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 Ant:
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.

Defn: Organic.
The organical structure of human bodies, whereby they live and move.
Bentley.

ORGANICALLY
Or*gan"ic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In an organic manner; by means of organs or with reference to
organic functions; hence, fundamentally. Gladstone.

ORGANICALNESS
Or*gan"ic*al*ness, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being organic.

ORGANICISM
Or*gan"i*cism, n. (Med.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [Organ + L. -ficare (in comp.) to make. See
fy.]

Defn: Making an organic or organized structure; producing an
organism; acting through, or resulting from, organs. Prof. Park.

ORGANISM
Or"gan*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. organisme.]

1. Organic structure; organization. "The advantageous organism of the
eye." Grew.

2. (Biol.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [Cf. F. organiste.]

1. (Mus.)

Defn: One who plays on the organ.

2. (R. C. Ch.)

Defn: One of the priests who organized or sung in parts. [Obs.]

ORGANISTA
Or`ga*nis"ta, n. Etym: [Sp., an organis.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of several South American wrens, noted for the
sweetness of their song.

ORGANITY
Or*gan"i*ty, n.

Defn: Organism. [R.]

ORGANIZABILITY
Or`gan*i`za*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: Quality of being organizable; capability of being organized.

ORGANIZABLE
Or"gan*i`za*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being organized; esp. (Biol.), capable of being
formed into living tissue; as, organizable matter.

ORGANIZATION
Or`gan*i*za"tion, n. Etym: [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 wich 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.] Etym: [Cf. F. organiser, Gr. Organ.]

1. (Biol.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: To sing in parts; as, to organize an anthem. [R.] Busby.

ORGANIZER
Or"gan*i`zer, n.

Defn: One who organizes.

ORGANLING
Or"gan*ling, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A large kind of sea fish; the orgeis.

ORGANO-
Or"ga*no-. Etym: [See Organ.]

Defn: A combining form denoting relation to, or connection with, an
organ or organs.

ORGANOGEN
Or*gan"o*gen, n. Etym: [Organo- + -gen.] (Chem.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [Organo- + genesis.]

1. (Biol.)

Defn: The origin and development of organs in animals and plants.

2. (Biol.)

Defn: The germ history of the organs and systems of organs, -- a
branch of morphogeny. Haeckel.

ORGANOGENIC
Or`ga*no*gen"ic, a. (Biol.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to organogenesis.

ORGANOGENY
Or`ga*nog"e*ny, n. (Biol.)

Defn: Organogenesis.

ORGANOGRAPHIC; ORGANOGRAPHICAL
Or`ga*no*graph"ic, Or`ga*no*graph"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F.
organographique.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to organography.

ORGANOGRAPHIST
Or`ga*nog"ra*phist, n.

Defn: One versed in organography.

ORGANOGRAPHY
Or`ga*nog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Organo- + -graphy: cf. F. organographie.]

Defn: A description of the organs of animals or plants.

ORGANOLEPTIC
Or`ga*no*lep"tic, a. Etym: [F. organoleptique, fr. Gr. (Physiol.)

Defn: 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.

Defn: Of or relating to organology.

ORGANOLOGY
Or`ga*nol"o*gy, n. Etym: [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.)

Defn: Metalorganic.

ORGANON; ORGANUM
Or"ga*non, Or"ga*num, n. Etym: [NL. organon, L. organum. See Organ.]

Defn: 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. Etym: [Organo- + Gr. (Biol.)

Defn: The designation or nomenclature of organs. B. G. Wilder.

ORGANOPHYLY
Or`ga*noph"y*ly, n. Etym: [Organo- + Gr. (Biol.)

Defn: The tribal history of organs, -- a branch of morphophyly.
Haeckel.

ORGANOPLASTIC
Or`ga*no*plas"tic, a. Etym: [Organo- + -plastic.] (Biol.)

Defn: Having the property of producing the tissues or organs of
animals and plants; as, the organoplastic cells.

ORGANOSCOPY
Or`ga*nos"co*py, n. Etym: [Organo- + -scopy.]

Defn: Phrenology. Fleming.

ORGANOTROPHIC
Or`ga*no*troph"ic, a. Etym: [Organo- + Gr. (Biol.)

Defn: Relating to the creation, organization, and nutrition of living
organs or parts.

ORGANULE
Or"gan*ule, n. Etym: [Dim. of organ.] (Anat.)

Defn: One of the essential cells or elements of an organ. See Sense
organule, under Sense. Huxley.

ORGANY
Or"ga*ny, n. Etym: [AS. Organe, from the Latin. See Origan.] (Bot.)

Defn: See Origan.

ORGANZINE
Or"gan*zine, n. Etym: [F. organsin; cf. Sp. organsino, It.
organzino.]

Defn: 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. Etym: [F. orgasme; cf. Gr. (Physiol.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [F., fr. orge barley, L. hordeum.]

Defn: 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. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Organling.

ORGIASTIC
Or`gi*as"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. Orgy.]

Defn: Pertaining to, or of the nature of, orgies. Elton.

ORGIES
Or"gies, n. pl.; sing. Orgy (.

Note: [The singular is rarely used.] Etym: [F. orgie, orgies, L.
orgia, pl., Gr. 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. Etym: [OF. orguillous, F. orgueilleux, fr. OF. orgoil
pride, F. orgueil.]

Defn: Proud; haughty. [Obs.] Shak.

ORGUE
Orgue, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. organum organ, Gr. 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.

Defn: See Orgillous. [Obs.]

ORGY
Or"gy, n.; pl. Orgies (.

Defn: A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See Orgies

ORGYIA
Or*gy"i*a (, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.).

Defn: 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.]

Defn: See Orichalch.
Costly oricalche from strange Phoenice. Spenser.

ORICHALCEOUS
Or`i*chal"ce*ous, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, orichalch; having a color or
luster like that of brass. Maunder.

ORICHALCH
Or"i*chalch, n. Etym: [L. orichalcum, Gr. orichalque.]

Defn: 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. Etym: [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.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [See Orient.]

Defn: Brightness or strength of color. [R.] E. Waterhouse.

ORIENT
O"ri*ent, a. Etym: [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. Etym: [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. Etym: [L. orientalis: cf. F. oriental.]

Defn: 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.)

Defn: Eastern Christians of the Greek rite.

ORIENTALISM
O`ri*en"tal*ism, n. Etym: [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. Etym: [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.

Defn: 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.]

Defn: 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.] Etym: [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.

Defn: To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or
south toward the east.

ORIENTATION
O`ri*en*ta"tion, n. Etym: [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.

Defn: The quality or state of being orient or bright; splendor.
[Obs.] Fuller.

ORIFICE
Or"i*fice, n. Etym: [F., from L. orificium; os, oris, a mouth +
facere to make. See Oral, and Fact.]

Defn: 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; ORIFLAMME
Or"i*flamb, Or"i*flamme, n. Etym: [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; ORIGANUM
Or"i*gan, O*rig"a*num, n. Etym: [L. origanum, Gr. Organy.] (Bot.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: 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.

Defn: A follower of Origen of Alexandria.

ORIGIN
Or"i*gin, n. Etym: [F. origine, L. origo, -iginis, fr. oriri to rise,
become visible; akin to Gr. 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.)

Defn: The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed
during contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion. Origin of
coördinate axes (Math.), the point where the axes intersect. See Note
under Ordinate.

Syn.
 -- Commencement; rise; source; spring; fountain; derivation; cause;
root; foundation.
 -- 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.

Defn: Capable of being originated.

ORIGINAL
O*rig"i*nal, a. Etym: [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. Etym: [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. (Zoöl. & Bot.)

Defn: 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.

Defn: One who is original. [R.]

ORIGINALITY
O*rig`i*nal"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. originalité.]

Defn: 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.

Defn: The quality of being original; originality. [R.] Johnson.

ORIGINANT
O*rig"i*nant, a.

Defn: Originating; original. [R.]
An absolutely originant act of self will. Prof. Shedd.

ORIGINARY
O*rig"i*na*ry, a. Etym: [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.] Etym: [From Origin.]

Defn: 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.

Defn: 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. Etym: [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.

Defn: 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.

Defn: One who originates.

ORILLON
O*ril"lon, n. Etym: [F., lit., a little ear, from oreille an ear, fr.
L. oricula, auricula, dim. of auris an ear. See Ear.] (Fort.)

Defn: 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.

Defn: See Oriel.

ORIOLE
O"ri*ole, n. Etym: [OF. oriol, oriouz, orieus, F. loriot (for
l'oriol), fr. L. aureolus golden, dim. of aureus golden, fr. aurum
gold. Cf. Aureole, Oriel, Loriot.] (Zoöl.)
(a) Any one of various species of Old World singing birds of the
family Oriolidæ. 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 Icteridæ. See Baltimore oriole, and Orchard
oriole, under Orchard. Crested oriole. (Zoöl.) See Cassican.

ORION
O*ri"on, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Astron.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [From Oriskany, in New York.] (Geol.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to orismology.

ORISMOLOGY
O`ris*mol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy. See Horizon.]

Defn: That departament of natural history which treats of technical
terms.

ORISON
Or"i*son, n. Etym: [OF. orison, oreson, oreison, F. oraison, fr. L.
oratio speech, prayer. See Oration.]

Defn: 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.

Defn: Horizon. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ORK
Ork, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Orc.

ORKNEYAN
Ork"ney*an, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Orkney islands. "Orkneyan skerries."
Longfellow.

ORLE
Orle, n. Etym: [F. orle an orle, a fillet, fr. LL. orla border, dim.
of L. ora border, margin.]

1. (Her.)

Defn: A bearing, in the form of a fillet, round the shield, within,
but at some distance from, the border.

2. (Her.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [So called from the city of Orléans, 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. Etym: [Sp.] (Mus.)

Defn: A wind instrument of music in use among the Spaniards.

ORLOP
Or"lop, n. Etym: [D. overloop the upper deck, lit., a running over or
overflowing, fr. overloopen to run over. See Over, and Leap, and cf.
Overloop.] (Naut.)

Defn: 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.

ORMAZD; AHURA-MAZDA
Or"mazd or A`hu*ra-Maz"da, n. [Zend Ahuramazda.] (Zoroastrianism)

Defn: The supreme deity, the principle of good, creator of the world,
and guardian of mankind. He is the opponent of Ahriman, the spirit of
evil, both being sprung from Eternity, or, according to another
version, Ahriman being the offspring of a moment of doubt on the part
of Ormazd. Ormazd is attended by angels and archangels. He is
represented as a bearded man inclosed in a winged circle, a
conception probably derived from the Assyrian representations of
Ashur.

ORMER
Or"mer, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An abalone.

ORMOLU
Or`mo*lu", n. Etym: [F. or moulu; or gold (L. aurum) + moulu, p. p.
of moudre to grind, to mill, L. molere. See Aureate, and Mill.]

Defn: 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. Etym: [Zend Ahuramazda.]

Defn: The good principle, or being, of the ancient Persian religion.
See Ahriman.

ORN
Orn, v. t.

Defn: To ornament; to adorn. [Obs.] Joye.

ORNAMENT
Or"na*ment, n. Etym: [OE. ornement, F. ornement, fr. L. ornamentum,
fr. ornare to adorn.]

Defn: 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.]

Defn: 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. Etym: [Cf. F. ornemental.]

Defn: 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.

Defn: 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.

Defn: One who ornaments; a decorator.

ORNATE
Or*nate", a. Etym: [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.

Defn: To adorn; to honor. [R.]
They may ornate and sanctify the name of God. Latimer.

ORNATELY
Or*nate"ly, adv.

Defn: In an ornate manner. Sir T. More.

ORNATENESS
Or*nate"ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being ornate.

ORNATURE
Or"na*ture, n. Etym: [L. ornatura.]

Defn: Decoration; ornamentation. [R.] Holinshed.

ORNITHIC
Or*nith"ic, a. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Of or pertaining to birds; as, ornithic fossils. Owen.

ORNITHICHNITE
Or`nith*ich"nite, n. Etym: [Ornitho- + Gr. (Paleon.)

Defn: The footmark of a bird occurring in strata of stone. Hitchcock.

ORNITHICHNOLOGY
Or`nith*ich*nol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Ornitho- + ichnology.] (Paleon.)

Defn: The branch of science which treats of ornithichnites.
Hitchcock.

ORNITHO-
Ornitho-. Etym: [Cf. Ern.]

Defn: A combining form fr. Gr.

ORNITHODELPHIA
Or*ni`tho*del"phi*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.

Defn: Same as Monotremata.
 -- Or`ni*tho*del"phid, a.

ORNITHOIDICHNITE
Or`ni*thoid*ich"nite, n. Etym: [Ornitho- + -oid + Gr. (Paleon.)

Defn: A fossil track resembling that of a bird. Hitchcock.

ORNITHOLITE
Or*nith"o*lite, n. Etym: [Ornitho- + -lite.] (Paleon.)
(a) The fossil remains of a bird.
(b) A stone of various colors bearing the figures of birds.

ORNITHOLOGIC; ORNITHOLOGICAL
Or`ni*tho*log"ic, Or`ni*tho*log"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F.
ornithologique.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to ornithology.

ORNITHOLOGIST
Or`ni*thol"o*gist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. ornithologiste.]

Defn: One skilled in ornithology; a student of ornithology; one who
describes birds.

ORNITHOLOGY
Or`ni*thol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Ornitho- + -logy: cf. F. ornithologie.]

1. That branch of zoölogy 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. Etym: [Gr. ornithomancie.]

Defn: Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc.
Ornithomancy grew into an elaborate science. De Quincey.

ORNITHON
Or*ni"thon, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.

Defn: An aviary; a poultry house. Weale.

ORNITHOPAPPI
Or*ni`tho*pap"pi, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An extinct order of birds. It includes only the Archæopteryx.

ORNITHOPODA
Or`ni*thop"o*da, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Ornitho-, and -poda.]
(Paleon.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Duck mole, under Duck.

ORNITHOSAURIA
Or*ni`tho*sau"ri*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Ornitho-, and Sauria.]
(Paleon.)

Defn: An order of extinct flying reptiles; -- called also
Pterosauria.

ORNITHOSCELIDA
Or*ni`tho*scel"i*da, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [Ornitho- + -scopy: cf. Gr.

Defn: Observation of birds and their habits. [R.] De Quincey.

ORNITHOTOMICAL
Or`ni*tho*tom"ic*al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to ornithotomy.

ORNITHOTOMIST
Or`ni*thot"o*mist, n.

Defn: One who is skilled in ornithotomy.

ORNITHOTOMY
Or`ni*thot"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: The anatomy or dissection of birds.

OROGRAPH
Or"o*graph, n. [Gr.  mountain + -graph.] (Surveying)

Defn: A machine for use in making topographical maps. It is operated
by being pushed across country, and not only records distances, like
the perambulator, but also elevations.

OROGRAPHIC; OROGRAPHICAL
Or`o*graph"ic, Or`o*graph"ic*al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to orography.

OROGRAPHY
O*rog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. -graphy.]

Defn: That branch of science which treats of mountains and mountain
systems; orology; as, the orography of Western Europe.

OROHELIOGRAPH
Or`o*he"li*o*graph, n. [Gr.  mountain + helio- + -graph.] (Photog.)

Defn: A camera for obtaining a circular panoramic view of the
horizon. The photographic plate is placed horizontally with a
vertical lens above. A mirror of peculiar shape reflects light from
the entire horizon to the lens, by means of which it is focused upon
the plate.

OROHIPPUS
Or`o*hip"pus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)

Defn: A genus of American Eocene mammals allied to the horse, but
having four toes in front and three behind.

OROIDE
O"roide, n. Etym: [F. or gold (L. aurum) + Gr.

Defn: 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. Etym: [Cf. F. orologique.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to orology.

OROLOGIST
O*rol"o*gist, n.

Defn: One versed in orology.

OROLOGY
O*rol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy: cf. F. orologie.]

Defn: The science or description of mountains.

OROMETER
O*rom"e*ter, n. [Gr.  mountain + -meter.] (Meteor.)

Defn: An aneroid barometer having a second scale that gives the
approximate elevation above sea level of the place where the
observation is made.

OROTUND
O"ro*tund`, a. Etym: [L. os, oris, the mouth + rotundus round,
smooth.]

Defn: Characterized by fullness, clearness, strength, and smoothness;
ringing and musical; -- said of the voice or manner of utterance.
 -- n.

Defn: The orotund voice or utterance Rush.

OROTUNDITY
O`ro*tun"di*ty, n.

Defn: The orotund mode of intonation.

ORPHALINE
Or"pha*line, n.

Defn: See Orpheline. [Obs.]

ORPHAN
Or"phan, n. Etym: [L. orphanus, Gr. orbus. Cf. Orb a blank window.]

Defn: 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.

Defn: Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent.

ORPHAN
Or"phan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Orphaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Orphaning.]

Defn: 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.

Defn: Orphanhood. Sir P. Sidney.

ORPHANET
Or"phan*et, n.

Defn: A little orphan. Drayton.

ORPHANHOOD
Or"phan*hood, n.

Defn: The state or condition of being an orphan; orphanage.

ORPHANISM
Or"phan*ism, n.

Defn: Orphanhood. [R.]

ORPHANOTROPHISM
Or`phan*ot"ro*phism, n.

Defn: The care and support of orphans. [R.] Cotton Mather (1711).

ORPHANOTROPHY
Or`phan*ot"ro*phy, n. Etym: [L. orphanotrophium, Gr.

1. A hospital for orphans. [R.] A. Chalmers.

2. The act of supporting orphans. [R.]

ORPHARION
Or*pha"ri*on, n. (Mus.)

Defn: An old instrument of the lute or cittern kind. [Spelt also
orpheoreon.]

ORPHEAN
Or*phe"an, a. Etym: [L. Orphus, Gr.

Defn: Of or pertaining to Orpheus, the mythic poet and musician; as,
Orphean strains. Cowper.

ORPHELINE
Or"phe*line, n. Etym: [F. orphelin. See Orphan.]

Defn: An orphan. [Obs.] Udcll.

ORPHEUS
Or"phe*us, n. Etym: [L. Orpheus, Gr. (Gr. Myth.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [L. Orphicus, Gr.

Defn: Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns.

ORPHREY
Or"phrey, n. Etym: [See Orfrays.]

Defn: A band of rich embroidery, wholly or in part of gold, affixed
to vestments, especially those of ecclesiastics. Pugin.

ORPIMENT
Or"pi*ment, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. auripigmentum; aurum gold +
pigmentum pigment. Cf. Aureate, Pigment, Orpin, Orpine.] (Chem.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [F., orpiment, also, the plant orpine. See
Orpiment.]

1. A yellow pigment of various degrees of intensity, approaching also
to red.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: The orpine.

ORPINE
Or"pine, n. Etym: [F. orpin the genus of plants which includes
orpine; -- so called from the yellow blossoms of a common species
(Sedum acre). See Orpiment.] (Bot.)

Defn: 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.

Defn: See Orach.

ORRERY
Or"re*ry, n.; pl. Orreries. Etym: [So named in honor of the Earl of
Orrery.]

Defn: 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. Etym: [Prob. corrupted from It. ireos iris. See Iris.]
(Bot.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [Contr. from orfrays, or from arras.]

Defn: 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; ORSEDUE
Orse"dew, Or"se*due, n.

Defn: Leaf metal of bronze; Dutch metal. See under Dutch.

ORSEILLE
Or`seille", n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: See Archil.

ORSELLIC
Or*sel"lic, a. Etym: [From F. orseille archil. See Archil.] (Chem.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [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.]

Defn: 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. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of numerous small two-winged flies of the family
Ortalidæ. The larvæ of many of these flies live in fruit; those of
others produce galls on various plants.

ORTHID
Or"thid, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A brachiopod shell of the genus Orthis, and allied genera, of
the family Orthidæ.

ORTHIS
Or"this, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An extinct genus of Brachiopoda, abundant in the Paleozoic
rocks.

ORTHITE
Or"thite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Min.)

Defn: A variety of allanite occurring in slender prismatic crystals.

ORTHO-
Or"tho-. Etym: [Gr. 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.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [Ortho- + carbonic.] (Chem.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [Ortho- + center.] (Geom.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [Ortho- + Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An orthoceras; also, any fossil shell allied to Orthoceras.

ORTHOCLASE
Or"tho*clase, n. Etym: [Ortho- + Gr. (Min.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: Breaking in directions at right angles to each other; -- said
of the monoclinic feldspars.

ORTHODIAGONAL
Or`tho*di*ag"o*nal, n. Etym: [Ortho- + diagonal.] (Crystallog.)

Defn: The diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which is
at right angles with the vertical axis.

ORTHODOME
Or"tho*dome, n. Etym: [Ortho- + dome.] (Crystallog.)

Defn: See the Note under Dome, 4.

ORTHODOX
Or"tho*dox, a. Etym: [L. orthodoxus, Gr. 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 Ant: heretical and Ant: 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.

Defn: Pertaining to, or evincing, orthodoxy; orthodox. [R.] Milton.

ORTHODOXALITY
Or`tho*dox*al"i*ty, n.

Defn: Orthodoxness. [R.]

ORTHODOXALLY
Or"tho*dox`al*ly, adv.

Defn: Orthodoxly. [R.] Milton

ORTHODOXASTICAL
Or`tho*dox*as"tic*al, a.

Defn: Orthodox. [Obs.]

ORTHODOXICAL
Or`tho*dox"ic*al, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, or evincing, orthodoxy; orthodox.

ORTHODOXLY
Or"tho*dox`ly, adv.

Defn: In an orthodox manner; with soundness of faith. Sir W.
Hamilton.

ORTHODOXNESS
Or"tho*dox`ness, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being orthodox; orthodoxy. Waterland.

ORTHODOXY
Or"tho*dox`y, n. Etym: [Gr. 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. Etym: [Ortho- + Gr.

Defn: Of or pertaining to orthodromy.

ORTHODROMICS
Or`tho*drom"ics, n.

Defn: 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. Etym: [Cf. F. orthodromie.]

Defn: The act or art of sailing on a great circle.

ORTHOEPIC; ORTHOEPICAL
Or`tho*ëp"ic, Or`tho*ëp"ic*al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to orthoëpy, or correct pronunciation.
 -- Or`tho*ëp"ic*al*ly, adv.

ORTHOEPIST
Or"tho*ë*pist, n.

Defn: One who is skilled in orthoëpy.

ORTHOEPY
Or"tho*ë*py, n. Etym: [Gr. orthoépie. See Ortho-, and Epic.]

Defn: The art of uttering words corectly; a correct pronunciation of
words; also, mode of pronunciation.

ORTHOGAMY
Or*thog"a*my, n. Etym: [Ortho- + Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: 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.

Defn: Orthognathous.

ORTHOGNATHISM
Or*thog"na*thism, n. (Anat.)

Defn: The quality or state of being orthognathous. Huxley.

ORTHOGNATHOUS
Or*thog"na*thous, a. Etym: [Ortho- + Gr. (Anat.)

Defn: Having the front of the head, or the skull, nearly
perpendicular, not retreating backwards above the jaws; -- opposed to
Ant: prognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic.

ORTHOGON
Or"tho*gon, n. Etym: [Ortho- + Gr. orthogone, a.] (Geom.)

Defn: A rectangular figure.

ORTHOGONAL
Or*thog"o*nal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. orthogonal.]

Defn: Right-angled; rectangular; as, an orthogonal intersection of
one curve with another. Orthogonal projection. See under
Orthographic.

ORTHOGONALLY
Or*thog"o*nal*ly, adv.

Defn: Perpendicularly; at right angles; as, a curve cuts a set of
curves orthogonally.

ORTHOGRAPH
Or"tho*graph, n.  [Ortho- + -graph.] (Arch.)

Defn: An orthographic projection, sometimes partly in section, esp.
of a building.

ORTHOGRAPHER
Or*thog"ra*pher, n.

Defn: One versed in orthography; one who spells words correctly.

ORTHOGRAPHIC; ORTHOGRAPHICAL
Or`tho*graph"ic, Or`tho*graph"ic*al, a. Etym: [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.)

Defn: 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.

Defn: In an orthographical manner:
(a) according to the rules of proper spelling;
(b) according to orthographic projection.

ORTHOGRAPHIST
Or*thog"ra*phist, n.

Defn: One who spells words correctly; an orthographer.

ORTHOGRAPHIZE
Or*thog"ra*phize, v. t.

Defn: 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. Etym: [OE. ortographie, OF. orthographie, L.
orthographia, Gr. 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. Etym: [Gr. orthologie.]

Defn: The right description of things. [R.] Fotherby.

ORTHOMETRIC
Or`tho*met"ric, a. Etym: [See Orthometry.] (Crystallog.)

Defn: Having the axes at right angles to one another; -- said of
crystals or crystalline forms.

ORTHOMETRY
Or*thom"e*try, n. Etym: [Ortho- + -metry.]

Defn: The art or practice of constructing verses correctly; the laws
of correct versification.

ORTHOMORPHIC
Or`tho*mor"phic, a. Etym: [Ortho- + morphic.] (Geom.)

Defn: 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; ORTHOPEDICAL
Or`tho*ped"ic, Or`tho*ped"ic*al, a. (Med.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: One who prevents, cures, or remedies deformities, esp. in
children.

ORTHOPEDY
Or*thop"e*dy, n. Etym: [Ortho- + Gr. (Med.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [Ortho- + Gr.

Defn: The art of correct articulation; voice training.

ORTHOPINACOID
Or`tho*pin"a*coid, n. Etym: [Ortho- + pinacoid.] (Crystallog.)

Defn: A name given to the two planes in the monoclinic system which
are parallel to the vertical and orthodiagonal axes.

ORTHOPNOEA; ORTHOPNY
Or`thop*noe"a, Or*thop"ny, n. Etym: [L. orthopnoea, Gr. orthopnée.]
(Med.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [NL. See Ortho-, and -poda.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)

Defn: The treatment of deformities in the human body by mechanical
appliances.

ORTHOPTERA
Or*thop"te*ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: 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. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the Orthoptera.

ORTHOPTEROUS
Or*thop"ter*ous, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Orthoptera.

ORTHORHOMBIC
Or`tho*rhom"bic, a. Etym: [Ortho- + rhombic.] (Crystallog.)

Defn: Noting the system of crystallization which has three unequal
axes at right angles to each other; trimetric. See Crystallization.

ORTHOSCOPE
Or"tho*scope, n. Etym: [Ortho- + -scope.] (Physyol.)

Defn: An instrument designed to show the condition of the superficial
portions of the eye.

ORTHOSCOPIC
Or`tho*scop"ic, a. (Opt.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [Ortho- + silicic.] (Chem.)

Defn: Designating the form of silicic acid having the normal or
highest number of hydroxyl groups.

ORTHOSPERMOUS
Or`tho*sper"mous, a. Etym: [Ortho- + Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: Having the seeds straight, as in the fruits of some
umbelliferous plants; -- opposed to coelospermous. Darwin.

ORTHOSTADE
Or"tho*stade, n. Etym: [Gr. (Anc. Costume)

Defn: A chiton, or loose, ungirded tunic, falling in straight folds.

ORTHOSTICHY
Or*thos"ti*chy, n.; pl. Orthostichies. Etym: [Ortho- + Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: A longitudinal rank, or row, of leaves along a stem.

ORTHOTOMIC
Or`tho*tom"ic, a. Etym: [Ortho- + Gr. (Geom.)

Defn: Cutting at right angles. Orthotomic circle (Geom.), that circle
which cuts three given circles at right angles.

ORTHOTOMOUS
Or*thot"o*mous, a. (Crystallog.)

Defn: Having two cleavages at right angles with one another.

ORTHOTOMY
Or*thot"o*my, n. (Geom.)

Defn: The property of cutting at right angles.

ORTHOTONE
Or"tho*tone, a. Etym: [Ortho- + Gr. (Gr. Gram.)

Defn: Retaining the accent; not enclitic; -- said of certain
indefinite pronouns and adverbs when used interrogatively, which,
when not so used, are ordinarilly enclitic.

ORTHOTROPAL; ORTHOTROPOUS
Or*thot"ro*pal, Or*thot"ro*pous, a. Etym: [Ortho- + Gr. orthotrope.]
(Bot.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [See Orthotropal.] (Bot.)

Defn: Having the longer axis vertical; -- said of erect stems. Encyc.
Brit.

ORTHOXYLENE
Or`tho*xy"lene, n. Etym: [Ortho- + xylene.] (Chem.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [L. ortivus, fr. oriri, ortus, to rise: cf. F.
ortive.]

Defn: Of or relating to the time or act of rising; eastern; as, the
ortive amplitude of a planet.

ORTOLAN
Or"to*lan, n. Etym: [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.] (Zoöl.)
(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 oenanthe).
(c) In America, the sora, or Carolina rail (Porzana Carolina). See
Sora.

ORTYGAN
Or"ty*gan, n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [F. orvale.] (Bot.)

Defn: A kind of sage (Salvia Horminum).

ORVET
Or`vet", n. Etym: [F.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The blindworm.

ORVIETAN
Or`vi*e"tan, n. Etym: [F. orviétan: cf. It. orvietano. So called
because invented at Orvieto, in Italy.]

Defn: A kind of antidote for poisons; a counter poison formerly in
vogue. [Obs.]

-ORY
-o*ry. Etym: [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. Etym: [L. -orium: cf. F. -oire.]

Defn: A noun suffix denoting that which pertains to, or serves for;
as in ambulatory, that which serves for walking; consistory, factory,
etc.

ORYAL; ORYALL
O"ry*al, O"ry*all, n.

Defn: See Oriel.

ORYCTERE
Or"yc*tere, n. Etym: [Gr. oryctère.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The aard-vark.

ORYCTEROPE
O*ryc"ter*ope, n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as Oryctere.

ORYCTOGNOSY
Or`yc*tog"no*sy, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: 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. Etym: [Gr. -graphy.]

Defn: Description of fossils. [Obs.]

ORYCTOLOGICAL
Or`yc*to*log"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. oryctologique.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to oryctology. [Obs.]

ORYCTOLOGIST
Or`yc*tol"o*gist, n.

Defn: One versed in oryctology. [Obs.]

ORYCTOLOGY
Or`yc*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy: cf. F. oryctologie.]

1. An old name for paleontology.

2. An old name for mineralogy and geology.

ORYX
O"ryx, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [L., rice, Gr. Rice.] (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of grasses including the rice plant; rice.

OS
Os, n.; pl. Ossa. Etym: [L.]

Defn: A bone.

OS
Os, n.; pl. Ora. Etym: [L.]

Defn: A mouth; an opening; an entrance.

OS
Os, n.; pl. Osar. Etym: [Sw. ås ridge, chain of hills, pl. åsar.]
(Geol.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: A tribe of southern Sioux Indians, now living in the Indian
Territory.

OSANNE
O*san"ne, n.

Defn: Hosanna. [Obs.] Chaucer.

OSAR
O"sar, n. pl. (Geol.)

Defn: See 3d Os.

OSCAN
Os"can, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Osci, a primitive people of Campania, a
province of ancient Italy.
 -- n.

Defn: The language of the Osci.

OSCILLANCY
Os"cil*lan*cy, n.

Defn: The state of oscillating; a seesaw kind of motion. [R.]

OSCILLARIA
Os`cil*la"ri*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. oscillare to swing.] (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of dark green, or purplish black, filamentous, fresh-
water algæ, 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.] Etym: [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.

Defn: 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.

OSCILLATING CURRENT
Os"cil*lat`ing current. (Elec.)

Defn: A current alternating in direction.

OSCILLATION
Os`cil*la"tion, n. Etym: [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.

Defn: Tending to oscillate; vibratory. [R.] I. Taylor.

OSCILLATOR
Os"cil*la`tor, n. One that oscillates; specif.:
 (a) (Elec.)

Defn: Any device for producing electric oscillations; esp., an
apparatus for generating electric waves in a system of wireless
telegraphy.
 (b) (Mech.) An instrument for measuring rigidity by the torsional
oscillations of a weighted wire.

OSCILLATORIA
Os`cil*la*to"ri*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Oscillatory.] (Bot.)

Defn: Same as Oscillaria.

OSCILLATORY
Os"cil*la*to*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. oscillatoire. See Oscillate.]

Defn: Moving, or characterized by motion, backward and forward like a
pendulum; swinging; oscillating; vibratory; as, oscillatory motion.

OSCILLOGRAM
Os"cil*lo*gram, n. [L. oscillare + -gram.] (Elec.)

Defn: An autographic record made by an oscillograph.

OSCILLOGRAPH
Os"cil*lo*graph, n. [L. oscillare to swing + -graph.] (Elec.)

Defn: An apparatus for recording or indicating alternating-current
wave forms or other electrical oscillations, usually consisting of a
galvanometer with strong field, in which the mass of the moving part
is very small and frequency of vibration very high. --
Os`cil*lo*graph"ic (#), a.

OSCILLOMETER
Os`cil*lom"e*ter, n. [L. oscillare to swing + -meter.]

Defn: An instrument for measuring the angle through which a ship
rolls or pitches at sea.

OSCILLOSCOPE
Os*cil"lo*scope, n. [L. oscillare to swing + -scope.] (Elec.)

Defn: An instrument for showing visually the changes in a varying
current; an oscillograph.

OSCINE
Os"cine, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Relating to the Oscines.

OSCINES
Os"ci*nes, n. pl. Etym: [L. oscen, -inis.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Singing birds; a group of the Passeres, having numerous
syringeal muscles, conferring musical ability.

OSCINIAN
Os*cin"i*an, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the Oscines, or singing birds.

OSCINIAN
Os*cin"i*an, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of numerous species of dipterous files of the family
Oscinidæ.

Note: Some, whose larvæ 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. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Oscines.

OSCITANCY
Os"ci*tan*cy, n. Etym: [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. Etym: [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.

Defn: In an oscitant manner.

OSCITATE
Os"ci*tate, v. i. Etym: [L. oscitare; os the mouth + citare, v.
intens. fr. ciere to move.]

Defn: To gape; to yawn.

OSCITATION
Os`ci*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. oscitatio: cf. F. oscitation.]

Defn: The act of yawning or gaping. Addison.

OSCULANT
Os"cu*lant, a. Etym: [L. osculans, -antis, p. pr. of osculari to
kiss. See Osculate.]

1. Kissing; hence, meeting; clinging.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Adhering closely; embracing; -- applied to certain creeping
animals, as caterpillars.

3. (Biol.)

Defn: 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.] Etym: [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.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: To touch closely. See Osculation, 2.

3. (Biol.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [L. osculatio a kissing: cf. F. osculation.]

1. The act of kissing; a kiss.

2. (Geom.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [LL. osculatorium. See Osculate.] (R. C.
Ch.)

Defn: Same as Pax, 2.

OSCULATRIX
Os`cu*la"trix, n.; pl. Osculatrixes. Etym: [NL.] (Geom.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [Cf. F. oscule. See Osculum.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the excurrent apertures of sponges.

OSCULUM
Os"cu*lum, n.; pl. Oscula. Etym: [L., a little mouth.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as Oscule.

-OSE
-ose. Etym: [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.)

Defn: A suffix indicating that the substance to the name of wich it
is affixed is a member of the carbohydrate group; as in cellulose,
sucrose, dextrose, etc.

OSIER
O"sier, n. Etym: [F. osier: cf. Prov. F. oisis, Armor. ozil, aozil,
Gr. 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 somilar
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.

Defn: Made of osiers; composed of, or containing, osiers. "This osier
cage of ours." Shak.

OSIERED
O"siered, a.

Defn: Covered or adorned with osiers; as, osiered banks. [Poetic]
Collins.

OSIERY
O"sier*y, n.

Defn: An osier bed.

OSIRIS
O*si"ris, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Myth.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [So called from Osman. See
Ottoman.]

Defn: A Turkish official; one of the dominant tribe of Turks;
loosely, any Turk.

OSMATE
Os"mate, n. (Chem.)

Defn: A salt of osmic acid. [Formerly written also osmiate.]

OSMATERIUM
Os`ma*te"ri*um, n.; pl. Osmateria. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of a pair of scent organs which the larvæ of certain
butterflies emit from the first body segment, either above or below.

OSMAZOME
Os"ma*zome, n. Etym: [Gr. osmazôme.] (Old Chem.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: A salt of osmiamic acid.

OSMIAMIC
Os`mi*am"ic, a. Etym: [Osmium + amido.] (Chem.)

Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid of
osmium, H2N2Os2O5, forming a well-known series of yellow salts.

OSMIC
Os"mic, a. (Chem.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Med.)

Defn: The secretion of fetid sweat.

OSMIOUS
Os"mi*ous, a. (Chem.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: A salt of osmious acid.

OSMIUM
Os"mi*um, n. Etym: [Gr. Odor.] (Chem.)

Defn: 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.

OSMOGENE
Os"mo*gene, n.  [Osmose + root of Gr.  race.]

Defn: An apparatus, consisting of a number of cells whose sides are
of parchment paper, for conducting the process of osmosis. It is used
esp. in sugar refining to remove potassium salts from the molasses.

OSMOGRAPH
Os"mo*graph, n.  [Osmose + -graph.] (Physics)

Defn: An instrument for recording the height of the liquid in an
endosmometer or for registering osmotic pressures.

OSMOMETER
Os*mom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. -meter.] (Physics)

Defn: An instrument for measuring the amount of osmotic action in
different liquids.

OSMOMETRY
Os*mom"e*try, n. (Physics)

Defn: The study of osmose by means of the osmometer.

OSMOSE
Os"mose, n. Etym: [Gr. (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. Etym: [NL.]

Defn: Osmose.

OSMOTIC
Os*mot"ic, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, or having the property of, osmose; as, osmotic
force.

OSMUND
Os"mund, n. (Bot.)

Defn: 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.

Defn: A species of coarse linen, originally made in Osnaburg,
Germany.

OSO-BERRY
O"so-ber`ry, n. (Bot.)

Defn: The small, blueblack, drupelike fruit of the Nuttallia
cerasiformis, a shrub of Oregon and California, belonging to the
Cherry tribe of Rosaceæ.

OSPHRADIUM
Os*phra"di*um, n.; pl. Osphradia. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The olfactory organ of some Mollusca. It is connected with the
organ of respiration.

OSPREY; OSPRAY
Os"prey, Os"pray, n. Etym: [Through OF. fr. L. ossifraga (orig., the
bone breaker); prob. influenced by oripelargus (mountain stork, a
kind of eagle, Gr. orpres, and F. orfraie. See Ossifrage.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The fishhawk.

OSS
Oss, v. i. Etym: [See Osse, n.]

Defn: To prophesy; to presage. [R. & Obs.] R. Edgeworth.

OSSE
Osse, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: A prophetic or ominous utterance. [R. & Obs.] Holland.

OSSEAN
Os"se*an, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A fish having a bony skeleton; a teleost.

OSSEIN
Os"se*in, n. Etym: [L. os bone.] (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [F.]

1. A little bone.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The internal bone, or shell, of a cuttlefish.

OSSEOUS
Os"se*ous, a. Etym: [L. osseus, from os, ossis bone; akin to Gr.
asthi. Cf. Oyster.]

Defn: Composed of bone; resembling bone; capable of forming bone;
bony; ossific.

OSSETER
Os"se*ter, n. Etym: [Russ, osetr' sturgeon.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A species of sturgeon.

OSSIANIC
Os`si*an"ic, a.

Defn: 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. Etym: [L. ossiculum, dim. of os, ossis, a bone.]

1. A little bone; as, the auditory ossicles in the tympanum of the
ear.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of numerous small calcareous structures forming the
skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes.

OSSICULATED
Os*sic"u*la`ted, a.

Defn: Having small bones.

OSSICULUM
Os*sic"u*lum, n.; pl. Ossicula. Etym: [L., a little bone.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as Ossicle.

OSSIFEROUS
Os*sif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. os, ossis, a bone + -ferous: cf. F.
ossifère.]

Defn: Containing or yielding bone.

OSSIFIC
Os*sif"ic, a. Etym: [L. os, ossis, bone + facere to make: cf. F.
ossifique. See Fact.]

Defn: Capable of producing bone; having the power to change cartilage
or other tissue into bone.

OSSIFICATION
Os`si*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. ossification. See Ossify.]

1. (Physiol.)

Defn: 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.

Defn: Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by
deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues.

OSSIFRAGE
Os"si*frage, n. Etym: [L. ossifraga, ossifragus, osprey, fr.
ossifragus bone breaking; os, ossis, a bone + frangere, fractum, to
break. See Osseous, Break, and cf. Osprey, Ossifragous.] (Zoöl.)
(a) The lammergeir.
(b) The young of the sea eagle or bald eagle. [Obs.]

OSSIFRAGOUS
Os*sif"ra*gous, a. Etym: [L. ossifragus. See Ossifrage.]

Defn: Serving to break bones; bone-breaking.

OSSIFY
Os"si*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ossified; p. pr. & vb. n. Ossifying.]
Etym: [L. os, ossis, bone + -fy: cf. F. ossifier. See Osseous.]

1. (Physiol.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony
tissue.

OSSIFYING
Os"si*fy`ing, a. (Physiol.)

Defn: Changing into bone; becoming bone; as, the ossifying process.

OSSIVOROUS
Os*siv"o*rous, a. Etym: [L. os, ossis, bone + vorare to devour: cf.
F. ossivore.]

Defn: Feeding on bones; eating bones; as, ossivorous quadrupeds.
Derham.

OSSPRINGER
Os"spring*er, n.

Defn: The osprey. [R.]

OSSUARIUM
Os`su*a"ri*um, n. Etym: [L.]

Defn: A charnel house; an ossuary. Walpole.

OSSUARY
Os"su*a*ry, n.; pl. -ries. Etym: [L. ossuarium, fr. ossuarius of or
bones, fr. os, ossis, bone: cf. F. ossuaire.]

Defn: A place where the bones of the dead are deposited; a charnel
house. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

OST
Ost, n.

Defn: See Oast.

OSTEAL
Os"te*al, a. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Osseous.

OSTEIN
Os"te*in, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Ossein.

OSTEITIS
Os`te*i"tis, n. Etym: [NL. See Osteo-, and -itis.] (Med.)

Defn: Inflammation of bone.

OSTELER
Os"tel*er, n.

Defn: Same as Hosteler. Wyclif.

OSTEND
Os*tend", v. t. Etym: [L. ostendere to show.]

Defn: To exhibit; to manifest. [Obs.]
Mercy to mean offenders we'll ostend. J. Webster.

OSTENSIBILITY
Os*ten`si*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being ostensible.

OSTENSIBLE
Os*ten"si*ble, a. Etym: [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.

Defn: 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. Etym: [L. ostensio a showing: cf. F. ostension. See
Ostend.] (Eccl.)

Defn: The showing of the sacrament on the altar in order that it may
receive the adoration of the communicants.

OSTENSIVE
Os*ten"sive, a.

Defn: Showing; exhibiting. Ostensive demonstration (Math.), a direct
or positive demonstration, as opposed to the apagogical or indirect
method.

OSTENSIVELY
Os*ten"sive*ly, adv.

Defn: In an ostensive manner.

OSTENSORIUM; OSTENSORY
Os`ten*so"ri*um, Os*ten"so*ry, n.; pl. L. -soria, E. -sories. Etym:
[NL. ostensorium: cf. F. ostensoir. See Ostensible.] (R. C. Ch.)

Defn: Same as Monstrance.

OSTENT
Os"tent, n. Etym: [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. Etym: [L. ostentatus, p. p. of ostentare, v.
intens. fr. ostendere. See Ostent.]

Defn: To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly.
[R.] Jer. Taylor.

OSTENTATION
Os`ten*ta"tion, n. Etym: [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.

Defn: 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. Etym: [L.]

Defn: One fond of display; a boaster. Sherwood.

OSTENTIVE
Os*ten"tive, a.

Defn: Ostentatious. [Obs.]

OSTENTOUS
Os*ten"tous, a.

Defn: Ostentatious. [Obs.] Feltham.

OSTEO-
Os"te*o-.

Defn: A combining form of Gr. a bone.

OSTEOBLAST
Os"te*o*blast, n. Etym: [Osteo- + -blast.] (Anat.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [NL. See Osteoclast.] (Surg.)

Defn: The operation of breaking a bone in order to correct deformity.

OSTEOCLAST
Os"te*o*clast, n. Etym: [Osteo- + Gr.

1. (Physiol.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [Osteo- + Gr.

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. Etym: [NL.
See Osteo-, and Comma.] (Anat.)

Defn: A metamere of the vertebrate skeleton; an osteomere; a
vertebra. Owen.

OSTEOCOPE
Os"te*o*cope, n. Etym: [Gr. ostéocope.] (Med.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [Osteo- + cranium.] (Anat.)

Defn: The bony cranium, as distinguished from the cartilaginous
cranium.

OSTEODENTINE
Os`te*o*den"tine, n. Etym: [Osteo- + denite.] (Anat.)

Defn: A hard substance, somewhat like bone, which is sometimes
deposited within the pulp cavity of teeth.

OSTEOGEN
Os"te*o*gen, n. Etym: [Osteo- + -gen.] (Physiol.)

Defn: The soft tissue, or substance, which, in developing bone,
ultimately undergoes ossification.

OSTEOGENESIS; OSTEOGENY
Os`te*o*gen"e*sis, Os`te*og"e*ny, n. Etym: [Osteo- + genesis, or the
root of Gr. ostéogénie.] (Physiol.)

Defn: The formation or growth of bone.

OSTEOGENETIC
Os`te*o*ge*net"ic, a. (Physiol.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: Osteogenetic.

OSTEOGRAPHER
Os`te*og"ra*pher, n.

Defn: An osteologist.

OSTEOGRAPHY
Os`te*og"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Osteo- + -graphy.]

Defn: The description of bones; osteology.

OSTEOID
Os"te*oid, a. Etym: [Osteo- + -oid: cf. Gr. (Anat.)

Defn: Resembling bone; bonelike.

OSTEOLITE
Os"te*o*lite, n. Etym: [Osteo- + -lite.] (Min.)

Defn: A massive impure apatite, or calcium phosphate.

OSTEOLOGER
Os`te*ol"o*ger, n.

Defn: One versed in osteology; an osteologist.

OSTEOLOGIC; OSTEOLOGICAL
Os`te*o*log"ic, Os`te*o*log"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. ostéologique.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to osteology.
 -- Os`te*o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

OSTEOLOGIST
Os`te*ol"o*gist, n.

Defn: One who is skilled in osteology; an osteologer.

OSTEOLOGY
Os`te*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Osteo- + -logy: cf. F. ostéologie.]

Defn: The science which treats of the bones of the vertebrate
skeleton.

OSTEOLYSIS
Os`te*ol"y*sis, n. [NL. osteo-+ Gr.  a loosing.]

Defn: Softening and absorption of bone. -- Os`te*o*lyt"ic (#), a.

OSTEOMA
Os`te*o"ma, n.; pl. Osteomata. Etym: [NL. See Osteo-, and -oma.]
(Med.)

Defn: A tumor composed mainly of bone; a tumor of a bone.

OSTEOMALACIA
Os`te*o*ma*la"ci*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [Osteo- Gr.

Defn: Divination by means of bones. [R.]

OSTEOMERE
Os"te*o*mere, n. Etym: [Osteo- + -mere.] (Anat.)

Defn: An osteocomma. Owen.

OSTEOPATH
Os"te*o*path, n.

Defn: A practitioner of osteopathy.

OSTEOPATHIC
Os`te*o*path"ic, a. (Med.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to osteopathy. --Os`te*o*path"ic*al*ly (#),
adv.

OSTEOPATHIST
Os`te*op"a*thist, n.

Defn: One who practices osteopathy; an osteopath.

OSTEOPATHY
Os`te*op"a*thy, n.  [Osteo- + Gr.  suffering.] (Med.)
 (a) Any disease of the bones. [R.]
 (b) A system of treatment based on the theory that diseases are
chiefly due to deranged mechanism of the bones, nerves, blood
vessels, and other tissues, and can be remedied by manipulations of
these parts.

OSTEOPERIOSTITIS
Os`te*o*per`i*os*ti"tis, n. [NL.; osteo- + periosteum + -itis.]
(Med.)

Defn: Inflammation of a bone and its periosteum.

OSTEOPHONE
Os"te*o*phone, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: 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. Etym: [Osteo- + Gr. (Anat.)

Defn: An osteoblast.

OSTEOPLASTIC
Os`te*o*plas"tic, a. Etym: [Osteo- + -plastic.]

1. (Physiol.)

Defn: Producing bone; as, osteoplastic cells.

2. (Med.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the replacement of bone; as, an
osteoplastic operation.

OSTEOPLASTY
Os"te*o*plas`ty, n. Etym: [Osteo- + -plasty.] (Med.)

Defn: An operation or process by which the total or partial loss of a
bone is remedied. Dunglison.

OSTEOPOROSIS
Os`te*o*po*ro"sis, n. [NL.; osteo- + Gr.  pore.] (Med. & Physiol.)

Defn: An absorption of bone so that the tissue becomes unusually
porous.

OSTEOPTERYGIOUS
Os`te*op`ter*yg"i*ous, a. Etym: [Osteo- Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having bones in the fins, as certain fishes.

OSTEOSARCOMA
Os`te*o*sar*co"ma, n.; pl. Osteosarcomata. Etym: [NL. See Osteo-, and
sarcoma.] (Med.)

Defn: A tumor having the structure of a sacroma in which there is a
deposit of bone; sarcoma connected with bone.

OSTEOSCLEROSIS
Os`te*o*scle*ro"sis, n. [NL.; osteo- + sclerosis.]

Defn: Abnormal hardness and density of bone.

OSTEOTOME
Os"te*o*tome, n. Etym: [Osteo- + Gr. (Surg.)

Defn: Strong nippers or a chisel for dividing bone.

OSTEOTOMIST
Os`te*ot"o*mist, n.

Defn: One skilled in osteotomy.

OSTEOTOMY
Os`te*ot"o*my, n.

1. The dissection or anatomy of bones; osteology.

2. (Surg.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as Vertebrata.

OSTIARY
Os"ti*a*ry, n.; pl. -ries. Etym: [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. Etym: [From North American Indian oshtegwon a head.]

Defn: 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. Etym: [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. Etym: [NL.] (Med.)

Defn: See Osteitis.

OSTIUM
Os"ti*um, n.; pl. Ostia. Etym: [L.] (Anat.)

Defn: An opening; a passage.

OSTLER
Ost"ler, n.

Defn: See Hostler.

OSTLERESS
Ost"ler*ess, n.

Defn: A female ostler. [R.] Tennyson.

OSTLERY
Ost"ler*y, n.

Defn: See Hostelry. [Obs.]

OSTMEN
Ost"men, n. pl.; sing. Ostman. Etym: [See East, and Man.]

Defn: East men; Danish settlers in Ireland, formerly so called.
Lyttelton.

OSTOSIS
Os*to"sis, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Physiol.)

Defn: Bone formation; ossification. See Ectostosis, and Endostosis.

OSTRACEA
Os*tra"ce*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A division of bivalve mollusks including the oysters and allied
shells.

OSTRACEAN
Os*tra"cean, n. Etym: [L. ostrea an oyster. See Oyster.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of a family of bivalves, of which the oyster is the
type.

OSTRACION
Os*tra"ci*on, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of plectognath fishes having the body covered with
solid, immovable, bony plates. It includes the trunkfishes.

OSTRACIONT
Os*tra"ci*ont, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A fish of the genus Ostracion and allied genera.

OSTRACISM
Os"tra*cism, n. Etym: [Gr. Ostracize.]

1. (Gr. Antiq.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: A fossil oyster.

OSTRACIZE
Os"tra*cize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ostracized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ostracizing.] Etym: [Gr. Osseous, Oyster.]

1. (Gr. Antiq.)

Defn: 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. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Ostracoidea.

OSTRACODERMI
Os`tra*coder"mi, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A suborder of fishes of which Ostracion is the type.

OSTRACOID
Os"tra*coid, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Ostracoidea.
 -- n.

Defn: One of the Ostracoidea.

OSTRACOIDEA
Os`tra*coi"de*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. -oid.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [L., an oyster.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of bivalve Mollusca which includes the true oysters.

OSTREACEOUS
Os`tre*a"ceous, a. Etym: [L. ostrea an oyster. See Oyster.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to an oyster, or to a shell; shelly.
The crustaceous or ostreaceous body. Cudworth.

OSTREACULTURE
Os"tre*a*cul`ture, n.

Defn: The artificial cultivation of oysters.

OSTREOPHAGIST
Os`tre*oph"a*gist, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: One who feeds on oysters.

OSTRICH
Os"trich, n. Etym: [OE. ostriche, ostrice, OF. ostruche, ostruce, F.
autruche, L. avis struthio; avis bird + struthio ostrich, fr. Gr.
Aviary, Struthious.] [Formerly written also estrich.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [L. ostrifer; ostrea oyster + ferre.]

Defn: Producing oysters; containing oysters.

OSTROGOTH
Os"tro*goth, n. Etym: [L. Ostrogothi, pl. See East, and Goth.]

Defn: One of the Eastern Goths. See Goth.

OSTROGOTHIC
Os`tro*goth"ic, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Ostrogoths.

OSWEGO TEA
Os*we"go tea". (Bot.)

Defn: An American aromatic herb (Monarda didyma), with showy, bright
red, labiate flowers.

OTACOUSTIC
Ot`a*cous"tic, a. Etym: [Oto- + acoustic: cf. F. otacoustique.]

Defn: Assisting the sense of hearing; as, an otacoustic instrument.

OTACOUSTIC; OTACOUSTICON
Ot`a*cous"tic, Ot`a*cous"ti*con, n.

Defn: An instrument to facilitate hearing, as an ear trumpet.

OTAHEITE APPLE
O`ta*hei"te ap"ple. Etym: [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. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. otalgie.] (Med.)

Defn: Pain in the ear; earache.

OTALGIC
O*tal"gic, a. (Med.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to otalgia.
 -- n.

Defn: A remedy for otalgia.

OTALGY
O*tal"gy, n.

Defn: Pain in the ear; otalgia.

OTARY
O"ta*ry, n.; pl. Otaries. Etym: [Gr. otarie.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any eared seal.

OTHEOSCOPE
O"the*o*scope, n. Etym: [Gr. -scope.] (Physics)

Defn: 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 conj. Etym: [See Or.]

Defn: 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. Etym: [AS. ; akin to OS. a, , D. & G. ander, OHG.
andar, Icel. annarr, Sw. annan, Dan. anden, Goth. an, Skr. antara:
cf. L. alter; all orig. comparatives: cf. Skr. anya other. sq.
root180. Cf. Alter.] [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. 4
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.

Defn: Otherwise. "It shall none other be." Chaucer. "If you think
other." Shak.

OTHERGATES
Oth"er*gates`, adv. Etym: [Other + gate way. See wards.]

Defn: In another manner. [Obs.]
He would have tickled you othergates. Shak.

OTHERGUISE; OTHERGUESS
Oth"er*guise`, Oth"er*guess`, a. & adv. Etym: [A corruption of
othergates.]

Defn: Of another kind or sort; in another way. "Otherguess
arguments." Berkeley.

OTHERNESS
Oth"er*ness, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being other or different; alterity;
oppositeness.

OTHERWAYS
Oth"er*ways`, adv.

Defn: See Otherwise. Tyndale.

OTHERWHERE
Oth"er*where`, adv.

Defn: In or to some other place, or places; elsewhere. Milton.
Tennyson.

OTHERWHILE; OTHERWHILES
Oth"er*while`, Oth"er*whiles`, adv.

Defn: At another time, or other times; sometimes; [Archaic]
Weighing otherwhiles ten pounds and more. Holland.

OTHERWISE
Oth"er*wise`, adv. Etym: [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.

Defn: See Ottoman.

OTIC
O"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. otique.]

Defn: Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the ear; auricular;
auditory.

OTIOSE
O"ti*ose`, a. Etym: [L. otiosus, fr. otium ease.]

Defn: Being at leisure or ease; unemployed; indolent; idle. "Otiose
assent." Paley.
The true keeping of the Sabbath was not that otiose and unAlford.

OTIOSITY
O`ti*os"ity, n. Etym: [L. otiositas.]

Defn: Leisure; indolence; idleness; ease. [R.] Thackeray.

OTIS
O"tis, n. Etym: [L., a kind of bustard, Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of birds including the bustards.

OTITIS
O*ti"tis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. -itis.] (Med.)

Defn: Inflammation of the ear.

OTO-
O"to-. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: A combining form denoting relation to, or situation near or in,
the ear.

OTOBA FAT
O*to"ba fat`. (Chem.)

Defn: A colorless buttery substance obtained from the fruit of
Myristica otoba, a species of nutmeg tree.

OTOCONITE
O*toc"o*nite, n. Etym: [Oto- + Gr. (Anat.)
(a) A mass of otoliths.
(b) An otolith.

OTOCRANE
O"to*crane, n. Etym: [Oto- + Gr. (Anat.)

Defn: The cavity in the skull in which the parts of the internal ear
are lodged.

OTOCRANIAL
O`to*cra"ni*al, a. (Anat.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the otocrane.

OTOCYST
O"to*cyst, n. Etym: [Oto- + cyst.] (Zoöl. & Anat.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [Oto- + -graphy.]

Defn: A description of the ear.

OTOLITH; OTOLITE
O"to*lith, O"to*lite, n. Etym: [Oto- + -lith, -lite.] (Anat.)

Defn: 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; OTOLITIC
O`to*lith"ic, O`to*lit"ic, a. (Anat.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to otoliths.

OTOLOGICAL
O`to*log"ic*al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining tootology.

OTOLOGIST
O*tol"o*gist, n.

Defn: One skilled in otology; an aurist.

OTOLOGY
O*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Oto- + -logy.]

Defn: The branch of science which treats of the ear and its diseases.

OTOPATHY
O*top"a*thy, n. Etym: [Oto- + Gr. (Med.)

Defn: A diseased condition of the ear.

OTORRHEA; OTORRHOEA
O`tor*rhe"a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)

Defn: A flow or running from the ear, esp. a purulent discharge.

OTOSCOPE
O"to*scope, n. Etym: [Oto- + -scope.]

Defn: An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.

OTOSCOPEIC
O`to*scope"ic, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to the otoscope or to otoscopy.

OTOSCOPY
O*tos"co*py, n. (Med.)

Defn: The examination of the ear; the art of using the otoscope.

OTOSTEAL
O*tos"te*al, n. Etym: [Oto- + Gr. (Anat.)

Defn: An auditory ossicle. R. Owen.

OTOZOUM
O`to*zo"um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)

Defn: An extinct genus of huge vertebrates, probably dinosaurs, known
only from four-toed tracks in Triassic sandstones.

OTTAR
Ot"tar, n.

Defn: See Attar.

OTTAVA RIMA
Ot*ta"va ri"ma. [It. See Octave, and Rhyme.] (Pros.)

Defn: A stanza of eight lines of heroic verse, with three rhymes, the
first six lines rhyming alternately and the last two forming a
couplet. It was used by Byron in "Don Juan," by Keats in "Isabella,"
by Shelley in "The Witch of Atlas," etc.

OTTAWAS
Ot"ta*was, n. pl.; sing. Ottawa (. (Ethnol.)

Defn: 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. Etym: [OE. oter, AS. Otor; akin to D. & G. otter, Icel.
otr, Dan. odder, Sw. utter, Lith. udra, Russ, vuidra, Gr. udra otter,
and also to E. water. Water, and cf. Hydra.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: 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. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The larva of the ghost moth. It is very injurious to hop vines.
Otter hound, Otter dog (Zoöl.), a small breed of hounds, used in
England for hunting otters.
 -- Otter sheep. See Ancon sheep, under Ancon.
 -- Otter shell (Zoöl.), very large bivalve mollusk (Schizothærus
Nuttallii) found on the northwest coast of America. It is excellent
food, and is extensively used by the Indians.
 -- Sea otter. (Zoöl.) See in the Vocabulary.

OTTER
Ot"ter, n.

Defn: A corruption of Annotto.

OTTO
Ot"to, n.

Defn: See Attar.

OTTO CYCLE
Ot"to cy`cle. (Thermodynamics)

Defn: A four-stroke cycle for internal-combustion engines consisting
of the following operations: First stroke, suction into cylinder of
explosive charge, as of gas and air; second stroke, compression,
ignition, and explosion of this charge; third stroke (the working
stroke), expansion of the gases; fourth stroke, expulsion of the
products of combustion from the cylinder. This is the cycle invented
by Beau de Rochas in 1862 and applied by Dr. Otto in 1877 in the
Otto-Crossley gas engine, the first commercially successful internal-
combustion engine made.

OTTO ENGINE
Otto engine.

Defn: An engine using the Otto cycle.

OTTOMAN
Ot"to*man, a. Etym: [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.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Turks; as, the Ottoman power or empire.

OTTOMAN
Ot"to*man, n.; pl. Ottomans (.

1. A Turk.

2. Etym: [F. ottomane, from ottoman Turkish.]

Defn: A stuffed seat without a back, originally used in Turkey.

OTTOMITE
Ot"to*mite, n.

Defn: An Ottoman. [R.] Shak.

OTTRELITE
Ot"trel*ite, n. Etym: [From Ottrez, on the borders of Luxembourg.]
(Min.)

Defn: A micaceous mineral occurring in small scales. It is
characteristic of certain crystalline schists.

OUAKARI
Oua*ka"ri, n. Etym: [From the native name.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any South American monkey of the genus Brachyurus, especially
B. ouakari.

OUANANICHE
Oua`na`niche", n. [Canadian F., of Amer. Indian origin.]

Defn: A small landlocked variety of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar
ounaniche) of Lake St. John, Canada, and neighboring waters, noted
for its vigor and activity, and habit of leaping from the water when
hooked.

OUANDEROO
Ouan`der*oo", n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The wanderoo.

OUARINE
Oua`rine", n. Etym: [F.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A Brazilian monkey of the genus Mycetes.

OUBLIETTE
Ou`bli`ette", n. Etym: [F., fr. oublier to forget, fr. (assumed) LL.
oblitare, L. oblivisci, p. p. oblitus.]

Defn: 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, n. Etym: [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.]

Defn: 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, a.

Defn: Own. [Obs.] Chaucer.

OUGHT
Ought, n. & adv.

Defn: See Aught.

OUGHT
Ought, imp., p. p., or auxiliary. Etym: [Orig. the preterit of the
verb to owe. OE. oughte, aughte, ahte, AS. ahte. sq. root110. 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. 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.

Defn: The state of being as a thing ought to be; rightness. [R.] N.
W. Taylor.

OUGHWHERE
Ough"where`, adv. Etym: [AS. ahwær.]

Defn: Anywhere; somewhere. See Owher. [Obs.]

OUISTITI
Ouis"ti*ti, n. Etym: [F.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Wistit.

OUL
Oul, n.

Defn: An awl. [Obs.] Chaucer.

OUL
Oul, n.

Defn: An owl. [Obs.] Chaucer.

OULACHAN
Ou"la*chan, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as Eulachon.

OUNCE
Ounce, n. Etym: [F. once, fr. L. uncia a twelfth, the twelfth part of
a pound or of a foot: cf. Gr. Inch, Oke.]

1. A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and
containing 437

2. (Troy Weight)

Defn: 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. Etym: [F. once; cf. It. lonza, Sp. onza; prob. for lonce,
taken as l'once, fr. L. lynx, Gr. lyncea, from lynx. Cf. Lynx.]
(Zoöl.)

Defn: 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; OUNDY
Ound"ed, Oun"dy, a. Etym: [F. ondé, -ée, fr. onde, L. unda, a wave.]

Defn: Wavy; waving [Obs.] "Owndie hair." Chaucer.

OUNDING
Ound"ing, vb. n.

Defn: Waving. [Obs.]
Ounding, paling, winding, or bending . . . of cloth. Chaucer.

OUPHE
Ouphe, n. Etym: [See Auf.]

Defn: A fairy; a goblin; an elf. [Obs.] "Like urchins, ouphes, and
fairies." Shak.

OUPHEN
Ouph"en, a.

Defn: Elfish. [Obs.]

OUR
Our, possessive pron. Etym: [AS. our, of us; akin to us, to us, and
to G. unser our, of us, Goth. unsara. sq. root186 See Us.]

Defn: 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. Etym: [OF. -our.]

Defn: See -or.

OURANG
Ou*rang", n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The orang-outang.

OURANG-OUTANG
Ou*rang"-ou*tang`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Orang-outang.

OURANOGRAPHIST
Ou`ra*nog"ra*phist, n.

Defn: See Uranographist.

OURANOGRAPHY
Ou`ra*nog"ra*phy, n.

Defn: See Uranography.

OUREBI
Ou"re*bi, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A small, graceful, and swift African antelope, allied to the
klipspringer.

OURETIC
Ou*ret"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. Uretic.] (Chem.)

Defn: Uric.

OUROLOGY
Ou*rol"o*gy, n.

Defn: See Urology.

OUROSCOPY
Ou*ros"co*py, n. Etym: [Gr. -scopy.]

Defn: Ourology.

OURS
Ours, possessive pron.

Defn: See Note under Our.

OURSELVES
Our*selves", pron.

Defn: ; sing. Ourself (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. Etym: [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.)

Defn: 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.

Defn: See Ooze. [Obs.]

OUSEL
Ou"sel, n. Etym: [OE. osel, AS. ; akin to G. amsel, OHG. amsala, and
perh. to L. merula blackbird. Cf. Merle, Amsel.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: 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 (Zoöl.),
the ring ousel.
 -- Water ousel (Zoöl.), the European dipper (Cinclus aquaticus), and
the American dipper (C. Mexicanus).

OUST
Oust, n.

Defn: See Oast.

OUST
Oust, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ousted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ousting.] Etym:
[OF. oster, F. ôter, 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. Etym: [Prob. fr. the OF. infin. oster, used
substantively. See Oust.]

Defn: 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. Etym: [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. Etym: [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. , and , , fr. ; akin to
D. uit, OS. , G. aus, OHG. -, Icel. , Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr.
ud. About, But, prep., Carouse, Utter, a.]

Defn: 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.)

Defn: 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.

Defn: To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public. "Truth
will out." Shak.

OUT
Out, interj.

Defn: 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.

Defn: 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.)

Defn: See lst Fox, 7.

OUTARGUE
Out*ar"gue, v. t.

Defn: To surpass or conquer in argument.

OUTBABBLE
Out*bab"ble, v. t.

Defn: To utter foolishly or excessively; to surpass in babbling. [R.]
Milton.

OUTBALANCE
Out*bal"ance, v. t.

Defn: 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.

Defn: To bar out. [R.] Spenser.

OUTBEG
Out*beg", v. t.

Defn: To surpass in begging. [R.]

OUTBID
Out*bid", v. t. [imp. Outbid or Outbade (p. p. Outbid or Outbidden
(p. pr. & vb. n. Outbidding.]

Defn: To exceed or surpass in bidding.
Prevent the greedy, and outbid the bold. Pope.

OUTBIDDER
Out*bid"der, n.

Defn: One who outbids. Johnson.

OUTBLEAT
Out*bleat", v. t.

Defn: To surpass in bleating.

OUTBLOWN
Out"blown`, a.

Defn: Inflated with wind. Dryden.

OUTBLUSH
Out*blush", v. t.

Defn: To exceed in blushing; to surpass in rosy color. T. Shipman.

OUTBOARD
Out"board`, a. & adv. (Naut.)

Defn: 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.

Defn: Foreign; not native. [R.]

OUTBOUND
Out"bound`, a.

Defn: Outward bound. Dryden.

OUTBOUNDS
Out"bounds`, n. pl.

Defn: The farthest or exterior bounds; extreme limits; boundaries.
Spenser.

OUTBOW
Out*bow", v. t.

Defn: To excel in bowing. Young.

OUTBOWED
Out"bowed`, a.

Defn: Convex; curved outward. "The convex or outbowed side of a
vessel." Bp. Hall.

OUTBRAG
Out*brag", v. t.

Defn: 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

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.

Defn: To bear down with a brazen face; to surpass in impudence. T.
Brown.

OUTBREAK
Out"break`, n.

Defn: 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.

Defn: 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.

Defn: To issue, as breath; to be breathed out; to exhale. Beau. & Fl.

OUTBRIBE
Out*bribe", v. t.

Defn: To surpass in bribing.

OUTBRING
Out*bring", v. t.

Defn: To bring or bear out.

OUTBUD
Out*bud", v. i.

Defn: To sprout. [Poetic] Spenser.

OUTBUILD
Out*build", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outbuilt or Outbuilded; p. pr. & vb.
n. Outbuilding.]

Defn: To exceed in building, or in durability of building.

OUTBUILDING
Out"build`ing, n.

Defn: 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.

Defn: A bursting forth.

OUTCANT
Out*cant", v. t.

Defn: To surpass in canting. Pope.

OUTCAST
Out"cast`, a. Etym: [Cf. Sw. utkasta to cast out.]

Defn: 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.

Defn: That which is cast out. [Obs.]

OUTCEPT
Out*cept", prep.

Defn: Except. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

OUTCHEAT
Out*cheat", v. t.

Defn: To exceed in cheating.

OUTCLIMB
Out*climb", v. t.

Defn: To climb bevond; to surpass in climbing. Davenant.

OUTCOME
Out"come, n.

Defn: 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.

Defn: To exceed the compass or limits of. Bacon.

OUTCOURT
Out"court`, n.

Defn: An outer or exterior court.
The skirts and outcourts of heaven. South.

OUTCRAFTY
Out*craft"y, v. t.

Defn: To exceed in cunning. [R.] Shak.

OUTCRIER
Out"cri`er, n.

Defn: 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.)

Defn: 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.

Defn: To surpass in daring; to overcome by courage; to brave. Shak.
R. Browning.

OUTDATED
Out*dat"ed, a.

Defn: Being out of date; antiquated. [Obs.] Hammond.

OUTDAZZLE
Out*daz"zle, v. t.

Defn: To surpass in dazzing.

OUTDO
Out*do", v. t. [imp. Outdid; p. p. Outdone; p. pr. & vb. n.
Outdoing.]

Defn: 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. Etym: [For out of door.]

Defn: 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.

Defn: Abread; out of the house; out of doors.

OUTDRAW
Out*draw", v. t.

Defn: To draw out; to extract. [R.] "He must the teeth outdraw."
Gower.

OUTDREAM
Out*dream", v. t.

Defn: To pass, or escape, while dreaming. "To oultdream dangers."
Beau. & Fl.

OUTDRINK
Out*drink", v. t.

Defn: To exceed in drinking.

OUTDURE
Out*dure", v. t.

Defn: To outlast. [Obs.]

OUTDWELL
Out*dwell", v. t.

Defn: To dwell or stay beyond. [Poetic] "He outdwells his hour."
Shak.

OUTDWELLER
Out"dwell`er, n.

Defn: One who holds land in a parish, but lives elsewhere. [Eng.]

OUTER
Out"er, a. [Compar. of Out.] Etym: [AS. , compar. of , adv., out. See
Out, Utter, a.]

Defn: 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. Etym: [From Out, v.]

Defn: 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. Etym: [See Uttermost, Utmost, and cf. Outmost.]

Defn: 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.]

Defn: 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. Etym: [AS. . 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.

Defn: To exceed in fawning.

OUTFEAST
Out*feast", v. t.

Defn: To exceed in feasting.

OUTFEAT
Out*feat", v. t.

Defn: 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)

Defn: The part of the field beyond the diamond, or infield. It is
occupied by the fielders.

4. (Cricket)

Defn: The part of the field farthest from the batsman.

OUTFIT
Out"fit, n.

Defn: 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.

Defn: One who furnishes outfits for a voyage, a journey, or a
business.

OUTFLANK
Out*flank", v. t. (Mil.)

Defn: 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.

Defn: To exceed in flattering.

OUTFLING
Out"fling`, n.

Defn: A gibe; a contemptuous remark.

OUTFLOW
Out"flow`, n.

Defn: A flowing out; efflux.

OUTFLOW
Out*flow", v. i.

Defn: To flow out. Campbell.

OUTFLY
Out*fly", v. t. [imp. Outflew; p. p. Outflown; p. pr. & vb. n.
Outflying.]