless. --Luke i. 6.
Note: Acts of Parliament are sometimes called ordinances;
also, certain colonial laws and certain acts of
Congress under Confederation; as, the ordinance of 1787
for the government of the territory of the United
States northwest of the Ohio River; the colonial
ordinance of 1641, or 1647. This word is often used in
Scripture in the sense of a law or statute of sovereign
power. --Ex. xv. 25. --Num. x. 8. --Ezra iii. 10. Its
most frequent application now in the United States is
to laws and regulations of municipal corporations.
--Wharton (Law Dict.).
3. (Eccl.) An established rite or ceremony.
4. Rank; order; station. [Obs.] --Shak.
5. [See {Ordnance}.] Ordnance; cannon. [Obs.] --Shak.
Ordinand \Or"di*nand`\, n. [L. ordinandus, gerundive of
ordinare. See {Ordain}.]
One about to be ordained.
Ordinant \Or"di*nant\, a. [L. ordinans, p. pr. of ordinare. See
{Ordain}.]
Ordaining; decreeing. [Obs.] --Shak.
Ordinant \Or"di*nant\, n.
One who ordains. --F. G. Lee.
Ordinarily \Or"di*na*ri*ly\, adv.
According to established rules or settled method; as a rule;
commonly; usually; in most cases; as, a winter more than
ordinarily severe.
Those who ordinarily pride themselves not a little upon
their penetration. --I. Taylor.
Ordinary \Or"di*na*ry\, a. [L. ordinarius, fr. ordo, ordinis,
order: cf. F. ordinaire. See {Order}.]
1. According to established order; methodical; settled;
regular. ``The ordinary forms of law.'' --Addison.
2. Common; customary; usual. --Shak.
Method is not less reguisite in ordinary
conversation that in writing. --Addison.
3. Of common rank, quality, or ability; not distinguished by
superior excellence or beauty; hence, not distinguished in
any way; commonplace; inferior; of little merit; as, men
of ordinary judgment; an ordinary book.
An ordinary lad would have acquired little or no
useful knowledge in such a way. --Macaulay.
{Ordinary seaman} (Naut.), one not expert or fully skilled,
and hence ranking below an able seaman.
Syn: Normal; common; usual; customary.
Usage: See {Normal}. -- {Ordinary}, {Common}. A thing is
common in which many persons share or partake; as, a
common practice. A thing is ordinary when it is apt to
come round in the regular common order or succession
of events.
Ordinary \Or"di*na*ry\, n.; pl. {Ordinaries} (-r[i^]z).
1. (Law)
(a) (Roman Law) An officer who has original jurisdiction
in his own right, and not by deputation.
(b) (Eng. Law) One who has immediate jurisdiction in
matters ecclesiastical; an ecclesiastical judge; also,
a deputy of the bishop, or a clergyman appointed to
perform divine service for condemned criminals and
assist in preparing them for death.
(c) (Am. Law) A judicial officer, having generally the
powers of a judge of probate or a surrogate.
2. The mass; the common run. [Obs.]
I see no more in you than in the ordinary Of
nature's salework. --Shak.
3. That which is so common, or continued, as to be considered
a settled establishment or institution. [R.]
Spain had no other wars save those which were grown
into an ordinary. --Bacon.
4. Anything which is in ordinary or common use.
Water buckets, wagons, cart wheels, plow socks, and
other ordinaries. --Sir W.
Scott.
5. A dining room or eating house where a meal is prepared for
all comers, at a fixed price for the meal, in distinction
from one where each dish is separately charged; a table
d'h[^o]te; hence, also, the meal furnished at such a
dining room. --Shak.
All the odd words they have picked up in a
coffeehouse, or a gaming ordinary, are produced as
flowers of style. --Swift.
He exacted a tribute for licenses to hawkers and
peddlers and to ordinaries. --Bancroft.
6. (Her.) A charge or bearing of simple form, one of nine or
ten which are in constant use. The bend, chevron, chief,
cross, fesse, pale, and saltire are uniformly admitted as
ordinaries. Some authorities include bar, bend sinister,
pile, and others. See {Subordinary}.
{In ordinary}.
(a) In actual and constant service; statedly attending and
serving; as, a physician or chaplain in ordinary. An
ambassador in ordinary is one constantly resident at a
foreign court.
(b) (Naut.) Out of commission and laid up; -- said of a
naval vessel.
{Ordinary of the Mass} (R. C. Ch.), the part of the Mass
which is the same every day; -- called also the {canon of
the Mass}.
Ordinaryship \Or"di*na*ry*ship\, n.
The state of being an ordinary. [R.] --Fuller.
Ordinate \Or"di*nate\, a. [L. ordinatus, p. p. of ordinare. See
{Ordain}.]
Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical. ``A life blissful
and ordinate.'' --Chaucer.
{Ordinate figure} (Math.), a figure whose sides and angles
are equal; a regular figure.
Ordinate \Or"di*nate\, n. (Geom.)
The distance of any point in a curve or a straight line,
measured on a line called the axis of ordinates or on a line
parallel to it, from another line called the axis of
abscissas, on which the corresponding abscissa of the point
is measured.
Note: The ordinate and abscissa, taken together, are called
co["o]rdinates, and define the position of the point
with reference to the two axes named, the intersection
of which is called the origin of co["o]rdinates. See
{Coordinate}.
Ordinate \Or"di*nate\, v. t.
To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize. --Bp. Hall.
Ordinately \Or"di*nate*ly\, adv.
In an ordinate manner; orderly. --Chaucer. Skelton.
Ordination \Or`di*na"tion\, n. [L. ordinatio: cf. F.
ordination.]
1. The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the
state of being ordained, appointed, etc.
The holy and wise ordination of God. --Jer. Taylor.
Virtue and vice have a natural ordination to the
happiness and misery of life respectively. --Norris.
2. (Eccl.) The act of setting apart to an office in the
Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.
3. Disposition; arrangement; order. [R.]
{Angle of ordination} (Geom.), the angle between the axes of
co["o]rdinates.
Ordinative \Or"di*na*tive\, a. [L. ordinativus.]
Tending to ordain; directing; giving order. [R.] --Gauden.
Ordinator \Or"di*na`tor\, n. [L.]
One who ordains or establishes; a director. [R.] --T. Adams.
Ordnance \Ord"nance\, n. [From OE. ordenance, referring orig. to
the bore or size of the cannon. See {Ordinance}.]
Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, and
howitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general term for all
weapons and appliances used in war.
All the battlements their ordnance fire. --Shak.
Then you may hear afar off the awful roar of his [Rufus
Choate's] rifled ordnance. --E. Ererett.
{Ordnance survey}, the official survey of Great Britain and
Ireland, conducted by the ordnance department.
Ordonnance \Or"don*nance\, n. [F. See {Ordinance}.] (Fine Arts)
The disposition of the parts of any composition with regard
to one another and the whole.
Their dramatic ordonnance of the parts. --Coleridge.
Ordonnant \Or"don*nant\, a. [F., p. pr. of ordonner. See
{Ordinant}.]
Of or pertaining to ordonnance. --Dryden.
Ordovian \Or*do"vi*an\, a. & n. (Geol.)
Ordovician.
Ordovician \Or`do*vi"cian\, a. [From L. Ordovices, a Celtic
people in Wales.] (Geol.)
Of or pertaining to a division of the Silurian formation,
corresponding in general to the Lower Silurian of most
authors, exclusive of the Cambrian. -- n. The Ordovician
formation.
Ordure \Or"dure\, n. [F. ordure, OF. ord filthy, foul, fr. L.
horridus horrid. See {Horrid}.]
1. Dung; excrement; f[ae]ces. --Shak.
2. Defect; imperfection; fault. [Obs.] --Holland.
Ordurous \Or"dur*ous\, a.
Of or pertaining to ordure; filthy. --Drayton.
Ore \Ore\ ([=o]r), n. [AS. [=a]r.]
Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augry. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Ore \Ore\, n. [AS. [=a]ra; cf. [=a]r brass, bronze, akin to OHG.
[=e]r, G. ehern brazen, Icel. eir brass, Goth. ais, L. aes,
Skr. ayas iron. [root]210. Cf. {Ora}, {Era}.]
1. The native form of a metal, whether free and uncombined,
as gold, copper, etc., or combined, as iron, lead, etc.
Usually the ores contain the metals combined with oxygen,
sulphur, arsenic, etc. (called mineralizers).
2. (Mining) A native metal or its compound with the rock in
which it occurs, after it has been picked over to throw
out what is worthless.
3. Metal; as, the liquid ore. [R.] --Milton.
{Ore hearth}, a low furnace in which rich lead ore is
reduced; -- also called {Scotch hearth}. --Raymond.
Oread \O"re*ad\, n. [L. Oreas, -adis, Gr. 'Oreia`s, -a`dos, fr.
'o`ros mountain: cf. F. or['e]ade.] (Class. Myth.)
One of the nymphs of mountains and grottoes.
Like a wood nymph light, Oread or Dryad. --Milton.
Oreades \O*re"a*des\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
A group of butterflies which includes the satyrs. See
{Satyr}, 2.
Orectic \O*rec"tic\, a. [Gr. 'orektiko`s, fr. 'o`rexis, yearning
after, from 'ore`gein to reach after.] (Philos.)
Of or pertaining to the desires; hence, impelling to
gratification; appetitive.
Oregon grape \Or"e*gon grape`\ ([o^]r"[-e]*g[o^]n gr[=a]p`).
(Bot.)
An evergreen species of barberry ({Berberis Aquifolium}), of
Oregon and California; also, its roundish, blue-black
berries.
Oreide \O"re*ide\, n.
See {Oroide}.
Oreodon \O"re*o*don\, n. [Gr. 'o`ros, -eos, mountain + 'odoy`s,
'odo`ntos, tooth.] (Paleon)
A genus of extinct herbivorous mammals, abundant in the
Tertiary formation of the Rocky Mountains. It is more or less
related to the camel, hog, and deer.
Oreodont \O"re*o*dont\, a. (Paleon.)
Resembling, or allied to, the genus Oreodon.
Oreographic \O`re*o*graph"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to oreography.
Oreography \O`re*og"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. 'o`ros, -eos, mountain +
-graphy.]
The science of mountains; orography.
Oreoselin \O`re*os"e*lin\, n. (Chem.)
A white crystalline substance which is obtained indirectly
from the root of an umbelliferous plant ({Imperatoria
Oreoselinum}), and yields resorcin on decomposition.
Oreosoma \O`re*o*so"ma\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. 'o`ros, -eos,
mountain + ? body.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of small oceanic fishes, remarkable for the large
conical tubercles which cover the under surface.
Oreweed \Ore"weed`\, n.
Same as {Oarweed}.
Orewood \Ore"wood`\, n.
Same as {Oarweed}.
Orf \Orf\, Orfe \Or"fe\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A bright-colored domesticated variety of the id. See {Id}.
Orfgild \Orf"gild`\, n. [AS. orf, yrfe, cattle, property + gild,
gield, money, fine.] (O. Eng. Law)
Restitution for cattle; a penalty for taking away cattle.
--Cowell.
Orfray \Or"fray\, n. [F. orfraie. Cf. {Osprey}, {Ossifrage}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
The osprey. [Obs.] --Holland.
Orfrays \Or"frays\, n. [OF. orfrais, F. orfroi; F. or gold +
fraise, frise, fringe, ruff. See {Fraise}, and cf.
{Auriphrygiate}.]
See {Orphrey}. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
Orgal \Or"gal\, n. (Chem.)
See {Argol}. [Obs.]
Organ \Or"gan\, n. [L. organum, Gr. ?; akin to ? work, and E.
work: cf. F. organe. See {Work}, and cf. {Orgue}, {Orgy}.]
1. An instrument or medium by which some important action is
performed, or an important end accomplished; as,
legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are
organs of government.
2. (Biol.) A natural part or structure in an animal or a
plant, capable of performing some special action (termed
its function), which is essential to the life or
well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are
organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are
organs of plants.
Note: In animals the organs are generally made up of several
tissues, one of which usually predominates, and
determines the principal function of the organ. Groups
of organs constitute a system. See {System}.
3. A component part performing an essential office in the
working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves,
crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine.
4. A medium of communication between one person or body and
another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of
communication between the government and a foreign power;
a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party,
sect, etc.
5. [Cf. AS. organ, fr. L. organum.] (Mus.) A wind instrument
containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds,
which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon
by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and
sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the
plural, each pipe being considired an organ.
The deep, majestic, solemn organs blow. --Pope.
Note: Chaucer used the form orgon as a plural.
The merry orgon . . . that in the church goon
[go].
{Barrel organ}, {Choir organ}, {Great organ}, etc. See under
{Barrel}, {Choir}, etc.
{Cabinet organ} (Mus.), an organ of small size, as for a
chapel or for domestic use; a reed organ.
{Organ bird} (Zo["o]l.), a Tasmanian crow shrike ({Gymnorhina
organicum}). It utters discordant notes like those of a
hand organ out of tune.
{Organ fish} (Zo["o]l.), the drumfish.
{Organ gun}. (Mil.) Same as {Orgue}
(b) .
{Organ harmonium} (Mus.), an harmonium of large capacity and
power.
{Organ of Gorti} (Anat.), a complicated structure in the
cochlea of the ear, including the auditory hair cells, the
rods or fibers of Corti, the membrane of Corti, etc. See
Note under {Ear}.
{Organ pipe}. See {Pipe}, n., 1.
{Organ-pipe coral}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Tubipora}.
{Organ point} (Mus.), a passage in which the tonic or
dominant is sustained continuously by one part, while the
other parts move.
Organ \Or"gan\, v. t.
To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs; to
organize. [Obs.]
Thou art elemented and organed for other apprehensions.
--Bp.
Mannyngham.
Organdie \Or"gan*die\, Organdy \Or"gan*dy\, n. [F. organdi.]
A kind of transparent light muslin.
Organic \Or*gan"ic\, a. [L. organicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. organique.]
1. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to an organ or its functions, or
to objects composed of organs; consisting of organs, or
containing them; as, the organic structure of animals and
plants; exhibiting characters peculiar to living
organisms; as, organic bodies, organic life, organic
remains. Cf. {Inorganic}.
2. Produced by the organs; as, organic pleasure. [R.]
3. Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to
a certain destined function or end. [R.]
Those organic arts which enable men to discourse and
write perspicuously. --Milton.
4. Forming a whole composed of organs. Hence: Of or
pertaining to a system of organs; inherent in, or
resulting from, a certain organization; as, an organic
government; his love of truth was not inculcated, but
organic.
5. Pertaining to, or denoting, any one of the large series of
substances which, in nature or origin, are connected with
vital processes, and include many substances of artificial
production which may or may not occur in animals or
plants; -- contrasted with {inorganic}.
Note: The principles of organic and inorganic chemistry are
identical; but the enormous number and the completeness
of related series of organic compounds, together with
their remarkable facility of exchange and substitution,
offer an illustration of chemical reaction and homology
not to be paralleled in inorganic chemistry.
{Organic analysis} (Chem.), the analysis of organic
compounds, concerned chiefly with the determination of
carbon as carbon dioxide, hydrogen as water, oxygen as the
difference between the sum of the others and 100 per cent,
and nitrogen as free nitrogen, ammonia, or nitric oxide;
-- formerly called ultimate analysis, in distinction from
proximate analysis.
{Organic chemistry}. See under {Chemistry}.
{Organic compounds}. (Chem.) See {Carbon compounds}, under
{Carbon}.
{Organic description of a curve} (Geom.), the description of
a curve on a plane by means of instruments. --Brande & C.
{Organic disease} (Med.), a disease attended with morbid
changes in the structure of the organs of the body or in
the composition of its fluids; -- opposed to {functional
disease}.
{Organic electricity}. See under {Electricity}.
{Organic} {law or laws}, a law or system of laws, or
declaration of principles fundamental to the existence and
organization of a political or other association; a
constitution.
{Organic stricture} (Med.), a contraction of one of the
natural passages of the body produced by structural
changes in its walls, as distinguished from a spasmodic
stricture, which is due to muscular contraction.
Organical \Or*gan"ic*al\, a.
Organic.
The organical structure of human bodies, whereby they
live and move. --Bentley.
Organically \Or*gan"ic*al*ly\, adv.
In an organic manner; by means of organs or with reference to
organic functions; hence, fundamentally. --Gladstone.
Organicalness \Or*gan"ic*al*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being organic.
Organicism \Or*gan"i*cism\, n. (Med.)
The doctrine of the localization of disease, or which refers
it always to a material lesion of an organ. --Dunglison.
Organific \Or`gan*if"ic\, a. [Organ + L. -ficare (in comp.) to
make. See {fy}.]
Making an organic or organized structure; producing an
organism; acting through, or resulting from, organs. --Prof.
Park.
Organism \Or"gan*ism\, n. [Cf. F. organisme.]
1. Organic structure; organization. ``The advantageous
organism of the eye.'' --Grew.
2. (Biol.) An organized being; a living body, either
vegetable or animal, compozed of different organs or parts
with functions which are separate, but mutually dependent,
and essential to the life of the individual.
Note: Some of the lower forms of life are so simple in
structure as to be without organs, but are still called
organisms, since they have different parts analogous in
functions to the organs of higher plants and animals.
Organist \Or"gan*ist\, n. [Cf. F. organiste.]
1. (Mus.) One who plays on the organ.
2. (R. C. Ch.) One of the priests who organized or sung in
parts. [Obs.]
Organista \Or`ga*nis"ta\, n. [Sp., an organis.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several South American wrens, noted for the
sweetness of their song.
Organity \Or*gan"i*ty\, n.
Organism. [R.]
Organizability \Or`gan*i`za*bil"i*ty\, n.
Quality of being organizable; capability of being organized.
Organizable \Or"gan*i`za*ble\, a.
Capable of being organized; esp. (Biol.), capable of being
formed into living tissue; as, organizable matter.
Organization \Or`gan*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. organisation.]
1. The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a
systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of
an army, or of a deliberative body. ``The first
organization of the general government.'' --Pickering.
2. The state of being organized; also, the relations included
in such a state or condition.
What is organization but the connection of parts in
and for a whole, so that each part is, at once, end
and means? --Coleridge.
3. That which is organized; an organized existence; an
organism; specif. (Biol.), an arrangement of parts for the
performance of the functions necessary to life.
The cell may be regarded as the most simple, the
most common, and the earliest form of organization.
--McKendrick.
Organize \Or"gan*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Organized}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Organizing}.] [Cf. F. organiser, Gr. ?. See {Organ}.]
1. (Biol.) To furnish with organs; to give an organic
structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of
life; as, an organized being; organized matter; -- in this
sense used chiefly in the past participle.
These nobler faculties of the mind, matter organized
could never produce. --Ray.
2. To arrange or constitute in parts, each having a special
function, act, office, or relation; to systematize; to get
into working order; -- applied to products of the human
intellect, or to human institutions and undertakings, as a
science, a government, an army, a war, etc.
This original and supreme will organizes the
government. --Cranch.
3. (Mus.) To sing in parts; as, to organize an anthem. [R.]
--Busby.
Organizer \Or"gan*i`zer\, n.
One who organizes.
Organling \Or"gan*ling\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A large kind of sea fish; the orgeis.
Organo- \Or"ga*no-\ [See {Organ}.]
A combining form denoting relation to, or connection with, an
organ or organs.
Organogen \Or*gan"o*gen\, n. [Organo- + -gen.] (Chem.)
A name given to any one of the four elements, carbon,
hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, which are especially
characteristic ingredients of organic compounds; also, by
extension, to other elements sometimes found in the same
connection; as sulphur, phosphorus, etc.
Organogenesis \Or`ga*no*gen"e*sis\, n. [Organo- + genesis.]
1. (Biol.) The origin and development of organs in animals
and plants.
2. (Biol.) The germ history of the organs and systems of
organs, -- a branch of morphogeny. --Haeckel.
Organogenic \Or`ga*no*gen"ic\, a. (Biol.)
Of or pertaining to organogenesis.
Organogeny \Or`ga*nog"e*ny\, n. (Biol.)
Organogenesis.
Organographic \Or`ga*no*graph"ic\, Organographical
\Or`ga*no*graph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. organographique.]
Of or pertaining to organography.
Organographist \Or`ga*nog"ra*phist\, n.
One versed in organography.
Organography \Or`ga*nog"ra*phy\, n. [Organo- + -graphy: cf. F.
organographie.]
A description of the organs of animals or plants.
Organoleptic \Or`ga*no*lep"tic\, a. [F. organoleptique, fr. Gr.
? an organ + ? to lay hold of.] (Physiol.)
Making an impression upon an organ; plastic; -- said of the
effect or impression produced by any substance on the organs
of touch, taste, or smell, and also on the organism as a
whole.
Organological \Or`ga*no*log"ic*al\, a.
Of or relating to organology.
Organology \Or`ga*nol"o*gy\, n. [Organ + -logy: cf. F.
organologie.]
1. The science of organs or of anything considered as an
organic structure.
The science of style, as an organ of thought, of
style in relation to the ideas and feelings, might
be called the organology of style. --De Quincey.
2. That branch of biology which treats, in particular, of the
organs of animals and plants. See {Morphology}.
Organometallic \Or`ga*no*me*tal"lic\, a. (Chem.)
Metalorganic.
Organon \Or"ga*non\, Organum \Or"ga*num\, n. [NL. organon, L.
organum. See {Organ}.]
An organ or instrument; hence, a method by which
philosophical or scientific investigation may be conducted;
-- a term adopted from the Aristotelian writers by Lord
Bacon, as the title (``Novum Organon'') of part of his
treatise on philosophical method. --Sir. W. Hamilton.
Organonymy \Or`ga*non"y*my\, n. [Organo- + Gr.?, for ?, a name.]
(Biol.)
The designation or nomenclature of organs. --B. G. Wilder.
Organophyly \Or`ga*noph"y*ly\, n. [Organo- + Gr. ? clan.]
(Biol.)
The tribal history of organs, -- a branch of morphophyly.
--Haeckel.
Organoplastic \Or`ga*no*plas"tic\, a. [Organo- + -plastic.]
(Biol.)
Having the property of producing the tissues or organs of
animals and plants; as, the organoplastic cells.
Organoscopy \Or`ga*nos"co*py\, n. [Organo- + -scopy.]
Phrenology. --Fleming.
Organotrophic \Or`ga*no*troph"ic\, a. [Organo- + Gr. ? to
nourish.] (Biol.)
Relating to the creation, organization, and nutrition of
living organs or parts.
Organule \Or"gan*ule\, n. [Dim. of organ.] (Anat.)
One of the essential cells or elements of an organ. See
{Sense organule}, under {Sense}. --Huxley.
Organy \Or"ga*ny\, n. [AS. Organe, from the Latin. See
{Origan}.] (Bot.)
See {Origan}.
Organzine \Or"gan*zine\, n. [F. organsin; cf. Sp. organsino, It.
organzino.]
A kind of double thrown silk of very fine texture, that is,
silk twisted like a rope with different strands, so as to
increase its strength.
Orgasm \Or"gasm\, n. [F. orgasme; cf. Gr. ? a kneading,
softening, prob. confused with ? to swell, espicially with
lust; to feel an ardent desire.] (Physiol.)
Eager or immoderate excitement or action; the state of
turgescence of any organ; erethism; esp., the height of
venereal excitement in sexual intercourse.
Orgeat \Or"geat\, n. [F., fr. orge barley, L. hordeum.]
A sirup in which, formerly, a decoction of barley entered,
but which is now prepared with an emulsion of almonds, --
used to flavor beverages or edibles.
Orgeis \Or"ge*is\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See {Organling}.
Orgiastic \Or`gi*as"tic\, a. [Gr. ?. See {Orgy}.]
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, orgies. --Elton.
Orgies \Or"gies\, n. pl.; sing. {Orgy}.
Note: [The singular is rarely used.] [F. orgie, orgies, L.
orgia, pl., Gr. ?; akin to ? work. See {Organ}, and
{Work}.]
1. A sacrifice accompanied by certain ceremonies in honor of
some pagan deity; especially, the ceremonies observed by
the Greeks and Romans in the worship of Dionysus, or
Bacchus, which were characterized by wild and dissolute
revelry.
As when, with crowned cups, unto the Elian god,
Those priests high orgies held. --Drayton.
2. Drunken revelry; a carouse. --B. Jonson. Tennyson.
Orgillous \Or"gil*lous\, a. [OF. orguillous, F. orgueilleux, fr.
OF. orgoil pride, F. orgueil.]
Proud; haughty. [Obs.] --Shak.
Orgue \Orgue\, n. [F., fr. L. organum organ, Gr. ?. See
{Organ}.] (Mil.)
(a) Any one of a number of long, thick pieces of timber,
pointed and shod with iron, and suspended, each by a
separate rope, over a gateway, to be let down in case of
attack.
(b) A piece of ordnance, consisting of a number of musket
barrels arranged so that a match or train may connect
with all their touchholes, and a discharge be secured
almost or quite simultaneously.
Orgulous \Or"gu*lous\, a.
See {Orgillous}. [Obs.]
Orgy \Or"gy\, n.; pl. {Orgies}.
A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See {Orgies}
Orgyia \Or*gy"i*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the length of the
outstretched arms. So named because, when at rest, it
stretches forward its fore legs like arms.] (Zo["o]l.).
A genus of bombycid moths whose caterpillars (esp. those of
{Orgyia leucostigma}) are often very injurious to fruit trees
and shade trees. The female is wingless. Called also {vaporer
moth}.
Oricalche \Or"i*calche\, n. [Obs.]
See {Orichalch}.
Costly oricalche from strange Ph[oe]nice. --Spenser.
Orichalceous \Or`i*chal"ce*ous\, a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, orichalch; having a color or
luster like that of brass. --Maunder.
Orichalch \Or"i*chalch\, n. [L. orichalcum, Gr. ?; 'o`ros,
mountain + chalko`s brass: cf. F. orichalque.]
A metallic substance, resembling gold in color, but inferior
in value; a mixed metal of the ancients, resembling brass; --
called also {aurichalcum}, {orichalcum}, etc.
Oriel \O"ri*el\, n. [OF. oriol gallery, corridor, LL. oriolum
portico, hall, prob. fr. L. aureolus gilded, applied to an
apartment decorated with gilding. See {Oriole}.] [Formerly
written also {oriol}, {oryal}, {oryall}.]
1. A gallery for minstrels. [Obs.] --W. Hamper.
2. A small apartment next a hall, where certain persons were
accustomed to dine; a sort of recess. [Obs.] --Cowell.
3. (Arch.) A bay window. See {Bay window}.
The beams that thro' the oriel shine Make prisms in
every carven glass. --Tennyson.
Note: There is no generally admitted difference between a bay
window and an oriel. In the United States the latter
name is often applied to bay windows which are small,
and either polygonal or round; also, to such as are
corbeled out from the wall instead of resting on the
ground.
Oriency \O"ri*en*cy\, n. [See {Orient}.]
Brightness or strength of color. [R.] --E. Waterhouse.
Orient \O"ri*ent\, a. [F., fr. L. oriens, -entis, p. pr. of
oriri to rise. See {Origin}.]
1. Rising, as the sun.
Moon, that now meet'st the orient sun. --Milton.
2. Eastern; oriental. ``The orient part.'' --Hakluyt.
3. Bright; lustrous; superior; pure; perfect; pellucid; --
used of gems and also figuratively, because the most
perfect jewels are found in the East. ``Pearls round and
orient.'' --Jer. Taylor. ``Orient gems.'' --Wordsworth.
``Orient liquor in a crystal glass.'' --Milton.
Orient \O"ri*ent\, n.
1. The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the
morning; the east.
[Morn] came furrowing all the orient into gold.
--Tennyson.
2. The countries of Asia or the East. --Chaucer.
Best built city throughout the Orient. --Sir T.
Herbert.
3. A pearl of great luster. [R.] --Carlyle.
Orient \O"ri*ent\, v. t. [F. orienter. Cf. {Orientate}.]
1. To define the position of, in relation to the orient or
east; hence, to ascertain the bearings of.
2. Fig.: To correct or set right by recurring to first
principles; to arrange in order; to orientate.
Oriental \O`ri*en"tal\, a. [L. orientalis: cf. F. oriental.]
Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned
with the East or Orientalism; -- opposed to {occidental}; as,
Oriental countries.
The sun's ascendant and oriental radiations. --Sir T.
Browne.
Oriental \O`ri*en"tal\, n.
1. A native or inhabitant of the Orient or some Eastern part
of the world; an Asiatic.
2. pl. (Eccl.) Eastern Christians of the Greek rite.
Orientalism \O`ri*en"tal*ism\, n. [Cf. F. orientalisme.]
1. Any system, doctrine, custom, expression, etc., peculiar
to Oriental people.
2. Knowledge or use of Oriental languages, history,
literature, etc. --London Quart. Rev.
Orientalist \O`ri*en"tal*ist\, n. [Cf. F. orientaliste.]
1. An inhabitant of the Eastern parts of the world; an
Oriental.
2. One versed in Eastern languages, literature, etc.; as, the
Paris Congress of Orientalists. --Sir J. Shore.
Orientality \O`ri*en*tal"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being oriental or eastern. --Sir T.
Browne.
Orientalize \O`ri*en"tal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Orientalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Orientalizing}.]
to render Oriental; to cause to conform to Oriental manners
or conditions.
Orientate \O"ri*en*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Orientated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Orientating}.] [From {Orient}.]
1. To place or turn toward the east; to cause to assume an
easterly direction, or to veer eastward.
2. To arrange in order; to dispose or place (a body) so as to
show its relation to other bodies, or the relation of its
parts among themselves.
A crystal is orientated when placed in its proper
position so as to exhibit its symmetry. --E. S.
Dana.
Orientate \O"ri*en*tate\, v. i.
To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or
south toward the east.
Orientation \O`ri*en*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. orientation.]
1. The act or process of orientating; determination of the
points of the compass, or the east point, in taking
bearings.
2. The tendency of a revolving body, when suspended in a
certain way, to bring the axis of rotation into
parallelism with the earth's axis.
3. An aspect or fronting to the east; especially (Arch.), the
placing of a church so that the chancel, containing the
altar toward which the congregation fronts in worship,
will be on the east end.
4. Fig.: A return to first principles; an orderly
arrangement.
The task of orientation undertaken in this chapter.
--L. F. Ward.
Orientness \O"ri*ent*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being orient or bright; splendor.
[Obs.] --Fuller.
Orifice \Or"i*fice\, n. [F., from L. orificium; os, oris, a
mouth + facere to make. See {Oral}, and {Fact}.]
A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening;
as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound.
--Shak.
Etna was bored through the top with a monstrous
orifice. --Addison.
Oriflamb \Or"i*flamb\, Oriflamme \Or"i*flamme\, n. [F.
oriflamme, OF. oriflambe, LL. auriflamma; L. aurum gold +
flamma flame; cf. L. flammula a little banner. So called
because it was a flag of red silk, split into many points,
and borne on a gilded lance.]
1. The ancient royal standard of France.
2. A standard or ensign, in battle. ``A handkerchief like an
oriflamb.'' --Longfellow.
And be your oriflamme to-day the helmet of Navarre.
--Macaulay.
Origan \Or"i*gan\, Origanum \O*rig"a*num\, n. [L. origanum, Gr.
?, ?, prob. fr. 'o`ros, mountain + ? brightness, beauty. Cf.
{Organy}.] (Bot.)
A genus of aromatic labiate plants, including the sweet
marjoram ({O. Marjorana}) and the wild marjoram ({O.
vulgare}). --Spenser.
Origenism \Or"i*gen*ism\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
The opinions of Origen of Alexandria, who lived in the 3d
century, one of the most learned of the Greek Fathers.
Prominent in his teaching was the doctrine that all created
beings, including Satan, will ultimately be saved.
Origenist \Or"i*gen*ist\, n.
A follower of Origen of Alexandria.
Origin \Or"i*gin\, n. [F. origine, L. origo, -iginis, fr. oriri
to rise, become visible; akin to Gr. 'orny`nai to stir up,
rouse, Skr. [.r], and perh. to E. run.]
1. The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.
This mixed system of opinion and sentiment had its
origin in the ancient chivalry. --Burke.
2. That from which anything primarily proceeds; the fountain;
the spring; the cause; the occasion.
3. (Anat.) The point of attachment or end of a muscle which
is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to
{insertion}.
{Origin of co["o]rdinate axes} (Math.), the point where the
axes intersect. See Note under {Ordinate}.
Syn: Commencement; rise; source; spring; fountain;
derivation; cause; root; foundation.
Usage: {Origin}, {Source}. Origin denotes the rise or
commencement of a thing; source presents itself under
the image of a fountain flowing forth in a continuous
stream of influences. The origin of moral evil has
been much disputed, but no one can doubt that it is
the source of most of the calamities of our race.
I think he would have set out just as he did,
with the origin of ideas -- the proper starting
point of a grammarian, who is to treat of their
signs. --Tooke.
Famous Greece, That source of art and cultivated
thought Which they to Rome, and Romans hither,
brought. --Waller.
Originable \O*rig"i*na*ble\, a.
Capable of being originated.
Original \O*rig"i*nal\, a. [F. original, L. originalis.]
1. Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all
others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as,
the original state of man; the original laws of a country;
the original inventor of a process.
His form had yet not lost All her original
brightness. --Milton.
2. Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine;
as, an original thought; an original process; the original
text of Scripture.
3. Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations
of thought; inventive; as, an original genius.
4. Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original
matter.
{Original sin} (Theol.), the first sin of Adam, as related to
its consequences to his descendants of the human race; --
called also {total depravity}. See {Calvinism}.
Original \O*rig"i*nal\, n. [Cf. F. original.]
1. Origin; commencement; source.
It hath it original from much grief. --Shak.
And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great
Original proclaim. --Addison.
2. That which precedes all others of its class; archetype;
first copy; hence, an original work of art, manuscript,
text, and the like, as distinguished from a copy,
translation, etc.
The Scriptures may be now read in their own
original. --Milton.
3. An original thinker or writer; an originator. [R.]
Men who are bad at copying, yet are good originals.
--C. G.
Leland.
4. A person of marked eccentricity. [Colloq.]
5. (Zo["o]l. & Bot.) The natural or wild species from which a
domesticated or cultivated variety has been derived; as,
the wolf is thought by some to be the original of the dog,
the blackthorn the original of the plum.
Originalist \O*rig"i*nal*ist\, n.
One who is original. [R.]
Originality \O*rig`i*nal"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. originalit['e].]
The quality or state of being original. --Macaulay.
Originally \O*rig"i*nal*ly\, adv.
1. In the original time, or in an original manner; primarily;
from the beginning or origin; not by derivation, or
imitation.
God is originally holy in himself. --Bp. Pearson.
2. At first; at the origin; at the time of formation or
costruction; as, a book originally written by another
hand. ``Originally a half length [portrait].'' --Walpole.
Originalness \O*rig"i*nal*ness\, n.
The quality of being original; originality. [R.] --Johnson.
Originant \O*rig"i*nant\, a.
Originating; original. [R.]
An absolutely originant act of self will. --Prof.
Shedd.
Originary \O*rig"i*na*ry\, a. [L. originarius: cf. F.
originaire.]
1. Causing existence; productive. [R.]
The production of animals, in the originary way,
requires a certain degree of warmth. --Cheyne.
2. Primitive; primary; original. [R.]
The grand originary right of all rights. --Hickok.
Originate \O*rig"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Originated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Originating}.] [From {Origin}.]
To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring
into existence; to produce as new.
A decomposition of the whole civill and political mass,
for the purpose of originating a new civil order.
--Burke.
Originate \O*rig"i*nate\, v. i.
To take first existence; to have origin or beginning; to
begin to exist or act; as, the scheme originated with the
governor and council.
Origination \O*rig`i*na"tion\, n. [L. originatio.]
1. The act or process of bringing or coming into existence;
first production. ``The origination of the universe.''
--Keill.
What comes from spirit is a spontaneous origination.
--Hickok.
2. Mode of production, or bringing into being.
This eruca is propagated by animal parents, to wit,
butterflies, after the common origination of all
caterpillars. --Ray.
Originative \O*rig"i*na*tive\, a.
Having power, or tending, to originate, or bring into
existence; originating. --H. Bushnell. --
{O*rig"i*na*tive*ly}, adv.
Originator \O*rig"i*na`tor\, n.
One who originates.
Orillon \O*ril"lon\, n. [F., lit., a little ear, from oreille an
ear, fr. L. oricula, auricula, dim. of auris an ear. See
{Ear}.] (Fort.)
A semicircular projection made at the shoulder of a bastion
for the purpose of covering the retired flank, -- found in
old fortresses.
Oriol \O"ri*ol\, n.
See {Oriel}.
Oriole \O"ri*ole\, n. [OF. oriol, oriouz, orieus, F. loriot (for
l'oriol), fr. L. aureolus golden, dim. of aureus golden, fr.
aurum gold. Cf. {Aureole}, {Oriel}, {Loriot}.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of various species of Old World singing birds of
the family {Oriolid[ae]}. They are usually conspicuously
colored with yellow and black. The European or golden
oriole ({Oriolus galbula}, or {O. oriolus}) has a very
musical flutelike note.
(b) In America, any one of several species of the genus
{Icterus}, belonging to the family {Icterid[ae]}. See
{Baltimore oriole}, and {Orchard oriole}, under
{Orchard}.
{Crested oriole}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Cassican}.
Orion \O*ri"on\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, orig., a celebrated hunter
in the oldest Greek mythology, after whom this constellation
was named.] (Astron.)
A large and bright constellation on the equator, between the
stars Aldebaran and Sirius. It contains a remarkable nebula
visible to the naked eye.
The flaming glories of Orion's belt. --E. Everett.
Oriskany \O*ris"ka*ny\, a. [From Oriskany, in New York.] (Geol.)
Designating, or pertaining to, certain beds, chiefly
limestone, characteristic of the latest period of the
Silurian age.
{Oriskany period}, a subdivision of the American Paleozoic
system intermediate or translational in character between
the Silurian and Devonian ages. See Chart of {Geology}.
Orismological \O*ris`mo*log"ic*al\, a. (Nat. Hist.)
Of or pertaining to orismology.
Orismology \O`ris*mol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? a marking out by
boundaries, the definition of a word + -logy. See {Horizon}.]
That departament of natural history which treats of technical
terms.
Orison \Or"i*son\, n. [OF. orison, oreson, oreison, F. oraison,
fr. L. oratio speech, prayer. See {Oration}.]
A prayer; a supplication. [Poetic] --Chaucer. Shak.
Lowly they bowed, adoring, and began Their orisons,
each morning duly paid. --Milton.
Orisont \Or"i*sont\, n.
Horizon. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Ork \Ork\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See {Orc}.
Orkneyan \Ork"ney*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Orkney islands. ``Orkneyan
skerries.'' --Longfellow.
Orle \Orle\, n. [F. orle an orle, a fillet, fr. LL. orla border,
dim. of L. ora border, margin.]
1. (Her.) A bearing, in the form of a fillet, round the
shield, within, but at some distance from, the border.
2. (Her.) The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling
the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest.
{In orle}, round the escutcheon, leaving the middle of the
field vacant, or occupied by something else; -- said of
bearings arranged on the shield in the form of an orle.
Orleans \Or"le*ans\, n. [So called from the city of Orl['e]ans,
in France.]
1. A cloth made of worsted and cotton, -- used for wearing
apparel.
2. A variety of the plum. See under {Plum}. [Eng.]
Orlo \Or"lo\, n. [Sp.] (Mus.)
A wind instrument of music in use among the Spaniards.
Orlop \Or"lop\, n. [D. overloop the upper deck, lit., a running
over or overflowing, fr. overloopen to run over. See {Over},
and {Leap}, and cf. {Overloop}.] (Naut.)
The lowest deck of a vessel, esp. of a ship of war,
consisting of a platform laid over the beams in the hold, on
which the cables are coiled.
Ormer \Or"mer\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An abalone.
Ormolu \Or`mo*lu"\, n. [F. or moulu; or gold (L. aurum) + moulu,
p. p. of moudre to grind, to mill, L. molere. See {Aureate},
and {Mill}.]
A variety of brass made to resemble gold by the use of less
zinc and more copper in its composition than ordinary brass
contains. Its golden color is often heightened by means of
lacquer of some sort, or by use of acids. Called also {mosaic
gold}.
{Ormolu varnish}, a varnish applied to metals, as brass, to
give the appearance of gold.
Ormuzd \Or"muzd\, n. [Zend Ahuramazda.]
The good principle, or being, of the ancient Persian
religion. See {Ahriman}.
Orn \Orn\, v. t.
To ornament; to adorn. [Obs.] --Joye.
Ornament \Or"na*ment\, n. [OE. ornement, F. ornement, fr. L.
ornamentum, fr. ornare to adorn.]
That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or
beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.
The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit. --1 Pet. iii.
4.
Like that long-buried body of the king Found lying with
his urns and ornaments. --Tennyson.
Ornament \Or"na*ment\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ornamented}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Ornamenting}.]
To adorn; to deck; to embellish; to beautify; as, to ornament
a room, or a city.
Syn: See {Adorn}.
Ornamental \Or`na*men"tal\, a. [Cf. F. ornemental.]
Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying;
embellishing.
Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets
on their wrists; others, about their ankles. --Sir T.
Browne.
Ornamentally \Or`na*men"tal*ly\, adv.
By way of ornament.
Ornamentation \Or`na*men*ta"tion\, n.
1. The act or art of ornamenting, or the state of being
ornamented.
2. That which ornaments; ornament. --C. Kingsley.
Ornamenter \Or"na*ment*er\, n.
One who ornaments; a decorator.
Ornate \Or*nate"\, a. [L. ornatus, p. p. of ornare to adorn.]
1. Adorned; decorated; beautiful. ``So bedecked, ornate, and
gay.'' --Milton.
2. Finely finished, as a style of composition.
A graceful and ornate rhetoric. --Milton.
Ornate \Or*nate"\, v. t.
To adorn; to honor. [R.]
They may ornate and sanctify the name of God.
--Latimer.
Ornately \Or*nate"ly\, adv.
In an ornate manner. --Sir T. More.
Ornateness \Or*nate"ness\, n.
The quality of being ornate.
Ornature \Or"na*ture\, n. [L. ornatura.]
Decoration; ornamentation. [R.] --Holinshed.
Ornithic \Or*nith"ic\, a. [Gr. ?, ?, a bird.]
Of or pertaining to birds; as, ornithic fossils. --Owen.
Ornithichnite \Or`nith*ich"nite\, n. [Ornitho- + Gr. ? track.]
(Paleon.)
The footmark of a bird occurring in strata of stone.
--Hitchcock.
Ornithichnology \Or`nith*ich*nol"o*gy\, n. [Ornitho- +
ichnology.] (Paleon.)
The branch of science which treats of ornithichnites.
--Hitchcock.
Ornitho- \Ornitho-\ [Cf. {Ern}.]
A combining form fr. Gr. ?, ?, a bird.
Ornithodelphia \Or*ni`tho*del"phi*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? + ?
the womb.]
Same as {Monotremata}. -- {Or`ni*tho*del"phid}, a.
Ornithoidichnite \Or`ni*thoid*ich"nite\, n. [Ornitho- + -oid +
Gr. ? footstep, track.] (Paleon.)
A fossil track resembling that of a bird. --Hitchcock.
Ornitholite \Or*nith"o*lite\, n. [Ornitho- + -lite.] (Paleon.)
(a) The fossil remains of a bird.
(b) A stone of various colors bearing the figures of birds.
Ornithologic \Or`ni*tho*log"ic\, Ornithological
\Or`ni*tho*log"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. ornithologique.]
Of or pertaining to ornithology.
Ornithologist \Or`ni*thol"o*gist\, n. [Cf. F. ornithologiste.]
One skilled in ornithology; a student of ornithology; one who
describes birds.
Ornithology \Or`ni*thol"o*gy\, n. [Ornitho- + -logy: cf. F.
ornithologie.]
1. That branch of zo["o]logy which treats of the natural
history of birds and their classification.
2. A treatise or book on this science.
Ornithomancy \Or*nith"o*man`cy\, n. [Gr. ?; ?, ?, a bird + ?
divination: cf. F. ornithomancie.]
Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc.
Ornithomancy grew into an elaborate science. --De
Quincey.
Ornithon \Or*ni"thon\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ?, ?, a bird.]
An aviary; a poultry house. --Weale.
Ornithopappi \Or*ni`tho*pap"pi\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? a bird
+ ? an ancestor.] (Zo["o]l.)
An extinct order of birds. It includes only the
Arch[ae]opteryx.
Ornithopoda \Or`ni*thop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL. See {Ornitho-}, and
{-poda}.] (Paleon.)
An order of herbivorous dinosaurs with birdlike
characteristics in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind
legs, which in some genera had only three functional toes,
and supported the body in walking as in Iguanodon. See
Illust. in Appendix.
Ornithorhynchus \Or`ni*tho*rhyn"chus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, a
bird + ? snout, beak.] (Zo["o]l.)
See {Duck mole}, under {Duck}.
Ornithosauria \Or*ni`tho*sau"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Ornitho-},
and {Sauria}.] (Paleon.)
An order of extinct flying reptiles; -- called also
{Pterosauria}.
Ornithoscelida \Or*ni`tho*scel"i*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?,
a bird + ? a leg.] (Zo["o]l.)
A group of extinct Reptilia, intermediate in structure
(especially with regard to the pelvis) between reptiles and
birds. -- {Or`ni*tho*scel"i*dan}, a.
Ornithoscopy \Or`ni*thos"co*py\, n. [Ornitho- + -scopy: cf. Gr.
? divination from birds.]
Observation of birds and their habits. [R.] --De Quincey.
Ornithotomical \Or`ni*tho*tom"ic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to ornithotomy.
Ornithotomist \Or`ni*thot"o*mist\, n.
One who is skilled in ornithotomy.
Ornithotomy \Or`ni*thot"o*my\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, a bird + ? to cut.]
The anatomy or dissection of birds.
Orographic \Or`o*graph"ic\, Orographical \Or`o*graph"ic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to orography.
Orography \O*rog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. 'o`ros, a mountain + -graphy.]
That branch of science which treats of mountains and mountain
systems; orology; as, the orography of Western Europe.
Orohippus \Or`o*hip"pus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'o`ros, mountain
(referring to the Rocky Mountain region) + "i`ppos horse.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of American Eocene mammals allied to the horse, but
having four toes in front and three behind.
Oroide \O"roide\, n. [F. or gold (L. aurum) + Gr. ? form.]
An alloy, chiefly of copper and zinc or tin, resembling gold
in color and brilliancy. [Written also {oreide}.]
Orological \Or`o*log"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. orologique.]
Of or pertaining to orology.
Orologist \O*rol"o*gist\, n.
One versed in orology.
Orology \O*rol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? mountain + -logy: cf. F.
orologie.]
The science or description of mountains.
Orotund \O"ro*tund`\, a. [L. os, oris, the mouth + rotundus
round, smooth.]
Characterized by fullness, clearness, strength, and
smoothness; ringing and musical; -- said of the voice or
manner of utterance. -- n. The orotund voice or utterance
--Rush.
Orotundity \O`ro*tun"di*ty\, n.
The orotund mode of intonation.
Orphaline \Or"pha*line\, n.
See {Orpheline}. [Obs.]
Orphan \Or"phan\, n. [L. orphanus, Gr. ?, akin to L. orbus. Cf.
{Orb} a blank window.]
A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also,
a child who has but one parent living.
{Orphans' court} (Law), a court in some of the States of the
Union, having jurisdiction over the estates and persons of
orphans or other wards. --Bouvier.
Orphan \Or"phan\, a.
Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent.
Orphan \Or"phan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Orphaned}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Orphaning}.]
To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents. --Young.
Orphanage \Or"phan*age\, n.
1. The state of being an orphan; orphanhood; orphans,
collectively.
2. An institution or asylum for the care of orphans.
Orphancy \Or"phan*cy\, n.
Orphanhood. --Sir P. Sidney.
Orphanet \Or"phan*et\, n.
A little orphan. --Drayton.
Orphanhood \Or"phan*hood\, n.
The state or condition of being an orphan; orphanage.
Orphanism \Or"phan*ism\, n.
Orphanhood. [R.]
Orphanotrophism \Or`phan*ot"ro*phism\, n.
The care and support of orphans. [R.] --Cotton Mather (1711).
Orphanotrophy \Or`phan*ot"ro*phy\, n. [L. orphanotrophium, Gr.
?; ? an orphan + ? to feed, bring up.]
1. A hospital for orphans. [R.] --A. Chalmers.
2. The act of supporting orphans. [R.]
Orpharion \Or*pha"ri*on\, n. (Mus.)
An old instrument of the lute or cittern kind. [Spelt also
{orpheoreon}.]
Orphean \Or*phe"an\, a. [L. Orph?us, Gr. ?.]
Of or pertaining to Orpheus, the mythic poet and musician;
as, Orphean strains. --Cowper.
Orpheline \Or"phe*line\, n. [F. orphelin. See {Orphan}.]
An orphan. [Obs.] --Udcll.
Orpheus \Or"phe*us\, n. [L. Orpheus, Gr. ?.] (Gr. Myth.)
The famous mythic Thracian poet, son of the Muse Calliope,
and husband of Eurydice. He is reputed to have had power to
entrance beasts and inanimate objects by the music of his
lyre.
Orphic \Or"phic\, a. [L. Orphicus, Gr. ?.]
Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns.
Orphrey \Or"phrey\, n. [See {Orfrays}.]
A band of rich embroidery, wholly or in part of gold, affixed
to vestments, especially those of ecclesiastics. --Pugin.
Orpiment \Or"pi*ment\, n. [F., fr. L. auripigmentum; aurum gold
+ pigmentum pigment. Cf. {Aureate}, {Pigment}, {Orpin},
{Orpine}.] (Chem.)
Arsenic sesquisulphide, produced artificially as an amorphous
lemonyellow powder, and occurring naturally as a yellow
crystalline mineral; -- formerly called auripigment. It is
used in king's yellow, in white Indian fire, and in certain
technical processes, as indigo printing.
Our orpiment and sublimed mercurie. --Chaucer.
{Red orpiment}, realgar; the red sulphide of arsenic.
{Yellow orpiment}, king's yellow.
Orpin \Or"pin\, n. [F., orpiment, also, the plant orpine. See
{Orpiment}.]
1. A yellow pigment of various degrees of intensity,
approaching also to red.
2. (Bot.) The orpine.
Orpine \Or"pine\, n. [F. orpin the genus of plants which
includes orpine; -- so called from the yellow blossoms of a
common species (Sedum acre). See {Orpiment}.] (Bot.)
A low plant with fleshy leaves ({Sedum telephium}), having
clusters of purple flowers. It is found on dry, sandy places,
and on old walls, in England, and has become naturalized in
America. Called also {stonecrop}, and {live-forever}.
[Written also {orpin}.]
Orrach \Or"rach\, n.
See {Orach}.
Orrery \Or"re*ry\, n.; pl. {Orreries}. [So named in honor of the
Earl of Orrery.]
An apparatus which illustrates, by the revolution of balls
moved by wheelwork, the relative size, periodic motions,
positions, orbits, etc., of bodies in the solar system.
Orris \Or"ris\, n. [Prob. corrupted from It. ireos iris. See
{Iris}.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus {Iris} ({I. Florentina}); a kind of
flower-de-luce. Its rootstock has an odor resembling that of
violets.
{Orris pea} (Med.), an issue pea made from orris root.
{Orris root}, the fragrant rootstock of the orris.
Orris \Or"ris\, n.
1. [Contr. from orfrays, or from arras.] A sort of gold or
silver lace. --Johnson.
2. A peculiar pattern in which gold lace or silver lace is
worked; especially, one in which the edges are ornamented
with conical figures placed at equal distances, with spots
between them.
Orsedew \Orse"dew\, Orsedue \Or"se*due\, n.
Leaf metal of bronze; Dutch metal. See under {Dutch}.
Orseille \Or`seille"\, n. [F.]
See {Archil}.
Orsellic \Or*sel"lic\, a. [From F. orseille archil. See
{Archil}.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in certain
lichens, and called also lecanoric acid. [Formerly written
also {orseillic}.]
Orsellinic \Or`sel*lin"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained by a
partial decomposition of orsellic acid as a white crystalline
substance, and related to protocatechuic acid.
Ort \Ort\, n.; pl. {Orts}. [Akin to LG. ort, ortels, remnants of
food, refuse, OFries. ort, OD. oorete, ooraete; prob. from
the same prefix as in E. ordeal + a word akin to eat.]
A morsel left at a meal; a fragment; refuse; -- commonly used
in the plural. --Milton.
Let him have time a beggar's orts to crave. --Shak.
Ortalidian \Or`ta*lid"i*an\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous small two-winged flies of the family
{Ortalid[ae]}. The larv[ae] of many of these flies live in
fruit; those of others produce galls on various plants.
Orthid \Or"thid\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A brachiopod shell of the genus Orthis, and allied genera, of
the family {Orthid[ae]}.
Orthis \Or"this\ ([^o]r"th[i^]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'orqo`s
straight.] (Zo["o]l.)
An extinct genus of Brachiopoda, abundant in the Paleozoic
rocks.
Orthite \Or"thite\, n. [Gr. ? straight.] (Min.)
A variety of allanite occurring in slender prismatic
crystals.
Ortho- \Or"tho-\ [Gr. ? straight; akin to Skr. ?rdhva upright,
vrdh to grow, to cause to grow.]
1. A combining form signifying straight, right, upright,
correct, regular; as, orthodromy, orthodiagonal, orthodox,
orthographic.
2. (Chem.) A combining form (also used adjectively),
designating:
(a) (Inorganic Chem.) The one of several acids of the same
element (as the phosphoric acids), which actually
occurs with the greatest number of hydroxyl groups;
as, orthophosphoric acid. Cf. {Normal}.
(b) (Organic Chem.) Connection with, or affinity to, one
variety of isomerism, characteristic of the benzene
compounds; -- contrasted with {meta-} or {para-}; as,
the ortho position; hence, designating any substance
showing such isomerism; as, an ortho compound.
Note: In the graphic representation of the benzene nucleus
(see {Benzene nucleus}, under {Benzene}), provisionally
adopted, any substance exhibiting double substitution
in adjacent and contiguous carbon atoms, as 1 & 2, 3 &
4, 4 & 5, etc., is designated by ortho-; as,
orthoxylene; any substance exhibiting substitution of
two carbon atoms with one intervening, as 1 & 3, 2 & 4,
3 & 5, 4 & 6, etc., by meta-; as, resorcin or
metaxylene; any substance exhibiting substitution in
opposite parts, as 1 & 4, 2 & 5, 3 & 6, by para-; as,
hydroquinone or paraxylene.
Orthocarbonic \Or`tho*car*bon"ic\, a. [Ortho- + carbonic.]
(Chem.)
Designating a complex ether, {C.(OC2H5)4}, which is obtained
as a liquid of a pleasant ethereal odor by means of
chlorpicrin, and is believed to be a derivative of the
hypothetical normal carbonic acid, {C.(OH)4}.
Orthocenter \Or`tho*cen"ter\, n. [Ortho- + center.] (Geom.)
That point in which the three perpendiculars let fall from
the angles of a triangle upon the opposite sides, or the
sides produced, mutually intersect.
Orthoceras \Or*thoc"e*ras\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'orqo`s straight +
? a horn.] (Paleon.)
An extinct genus of Paleozoic Cephalopoda, having a long,
straight, conical shell. The interior is divided into
numerous chambers by transverse septa.
Orthoceratite \Or`tho*cer"a*tite\, n. [Ortho- + Gr. ?, ?, a
horn.] (Zo["o]l.)
An orthoceras; also, any fossil shell allied to Orthoceras.
Orthoclase \Or"tho*clase\, n. [Ortho- + Gr. ? to break.] (Min.)
Common or potash feldspar crystallizing in the monoclinic
system and having two cleavages at right angles to each
other. See {Feldspar}.
Orthoclastic \Or`tho*clas"tic\, a. (Crystallog.)
Breaking in directions at right angles to each other; -- said
of the monoclinic feldspars.
Orthodiagonal \Or`tho*di*ag"o*nal\, n. [Ortho- + diagonal.]
(Crystallog.)
The diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which is
at right angles with the vertical axis.
Orthodome \Or"tho*dome\, n. [Ortho- + dome.] (Crystallog.)
See the Note under {Dome}, 4.
Orthodox \Or"tho*dox\, a. [L. orthodoxus, Gr. 'orqo`doxos;
'orqo`s right, true + do`xa opinion, dokei^n to think, seem;
cf. F. orthodoxe. See {Ortho-}, {Dogma}.]
1. Sound in opinion or doctrine, especially in religious
doctrine; hence, holding the Christian faith; believing
the doctrines taught in the Scriptures; -- opposed to
{heretical} and {heterodox}; as, an orthodox Christian.
2. According or congruous with the doctrines of Scripture,
the creed of a church, the decree of a council, or the
like; as, an orthodox opinion, book, etc.
3. Approved; conventional.
He saluted me on both cheeks in the orthodox manner.
--H. R.
Haweis.
Note: The term orthodox differs in its use among the various
Christian communions. The Greek Church styles itself
the ``Holy Orthodox Apostolic Church,'' regarding all
other bodies of Christians as more or less heterodox.
The Roman Catholic Church regards the Protestant
churches as heterodox in many points. In the United
States the term orthodox is frequently used with
reference to divergent views on the doctrine of the
Trinity. Thus it has been common to speak of the
Trinitarian Congregational churches in distinction from
the Unitarian, as Orthodox. The name is also applied to
the conservative, in distinction from the ``liberal'',
or Hicksite, body in the Society of Friends.
--Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
Orthodoxal \Or"tho*dox`al\, a.
Pertaining to, or evincing, orthodoxy; orthodox. [R.]
--Milton.
Orthodoxality \Or`tho*dox*al"i*ty\, n.
Orthodoxness. [R.]
Orthodoxally \Or"tho*dox`al*ly\, adv.
Orthodoxly. [R.] --Milton
Orthodoxastical \Or`tho*dox*as"tic*al\, a.
Orthodox. [Obs.]
Orthodoxical \Or`tho*dox"ic*al\, a.
Pertaining to, or evincing, orthodoxy; orthodox.
Orthodoxly \Or"tho*dox`ly\, adv.
In an orthodox manner; with soundness of faith. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
Orthodoxness \Or"tho*dox`ness\, n.
The quality or state of being orthodox; orthodoxy.
--Waterland.
Orthodoxy \Or"tho*dox`y\, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. orthodoxie. See
{Orthodox}.]
1. Soundness of faith; a belief in the doctrines taught in
the Scriptures, or in some established standard of faith;
-- opposed to {heterodoxy} or to {heresy}.
Basil himself bears full and clear testimony to
Gregory's orthodoxy. --Waterland.
2. Consonance to genuine Scriptural doctrines; -- said of
moral doctrines and beliefs; as, the orthodoxy of a creed.
3. By extension, said of any correct doctrine or belief.
Orthodromic \Or`tho*drom"ic\, a. [Ortho- + Gr. ? to run.]
Of or pertaining to orthodromy.
Orthodromics \Or`tho*drom"ics\, n.
The art of sailing in a direct course, or on the arc of a
great circle, which is the shortest distance between any two
points on the surface of the globe; great-circle sailing;
orthodromy.
Orthodromy \Or"tho*drom`y\, n. [Cf. F. orthodromie.]
The act or art of sailing on a great circle.
Orthoepic \Or`tho*["e]p"ic\, Orthoepical \Or`tho*["e]p"ic*al\,
a.
Of or pertaining to ortho["e]py, or correct pronunciation. --
{Or`tho*["e]p"ic*al*ly}, adv.
Orthoepist \Or"tho*["e]*pist\, n.
One who is skilled in ortho["e]py.
Orthoepy \Or"tho*["e]*py\, n. [Gr. ?; 'orqo`s right + ? a word:
cf. F. ortho['e]pie. See {Ortho-}, and {Epic}.]
The art of uttering words correctly; a correct pronunciation
of words; also, mode of pronunciation.
Orthogamy \Or*thog"a*my\, n. [Ortho- + Gr. ? marriage.] (Bot.)
Direct fertilization in plants, as when the pollen
fertilizing the ovules comes from the stamens of the same
blossom; -- opposed to {heterogamy}.
Orthognathic \Or`thog*nath"ic\, a.
Orthognathous.
Orthognathism \Or*thog"na*thism\, n. (Anat.)
The quality or state of being orthognathous. --Huxley.
Orthognathous \Or*thog"na*thous\, a. [Ortho- + Gr. ? the jaw.]
(Anat.)
Having the front of the head, or the skull, nearly
perpendicular, not retreating backwards above the jaws; --
opposed to {prognathous}. See {Gnathic index}, under
{Gnathic}.
Orthogon \Or"tho*gon\, n. [Ortho- + Gr. ? angle: cf. F.
orthogone, a.] (Geom.)
A rectangular figure.
Orthogonal \Or*thog"o*nal\, a. [Cf. F. orthogonal.]
Right-angled; rectangular; as, an orthogonal intersection of
one curve with another.
{Orthogonal projection}. See under {Orthographic}.
Orthogonally \Or*thog"o*nal*ly\, adv.
Perpendicularly; at right angles; as, a curve cuts a set of
curves orthogonally.
Orthographer \Or*thog"ra*pher\, n.
One versed in orthography; one who spells words correctly.
Orthographic \Or`tho*graph"ic\, Orthographical
\Or`tho*graph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. orthographique, L.
orthographus, Gr. ?.]
1. Of or pertaining to orthography, or right spelling; also,
correct in spelling; as, orthographical rules; the letter
was orthographic.
2. (Geom.) Of or pertaining to right lines or angles.
{Orthographic or Orthogonal}, {projection}, that projection
which is made by drawing lines, from every point to be
projected, perpendicular to the plane of projection. Such
a projection of the sphere represents its circles as seen
in perspective by an eye supposed to be placed at an
infinite distance, the plane of projection passing through
the center of the sphere perpendicularly to the line of
sight.
Orthographically \Or`tho*graph"ic*al*ly\, adv.
In an orthographical manner:
(a) according to the rules of proper spelling;
(b) according to orthographic projection.
Orthographist \Or*thog"ra*phist\, n.
One who spells words correctly; an orthographer.
Orthographize \Or*thog"ra*phize\, v. t.
To spell correctly or according to usage; to correct in
regard to spelling.
In the coalesced into ith, which modern reaction has
orthographized to i' th'. --Earle.
Orthography \Or*thog"ra*phy\, n. [OE. ortographie, OF.
orthographie, L. orthographia, Gr. ?, fr. ? writing
correctly; 'orqo`s right + gra`fein to write. See {Ortho-},
and {Graphic}.]
1. The art or practice of writing words with the proper
letters, according to standard usage; conventionally
correct spelling; also, mode of spelling; as, his
orthography is vicious.
When spelling no longer follows the pronunciation,
but is hardened into orthography. --Earle.
2. The part of grammar which treats of the letters, and of
the art of spelling words correctly.
3. A drawing in correct projection, especially an elevation
or a vertical section.
Orthology \Or*thol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?; 'orqo`s right + ? speech,
description: cf. F. orthologie.]
The right description of things. [R.] --Fotherby.
Orthometric \Or`tho*met"ric\, a. [See {Orthometry}.]
(Crystallog.)
Having the axes at right angles to one another; -- said of
crystals or crystalline forms.
Orthometry \Or*thom"e*try\, n. [Ortho- + -metry.]
The art or practice of constructing verses correctly; the
laws of correct versification.
Orthomorphic \Or`tho*mor"phic\, a. [Ortho- + morphic.] (Geom.)
Having the right form.
{Orthomorphic projection}, a projection in which the angles
in the figure to be projected are equal to the
corresponding angles in the projected figure.
Orthopedic \Or`tho*ped"ic\, Orthopedical \Or`tho*ped"ic*al\, a.
(Med.)
Pertaining to, or employed in, orthopedy; relating to the
prevention or cure of deformities of children, or, in
general, of the human body at any age; as, orthopedic
surgery; an orthopedic hospital.
Orthopedist \Or*thop"e*dist\, n. (Med.)
One who prevents, cures, or remedies deformities, esp. in
children.
Orthopedy \Or*thop"e*dy\, n. [Ortho- + Gr. ?, ?, a child.]
(Med.)
The art or practice of curing the deformities of children,
or, by extension, any deformities of the human body.
Orthophony \Or*thoph"o*ny\, n. [Ortho- + Gr. ? voice.]
The art of correct articulation; voice training.
Orthopinacoid \Or`tho*pin"a*coid\, n. [Ortho- + pinacoid.]
(Crystallog.)
A name given to the two planes in the monoclinic system which
are parallel to the vertical and orthodiagonal axes.
Orthopnoea \Or`thop*n[oe]"a\, Orthopny \Or*thop"ny\, n. [L.
orthopnoea, Gr. ?; 'orqo`sstraight, right + pnei^n to
breathe: cf. F. orthopn['e]e.] (Med.)
Specifically, a morbid condition in which respiration can be
performed only in an erect posture; by extension, any
difficulty of breathing.
Orthopoda \Or*thop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL. See {Ortho-}, and
{-poda}.] (Zo["o]l.)
An extinct order of reptiles which stood erect on the hind
legs, and resembled birds in the structure of the feet,
pelvis, and other parts.
Orthopraxy \Or"tho*prax`y\, n. [Gr. 'orqo`s straight + ? a
doing.] (Med.)
The treatment of deformities in the human body by mechanical
appliances.
Orthoptera \Or*thop"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'orqo`s
straight + ? feather, wing.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers,
locusts, cockroaches, etc. See Illust. under {Insect}.
Note: The anterior wings are usually thickened and protect
the posterior wings, which are larger and fold
longitudinally like a fan. The Orthoptera undergo no
metamorphosis.
Orthopteran \Or*thop"ter*an\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Orthoptera.
Orthopterous \Or*thop"ter*ous\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the Orthoptera.
Orthorhombic \Or`tho*rhom"bic\, a. [Ortho- + rhombic.]
(Crystallog.)
Noting the system of crystallization which has three unequal
axes at right angles to each other; trimetric. See
{Crystallization}.
Orthoscope \Or"tho*scope\, n. [Ortho- + -scope.] (Physyol.)
An instrument designed to show the condition of the
superficial portions of the eye.
Orthoscopic \Or`tho*scop"ic\, a. (Opt.)
Giving an image in correct or normal proportions; giving a
flat field of view; as, an orthoscopic eyepiece.
Orthosilicic \Or`tho*si*lic"ic\, a. [Ortho- + silicic.] (Chem.)
Designating the form of silicic acid having the normal or
highest number of hydroxyl groups.
Orthospermous \Or`tho*sper"mous\, a. [Ortho- + Gr. ? seed.]
(Bot.)
Having the seeds straight, as in the fruits of some
umbelliferous plants; -- opposed to {c[oe]lospermous}.
--Darwin.
Orthostade \Or"tho*stade\, n. [Gr. ?; 'orqo`s straight + ? to
place.] (Anc. Costume)
A chiton, or loose, ungirded tunic, falling in straight
folds.
Orthostichy \Or*thos"ti*chy\, n.; pl. {Orthostichies}. [Ortho- +
Gr. ? row.] (Bot.)
A longitudinal rank, or row, of leaves along a stem.
Orthotomic \Or`tho*tom"ic\, a. [Ortho- + Gr. ? to cleave.]
(Geom.)
Cutting at right angles.
{Orthotomic circle} (Geom.), that circle which cuts three
given circles at right angles.
Orthotomous \Or*thot"o*mous\, a. (Crystallog.)
Having two cleavages at right angles with one another.
Orthotomy \Or*thot"o*my\, n. (Geom.)
The property of cutting at right angles.
Orthotone \Or"tho*tone\, a. [Ortho- + Gr. ? tone, accent.] (Gr.
Gram.)
Retaining the accent; not enclitic; -- said of certain
indefinite pronouns and adverbs when used interrogatively,
which, when not so used, are ordinarilly enclitic.
Orthotropal \Or*thot"ro*pal\, Orthotropous \Or*thot"ro*pous\, a.
[Ortho- + Gr. ? to turn: cf. F. orthotrope.] (Bot.)
Having the axis of an ovule or seed straight from the hilum
and chalaza to the orifice or the micropyle; atropous.
Note: This word has also been used (but improperly) to
describe any embryo whose radicle points towards, or is
next to, the hilum.
Orthotropic \Or`tho*trop"ic\, a. [See {Orthotropal}.] (Bot.)
Having the longer axis vertical; -- said of erect stems.
--Encyc. Brit.
Orthoxylene \Or`tho*xy"lene\, n. [Ortho- + xylene.] (Chem.)
That variety of xylene in which the two methyl groups are in
the ortho position; a colorless, liquid, combustible
hydrocarbon resembling benzene.
Ortive \Or"tive\, a. [L. ortivus, fr. oriri, ortus, to rise: cf.
F. ortive.]
Of or relating to the time or act of rising; eastern; as, the
ortive amplitude of a planet.
Ortolan \Or"to*lan\, n. [F., fr. It. ortolano ortolan, gardener,
fr. L. hortulanus gardener, fr. hortulus, dim. of hortus
garden. So called because it frequents the hedges of gardens.
See {Yard} an inclosure, and cf. {Hortulan}.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A European singing bird ({Emberiza hortulana}), about the
size of the lark, with black wings. It is esteemed
delicious food when fattened. Called also {bunting}.
(b) In England, the wheatear ({Saxicola [oe]nanthe}).
(c) In America, the sora, or Carolina rail ({Porzana
Carolina}). See {Sora}.
Ortygan \Or"ty*gan\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, a quail.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of several species of East Indian birds of the genera
{Ortygis} and {Hemipodius}. They resemble quails, but lack
the hind toe. See {Turnix}.
Orval \Or"val\, n. [F. orvale.] (Bot.)
A kind of sage ({Salvia Horminum}).
Orvet \Or`vet"\, n. [F.] (Zo["o]l.)
The blindworm.
Orvietan \Or`vi*e"tan\, n. [F. orvi['e]tan: cf. It. orvietano.
So called because invented at Orvieto, in Italy.]
A kind of antidote for poisons; a counter poison formerly in
vogue. [Obs.]
-ory \-o*ry\ [L. -orius: cf. F. -oire.]
1. An adjective suffix meaning of or pertaining to, serving
for; as in auditory, pertaining to or serving for hearing;
prohibitory, amendatory, etc.
2. [L. -orium: cf. F. -oire.] A noun suffix denoting that
which pertains to, or serves for; as in ambulatory, that
which serves for walking; consistory, factory, etc.
Oryal \O"ry*al\, Oryall \O"ry*all\, n.
See {Oriel}.
Oryctere \Or"yc*tere\, n. [Gr. ? digger: cf. F. oryct[`e]re.]
(Zo["o]l.)
The aard-vark.
Orycterope \O*ryc"ter*ope\, n. [Gr. ? digger + ? foot.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Oryctere}.
Oryctognosy \Or`yc*tog"no*sy\, n. [Gr. ? dug (? to dig) + ?
knowledge.]
Mineralogy. [Obs.] -- {Or`yc*tog*nos"tic}, a. --
{Or`yc*tog*nos"tic*al}, a. [Obs.] --
{Or`yc*tog*nos"tic*al*ly}, adv. [Obs.]
Oryctography \Or`yc*tog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. ? dug + -graphy.]
Description of fossils. [Obs.]
Oryctological \Or`yc*to*log"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. oryctologique.]
Of or pertaining to oryctology. [Obs.]
Oryctologist \Or`yc*tol"o*gist\, n.
One versed in oryctology. [Obs.]
Oryctology \Or`yc*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? dug + -logy: cf. F.
oryctologie.]
1. An old name for paleontology.
2. An old name for mineralogy and geology.
Oryx \O"ryx\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? a kind of gazelle or
antelope.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of African antelopes which includes the gemsbok, the
leucoryx, the bisa antelope ({O. beisa}), and the beatrix
antelope ({O. beatrix}) of Arabia.
Oryza \O*ry"za\, n. [L., rice, Gr. ? See {Rice}.] (Bot.)
A genus of grasses including the rice plant; rice.
Os \Os\, n.; pl. {Ossa}. [L.]
A bone.
Os \Os\, n.; pl. {Ora}. [L.]
A mouth; an opening; an entrance.
Os \Os\, n.; pl. {Osar}. [Sw. [*a]s ridge, chain of hills, pl.
[*a]sar.] (Geol.)
One of the ridges of sand or gravel found in Sweden, etc.,
supposed by some to be of marine origin, but probably formed
by subglacial waters. The osar are similar to the kames of
Scotland and the eschars of Ireland. See {Eschar}.
Osage orange \O"sage or"ange\ (Bot.)
An ornamental tree of the genus {Maclura} ({M. aurantiaca}),
closely allied to the mulberry ({Morus}); also, its fruit.
The tree was first found in the country of the Osage Indians,
and bears a hard and inedible fruit of an orangelike
appearance. See {Bois d'arc}.
Osages \O*sa"ges\, n. pl.; sing. {Osage}. (Ethnol.)
A tribe of southern Sioux Indians, now living in the Indian
Territory.
Osanne \O*san"ne\, n.
Hosanna. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Osar \O"sar\, n. pl. (Geol.)
See 3d {Os}.
Oscan \Os"can\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Osci, a primitive people of Campania,
a province of ancient Italy. -- n. The language of the Osci.
Oscillancy \Os"cil*lan*cy\, n.
The state of oscillating; a seesaw kind of motion. [R.]
Oscillaria \Os`cil*la"ri*a\, n. [NL., fr. L. oscillare to
swing.] (Bot.)
A genus of dark green, or purplish black, filamentous,
fresh-water alg[ae], the threads of which have an automatic
swaying or crawling motion. Called also {Oscillatoria}.
Oscillate \Os"cil*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Oscillated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Oscillating}.] [L. oscillare to swing, fr.
oscillum a swing, a little mask or puppet made to be hung
from trees and swing in the wind, prob. orig., a little
mouth, a dim. from os mouth. See {Oral}, and cf. {Osculate}.]
1. To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum;
to swing; to sway.
2. To vary or fluctuate between fixed limits; to act or move
in a fickle or fluctuating manner; to change repeatedly,
back and forth.
The amount of superior families oscillates rather
than changes, that is, it fluctuates within fixed
limits. --Dc Quincey.
Oscillating \Os"cil*la`ting\, a.
That oscillates; vibrating; swinging.
{Oscillating engine}, a steam engine whose cylinder
oscillates on trunnions instead of being permanently fixed
in a perpendicular or other direction. --Weale.
Oscillation \Os`cil*la"tion\, n. [L. oscillatio a swinging.]
1. The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and
forward, like a pendulum; vibration.
2. Fluctuation; variation; change back and forth.
His mind oscillated, undoubtedly; but the extreme
points of the oscillation were not very remote.
--Macaulay.
{Axis of oscillation}, {Center of oscillation}. See under
{Axis}, and {Center}.
Oscillative \Os"cil*la*tive\, a.
Tending to oscillate; vibratory. [R.] --I. Taylor.
Oscillatoria \Os`cil*la*to"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL. See
{Oscillatory}.] (Bot.)
Same as {Oscillaria}.
Oscillatory \Os"cil*la*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. oscillatoire. See
{Oscillate}.]
Moving, or characterized by motion, backward and forward like
a pendulum; swinging; oscillating; vibratory; as, oscillatory
motion.
Oscine \Os"cine\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Relating to the Oscines.
Oscines \Os"ci*nes\, n. pl. [L. oscen, -inis.] (Zo["o]l.)
Singing birds; a group of the Passeres, having numerous
syringeal muscles, conferring musical ability.
Oscinian \Os*cin"i*an\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Oscines, or singing birds.
Oscinian \Os*cin"i*an\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of dipterous files of the family
{Oscinid[ae]}.
Note: Some, whose larv[ae] live in the stalks, are very
destructive to barley, wheat, and rye; others, as the
barley fly ({Oscinis frit}), destroy the heads of
grain.
Oscinine \Os"ci*nine\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the Oscines.
Oscitancy \Os"ci*tan*cy\, n. [See {Oscitant}.]
1. The act of gaping or yawning.
2. Drowsiness; dullness; sluggishness. --Hallam.
It might proceed from the oscitancy of transcribers.
--Addison.
Oscitant \Os"ci*tant\, a. [L. oscitans, -antis, p. pr. of
oscitare: cf. F. oscitant.]
1. Yawning; gaping.
2. Sleepy; drowsy; dull; sluggish; careless.
He must not be oscitant, but intent on his charge.
--Barrow.
Oscitantly \Os"ci*tant*ly\, adv.
In an oscitant manner.
Oscitate \Os"ci*tate\, v. i. [L. oscitare; os the mouth +
citare, v. intens. fr. ciere to move.]
To gape; to yawn.
Oscitation \Os`ci*ta"tion\, n. [L. oscitatio: cf. F.
oscitation.]
The act of yawning or gaping. --Addison.
Osculant \Os"cu*lant\, a. [L. osculans, -antis, p. pr. of
osculari to kiss. See {Osculate}.]
1. Kissing; hence, meeting; clinging.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Adhering closely; embracing; -- applied to
certain creeping animals, as caterpillars.
3. (Biol.) Intermediate in character, or on the border,
between two genera, groups, families, etc., of animals or
plants, and partaking somewhat of the characters of each,
thus forming a connecting link; interosculant; as, the
genera by which two families approximate are called
osculant genera.
Osculate \Os"cu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Osculated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Osculating}.] [L. osculatus, p. p. of osculari to
kiss, fr. osculum a little mouth, a kiss, dim. of os mouth.
See {Oral}, and cf. {Oscillate}.]
1. To kiss.
2. (Geom.) To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature
at the point of contact. See {Osculation}, 2.
Osculate \Os"cu*late\, v. i.
1. To kiss one another; to kiss.
2. (Geom.) To touch closely. See {Osculation}, 2.
3. (Biol.) To have characters in common with two genera or
families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to
interosculate. See {Osculant}.
Osculation \Os`cu*la"tion\, n. [L. osculatio a kissing: cf. F.
osculation.]
1. The act of kissing; a kiss.
2. (Geom.) The contact of one curve with another, when the
number of consecutive points of the latter through which
the former passes suffices for the complete determination
of the former curve. --Brande & C.
Osculatory \Os"cu*la*to*ry\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to kissing; kissing. ``The osculatory
ceremony.'' --Thackeray.
2. (Geom.) Pertaining to, or having the properties of, an
osculatrix; capable of osculation; as, a circle may be
osculatory with a curve, at a given point.
{Osculatory circle}. (Geom.) See {Osculating circle of a
curve}, under {Circle}.
{Osculatory plane} (to a curve of double curvature), a plane
which passes through three successive points of the curve.
{Osculatory sphere} (to a line of double curvature), a sphere
passing through four consecutive points of the curve.
Osculatory \Os"cu*la*to*ry\, n. [LL. osculatorium. See
{Osculate}.] (R. C. Ch.)
Same as {Pax}, 2.
Osculatrix \Os`cu*la"trix\, n.; pl. {Osculatrixes}. [NL.]
(Geom.)
A curve whose contact with a given curve, at a given point,
is of a higher order (or involves the equality of a greater
number of successive differential coefficients of the
ordinates of the curves taken at that point) than that of any
other curve of the same kind.
Oscule \Os"cule\, n. [Cf. F. oscule. See {Osculum}.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the excurrent apertures of sponges.
Osculum \Os"cu*lum\, n.; pl. {Oscula}. [L., a little mouth.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Oscule}.
-ose \-ose\ [L. -osus: cf. F. -ose. Cf. {-ous}.]
1. A suffix denoting full of, containing, having the
qualities of, like; as in verbose, full of words; pilose,
hairy; globose, like a globe.
2. (Chem.) A suffix indicating that the substance to the name
of which it is affixed is a member of the carbohydrate
group; as in cellulose, sucrose, dextrose, etc.
Osier \O"sier\, n. [F. osier: cf. {Prov}. F. oisis, Armor. ozil,
aozil, Gr. ?, ?, ?, L. vitex, and E. withy.] (Bot.)
(a) A kind of willow ({Salix viminalis}) growing in wet
places in Europe and Asia, and introduced into North
America. It is considered the best of the willows for
basket work. The name is sometimes given to any kind
of willow.
(b) One of the long, pliable twigs of this plant, or of
other similar plants.
The rank of osiers by the murmuring stream.
--Shak.
{Osier bed}, or {Osier holt}, a place where willows are grown
for basket making. [Eng.]
{Red osier}.
(a) A kind of willow with reddish twigs ({Salix rubra}).
(b) An American shrub ({Cornus stolonifera}) which has
slender red branches; -- also called {osier cornel}.
Osier \O"sier\, a.
Made of osiers; composed of, or containing, osiers. ``This
osier cage of ours.'' --Shak.
Osiered \O"siered\, a.
Covered or adorned with osiers; as, osiered banks. [Poetic]
--Collins.
Osiery \O"sier*y\, n.
An osier bed.
Osiris \O*si"ris\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; of Egyptian origin.]
(Myth.)
One of the principal divinities of Egypt, the brother and
husband of Isis. He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal
cap of Upper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull,
called Apis. Cf. {Serapis}. -- {O*sir"i*an}, a.
Osmanli \Os"man*li\, n.; pl. {Osmanlis}. [So called from Osman.
See {Ottoman}.]
A Turkish official; one of the dominant tribe of Turks;
loosely, any Turk.
Osmate \Os"mate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of osmic acid. [Formerly written also {osmiate}.]
Osmaterium \Os`ma*te"ri*um\, n.; pl. {Osmateria}. [NL., fr. Gr.
? smell.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of a pair of scent organs which the larv[ae] of certain
butterflies emit from the first body segment, either above or
below.
Osmazome \Os"ma*zome\, n. [Gr. ? smell, odor + ? broth: cf. F.
osmaz[^o]me.] (Old Chem.)
A substance formerly supposed to give to soup and broth their
characteristic odor, and probably consisting of one or
several of the class of nitrogenous substances which are
called extractives.
Osmiamate \Os`mi*am"ate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of osmiamic acid.
Osmiamic \Os`mi*am"ic\, a. [Osmium + amido.] (Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid of
osmium, {H2N2Os2O5}, forming a well-known series of yellow
salts.
Osmic \Os"mic\, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, osmium;
specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a
valence higher than in other lower compounds; as, osmic
oxide.
{Osmic acid}. (Chem.)
(a) Osmic tetroxide. [Obs.]
(b) Osmic acid proper, an acid analogous to sulphuric acid,
not known in the free state, but forming a well-known and
stable series of salts (osmates), which were formerly
improperly called osmites.
{Osmic tetroxide} (Chem.), a white volatile crystalline
substance, {OsO4}, the most stable and characteristic of
the compounds of osmium. It has a burning taste, and gives
off a vapor, which is a powerful irritant poison,
violently attacking the eyes, and emitting a strong
chlorinelike odor. Formerly improperly called {osmic
acid}.
Osmidrosis \Os`mi*dro"sis\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? smell + ? to
sweat.] (Med.)
The secretion of fetid sweat.
Osmious \Os"mi*ous\, a. (Chem.)
Denoting those compounds of osmium in which the element has a
valence relatively lower than in the osmic compounds; as,
osmious chloride. [Written also {osmous}.]
{Osmious acid} (Chem.), an acid derived from osmium,
analogous to sulphurous acid, and forming unstable salts.
It is a brown amorphous substance.
Osmite \Os"mite\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of osmious acid.
Osmium \Os"mi*um\, n. [Gr. ? a smell, odor, akin to ? to smell.
So named in allusion to the strong chlorinelike odor of osmic
tetroxide. See {Odor}.] (Chem.)
A rare metallic element of the platinum group, found native
as an alloy in platinum ore, and in iridosmine. It is a hard,
infusible, bluish or grayish white metal, and the heaviest
substance known. Its tetroxide is used in histological
experiments to stain tissues. Symbol {Os}. Atomic weight
191.1. Specific gravity 22.477.
Osmometer \Os*mom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? impulse + -meter.] (Physics)
An instrument for measuring the amount of osmotic action in
different liquids.
Osmometry \Os*mom"e*try\, n. (Physics)
The study of osmose by means of the osmometer.
Osmose \Os"mose\, n. [Gr. ?, equiv. to ? impulse, fr. ? to
push.] (Chemical Physics)
(a) The tendency in fluids to mix, or become equably
diffused, when in contact. It was first observed between
fluids of differing densities, and as taking place
through a membrane or an intervening porous structure.
The more rapid flow from the thinner to the thicker fluid
was then called endosmose, and the opposite, slower
current, exosmose. Both are, however, results of the same
force. Osmose may be regarded as a form of molecular
attraction, allied to that of adhesion.
(b) The action produced by this tendency.
{Electric osmose}, or {Electric endosmose} (Elec.), the
transportation of a liquid through a porous septum by the
action of an electric current.
Osmosis \Os*mo"sis\, n. [NL.]
Osmose.
Osmotic \Os*mot"ic\, a.
Pertaining to, or having the property of, osmose; as, osmotic
force.
Osmund \Os"mund\, n. (Bot.)
A fern of the genus {Osmunda}, or flowering fern. The most
remarkable species is the {osmund royal}, or {royal fern}
({Osmunda regalis}), which grows in wet or boggy places, and
has large bipinnate fronds, often with a panicle of capsules
at the top. The rootstock contains much starch, and has been
used in stiffening linen.
Osnaburg \Os"na*burg\, n.
A species of coarse linen, originally made in Osnaburg,
Germany.
Oso-berry \O"so-ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
The small, blueblack, drupelike fruit of the {Nuttallia
cerasiformis}, a shrub of Oregon and California, belonging to
the Cherry tribe of {Rosace[ae]}.
Osphradium \Os*phra"di*um\, n.; pl. {Osphradia}. [NL., fr. Gr. ?
strong scent, fr. ? to smell.] (Zo["o]l.)
The olfactory organ of some Mollusca. It is connected with
the organ of respiration.
Osprey \Os"prey\, Ospray \Os"pray\, n. [Through OF. fr. L.
ossifraga (orig., the bone breaker); prob. influenced by
oripelargus (mountain stork, a kind of eagle, Gr. ?); cf. OF.
orpres, and F. orfraie. See {Ossifrage}.] (Zo["o]l.)
The fishhawk.
Oss \Oss\, v. i. [See {Osse}, n.]
To prophesy; to presage. [R. & Obs.] --R. Edgeworth.
Osse \Osse\, n. [Gr. ?.]
A prophetic or ominous utterance. [R. & Obs.] --Holland.
Ossean \Os"se*an\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A fish having a bony skeleton; a teleost.
Ossein \Os"se*in\, n. [L. os bone.] (Physiol. Chem.)
The organic basis of bone tissue; the residue after removal
of the mineral matters from bone by dilute acid; in embryonic
tissue, the substance in which the mineral salts are
deposited to form bone; -- called also {ostein}. Chemically
it is the same as collagen.
Osselet \Os"se*let\, n. [F.]
1. A little bone.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The internal bone, or shell, of a cuttlefish.
Osseous \Os"se*ous\, a. [L. osseus, from os, ossis bone; akin to
Gr. ?, Skr. asthi. Cf. {Oyster}.]
Composed of bone; resembling bone; capable of forming bone;
bony; ossific.
Osseter \Os"se*ter\, n. [Russ, osetr' sturgeon.] (Zo["o]l.)
A species of sturgeon.
Ossianic \Os`si*an"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to, or characteristic of, Ossian, a
legendary Erse or Celtic bard.
The compositions might be fairly classed as Ossianic.
--G. Eliot.
Ossicle \Os"si*cle\, n. [L. ossiculum, dim. of os, ossis, a
bone.]
1. A little bone; as, the auditory ossicles in the tympanum
of the ear.
2. (Zo["o]l.) One of numerous small calcareous structures
forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the
starfishes.
Ossiculated \Os*sic"u*la`ted\, a.
Having small bones.
Ossiculum \Os*sic"u*lum\, n.; pl. {Ossicula}. [L., a little
bone.] (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Ossicle}.
Ossiferous \Os*sif"er*ous\, a. [L. os, ossis, a bone + -ferous:
cf. F. ossif[`e]re.]
Containing or yielding bone.
Ossific \Os*sif"ic\, a. [L. os, ossis, bone + facere to make:
cf. F. ossifique. See {Fact}.]
Capable of producing bone; having the power to change
cartilage or other tissue into bone.
Ossification \Os`si*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ossification. See
{Ossify}.]
1. (Physiol.) The formation of bone; the process, in the
growth of an animal, by which inorganic material (mainly
lime salts) is deposited in cartilage or membrane, forming
bony tissue; ostosis.
Note: Besides the natural ossification of growing tissue,
there is the so-called accidental ossification which
sometimes follows certain abnormal conditions, as in
the ossification of an artery.
2. The state of being changed into a bony substance; also, a
mass or point of ossified tissue.
Ossified \Os"si*fied\, a.
Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by
deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues.
Ossifrage \Os"si*frage\, n. [L. ossifraga, ossifragus, osprey,
fr. ossifragus bone breaking; os, ossis, a bone + frangere,
fractum, to break. See {Osseous}, {Break}, and cf. {Osprey},
{Ossifragous}.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The lammergeir.
(b) The young of the sea eagle or bald eagle. [Obs.]
Ossifragous \Os*sif"ra*gous\, a. [L. ossifragus. See
{Ossifrage}.]
Serving to break bones; bone-breaking.
Ossify \Os"si*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ossified}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Ossifying}.] [L. os, ossis, bone + -fy: cf. F. ossifier.
See {Osseous}.]
1. (Physiol.) To form into bone; to change from a soft animal
substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts.
2. Fig.: To harden; as, to ossify the heart. --Ruskin.
Ossify \Os"si*fy\, v. i. (Physiol.)
To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony
tissue.
Ossifying \Os"si*fy`ing\, a. (Physiol.)
Changing into bone; becoming bone; as, the ossifying process.
Ossivorous \Os*siv"o*rous\, a. [L. os, ossis, bone + vorare to
devour: cf. F. ossivore.]
Feeding on bones; eating bones; as, ossivorous quadrupeds.
--Derham.
Osspringer \Os"spring*er\, n.
The osprey. [R.]
Ossuarium \Os`su*a"ri*um\, n. [L.]
A charnel house; an ossuary. --Walpole.
Ossuary \Os"su*a*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}. [L. ossuarium, fr.
ossuarius of or bones, fr. os, ossis, bone: cf. F. ossuaire.]
A place where the bones of the dead are deposited; a charnel
house. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Ost \Ost\, n.
See {Oast}.
Osteal \Os"te*al\, a. [Gr. ? a bone.]
Osseous.
Ostein \Os"te*in\, n. [Gr. ? bone.]
Ossein.
Osteitis \Os`te*i"tis\, n. [NL. See {Osteo-}, and {-itis}.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of bone.
Osteler \Os"tel*er\, n.
Same as {Hosteler}. --Wyclif.
Ostend \Os*tend"\, v. t. [L. ostendere to show.]
To exhibit; to manifest. [Obs.]
Mercy to mean offenders we'll ostend. --J. Webster.
Ostensibility \Os*ten`si*bil"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being ostensible.
Ostensible \Os*ten"si*ble\, a. [From L. ostensus, p. p. of
ostendere to show, prop., to stretch out before; fr. prefix
obs- (old form of ob-) + tendere to stretch. See {Tend}.]
1. Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown.
[R.] --Walpole.
2. Shown; exhibited; declared; avowed; professed; apparent;
-- often used as opposed to {real} or {actual}; as, an
ostensible reason, motive, or aim. --D. Ramsay.
Ostensibly \Os*ten"si*bly\, adv.
In an ostensible manner; avowedly; professedly; apparently.
--Walsh.
Ostensibly, we were intended to prevent filibustering
into Texas, but really as a menace to Mexico. --U. S.
Grant.
Ostension \Os*ten"sion\, n. [L. ostensio a showing: cf. F.
ostension. See {Ostend}.] (Eccl.)
The showing of the sacrament on the altar in order that it
may receive the adoration of the communicants.
Ostensive \Os*ten"sive\, a.
Showing; exhibiting.
{Ostensive demonstration} (Math.), a direct or positive
demonstration, as opposed to the apagogical or indirect
method.
Ostensively \Os*ten"sive*ly\, adv.
In an ostensive manner.
Ostensorium \Os`ten*so"ri*um\, Ostensory \Os*ten"so*ry\, n.; pl.
L. {-soria}, E. {-sories}. [NL. ostensorium: cf. F.
ostensoir. See {Ostensible}.] (R. C. Ch.)
Same as {Monstrance}.
Ostent \Os"tent\, n. [L. ostentus, ostentum, fr. ostendere (p.
p. ostensus and ostentus) to show. See {Ostensible}.]
1. Appearance; air; mien. --Shak.
2. Manifestation; token; portent. --Dryden.
We asked of God that some ostent might clear Our
cloudy business, who gave us sign. --Chapman.
Ostentate \Os"ten*tate\, v. t. [L. ostentatus, p. p. of
ostentare, v. intens. fr. ostendere. See {Ostent}.]
To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit
boastingly. [R.] --Jer. Taylor.
Ostentation \Os`ten*ta"tion\, n. [L. ostentatio: cf. F.
ostentation.]
1. The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display;
unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a
detractive sense. ``Much ostentation vain of fleshly
arm.'' --Milton.
He knew that good and bountiful minds were sometimes
inclined to ostentation. --Atterbury.
2. A show or spectacle. [Obs.] --Shak.
Syn: Parade; pageantry; show; pomp; pompousness; vaunting;
boasting. See {Parade}.
Ostentatious \Os`ten*ta"tious\, a.
Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous;
pretentious; boastful.
Far from being ostentatious of the good you do.
--Dryden.
The ostentatious professions of many years. --Macaulay.
-- {Os`ten*ta"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Os`ten*ta"tious*ness}, n.
Ostentator \Os"ten*ta`tor\, n. [L.]
One fond of display; a boaster. --Sherwood.
Ostentive \Os*ten"tive\, a.
Ostentatious. [Obs.]
Ostentous \Os*ten"tous\, a.
Ostentatious. [Obs.] --Feltham.
Osteo- \Os"te*o-\
A combining form of Gr. ? a bone.
Osteoblast \Os"te*o*blast\, n. [Osteo- + -blast.] (Anat.)
One of the protoplasmic cells which occur in the osteogenetic
layer of the periosteum, and from or around which the matrix
of the bone is developed; an osteoplast.
Osteoclasis \Os`te*o*cla"sis\, n. [NL. See {Osteoclast}.]
(Surg.)
The operation of breaking a bone in order to correct
deformity.
Osteoclast \Os"te*o*clast\, n. [Osteo- + Gr. ? to break.]
1. (Physiol.) A myeloplax.
Note: The osteoclasts occur usually in pits or cavities which
they appear to have excavated, and are supposed to be
concerned in the absorption of the bone matrix.
2. An instrument for performing osteoclasis.
Osteocolla \Os`te*o*col"la\, n. [Osteo- + Gr. ? glue.]
1. A kind of glue obtained from bones. --Ure.
2. A cellular calc tufa, which in some places forms
incrustations on the stems of plants, -- formerly supposed
to have the quality of uniting fractured bones.
Osteocomma \Os`te*o*com"ma\, n.; pl. L. {Osteocommata}, E.
{Osteocommas}. [NL. See {Osteo-}, and {Comma}.] (Anat.)
A metamere of the vertebrate skeleton; an osteomere; a
vertebra. --Owen.
Osteocope \Os"te*o*cope\, n. [Gr. ?; ? a bone + ? a striking,
pain: cf. F. ost['e]ocope.] (Med.)
Pain in the bones; a violent fixed pain in any part of a
bone. -- {Os`te*o*cop"ic}, a.
Osteocranium \Os`te*o*cra"ni*um\, n. [Osteo- + cranium.] (Anat.)
The bony cranium, as distinguished from the cartilaginous
cranium.
Osteodentine \Os`te*o*den"tine\, n. [Osteo- + denite.] (Anat.)
A hard substance, somewhat like bone, which is sometimes
deposited within the pulp cavity of teeth.
Osteogen \Os"te*o*gen\, n. [Osteo- + -gen.] (Physiol.)
The soft tissue, or substance, which, in developing bone,
ultimately undergoes ossification.
Osteogenesis \Os`te*o*gen"e*sis\, Osteogeny \Os`te*og"e*ny\, n.
[Osteo- + genesis, or the root of Gr. ? to be born: cf. F.
ost['e]og['e]nie.] (Physiol.)
The formation or growth of bone.
Osteogenetic \Os`te*o*ge*net"ic\, a. (Physiol.)
Connected with osteogenesis, or the formation of bone;
producing bone; as, osteogenetic tissue; the osteogenetic
layer of the periosteum.
Osteogenic \Os`te*o*gen"ic\, a. (Physiol.)
Osteogenetic.
Osteographer \Os`te*og"ra*pher\, n.
An osteologist.
Osteography \Os`te*og"ra*phy\, n. [Osteo- + -graphy.]
The description of bones; osteology.
Osteoid \Os"te*oid\, a. [Osteo- + -oid: cf. Gr. ?.] (Anat.)
Resembling bone; bonelike.
Osteolite \Os"te*o*lite\, n. [Osteo- + -lite.] (Min.)
A massive impure apatite, or calcium phosphate.
Osteologer \Os`te*ol"o*ger\, n.
One versed in osteology; an osteologist.
Osteologic \Os`te*o*log"ic\, Osteological \Os`te*o*log"ic*al\,
a. [Cf. F. ost['e]ologique.]
Of or pertaining to osteology. -- {Os`te*o*log"ic*al*ly},
adv.
Osteologist \Os`te*ol"o*gist\, n.
One who is skilled in osteology; an osteologer.
Osteology \Os`te*ol"o*gy\, n. [Osteo- + -logy: cf. F.
ost['e]ologie.]
The science which treats of the bones of the vertebrate
skeleton.
Osteoma \Os`te*o"ma\, n.; pl. {Osteomata}. [NL. See {Osteo-},
and {-oma}.] (Med.)
A tumor composed mainly of bone; a tumor of a bone.
Osteomalacia \Os`te*o*ma*la"ci*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? bone + ?
softness.] (Med.)
A disease of the bones, in which they lose their earthy
material, and become soft, flexible, and distorted. Also
called {malacia}.
Osteomanty \Os"te*o*man`ty\, n. [Osteo- Gr. ? divination.]
Divination by means of bones. [R.]
Osteomere \Os"te*o*mere\, n. [Osteo- + -mere.] (Anat.)
An osteocomma. --Owen.
Osteophone \Os"te*o*phone\, n. [Gr. ? bone + ? voice.]
An instrument for transmission of auditory vibrations through
the bones of the head, so as to be appreciated as sounds by
persons deaf from causes other than those affecting the
nervous apparatus of hearing.
Osteoplast \Os"te*o*plast\, n. [Osteo- + Gr. ? to form.] (Anat.)
An osteoblast.
Osteoplastic \Os`te*o*plas"tic\, a. [Osteo- + -plastic.]
1. (Physiol.) Producing bone; as, osteoplastic cells.
2. (Med.) Of or pertaining to the replacement of bone; as, an
osteoplastic operation.
Osteoplasty \Os"te*o*plas`ty\, n. [Osteo- + -plasty.] (Med.)
An operation or process by which the total or partial loss of
a bone is remedied. --Dunglison.
Osteopterygious \Os`te*op`ter*yg"i*ous\, a. [Osteo- Gr. ? a
fin.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having bones in the fins, as certain fishes.
Osteosarcoma \Os`te*o*sar*co"ma\, n.; pl. {Osteosarcomata}. [NL.
See {Osteo-}, and {sarcoma}.] (Med.)
A tumor having the structure of a sacroma in which there is a
deposit of bone; sarcoma connected with bone.
Osteotome \Os"te*o*tome\, n. [Osteo- + Gr. ?.] (Surg.)
Strong nippers or a chisel for dividing bone.
Osteotomist \Os`te*ot"o*mist\, n.
One skilled in osteotomy.
Osteotomy \Os`te*ot"o*my\, n.
1. The dissection or anatomy of bones; osteology.
2. (Surg.) The operation of dividing a bone or of cutting a
piece out of it, -- done to remedy deformity, etc.
Osteozoa \Os`te*o*zo"a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a bone + ? an
animal.] (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Vertebrata}.
Ostiary \Os"ti*a*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}. [L. ostium door,
entrance. See {Usher}.]
1. The mouth of a river; an estuary. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
2. One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a
porter. --N. Bacon.
Ostic \Os"tic\, a. [From North American Indian oshtegwon a
head.]
Pertaining to, or applied to, the language of the Tuscaroras,
Iroquois, Wyandots, Winnebagoes, and a part of the Sioux
Indians. --Schoolcraft.
Ostiole \Os"ti*ole\, n. [L. ostiolum a little door, dim. of
ostium a door: cf. F. ostiole.] (Bot.)
(a) The exterior opening of a stomate. See {Stomate}.
(b) Any small orifice.
Ostitis \Os*ti"tis\, n. [NL.] (Med.)
See {Osteitis}.
Ostium \Os"ti*um\, n.; pl. {Ostia}. [L.] (Anat.)
An opening; a passage.
Ostler \Ost"ler\, n.
See {Hostler}.
Ostleress \Ost"ler*ess\, n.
A female ostler. [R.] --Tennyson.
Ostlery \Ost"ler*y\, n.
See {Hostelry}. [Obs.]
Ostmen \Ost"men\, n. pl.; sing. {Ostman}. [See {East}, and
{Man}.]
East men; Danish settlers in Ireland, formerly so called.
--Lyttelton.
Ostosis \Os*to"sis\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? a bone.] (Physiol.)
Bone formation; ossification. See {Ectostosis}, and
{Endostosis}.
Ostracea \Os*tra"ce*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? shell of a
testacean.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of bivalve mollusks including the oysters and
allied shells.
Ostracean \Os*tra"cean\, n. [L. ostrea an oyster. See {Oyster}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any one of a family of bivalves, of which the oyster is the
type.
Ostracion \Os*tra"ci*on\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? small shell.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A genus of plectognath fishes having the body covered with
solid, immovable, bony plates. It includes the trunkfishes.
Ostraciont \Os*tra"ci*ont\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A fish of the genus Ostracion and allied genera.
Ostracism \Os"tra*cism\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to ostracize. See
{Ostracize}.]
1. (Gr. Antiq.) Banishment by popular vote, -- a means
adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent
and influence gave umbrage.
2. Banishment; exclusion; as, social ostracism.
Public envy is as an ostracism, that eclipseth men
when they grow too great. --Bacon.
Sentenced to a perpetual ostracism from the . . .
confidence, and honors, and emoluments of his
country. --A. Hamilton.
Ostracite \Os"tra*cite\, n. (Paleon.)
A fossil oyster.
Ostracize \Os"tra*cize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ostracized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Ostracizing}.] [Gr. ?, fr. ? a tile, a tablet
used in voting, a shell; cf. ? oyster, ? bone. Cf. {Osseous},
{Oyster}.]
1. (Gr. Antiq.) To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular
vote, as at Athens. --Grote.
2. To banish from society; to put under the ban; to cast out
from social, political, or private favor; as, he was
ostracized by his former friends. --Marvell.
Ostracoda \Os*trac"o*da\, n. pl. (Zo["o]l.)
Ostracoidea.
Ostracodermi \Os`tra*coder"mi\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? shell of
a testacean + ? skin.] (Zo["o]l.)
A suborder of fishes of which Ostracion is the type.
Ostracoid \Os"tra*coid\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the Ostracoidea. -- n. One of the
Ostracoidea.
Ostracoidea \Os`tra*coi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? shell of a
testacean + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of Entomostraca possessing hard bivalve shells. They
are of small size, and swim freely about. [Written also
{Ostracoda}.]
Ostrea \Os"tre*a\, n. [L., an oyster.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of bivalve Mollusca which includes the true oysters.
Ostreaceous \Os`tre*a"ceous\, a. [L. ostrea an oyster. See
{Oyster}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to an oyster, or to a shell; shelly.
The crustaceous or ostreaceous body. --Cudworth.
Ostreaculture \Os"tre*a*cul`ture\, n.
The artificial cultivation of oysters.
Ostreophagist \Os`tre*oph"a*gist\, n. [Gr.? an oyster + ? to
eat.]
One who feeds on oysters.
Ostrich \Os"trich\, n. [OE. ostriche, ostrice, OF. ostruche,
ostruce, F. autruche, L. avis struthio; avis bird + struthio
ostrich, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? bird, sparrow. Cf. {Aviary},
{Struthious}.] [Formerly written also {estrich}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A large bird of the genus {Struthio}, of which {Struthio
camelus} of Africa is the best known species. It has long and
very strong legs, adapted for rapid running; only two toes; a
long neck, nearly bare of feathers; and short wings incapable
of flight. The adult male is about eight feet high.
Note: The South African ostrich ({Struthio australis}) and
the Asiatic ostrich are considered distinct species by
some authors. Ostriches are now domesticated in South
Africa in large numbers for the sake of their plumes.
The body of the male is covered with elegant black
plumose feathers, while the wings and tail furnish the
most valuable white plumes.
{Ostrich farm}, a farm on which ostriches are bred for the
sake of their feathers, oil, eggs, etc.
{Ostrich farming}, the occupation of breeding ostriches for
the sake of their feathers, etc.
{Ostrich fern} (Bot.) a kind of fern ({Onoclea
Struthiopteris}), the tall fronds of which grow in a
circle from the rootstock. It is found in alluvial soil in
Europe and North America.
Ostriferous \Os*trif"er*ous\, a. [L. ostrifer; ostrea oyster +
ferre.]
Producing oysters; containing oysters.
Ostrogoth \Os"tro*goth\, n. [L. Ostrogothi, pl. See {East}, and
{Goth}.]
One of the Eastern Goths. See {Goth}.
Ostrogothic \Os`tro*goth"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Ostrogoths.
Oswego tea \Os*we"go tea"\ (Bot.)
An American aromatic herb ({Monarda didyma}), with showy,
bright red, labiate flowers.
Otacoustic \Ot`a*cous"tic\, a. [Oto- + acoustic: cf. F.
otacoustique.]
Assisting the sense of hearing; as, an otacoustic instrument.
Otacoustic \Ot`a*cous"tic\, Otacousticon \Ot`a*cous"ti*con\, n.
An instrument to facilitate hearing, as an ear trumpet.
Otaheite apple \O`ta*hei"te ap"ple\ [So named from Otaheite, or
Tahiti, one of the Society Islands.] (Bot.)
(a) The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree ({Spondias
dulcis}), also called {vi-apple}. It is rather larger
than an apple, and the rind has a flavor of turpentine,
but the flesh is said to taste like pineapples.
(b) A West Indian name for a myrtaceous tree ({Jambosa
Malaccensis}) which bears crimson berries.
Otalgia \O*tal"gi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; o'y^s, 'wto`s, the ear
+ ? pain: cf. F. otalgie.] (Med.)
Pain in the ear; earache.
Otalgic \O*tal"gic\, a. (Med.)
Of or pertaining to otalgia. -- n. A remedy for otalgia.
Otalgy \O*tal"gy\, n.
Pain in the ear; otalgia.
Otary \O"ta*ry\, n.; pl. {Otaries}. [Gr. ? large-eared, fr. ?,
?, ear: cf. F. otarie.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any eared seal.
Otheoscope \O"the*o*scope\, n. [Gr. ? to push + -scope.]
(Physics)
An instrument for exhibiting the repulsive action produced by
light or heat in an exhausted vessel; a modification of the
radoimeter. --W. Crookes.
Other \Oth"er\ ([u^][th]"[~e]r), conj. [See {Or}.]
Either; -- used with other or or for its correlative (as
either . . . or are now used). [Obs.]
Other of chalk, other of glass. --Chaucer.
Other \Oth"er\, pron. & a. [AS. [=o][eth]er; akin to OS.
[=a][eth]ar, [=o][eth]ar, D. & G. ander, OHG. andar, Icel.
annarr, Sw. annan, Dan. anden, Goth. an[thorn]ar, Skr.
antara: cf. L. alter; all orig. comparatives: cf. Skr. anya
other. [root]180. Cf. {Alter}.]
Usage: [Formerly other was used both as singular and plural.]
1. Different from that which, or the one who, has been
specified; not the same; not identical; additional; second
of two.
Each of them made other for to win. --Chaucer.
Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn
to him the other also. --Matt. v. 39.
2. Not this, but the contrary; opposite; as, the other side
of a river.
3. Alternate; second; -- used esp. in connection with every;
as, every other day, that is, each alternate day, every
second day.
4. Left, as opposed to right. [Obs.]
A distaff in her other hand she had. --Spenser.
Note: Other is a correlative adjective, or adjective pronoun,
often in contrast with one, some, that, this, etc.
The one shall be taken, and the other left.
--Matt. xxiv.
41.
And some fell among thorns . . . but other fell
into good ground. --Matt. xiii.
7, 8.
It is also used, by ellipsis, with a noun, expressed or
understood.
To write this, or to design the other. --Dryden.
It is written with the indefinite article as one word, another;
is used with each, indicating a reciprocal action or relation;
and is employed absolutely, or eliptically for other thing, or
other person, in which case it may have a plural.
The fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their
wealth to others. --Ps. xlix.
10.
If he is trimming, others are true. --Thackeray.
Other is sometimes followed by but, beside, or besides; but
oftener by than.
No other but such a one as he. --Coleridge.
Other lords beside thee have had dominion over us. --Is.
xxvi. 13.
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid. --1
Cor. iii. 11.
The whole seven years of . . . ignominy had been little
other than a preparation for this very hour. --Hawthorne.
{Other some}, some others. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
{The other day}, at a certain time past, not distant, but
indefinite; not long ago; recently; rarely, the third day
past.
Bind my hair up: as't was yesterday? No, nor t'
other day. --B. Jonson.
Other \Oth"er\, adv.
Otherwise. ``It shall none other be.'' --Chaucer. ``If you
think other.'' --Shak.
Othergates \Oth"er*gates`\, adv. [Other + gate way. See
{wards}.]
In another manner. [Obs.]
He would have tickled you othergates. --Shak.
Otherguise \Oth"er*guise`\, Otherguess \Oth"er*guess`\, a. &
adv. [A corruption of othergates.]
Of another kind or sort; in another way. ``Otherguess
arguments.'' --Berkeley.
Otherness \Oth"er*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being other or different; alterity;
oppositeness.
Otherways \Oth"er*ways`\, adv.
See {Otherwise}. --Tyndale.
Otherwhere \Oth"er*where`\, adv.
In or to some other place, or places; elsewhere. --Milton.
Tennyson.
Otherwhile \Oth"er*while`\, Otherwhiles \Oth"er*whiles`\, adv.
At another time, or other times; sometimes; ?ccasionally.
[Archaic]
Weighing otherwhiles ten pounds and more. --Holland.
Otherwise \Oth"er*wise`\, adv. [Other + wise manner.]
1. In a different manner; in another way, or in other ways;
differently; contrarily. --Chaucer.
Thy father was a worthy prince, And merited, alas! a
better fate; But Heaven thought otherwise.
--Addison.
2. In other respects.
It is said, truly, that the best men otherwise are
not always the best in regard of society. --Hooker.
3. In different circumstances; under other conditions; as, I
am engaged, otherwise I would accept.
Note: Otherwise, like so and thus, may be used as a
substitute for the opposite of a previous adjective,
noun, etc.
Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as
a fool receive me. --2 Cor. xi.
16.
Her eyebrows . . . rather full than otherwise.
--Fielding.
Othman \Oth"man\, n. & a.
See {Ottoman}.
Otic \O"tic\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. o'y^s, 'wto`s, the ear: cf. F.
otique.]
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the ear; auricular;
auditory.
Otiose \O"ti*ose`\, a. [L. otiosus, fr. otium ease.]
Being at leisure or ease; unemployed; indolent; idle.
``Otiose assent.'' --Paley.
The true keeping of the Sabbath was not that otiose and
un?rofitable cessation from even good deeds which they
would enforce. --Alford.
Otiosity \O`ti*os"ity\, n. [L. otiositas.]
Leisure; indolence; idleness; ease. [R.] --Thackeray.
Otis \O"tis\, n. [L., a kind of bustard, Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of birds including the bustards.
Otitis \O*ti"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. o'y^s, 'wto`s, the ear +
-itis.] (Med.)
Inflammation of the ear.
Oto- \O"to-\ [Gr. o'y^s, 'wto`s, the ear.]
A combining form denoting relation to, or situation near or
in, the ear.
Otoba fat \O*to"ba fat`\ (Chem.)
A colorless buttery substance obtained from the fruit of
{Myristica otoba}, a species of nutmeg tree.
Otoconite \O*toc"o*nite\, n. [Oto- + Gr. ? dust.] (Anat.)
(a) A mass of otoliths.
(b) An otolith.
Otocrane \O"to*crane\, n. [Oto- + Gr. ? skull.] (Anat.)
The cavity in the skull in which the parts of the internal
ear are lodged.
Otocranial \O`to*cra"ni*al\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the otocrane.
Otocyst \O"to*cyst\, n. [Oto- + cyst.] (Zo["o]l. & Anat.)
An auditory cyst or vesicle; one of the simple auditory
organs of many invertebrates, containing a fluid and
otoliths; also, the embryonic vesicle from which the parts of
the internal ear of vertebrates are developed.
Otography \O*tog"ra*phy\, n. [Oto- + -graphy.]
A description of the ear.
Otolith \O"to*lith\, Otolite \O"to*lite\, n. [Oto- + -lith,
-lite.] (Anat.)
One of the small bones or particles of calcareous or other
hard substance in the internal ear of vertebrates, and in the
auditory organs of many invertebrates; an ear stone.
Collectively, the otoliths are called ear sand and otoconite.
Otolithic \O`to*lith"ic\, Otolitic \O`to*lit"ic\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to otoliths.
Otological \O`to*log"ic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining tootology.
Otologist \O*tol"o*gist\, n.
One skilled in otology; an aurist.
Otology \O*tol"o*gy\, n. [Oto- + -logy.]
The branch of science which treats of the ear and its
diseases.
Otopathy \O*top"a*thy\, n. [Oto- + Gr. ? to suffer.] (Med.)
A diseased condition of the ear.
Otorrhoea \O`tor*rh[oe]"a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. o'y^s, 'wto`s, the
ear + ? to flow.] (Med.)
A flow or running from the ear, esp. a purulent discharge.
Otoscope \O"to*scope\, n. [Oto- + -scope.]
An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.
Otoscopeic \O`to*scope"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to the otoscope or to otoscopy.
Otoscopy \O*tos"co*py\, n. (Med.)
The examination of the ear; the art of using the otoscope.
Otosteal \O*tos"te*al\, n. [Oto- + Gr. ? a bone.] (Anat.)
An auditory ossicle. --R. Owen.
Otozoum \O`to*zo"um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, a fabled giant + ? an
animal.] (Paleon.)
An extinct genus of huge vertebrates, probably dinosaurs,
known only from four-toed tracks in Triassic sandstones.
Ottar \Ot"tar\, n.
See {Attar}.
Ottawas \Ot"ta*was\, n. pl.; sing. {Ottawa}. (Ethnol.)
A tribe of Indians who, when first known, lived on the Ottawa
River. Most of them subsequently migrated to the southwestern
shore of Lake Superior.
Otter \Ot"ter\, n. [OE. oter, AS. otor; akin to D. & G. otter,
Icel. otr, Dan. odder, Sw. utter, Lith. udra, Russ, vuidra,
Gr. "y`dra water serpent, hydra, Skr. udra otter, and also to
E. water. [root]137, 215. See {Water}, and cf. {Hydra}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any carnivorous animal of the genus {Lutra},
and related genera. Several species are described. They
have large, flattish heads, short ears, and webbed toes.
They are aquatic, and feed on fish. Their fur is soft and
valuable. The common otter of Europe is {Lutra vulgaris};
the American otter is {L. Canadensis}; other species
inhabit South America and Asia.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The larva of the ghost moth. It is very
injurious to hop vines.
{Otter hound}, {Otter dog} (Zo["o]l.), a small breed of
hounds, used in England for hunting otters.
{Otter sheep}. See {Ancon sheep}, under {Ancon}.
{Otter shell} (Zo["o]l.), very large bivalve mollusk
({Schizoth[ae]rus Nuttallii}) found on the northwest coast
of America. It is excellent food, and is extensively used
by the Indians.
{Sea otter}. (Zo["o]l.) See in the Vocabulary.
Otter \Ot"ter\, n.
A corruption of {Annotto}.
Otto \Ot"to\, n.
See {Attar}.
Ottoman \Ot"to*man\, a. [F. ottoman: cf. It. ottomano,
ottomanno; -- from Othoman, Othman, or Osman, the name of a
sultan who assumed the government of Turkey about the year
1300. Cf. {Osmanli}, {Ottoman} a stuffed seat.]
Of or pertaining to the Turks; as, the Ottoman power or
empire.
Ottoman \Ot"to*man\, n.; pl. {Ottomans}.
1. A Turk.
2. [F. ottomane, from ottoman Turkish.] A stuffed seat
without a back, originally used in Turkey.
Ottomite \Ot"to*mite\, n.
An Ottoman. [R.] --Shak.
Ottrelite \Ot"trel*ite\, n. [From Ottrez, on the borders of
Luxembourg.] (Min.)
A micaceous mineral occurring in small scales. It is
characteristic of certain crystalline schists.
Ouakari \Oua*ka"ri\, n. [From the native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any South American monkey of the genus {Brachyurus},
especially {B. ouakari}.
Ouanderoo \Ouan`der*oo"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The wanderoo.
Ouarine \Oua`rine"\, n. [F.] (Zo["o]l.)
A Brazilian monkey of the genus Mycetes.
Oubliette \Ou`bli`ette"\, n. [F., fr. oublier to forget, fr.
(assumed) LL. oblitare, L. oblivisci, p. p. oblitus.]
A dungeon with an opening only at the top, found in some old
castles and other strongholds, into which persons condemned
to perpetual imprisonment, or to perish secretly, were
thrust, or lured to fall.
Sudden in the sun An oubliette winks. Where is he?
Gone. --Mrs.
Browning.
Ouch \Ouch\ (ouch), n. [OE. ouch, nouche (a nouch being taken
for an ouch: cf. {Adder}), fr. OF. nusche, nosche, nousche,
buckle, clasp, LL. nusca, fr. OHG. nusca, nuscha.]
A socket or bezel holding a precious stone; hence, a jewel or
ornament worn on the person.
A precious stone in a rich ouche. --Sir T.
Elyot.
Your brooches, pearls, and ouches. --Shak.
Oughne \Ough"ne\ ([=o]"ne), a.
Own. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Ought \Ought\ ([add]t), n. & adv.
See {Aught}.
Ought \Ought\, imp., p. p., or auxiliary. [Orig. the preterit of
the verb to owe. OE. oughte, aughte, ahte, AS. [=a]hte.
[root]110. See {Owe}.]
1. Was or were under obligation to pay; owed. [Obs.]
This due obedience which they ought to the king.
--Tyndale.
The love and duty I long have ought you. --Spelman.
[He] said . . . you ought him a thousand pound.
--Shak.
2. Owned; possessed. [Obs.]
The knight the which that castle ought. --Spenser.
3. To be bound in duty or by moral obligation.
We then that are strong ought to bear the
infirmities of the weak. --Rom. xv. 1.
4. To be necessary, fit, becoming, or expedient; to behoove;
-- in this sense formerly sometimes used impersonally or
without a subject expressed. ``Well ought us work.''
--Chaucer.
To speak of this as it ought, would ask a volume.
--Milton.
Ought not Christ to have suffered these things?
--Luke xxiv.
26.
Note: Ought is now chiefly employed as an auxiliary verb,
expressing fitness, expediency, propriety, moral
obligation, or the like, in the action or state
indicated by the principal verb.
Syn: {Ought}, {Should}.
Usage: Both words imply obligation, but ought is the
stronger. Should may imply merely an obligation of
propriety, expendiency, etc.; ought denotes an
obligation of duty.
Oughtness \Ought"ness\, n.
The state of being as a thing ought to be; rightness. [R.]
--N. W. Taylor.
Oughwhere \Ough"where`\, adv. [AS. [=a]hw[ae]r.]
Anywhere; somewhere. See {Owher}. [Obs.]
Ouistiti \Ouis"ti*ti\, n. [F.] (Zo["o]l.)
See {Wistit}.
Oul \Oul\, n.
An awl. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Oul \Oul\, n.
An owl. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Oulachan \Ou"la*chan\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Eulachon}.
Ounce \Ounce\, n. [F. once, fr. L. uncia a twelfth, the twelfth
part of a pound or of a foot: cf. Gr. ? bulk, mass, atom. Cf.
2d {Inch}, {Oke}.]
1. A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and
containing 437? grains.
2. (Troy Weight) The twelfth part of a troy pound.
Note: The troy ounce contains twenty pennyweights, each of
twenty-four grains, or, in all, 480 grains, and is the
twelfth part of the troy pound. The troy ounce is also
a weight in apothecaries' weight. [Troy ounce is
sometimes written as one word, {troyounce}.]
3. Fig.: A small portion; a bit. [Obs.]
By ounces hung his locks that he had. --Chaucer.
{Fluid ounce}. See under {Fluid}, n.
Ounce \Ounce\, n. [F. once; cf. It. lonza, Sp. onza; prob. for
lonce, taken as l'once, fr. L. lynx, Gr. ?, or an (assumed)
fem. adj. lyncea, from lynx. Cf. {Lynx}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A feline quadruped ({Felis irbis, or uncia}) resembling the
leopard in size, and somewhat in color, but it has longer and
thicker fur, which forms a short mane on the back. The ounce
is pale yellowish gray, with irregular dark spots on the neck
and limbs, and dark rings on the body. It inhabits the lofty
mountain ranges of Asia. Called also {once}.
Ounded \Ound"ed\, Oundy \Oun"dy\, a. [F. ond['e], -['e]e, fr.
onde, L. unda, a wave.]
Wavy; waving? curly. [Obs.] ``Owndie hair.'' --Chaucer.
Ounding \Ound"ing\, vb. n.
Waving. [Obs.]
Ounding, paling, winding, or bending . . . of cloth.
--Chaucer.
Ouphe \Ouphe\, n. [See {Auf}.]
A fairy; a goblin; an elf. [Obs.] ``Like urchins, ouphes, and
fairies.'' --Shak.
Ouphen \Ouph"en\, a.
Elfish. [Obs.]
Our \Our\, possessive pron. [AS. ?re our, of us; akin to ?s us,
to us, and to G. unser our, of us, Goth. unsara. [root]186
See {Us}.]
Of or pertaining to us; belonging to us; as, our country; our
rights; our troops; our endeavors. See {I}.
The Lord is our defense. --Ps. lxxxix.
18.
Note: When the noun is not expressed, ours is used in the
same way as hers for her, yours for your, etc.; as,
whose house is that? It is ours.
Our wills are ours, we known not how. --Tennyson.
-our \-our\ [OF. -our.]
See {-or}.
Ourang \Ou*rang"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The orang-outang.
Ourang-outang \Ou*rang"-ou*tang`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See {Orang-outang}.
Ouranographist \Ou`ra*nog"ra*phist\, n.
See {Uranographist}.
Ouranography \Ou`ra*nog"ra*phy\, n.
See {Uranography}.
Ourebi \Ou"re*bi\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A small, graceful, and swift African antelope, allied to the
klipspringer.
Ouretic \Ou*ret"ic\, a. [Gr. ?, from ? urine. Cf. {Uretic}.]
(Chem.)
Uric.
Ourology \Ou*rol"o*gy\, n.
See {Urology}.
Ouroscopy \Ou*ros"co*py\, n. [Gr. ? urine + -scopy.]
Ourology.
Ours \Ours\, possessive pron.
See Note under {Our}.
Ourselves \Our*selves"\, pron.
; sing. {Ourself} (?). An emphasized form of the pronoun of the
first person plural; -- used as a subject, usually with we;
also, alone in the predicate, in the nominative or the
objective case.
We ourselves might distinctly number in words a great
deal further then we usually do. --Locke.
Safe in ourselves, while on ourselves we stand.
--Dryden.
Note: The form ourself is usec only in the regal or formal
style after we or us, denoting a single person.
Unless we would denude ourself of all force.
--Clarendon.
-ous \-ous\ [OF. -ous, us, -os, F. -eux, fr. L. -osus, and -us.
Cf. {-ose}.]
1. An adjective suffix meaning full of, abounding in, having,
possessing the qualities of, like; as in gracious,
abounding in grace; arduous, full of ardor; bulbous,
having bulbs, bulblike; riotous, poisonous, piteous,
joyous, etc.
2. (Chem.) A suffix denoting that the element indicated by
the name bearing it, has a valence lower than that denoted
by the termination -ic; as, nitrous, sulphurous, etc., as
contrasted with nitric, sulphuric, etc.
Ouse \Ouse\, n. & v.
See {Ooze}. [Obs.]
Ousel \Ou"sel\, n. [OE. osel, AS. ?sle; akin to G. amsel, OHG.
amsala, and perh. to L. merula blackbird. Cf. {Merle},
{Amsel}.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of several species of European thrushes, especially the
blackbird ({Merula merula}, or {Turdus merula}), and the
mountain or ring ousel ({Turdus torquatus}). [Written also
{ouzel}.]
{Rock ousel} (Zo["o]l.), the ring ousel.
{Water ousel} (Zo["o]l.), the European dipper ({Cinclus
aquaticus}), and the American dipper ({C. Mexicanus}).
Oust \Oust\, n.
See {Oast}.
Oust \Oust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ousted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Ousting}.] [OF. oster, F. [^o]ter, prob. fr. L. obstare to
oppose, hence, to forbid, take away. See {Obstacle}, and cf.
{Ouster}.]
1. To take away; to remove.
Multiplication of actions upon the case were rare,
formerly, and thereby wager of law ousted. --Sir M.
Hale.
2. To eject; to turn out. --Blackstone.
From mine own earldom foully ousted me. --Tennyson.
Ouster \Oust"er\, n. [Prob. fr. the OF. infin. oster, used
substantively. See {Oust}.]
A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection;
disseizin.
Ouster of the freehold is effected by abatement,
intrusion, disseizin, discontinuance, or deforcement.
--Blackstone.
{Ouster le main}. [Ouster + F. la main the hand, L. manus.]
(Law) A delivery of lands out of the hands of a guardian,
or out of the king's hands, or a judgement given for that
purpose. --Blackstone.
Out \Out\, adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. [=u]t, and [=u]te,
[=u]tan, fr. [=u]t; akin to D. uit, OS. [=u]t, G. aus, OHG.
[=u]z, Icel. [=u]t, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud.
[root]198. Cf. {About}, {But}, prep., {Carouse}, {Utter}, a.]
In its original and strict sense, out means from the interior
of something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in
a position or relation which is exterior to something; --
opposed to {in} or {into}. The something may be expressed
after of, from, etc. (see {Out of}, below); or, if not
expressed, it is implied; as, he is out; or, he is out of the
house, office, business, etc.; he came out; or, he came out
from the ship, meeting, sect, party, etc. Out is used in a
variety of applications, as:
1. Away; abroad; off; from home, or from a certain, or a
usual, place; not in; not in a particular, or a usual,
place; as, the proprietor is out, his team was taken out.
``My shoulder blade is out.'' --Shak.
He hath been out (of the country) nine years.
--Shak.
2. Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy,
constraint, etc., actual of figurative; hence, not in
concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of
freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; as, the
sun shines out; he laughed out, to be out at the elbows;
the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke
out on his face; the book is out.
Leaves are out and perfect in a month. --Bacon.
She has not been out [in general society] very long.
--H. James.
3. Beyond the limit of existence, continuance, or supply; to
the end; completely; hence, in, or into, a condition of
extinction, exhaustion, completion; as, the fuel, or the
fire, has burned out. ``Hear me out.'' --Dryden.
Deceitiful men shall not live out half their days.
--Ps. iv. 23.
When the butt is out, we will drink water. --Shak.
4. Beyond possession, control, or occupation; hence, in, or
into, a state of want, loss, or deprivation; -- used of
office, business, property, knowledge, etc.; as, the
Democrats went out and the Whigs came in; he put his money
out at interest. ``Land that is out at rack rent.''
--Locke. ``He was out fifty pounds.'' --Bp. Fell.
I have forgot my part, and I am out. --Shak.
5. Beyond the bounds of what is true, reasonable, correct,
proper, common, etc.; in error or mistake; in a wrong or
incorrect position or opinion; in a state of disagreement,
opposition, etc.; in an inharmonious relation. ``Lancelot
and I are out.'' --Shak.
Wicked men are strangely out in the calculating of
their own interest. --South.
Very seldom out, in these his guesses. --Addison.
6. Not in the position to score in playing a game; not in the
state or turn of the play for counting or gaining scores.
Note: Out is largely used in composition as a prefix, with
the same significations that it has as a separate word;
as outbound, outbreak, outbuilding, outcome, outdo,
outdoor, outfield. See also the first Note under
{Over}, adv.
{Day in, day out}, from the beginning to the limit of each of
several days; day by day; every day.
{Out and out}.
(a) adv. Completely; wholly; openly.
(b) adj. Without any reservation or disguise; absolute;
as, an out and out villain. [As an {adj}. written also
{out-and-out}.]
{Out at}, {Out in}, {Out on}, etc., elliptical phrases, that
to which out refers as a source, origin, etc., being
omitted; as, out (of the house and) at the barn; out (of
the house, road, fields, etc., and) in the woods.
Three fishers went sailing out into the west, Out
into the west, as the sun went down. --C. Kingsley.
Note: In these lines after out may be understood, ``of the
harbor,'' ``from the shore,'' ``of sight,'' or some
similar phrase. The complete construction is seen in
the saying: ``Out of the frying pan into the fire.''
{Out from}, a construction similar to {out of} (below). See
{Of} and {From}.
{Out of}, a phrase which may be considered either as composed
of an adverb and a preposition, each having its
appropriate office in the sentence, or as a compound
preposition. Considered as a preposition, it denotes, with
verbs of movement or action, from the interior of; beyond
the limit: from; hence, origin, source, motive, departure,
separation, loss, etc.; -- opposed to {in} or {into}; also
with verbs of being, the state of being derived, removed,
or separated from. Examples may be found in the phrases
below, and also under Vocabulary words; as, out of breath;
out of countenance.
{Out of cess}, beyond measure, excessively. --Shak.
{Out of character}, unbecoming; improper.
{Out of conceit with}, not pleased with. See under {Conceit}.
{Out of date}, not timely; unfashionable; antiquated.
{Out of door}, {Out of doors}, beyond the doors; from the
house; in, or into, the open air; hence, figuratively,
shut out; dismissed. See under {Door}, also,
{Out-of-door}, {Outdoor}, {Outdoors}, in the Vocabulary.
``He 's quality, and the question's out of door,''
--Dryden.
{Out of favor}, disliked; under displeasure.
{Out of frame}, not in correct order or condition; irregular;
disarranged. --Latimer.
{Out of hand}, immediately; without delay or preparation.
``Ananias . . . fell down and died out of hand.''
--Latimer.
{Out of harm's way}, beyond the danger limit; in a safe
place.
{Out of joint}, not in proper connection or adjustment;
unhinged; disordered. ``The time is out of joint.''
--Shak.
{Out of mind}, not in mind; forgotten; also, beyond the limit
of memory; as, time out of mind.
{Out of one's head}, beyond commanding one's mental powers;
in a wandering state mentally; delirious. [Colloq.]
{Out of one's time}, beyond one's period of minority or
apprenticeship.
{Out of order}, not in proper order; disarranged; in
confusion.
{Out of place}, not in the usual or proper place; hence, not
proper or becoming.
{Out of pocket}, in a condition of having expended or lost
more money than one has received.
{Out of print}, not in market, the edition printed being
exhausted; -- said of books, pamphlets, etc.
{Out of the question}, beyond the limits or range of
consideration; impossible to be favorably considered.
{Out of reach}, beyond one's reach; inaccessible.
{Out of season}, not in a proper season or time; untimely;
inopportune.
{Out of sorts}, wanting certain things; unsatisfied; unwell;
unhappy; cross. See under {Sort}, n.
{Out of temper}, not in good temper; irritated; angry.
{Out of time}, not in proper time; too soon, or too late.
{Out of time}, not in harmony; discordant; hence, not in an
agreeing temper; fretful.
{Out of twist}, {winding}, or {wind}, not in warped
condition; perfectly plain and smooth; -- said of
surfaces.
{Out of use}, not in use; unfashionable; obsolete.
{Out of the way}.
(a) On one side; hard to reach or find; secluded.
(b) Improper; unusual; wrong.
{Out of the woods}, not in a place, or state, of obscurity or
doubt; free from difficulty or perils; safe. [Colloq.]
{Out to out}, from one extreme limit to another, including
the whole length, breadth, or thickness; -- applied to
measurements.
{Out West}, in or towards, the West; specifically, in some
Western State or Territory. [U. S.]
{To come out}, {To cut out}, {To fall out}, etc. See under
{Come}, {Cut}, {Fall}, etc.
{To put out of the way}, to kill; to destroy.
{Week in, week out}. See {Day in, day out} (above).
Out \Out\, n.
1. One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out
of office; -- generally in the plural.
2. A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner;
an angle projecting outward; an open space; -- chiefly
used in the phrase ins and outs; as, the ins and outs of a
question. See under {In}.
3. (Print.) A word or words omitted by the compositor in
setting up copy; an omission.
{To make an out} (Print.), to omit something, in setting or
correcting type, which was in the copy.
Out \Out\, v. t.
1. To cause to be out; to eject; to expel.
A king outed from his country. --Selden.
The French have been outed of their holds. --Heylin.
2. To come out with; to make known. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
3. To give out; to dispose of; to sell. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Out \Out\, v. i.
To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public.
``Truth will out.'' --Shak.
Out \Out\, interj.
Expressing impatience, anger, a desire to be rid of; -- with
the force of command; go out; begone; away; off.
Out, idle words, servants to shallow fools ! --Shak.
{Out upon} or {on!} equivalent to ``shame upon!'' ``away
with!'' as, out upon you!
Outact \Out*act"\, v. t.
To do or beyond; to exceed in acting. [R.]
He has made me heir to treasures Would make me outact a
real window's whining. --Otway.
Outagamies \Ou"ta*gam`ies\, n. pl.; sing. {Outagamie}. (Ethnol.)
See lst {Fox}, 7.
Outargue \Out*ar"gue\, v. t.
To surpass or conquer in argument.
Outbabble \Out*bab"ble\, v. t.
To utter foolishly or excessively; to surpass in babbling.
[R.] --Milton.
Outbalance \Out*bal"ance\, v. t.
To outweight; to exceed in weight or effect.
Let dull Ajax bear away my right When all his days
outbalance this one night. --Dryden.
Outbar \Out*bar"\, v. t.
To bar out. [R.] --Spenser.
Outbeg \Out*beg"\, v. t.
To surpass in begging. [R.]
Outbid \Out*bid"\, v. t. [imp. {Outbid} or {Outbade} (?); p. p.
{Outbid} or {Outbidden} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Outbidding}.]
To exceed or surpass in bidding.
Prevent the greedy, and outbid the bold. --Pope.
Outbidder \Out*bid"der\, n.
One who outbids. --Johnson.
Outbleat \Out*bleat"\, v. t.
To surpass in bleating.
Outblown \Out"blown`\, a.
Inflated with wind. --Dryden.
Outblush \Out*blush"\, v. t.
To exceed in blushing; to surpass in rosy color. --T.
Shipman.
Outboard \Out"board`\, a. & adv. (Naut.)
Beyond or outside of the lines of a vessel's bulwarks or
hull; in a direction from the hull or from the keel; --
opposed to {inboard}; as, outboard rigging; swing the davits
outboard.
Outborn \Out"born`\, a.
Foreign; not native. [R.]
Outbound \Out"bound`\, a.
Outward bound. --Dryden.
Outbounds \Out"bounds`\, n. pl.
The farthest or exterior bounds; extreme limits; boundaries.
--Spenser.
Outbow \Out*bow"\, v. t.
To excel in bowing. --Young.
Outbowed \Out"bowed`\, a.
Convex; curved outward. ``The convex or outbowed side of a
vessel.'' --Bp. Hall.
Outbrag \Out*brag"\, v. t.
To surpass in bragging; hence, to make appear inferior.
Whose bare outbragg'd the web it seemed to wear.
--Shak.
Outbrave \Out*brave"\, v. t.
1. To excel in bravery o? in insolence; to defy with superior
courage or audacity
2. To excel in magnificence or comeliness.
The basest weed outbraves his dignity. --Shak.
Outbray \Out*bray"\, v. t.
1. To exceed in braying.
2. To emit with great noise. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
Outbrazen \Out*bra"zen\, v. t.
To bear down with a brazen face; to surpass in impudence.
--T. Brown.
Outbreak \Out"break`\, n.
A bursting forth; eruption; insurrection. ``Mobs and
outbreaks.'' --J. H. Newman.
The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind. --Shak.
Outbreaking \Out"break`ing\, n.
1. The act of breaking out.
2. That which bursts forth.
Outbreast \Out*breast"\, v. t.
To surpass in singing. See {Breast}, n., 6. [Obs.]
Outbreathe \Out*breathe"\, v. t.
1. To breathe forth. ``Outbreathed life.'' --Spenser.
2. To cause to be out of breath; to exhaust. --Shak.
Outbreathe \Out*breathe"\, v. i.
To issue, as breath; to be breathed out; to exhale. --Beau. &
Fl.
Outbribe \Out*bribe"\, v. t.
To surpass in bribing.
Outbring \Out*bring"\, v. t.
To bring or bear out.
Outbud \Out*bud"\, v. i.
To sprout. [Poetic] --Spenser.
Outbuild \Out*build"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Outbuilt}or
{Outbuilded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Outbuilding}.]
To exceed in building, or in durability of building.
Outbuilding \Out"build`ing\, n.
A building separate from, and subordinate to, the main house;
an outhouse.
Outburn \Out*burn"\, v. t. & i.
1. To exceed in burning.
2. To burn entirely; to be consumed. --Shak.
Outburst \Out"burst`\, n.
A bursting forth.
Outcant \Out*cant"\, v. t.
To surpass in canting. --Pope.
Outcast \Out"cast`\, a. [Cf. Sw. utkasta to cast out.]
Cast out; degraded. ``Outcast, rejected.'' --Longfellow.
Outcast \Out"cast`\, n.
1. One who is cast out or expelled; an exile; one driven from
home, society, or country; hence, often, a degraded
person; a vagabond.
The Lord . . . gathereth together the outcasts of
Israel. --Ps. cxlvii.
2.
2. A quarrel; a contention. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
Outcasting \Out"cast`ing\, n.
That which is cast out. [Obs.]
Outcept \Out*cept"\, prep.
Except. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Outcheat \Out*cheat"\, v. t.
To exceed in cheating.
Outclimb \Out*climb"\, v. t.
To climb bevond; to surpass in climbing. --Davenant.
Outcome \Out"come\, n.
That which comes out of, or follows from, something else;
issue; result; consequence; upshot. ``The logical outcome.''
--H. Spenser.
All true literature, all genuine poetry, is the direct
outcome, the condensed essence, of actual life and
thougth. --J. C.
Shairp.
Outcompass \Out*com"pass\, v. t.
To exceed the compass or limits of. --Bacon.
Outcourt \Out"court`\, n.
An outer or exterior court.
The skirts and outcourts of heaven. --South.
Outcrafty \Out*craft"y\, v. t.
To exceed in cunning. [R.] --Shak.
Outcrier \Out"cri`er\, n.
One who cries out or proclaims; a herald or crier.
Outcrop \Out"crop`\, n. (Geol.)
(a) The coming out of a stratum to the surface of the ground.
--Lyell.
(b) That part of inclined strata which appears at the
surface; basset.
Outcrop \Out*crop"\, v. i. (Geol.)
To come out to the surface of the ground; -- said of strata.
Outcry \Out"cry`\, n.
1. A vehement or loud cry; a cry of distress, alarm,
opposition, or detestation; clamor.
2. Sale at public auction. --Massinger. Thackeray.
Outdare \Out*dare"\, v. t.
To surpass in daring; to overcome by courage; to brave.
--Shak. R. Browning.
Outdated \Out*dat"ed\, a.
Being out of date; antiquated. [Obs.] --Hammond.
Outdazzle \Out*daz"zle\, v. t.
To surpass in dazzing.
Outdo \Out*do"\, v. t. [imp. {Outdid}; p. p. {Outdone}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Outdoing}.]
To go beyond in performance; to excel; to surpass.
An imposture outdoes the original. --L' Estrange.
I grieve to be outdone by Gay. --Swift.
Outdoor \Out"door`\, a. [For out of door.]
Being, or done, in the open air; being or done outside of
certain buildings, as poorhouses, hospitals, etc.; as,
outdoor exercise; outdoor relief; outdoor patients.
Outdoors \Out"doors`\, adv.
Abread; out of the house; out of doors.
Outdraw \Out*draw"\, v. t.
To draw out; to extract. [R.] ``He must the teeth outdraw.''
--Gower.
Outdream \Out*dream"\, v. t.
To pass, or escape, while dreaming. ``To oultdream dangers.''
--Beau. & Fl.
Outdrink \Out*drink"\, v. t.
To exceed in drinking.
Outdure \Out*dure"\, v. t.
To outlast. [Obs.]
Outdwell \Out*dwell"\, v. t.
To dwell or stay beyond. [Poetic] ``He outdwells his hour.''
--Shak.
Outdweller \Out"dwell`er\, n.
One who holds land in a parish, but lives elsewhere. [Eng.]
Outer \Out"er\ (out"[~e]r), a. [Compar. of {Out}.] [AS. [=u]tor,
compar. of [=u]t, adv., out. See {Out}, {Utter}, a.]
Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the
interior, from a given station, or from any space or position
regarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to
{inner}; as, the outer wall; the outer court or gate; the
outer stump in cricket; the outer world.
{Outer bar}, in England, the body of junior (or utter)
barristers; -- so called because in court they occupy a
place beyond the space reserved for Queen's counsel.
Outer \Out"er\, n.
(a) The part of a target which is beyond the circles
surrounding the bull's-eye.
(b) A shot which strikes the outer of a target.
Outer \Out"er\, n. [From {Out}, v.]
One who puts out, ousts, or expels; also, an ouster;
dispossession. [R.]
Outerly \Out"er*ly\, adv.
1. Utterly; entirely. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. Toward the outside. [R.] --Grew.
Outermost \Out"er*most`\, a. [See {Uttermost}, {Utmost}, and cf.
{Outmost}.]
Being on the extreme external part; farthest outward; as, the
outermost row. --Boyle.
Outface \Out*face"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Outfaced}; p pr. & vb.
n. {Outfacing}.]
To face or look (one) out of countenance; to resist or bear
down by bold looks or effrontery; to brave. --Shak.
Having outfaced all the world. --South.
Outfall \Out"fall`\, n.
1. The mouth of a river; the lower end of a water course; the
open end of a drain, culvert, etc., where the discharge
occurs.
2. A quarrel; a falling out. [Prov. Eng.]
Outfangthef \Out*fang"thef\, n. [AS. ?t-fangen-?e['o]f. See
{Out}, {Fang}, v. t., and {Thief}.] (Anglo-Saxon & O. Eng.
Law)
(a) A thief from without or abroad, taken within a lord's
fee or liberty.
(b) The privilege of trying such a thief. --Burrill.
Outfawn \Out*fawn"\, v. t.
To exceed in fawning.
Outfeast \Out*feast"\, v. t.
To exceed in feasting.
Outfeat \Out*feat"\, v. t.
To surpass in feats.
Outfield \Out"field`\, n.
1. Arable land which has been or is being exhausted. See
{Infield}, 1. [Scot.]
2. A field beyond, or separated from, the inclosed land about
the homestead; an uninclosed or unexplored tract. Also
used figuratively.
The great outfield of thought or fact. --Trench.
3. (Baseball) The part of the field beyond the diamond, or
infield. It is occupied by the fielders.
4. (Cricket) The part of the field farthest from the batsman.
Outfit \Out"fit\, n.
A fitting out, or equipment, as of a ship for a voyage, or of
a person for an expedition in an unoccupied region or
residence in a foreign land; things required for equipment;
the expense of, or allowance made for, equipment, as by the
government of the United States to a diplomatic agent going
abroad.
Outfitter \Out"fit`ter\, n.
One who furnishes outfits for a voyage, a journey, or a
business.
Outflank \Out*flank"\, v. t. (Mil.)
To go beyond, or be superior to, on the flank; to pass around
or turn the flank or flanks of.
Outflatter \Out*flat"ter\, v. t.
To exceed in flattering.
Outfling \Out"fling`\, n.
A gibe; a contemptuous remark.
Outflow \Out"flow`\, n.
A flowing out; efflux.
Outflow \Out*flow"\, v. i.
To flow out. --Campbell.
Outfly \Out*fly"\, v. t. [imp. {Outflew}; p. p. {Outflown}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Outflying}.]
To surpass in flying; to fly beyond or faster than. --Shak.
Winged with fear outflies the wind. --Waller.
Outfool \Out*fool"\, v. t.
To exceed in folly. [R.] --Young.
Outform \Out"form\, n.
External appearance. [Obs.]
Outfrown \Out*frown"\, v. t.
To frown down; to overbear by frowning. --Shak.
Outgate \Out"gate`\, n.
An outlet. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Outgaze \Out*gaze"\, v. t.
To gaze beyond; to exceed in sharpness or persistence of
seeing or of looking; hence, to stare out of countenance.
Outgeneral \Out*gen"er*al\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Outgeneraled}or
{Outgeneralled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Outgeneraling} or
{Outgeneralling}.]
To exceed in generalship; to gain advantage over by superior
military skill or executive ability; to outmaneuver.
--Chesterfield.
Outgive \Out*give"\, v. t.
To surpass in giving. --Dryden.
Outgo \Out*go"\, v. t. [imp. {Outwent}; p. p. {Outgone}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Outgoing}.]
1. To go beyond; to exceed in swiftness; to surpass; to
outdo.
2. To circumvent; to overreach. [Obs.] --Denham.
Outgo \Out"go`\, n.; pl. {Outgoes}.
That which goes out, or is paid out; outlay; expenditure; --
the opposite of {income}. --Lowell.
Outgoer \Out"go`er\, n.
One who goes out or departs.
Outgoing \Out"go`ing\, n.
1. The act or the state of going out.
The outgoings of the morning and evening. --Ps. lxv.
8.
2. That which goes out; outgo; outlay.
3. The extreme limit; the place of ending. [Obs.]
The outgoings of the border were at the north bay of
the salt sea, at the south end of Jordan. --Josh.
xviii. 19.
Outgoing \Out"go`ing\, a.
Going out; departing; as, the outgoing administration; an
outgoing steamer.
Outground \Out"ground`\, n.
Ground situated at a distance from the house; outlying land.
Outgrow \Out*grow"\, v. t. [imp. {Outgrew}; p. p. {Outgrown}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Outgrowing}.]
1. To surpass in growing; to grow more than. --Shak.
2. To grow out of or away from; to grow too large, or too
aged, for; as, to outgrow clothing; to outgrow usefulness;
to outgrow an infirmity.
Outgrowth \Out"growth`\, n.
That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an
excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence.
Outguard \Out"guard`\, n. (Mil.)
A guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main
body of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy;
hence, anything for defense placed at a distance from the
thing to be defended.
Outgush \Out"gush`\, n.
A pouring out; an outburst.
A passionate outgush of emotion. --Thackeray.
Outgush \Out*gush"\, v. i.
To gush out; to flow forth.
Outhaul \Out"haul`\, n. (Naut.)
A rope used for hauling out a sail upon a spar; -- opposite
of inhaul.
Outhess \Out*hess"\, n. [Cf. LL. uthesium, hutesium, huesium,
OF. hueis, and E. hue, in hue and cry.]
Outcry; alarm. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Outher \Outh"er\, conj.
Other. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Out-Herod \Out-Her"od\, v. t.
To surpass (Herod) in violence or wickedness; to exceed in
any vicious or offensive particular. ``It out-Herods Herod.''
--Shak.
Out-Heroding the preposterous fashions of the times.
--Sir W.
Scott.
Outhire \Out*hire"\, v. t.
To hire out. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Outhouse \Out"house`\, n.
A small house or building at a little distance from the main
house; an outbuilding.
Outing \Out"ing\, n.
1. The act of going out; an airing; an excursion; as, a
summer outing.
2. A feast given by an apprentice when he is out of his time.
[Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Outjest \Out*jest"\, v. t.
To surpass in jesting; to drive out, or away, by jesting.
[R.] --Shak.
Outjet \Out"jet`\, n.
That which jets out or projects from anything. [R.] --H.
Miller.
Outjuggle \Out*jug"gle\, v. t.
To surpass in juggling.
Outkeeper \Out"keep`er\, n. (Surv.)
An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in
chaining.
Outknave \Out*knave"\, v. t.
To surpass in knavery.
Outlabor \Out*la"bor\, v. t.
To surpass in laboring.
Outland \Out"land\, a. [Out + land. See {Outlandish}.]
Foreign; outlandish. [Obs.] --Strutt.
Outlander \Out"land*er\, n.
A foreigner. --Wood.
Outlandish \Out*land"ish\, a. [AS. ?tlendisc foreign. See {Out},
{Land}, and {-ish}.]
1. Foreign; not native.
Him did outlandish women cause to sin. --Neh. xiii.
26.
Its barley water and its outlandish wines. --G. W.
Cable.
2. Hence: Not according with usage; strange; rude; barbarous;
uncouth; clownish; as, an outlandish dress, behavior, or
speech.
Something outlandish, unearthy, or at variance with
ordinary fashion. --Hawthorne.
--{Out*land"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Out*land"ish*ness}, n.
Outlast \Out*last"\, v. t.
To exceed in duration; to survive; to endure longer than.
--Milton.
Outlaugh \Out*laugh"\, v. t.
1. To surpass or outdo in laughing. --Dryden.
2. To laugh (one) out of a purpose, principle, etc.; to
discourage or discomfit by laughing; to laugh down. [R.]
His apprehensions of being outlaughed will force him
to continue in a restless obscurity. --Franklin.
Outlaw \Out"law`\, n. [AS. ?tlaga, ?tlah. See {Out}, and {Law}.]
A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of
its protection. --Blackstone.
Outlaw \Out"law`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Outlawed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Outlawing}.] [AS. ?tlagian.]
1. To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to
declare to be an outlaw; to proscribe. --Blackstone.
2. To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement; as, to
outlaw a debt or claim; to deprive of legal force. ``Laws
outlawed by necessity.'' --Fuller.
Outlawry \Out"law`ry\, n.; pl. {Outlawries}.
1. The act of outlawing; the putting a man out of the
protection of law, or the process by which a man (as an
absconding criminal) is deprived of that protection.
2. The state of being an outlaw.
Outlay \Out*lay"\, v. t.
To lay out; to spread out; to display. [R.] --Drayton.
Outlay \Out"lay`\, n.
1. A laying out or expending.
2. That which is expended; expenditure.
3. An outlying haunt. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
Outleap \Out*leap"\, v. t.
To surpass in leaping.
Outleap \Out"leap`\, n.
A sally. [R.] --Locke.
Outlearn \Out*learn"\, v. t.
1. To excel or surpass in learing.
2. To learn out [i. e., completely, utterly]; to exhaust
knowledge of.
Naught, according to his mind, He could outlearn.
--Spenser.
Men and gods have not outlearned it [love].
--Emerson.
Outlet \Out"let`\, n.
The place or opening by which anything is let out; a passage
out; an exit; a vent.
Receiving all, and having no outlet. --Fuller.
Outlet \Out*let"\, v. t.
To let out; to emit. [R.] --Daniel.
Outlie \Out*lie"\, v. t.
To exceed in lying. --Bp. Hall.
Outlier \Out"li`er\, n.
1. One who does not live where his office, or business, or
estate, is. --Bentley.
2. That which lies, or is, away from the main body.
3. (Geol.) A part of a rock or stratum lying without, or
beyond, the main body, from which it has been separated by
denudation.
Outlimb \Out"limb`\, n.
An extreme member or part of a thing; a limb. [Obs.]
--Fuller.
Outline \Out"line`\, n.
1.
(a) The line which marks the outer limits of an object or
figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.
(b) In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the
like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated.
(c) A sketch composed of such lines; the delineation of a
figure without shading.
Painters, by their outlines, colors, lights, and
shadows, represent the same in their pictures.
--Dryden.
2. Fig.: A sketch of any scheme; a preliminary or general
indication of a plan, system, course of thought, etc.; as,
the outline of a speech.
But that larger grief . . . Is given in outline and
no more. --Tennyson.
Syn: Sketch; draught; delineation. See {Sketch}.
Outline \Out"line`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Outlined}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Outlining}.]
1. To draw the outline of.
2. Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; as, to
outline an argument or a campaign.
Outlinear \Out*lin"e*ar\, a.
Of or pertaining to an outline; being in, or forming, an
outline. --Trench.
Outlive \Out*live"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Outlived}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Outliving}.]
To live beyond, or longer than; to survive.
They live too long who happiness outlive. --Dryden.
Outliver \Out*liv"er\, n.
One who outlives. [R.]
Outlook \Out*look"\, v. t.
1. To face down; to outstare.
To outlook conquest, and to win renown. --Shak.
2. To inspect throughly; to select. [Obs.] --Cotton.
Outlook \Out"look`\, n.
1. The act of looking out; watch.
2. One who looks out; also, the place from which one looks
out; a watchower. --Lyon Playfair.
3. The view obtained by one looking out; scope of vision;
prospect; sight; appearance.
Applause Which owes to man's short outlook all its
charms. --Young.
Outloose \Out"loose`\, n.
A loosing from; an escape; an outlet; an evasion. [Obs.]
That ``whereas'' gives me an outloose. --Selden.
Outlope \Out"lope\, n.
An excursion. [Obs.] --Florio.
Outluster \Out*lus"ter\, Outlustre \Out*lus"tre\, v. t.
To excel in brightness or luster. --Shak.
Outlying \Out"ly`ing\, a.
Lying or being at a distance from the central part, or the
main body; being on, or beyond, the frontier; exterior;
remote; detached.
Outmaneuver \Out`ma*neu"ver\, Outmanoeuvre \Out`ma*n[oe]u"vre\,
v. t.
To surpass, or get an advantage of, in maneuvering; to
outgeneral.
Outmantle \Out*man"tle\, v. t.
To excel in mantling; hence, to excel in splendor, as of
dress. [R.]
And with poetic trappings grace thy prose, Till it
outmantle all the pride of verse. --Cowper.
Outmarch \Out*march"\, v. t.
To surpass in marching; to march faster than, or so as to
leave behind.
Outmeasure \Out*meas"ure\, v. t.
To exceed in measure or extent; to measure more than. --Sir
T. Browne.
Outmost \Out"most`\, a. [OE. outemest, utmest, AS. ?temest, a
superl. fr. ?te out. See {Out}, {Utmost}, and cf.
{Outermost}.]
Farthest from the middle or interior; farthest outward;
outermost.
Outmount \Out*mount"\, v. t.
To mount above. [R.]
Outname \Out*name"\, v. t.
1. To exceed in naming or describing. [R.]
2. To exceed in name, fame, or degree. [Obs.]
And found out one to outname thy other faults.
--Beau. & Fl.
Outness \Out"ness\, n.
1. The state of being out or beyond; separateness.
2. (Metaph.) The state or quality of being distanguishable
from the perceiving mind, by being in space, and
possessing marerial quality; externality; objectivity.
The outness of the objects of sense. --Sir W.
Hamiltom.
Outnoise \Out*noise"\, v. t.
To exceed in noise; to surpass in noisiness. [R.] --Fuller.
Outnumber \Out*num"ber\, v. t.
To exceed in number.
Out-of-door \Out`-of-door"\, a.
Being out of the house; being, or done, in the open air;
outdoor; as, out-of-door exercise. See {Out of door}, under
{Out}, adv.
Amongst out-of-door delights. --G. Eliot.
Out-of-the-way \Out`-of-the-way"\, a.
See under {Out}, adv.
Outpace \Out*pace"\, v. t. [Cf. {Outpass}.]
To outgo; to move faster than; to leave behind. [R.] --Lamb.
Outparamour \Out*par"a*mour\, v. t.
To exceed in the number of mistresses. [R.] --Shak.
Outparish \Out"par`ish\, n.
A parish lying without the walls of, or in a remote part of,
a town. --Graunt.
Outpart \Out"part`\, n.
An outlying part. [R.] --Ayliffe.
Outpass \Out*pass"\, v. t. [Cf. {Outpace}.]
To pass beyond; to exceed in progress.
Outpassion \Out*pas"sion\, v. t.
To exceed in passion.
Out-patient \Out"-pa`tient\, n.
A patient who is outside a hospital, but receives medical aid
from it.
Outpeer \Out*peer"\, v. t.
To excel. [R.] --Shak.
Outplay \Out*play"\, v. t.
To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than; as, to be
outplayed in tennis or ball.
Outpoise \Out*poise"\, v. t.
To outweigh. --Howell.
Outport \Out"port`\, n.
A harbor or port at some distance from the chief town or seat
of trade. --Macaulay.
Outpost \Out"post`\, n. (Mil.)
(a) A post or station without the limits of a camp, or at a
distance from the main body of an army, for observation
of the enemy.
(b) The troops placed at such a station.
Outpour \Out*pour"\, v. t.
To pour out. --Milton.
Outpour \Out"pour`\, n.
A flowing out; a free discharge.
Outpower \Out*pow"er\, v. t.
To excel in power; to overpover. [Obs.] --Fuller.
Outpray \Out*pray"\, v. t.
To exceed or excel in prayer.
Outpreach \Out*preach"\, v. t.
To surpass in preaching.
And for a villain's quick conversion A pillory can
outpreach a parson. --Trumbull.
Outprize \Out*prize"\, v. t.
To prize beyong value, or in excess; to exceed in value.
[Obs.] --Shak.
Output \Out"put`\, n.
1. The amount of coal or ore put out from one or more mines,
or the quantity of material produced by, or turned out
from, one or more furnaces or mills, in a given time.
2. (Physiol.) That which is thrown out as products of the
metabolic activity of the body; the egesta other than the
f[ae]ces. See {Income}.
Note: The output consists of: (a) The respiratory products of
the lungs, skin, and alimentary canal, consisting
chiefly of carbonic acid and water with small
quantities of hydrogen and carbureted hydrogen. (b)
Perspiration, consisting chiefly of water and salts.
(c) The urine, which is assumed to contain all the
nitrogen truly excreted by the body, besides a large
quantity of saline matters and water. --Foster.
Outquench \Out*quench"\, v. t.
To quench entirely; to extinguish. ``The candlelight
outquenched.'' --Spenser.
Outrage \Out*rage"\, v. t. [Out + rage.]
To rage in excess of. [R.] --Young.
Outrage \Out"rage\, n. [F. outrage; OF. outre, oltre, beyond (F.
outre, L. ultra) + -age, as, in courage, voyage. See
{Ulterior}.]
1. Injurious violence or wanton wrong done to persons or
things; a gross violation of right or decency; excessive
abuse; wanton mischief; gross injury. --Chaucer.
He wrought great outrages, wasting all the country.
--Spenser.
2. Excess; luxury. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Syn: Affront; insult; abuse. See {Affront}.
Outrage \Out"rage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Outragen}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Outraging}.] [F. outrager. See {Outrage}, n.]
1. To commit outrage upon; to subject to outrage; to treat
with violence or excessive abuse.
Base and insolent minds outrage men when they have
hope of doing it without a return. --Atterbury.
This interview outrages all decency. --Broome.
2. Specifically, to violate; to commit an indecent assault
upon (a female).
Outrage \Out"rage\, v. t.
To be guilty of an outrage; to act outrageously.
Outrageous \Out*ra"geous\, a. [OF. outrageus, F. outrageux. See
{Outrage}, n.]
Of the nature of an outrage; exceeding the limits of right,
reason, or decency; involving or doing an outrage; furious;
violent; atrocious. ``Outrageous weeping.'' --Chaucer. ``The
most outrageous villainies.'' --Sir P. Sidney. ``The vile,
outrageous crimes.'' --Shak. ``Outrageous panegyric.''
--Dryden.
Syn: Violent; furious; exorbitant; excessive; atrocious;
monstrous; wanton; nefarious; heinous. --
{Out*ra"geous*ly} (out*r[=a]"j[u^]s*l[y^]), adv. --
{Out*ra"geous*ness}, n.
Outrance \Ou`trance"\ ([=oo]`tr[aum]Ns"), n. [F. See
{Outr[AE]}.]
The utmost or last extremity.
{Combat [`a] outrance}, a fight to the end, or to the death.
Outrank \Out*rank"\ (out*r[a^][ng]k"), v. t.
To exceed in rank; hence, to take precedence of.
Outray \Out*ray"\ (-r[=a]"), v. t.
To outshine. [R.] --Skelton.
Outray \Out*ray"\, v. i.
To spread out in array. [Obs.]
And now they outray to your fleet. --Chapman.
Outraye \Out*raye"\, v. i.
See {Outrage}, v. i. [Obs.]
This warn I you, that ye not suddenly Out of yourself
for no woe should outraye. --Chaucer.
Outraze \Out*raze"\, v. t.
To obliterate. [Obs.] --Sandys.
Outr'e \Ou`tr['e]"\, a. [F., p. p. of outrer to exaggerate, fr.
L. ultra beyond. See {Outrage}.]
Being out of the common course or limits; extravagant;
bizarre.
Outreach \Out*reach"\, v. t.
To reach beyond.
Outreason \Out*rea"son\, v. t.
To excel or surpass in reasoning; to reason better than.
--South.
Outreckon \Out*reck"on\, v. t.
To exceed in reckoning or computation. --Bp. Pearson.
Outrecuidance \Ou`tre*cui`dance"\, n. [F., fr. outre beyond +
cuider to think, L. cogitare.]
Excessive presumption. [R.] --B. Jonson.
Outrede \Out*rede"\, v. t.
To surpass in giving rede, or counsel. [Obs.] See {Atrede}.
--Chaucer.
Outreign \Out*reign"\, v. t.
To go beyond in reigning; to reign through the whole of, or
longer than. [R.] --Spenser.
Outride \Out*ride"\, v. t.
To surpass in speed of riding; to ride beyond or faster than.
--Shak.
Outride \Out"ride`\, n.
1. A riding out; an excursion. [R.]
2. A place for riding out. [R.]
Outrider \Out"rid`er\, n.
1. A summoner whose office is to cite men before the sheriff.
[Obs.]
2. One who rides out on horseback. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
3. A servant on horseback attending a carriage.
Outrigger \Out"rig`ger\, n.
1. Any spar or projecting timber run out for temporary use,
as from a ship's mast, to hold a rope or a sail extended,
or from a building, to support hoisting teckle.
2. (Naut.)
(a) A projecting support for a rowlock, extended from the
side of a boat.
(b) A boat thus equipped.
(c) A projecting contrivance at the side of a boat to
prevent upsetting, as projecting spars with a log at
the end.
Outright \Out"right`\, adv.
1. Immediately; without delay; at once; as, he was killed
outright.
2. Completely; utterly. --Cardinal Manning.
Outring \Out*ring"\, v. t.
To excel in volume of ringing sound; to ring louder than.
Outrival \Out*ri"val\, v. t.
To surpass in a rivalry.
Outrive \Out*rive"\, v. t.
To river; to sever. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
Outroad \Out"road`\, Outrode \Out"rode`\, n.
An excursion. [Obs.] ``Outrodes by the ways of Judea.''
--Macc. xv. 41 (Geneva Bible).
Outroar \Out*roar"\, v. t.
To exceed in roaring.
Outromance \Out`ro*mance"\, v. t.
To exceed in romantic character. [R.] --Fuller.
Outroom \Out"room`\, n.
An outer room. [R.] --Fuller.
Outroot \Out*root"\, v. t.
To eradicate; to extirpate.
Outrun \Out*run"\, v. t. [imp. {Outran}; p. p. {Outrun}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Outrunning}.]
To exceed, or leave behind, in running; to run faster than;
to outstrip; to go beyond.
Your zeal outruns my wishes. --Sir W.
Scott.
The other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to
the sepulcher. --Jhon xx. 4.
Outrunner \Out*run"ner\, n.
An offshoot; a branch. [R.] ``Some outrunner of the river.''
--Lauson.
Outrush \Out*rush"\, v. i.
To rush out; to issue, or ru? out, forcibly. --Garth.
Outsail \Out*sail"\, v. t.
To excel, or to leave behind, in sailing; to sail faster
than. --Beau. & Fl.
Outscent \Out*scent"\, v. t.
To exceed in odor. --Fuller.
Outscold \Out*scold"\, v. t.
To exceed in scolding. --Shak.
Outscorn \Out*scorn"\, v. t.
To confront, or subdue, with greater scorn. --Shak.
Outscouring \Out"scour`ing\, n.
That which is scoured out o? washed out. --Buckland.
Outscout \Out*scout"\, v. t.
To overpower by disdain; to outface. [Obs.] --Marston.
Outsee \Out*see"\, v. t.
To see beyond; to excel in cer?ainty of seeing; to surpass in
foresight.
Outsell \Out*sell"\, v. t.
1. To exceed in amount of sales; to sell more than.
2. To exceed in the price of selling; to fetch more than; to
exceed in value. --Fuller. Shak.
Outsentry \Out"sen`try\, n. (Mil.)
A sentry who guards the entrance or approach to a place; an
outguard.
Outset \Out"set`\, n.
A setting out, starting, or beginning. ``The outset of a
political journey.'' --Burke.
Giving a proper direction to this outset of life. --J.
Hawes.
Outsettler \Out"set`tler\, n.
One who settles at a distance, or away, from others.
Outshine \Out*shine"\, v. i.
To shine forth. ``Bright, outshining beams.'' --Shak.
Outshine \Out*shine"\, v. t.
To excel in splendor.
A throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth
of Ormus and of Ind. --Milton.
Outshoot \Out*shoot"\, v. t.
To exceed or excel in shooting; to shoot beyond. --Bacon.
Men are resolved never to outshoot their forefathers'
mark. --Norris.
Outshut \Out*shut"\, v. t.
To shut out. [R.] --Donne.
Outside \Out"side`\, n.
1. The external part of a thing; the part, end, or side which
forms the surface; that which appears, or is manifest;
that which is superficial; the exterior.
There may be great need of an outside where there is
little or nothing within. --South.
Created beings see nothing but our outside.
--Addison.
2. The part or space which lies without an inclosure; the
outer side, as of a door, walk, or boundary.
I threw open the door of my chamber, and found the
family standing on the outside. --Spectator.
3. The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.;
the utmost; as, it may last a week at the outside.
4. One who, or that which, is without; hence, an outside
passenger, as distinguished from one who is inside. See
{Inside}, n. 3. [Colloq. Eng.]
Outside \Out"side`\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the outside; external; exterior;
superficial.
2. Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent,
quantity, etc.; as, an outside estimate. [Colloq.]
{Outside finish} (Arch.), a term for the minor parts, as
corner boards, hanging stiles, etc., required to complete
the exterior of a wooden building; -- rare in masonry.
Outside \Out"side`\, adv.
or prep. On or to the outside (of); without; on the exterior;
as, to ride outside the coach; he stayed outside.
Outsider \Out`sid"er\, n.
1. One not belonging to the concern, institution, party,
etc., spoken of; one disconnected in interest or feeling.
[Recent] --A. Trollope.
2. A locksmith's pinchers for grasping the point of a key in
the keyhole, to open a door from the outside when the key
is inside.
3. A horse which is not a favorite in the betting. [Cant]
Outsing \Out*sing"\, v. t.
To surpass in singing.
Outsit \Out*sit"\, v. t.
To remain sitting, or in session, longer than, or beyond the
time of; to outstay.
Outskirt \Out"skirt`\, n.
A part remote from the center; outer edge; border; -- usually
in the plural; as, the outskirts of a town. --Wordsworth.
The outskirts of his march of mystery. --Keble.
Outsleep \Out*sleep"\, v. t.
To exceed in sleeping. --Shak.
Outslide \Out*slide"\, v. i.
To slide outward, onward, or forward; to advance by sliding.
[Poetic]
At last our grating keels outslide. --Whittier.
Outsoar \Out*soar"\, v. t.
To soar beyond or above.
Outsole \Out"sole`\, n.
The outside sole of a boot or shoe.
Outsound \Out*sound"\, v. t.
To surpass in sounding.
Outspan \Out*span"\, v. t. & i. [D. uitspannen.]
To unyoke or disengage, as oxen from a wagon. [S. Africa]
Outsparkle \Out*spar"kle\, v. t.
To exceed in sparkling.
Outspeak \Out*speak"\, v. t.
1. To exceed in speaking.
2. To speak openly or boldly. --T. Campbell.
3. To express more than. --Shak.
Outspeed \Out*speed"\, v. t.
To excel in speed.
Outspeed the realized miracles of steam. --Talfourd.
Outspend \Out"spend`\, n.
Outlay; expenditure. [R.]
A mere outspend of savageness. --I. Taylor.
Outspin \Out*spin"\, v. t.
To spin out; to finish.
Outspoken \Out*spo"ken\, a.
Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, or boldly; as, an
outspoken man; an outspoken rebuke. -- {Out*spo"ken*ness}, n.
Outsport \Out*sport"\, v. t.
To exceed in sporting. [R.] ``Not to outsport discretion.''
--Shak.
Outspread \Out*spread"\, v. t.
To spread out; to expand; -- usually as a past part. or adj.
Outspring \Out*spring"\, v. i.
To spring out; to issue.
Outstand \Out*stand"\, v. i.
To stand out, or project, from a surface or mass; hence, to
remain standing out.
Outstand \Out*stand"\, v. t.
1. To resist effectually; to withstand; to sustain without
yielding. [R.] --Woodward.
2. To stay beyond. ``I have outstood my time.'' --Shak.
Outstanding \Out*stand"ing\, a.
That stands out; undischarged; uncollected; not paid; as,
outstanding obligations.
Revenues . . . as well outstanding as collected. --A.
Hamilton.
Outstare \Out*stare"\, v. t.
To excel or overcome in staring; to face down.
I would outstare the sternest eyes that look. --Shak.
Outstart \Out*start"\, v. i.
To start out or up. --Chaucer.
Outstay \Out*stay"\, v. t.
To stay beyond or longer than.
She concluded to outstay him. --Mad. D'
Arblay.
Outstep \Out*step"\, v. t.
To exceed in stepping.
Outstorm \Out*storm"\, v. t.
To exceed in storming.
Insults the tempest and outstorms the skies. --J.
Barlow.
Outstreet \Out"street`\, n.
A street remote from the center of a town. --Johnson.
Outstretch \Out*stretch"\, v. t.
To stretch out. --Milton.
Outstride \Out*stride"\, v. t.
To surpass in striding.
Outstrike \Out*strike"\, v. t.
To strike out; to strike faster than. --Shak.
Outstrip \Out*strip"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Outstripped}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Outstripping}.]
To go faster than; to outrun; to advance beyond; to leave
behing.
Appetites which . . . had outstripped the hours.
--Southey.
He still outstript me in the race. --Tennyson.
Outsuffer \Out*suf"fer\, v. t.
To exceed in suffering.
Outswear \Out*swear"\, v. t.
To exceed in swearing.
Outsweeten \Out*sweet"en\, v. t.
To surpass in sweetness. [R.] --Shak.
Outswell \Out*swell"\, v. t.
1. To exceed in swelling.
2. To swell beyond; to overflow. [Obs.] --Hewyt.
Outtake \Out*take"\, prep.
Except. [Obs.] --R. of Brunne.
Outtaken \Out*tak"en\, p. p.
or prep. Excepted; save. [Obs.] --Wyclif. Chaucer.
Outtalk \Out*talk"\, v. t.
To overpower by talking; to exceed in talking; to talk down.
--Shak.
Outtell \Out*tell"\, v. t.
To surpass in telling, counting, or reckoning. ``I have
outtold the clock.'' --Beau. & Fl.
Outterm \Out"term`\, n.
An external or superficial thing; outward manner; superficial
remark, etc. [Obs.]
Not to bear cold forms, nor men's outterms. --B.
Jonson.
Outthrow \Out*throw"\, v. t.
1. To throw out. --Spenser.
2. To excel in throwing, as in ball playing.
Outtoil \Out*toil"\, v. t.
To exceed in toiling.
Outtongue \Out*tongue"\, v. t.
To silence by talk, clamor, or noise. [R.] --Shak.
Outtop \Out*top"\, v. t.
To overtop. [Obs.]
Outtravel \Out*trav"el\, v. t.
To exceed in speed o? distance traveled. --Mad. D' Arblay.
Outtwine \Out*twine"\, v. t.
To disentangle. [Obs.]
Outvalue \Out*val"ue\, v. t.
To exceed in value. --Boyle.
Outvenom \Out*ven"om\, v. t.
To exceed in venom.
Outvie \Out*vie"\, v. t.
To exceed in vying. --Dryden.
Outvillain \Out*vil"lain\, v. t.
To exceed in villainy.
Outvoice \Out*voice"\, v. t.
To exceed in noise. --Shak.
Outvote \Out*vote"\, v. t.
To exceed in the number of votes given; to defeat by votes.
--South.
Outwalk \Out*walk"\, v. t.
To excel in walking; to leave behind in walking. --B. Jonson.
Outwall \Out"wall`\, n.
The exterior wall; the outside surface, or appearance.
--Shak.
Outward \Out"ward\, Outwards \Out"wards\, adv. [AS. ?teweard.
See {Out}, and {-ward}, {-wards}.]
From the interior part; in a direction from the interior
toward the exterior; out; to the outside; beyond; off; away;
as, a ship bound outward.
The wrong side may be turned outward. --Shak.
Light falling on them is not reflected outwards. --Sir
I. Newton.
{Outward bound}, bound in an outward direction or to foreign
parts; -- said especially of vessels, and opposed to
{homeward bound}.
Outward \Out"ward\, a.
1. Forming the superficial part; external; exterior; --
opposed to {inward}; as, an outward garment or layer.
Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is
renewed day by day. --Cor. iv. 16.
2. Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is
external; manifest; public. ``Sins outward.'' --Chaucer.
An outward honor for an inward toil. --Shak.
3. Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war.
[Obs.] --Hayward.
4. Tending to the exterior or outside.
The fire will force its outward way. --Dryden.
-- {Out"ward*ly}, adv. -- {Out"ward*ness}, n.
{Outward stroke}. (Steam Engine) See under {Stroke}.
Outward \Out"ward\, n.
External form; exterior. [R.]
So fair an outward and such stuff within. --Shak.
Outwards \Out"wards\, adv.
See {Outward}, adv.
Outwatch \Out*watch"\, v. t.
To exceed in watching.
Outway \Out"way`\, n.
A way out; exit. [R.]
In divers streets and outways multiplied. --P.
Fletcher.
Outwear \Out*wear"\, v. t.
1. To wear out; to consume or destroy by wearing. --Milton.
2. To last longer than; to outlast; as, this cloth will
outwear the other. ``If I the night outwear.'' --Pope.
Outweary \Out*wea"ry\, v. t.
To weary out. --Cowley.
Outweed \Out*weed"\, v. t.
To weed out. [Obs.]
Outweep \Out*weep"\, v. t.
To exceed in weeping.
Outweigh \Out*weigh"\, v. t.
To exceed in weight or value.
Outwell \Out*well"\, v. t.
To pour out. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Outwell \Out*well"\, v. i.
To issue forth. --Thomson.
Outwent \Out*went"\,
imp. of {Outgo}.
Outwhore \Out*whore"\, v. t.
To exceed in lewdness.
Outwin \Out*win"\, v. t.
To win a way out of. [Obs.]
Outwind \Out*wind"\, v. t.
To extricate by winding; to unloose. [R.] --Spenser. Dr. H.
More.
Outwing \Out*wing"\, v. t.
To surpass, exceed, or outstrip in flying. --Garth.
Outwit \Out*wit"\, v. t.
To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning; to defeat or overreach
by superior craft.
They did so much outwit and outwealth us ! --Gauden.
Outwit \Out"wit\, n.
The faculty of acquiring wisdom by observation and
experience, or the wisdom so acquired; -- opposed to inwit.
[Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
Outwoe \Out*woe"\, v. t.
To exceed in woe. [Obs.]
Outwork \Out*work"\, v. t.
To exceed in working; to work more or faster than.
Outwork \Out"work`\, n. (Fort.)
A minor defense constructed beyond the main body of a work,
as a ravelin, lunette, hornwork, etc. --Wilhelm.
Outworth \Out*worth"\, v. t.
To exceed in worth. [R.]
Outwrest \Out*wrest"\, v. t.
To extort; to draw from or forth by violence. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
Outwrite \Out*write"\, v. t.
To exceed or excel in writing.
Outzany \Out*za"ny\, v. t.
To exceed in buffoonery. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Ouvarovite \Ou*va"ro*vite\, n. [Named from the Russian Count
Uvaroff.] (Min.)
Chrome garnet.
Ouze \Ouze\, n. & v.
See {Ooze}. [Obs.]
Ouzel \Ou"zel\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Ousel}.
The mellow ouzel fluted in the elm. --Tennyson.
Ova \O"va\, n. pl.
See {Ovum}.
Oval \O"val\, a. [F. ovale, fr. L. ovum egg. Cf. {Egg}, {Ovum}.]
1. Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception;
as, oval conceptions. [Obs.]
2. Having the figure of an egg; oblong and curvilinear, with
one end broader than the other, or with both ends of about
the same breadth; in popular usage, elliptical.
3. (Bot.) Broadly elliptical.
{Oval chuck} (Mech.), a lathe chuck so constructed that work
attached to it, and cut by the turning tool in the usual
manner, becomes of an oval form.
Oval \O"val\, n.
A body or figure in the shape of an egg, or popularly, of an
ellipse.
{Cassinian oval} (Geom.), the locus of a point the product of
whose distances from two fixed points is constant; -- so
called from Cassini, who first investigated the curve.
Thus, in the diagram, if P moves so that P A.P B is
constant, the point P describes a Cassinian oval. The
locus may consist of a single closed line, as shown by the
dotted line, or of two equal ovals about the points A and
B.
Ovalbumin \O`val*bu"min\, Ovalbumen \O`val*bu"men\, n. [Ovum +
albumin.] (Physiol. Chem.)
The albumin from white of eggs; egg albumin; -- in
distinction from serum albumin. See {Albumin}.
Ovaliform \O*val"i*form\, a. [Oval + -form.]
Having the form of an egg; having a figure such that any
section in the direction of the shorter diameter will be
circular, and any in the direction of the longer diameter
will be oval.
Ovally \O"val*ly\, adv.
In an oval form.
Ovant \O"vant\, a. [L. ovans triumphant, p. pr. of ovare to
exult.]
Exultant. [Obs.] --Holland.
Ovarian \O*va"ri*an\, Ovarial \O*va"ri*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to an ovary.
Ovariole \O*va"ri*ole\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the tubes of which the ovaries of most insects are
composed.
Ovariotomist \O*va`ri*ot"o*mist\, n.
One who performs, or is skilled in, ovariotomy.
Ovariotomy \O*va`ri*ot"o*my\, n. [Ovarium + Gr. ? to cut.]
(Surg.)
The operation of removing one or both of the ovaries;
o["o]phorectomy.
Ovarious \O*va"ri*ous\, a.
Consisting of eggs; as, ovarious food. [R.] --Thomson.
Ovaritis \O`va*ri"tis\, n. [NL. See {Ovarium}, and {-itis}.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the ovaries.
Ovarium \O*va"ri*um\, n.; pl. L. {Ovaria}, E. {Ovariums}. [NL.]
An ovary. See {Ovary}.
Ovary \O"va*ry\, n.; pl. {Ovaries}. [NL. ovarium, fr. L. ovum
egg: cf. F. ovaire. See {Oval}.]
1. (Bot.) That part of the pistil which contains the seed,
and in most flowering plants develops into the fruit. See
Illust. of {Flower}.
2. (Zo["o]l. & Anat.) The essential female reproductive organ
in which the ova are produced. See Illust. of
{Discophora}.
Ovate \O"vate\, a. [L. ovatus, from ovum egg. See {Oval}.]
1. Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest.
2. (Bot.) Having the shape of an egg, or of the longitudinal
sectior of an egg, with the broader end basal. --Gray.
Ovate-acuminate \O"vate-a*cu"mi*nate\, a.
Having an ovate form, but narrowed at the end into a slender
point.
Ovate-cylindraceous \O"vate-cyl`in*dra"ceous\, a.
Having a form intermediate between ovate and cylindraceous.
Ovated \O"va*ted\, a.
Ovate.
Ovate-lanceolate \O"vate-lan"ce*o*late\, a.
Having a form intermediate between ovate and lanceolate.
Ovate-oblong \O"vate-ob"long\, a.
Oblong. with one end narrower than the other; ovato-oblong.
Ovate-rotundate \O"vate-ro*tund"ate\, a.
Having a form intermediate between that of an egg and a
sphere; roundly ovate.
Ovate-subulate \O"vate-su"bu*late\, a.
Having an ovate form, but with a subulate tip or extremity.
Ovation \O*va"tion\, n. [L. ovatio, fr. ovare to exult, rejoice,
triumph in an ovation; cf. Gr. ? to shout: cf. F. ovation.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A lesser kind of triumph allowed to a
commander for an easy, bloodless victory, or a victory
over slaves.
2. Hence: An expression of popular homage; the tribute of the
multitude to a public favorite.
To rain an April of ovation round Their statues.
--Tennyson.
Ovato-acuminate \O*va"to-a*cu"mi*nate\, a.
Same as {Ovate-acuminate}.
Ovato-cylindraceous \O*va"to-cyl`in*dra"ceous\, a.
Same as {Ovate-cylindraceous}.
Ovato-oblong \O*va"to-ob"long\, a.
Same as {Ovate-oblong}.
Ovato-rotundate \O*va"to-ro*tund"ate\, a.
Same as {Ovate-rotundate}.
Oven \Ov"en\, n. [AS. ofen; akin to D. oven, OHG. ofan, ovan, G.
ofen, Icel. ofn, Dan. ovn, Sw. ugn, Goth. a['u]hns, Gr. ?,
Skr. ukh[=a] pot.]
A place arched over with brick or stonework, and used for
baking, heating, or drying; hence, any structure, whether
fixed or portable, which may be heated for baking, drying,
etc.; esp., now, a chamber in a stove, used for baking or
roasting.
Ovenbird \Ov"en*bird`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any species of the genus {Furnarius}, allied to the
creepers. They inhabit South America and the West Indies,
and construct curious oven-shaped nests.
(b) In the United States, {Seiurus aurocapillus}; -- called
also {golden-crowned thrush}.
(c) In England, sometimes applied to the willow warbler, and
to the long-tailed titmouse.
Over \O"ver\, prep. [AS. ofer; akin to D. over, G. ["u]ber, OHG.
ubir, ubar, Dan. over, Sw. ["o]fver, Icel. yfir, Goth. ufar,
L. super, Gr. ?, Skr. upari. ?199. Cf. {Above}, {Eaves},
{Hyper-}, {Orlop}, {Super-}, {Sovereign}, {Up}.]
1. Above, or higher than, in place or position, with the idea
of covering; -- opposed to {under}; as, clouds are over
our heads; the smoke rises over the city.
The mercy seat that is over the testimony. --Ex.
xxx. 6.
Over them gleamed far off the crimson banners of
morning. --Longfellow.
2. Across; from side to side of; -- implying a passing or
moving, either above the substance or thing, or on the
surface of it; as, a dog leaps over a stream or a table.
Certain lakes . . . poison birds which fly over
them. --Bacon.
3. Upon the surface of, or the whole surface of; hither and
thither upon; throughout the whole extent of; as, to
wander over the earth; to walk over a field, or over a
city.
4. Above; -- implying superiority in excellence, dignity,
condition, or value; as, the advantages which the
Christian world has over the heathen. --Swift.
5. Above in authority or station; -- implying government,
direction, care, attention, guard, responsibility, etc.;
-- opposed to {under}.
Thou shalt be over my house. --Gen. xli.
40.
I will make thee rules over many things. --Matt.
xxv. 23.
Dost thou not watch over my sin ? --Job xiv. 16.
His tender mercies are over all his works. --Ps.
cxlv. 9.
6. Across or during the time of; from beginning to end of;
as, to keep anything over night; to keep corn over winter.
7. Above the perpendicular height or length of, with an idea
of measurement; as, the water, or the depth of water, was
over his head, over his shoes.
8. Beyond; in excess of; in addition to; more than; as, it
cost over five dollars. ``Over all this.'' --Chaucer.
9. Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of;
notwithstanding; as, he triumphed over difficulties; the
bill was passed over the veto.
Note: Over, in poetry, is often contracted into o'er.
Note: Over his signature (or name) is a substitute for the
idiomatic English form, under his signature (name, hand
and seal, etc.), the reference in the latter form being
to the authority under which the writing is made,
executed, or published, and not the place of the
autograph, etc.
{Over all} (Her.), placed over or upon other bearings, and
therefore hinding them in part; -- said of a charge.
{Over head and ears}, beyond one's depth; completely; wholly;
hopelessly; as, over head and ears in debt.
[Colloq.]
{Over the left}. See under {Left}.
{To run over} (Mach.), to have rotation in such direction
that the crank pin traverses the upper, or front, half of
its path in the forward, or outward, stroke; -- said of a
crank which drives, or is driven by, a reciprocating
piece.
Over \O"ver\, adv.
1. From one side to another; from side to side; across;
crosswise; as, a board, or a tree, a foot over, i. e., a
foot in diameter.
2. From one person or place to another regarded as on the
opposite side of a space or barrier; -- used with verbs of
motion; as, to sail over to England; to hand over the
money; to go over to the enemy. ``We will pass over to
Gibeah.'' --Judges xix. 12. Also, with verbs of being: At,
or on, the opposite side; as, the boat is over.
3. From beginning to end; throughout the course, extent, or
expanse of anything; as, to look over accounts, or a stock
of goods; a dress covered over with jewels.
4. From inside to outside, above or across the brim.
Good measure, pressed down . . . and running over.
--Luke vi. 38.
5. Beyond a limit; hence, in excessive degree or quantity;
superfluously; with repetition; as, to do the whole work
over. ``So over violent.'' --Dryden.
He that gathered much had nothing over. --Ex. xvi.
18.
6. In a manner to bring the under side to or towards the top;
as, to turn (one's self) over; to roll a stone over; to
turn over the leaves; to tip over a cart.
7. At an end; beyond the limit of continuance; completed;
finished. ``Their distress was over.'' --Macaulay. ``The
feast was over.'' --Sir W. Scott.
Note: Over, out, off, and similar adverbs, are often used in
the predicate with the sense and force of adjectives,
agreeing in this respect with the adverbs of place,
here, there, everywhere, nowhere; as, the games were
over; the play is over; the master was out; his hat is
off.
Note: Over is much used in composition, with the same
significations that it has as a separate word; as in
overcast, overflow, to cast or flow so as to spread
over or cover; overhang, to hang above; overturn, to
turn so as to bring the underside towards the top;
overact, overreach, to act or reach beyond, implying
excess or superiority.
{All over}.
(a) Over the whole; upon all parts; completely; as, he is
spatterd with mud all over.
(b) Wholly over; at an end; as, it is all over with him.
{Over again}, once more; with repetition; afresh; anew.
--Dryden.
{Over against}, opposite; in front. --Addison.
{Over and above}, in a manner, or degree, beyond what is
supposed, defined, or usual; besides; in addition; as, not
over and above well. ``He . . . gained, over and above,
the good will of all people.'' --L' Estrange.
{Over and over}, repeatedly; again and again.
{To boil over}. See under {Boil}, v. i.
{To come it over}, {To do over}, {To give over}, etc. See
under {Come}, {Do}, {Give}, etc.
{To throw over}, to abandon; to betray. Cf. {To throw
overboard}, under {Overboard}.
Over \O"ver\, a.
Upper; covering; higher; superior; also, excessive; too much
or too great; -- chiefly used in composition; as, overshoes,
overcoat, over-garment, overlord, overwork, overhaste.
Over \O"ver\, n. (Cricket)
A certain number of balls (usually four) delivered
successively from behind one wicket, after which the ball is
bowled from behind the other wicket as many times, the
fielders changing places.
Overabound \O`ver*a*bound"\, v. i.
To be exceedingly plenty or superabundant. --Pope.
Overact \O`ver*act"\, v. t.
1. To act or perform to excess; to exaggerate in acting; as,
he overacted his part.
2. To act upon, or influence, unduly. [Obs.]
The hope of inheritance overacts them. --Milton.
Overact \O`ver*act"\, v. i.
To act more than is necessary; to go to excess in action.
--B. Jonson.
Overaction \O"ver*ac"tion\, n.
Per?ormance to excess; exaggerated or excessive action.
Overaffect \O`ver*af*fect"\, v. t.
To affect or care for unduly. [Obs.] --Milton.
Overagitate \O`ver*ag"i*tate\, v. t.
To agitate or discuss beyond what is expedient. --Bp. Hall.
Overall \O"ver*all\, adv.
Everywhere. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Overalls \O"ver*alls\, n. pl.
1. A kind of loose trousers worn over others to protect them
from soiling.
2. Waterproof leggings. --R. D. Blackmore.
Overanxiety \O"ver*anx*i"e*ty\, n.
The state of being overanxious; excessive anxiety.
Overanxious \O"ver*anx"ious\, a.
Anxious in an excessive or needless degree. --
{O"ver*anx"ious*ly}, adv.
Overarch \O`ver*arch"\, v. t. & i.
To make or place an arch over; to hang over like an arch.
``Brown with o'erarching shades.'' --Pope.
Over-arm \O"ver-arm`\, a. (Cricket, etc.)
Done (as bowling or pitching) with the arm raised above the
shoulder. See {Overhard}. ``An over-arm with a round-arm
bowler.'' --R. A. Proctor.
Overawe \O`ver*awe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overawed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Overawing}.]
To awe exceedingly; to subjugate or restrain by awe or great
fear.
The king was present in person to overlook the
magistrates, and overawe these subjects with the terror
of his sword. --Spenser.
Overawful \O"ver*aw"ful\, a.
Awful, or reverential, in an excessive degree. [R.] --Milton.
Overbalance \O`ver*bal"ance\, v. t.
1. To exceed equality with; to outweigh. --Locke.
2. To cause to lose balance or equilibrium.
Overbalance \O"ver*bal`ance\, n.
Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent;
as, an overbalance of exports. --J. Edwards.
Overbarren \O"ver*bar"ren\, a.
Excessively barren.
Overbattle \O"ver*bat"tle\, a. [Over + battle, a.]
Excessively fertile; bearing rank or noxious growths. [Obs.]
``Overbattle grounds.'' --Hooker.
Overbear \O`ver*bear"\, v. t.
1. To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power,
force, etc.; to overcome; to suppress.
The point of reputation, when the news first came of
the battle lost, did overbear the reason of war.
--Bacon.
Overborne with weight the Cyprians fell. --Dryden.
They are not so ready to overbear the adversary who
goes out of his own country to meet them. --Jowett
(Thucyd. )
2. To domineer over; to overcome by insolence.
Overbear \O`ver*bear"\, v. i.
To bear fruit or offspring to excess; to be too prolific.
Overbearing \O`ver*bear"ing\, a.
1. Overpowering; subduing; repressing. --I. Watts.
2. Aggressively haughty; arrogant; domineering; tyrannical;
dictatorial; insolent. --{O`ver*bear"ing*ly}, adv. --
{O`ver*bear"ing*ness}, n.
Overbend \O`ver*bend"\, v. t.
To bend to excess.
Overbend \O`ver*bend"\, v. i.
To bend over. [R.]
Overbid \O`ver*bid"\, v. t.
To bid or offer beyond, or in excess of. --Dryden.
Overbide \O`ver*bide"\, v. t.
To outlive. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Overblow \O`ver*blow"\, v. i.
1. To blow over, or be subdued. [R.] --Spenser.
2. (Mus.) To force so much wind into a pipe that it produces
an overtone, or a note higher than the natural note; thus,
the upper octaves of a flute are produced by overblowing.
Overblow \O`ver*blow"\, v. t.
To blow away; to dissipate by wind, or as by wind.
When this cloud of sorrow's overblown. --Waller.
Overboard \O"ver*board`\, adv.
Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into
the water; as, to fall overboard.
{To throw overboard}, to discard; to abandon, as a dependent
or friend.
Overboil \O`ver*boil"\, v. i.
To boil over or unduly.
Nor is discontent to keep the mind Deep in its
fountain, lest it overboil In the hot throng. --Byron.
Overbold \O`ver*bold"\, a.
Excessively or presumptuously bold; impudent. --Shak. --
{O"ver*bold"ly}, adv.
Overbookish \O"ver*book"ish\, a.
Excessively bookish.
Overbounteous \O"ver*boun"te*ous\, a.
Bounteous to excess.
Overbow \O`ver*bow"\, v. t.
To bend or bow over; to bend in a contrary direction. [Obs.]
--Fuller.
Overbreed \O`ver*breed"\, v. t.
To breed to excess.
Overbrim \O`ver*brim"\, v. i.
To flow over the brim; to be so full as to overflow. [R.]
Overbrow \O`ver*brow"\, v. t.
To hang over like a brow; to impend over. [Poetic]
--Longfellow.
Did with a huge projection overbrow Large space
beneath. --Wordsworth.
Overbuild \O`ver*build"\, v. t.
1. To build over. --Milton.
2. To build too much; to build beyond the demand.
Overbuilt \O`ver*built"\, a.
Having too many buildings; as, an overbuilt part of a town.
Overbulk \O`ver*bulk"\, v. t.
To oppress by bulk; to overtower. [Obs. & R.] --Shak.
Overburden \O`ver*bur"den\, v. t.
To load with too great weight or too much care, etc. --Sir P.
Sidney.
Overburden \O"ver*bur`den\, n.
The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry. --Raymond.
Overburdensome \O"ver*bur"den*some\, a.
Too burdensome.
Overburn \O`ver*burn"\, v. t. & i.
To burn too much; to be overzealous.
Over-busy \O"ver-bus"y\, a.
Too busy; officious.
Overbuy \O`ver*buy"\, v. t.
1. To buy too much.
2. To buy at too dear a rate. --Dryden.
Overcanopy \O`ver*can"o*py\, v. t.
To cover as with a canopy. --Shak.
Overcapable \O`ver*ca"pa*ble\, a.
Too capable. [R.]
Overcapable of such pleasing errors. --Hooker.
Overcare \O"ver*care"\, n.
Excessive care. --Dryden.
Overcareful \O"ver*care"ful\, a.
Too careful. --Shak.
Overcarking \O"ver*cark"ing\, a.
Too anxious; too full of care. [Archaic] --Fuller.
Overcarry \O`ver*car"ry\, v. t. & i.
To carry too far; to carry beyond the proper point.
--Hayward.
Overcast \O`ver*cast"\, v. t.
1. To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken.
Those clouds that overcast your morn shall fly.
--Dryden.
2. To compute or rate too high. --Bacon.
3. (Sewing) To take long, loose stitches over (the raw edges
of a seam) to prevent raveling.
Overcatch \O`ver*catch"\, v. t.
To overtake. [Obs.]
Overcautious \O"ver*cau"tious\, a.
Too cautious; cautious or prudent to excess. --
{O"ver*cau"tious*ly}, adv. -- {O"ver*cau"tiou*ness}, n.
Overchange \O"ver*change`\, n.
Too much or too frequent change; fickleness. [R.] --Beau. &
Fl.
Overcharge \O`ver*charge"\, v. t. [Cf. {Supercharge},
{Surcharge}.]
1. To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to
cloy. --Sir W. Raleigh.
2. To fill too full; to crowd.
Our language is overcharged with consonants.
--Addison.
3. To charge excessively; to charge beyond a fair rate or
price.
4. To exaggerate; as, to overcharge a description.
{Overcharged mine}. (Mil.) See {Globe of compression}, under
{Globe}.
Overcharge \O`ver*charge"\, v. i.
To make excessive charges.
Overcharge \O"ver*charge`\, n. [Cf. {Supercargo},
{Supercharge}.]
1. An excessive load or burden.
2. An excessive charge in an account.
Overclimb \O`ver*climb"\, v. t.
To climb over. --Surrey.
Overcloud \O`ver*cloud"\, v. t.
To cover or overspread with clouds; to becloud; to overcast.
Overcloy \O`ver*cloy"\, v. t.
To fill beyond satiety. --Shak.
Overcoat \O"ver*coat`\, n. [Cf. {Surcoat}.]
A coat worn over the other clothing; a greatcoat; a topcoat.
Overcold \O"ver*cold"\, a.
Cold to excess. --Wiseman.
Overcolor \O`ver*col"or\, v. t.
To color too highly.
Overcome \O`ver*come"\, v. t. [imp. {Overcame}; p. p.
{Overcome}; p. pr & vb. n. {Overcoming}.] [AS. ofercuman. See
{Over}, {Come}, and cf. {Supervene}.]
1. To get the better of; to surmount; to conquer; to subdue;
as, to overcome enemies in battle.
This wretched woman overcome Of anguish, rather than
of crime, hath been. --Spenser.
2. To overflow; to surcharge. [Obs.] --J. Philips.
3. To come or pass over; to spreads over. [Obs.]
And overcome us like a summer's cloud. --Shak.
Syn: To conquer; subdue; vanquish; overpower; overthrow;
overturn; defeat; crush; overbear; overwhelm; prostrate;
beat; surmount. See {Conquer}.
Overcome \O`ver*come"\, v. i.
To gain the superiority; to be victorious. --Rev. iii. 21.
Overcomer \O`ver*com"er\, n.
One who overcomes.
Overcoming \O`ver*com"ing\, a.
Conquering; subduing. -- {O`ver*com"ing*ly}, adv.
Overconfidence \O"ver*con"fi*dence\, n.
Excessive confidence; too great reliance or trust.
Overconfident \O"ver*con"fi*dent\, a.
Confident to excess. -- {O"ver*con"fi*dent*ly}, adv.
Overcostly \O"ver*cost"ly\, a.
Too costly. --Milton.
Overcount \O`ver*count"\, v. t.
To rate too high; to outnumber. --Shak.
Overcover \O`ver*cov"er\, v. t.
To cover up. --Shak.
Overcredulous \O"ver*cred"u*lous\, a.
Too credulous.
Overcrow \O`ver*crow"\, v. t.
To crow, exult, or boast, over; to overpower. --Spenser.
Shak.
Overcrowd \O`ver*crowd"\, v. t.
To crowd too much.
Overcunning \O"ver*cun"ning\, a.
Exceedingly or excessively cunning.
Overcurious \O"ver*cu"ri*ous\, a.
Too curious.
Overdare \O`ver*dare"\, v. t. & i.
To dare too much or rashly; to be too daring.
Overdate \O`ver*date"\, v. t.
To date later than the true or proper period. --Milton.
Overdeal \O"ver*deal`\, n.
The excess. [Obs.]
The overdeal in the price will be double. --Holland.
Overdelicate \O"ver*del"i*cate\, a.
Too delicate.
Overdelighted \O"ver*de*light"ed\, a.
Delighted beyond measure.
Overdight \O"ver*dight"\, a.
Covered over. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Overdo \O`ver*do"\, v. t. [imp. {Overdid}; p. p. {Overdone}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Overdoing}.]
1. To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing;
to exaggerate; to carry too far.
Anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing.
--Shak.
2. To overtask. or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust; as, to
overdo one's strength.
3. To surpass; to excel. [R.] --Tennyson.
4. To cook too much; as, to overdo the meat.
Overdo \O`ver*do"\, v. i.
To labor too hard; to do too much.
Overdoer \O`ver*do"er\, n.
One who overdoes.
Overdose \O`ver*dose"\, v. t.
To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses,
to.
Overdose \O"ver*dose`\, n.
Too great a dose; an excessive dose.
Overdraw \O`ver*draw"\, v. t. [imp. {Overdrew}; p. p.
{Overdrawn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overdrawing}.]
1. To exaggerate; to overdo.
2. (Banking) To make drafts upon or against, in excess of the
proper amount or limit.
Overdress \O`ver*dress"\, v. t.
To dress or adorn to excess; to dress too much. --Pope.
Overdrink \O`ver*drink"\, v. t. & i.
To drink to excess.
Overdtive \O`ver*dtive"\, v. t. & i.
To drive too hard, or far, or beyond strength.
Overdrown \O`ver*drown"\, v. t.
To wet or drench to excess. [Obs.] --W. Browne.
Overdry \O`ver*dry"\, v. t.
To dry too much. --Burton.
Overdue \O"ver*due"\, a.
Due and more than due; delayed beyond the proper time of
arrival or payment, etc.; as, an overdue vessel; an overdue
note.
Overdye \O`ver*dye"\, v. t.
To dye with excess of color; to put one color over (another).
--Shak.
Overeager \O`ver*ea"ger\, a.
Too eager; too impatient. -- {O`ver*ea"ger*ly}, adv. --
{O"ver*ea"ger*ness}, n.
Overearnest \O`ver*ear"nest\, a.
Too earnest. -- {O"ver*ear"nest*ly}, adv. --
{O"ver*ear"nest*ness}, n.
Overeat \O`ver*eat"\, v. t. & i.
1. To gnaw all over, or on all sides. [Obs.] --Shak.
2. To eat to excess; -- often with a reflexive.
Overelegant \O"ver*el"e*gant\, a.
Too elegant. --Johnson.
Overempty \O`ver*emp"ty\, v. t.
To make too empty; to exhaust. [R.] --Carew.
Overest \O"ver*est\, a. [Superl. of {Over}.]
Uppermost; outermost.
Full threadbare was his overeste courtepy. --Chaucer.
Overestimate \O`ver*es"ti*mate\, v. t.
To estimate too highly; to overvalue.
Overestimate \O`ver*es"ti*mate\, n.
An estimate that is too high; as, an overestimate of the
vote.
Overexcite \O`ver*ex*cite"\, v. t.
To excite too much.
Overexcitement \O"ver*ex*cite"ment\, n.
Excess of excitement; the state of being overexcited.
Overexert \O`ver*ex*ert"\, v. t.
To exert too much.
Overexertion \O"ver*ex*er"tion\, n.
Excessive exertion.
Overexquisite \O"ver*ex"qui*site\, a.
Too exquisite; too exact or nice; too careful.
Overeye \O`ver*eye"\, v. t.
1. To superintend; to oversee; to inspect. [Obs.]
2. To see; to observe. [Obs.] --Shak.
Overfall \O"ver*fall`\, n.
1. A cataract; a waterfall. [Obs.]
2. (Naut.) A turbulent surface of water, caused by strong
currents setting over submerged ridges; also, a dangerous
submerged ridge or shoal.
Overfatigue \O"ver*fa*tigue"\, n.
Excessive fatigue.
Overfatigue \O`ver*fa*tigue"\, v. t.
To fatigue to excess; to tire out.
Overfeed \O`ver*feed"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Overfed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Overfeeding}.]
To feed to excess; to surfeit.
Overfierce \O"ver*fierce"\, a.
Excessively fierce.
overfill \o`ver*fill"\, v. t.
To fill to excess; to surcharge.
Overfish \O`ver*fish"\, v. t.
To fish to excess.
Overfloat \O`ver*float"\, v. t.
To overflow. [R.] --Dryden.
Overflourish \O`ver*flour"ish\, v. t.
1. To make excessive display or flourish of. --Collier.
2. To embellish with outward ornaments or flourishes; to
varnish over. [Obs.] --Shak.
Overflow \O`ver*flow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overflowed}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Overflowing}.] [AS. oferfl?wan. See {Over}, and
{Flow}.]
1. To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other
fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.
The northern nations overflowed all Christendom.
--Spenser.
2. To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.
Overflow \O`ver*flow"\, v. i.
1. To run over the bounds.
2. To be superabundant; to abound. --Rogers.
Overflow \O"ver*flow`\, n.
1. A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation.
--Bacon.
2. That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a
superabundance. --Shak.
3. An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid.
{Overflow meeting}, a meeting constituted of the surplus or
overflow of another audience.
Overflowing \O`ver*flow"ing\, n.
An overflow; that which overflows; exuberance; copiousness.
He was ready to bestow the overflowings of his full
mind on anybody who would start a subject. --Macaulay.
Overflowingly \O`ver*flow"ing*ly\, adv.
In great abundance; exuberantly. --Boyle.
Overflush \O`ver*flush"\, v. t.
To flush to excess. [R.]
Overflutter \O`ver*flut"ter\, v. t.
To flutter over.
Overflux \O"ver*flux`\, n.
Overflow; exuberance. [R.]
Overfly \O`ver*fly"\, v. t. [imp. {Overflew}; p. p. {Overflown};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Overflying}.]
To cross or pass over by flight. --Byron.
Overfond \O"ver*fond"\, a.
Fond to excess. --Milton. -- {O"ver*fond"ly}, adv. --
{O"ver*fond"ness}, n.
Overforce \O"ver*force`\, n.
Excessive force; violence.
Overforward \O"ver*for"ward\, a.
Forward to excess; too forward. -- {O"ver*for"ward*ness}, n.
Overfree \O"ver*free"\, a.
Free to excess; too liberal; too familiar. --
{O"ver*free"ly}, adv.
Overfreight \O`ver*freight"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Overfreighted} ({Overfraught}, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Overfreighting}.]
To put too much freight in or upon; to load too full, or too
heavily; to overload.
Overfrequent \O"ver*fre"quent\, a.
Too frequent.
Overfrieze \O`ver*frieze"\, v. t.
To cover with a frieze, or as with a frieze. --E. Hall.
Overfront \O`ver*front"\, v. t.
To confront; to oppose; to withstand. [Obs.] --Milton.
Overfruitful \O"ver*fruit"ful\, a.
Too fruitful.
Overfull \O"ver*full"\, a. [AS. oferfull.]
Too full; filled to overflowing; excessively full; surfeited.
--Shak.
Overfullness \O"ver*full"ness\, n.
The state of being excessively or abnormally full, so as to
cause overflow, distention, or congestion; excess of
fullness; surfeit.
Over-garment \O"ver-gar`ment\, n.
An outer garment.
Overgarrison \O`ver*gar"ri*son\, v. t.
To garrison to excess.
Overgaze \O`ver*gaze"\, v. t.
To gaze; to overlook. [Poetic] ``Earth's o'ergazing
mountains.'' --Byron.
Overget \O`ver*get"\, v. t.
1. To reach; to overtake; to pass. [Obs.]
2. To get beyond; to get over or recover from. [R.]
Overgild \O`ver*gild"\, v. t. [AS. ofergyldan.]
To gild over; to varnish.
Overgird \O`ver*gird"\, v. t.
To gird too closely. [R.]
Overgive \O`ver*give"\, v. t.
To give over; to surrender; to yield. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Overglad \O"ver*glad"\, a.
Excessively or unduly glad.
Overglance \O`ver*glance"\, v. t.
To glance over.
Overglide \O`ver*glide"\, v. t.
To glide over. --Wyatt.
Overgloom \O`ver*gloom"\, v. t.
To spread gloom over; to make gloomy; to overshadow. [R.]
Overgloomed by memories of sorrow. --De Quincey.
Overgo \O`ver*go"\, v. t. [imp. {Overwent}; p. p. {Overgone}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Overgoing}.] [AS. oferg[=a]n.]
1. To travel over. [R.] --Shak.
2. To exceed; to surpass. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.
3. To cover. [Obs.] --Chapman.
4. To oppress; to weigh down. [Obs.] --Shak.
Overgorge \O`ver*gorge"\, v. t.
To gorge to excess.
Overgrace \O`ver*grace"\, v. t.
To grace or honor exceedingly or beyond desert. [R.] --Beau.
& Fl.
Overgrassed \O"ver*grassed"\, a.
Overstocked, or overgrown, or covered, with grass. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
Overgreat \O`ver*great"\, a.
Too great.
Overgreatness \O"ver*great"ness\, n.
Excessive greatness.
Overgreedy \O"ver*greed"y\, a.
Excessively greedy.
Overgross \O"ver*gross"\, a.
Too gross.
Overground \O"ver*ground"\, a.
Situated over or above ground; as, the overground portion of
a plant.
Overgrow \O`ver*grow"\, v. t. [imp. {Overgrew}; p. p.
{Overgrown}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overgrowing}.]
1. To grow over; to cover with growth or herbage, esp. that
which is rank.
The green . . . is rough and overgrown. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. To grow beyond; to rise above; hence, to overcome; to
oppress. [Obs.] --Mortimer. ``O'ergrown with labor.''
--Beau. & Fl. [Usually in the past participle.]
Overgrow \O`ver*grow"\, v. i.
To grow beyond the fit or natural size; as, a huge, overgrown
ox. --L'Estrange.
Overgrowth \O"ver*growth`\, n.
Excessive growth.
Overhall \O`ver*hall"\, v. t.
See {Overhaul}. [Obs.]
Overhale \O`ver*hale"\, v. t.
See {Overhaul}. [Obs.]
Overhand \O"ver*hand`\, n.
The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me. --Sir T.
More.
Overhand \O"ver*hand`\, a.
1. (Sewing) Over and over; -- applied to a style of sewing,
or to a seam, in which two edges, usually selvedges, are
sewed together by passing each stitch over both.
2. (Baseball, Cricket, etc.) Done (as pitching or bowling)
with the hand higher than the elbow, or the arm above, or
higher than, the shoulder.
{Overhand knot}. See Illustration of {Knot}.
Overhand \O"ver*hand`\, adv.
In an overhand manner or style.
Overhandle \O`ver*han"dle\, v. t.
To handle, or use, too much; to mention too often. --Shak.
Overhang \O`ver*hang"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overhung}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Overhanging}.]
1. To impend or hang over. [R.] --Beau. & Fl.
2. To hang over; to jut or project over. --Pope.
Overhang \O`ver*hang"\, v. i.
To jut over. --Milton.
Overhang \O`ver*hang`\, n. (Arch.)
1. In a general sense, that which just out or projects; a
projection; also, the measure of the projection; as, the
overhang is five feet.
2. Specifically: The projection of an upper part (as a roof,
an upper story, or other part) of a building beyond the
lower part; as, the overhang of a roof, of the eaves, etc.
3. (Naut.) The portion of the bow or stem of a vessel that
projects over the water beyond the water line.
4. (Mach.) The projection of a part beyond another part that
is directly below it, or beyond a part by which it is
supported; as, the overhang of a shaft; i. e., its
projection beyond its bearing.
Overhappy \O"ver*hap"py\, a.
Exceedingly happy. --Shak.
Overharden \O`ver*hard"en\, v. t.
To harden too much; to make too hard. --Boyle.
Overhardy \O"ver*har"dy\, a.
Too hardy; overbold.
Overhaste \O"ver*haste`\, n.
Too great haste.
Overhasty \O"ver*has"ty\, a.
Too hasty; precipitate; rash. -- {O"ver*has"ti*ly}, adv. --
{O`ver*has"ti*ness}, n.
Overhaul \O`ver*haul"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overhauled}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Overhauling}.]
1. To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination;
to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to
corrections or repairs.
2. (Naut.) To gain upon in a chase; to overtake.
{To overhaul a tackle}, to pull on the leading parts so as to
separate the blocks.
{To overhaul running rigging}, to keep it clear, and see that
no hitch occurs.
Overhaul \O"ver*haul`\, Overhauling \O`ver*haul"ing\, n.
A strict examination with a view to correction or repairs.
Overhead \O`ver*head"\, adv.
Aloft; above; in or attached to the ceiling or roof; in the
story or upon the floor above; in the zenith.
While overhead the moon Sits arbitress. --Milton.
Note: Also used adjectively; as, an overhead crane, gear,
etc.
{Overhead engine}, a vertical steam engine in which the
cylinder stands above the crank.
{Overhead work}, a general term in manufactories for
countershafting and gearing, when overhead.
Overhear \O`ver*hear"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overheard}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Overhearing}.] [AS. oferhi['e]ran.]
1. To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard;
to hear by accident or artifice. --Shak.
2. To hear again. --ShaK.
Overheat \O`ver*heat"\, v. t. [Cf. {Superheat}.]
To heat to excess; to superheat. --Cowper.
Overheavy \O"ver*heav`y\, a.
Excessively heavy.
Overhele \O`ver*hele"\, v. t. [AS. oferhelian.]
To hele or cover over. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Overhent \O`ver*hent"\, v. t. [See {Hent}.]
To overtake. [Obs.]
So forth he went and soon them overhent. --Spenser.
Overhigh \O"ver*high"\, a. [AS. oferhe['a]h.]
Too high.
Overhighly \O"ver*high"ly\, adv.
Too highly; too greatly.
Overhip \O`ver*hip"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overhipped}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Overhipping}.] [Over + a word akin to E. hop to
skip.]
To pass over by, or as by a hop; to skip over; hence, to
overpass. [Obs.] ``When the time is overhipt.'' --Holland.
Overhold \O`ver*hold"\, v. t.
To hold or value too highly; to estimate at too dear a rate.
[Obs.] --Shak.
Overhung \O"ver*hung"\, a.
1. Covered over; ornamented with hangings. --Carlyle.
2. Suspended from above or from the top.
{Overhung door}, a sliding door, suspended door, suspended
from the top, as upon rollers.
Overinfluence \O`ver*in"flu*ence\, v. t.
To influence in an excessive degree; to have undue influence
over.
Overinform \O`ver*in*form"\, v. t.
To inform, fill, or animate, excessively. [R.] --Johnson.
Overissue \O"ver*is"sue\, n.
An excessive issue; an issue, as of notes or bonds, exceeding
the limit of capital, credit, or authority.
An overissue of government paper. --Brougham.
Overissue \O`ver*is"sue\, v. t.
To issue in excess.
Overjealous \O`ver*jeal"ous\, a. [Over + jealous. Cf.
{Overzealous}.]
Excessively jealous; too jealous.
Overjoy \O`ver*joy"\, v. t.
To make excessively joyful; to gratify extremely.
Overjoy \O"ver*joy`\, n.
Excessive joy; transport.
Overjump \O`ver*jump"\, v. t.
To jump over; hence, to omit; to ignore. --Marston.
Overking \O"ver*king`\, n.
A king who has sovereignty over inferior kings or ruling
princes. --J. R. Green.
Overknowing \O"ver*know"ing\, a.
Too knowing or too cunning.
Overlabor \O`ver*la"bor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overlabored}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Overlaboring}.]
1. To cause to labor excessively; to overwork. --Dryden.
2. To labor upon excessively; to refine unduly.
Overlade \O`ver*lade"\, v. t. [imp. {Overladed}; p. p.
{Overladen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overlading}.] [Cf. {Overload}.]
To load with too great a cargo; to overburden; to overload.
--Spenser.
Overland \O"ver*land`\, a.
Being, or accomplished, over the land, instead of by sea; as,
an overland journey.
Overland \O"ver*land`\, adv.
By, upon, or across, land.
Overlander \O"ver*land`er\, n.
One who travels over lands or countries; one who travels
overland.
Overlanguaged \O"ver*lan"guaged\, a.
Employing too many words; diffuse. --Lowell.
Overlap \O`ver*lap"\, v. t. & i.
To lap over; to lap.
Overlap \O"ver*lap`\, n.
1. The lapping of one thing over another; as, an overlap of
six inches; an overlap of a slate on a roof.
2. (Geol.) An extension of geological beds above and beyond
others, as in a conformable series of beds, when the upper
beds extend over a wider space than the lower, either in
one or in all directions.
Overlarge \O"ver*large"\, a.
Too large; too great.
Overlargeness \O"ver*large"ness\, n.
Excess of size or bulk.
Overlash \O`ver*lash"\, v. i. [Cf. Prov. E. lash extravagant,
lashing lavish.]
To drive on rashly; to go to excess; hence, to exaggerate; to
boast. [Obs.] --Barrow.
Overlashing \O`ver*lash"ing\, n.
Excess; exaggeration. [Obs.]
Overlate \O"ver*late"\, a.
Too late; exceedingly late.
Overlave \O`ver*lave"\, v. t.
To lave or bathe over.
Overlavish \O"ver*lav"ish\, a.
Lavish to excess.
Overlay \O`ver*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overlaid}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Overlaying}.]
1. To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to
cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
When any country is overlaid by the multitude which
live upon it. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
As when a cloud his beams doth overlay. --Spenser.
Framed of cedar overlaid with gold. --Milton.
And overlay With this portentous bridge the dark
abyss. --Milton.
2. To smother with a close covering, or by lying upon.
This woman's child died in the night; because she
overlaid it. --1 Kings iii.
19.
A heap of ashes that o'erlays your fire. --Dryden.
3. (Printing) To put an overlay on.
Overlay \O"ver*lay`\, n.
1. A covering. --Sir W. Scott.
2. (Printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet
to improve the impression by making it stronger at a
particular place.
Overlayer \O"ver*lay"er\, n.
One who overlays; that with which anything is overlaid.
Overlaying \O"ver*lay"ing\, n.
A superficial covering; a coating.
Overlead \O`ver*lead"\, v. t.
To domineer over; to affront; to treat with indignity. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Overleap \O`ver*leap"\, v. t. [AS. oferhle['a]pan. See {Over},
and {Leap}.]
To leap over or across; hence, to omit; to ignore. ``Let me
o'erleap that custom.'' --Shak.
Overlearned \O"ver*learn"ed\, a.
Too learned. -- {O"ver*learn"ed}, adv. --
{O"ver*learn"ed*ness}, n.
Overleather \O"ver*leath`er\, n.
Upper leather. --Shak.
Overleaven \O`ver*leav"en\, v. t.
To leaven too much; hence, to change excessively; to spoil.
[Obs.]
Overliberal \O"ver*lib"er*al\, a.
Too liberal.
Overliberally \O"ver*lib"er*al*ly\, adv.
In an overliberal manner.
Overlick \O`ver*lick"\, v. t.
To lick over.
Overlie \O`ver*lie"\, v. t. [imp. {Overlay}; p. p. {Overlain};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Overlying}.]
To lie over or upon; specifically, to suffocate by lying
upon; as, to overlie an infant. --Quain.
A woman by negligence overlieth her child in her
sleeping. --Chaucer.
Overlight \O"ver*light`\, n.
Too strong a light. --Bacon.
Overlight \O"ver*light"\, a.
Too light or frivolous; giddy.
Overliness \O"ver*li*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being overly; carelessness. [Obs.]
--Bp. Hall.
Overlinger \O"ver*lin"ger\, v. t.
To cause to linger; to detain too long. [Obs.] --Fuller.
Overlip \O"ver*lip`\, n. [AS. oferlibban.]
The upper lip. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Overlive \O`ver*live"\, v. t.
To outlive. --Sir P. Sidney.
The culture of Northumbria overlived the term of its
political supermacy. --Earle.
Overlive \O`ver*live"\, v. i.
To live too long, too luxuriously, or too actively. --Milton.
``Overlived in this close London life.'' --Mrs. Browning.
Overliver \O"ver*liv"er\, n.
A survivor. --Bacon.
Overload \O`ver*load"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overloaded}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Overloading}.] [Cf. {Overlade}.]
To load or fill to excess; to load too heavily.
Overload \O"ver*load`\, n.
An excessive load; the excess beyond a proper load.
Overlogical \O"ver*log"ic*al\, a.
Excessively logical; adhering too closely to the forms or
rules of logic.
Overlong \O"ver*long"\, a. & adv.
Too long. --Shak.
Overlook \O`ver*look"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overlooked}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Overlooking}.]
1. To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to
look over or view from a higher position; to rise above,
so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a valley from
a hill. ``The pile o'erlooked the town.'' --Dryden.
[Titan] with burning eye did hotly overlook them.
--Shak.
2. Hence: To supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe
secretly; as, to overlook a gang of laborers; to overlook
one who is writing a letter.
3. To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or
repeatedly. ``Overlook this pedigree.'' --Shak.
The time and care that are required To overlook and
file and polish well. --Roscommon.
4. To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon;
to fascinate. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Shak.
If you trouble me I will overlook you, and then your
pigs will die. --C. Kingsley.
5. To look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to
miss or omit in looking; hence, to refrain from bestowing
notice or attention upon; to neglect; to pass over without
censure or punishment; to excuse.
The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked.
--Acts xvii.
30 (Rev. Ver.
)
They overlook truth in the judgments they pass.
--Atterbury.
The pardoning and overlooking of faults. --Addison.
Overlooker \O"ver*look"er\, n.
One who overlooks.
Overloop \O"ver*loop`\, n.
See {Orlop}. [Obs.]
Overlord \O"ver*lord`\, n.
One who is lord over another or others; a superior lord; a
master. --Freeman.
Overlordship \O"ver*lord"ship\, n.
Lordship or supremacy of a person or a people over others.
--J. R. Green.
Overloud \O"ver*loud"\, a.
Too loud; noisy.
Overlove \O`ver*love"\, v. t.
To love to excess.
Overluscious \O"ver*lus"cious\, a.
Excessively luscious.
Overlusty \O"ver*lust"y\, a.
Too lusty, or lively. --Shak.
Overly \O"ver*ly\, a.
1. Careless; negligent; inattentive; superfical; not
thorough. [Archaic] --Bp. Hall.
2. Excessive; too much. [R.] --Coleridge.
Overly \O"ver*ly\, adv.
In an overly manner. [Archaic]
Overlying \O`ver*ly"ing\, a.
Lying over or upon something; as, overlying rocks.
Overmagnify \O`ver*mag"ni*fy\, v. t.
To magnify too much. --Bp. Hall.
Overmalapert \O"ver*mal"a*pert\, a.
Excessively malapert or impudent. [Obs.] --Prynne.
Overmanner \O"ver*man`ner\, adv.
In an excessive manner; excessively. [Obs.] --Wiclif.
Overmarch \O`ver*march"\, v. t. & i.
To march too far, or too much; to exhaust by marching.
--Baker.
Overmast \O`ver*mast"\, v. t. (Naut.)
To furnish (a vessel) with too long or too heavy a mast or
masts.
Overmaster \O`ver*mas"ter\, v. t.
To overpower; to subdue; to vanquish; to govern.
Overmatch \O`ver*match"\, v. t.
1. To be more than equal to or a match for; hence, to
vanquish. --Drayton.
2. To marry (one) to a superior. [Obs.] --Burton.
Overmatch \O"ver*match`\, n.
One superior in power; also, an unequal match; a contest in
which one of the opponents is overmatched. --Milton. D.
Webster.
Overmeasure \O`ver*meas"ure\, v. t.
To measure or estimate too largely.
Overmeasure \O"ver*meas`ure\, n.
Excessive measure; the excess beyond true or proper measure;
surplus.
Overmeddle \O`ver*med"dle\, v. t.
To meddle unduly.
Overmeddling \O`ver*med"dling\, n.
Excessive interference. ``Justly shent for their
overmeddling.'' --Fuller.
Overmellow \O"ver*mel"low\, a.
Too mellow; overripe.
Overmerit \O"ver*mer"it\, n.
Excessive merit. --Bacon.
Overmickle \O"ver*mic"kle\, a. & adv.
Overmuch. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Overmix \O`ver*mix"\, v. t.
To mix with too much.
Overmodest \O"ver*mod"est\, a.
Modest to excess; bashful. -- {O"ver*mod"est*ly}, adv.
Overmoist \O"ver*moist"\, a.
Excessively moist. --Bacon.
Overmoisture \O"ver*mois"ture\, n.
Excess of moisture.
Overmore \O"ver*more"\, adv.
Beyond; moreover. [Obs.]
Overmorrow \O"ver*mor"row\, n.
The day after or following to-morrow. [Obs.] --Bible (1551).
Overmost \O"ver*most`\, a.
Over the rest in authority; above all others; highest. [Obs.]
--Fabyan.
Overmount \O`ver*mount"\, v. t. [Cf. {Surmount}.]
To mount over; to go higher than; to rise above.
Overmuch \O"ver*much"\, a.
Too much. -- adv. In too great a degree; too much. -- n. An
excess; a surplus.
Overmuchness \O`ver*much"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being in excess; superabundance. [R.]
--B. Jonson.
Overmultiply \O`ver*mul"ti*ply\, v. t. & i.
To multiply or increase too much; to repeat too often.
Overmultitude \O`ver*mul"ti*tude\, v. t.
To outnumber. [Obs.]
Overname \O`ver*name"\, v. t.
To name over or in a series; to recount. [Obs.] --Shak.
Overneat \O"ver*neat"\, a.
Excessively neat. --Spectator.
Overnice \O"ver*nice"\, a.
Excessively nice; fastidious. --Bp. Hall. -- {O"ver*nice"ly},
adv. -- {O"ver*nice"ness}, n.
Overnight \O"ver*night`\, n.
The fore part of the night last past; the previous evening.
[R.] --Shak.
Overnight \O"ver*night"\, adv.
In the fore part of the night last past; in the evening
before; also, during the night; as, the candle will not last
overnight.
I had been telling her all that happened overnight.
--Dickens.
Overnoise \O`ver*noise"\, v. t.
To overpower by noise.
Overnumerous \O"ver*nu"mer*ous\, a.
Excessively numerous; too many.
Overoffice \O`ver*of"fice\, v. t.
To domineer over by virtue of office. [Obs.] --Shak.
Overofficious \O"ver*of*fi"cious\, a.
Too busy; too ready to intermeddle; too officious. --Collier.
Overpaint \O`ver*paint"\, v. t.
To color or describe too strongly. --Sir W. Raleigh.
Overpamper \O`ver*pam"per\, v. t.
To pamper excessively; to feed or dress too much. --Dryton.
Overpart \O`ver*part"\, v. t.
To give too important or difficult a part to. [Obs.] --B.
Jonson.
Overpass \O`ver*pass"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overpassed}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Overpassing}.] [Cf. {Surpass}.]
1. To go over or beyond; to cross; as, to overpass a river;
to overpass limits.
2. To pass over; to omit; to overlook; to disregard.
All the beauties of the East He slightly viewed and
slightly overpassed. --Milton.
3. To surpass; to excel. [R.] --R. Browning.
Overpass \O`ver*pass"\, v. i.
To pass over, away, or off.
Overpassionate \O"ver*pas"sion*ate\, a.
Passionate to excess. -- {O"ver*pas"sion*ate*ly}, adv.
Overpatient \O"ver*pa"tient\, a.
Patient to excess.
Overpay \O`ver*pay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overpaid}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Overpaying}.]
To pay too much to; to reward too highly.
Overpeer \O`ver*peer"\, v. t.
To peer over; to rise above.
Overpeople \O`ver*peo"ple\, v. t.
To people too densely.
Overperch \O`ver*perch"\, v. t.
To perch upon; to fly over. [Obs.] --Shak.
Overpersuade \O`ver*per*suade"\, v. t.
To persuade or influence against one's inclination or
judgment. --Pope.
Overpester \O`ver*pes"ter\, v. t.
To pester exceedingly or excessively. --Sir W. Raleigh.
Overpicture \O`ver*pic"ture\, v. t.
To surpass nature in the picture or representation of. [Obs.]
``O'erpicturing that Venus.'' --Shak.
Overplease \O`ver*please"\, v. t.
To please excessively.
Overplus \O"ver*plus\, n. [Over + L. plus more. See {Plus}, and
cf. {Surplus}.]
That which remains after a supply, or beyond a quantity
proposed; surplus. --Shak. ``The overplus of a great
fortune.'' --Addison.
Overply \O`ver*ply"\, v. t.
To ply to excess; to exert with too much vigor; to overwork.
--Milton.
Overpoise \O`ver*poise"\, v. t.
To outweigh; to overbalance. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
Overpoise \O"ver*poise`\, n.
Preponderant weight; a counterbalance. [R.] --Mrs. Browning.
Overpolish \O`ver*pol"ish\, v. t.
To polish too much.
Overponderous \O"ver*pon"der*ous\, a.
Too heavy.
Overpost \O`ver*post"\, v. t.
To post over; to pass over swiftly, as by post. --Shak.
Overpotent \O"ver*po"tent\, a.
Too potent or powerful.
Overpower \O`ver*pow"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overpowered}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Overpowering}.]
To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to vanquish;
to subdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes. ``And
overpower'd that gallant few.'' --Wordsworth.
Syn: To overbear; overcome; vanquish; defeat; crush;
overwhelm; overthrow; rout; conquer; subdue.
Overpower \O"ver*pow`er\, n.
A dominating power. --Bacon.
Overpowering \O`ver*pow"er*ing\, a.
Excelling in power; too powerful; irresistible. --
{O`ver*pow"er*ing*ly}, adv.
Overpraise \O`ver*praise"\, v. t. [Cf. {Overprize},
{Superpraise}.]
To praise excessively or unduly.
Overpraising \O`ver*prais"ing\, n.
The act of praising unduly; excessive praise. --Milton.
Overpress \O`ver*press"\, v. t.
1. To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush; to
overwhelm. --Shak.
2. To overcome by importunity. --Johnson.
Overpressure \O"ver*pres"sure\, n.
Excessive pressure or urging. --London Athen[ae]um.
Overprize \O`ver*prize"\, v. t. [Cf. {Overpraise}.]
Toprize excessively; to overvalue. --Sir H. Wotton.
Overproduction \O"ver*pro*duc"tion\, n.
Excessive production; supply beyond the demand. --J. S. Mill.
Overprompt \O"ver*prompt"\, a.
Too prompt; too ready or eager; precipitate. --
{O`ver*prompt"ness}, n.
Overproof \O"ver*proof"\, a.
Containing more alcohol than proof spirit; stronger than
proof spirit; that is, containing more than 49.3 per cent by
weight of alcohol.
Overproportion \O`ver*pro*por"tion\, v. t.
To make of too great proportion.
Overproud \O"ver*proud"\, a.
Exceedingly or unduly proud. ``Overproud of his victory.''
--Milton.
Overprovident \O"ver*prov"i*dent\, a.
Too provident.
Overprovoke \O`ver*pro*voke"\, v. t.
To provoke excessively. --Bp. Hall.
Overquell \O`ver*quell"\, v. t.
To quell or subdue completely. [R.] --Bp. Hall.
Overquietness \O"ver*qui"et*ness\, n.
Too much quietness. --Sir. T. Browne.
Overrake \O`ver*rake"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overraked}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Overraking}.] (Naut.)
To rake over, or sweep across, from end to end, as waves that
break over a vessel anchored with head to the sea.
Overrank \O"ver*rank"\, a.
Too rank or luxuriant.
Overrate \O`ver*rate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overrated}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Overrating}.]
To rate or value too highly.
Overrate \O"ver*rate`\, n.
An excessive rate. [R.] --Massinger.
Overreach \O`ver*reach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overreached},
({Overraught}, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Overreaching}.]
1. To reach above or beyond in any direction.
2. To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning;
to outwit; to cheat. --Shak.
Overreach \O`ver*reach"\, v. i.
1. To reach too far; as:
(a) To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or
shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses.
(b) (Naut.) To sail on one tack farther than is necessary.
--Shak.
2. To cheat by cunning or deception.
Overreach \O"ver*reach`\, n.
The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of
the hind foot; -- said of horses.
Overreacher \O`ver*reach"er\, n.
One who overreaches; one who cheats; a cheat.
Overread \O`ver*read"\, v. t.
To read over, or peruse. --Shak.
Overready \O"ver*read"y\, a.
Too ready. -- {O"ver*read"*i*ly}, adv. --
{O"ver*read"i*ness}, n.
Overreckon \O`ver*reck"on\, v. t.
To reckon too highly.
Overred \O`ver*red"\, v. t.
To smear with red. [Obs.]
Overrefine \O`ver*re*fine"\, v. t.
To refine too much.
Overrefinement \O"ver*re*fine"ment\, n.
Excessive refinement.
Overrent \O`ver*rent"\, v. t.
To rent for too much.
Overrich \O"ver*rich"\, a.
Exccessively rich.
Override \O`ver*ride"\, v. t. [imp. {Overrode}; p. p.
{Overridden}, {Overrode}, {Overrid}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Overriding}.] [AS. offer[=i]dan.]
1. To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.
The carter overridden with [i. e., by] his cart.
--Chaucer.
2. To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; as, one
low overrides another; to override a veto.
3. To ride beyond; to pass; to outride. [Obs.]
I overrode him on the way. --Shak.
4. To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its
strength.
Overrigged \O"ver*rigged"\, a.
Having too much rigging.
Overrighteous \O"ver*right"eous\, a.
Excessively righteous; -- usually implying hypocrisy.
Overrigid \O"ver*rig"id\, a.
Too rigid; too severe.
Overrigorous \O"ver*rig"or*ous\, a.
Too rigorous; harsh.
Overripe \O"ver*ripe"\, a.
Matured to excess. --Milton.
Overripen \O`ver*rip"en\, v. t.
To make too ripe. --Shak.
Overroast \O`ver*roast"\, v. t.
To roast too much. --Shak.
Overrule \O`ver*rule"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overruled}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Overruling}.]
1. To rule over; to govern or determine by superior
authority.
2. To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against;
to abrogate or alter; as, God overrules the purposes of
men; the chairman overruled the point of order.
His passion and animosity overruled his conscience.
--Clarendon.
These [difficulties] I had habitually overruled.
--F. W.
Newman.
3. (Law) To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as,
the plea, or the decision, was overruled by the court.
Overrule \O`ver*rule"\, v. i.
To be superior or supreme in rulling or controlling; as, God
rules and overrules. --Shak.
Overruler \O`ver*rul"er\, n.
One who, or that which, controls, governs, or determines.
--Sir P. Sidney.
Overruling \O`ver*rul"ing\, a.
Exerting controlling power; as, an overruling Providence. --
{O`ver*rul"ing*ly}, adv.
Overrun \O`ver*run"\, v. t. [imp. {Overran}; p. p. {Overrun}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Overrunning}. ]
1. To run over; to grow or spread over in excess; to invade
and occupy; to take possession of; as, the vine overran
its trellis; the farm is overrun with witch grass.
Those barbarous nations that overran the world.
--Spenser.
2. To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or
pass in running.
Ahimaaz run by the way of the plain, and overran
Cushi. --2 Sam.
xviii. 23.
3. To go beyond; to extend in part beyond; as, one line
overruns another in length.
Note: In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its
bearing when its forward end goes beyond it.
4. To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
None of them the feeble overran. --Spenser.
5. (Print.)
(a) To carry over, or back, as type, from one line or page
into the next after, or next before.
(b) To extend the contents of (a line, column, or page)
into the next line, column, or page.
Overrun \O`ver*run"\, v. i.
1. To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by something; to be
beyond, or in excess.
Despised and trodden down of all that overran.
--Spenser.
2. (Print.) To extend beyond its due or desired length; as, a
line, or advertisement, overruns.
Overrunner \O`ver*run"ner\, n.
One that overruns. --Lovelace.
Oversaturate \O`ver*sat"u*rate\, v. t. [Cf. {Supersaturate}.]
To saturate to excess.
Oversay \O`ver*say"\, v. t.
To say over; to repeat. --Ford.
Overscented \O`ver*scent"ed\, a.
1. Scented excessively.
2. Covered or concealed by a different odor. --Fuller.
Overscrupulosity \O`ver*scru`pu*los"i*ty\, n.
Overscrupulousness.
Overscrupulous \O`ver*scru"pu*lous\, a.
Scrupulous to excess.
Overscrupulousness \O`ver*scru"pu*lous*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being overscrupulous; excess of
scrupulousness.
Oversea \O"ver*sea"\, a.
Beyond the sea; foreign.
Oversea \O"ver*sea"\, Overseas \O"ver*seas"\, adv.
Over the sea; abroad. --Milton. Tennyson.
Oversearch \O`ver*search"\, v. t.
To search all over.
Overseason \O`ver*sea"son\, v. t.
To season too highly.
Oversee \O`ver*see"\, v. t. [imp. {Oversaw}; p. p. {Overseen};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Overseeing}.] [AS. ofers['e]on to survey, to
despise. See {Over}, and {See}.]
1. To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look or see
after; to overlook.
2. To omit or neglect seeing. --Spenser.
Oversee \O`ver*see"\, v. i.
To see too or too much; hence, to be deceived. [Obs.]
The most expert gamesters may sometimes oversee.
--Fuller.
Your partiality to me is much overseen, if you think me
fit to correct your Latin. --Walpole.
Overseer \O`ver*seer"\, n.
One who oversees; a superintendent; a supervisor; as, an
overseer of a mill; specifically, one or certain public
officers; as, an overseer of the poor; an overseer of
highways.
Overseership \O`ver*seer"ship\, n.
The office of an overseer.
Oversell \O`ver*sell`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Oversold}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Overselling}. ]
1. To sell for a higher price than; to exceed in selling
price.
One whose beauty Would oversell all Italy. --Beau. &
Fl.
2. To sell beyond means of delivery. [Brokers'Cant]
{Oversold market} (Brokers' Cant), a market in which stocks
or commodities have been sold ``short'' to such an extent
that it is difficult to obtain them for delivery.
Overset \O`ver*set"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overset}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Oversetting}. ]
1. To turn or tip (anything) over from an upright, or a
proper, position so that it lies upon its side or bottom
upwards; to upset; as, to overset a chair, a coach, a
ship, or a building. --Dryden.
2. To cause to fall, or to tail; to subvert; to overthrow;
as, to overset a government or a plot. --Addison.
3. To fill too full. [Obs.] --Howell.
Overset \O`ver*set"\, v. i.
To turn, or to be turned, over; to be upset. --Mortimer.
Overset \O"ver*set`\, n.
1. An upsetting; overturn; overthrow; as, the overset of a
carriage.
2. An excess; superfluity. [Obs.] ``This overset of wealth
and pomp. '' --Bp. Burnel.
Overshade \O`ver*shade`\, v. t. [AS. ofersceadwian. See {Over},
and {Shade}, and cf. {Overshadow}.]
To cover with shade; to render dark or gloomy; to overshadow.
--Shak.
Overshadow \O`ver*shad"ow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overshadowed};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Overshadowing}. ] [Cf. {Overshade}. ]
1. To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure.
There was a cloud that overshadowed them. --Mark ix.
7.
2. Fig.: To cover with a superior influence. --Milton.
Overshadower \O"ver*shad"ow*er\, n.
One that throws a shade, or shadow, over anything. --Bacon.
Overshadowy \O"ver*shad"ow*y\, a.
Overshadowing. [R.]
Overshake \O`ver*shake"\, v. t.
To shake over or away; to drive away; to disperse. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Overshine \O`ver*shine"\, v. t.
1. To shine over or upon; to illumine. --Shak.
2. To excel in shining; to outshine. --Shak.
Overshoe \O"ver*shoe`\, n.
A shoe that is worn over another for protection from wet or
for extra warmth; esp., an India-rubber shoe; a galoche.
Overshoot \O`ver*shoot"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overshot}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Overshooting}.]
1. To shoot over or beyond. ``Not to overshoot his game.''
--South.
2. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. --Hartle.
3. To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. --Cowper.
{To overshoot one's self}, to venture too far; to assert too
much.
Overshoot \O`ver*shoot"\, v. i.
To fly beyond the mark. --Collier.
Overshot \O"ver*shot`\, a.
From {Overshoot}, v. t.
{Overshot wheel}, a vertical water wheel, the circumference
of which is covered with cavities or buckets, and which is
turned by water which shoots over the top of it, filling
the buckets on the farther side and acting chiefly by its
we'ght.
Oversight \O"ver*sight`\, n.
1. Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision.
2. An overlooking; an omission; an error. --Hooker.
3. Escape from an overlooked peril. [R.] ``His fool-happy
oversight.'' --Spenser.
Syn: Superintendence; supervision; inspection; overlooking;
inadvertence; neglect; mistake; error; omission.
Oversize \O`ver*size"\, v. t.
To surpass in size.
Oversize \O`ver*size"\, v. t.
To cover with viscid matter. [R.]
O'ersized with coagulate gore. --Shak.
Overskip \O`ver*skip"\, v. t.
To skip or leap over; to treat with indifference. --Shak.
Overskirt \O"ver*skirt`\, n.
An upper skirt, shorter than the dress, and usually draped.
Overslaugh \O"ver*slaugh`\, n. [D. overslag.]
A bar in a river; as, the overslaugh in the Hudson River.
[Local, U. S.] --Bartlett.
Overslaugh \O`ver*slaugh"\, v. t. [D. overslaan.]
To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or an impediment; as,
to overslaugh a bill in a legislative body; to overslaugh a
military officer, that is, to hinder his promotion or
employment. [Local Cant, U. S.]
Oversleep \O`ver*sleep"\, v. t.
To sleep beyond; as, to oversleep one's self or one's usual
hour of rising.
Oversleep \O`ver*sleep"\, v. i.
To sleep too long.
Overslide \O`ver*slide"\, v. t.
To slide over or by.
Overslip \O`ver*slip"\, v. t.
To slip or slide over; to pass easily or carelessly beyond;
to omit; to neglect; as, to overslip time or opportunity.
Overslop \O"ver*slop`\, n. [AS. oferslop.]
An outer garment, or slop. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Overslow \O`ver*slow"\, v. t.
To render slow; to check; to curb. [Obs.] --Hammond.
Overslow \O"ver*slow"\, a.
Too slow.
Oversman \O"vers*man\, n.; pl. {Oversmen}.
1. An overseer; a superintendent.
2. (Scots Law) An umpire; a third arbiter, appointed when two
arbiters, previously selected, disagree.
Oversnow \O`ver*snow"\, v. t.
To cover with snow, or as with snow. [Poetic] --Shak. Dryden.
Oversoon \O"ver*soon"\, adv.
Too soon. --Sir P. Sidney.
Oversorrow \O`ver*sor"row\, v. t.
To grieve or afflict to excess. [Obs.] --Milton.
Oversoul \O"ver*soul`\, n.
The all-containing soul. [R.]
That unity, that oversout, within which every man's
particular being is contained and made one with all
other. --Emerson.
Oversow \O`ver*sow"\, v. t. [AS. ofersawan.]
To sow where something has already been sown. [R.]
His enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat.
--Matt. x?ii.
25. (Douay
Version).
Overspan \O`ver*span"\, v. t.
To reach or extend over.
Overspeak \O`ver*speak"\, v. t. & i. [AS. ofersprecan.]
To exceed in speaking; to speak too much; to use too many
words.
Overspin \O`ver*spin"\, v. t.
To spin out to too great length; to protract unduly. --W.
Cartwright.
Overspread \O`ver*spread"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overspread}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Overspreading}.] [AS. oferspr[=ae]dan.]
To spread over; to cover; as, the deluge overspread the
earth. --Chaucer.
Those nations of the North Which overspread the world.
--Drayton.
Overspread \O`ver*spread"\, v. i.
To be spread or scattered over.
Overspring \O`ver*spring"\, v. t.
To spring or leap over.
Overstand \O`ver*stand"\, v. t.
To stand on the price or conditions of, so as to lose a sale;
to lose by an extravagant price or hard conditions. [Obs.]
What madman would o'erstand his market twice ?
--Dryden.
Overstare \O`ver*stare"\, v. t.
To outstare. [Obs.] --Shak.
Overstare \O`ver*stare"\, v. i.
To stare wildly. [Obs.] --Ascham.
Overstate \O`ver*state"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overstated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Overstating}.]
To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. --Fuller.
Overstatement \O"ver*state"ment\, n.
An exaggerated statement or account.
Overstay \O`ver*stay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overstayed}or
{Overstaid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overstaying}.]
To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the
appointed time. --Bp. Hall.
Overstep \O`ver*step"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overstepped}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Overstepping}.] [AS. ofersteppan.]
To step over or beyond; to transgress. --Shak.
Overstock \O"ver*stock`\, n.
Stock in excess. --Tatler.
Overstock \O`ver*stock"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overstocked}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Overstocking}.]
To fill too full; to supply in excess; as, to overstock a
market with goods, or a farm with cattle.
Overstore \O`ver*store"\, v. t.
To overstock. --Sir. M. Hale.
Over-story \O`ver-sto`ry\, n. (Arch.)
The clearstory, or upper story, of a building.
Overstrain \O`ver*strain"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Overstrained};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Overstraining}.]
To strain one's self to excess. --Dryden.
Overstrain \O`ver*strain"\, v. t.
To stretch or strain too much; as to overstrain one's nerves.
--Ayliffe.
Overstraitly \O`ver*strait"ly\, adv.
Too straitly or strictly. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
Overstraw \O`ver*straw"\, v. t.
To overstrew. [Obs.] --Shak.
Overstrew \O`ver*strew"\, v. t.
To strew or scatter over.
Overstrict \O"ver*strict"\, a.
Excessively strict.
Overstride \O`ver*stride"\, v. t.
To stride over or beyond.
Overstrike \O`ver*strike"\, v. t.
To strike beyond. [Obs.]
Overstrow \O`ver*strow"\, v. t.
See {Overstrew}.
Overstudious \O"ver*stu"di*ous\, a.
Too studious.
Oversubtile \O"ver*sub"tile\, a.
Excessively subtile.
Oversum \O"ver*sum`\, n.
A sum or quantity over; surplus. [Obs.] --Holinshed.
Oversupply \O`ver*sup*ply"\, v. t.
To supply in excess.
Oversupply \O"ver*sup*ply`\, n.
An excessive supply.
A general oversupply or excess of all commodities. --J.
S. Mill.
Oversure \O"ver*sure"\, a.
Excessively sure.
Oversway \O`ver*sway"\, v. t.
To bear sway over.
Overswell \O`ver*swell"\, v. t. & i.
To swell or rise above; to overflow. [R.] --Shak.
Overt \O"vert\, a. [OF. overt, F. ouvert, p. p. of OF. ovrir, F.
ouvrir, to open, of uncertain origin; cf. It. aprire, OIt.
also oprire, L. aperire to open, operire to cover, deoperire
to uncover. Perch. from L. aperire influenced by F. couvrir
to cover. Cf. {Aperient}, {Cover}.]
1. Open to view; public; apparent; manifest.
Overt and apparent virtues bring forth praise.
--Bacon.
2. (Law) Not covert; open; public; manifest; as, an overt act
of treason. --Macaulay.
No person shall be convicted of treason unless on
the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt
act, or on confession in open court. --Constitution
of the U. S.
Note: In criminal law, an overt act is an open done in
pursuance and manifestation of a criminal design; the
mere design or intent not being punishable without such
act. In English law, market overt is an open market; a
pound overt is an open, uncovered pound.
Overtake \O`ver*take"\, v. t. [imp. {Overtook}; p. p.
{Overtaken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overtaking}.]
1. To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion;
to catch up with.
Follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake
them, say . . . Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for
good. --Gen. xliv.
4.
He had him overtaken in his flight. --Spenser.
2. To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to
capture; to overcome.
If a man be overtaken in a fault. --Gal. vi. 1
I shall see The winged vengeance overtake such
children. --Shak.
3. Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken),
drunken. [Obs.] --Holland.
Overtalk \O`ver*talk"\, v. i.
To talk to excess. --Milton.
Overtask \O`ver*task"\, v. t.
To task too heavily.
Overtax \O`ver*tax"\, v. t.
To tax or to task too heavily.
Overtedious \O`ver*te"di*ous\, a.
Too tedious.
Overtempt \O`ver*tempt"\, v. t.
To tempt exceedingly, or beyond the power of resistance.
--Milton.
Overthrow \O`ver*throw"\, v. t. [imp. {Overthrew}; p. p.
{Overthrown}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overthrowing}.]
1. To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.
His wife overthrew the table. --Jer. Taylor.
2. To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to
make a ruin of; to destroy.
When the walls of Thebes he overthrew. --Dryden.
[Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion.
--Shak.
Syn: To demolish; overturn; prostrate; destroy; ruin;
subvert; overcome; conquer; defeat; discomfit; vanquish;
beat; rout.
Overthrow \O"ver*throw`\, n.
1. The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrow;
ruin.
Your sudden overthrow much rueth me. --Spenser.
2.
(a) (Baseball) The act of throwing a ball too high, as
over a player's head.
(b) (Cricket) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so
that the striker makes an additional run.
Overthwart \O"ver*thwart"\ ([=o]"v[~e]r*thw[add]rt"), a.
1. Having a transverse position; placed or situated across;
hence, opposite. ``Our overthwart neighbors.'' --Dryden.
2. Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse;
opposing. ``Overthwart humor.'' --Clarendon.
Overthwart \O"ver*thwart"\, adv.
Across; crosswise; transversely. ``Y'clenched overthwart and
endelong.'' --Chaucer.
Overthwart \O"ver*thwart"\, prep.
Across; from alde to side of. ``Huge trees overthwart one
another.'' --Milton.
Overthwart \O"ver*thwart`\, n.
That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance;
opposition. [Obs.] --Surrey.
Overthwart \O`ver*thwart"\, v. t.
To cross; to oppose. [Obs.]
Overthwartly \O"ver*thwart"ly\, adv.
In an overthwart manner; across; also, perversely. [Obs.]
--Peacham.
Overthwartness \O"ver*thwart"ness\, n.
The state of being overthwart; perverseness. [Obs.] --Lord
Herbert.
Overtilt \O`ver*tilt"\, v. t.
To tilt over; to overturn.
Overtime \O"ver*time`\, n.
Time beyond, or in excess of, a limit; esp., extra working
time.
Overtire \O`ver*tire"\, v. t.
To tire to excess; to exhaust.
Overtire \O`ver*tire"\, v. t.
To become too tired. --Br. Hall.
Overtitle \O`ver*ti"tle\, v. t.
To give too high a title to.
Overtly \O"vert*ly\, adv.
Publicly; openly.
Overtoil \O`ver*toil"\, v. t.
To overwork.
Overtoil \O`ver*toil"\, v. t.
To weary excessively; to exhaust.
Then dozed a while herself, but overtoiled By that
day's grief and travel. --Tennyson.
Overtone \O"ver*tone`\, n. [A translation of G. oberton. See
{Over},{Tone}.] (Mus.)
One of the harmonics faintly heard with and above a tone as
it dies away, produced by some aliquot portion of the
vibrating sting or column of air which yields the fundamental
tone; one of the natural harmonic scale of tones, as the
octave, twelfth, fifteenth, etc.; an aliquot or ``partial''
tone; a harmonic. See {Harmonic}, and {Tone}. --Tyndall.
Overtop \O`ver*top"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overtopped}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Overtopping}.]
1. To rise above the top of; to exceed in height; to tower
above. ``To ? 'ertop old Pelion.'' --Shak.
2. To go beyond; to transcend; to transgress.
If kings presume to overtop the law by which they
reign, . . . they are by law to be reduced into
order. --Milton.
3. To make of less importance, or throw into the background,
by superior excellence; to dwarf; to obscure. --Becon.
Overtower \O`ver*tow"er\, v. t.
To tower over or above.
Overtower \O`ver*tow"er\, v. i.
To soar too high. [R.] --Fuller.
Overtrade \O`ver*trade"\, v. i.
To trade beyond one's capital; to buy goods beyond the means
of paying for or seleng them; to overstock the market.
Overtrading \O`ver*trad"ing\, n.
The act or practice of buying goods beyond the means of
payment; a glutting of the market.
Overtread \O`ver*tread"\, v. t. [AS. oferiredan.]
To tread over or upon.
Overtrip \O`ver*trip"\, v. t.
To trip over nimbly.
Overtroubled \O`ver*trou"bled\, a.
Excessively troubled.
Overtrow \O`ver*trow"\, v. i.
To be too trustful or confident; to trust too much. [Obs.]
--Wyclif ?
Overtrust \O"ver*trust`\, n.
Excessive confidence.
Overtrust \O`ver*trust"\, v. t. & i.
To trust too much. --Bp. Hall.
Overture \O"ver*ture\, [OF. overture, F. ouverture, fr. OF.
ovrir, F. ouvrir. See {Overt}.]
1. An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber.
[Obs.] --Spenser. ``The cave's inmost overture.''
--Chapman.
2. Disclosure; discovery; revelation. [Obs.]
It was he That made the overture of thy treasons to
us. --Shak.
3. A proposal; an offer; a proposition formally submitted for
consideration, acceptance, or rejection. ``The great
overture of the gospel.'' --Barrow.
4. (Mus.) A composition, for a full orchestra, designed as an
introduction to an oratorio, opera, or ballet, or as an
independent piece; -- called in the latter case a {concert
overture}.
Overture \O"ver*ture\, v. t.
To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on
some subject.
Overturn \O`ver*turn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overturned}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Overturning}.]
1. To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to
overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building.
2. To subvert; to destroy; to overthrow.
3. To overpower; to conquer. --Milton.
Syn: To demolish; overthrow. See {Demolish}.
Overturn \O"ver*turn`\, n.
The act off overturning, or the state of being overturned or
subverted; overthrow; as, an overturn of parties.
Overturnable \O`ver*turn"a*ble\, a.
Capable of being, or liable to be, overturned or subverted.
Overturner \O`ver*turn"er\, n.
One who overturns. --South.
Overvail \O`ver*vail"\, v. t.
See {Overveil}.
Overvaluation \O"ver*val`u*a"tion\, n.
Excessive valuation; overestimate.
Overvalue \O`ver*val"ue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overvalued}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Overvaluing}.]
1. To value excessively; to rate at too high a price. ``To
overvalue human power.'' --Holyday.
2. To exceed in value. [R.] --H. Brooke.
Overveil \O`ver*veil"\, v. t.
To veil or cover. --Shak.
Overview \O"ver*view`\, n. [Cf. {Survey}.]
An inspection or overlooking. [Obs.] --Shak.
Overvote \O`ver*vote"\, v. t.
To outvote; to outnumber in votes given. [R.] --Eikon
Basilike.
Overwalk \O`ver*walk"\, v. t.
To walk over or upon.
Overwar \O`ver*war"\, v. t.
To defeat. [Obs.] --Warner.
Overwary \O"ver*wa"ry\, a.
Too wary; too cautious.
Overwash \O`ver*wash"\, v. t.
To overflow. --Holinshed.
Overwasted \O`ver*wast"ed\, a.
Wasted or worn out; ?onsumed; spent [Obs.] --Drayton.
Overwatch \O"ver*watch"\, v. t.
1. To watch too much.
2. To weary or exhaust by watching. --Dryden.
Overwax \O`ver*wax"\, v. i.
To wax or grow too rapindly or too much. [Obs.] --R. of
Gloucester.
Overweak \O"ver*weak"\, a.
Too weak; too feeble.
Overwear \O`ver*wear"\, v. t.
To wear too much; to wear out. --Drayton.
Overweary \O"ver*wea"ry\, v. t.
To weary too much; to tire out. --Dryden.
Overweather \O`ver*weath"er\, v. t.
To expose too long to the influence of the weather. [Obs.]
--Shak.
Overween \O`ver*ween"\, v. t. [AS. oferw?nian. See {Over}, and
{Ween}.]
To think too highly or arrogantly; to regard one's own
thinking or conclusions too highly; hence, to egotistic,
arrogant, or rash, in opinion; to think conceitedly; to
presume.
They that overween, And at thy growing virtues fret
their spleen. --Milton.
Overweener \O`ver*ween"er\, n.
One who overweens. [R.]
The conceits of warmed or overweening brain. --Locke.
Overweening \O`ver*ween"ing\, a.
Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited. --
{O`ver*ween"ingly}, adv. --Milton. -- {O`ver*ween"ing*ness},
n.
Here's an overweening rogue. --Shak.
Overweening \O`ver*ween"ing\, n.
Conceit; arrogance. --Milton.
Overweigh \O`ver*weigh"\, v. t.
To exceed in weight; to overbalance; to weigh down.
--Drayton. Hooker.
Overweight \O"ver*weight`\, n.
1. Weight over and above what is required by law or custom.
2. Superabundance of weight; preponderance.
Overweight \O"ver*weight"\, a.
Overweighing; excessive. [Obs.] ``Of no overweight worth.''
--Fuller.
Overwell \O`ver*well"\, v. t.
To overflow. --R. D. Blackmore.
Overwet \O"ver*wet\, n.
Excessive wetness. [Obs.]
Another ill accident is, overwet at sowing time.
--Bacon.
Overwhelm \O`ver*whelm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overwhelmed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Overwhelming}.]
1. To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow
and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to
immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to
oppress, etc., overpoweringly.
The sea overwhelmed their enemies. --Ps. lxxviii.
53.
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and
horror hath overwhelmed me. --Ps. lv. 5.
Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm
them. --Shak.
Gaza yet stands; but all her sons are fallen, All in
a moment overwhelmed and fallen. --Milton.
2. To project or impend over threateningly.
His louering brows o'erwhelming his fair sight.
--Shak.
3. To cause to surround, to cover. --Papin.
Overwhelm \O"ver*whelm`\, n.
The act of overwhelming. [R.]
Overwhelming \O`ver*whelm"ing\, a.
Overpowering; irresistible. -- {O`ver*whelm"ing*ly}, adv.
Overwind \O`ver*wind"\, v. t.
To wind too tightly, as a spring, or too far, as a hoisting
rope on a drum.
Overwing \O`ver*wing"\, v. t.
To outflank. [Obs.] --Milton.
Overwise \O"ver*wise"\, a.
Too wise; affectedly wise. -- {O`ver*wise"ly}, adv. --
{O`ver*wise"ness}, n.
Overwit \O`ver*wit"\, v. t.
To outwit. --Swift.
Overword \O`ver*word"\, v. t.
To say in too many words; to express verbosely. --Hales.
Overwork \O`ver*work"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overworked}or
{Overwrought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overworking}.]
1. To work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much or
too long; to tire excessively; as, to overwork a horse.
2. To fill too full of work; to crowd with labor.
My days with toil are overwrought. --Longfellow.
3. To decorate all over.
Overwork \O`ver*work"\, v. t.
To work too much, or beyond one's strength.
Overwork \O"ver*work`\, n.
Work in excess of the usual or stipulated time or quantity;
extra work; also, excessive labor.
Overworn \O`ver*worn"\, p. p. & a. from {Overwear}, v. t.
Worn out or subdued by toil; worn out so as to be trite.
Overwrest \O`ver*wrest"\, v. t.
To wrest or force from the natural or proper position.
--Shak.
Overwrestle \O`ver*wres"tle\, v. t.
To subdue by wrestling. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Overwrought \O`ver*wrought\, p. p. & a. from {Overwork}.
Wrought upon excessively; overworked; overexcited.
Overzeal \O"ver*zeal\, n.
Excess of zeal. --Fairfax.
Overzealous \O"ver*zeal"ous\, a.
Too zealous.
Ovicapsule \O`vi*cap"sule\, n. [Ovum + capsule.]
1. (Anat) The outer layer of a Graafian follicle.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {O["o]theca}.
Ovicell \O"vi*cell`\, n. [Ovum + cell.] (Zo["o]l)
One of the dilatations of the body wall of Bryozoa in which
the ova sometimes undegro the first stages of their
development. See Illust. of {Chilostoma}.
Ovioular \O*vio"u*lar\, a. [L. ovum an egg.] (Biol.)
Of or pertaining to an egg.
Ovicyst \O"vi*cyst\, n. [Ovum + cyst.] (Zo["o]l.)
The pouch in which incubation takes place in some Tunicata.
Ovidian \O*vid"i*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Latin poet Ovid; resembling the style
of Ovid.
Oviducal \O`vi*du"cal\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to oviducts; as, oviducal glands.
Oviduct \O"vi*duct\, n. [Ovum + duct: cf. F. oviducte.] (Anat.)
A tube, or duct, for the passage of ova from the ovary to the
exterior of the animal or to the part where further
development takes place. In mammals the oviducts are also
called {Fallopian tubes}.
Oviferous \O*vif"er*ous\, a. [Ovum + -ferous: cf. F.
ovif[`e]re.] (Biol.)
Egg-bearing; -- applied particularly to certain receptacles,
as in Crustacea, that retain the eggs after they have been
excluded from the formative organs, until they are hatched.
Oviform \O"vi*form\, a. [Ovum + -form: cf. F. oviforme.] (Biol.)
Having the form or figure of an egg; egg-shaped; as, an
oviform leaf.
Ovigerons \O*vig"er*ons\, a. [Ovum + -gerous: cf. F. ovigere.]
(Biol.)
Bearing eggs; oviferous.
Ovile \O"vile\, a.
See {Ovine}.
Ovine \O"vine\, a. [L. ovinus, fr. ovis sheep: cf. F. ovine.]
Of or pertaining to sheep; consisting of sheep.
Ovipara \O*vip"a*ra\, n. pl. [NL. See {Oviparous}.] (Zo["o]l.)
An artifical division of vertebrates, including those that
lay eggs; -- opposed to {Vivipara}.
Oviparity \O`vi*par"i*ty\, n. [See {Oviparous}.] (Biol.)
Generation by means of ova. See {Generation}.
Oviparous \O*vip"a*rous\, a. [L. oviparus; ovum egg + parere to
bring forth: cf. F. ovipare.] (Physiol.)
Producing young from rggs; as, an oviparous animal, in which
the egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched
after exclusion; -- opposed to {viviparous}.
Oviposit \O`vi*pos"it\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Oviposited}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Ovipositing}.] [See {Ovum}, and {Posit}.]
To lay or deposit eggs; -- said esp. of insects.
Oviposit \O`vi*pos"it\, v. t.
To deposit or lay (an egg).
Ovipositing \O`vi*pos"it*ing\, Oviposition \O`vi*po*si"tion\, n.
The depositing of eggs, esp. by insects.
Ovipositor \O`vi*pos"i*tor\, n. [L. ovum an egg + positor a
placer, fr. ponere to place.] (Zo["o]l.)
The organ with which many insects and some other animals
deposit their eggs. Some ichneumon files have a long
ovipositor fitted to pierce the eggs or larv[ae] of other
insects, in order to lay their own eggs within the same.
Ovisac \O"vi*sac\, n. [Ovum + sac.] (Anat)
(a) A Graafian follicle; any sac containing an ovum or ova.
(b) The inner layer of the fibrous wall of a Graafian
follicle.
Ovist \O"vist\, n. (Biol.)
Same as {Ovulist}.
Ovococcus \O`vo*coc"cus\, n.; pl. {Ovococci}. [Ovum + Gr. ?
grain, seed.] (Biol.)
A germinal vesicle.
Ovoid \O"void\, Ovoidal \O*void"al\, a. [Ovum + -oid: cf. F.
ovo["i]de.]
Resembling an egg in shape; egg-shaped; ovate; as, an ovoidal
apple.
Ovoid \O"void\, n.
A solid resembling an egg in shape.
Ovolo \O"vo*lo\, n. [It. ovolo, uovolo, fr. L. ovum an egg. Cf.
{Ovule}.] (Arch.)
A round, convex molding. See Illust. of {Column}.
Note: In Roman work it is usually a quarter circle in
section; in Greek work it is flatter, and is equivalent
to the echinus; that is, it has in section the elastic
curve of the shell of the sea urchin. In medi[ae]val
architecture it is not distinguishable from the
multitude of convex moldings, of all sections, which
are used.
Ovology \O*vol"o*gy\, n. [Ovum + -logy. Cf. F. ovologie.]
That branch of natural history which treats of the origin and
functions of eggs.
Ovoplasma \O`vo*plas"ma\, n. [Ovum + plasma.] (Boil.)
Yolk; egg yolk. --Haeckel.
Ovotesttis \O`vo*test"tis\, n. [NL. See {Ovum}, and {Testis}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
An organ which produces both ova and spermatozoids; an
hermaphrodite gland.
Ovoviviparous \O*vo*vi*vip"a*rous\, a. [Ovum + viviparous: cf.
F. ovovivipare.] (Biol.)
Oviparous, but hatching the egg while it is within the body,
as some fishes and reptiles.
Ovular \O"vu*lar\, a. (Biol.)
Relating or belonging to an ovule; as, an ovular growth.
Ovulary \O"vu*la*ry\, a. (Biol.)
Pertaining to ovules.
Ovulate \O"vu*late\, a. (Biol.)
Containing an ovule or ovules.
Ovulation \O`vu*la"tion\, n. (Phisiol.)
The formation of ova or eggs in the ovary, and the discharge
of the same. In the mammalian female the discharge occurs
during menstruation.
Ovule \O"vule\, n. [Dim. of L. ovum an egg: cf. F. ovule. Cf.
{Ovolo}, {Ovulum}.] (Biol.)
(a) The rudiment of a seed. It grows from a placenta, and
consists of a soft nucleus within two delicate coatings.
The attached base of the ovule is the hilum, the coatings
are united with the nucleus at the chalaza, and their
minute orifice is the foramen.
(b) An ovum.
Ovuliferous \O`vu*lif"er*ous\, a. [Ovule + -ferous.] (biol.)
Producing ovules.
Ovulist \O"vu*list\, n. (Biol.)
A believer in the theory (called encasement theory), current
during the last century, that the egg was the real animal
germ, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa
simply gave the impetus which caused the unfolding of the
egg, in which all generations were inclosed one within the
other. Also called {ovist}.
Ovulite \O"vu*lite\, n. [Ovum + -lite.]
A fossil egg.
Ovulum \O"vu*lum\, n.; pl. {Ovula}. [NL. See {Ovule}.] (Biol.)
An ovule.
Ovum \O"vum\, n.; pl. L. {Ova}, E. {Ovums}. [L., an egg. See
{Oval}.]
1. (Biol.) A more or less spherical and transparent mass of
granular protoplasm, which by a process of multiplication
and growth develops into a mass of cells, constituting a
new individual like the parent; an egg, spore, germ, or
germ cell. See Illust. of {Mycropyle}.
Note: The ovum is a typical cell, with a cell wall, cell
substance, nucleus, and nucleolus. In man and the
higher animals the cell wall, a vertically striated
membrane, is called the zona pellucida; the cell
contents, the vitellus; the nucleus, the germinal
vesicle; and the nucleolus, the germinal spot. The
diameter of the ripe ovum in man and the domestic
animals varies between 1-200 and 1-120 of an inch.
2. (Arch.) One of the series of egg-shaped ornaments into
which the ovolo is often carved. --Gwilt.
Owch \Owch\, n.
See {Ouch}. [Obs.] --Speser.
Owe \Owe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Owed}, ({Ought}obs.); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Owing}.] [OE. owen, awen,aghen, to have, own, have
(to do), hence, owe, AS. [=a]gan to have; akin to G. eigen,
a., own, Icel. eiga to have, Dan. eie, Sw. ["a]ga, Goth.
['a]igan, Skr. ?. ????. Cf. {Ought}, v., 2d {Own},
{Fraught}.]
1. To possess; to have, as the rightful owner; to own. [Obs.]
Thou dost here usurp The name thou ow'st not.
--Shak.
2. To have or possess, as something derived or bestowed; to
be obliged to ascribe (something to some source); to be
indebted or obliged for; as, he owed his wealth to his
father; he owed his victory to his lieutenants. --Milton.
O deem thy fall not owed to man's decree. --Pope.
3. Hence: To have or be under an obigation to restore, pay,
or render (something) in return or compensation for
something received; to be indebted in the sum of; as, the
subject owes allegiance; the fortunate owe assistance to
the unfortunate.
The one ought five hundred pence, and the other
fifty. --Bible
(1551).
A son owes help and honor to his father. --Holyday.
Note: Owe was sometimes followed by an objective clause
introduced by the infinitive. ``Ye owen to incline and
bow your heart.'' --Chaucer.
4. To have an obligation to (some one) on account of
something done or received; to be indebted to; as, to iwe
the grocer for supplies, or a laborer for services.
Owel \Ow"el\, a. [OF. oel, owel, iwel,ivel, F. ['e]gal, fr. L.
aequalis.] (Law)
Equal. [Obs.] --Burrill.
Owelty \Ow"el*ty\, n. [OF. oelt['e], ivelt['e].] (Law)
Equality; -- sometimes written {ovelty} and {ovealty}.
--Burrill.
Owen \Ow"en\, a.[See {Own}.]
Own. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Owenite \Ow"en*ite\, n.
A follower of Robert Owen, who tried to reorganize society on
a socialistic basis, and established an industrial community
on the Clyde, Scotland, and, later, a similar one in Indiana.
Owher \O"wher\, adv. [AS. [=a]hw[ae]r.]
Anywhere. [Obs.] ``If he found owher a good fellow.''
--Chaucer.
Owing \Ow`ing\, P. p. & a. [Used in a passive sense for owed
(AS. [=a]gen. See {Own}).]
1. Had or held under obligation of paying; due.
There is more owing her than is paid. --Shak.
2. Had or experienced as a consequence, result, issue, etc.;
ascribable; -- with to; as, misfortunes are often owing to
vices; his failure was owing to speculations.
Owl \Owl\, n. [AS. [=u]le; akin to D. uil, OHG. [=u]wila, G.
eule, Icel. ugla, Sw. ugla, Dan. ugle.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of raptorial birds of the family
{Strigid[ae]}. They have large eyes and ears, and a
conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye. They are
mostly nocturnal in their habits.
Note: Some species have erectile tufts of feathers on the
head. The feathers are soft and somewhat downy. The
species are numerous. See {Barn owl}, {Burrowing owl},
{Eared owl}, {Hawk owl}, {Horned owl}, {Screech owl},
{Snowy owl}, under {Barn}, {Burrowing}, etc.
Note: In the Scriptures the owl is commonly associated with
desolation; poets and story-tellers introduce it as a
bird of ill omen. . . . The Greeks and Romans made it
the emblem of wisdom, and sacred to Minerva, -- and
indeed its large head and solemn eyes give it an air of
wisdom. --Am. Cyc.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A variety of the domestic pigeon.
{Owl monkey} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of South
American nocturnal monkeys of the genus {Nyctipithecus}.
They have very large eyes. Called also {durukuli}.
{Owl moth} (Zo["o]l.), a very large moth ({Erebus strix}).
The expanse of its wings is over ten inches.
{Owl parrot} (Zo["o]l.), the kakapo.
{Sea owl} (Zo["o]l.), the lumpfish.
{Owl train}, a cant name for certain railway trains whose run
is in the nighttime.
Owl \Owl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Owled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Owling}.]
1. To pry about; to prowl. [Prov. Eng.]
2. To carry wool or sheep out of England. [Obs.]
Note: This was formerly illegal, and was done chiefly by
night.
3. Hence, to carry on any contraband trade. [Eng.]
Owler \Owl"er\, n. [From {Owl}, v. i.]
One who owls; esp., one who conveys contraband goods. See
{Owling}, n. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --T. Brown.
Owlery \Owl"er*y\, n.; pl. {Owleries}.
An abode or a haunt of owls.
Owlet \Owl"et\, n. [Dim. of owl. Cf. {Howlet}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small owl; especially, the European species ({Athene
noctua}), and the California flammulated owlet ({Megascops
flammeolus}).
{Owlet moth} (Zo["o]l.), any noctuid moth.
Owl-eyed \Owl"-eyed`\, a.
Having eyes like an owl's.
Owling \Owl"ing\, n. [From {Owl}, v. i.] (O. Eng. Law)
The offense of transporting wool or sheep out of England
contrary to the statute formerly existing. --Blackstone.
Owlish \Owl"ish\, a.
Resembling, or characteristic of, an owl.
Owlism \Owl"ism\, n.
Affected wisdom; pompous dullness. [R.]
Owllight \Owl"light`\, n.
Glimmering or imperfect light. [R.] --Bp. Warburton.
Own \Own\ ([=o]n), v. t. [OE. unnen to grant, permit, be pleased
with, AS. unnan to grant; akin to OS. giunnan, G. g["o]nnen,
Icel. unna; of uncertain origin. This word has been confused
with own to possess.]
To grant; to acknowledge; to admit to be true; to confess; to
recognize in a particular character; as, we own that we have
forfeited your love.
The wakeful bloodhound rose, and shook his hide; But
his sagacious eye an inmate owns. --Keats.
Own \Own\, a. [OE. owen, awen, auen, aughen, AS. [=a]gen, p. p.
of [=a]gan to possess; akin to OS. [=e]gan, G. & D. eigen,
Icel. eiginn, Sw. & Dan. egen. [root]110. See {Owe}.]
Belonging to; belonging exclusively or especially to;
peculiar; -- most frequently following a possessive pronoun,
as my, our, thy, your, his, her, its, their, in order to
emphasize or intensify the idea of property, peculiar
interest, or exclusive ownership; as, my own father; my own
composition; my own idea; at my own price. ``No man was his
own [i. e., no man was master of himself, or in possession of
his senses].'' --Shak.
{To hold one's own}, to keep or maintain one's possessions;
to yield nothing; esp., to suffer no loss or disadvantage
in a contest. --Shak.
Own \Own\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Owned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Owning}.] [OE. ohnien, ahnien, AS. [=a]gnian, fr. [=a]gen
own, a. See {Own}, a.]
To hold as property; to have a legal or rightful title to; to
be the proprietor or possessor of; to possess; as, to own a
house.
Owner \Own"er\, n.
One who owns; a rightful proprietor; one who has the legal or
rightful title, whether he is the possessor or not. --Shak.
Ownerless \Own"er*less\, a.
Without an owner.
Ownership \Own"er*ship\, n.
The state of being an owner; the right to own; exclusive
right of possession; legal or just claim or title;
proprietorship.
Owre \Owre\, n. [AS. [=u]r; akin to G. auerochs, OHG. [=u]r,
[=u]rohso, Icel. [=u]rr.] (Zo["o]l.)
The aurochs. [Obs.]
Owse \Owse\ (ouz), Owser \Ow"ser\ (ou"z[~e]r), n.
Tanner's ooze. See {Ooze}, 3.
Ox \Ox\ ([o^]ks), n.; pl. {Oxen}. [AS. oxa; akin to D. os. G.
ochs, ochse, OHG. ohso, Icel. oxi, Sw. & Dan. oxe, Goth.
a['u]hsa, Skr. ukshan ox, bull; cf. Skr. uksh to sprinkle.
[root]214. Cf. {Humid}, {Aurochs}.] (Zo["o]l.)
The male of bovine quadrupeds, especially the domestic animal
when castrated and grown to its full size, or nearly so. The
word is also applied, as a general name, to any species of
bovine animals, male and female.
All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field.
--Ps. viii. 7.
Note: The castrated male is called a steer until it attains
its full growth, and then, an ox; but if castrated
somewhat late in life, it is called a stag. The male,
not castrated, is called a bull. These distinctions are
well established in regard to domestic animals of this
genus. When wild animals of this kind are spoken of, ox
is often applied both to the male and the female. The
name ox is never applied to the individual cow, or
female, of the domestic kind. Oxen may comprehend both
the male and the female.
{Grunting ox} (Zo["o]l.), the yak.
{Indian ox} (Zo["o]l.), the zebu.
{Javan ox} (Zo["o]l.), the banteng.
{Musk ox}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Musk}.
{Ox bile}. See {Ox gall}, below.
{Ox gall}, the fresh gall of the domestic ox; -- used in the
arts and in medicine.
{Ox pith}, ox marrow. [Obs.] --Marston.
{Ox ray} (Zo["o]l.), a very large ray ({Dicerobatis
Giorn[ae]}) of Southern Europe. It has a hornlike organ
projecting forward from each pectoral fin. It sometimes
becomes twenty feet long and twenty-eight feet broad, and
weighs over a ton. Called also {sea devil}.
{To have the black ox tread on one's foot}, to be
unfortunate; to know what sorrow is (because black oxen
were sacrificed to Pluto). --Leigh Hunt.
Oxacid \Ox`ac"id\ ([o^]ks`[a^]s"[i^]d), n. (Chem.)
See {Oxyacid}.
Oxalan \Ox"a*lan\, n. [From {Alloxan}, by transposition of
letters.] (Chem.)
A complex nitrogenous substance {C3N3H5O3} obtained from
alloxan (or when urea is fused with ethyl oxamate), as a
stable white crystalline powder; -- called also
{oxaluramide}.
Oxalantin \Ox`a*lan"tin\, n. [From {Alloxantin}, by
transposition of letters.] (Chem.)
A white crystalline nitrogenous substance ({C6H4N4O5})
obtained by the reduction of parabanic acid; -- called also
{leucoturic acid}.
Oxalate \Ox"a*late\, n. [Cf. F. oxalate. See {Oxalic}.] (Chem.)
A salt of oxalic acid.
Oxaldehyde \Ox*al"de*hyde\, n. [Oxalic + aldehyde.] (Chem.)
Same as {Glyoxal}.
Oxalethyline \Ox`al*eth"yl*ine\, n. [Oxalic + ethyl + -ine.]
A poisonous nitrogenous base ({C6H10N2}) obtained indirectly
from oxamide as a thick transparent oil which has a strong
narcotic odor, and a physiological action resembling that of
atropine. It is probably related to pyridine.
Oxalic \Ox*al"ic\, a. [From {Oxalis}: cf. F. oxalique.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, sorrel, or
oxalis; specifically, designating an acid found in, and
characteristic of, oxalis, and also certain plant of the
Buckwheat family.
{Oxalic acid} (Chem.), a dibasic acid, existing combined in
oxalis as an acid potassium oxalate, and in many plant
tissues as the calcium oxalate. It is prepared on a large
scale, by the action of fused caustic soda or potash on
sawdust, as a white crystalline substance, which has a
strong acid taste, and is poisonous in large doses. It is
used in dyeing, calico printing, bleaching flax and straw,
the preparation of formic acid, and in salts of lemon for
removing ink stains, mold, etc.
Oxaline \Ox"a*line\, n. [Glyoxal + -ine.] (Chem.)
See {Glyoxaline}.
Oxalis \Ox"a*lis\, n. [L., a kind of sorrel, Gr. ???, fr. ????
sharp, pungent, acid.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants, mostly herbs, with acid-tasting
trifoliolate or multifoliolate leaves; -- called also {wood
sorrel}.
Oxalite \Ox"a*lite\, n. (Min.)
A yellow mineral consisting of oxalate of iron.
Oxaluramide \Ox`a*lur*am"ide\, n. [Oxaluric + amide.] (Chem.)
Same as {Oxalan}.
Oxalurate \Ox`a*lur"ate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of oxaluric acid.
Oxaluric \Ox`a*lur"ic\, a. [Oxalyl + urea.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid
related to the ureids, and obtained from parabanic acid as a
white silky crystalline substance.
Oxalyl \Ox"a*lyl\, n. [Oxalic + -yl.] (Chem.)
(a) A hydrocarbon radical ({C2O2}) regarded as a residue of
oxalic acid and occurring in derivatives of it.
(b) An old name for {carbonyl}.
(c) An old name for {carboxyl}.
Oxamate \Ox*am"ate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of oxamic acid.
Oxamethane \Ox`a*meth"ane\, n. [Oxamic + ethyl.] (Chem.)
Ethyl oxamate, obtained as a white scaly crystalline powder.
Oxamethylane \Ox`a*meth"yl*ane\, n. [Oxamic + methyl.] (Chem.)
Methyl oxamate, obtained as a pearly white crystalline
substance.
Oxamic \Ox*am"ic\, a. [Oxalic + amido] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid {NH2.C2O2.HO} obtained
as a fine crystalline powder, intermediate between oxalic
acid and oxamide. Its ammonium salt is obtained by boiling
oxamide with ammonia.
Oxamide \Ox*am"ide\, n, [Oxalic + amide.] (Chem.)
A white crystalline neutral substance ({C2O2(NH2)2)} obtained
by treating ethyl oxalate with ammonia. It is the acid amide
of oxalic acid. Formerly called also {oxalamide}.
Oxamidine \Ox*am"i*dine\, n. [Oxygen + amido + -ine.] (Chem.)
One of a series of bases containing the amido and the
isonitroso groups united to the same carbon atom.
Oxanillamide \Ox`a*nill*am"ide\, n. [Oxanilic + amide.] (Chem.)
A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, obtained
indirectly by the action of cyanogen on aniline, and regarded
as an anilide of oxamic acid; -- called also {phenyl
oxamide}.
Oxanilate \Ox*an"i*late\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of oxanilic acid.
Oxanilic \Ox`an*il"ic\, a. [Oxalic + aniline.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, oxalic acid and aniline; --
used to designate an acid obtained in white crystalline
scales by heating these substances together.
Oxanilide \Ox*an"i*lide\, n. [Oxalic + aniline + amide.] (Chem.)
a white crystalline substance, resembling oxanilamide,
obtained by heating aniline oxalate, and regarded as a double
anilide of oxalic acid; -- called also {diphenyl oxamide}.
Oxbane \Ox"bane`\, n. (Bot.)
A poisonous bulbous plant ({Buphane toxicaria}) of the Cape
of Good Hope.
Oxbird \Ox"bird`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The dunlin.
(b) The sanderling.
(c) An African weaver bird ({Textor alector}).
Oxbiter \Ox"bit`er\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The cow blackbird. [Local, U. S.]
Oxbow \Ox"bow`\, n.
A frame of wood, bent into the shape of the letter U, and
embracing an ox's neck as a kind of collar, the upper ends
passing through the bar of the yoke; also, anything so
shaped, as a bend in a river.
Oxeye \Ox"eye`\, n. [Ox + eye.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) The oxeye daisy. See under {Daisy}.
(b) The corn camomile ({Anthemis arvensis}).
(c) A genus of composite plants ({Buphthalmum}) with large
yellow flowers.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A titmouse, especially the great titmouse ({Parus
major}) and the blue titmouse ({P. c[oe]ruleus}).
[Prov. Eng.]
(b) The dunlin.
(c) A fish; the bogue, or box.
{Creeping oxeye} (Bot.) a West Indian composite plant
({Wedelia carnosa}).
{Seaside oxeye} (Bot.), a West Indian composite shrub
({Borrichia arborescens}).
Oxeyed \Ox"*eyed`\, a.
Having large, full eyes, like those of an ox. --Burton.
Oxfly \Ox"fly`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The gadfly of cattle.
Oxford \Ox"ford\, a.
Of or pertaining to the city or university of Oxford,
England.
{Oxford movement}. See {Tractarianism}.
{Oxford School}, a name given to those members of the Church
of England who adopted the theology of the so-called
Oxford ``Tracts for the Times,'' issued the period 1833 --
1841. --Shipley.
{Oxford tie}, a kind of shoe, laced on the instep, and
usually covering the foot nearly to the ankle.
Oxgang \Ox"gang`\, n. [Ox + gang, n., 1.] (O. Eng. Law)
See {Bovate}.
Oxgoad \Ox"goad`\, n.
A goad for driving oxen.
Oxhead \Ox"head`\, n. [Cf. {Hogshead}.]
Literally, the head of an ox (emblem of cuckoldom); hence, a
dolt; a blockhead.
Dost make a mummer of me, oxhead? --Marston.
Oxheal \Ox"heal`\, n. (Bot.)
Same as {Bear's-foot}.
Oxheart \Ox"heart`\, n.
A large heart-shaped cherry, either black, red, or white.
Oxhide \Ox"hide`\, n.
1. The skin of an ox, or leather made from it.
2. (O. Eng. Law) A measure of land. See 3d {Hide}.
Oxid \Ox"id\, n. (Chem.)
See {Oxide}.
Oxidability \Ox`i*da*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. oxydabilit['e].]
Capability of being converted into an oxide.
Oxidable \Ox"i*da*ble\, a. [Cf. F. oxydable.]
Capable of being converted into an oxide.
Oxidate \Ox"i*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Oxidated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Oxidating}.] [Cf. f. oxyder. See {Oxide}.] (Chem.)
To oxidize. [Obs.]
Oxidation \Ox`i*da"tion\, n. [Cf. F. oxidation.] (Chem.)
The act or process of oxidizing, or the state or result of
being oxidized.
Oxidator \Ox"i*da`tor\, n.
1. An oxidizer. [Obs.]
2. A contrivance for causing a current of air to impinge on
the flame of the Argand lamp; -- called also {oxygenator}.
Oxide \Ox"ide\, n. [F. oxyg[`e]ne oxygen + acide acid: cf. F.
oxyde. The French word was correctly spelt oxide, till about
the year 1840, when, in ignorance or forgetfulness of the
true history and composition of the word, the orthography was
change to make it represent the [upsilon] of Gr. 'oxy`s, from
which it was supposed to be directly derived.] (Chem.)
A binary compound of oxygen with an atom or radical, or a
compound which is regarded as binary; as, iron oxide, ethyl
oxide, nitrogen oxide, etc.
Note: In the chemical nomenclature adopted by Guyton de
Morveau, Lavoisier,and their associates, the term
oxides was made to include all compounds of oxygen
which had no acid (F. acide) properties, as contrasted
with the acids, all of which were at that time supposed
to contain oxygen. The orthography oxyde, oxyd, etc.,
was afterwards introduced in ignorance or disregard of
the true etymology, but these forms are now obsolete in
English. The spelling oxid is not common.
Oxidizable \Ox"i*di`za*ble\, a.
Capable of being oxidized.
Oxidize \Ox"i*dize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Oxidized}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Oxidizing}.] (Chem.)
To combine with oxygen, or subject to the action of oxygen,
or of an oxidizing agent. Specifically:
(a) To combine with oxygen or with more oxygen; to add oxygen
to; as, to oxidize nitrous acid so as to form nitric
acid.
(b) To remove hydrogen from (anything), as by the action of
oxygen; as, to oxidize alcohol so as to form aldehyde.
(c) To subject to the action of oxygen or of an oxidizing
agent, so as to bring to a higher grade, as an -ous
compound to an -ic compound; as, to oxidize mercurous
chloride to mercuric chloride.
Note: In certain cases to oxidize is identical with to
acidify; for, in nearly all cases, the more oxygen a
substance contains the more nearly does it approximate
to acid qualities; thus, by oxidation many elements, as
sulphur, nitrogen, carbon, chromium, manganese, etc.,
pass into compounds which are acid anhydrides, and thus
practically in the acid state.
Oxidizement \Ox"i*dize`ment\, n.
Oxidation. [R.]
Oxidizer \Ox"i*di`zer\, n. (Chem.)
An agent employed in oxidation, or which facilitates or
brings about combination with oxygen; as, nitric acid,
chlorine, bromine, etc., are strong oxidizers.
Oxidulated \Ox*id"u*la`ted\, a. (Chem.)
Existing in the state of a protoxide; -- said of an oxide.
[R.]
Oxime \Ox"ime\, n. (Chem.)
One of a series of isonitroso derivatives obtained by the
action of hydroxylamine on aldehydes or ketones.
Oxindol \Ox*in"dol\, n. [Oxygen + indol.] (Chem.)
A white crystalline nitrogenous substance ({C8H7NO}) of the
indol group, obtained by the reduction of dioxindol. It is a
so-called lactam compound.
Oxiodic \Ox`i*od"ic\, a. [Oxy- (
a ) + iodic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, certain
compounds of iodine and oxygen.
Oxlike \Ox"like\, a.
Characteristic of, or like, an ox.
Oxlip \Ox"lip`\, n. [AS. oxanslyppe. See {Ox}, and {Cowslip}.]
(Bot.)
The great cowslip ({Primula veris}, var. {elatior}).
Oxonate \Ox"o*nate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of oxonic acid.
Oxonian \Ox*o"ni*an\, a.
Of or relating to the city or the university of Oxford,
England. --Macaulay.
Oxonian \Ox*o"ni*an\, n.
A student or graduate of Oxford University, in England.
Oxonic \Ox*on"ic\, a. [Prob. glyoxalic + carbonic.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid
({C4H5N3O4}) not known in the free state, but obtained, in
combination with its salts, by a slow oxidation of uric acid,
to which it is related.
Oxpecker \Ox"peck`er\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An African bird of the genus {Buphaga}; the beefeater.
Oxshoe \Ox"shoe`\, n.
A shoe for oxen, consisting of a flat piece of iron nailed to
the hoof.
Oxter \Ox"ter\, n. [AS. [=o]hsta.]
The armpit; also, the arm. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Oxtongue \Ox"tongue`\, n. (Bot.)
A name given to several plants, from the shape and roughness
of their leaves; as, {Anchusa officinalis}, a kind of
bugloss, and {Helminthia echioides}, both European herbs.
Oxy- \Ox"y-\ (Chem.)
A prefix, also used adjectively, designating:
(a) A compound containing oxygen.
(b) A compound containing the hydroxyl group, more properly
designated by hydroxy-. See {Hydroxy-}.
{Oxy acid}. See {Oxyacid} (below).
Oxyacetic \Ox`y*a*ce"tic\, a. [Oxy- (b) + acetic.]
Hydroxyacetic; designating an acid called also glycolic acid.
Oxyacid \Ox`y*ac"id\, n. [Oxy
(a) + acid.] (Chem.) An acid containing oxygen, as chloric
acid or sulphuric acid; -- contrasted with the
{hydracids}, which contain no oxygen, as hydrochloric
acid. See {Acid}, and {Hydroxy-}.
Oxyammonia \Ox`y*am*mo"ni*a\, n. [Oxy
(b) + ammonia.] (Chem.) Same as {Hydroxylamine}.
Oxybenzene \Ox`y*ben"zene\, n. [Oxy
(b) + benzene.] (Chem.) Hydroxy benzene. Same as {Phenol}.
Oxybenzoic \Ox`y*ben*zo"ic\, a. [Oxy
(b) + benzoic.] (Chem.) Hydroxybenzoic; pertaining to, or
designating, any one of several hydroxyl derivatives of
benzonic acid, of which the commonest is salicylic acid.
Oxybromic \Ox`y*bro"mic\, a. [Oxy
(a) + bromic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, certain
compounds of oxygen and bromine.
Oxybutyric \Ox`y*bu*tyr"ic\, a. [Oxy
(b) + butyric.] (Chem.) Hydroxybutyric; designating any one
of a group of metameric acids ({C3H6.OH.CO2H}).
Oxycalcium \Ox`y*cal"ci*um\, a. [Oxy
(a) + calcium.] Of or pertaining to oxygen and calcium; as,
the oxycalcium light. See {Drummond light}.
Oxycaproic \Ox`y*ca*pro"ic\, a. (Chem.)
See {Leucic}.
Oxychloric \Ox`y*chlo"ric\, a. [Oxy
(a) + chloric.] (Chem.)
(a) Of, pertaining to, or designating in general, certain
compounds containing oxygen and chlorine.
(b) Formerly designating an acid now called {perchloric
acid}. See {Perchloric}.
Oxychloride \Ox`y*chlo"ride\, n. [Oxy
(a) + chloride.] (Chem.) A ternary compound of oxygen and
chlorine; as, plumbic oxychloride.
Oxycrate \Ox"y*crate\, n. [Gr. ?????;???? acid + ???? to mix:
cf. F. oxycrat.] (med.)
A Mixture of water and vinegar. --Wiseman.
Oxycymene \Ox`y*cy"mene\, n. [Oxy
(b) + cymene.] (Chem.) Hydroxy cymene. Same as {Carvacrol}.
Oxygen \Ox"y*gen\, n. [F. oxyg[`e]ne, from Gr. ???? sharp, acid
+ root of ???? to be born. So called because originally
supposed to be an essential part of every acid.]
1. (Chem.) A colorless, tasteless, odorless, gaseous element
occurring in the free state in the atmosphere, of which it
forms about 23 per cent by weight and about 21 per cent by
volume, being slightly heavier than nitrogen. Symbol O.
Atomic weight 15.96.
Note: It occurs combined in immense quantities, forming eight
ninths by weight of water, and probably one half by
weight of the entire solid crust of the globe, being an
ingredient of silica, the silicates, sulphates,
carbonates, nitrates, etc. Oxygen combines with all
elements (except fluorine), forming oxides, bases,
oxyacid anhydrides, etc., the process in general being
called oxidation, of which combustion is only an
intense modification. At ordinary temperatures with
most substances it is moderately active, but at higher
temperatures it is one of the most violent and powerful
chemical agents known. It is indispensable in
respiration, and in general is the most universally
active and efficient element. It may be prepared in the
pure state by heating potassium chlorate. This element
(called dephlogisticated air by Priestley) was named
oxygen by Lavoisier because he supposed it to be a
constituent of all acids. This is not so in the case of
a very few acids (as hydrochloric, hydrobromic, hydric
sulphide, etc.), but these do contain elements
analogous to oxygen in property and action. Moreover,
the fact that most elements approach the nearer to acid
qualities in proportion as they are combined with more
oxygen, shows the great accuracy and breadth of
Lavoisier's conception of its nature.
2. Chlorine used in bleaching. [Manufacturing name]
Oxygenate \Ox"y*gen*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Oxygenated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Oxygenating}.] [Cf. F. oxyg['e]ner.] (Chem.)
To unite, or cause to combine, with oxygen; to treat with
oxygen; to oxidize; as, oxygenated water (hydrogen dioxide).
Oxygenation \Ox`y*gen*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. oxyg['e]nation.]
(Chem.)
The act or process of combining or of treating with oxygen;
oxidation.
Oxygenator \Ox"y*gen*a`tor\, n.
An oxidizer.
Oxygenic \Ox`y*gen"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, containing, or resembling, oxygen; producing
oxygen.
Oxygenium \Ox`y*ge"ni*um\, n. [NL.] (Chem.)
The technical name of oxygen. [R.]
Oxygenizable \Ox"y*gen*i"za*ble\, a. (Chem.)
Oxidizable.
Oxygenize \Ox"y*gen*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Oxygenized}; p
pr. & vb. n. {Oxygenizing}.] (Chem.)
To oxidize.
Oxygenizement \Ox"y*gen*ize`ment\, n.
Oxidation.
Oxygenous \Ox*yg"e*nous\, a.
Oxygenic.
Oxygon \Ox"y*gon\, n. [Gr. ???? sharp + ??? an angle: cf.F.
oxygone.] (Geom.)
A triangle having three acute angles.
Oxygonal \Ox*yg"o*nal\, Oxygonial \Ox`y*go"ni*al\, a.
Having acute angles. --Barlow.
OxYhaemacyanin \Ox`Y*h[ae]m`a*cy"a*nin\, Oxyhaemocyanin
\Ox`y*h[ae]m`o*cy"a*nin\, n. [Oxy
(a) + h[ae]macyanin, h[ae]mocyanin.] (Physiol. Chem.) See
{H[ae]macyanin}.
Oxyhaemoglobin \Ox`y*h[ae]m`o*glo"bin\, Oxyhemoglobin
\Ox`y*hem`o*glo"bin\, n. [Oxy
(a) + h[ae]moglobin, hemoglobin.] (Physiol. Chem.) See
{Hemoglobin}.
Oxyhydrogen \Ox`y*hy"dro*gen\, a. [Oxy
(a) + hydrogen.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to a mixture of
oxygen and hydrogen; as, oxyhydrogen gas.
{Oxyhydrogen blowpipe}. (Chem.) See {Blowpipe}.
{Oxyhydrogen microscope}, a form of microscope arranged so as
to use the light produced by burning lime or limestone
under a current of oxyhydrogen gas.
Oxymel \Ox"y*mel\, n. [L. oxymeli, Gr. ???; ???? acid + ???
honey.] (Med.)
A mixture of honey, water, vinegar, and spice, boiled to a
sirup. --Sir T. Elyot.
Oxymethylene \Ox`y*meth"yl*ene\, n. [Oxy
(a) + methylene.] (Chem.) Formic aldehyde, regarded as a
methylene derivative.
Oxymoron \Ox`y*mo"ron\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ???, fr. ??? pointedly
foolish; ??? sharp + ??? foolish.] (Rhet.)
A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is
added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness.
Oxymuriate \Ox`y*mu"ri*ate\, n. (Old Chem.)
A salt of the supposed oxymuriatic acid; a chloride.
{Oxymuriate of lime}, chloride of lime.
Oxymuriatic \Ox`y*mu`ri*at"ic\, a. [Oxy
(a) + muriatic: cf. F. oxymuriatique.] (Chem.) Pertaining to,
or consisting of, oxygen and muriatic acid, that is,
hydrochloric acid. [Archaic.]
{Oxymuriatic acid}, chlorine, formerly so called on the
supposition that it was a compound of oxygen and muriatic
acid. [Obs.]
Oxyneurine \Ox`y*neu"rine\, n. (Chem.)
See {Betaine}.
Oxyntic \Ox*yn"tic\, a. [Gr. ???? to make acid.] (Physiol.)
Acid; producing acid; -applied especially to certain glands
and cells in the stomach.
Oxyopia \Ox`y*o"pi*a\, Oxyopy \Ox"y*o`py\, n. [NL. oxyopia, from
Gr. ??? sharp + ??? sight.] (Med.)
Excessive acuteness of sight.
Oxyphenic \Ox`y*phe"nic\, a. [Oxy- (b) + phenol.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, the phenol formerly called
oxyphenic acid, and now oxyphenol and pyrocatechin. See
{Pyrocatechin}.
Oxyphenol \Ox`y*phe"nol\, n. (Chem.)
A phenol, ?????, produced by the distillation of catechin;
called also {oxyphenic acid}, and now {pyrocatechin}.
Oxyphony \Ox*yph"o*ny\, n. [Gr. ??? sharp + ???? voice.]
Acuteness or shrillness of voice.
Oxyquinoline \Ox`y*quin"o*line\, n. [Oxy
(b) + quinoline.] (Chem.) Hydroxy quinoline; a phenol
derivative of quinoline, -- called also {carbostyril}.
Oxyrhyncha \Ox`y*rhyn"cha\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.???? sharp +
?????? snout.] (Zo["o]l.)
The maioid crabs.
Oxyrrhodine \Ox*yr"rho*dine\, n. [Gr. ??? (sc. ???); 'oxy`s acid
+ ???? made of roses, ???? rose.] (Med.)
A mixture of two parts of the oil of roses with one of the
vinegar of roses. --Floyer.
Oxysalt \Ox"y*salt\, n. [Oxy
(a) + salt.] (Chem.) A salt of an oxyacid, as a sulphate.
Oxysulphide \Ox`y*sul"phide\, n. (Chem.)
A ternary compound of oxygen and sulphur.
Oxysulphuret \Ox`y*sul"phu*ret\, n. (Chem.)
An oxysulphide. [Obsolescent]
Oxytocic \Ox`y*toc"ic\, a. [Gr. ???? sharp, quick + ???? birth.]
(Med.)
Promoting uterine contractions, or parturition. -- n. An
oxytocic medicine or agent.
Oxytoluene \Ox`y*tol"u*ene\, n. [Oxy
(a) + toluene.] One of three hydroxy derivatives of toluene,
called the cresols. See {Cresol}.
Oxytone \Ox"y*tone\, a. [Gr. ???; ??? sharp + ??? tone.]
Having an acute sound; (Gr. Gram.), having an acute accent on
the last syllable.
Oxytone \Ox"y*tone\, n.
1. An acute sound.
2. (Gr. Gram.) A word having the acute accent on the last
syllable.
Oxytonical \Ox`y*ton"ic*al\, a. (Gr. Gram.)
Oxytone.
Oyer \O"yer\, n. [Anglo F., a hearing, from OF. o["i]r, F.
ou["i]r, to hear, L. audire. See {Audible}.] (Law)
A hearing or an inspection, as of a deed, bond, etc., as when
a defendant in court prays oyer of a writing. --Blackstone.
{Oyer and terminer} (Law), a term used in England in
commissions directed to judges of assize about to hold
court, directing them to hear and determine cases brought
before them. In the U.S. the phrase is used to designate
certain criminal courts.
Oyez \O"yez`\ ([=o]y[e^]s; 277), interj. [Anglo-F. oyez hear ye.
See {Oyer}.]
Hear; attend; -- a term used by criers of courts to secure
silence before making a proclamation. It is repeated three
times. [Written also {oyes}.]
Oylet \Oy"let\, n. [See {Eyelet}.]
1. See {Eyelet}.
2. (Arch.) Same as {Oillet}.
Oynoun \Oy"noun\, n.
Onion. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Oyster \Oys"ter\, n. [OF. oistre, F. hu[^i]tre, L. ostrea,
ostreum, Gr. 'o`streon; prob. akin to 'ostre`on bone, the
oyster being so named from its shell. Cf. {Osseous},
{Ostracize}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Ostrea.
They are usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed
objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in
brackish water in the mouth of rivers. The common European
oyster ({Ostrea edulis}), and the American oyster ({Ostrea
Virginiana}), are the most important species.
2. A name popularly given to the delicate morsel contained in
a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part
of the back of a fowl.
{Fresh-water oyster} (Zo["o]l.), any species of the genus
{Etheria}, and allied genera, found in rivers of Africa
and South America. They are irregular in form, and attach
themselves to rocks like oysters, but they have a pearly
interior, and are allied to the fresh-water mussels.
{Oyster bed}, a breeding place for oysters; a place in a
tidal river or other water on or near the seashore, where
oysters are deposited to grow and fatten for market. See
1st {Scalp}, n.
{Oyster catcher} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
wading birds of the genus {H[ae]matopus}, which frequent
seashores and feed upon shellfish. The European species
({H. ostralegus}), the common American species ({H.
palliatus}), and the California, or black, oyster catcher
({H. Bachmani}) are the best known.
{Oyster crab} (Zo["o]l.) a small crab ({Pinnotheres ostreum})
which lives as a commensal in the gill cavity of the
oyster.
{Oyster dredge}, a rake or small dragnet of bringing up
oyster from the bottom of the sea.
{Oyster fish}. ({Zo["o]l}.)
(a) The tautog.
(b) The toadfish.
{Oyster plant}. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus {Tragopogon} ({T. porrifolius}),
the root of which, when cooked, somewhat resembles the
oyster in taste; salsify; -- called also {vegetable
oyster}.
(b) A plant found on the seacoast of Northern Europe,
America and Asia ({Mertensia maritima}), the fresh
leaves of which have a strong flavor of oysters.
{Oyster plover}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Oyster catcher}, above.
{Oyster shell} (Zo["o]l.), the shell of an oyster.
{Oyster wench}, {Oyster wife}, {Oyster women}, a women who
deals in oysters.
{Pearl oyster}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Pearl}.
{Thorny oyster} (Zo["o]l.), any spiny marine shell of the
genus {Spondylus}.
Oyster-green \Oys"ter-green`\, n. (Bot.)
A green membranous seaweed ({Ulva}) often found growing on
oysters but common on stones, piles, etc.
Oystering \Oys"ter*ing\, n.
Gathering, or dredging for, oysters.
Oysterling \Oys"ter*ling\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A young oyster.
Ozena \O*ze"na\, n. [NL., fr. L. ozaena, Gr. 'o`zaina, fr.
'o`zein to smell.] (Med.)
A discharge of fetid matter from the nostril, particularly if
associated with ulceration of the soft parts and disease of
the bones of the nose.
Ozocerite \O`zo*ce"rite\, n. [Gr. 'o`zein to smell + ? wax.]
(Min.)
A waxlike mineral resin; -- sometimes called {native
paraffin}, and {mineral wax}.
Ozonation \O`zo*na"tion\, n. (Chem.)
The act of treating with ozone; also, the act of converting
into, or producing, ozone; ozonization.
Ozone \O"zone\, n. [Gr. 'o`zwn smelling, p. pr. of 'o`zein to
smell. See {Odor}.] (Chem.)
A colorless gaseous substance (O?) obtained (as by the silent
discharge of electricity in oxygen) as an allotropic form of
oxygen, containing three atoms in the molecule. It is a
streng oxidizer, and probably exists in the air, though by he
ordinary tests it is liable to be confused with certain other
substances, as hydrogen dioxide, or certain oxides of
nitrogen. It derives its name from its peculiar odor, which
resembles that of weak chlorine.
Ozonic \O*zon"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, ozone.
Ozonification \O*zo`ni*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Ozone + L. -ficare to
make. See {fy}. ] (Chem.)
The act or process of producing, or of subjecting to the
action of, ozone.
Ozonization \O`zo*ni*za"tion\, n. (Chem.)
Ozonation.
Ozonize \O"zo*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ozonized}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Ozonizing}.] (Chem.)
(a) To convert into ozone, as oxygen.
(b) To treat with ozone.
Ozonizer \O"zo*ni`zer\, n. (Chem.)
An apparatus or agent for the production or application of
ozone.
Ozonometer \O`zo*nom"e*ter\, n. [Ozone + -meter.]
An instrument for ascertaining the amount of ozone in the
atmosphere, or in any gaseous mixture. --Faraday.
Ozonometric \O`zo*no*met"ric\, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or used for, the determination of the amount
of ozone; of or relating to ozonometry.
Ozonometry \O`zo*nom"e*try\, n. (Chem.)
The measurement or determination of the quantity of ozone.
Ozonoscope \O*zo"no*scope\, n. [Ozone + -scope.] (Chem.)
An apparatus employed to indicate the presence, or the
amount, of ozone.
Ozonoscopic \O*zo`no*scop"ic\, a. [Ozone + Gr. ? to view.]
(Chem.)
Serving to indicate the presence or the amount of ozone.
Ozonous \O"zo*nous\, a.
Pertaining to or containing, ozone.