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Of"fi*cer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Officered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Officering.] 1. To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over. Marshall.

2. To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits.

Of*fi"cial (?), a. [L. officialis: cf. F. officiel. See Office, and cf. Official, n.] 1. Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine.

That, in the official marks invested, you Anon do meet the senate.

Shak.

2. Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority; as, an official statement or report.

3. (Pharm.) Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopœia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation. Cf. Officinal.

4. Discharging an office or function. [Obs.]

The stomach and other parts official unto nutrition.

Sir T. Browne.

Of*fi"cial, n. [L. officialis a magistrate's servant or attendant: cf.F. official. See Official, a., and cf. Officer.] 1. One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant.

2. An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction. Blackstone.

Of*fi"cial*ism (?), n. The state of being official; a system of official government; also, adherence to office routine; red-tapism.

Officialism may often drift into blunders.

Smiles.

Of*fi`ci*al"i*ty (f*fsh`*l"*t), n. See Officialty.

Of*fi"cial*ly (?), adv. By the proper officer; by virtue of the proper authority; in pursuance of the special powers vested in an officer or office; as, accounts or reports officially verified or rendered; letters officially communicated; persons officially notified.

Of*fi"cial*ty (?), n. [Cf.F. officialité.] The charge, office, court, or jurisdiction of an official. Ayliffe.

Of*fi"ciant (?), n. [L. officians, p. pr. See Officiate.] (Eccl.) The officer who officiates or performs an office, as the burial office. Shipley.

Of*fi"ci*a*ry (?), a. Of or pertaining to an office or an officer; official. [R.] Heylin.

Of*fi"ci*ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Officiated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Officiating.] [LL. officiare. See Office.] To act as an officer in performing a duty; to transact the business of an office or public trust; to conduct a public service. Bp. Stillingfleet.

Of*fi"ci*ate, v. t. To discharge, perform, or supply, as an official duty or function. [Obs.]

Merely to officiate light Round this opacous earth.

Milton.

Of*fi"ci*a`tor (?), n. One who officiates. Tylor.

Of*fic"i*nal (?), a. [F., fr. L. officina a workshop, contr.fr. opificina, fr. opifex a workman; opus work + facere to make or do.] 1. Used in a shop, or belonging to it. [Obs. or R.] Johnson.

2. (Pharm.) Kept in stock by apothecaries; -- said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral.

This term is often interchanged with official, but in strict use officinal drugs are not necessarily official. See Official, a., 3.

Of*fi"cious (?), a. [L. officiosus: cf.F. officieux. See Office.] 1. Pertaining to, or being in accordance with, duty. [R.]

If there were any lie in the case, it could be no more than as
officious and venial one.

Note on Gen. xxvii. (Douay version).

2. Disposed to serve; kind; obliging. [Archaic]

Yet not to earth are those bright luminaries Officious.

Milton.

They were tolerably well bred, very officious, humane, and
hospitable.

Burke.

3. Importunately interposing services; intermeddling in affairs in which one has no concern; meddlesome.

You are too officious In her behalf that scorns your services.

Shak.

Syn. -- Impertinent; meddling. See Impertinent.

-- Of*fi"cious*ly, adv. -- Of*fi"cious*ness, n.

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Off"ing (?), n. [From Off.] That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore, or where there is deep water and no need of a pilot; also, distance from the shore; as, the ship had ten miles offing; we saw a ship in the offing.

Off"ish, a. Shy or distant in manner. [Colloq. U.S.]

Off"let, n. [Off + let.] A pipe to let off water.

Off"scour`ing (?), n. [Off + scour.] That which is scoured off; hence, refuse; rejected matter; that which is vile or despised. Lam. iii. 45.

Off"scum` (?), n. [Off + scum.] Removed scum; refuse; dross.

Off"set` (?), n. [Off + set. Cf. Set-off.] In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something; as: --

1. (Bot.) A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek.

2. A sum, account, or value set off against another sum or account, as an equivalent; hence, anything which is given in exchange or retaliation; a set-off.

3. A spur from a range of hills or mountains.

4. (Arch.) A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; -- called also set-off.

5. (Surv.) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.

6. (Mech.) An abrupt bend in an object, as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.

7. (Print.) A more or less distinct transfer of a printed page or picture to the opposite page, when the pages are pressed together before the ink is dry or when it is poor.

Offset staff (Surv.), a rod, usually ten links long, used in measuring offsets.

Off*set" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Offset; p. pr. & vb. n. Offsetting.] 1. To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another.

2. To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc.

Off"set, v. i. (Printing) To make an offset.

Off"shoot` (?), n. [Off + shoot.] That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree.

Off"shore" (?), a. From the shore; as, an offshore wind; an offshore signal.

Off"skip` (?), n. [Off + - skip, as in landskip.] (Paint.) That part of a landscape which recedes from the spectator into distance. [R.] Fairholt.

Off"spring` (?), n.sing. & pl. [Off + spring.]

1. The act of production; generation. [Obs.]

2. That which is produced; a child or children; a descendant or descendants, however remote from the stock.

To the gods alone Our future offspring and our wives are known.

Dryden.

3. Origin; lineage; family. [Obs.] Fairfax.

{ Of*fus"cate (?), Of`fus*ca`tion (?) }. See Obfuscate, Obfuscation. [Obs.]

Oft (ft; 115), adv. [AS. oft; akin to OS. & G. oft, OHG. ofto, Sw. ofta, Dan. ofte, Icel. opt, Goth. ufta; of uncertain origin. Cf. Often.] Often; frequently; not rarely; many times. [Poetic] Chaucer.

Oft she rejects, but never once offends.

Pope.

Oft, a. Frequent; often; repeated. [Poetic]

Of`ten (?), adv. [Compar. Oftener (?); superl. Oftenest.] [Formerly also ofte, fr. oft. See Oft., adv.] Frequently; many times; not seldom.

Of"ten, a. Frequent; common; repeated. [R.] "Thine often infirmities." 1 Tim. v. 23.

And weary thee with often welcomes.

Beau. & Fl.

Of"ten*ness, n. Frequency. Hooker.

Of"ten*sith (?), adv. [Often + sith time.] Frequently; often. [Obs.]

For whom I sighed have so oftensith.

Gascoigne.

Of"ten*tide" (?), adv. [Often + tide time.] Frequently; often. [Obs.] Robert of Brunne.

Of"ten*times` (?), adv. [Often + time. Cf. -wards.] Frequently; often; many times. Wordsworth.

Oft"er (?), adv. Compar. of Oft. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Oft"times` (?), adv. [Oft + time. Cf. -wards.] Frequently; often. Milton.

Og"am (?), n. Same as Ogham.

Og"do*ad (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, from &?; eight.] A thing made up of eight parts. Milman.

Og`do*as`tich (?), n. [Gr. &?; the eighth + &?; a verse.] A poem of eight lines. [Obs.] Selden

O*gee" (?), n. [F. ogive, augive, LL. augiva, of uncertain origin; cf.LL. ogis a support, prop. L. augere to increase, strengthen, Sp. auge highest point of power or fortune, apogee, Ar. auj, an astronomical term.]

1. (Arch.) A molding, the section of which is the form of the letter S, with the convex part above; cyma reversa. See Illust. under Cyma.

2. Hence, any similar figure used for any purpose.

Ogee arch (Arch.), a pointed arch, each of the sides of which has the curve of an ogee, that is, has a reversed curve near the apex.

O*gee"chee lime` (?). [So named from the Ogeechee River in Georgia.] (Bot.) (a) The acid, olive-shaped, drupaceous fruit of a species of tupelo (Nyssa capitata) which grows in swamps in Georgia and Florida. (b) The tree which bears this fruit.

Og`ga*ni"tion (?), n. [L. oggannire to snarl at; ob (see Ob-) + gannire to yelp.] Snarling; grumbling. [R.] Bp. Montagu.

Og"ham (?), n. [Ir.] A particular kind of writing practiced by the ancient Irish, and found in inscriptions on stones, metals, etc. [Written also ogam.]

O"give (?), n. [F. ogive, OF. augive a pointed arch, LL. augiva a double arch of two at right angles.] (Arch.) The arch or rib which crosses a Gothic vault diagonally.

O"gle (g'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ogled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ogling (?).] [From a Dutch word corresponding to G. äugeln to ogle, fr. auge eye; cf. D. ooglonken to ogle, OD. oogen to cast sheep's eyes upon, ooge eye. See Eye.] To view or look at with side glances, as in fondness, or with a design to attract notice.

And ogling all their audience, ere they speak.

Dryden.

O"gle, n. An amorous side glance or look. Byron.

O"gler (?), n. One who ogles. Addison.

O"gli*o (?), n. See Olio.

O"gre ("gr), n. [F., fr. Sp. ogro, fr. L. Orcus the god of the infernal regions; also, the lower world, hell.] An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster.

His schoolroom must have resembled an ogre's den.

Maccaulay.

O"gre*ish, a. Resembling an ogre; having the character or appearance of an ogre; suitable for an ogre. "An ogreish kind of jocularity." Dickens.

O"gress (?), n. [F. ogresse. See Ogre.] A female ogre. Tennyson.

{ O"gre*ism (?), O"grism (?) }, n. The character or manners of an ogre.

O*gyg"i*an (*jj"*an), a. [L. Ogygius, Gr. 'Ogy`gios.] Of or pertaining to Ogyges, a mythical king of ancient Attica, or to a great deluge in Attica in his days; hence, primeval; of obscure antiquity.

Oh (), interj. [See O, interj.] An exclamation expressing various emotions, according to the tone and manner, especially surprise, pain, sorrow, anxiety, or a wish. See the Note under O.

Ohm (m), n. [So called from the German electrician, G. S. Ohm.] (Elec.) The standard unit in the measure of electrical resistance, being the resistance of a circuit in which a potential difference of one volt produces a current of one ampére. As defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893, and by United States Statute, it is a resistance substantially equal to 109 units of resistance of the C. G. S. system of electro-magnetic units, and is represented by the resistance offered to an unvarying electric current by a column of mercury at the temperature of melting ice 14.4521 grams in mass, of a constant cross-sectional area, and of the length of 106.3 centimeters. As thus defined it is called the international ohm.

Ohm's law (Elec.), the statement of the fact that the strength or intensity of an electrical current is directly proportional to the electro-motive force, and inversely proportional to the resistance of the circuit.

O*ho" (?), interj. An exclamation of surprise, etc.

-oid (-oid). [Gr. &?;, fr. e'i^dos form, akin to &?; to see, and E. wit: cf.F. -oïde, L. - oïdes.] A suffix or combining form meaning like, resembling, in the form of; as in anthropoid, asteroid, spheroid.

||O*ïd"i*um (?), n. [NL., dim. fr. Gr. w,'o`n egg.] (Bot.) A genus of ||minute fungi which form a floccose mass of filaments on decaying ||fruit, etc. Many forms once referred to this genus are now believed ||to be temporary conditions of fungi of other genera, among them the ||vine mildew (Oïdium Tuckeri), which has caused much injury to grapes.

Oil (oil), n. [OE. oile, OF. oile, F. huile, fr. L. oleum; akin to Gr. &?;. Cf. Olive.] Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication, illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily consistency; as, oil of vitriol.

The mineral oils are varieties of petroleum. See Petroleum. The vegetable oils are of two classes, essential oils (see under Essential), and natural oils which in general resemble the animal oils and fats. Most of the natural oils and the animal oils and fats consist of ethereal salts of glycerin, with a large number of organic acids, principally stearic, oleic, and palmitic, forming respectively stearin, olein, and palmitin. Stearin and palmitin prevail in the solid oils and fats, and olein in the liquid oils. Mutton tallow, beef tallow, and lard are rich in stearin, human fat and palm oil in palmitin, and sperm and cod-liver oils in olein. In making soaps, the acids leave the glycerin and unite with the soda or potash.

Animal oil, Bone oil, Dipple's oil, etc. (Old Chem.), a complex oil obtained by the distillation of animal substances, as bones. See Bone oil, under Bone. -- Drying oils, Essential oils. (Chem.) See under Drying, and Essential. -- Ethereal oil of wine, Heavy oil of wine. (Chem.) See under Ethereal. -- Fixed oil. (Chem.) See under Fixed. -- Oil bag (Zoöl.), a bag, cyst, or gland in animals, containing oil. -- Oil beetle (Zoöl.), any beetle of the genus Meloe and allied genera. When disturbed they emit from the joints of the legs a yellowish oily liquor. Some species possess vesicating properties, and are used instead of cantharides. -- Oil box, or Oil cellar (Mach.), a fixed box or reservoir, for lubricating a bearing; esp., the box for oil beneath the journal of a railway-car axle. -- Oil cake. See under Cake. -- Oil cock, a stopcock connected with an oil cup. See Oil cup. -- Oil color. (a) A paint made by grinding a coloring substance in oil. (b) Such paints, taken in a general sense. -- Oil cup, a cup, or small receptacle, connected with a bearing as a lubricator, and usually provided with a wick, wire, or adjustable valve for regulating the delivery of oil. -- Oil engine, a gas engine worked with the explosive vapor of petroleum. - - Oil gas, inflammable gas procured from oil, and used for lighting streets, houses, etc. -- Oil gland. (a) (Zoöl.) A gland which secretes oil; especially in birds, the large gland at the base of the tail. (b) (Bot.) A gland, in some plants, producing oil. -- Oil green, a pale yellowish green, like oil. -- Oil of brick, empyreumatic oil obtained by subjecting a brick soaked in oil to distillation at a high temperature, -- used by lapidaries as a vehicle for the emery by which stones and gems are sawn or cut. Brande & C. -- Oil of talc, a nostrum made of calcined talc, and famous in the 17th century as a cosmetic. [Obs.] B. Jonson. -- Oil of vitriol (Chem.), strong sulphuric acid; -- so called from its oily consistency and from its forming the vitriols or sulphates. -- Oil of wine, Œnanthic ether. See under Œnanthic. -- Oil painting. (a) The art of painting in oil colors. (b) Any kind of painting of which the pigments are originally ground in oil. -- Oil palm (Bot.), a palm tree whose fruit furnishes oil, esp. Elæis Guineensis. See Elæis. -- Oil sardine (Zoöl.), an East Indian herring (Clupea scombrina), valued for its oil. -- Oil shark (Zoöl.) (a) The liver shark. (b) The tope. -- Oil still, a still for hydrocarbons, esp. for petroleum. -- Oil test, a test for determining the temperature at which petroleum oils give off vapor which is liable to explode. -- Oil tree. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Ricinus (R. communis), from the seeds of which castor oil is obtained. (b) An Indian tree, the mahwa. See Mahwa. (c) The oil palm. -- To burn the midnight oil, to study or work late at night. -- Volatle oils. See Essential oils, under Essential.

Oil (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Oiling.] To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to anoint with oil.

Oil"bird` (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Guacharo.

Oil"cloth" (?), n. Cloth treated with oil or paint, and used for marking garments, covering floors, etc.

Oiled (?), a. Covered or treated with oil; dressed with, or soaked in, oil.

Oiled silk, silk rendered waterproof by saturation with boiled oil.

Oil"er (?), n. 1. One who deals in oils.

2. One who, or that which, oils.

Oil"er*y (?), n. [Cf.F. huilerie.] The business, the place of business, or the goods, of a maker of, or dealer in, oils.

Oil"i*ness (?), n. The quality of being oily. Bacon.

Oil"let (?), n. [See Eyelet.] (Arch.) (a) A small opening or loophole, sometimes circular, used in mediæval fortifications. (b) A small circular opening, and ring of moldings surrounding it, used in window tracery in Gothic architecture. [Written also oylet.]

Oil"man (?), n.; pl. Oilmen (&?;). One who deals in oils; formerly, one who dealt in oils and pickles.

Oil"nut` (?), n. (Bot.) The buffalo nut. See Buffalo nut, under Buffalo.

The name is also applied to various nuts and seeds yielding oil, as the butternut, cocoanut, oil-palm nut.

Oil"seed` (?), n. (Bot.) (a) Seed from which oil is expressed, as the castor bean; also, the plant yielding such seed. See Castor bean. (b) A cruciferous herb (Camelina sativa). (c) The sesame.

Oil"skin` (?), n. Cloth made waterproof by oil.

Oil"stone` (?), n. A variety of hone slate, or whetstone, used for whetting tools when lubricated with oil.

Oil"y (?), a. [Compar. Oilier (?); superl. Oiliest.] 1. Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the nature or qualities of oil; unctuous; oleaginous; as, oily matter or substance. Bacon.

2. Covered with oil; greasy; hence, resembling oil; as, an oily appearance.

3. Smoothly subservient; supple; compliant; plausible; insinuating. "This oily rascal." Shak.

His oily compliance in all alterations.

Fuller.

Oily grain (Bot.), the sesame. - - Oily palm, the oil palm.

Oi"ne*ment (?), n. Ointment. [Obs.] Chaucer.

||Oi`no*ma"ni*a (?), n. See œnomania.

Oint (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ointed; p. pr & vb. n. Ointing.] [F. oint, p. p. of oindre, L. ungere. See Anoint, Ointment.] To anoint. [Obs.] Dryden.

Oint"ment (?), n. [OE. oinement, OF. oignement, fr.F. oindre to anoint, L. ungere, unguere; akin to Skr. a&?;j, and to G. anke (in Switzerland) butter. The first t in the E. word is due to the influence of anoint. Cf. Anoint, Unguent.] That which serves to anoint; any soft unctuous substance used for smearing or anointing; an unguent.

O*jib"ways (?), n. pl.; sing. Ojibway. (Ethnol.) Same as Chippeways.

||O"jo (?), n. [Sp., prop., an eye.] A spring, surrounded by rushes or ||rank grass; an oasis. [Southwestern U.S.] Bartlett.

Oke (?), n. [Turk. okkah, fr. Ar. kyah, wakyah, prob. fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, an ounce, fr. L. uncia. Cf. Ounce a weight.]

1. A Turkish and Egyptian weight, equal to about 2¾ pounds.

2. An Hungarian and Wallachian measure, equal to about 2½ pints.

O"ken*ite (?), n. [Prob. from Lorenz Oken, a German naturalist.] (Min.) A massive and fibrous mineral of a whitish color, chiefly hydrous silicate of lime.

O"ker (?), n. (Min.) See Ocher.

O"kra (?), n. (Bot.) An annual plant (Abelmoschus, or Hibiscus, esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo. [Written also ocra and ochra.]

-ol (?). [From alcohol.] (Chem.) A suffix denoting that the substance in the name of which it appears belongs to the series of alcohols or hydroxyl derivatives, as carbinol, glycerol, etc.

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||O"lay (?), n. pl. [Tamil lai.] Palm leaves, prepared for being ||written upon with a style pointed with steel. [Written also ola.] ||Balfour (Cyc. of India).

Old (?), n. Open country. [Obs.] See World. Shak.

Old, a. [Compar. Older (?); superl. Oldest.] [OE. old, ald, AS. ald, eald; akin to D. oud, OS. ald, OFries. ald, old, G. alt, Goth. alpeis, and also to Goth. alan to grow up, Icel. ala to bear, produce, bring up, L. alere to nourish. Cf. Adult, Alderman, Aliment, Auld, Elder.]

1. Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree.

Let not old age disgrace my high desire.

Sir P. Sidney.

The melancholy news that we grow old.

Young.

2. Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship. "An old acquaintance." Camden.

3. Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding; original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise. "The old schools of Greece." Milton. "The character of the old Ligurians." Addison.

4. Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence; having (a certain) length of existence; -- designating the age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a cathedral centuries old.

And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?

Cen. xlvii. 8.

In this use old regularly follows the noun that designates the age; as, she was eight years old.

5. Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice.

Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old.

Milton.

6. Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to new land, that is, to land lately cleared.

7. Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes.

8. More than enough; abundant. [Obs.]

If a man were porter of hell gate, he should have old turning the
key.

Shak.

9. Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or other qualities belonging to youth; -- used disparagingly as a term of reproach.

10. Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly.

11. Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and familiarity. "Go thy ways, old lad." Shak.

Old age, advanced years; the latter period of life. -- Old bachelor. See Bachelor, 1. -- Old Catholics. See under Catholic. -- Old English. See under English. n., 2. -- Old Nick, Old Scratch, the devil. -- Old lady (Zoöl.), a large European noctuid moth (Mormo maura). -- Old maid. (a) A woman, somewhat advanced in years, who has never been married; a spinster. (b) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the pink-flowered periwinkle (Vinca rosea). (c) A simple game of cards, played by matching them. The person with whom the odd card is left is the old maid. -- Old man's beard. (Bot.) (a) The traveler's joy (Clematis Vitalba). So named from the abundant long feathery awns of its fruit. (b) The Tillandsia usneoides. See Tillandsia. -- Old man's head (Bot.), a columnar cactus (Pilocereus senilis), native of Mexico, covered towards the top with long white hairs. -- Old red sandstone (Geol.), a series of red sandstone rocks situated below the rocks of the Carboniferous age and comprising various strata of siliceous sandstones and conglomerates. See Sandstone, and the Chart of Geology. -- Old school, a school or party belonging to a former time, or preserving the character, manner, or opinions of a former time; as, a gentleman of the old school; -- used also adjectively; as, Old-School Presbyterians. -- Old sledge, an old and well-known game of cards, called also all fours, and high, low, Jack, and the game. -- Old squaw (Zoöl.), a duck (Clangula hyemalis) inhabiting the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is varied with black and white and is remarkable for the length of its tail. Called also longtailed duck, south southerly, callow, hareld, and old wife. -- Old style. (Chron.) See the Note under Style. -- Old Testament. See under Testament. -- Old wife. [In the senses b and cwritten also oldwife.] (a) A prating old woman; a gossip.

Refuse profane and old wives' fables.

1 Tim. iv. 7.

(b) (Zoöl.) The local name of various fishes, as the European black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus), the American alewife, etc. (c) (Zoöl.) A duck; the old squaw. -- Old World, the Eastern Hemisphere.

Syn. -- Aged; ancient; pristine; primitive; antique; antiquated; old-fashioned; obsolete. See Ancient.

Old"en (?), a. Old; ancient; as, the olden time. "A minstrel of the olden stamp." J. C. Shairp.

Old"en, v. i. To grow old; to age. [R.]

She had oldened in that time.

Thackeray.

Old`-fash"ioned (?), a. Formed according to old or obsolete fashion or pattern; adhering to old customs or ideas; as, an old-fashioned dress, girl. "Old-fashioned men of wit." Addison.

This old-fashioned, quaint abode.

Longfellow.

Old`-gen"tle*man*ly (?), a. Pertaining to an old gentleman, or like one. Byron.

Old"ish, a. Somewhat old.

Old` lang syne" (?). See Auld lang syne.

Old`-maid"ish (?), a. Like an old maid; prim; precise; particular.

Old`-maid"ism (?), n. The condition or characteristics of an old maid. G. Eliot.

Old"ness, n. The state or quality of being old; old age.

Old"ster (?), n. [Cf. Youngster.] An old person. [Jocular] H. Kingsley.

Old`-wom`an*ish (?), a. Like an old woman; anile. -- Old`-wom"an*ish*ness, n.

||O"le*a (?), n. [L. olive. See Olive.] (Bot.) A genus of trees ||including the olive.

The Chinese Olea fragrans, noted for its fragrance, and the American devilwood (Olea Americana) are now usually referred to another genus (Osmanthus).

O`le*a"ceous (?), a. [L. oléaceus of the olive tree.] (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Oleaceæ), mostly trees and shrubs, of which the olive is the type. It includes also the ash, the lilac, the true jasmine, and fringe tree.

O`le*ag`i*nous (?), a. [L. oleaginus, oleagineus, belonging to the olive, fr. olea olive: cf. F. oléagineux. See Olive, Oil.] Having the nature or qualities of oil; oily; unctuous.

O`le*ag`i*nous*ness, n. Oiliness. Boyle.

||O`le*a"men (?), n. [L.] (Med.) A soft ointment prepared from oil. ||Dunglison.

O`le*an"der (?), n. [F. oléandre (cf. It. oleandro, LL. lorandrum), prob. corrupted, under the influence of laurus laurel, fr. L. rhododendron, Gr. &?;; &?; rose + &?; tree.] (Bot.) A beautiful evergreen shrub of the Dogbane family, having clusters of fragrant red or white flowers. It is native of the East Indies, but the red variety has become common in the south of Europe. Called also rosebay, rose laurel, and South-sea rose.

Every part of the plant is dangerously poisonous, and death has occured from using its wood for skewers in cooking meat.

O`le*an"drine (?), n. (Chem.) One of several alkaloids found in the leaves of the oleander.

O`le*as"ter (?), n. [L., fr. olea olive tree. See Olive, Oil.] (Bot.) (a) The wild olive tree (Olea Europea, var. sylvestris). (b) Any species of the genus Elæagus. See Eleagnus. The small silvery berries of the common species (Elæagnus hortensis) are called Trebizond dates, and are made into cakes by the Arabs.

O"le*ate (?), n. [Cf.F. oléate.] (Chem.) A salt of oleic acid. Some oleates, as the oleate of mercury, are used in medicine by way of inunction.

O*lec"ra*nal (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the olecranon.

O*lec"ra*non (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;; &?; elbow + krani`on the head.] (Anat.) The large process at the proximal end of the ulna which projects behind the articulation with the humerus and forms the bony prominence of the elbow.

O*le"fi*ant (?), a. [F. oléfiant, fr.L. oleum oil + -ficare (in comp.). Cf. -Fy.] (Chem.) Forming or producing an oil; specifically, designating a colorless gaseous hydrocarbon called ethylene. [Archaic]

O"le*fine (?), n. [From Olefiant.] (Chem.) Olefiant gas, or ethylene; hence, by extension, any one of the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is a type. See Ethylene.

O"le*ic (?), a. [L. oleum oil: cf. F. oléique.] (Physiol.Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, oil; as, oleic acid, an acid of the acrylic acid series found combined with glyceryl in the form of olein in certain animal and vegetable fats and oils, such as sperm oil, olive oil, etc. At low temperatures the acid is crystalline, but melts to an oily liquid above 14&?; C.

O`le*if`er*ous (?), a. [L. oleum oil + -ferous: cf.F. oléifére.] Producing oil; as, oleiferous seeds.

O"le*in (?), n. [L. oleum oil: cf. F. oléine.] (Physiol. Chem.) A fat, liquid at ordinary temperatures, but solidifying at temperatures below 0° C., found abundantly in both the animal and vegetable kingdoms (see Palmitin). It dissolves solid fats, especially at 30-40° C. Chemically, olein is a glyceride of oleic acid; and, as three molecules of the acid are united to one molecule of glyceryl to form the fat, it is technically known as triolein. It is also called elain.

O"lent (?), a. [L. olens, p. pr. of olere to smell.] Scented. [R.] R. Browning.

O`le*o*graph (?), n. [L. oleum oil + -graph.]

1. (Chem.) The form or figure assumed by a drop of oil when placed upon water or some other liquid with which it does not mix.

2. (Painting) A picture produced in oils by a process analogous to that of lithographic printing.

O`le*o*mar"ga*rine (?), n. [L. oleum oil + E. margarine, margarin.] [Written also oleomargarin.] 1. A liquid oil made from animal fats (esp. beef fat) by separating the greater portion of the solid fat or stearin, by crystallization. It is mainly a mixture of olein and palmitin with some little stearin.

2. An artificial butter made by churning this oil with more or less milk.

Oleomargarine was wrongly so named, as it contains no margarin proper, but olein, palmitin, and stearin, a mixture of palmitin and stearin having formerly been called margarin by mistake.

O`le*om`e*ter (?), n. [L. oleum oil + -meter.] (Chem.) An instrument for ascertaining the weight and purity of oil; an elaiometer.

O"le*one (?), n. [L. oleum + - one, 1.] (Chem.) An oily liquid, obtained by distillation of calcium oleate, and probably consisting of the ketone of oleic acid.

O`le*op"tene (?), n. [L. oleum oil + Cr. &?; fleeting.] (Chem.) See Eleoptene. [R.]

O`le*o*res"in (?), n. [L. oleum oil + E. resin.]

1. (Chem.) A natural mixture of a terebinthinate oil and a resin.

2. (Med.) A liquid or semiliquid preparation extracted (as from capsicum, cubebs, or ginger) by means of ether, and consisting of fixed or volatile oil holding resin in solution.

-- O`le*o*res"in*ous (#), a.

{ O"le*ose` (?), O"le*ous (?), } a. [L. oleosus, fr. oleum oil.] Oily. [R.] Ray. Floyer.

O`le*os"i*ty (?), n. The state or quality of being oily or fat; fatness. [R.] B. Jonson.

Ol`er*a"ceous (?), a. [L. oleraceus, from olus, oleris, garden or pot herbs, vegetables.] Pertaining to pot herbs; of the nature or having the qualities of herbs for cookery; esculent. Sir T. Browne.

Olf (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.) The European bullfinch. [Prov.Eng.]

Ol*fac"tion (?), n. [See Olfactory.] (Physiol.) The sense by which the impressions made on the olfactory organs by the odorous particles in the atmosphere are perceived.

Ol*fac"tive (?), a. See Olfactory, a.

Ol*fac"tor (?), n. A smelling organ; a nose. [R.]

Ol*fac"to*ry (?), a. [L. olfactus, p. p. of olfacere to smell; olere to have a smell + facere to make. See Odor, and Fact.] (Physiol.) Of, pertaining to, or connected with, the sense of smell; as, the olfactory nerves; the olfactory cells.

Olfactory organ (Anat.), an organ for smelling. In vertebrates the olfactory organs are more or less complicated sacs, situated in the front part of the head and lined with epithelium innervated by the olfactory (or first cranial) nerves, and sensitive to odoriferous particles conveyed to it in the air or in water.

Ol*fac"to*ry (?), n.; pl. Olfactories (&?;). An olfactory organ; also, the sense of smell; -- usually in the plural.

Ol"i*ban (?), n. (Chem.) See Olibanum.

O*lib"a*num (?), n. [LL., fr. Ar. al-luban frankincense; cf.Gr. &?;, &?;, of Semitic origin.] The fragrant gum resin of various species of Boswellia; Oriental frankincense.

Ol"i*bene (?), n. (Chem.) A colorless mobile liquid of a pleasant aromatic odor obtained by the distillation of olibanum, or frankincense, and regarded as a terpene; -- called also conimene.

{ Ol"id (?), Ol"i*dous (?), } a. [L. olidus, fr. olere to smell.] Having a strong, disagreeable smell; fetid. [Obs.] Boyle. Sir T. Browne.

Ol"i*fant (?), n. [OF.] 1. An elephant. [Obs.]

2. An ancient horn, made of ivory.

Ol`i*gan"drous (?), a. [Oligo- + Gr. &?;, &?;, man, male.] (Bot.) Having few stamens.

Ol`i*gan"thous (?), a. [Oligo- + Gr. &?; flower.] (Bot.) Having few flowers.

Ol`i*garch (?), n. A member of an oligarchy; one of the rulers in an oligarchical government.

Ol`i*gar"chal (?), a. Oligarchic. Glover.

{ Ol`i*gar"chic (?), Ol`i*gar"chic*al, } a. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. oligarchique. See Oligarchy.] Of or pertaining to oligarchy, or government by a few. "Oligarchical exiles." Jowett (Thucyd. ).

Ol"i*gar`chist (?), n. An advocate or supporter of oligarchy.

Ol"i*gar"chy (?), n.; pl. Oligarchies (#). [Gr. &?;; &?; few, little + &?; to rule, govern: cf.F. oligarchie.] A form of government in which the supreme power is placed in the hands of a few persons; also, those who form the ruling few.

All oligarchies, wherein a few men domineer, do what they list.

Burton.

Ol"i*gist (?), n. [See Oligist, a.] (Min.) Hematite or specular iron ore; -- prob. so called in allusion to its feeble magnetism, as compared with magnetite.

{ Ol"i*gist (?), Ol`i*gis"tic (?), } a. [Gr. &?;, superl. of &?; few, little: cf. F. oligiste.] (Min.) Of or pertaining to hematite.

Ol"i*go- (?). A combining form from Gr. &?;, few, little, small.

Ol"i*go*cene (?), a. [Oligo- + Gr. &?; new, recent.] (Geol.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain strata which occupy an intermediate position between the Eocene and Miocene periods. -- n. The Oligocene period. See the Chart of Geology.

||Ol`i*go*chæ"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; little, pl., few + &?; ||hair.] (Zoöl.) An order of Annelida which includes the earthworms and ||related species.

Ol"i*go*chete (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Oligochæta.

Ol"i*go*clase (?), n. [Oligo- + Gr. &?; fracture, fr. &?; to break.] (Min.) A triclinic soda-lime feldspar. See Feldspar.

Ol`i*gom"er*ous (?), a. [Oligo- + Gr. &?; part.] (Bot.) Having few members in each set of organs; as, an oligomerous flower.

Ol`i*go"my*old (?), a. [Oligo- + Gr. &?;, &?;, a muscle + -oid.] (Anat.) Having few or imperfect syringeal muscles; -- said of some passerine birds (Oligomyodi).

Ol`i*go*pet"al*ous (?), a. [Oligo- + petal.] (Bot.) Having few petals.

Ol`i*go*sep"al*ous (?), a. [Oligo- + sepal.] (Bot.) Having few sepals.

Ol`i*go*sid"er*ite (?), n. [Oligo- + siderite.] (Min.) A meteorite characterized by the presence of but a small amount of metallic iron.

Ol`i*go*sper"mous (?), a. [Oligo- + Gr. &?; a seed.] (Bot.) Having few seeds.

Ol`i*got"o*kous (?), a. [Oligo- + Gr. &?; offspring.] (Zoöl.) Producing few young.

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O"li*o (?), n. [Sp. olla a round earthen pot, a dish of boiled or stewed meat, fr. L. olla a pot, dish. Cf. Olla, Olla-podrida.] 1. A dish of stewed meat of different kinds. [Obs.]

Besides a good olio, the dishes were trifling.

Evelyn.

2. A mixture; a medley. Dryden.

3. (Mus.) A collection of miscellaneous pieces.

Ol"i*to*ry (?), a. [L. olitorius belonging to a kitchen gardener, or to vegetables, fr. olitor a kitchen gardener, fr. olus, oleris, vegetables.] Of or pertaining to, or produced in, a kitchen garden; used for kitchen purposes; as, olitory seeds.

At convenient distance towards the olitory garden.

Evelyn.

||O*li"va (?), n. [L. an olive.] (Zoöl.) A genus of polished marine ||gastropod shells, chiefly tropical, and often beautifully colored.

Ol`i*va"ceous (?), a. [L. oliva olive.] Resembling the olive; of the color of the olive; olive- green.

Ol"i*va*ry (?), a. [L. olivarius belonging to olives, fr. oliva an olive: cf. F. olivaire.] (Anat.) Like an olive.

Olivary body (Anat.), an oval prominence on each side of the medulla oblongata; -- called also olive.

Ol`i*vas"ter (?), a. [L. oliva olive: cf.F. olivâtre.] Of the color of the olive; tawny. Sir T. Herbert.

Ol"ive (?), n. [F., fr. L. oliva, akin to Gr. &?;. See Oil.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A tree (Olea Europæa) with small oblong or elliptical leaves, axillary clusters of flowers, and oval, one-seeded drupes. The tree has been cultivated for its fruit for thousands of years, and its branches are the emblems of peace. The wood is yellowish brown and beautifully variegated. (b) The fruit of the olive. It has been much improved by cultivation, and is used for making pickles. Olive oil is pressed from its flesh.

2. (Zoöl.) (a) Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; -- so called from the form. See Oliva. (b) The oyster catcher. [Prov.Eng.]

3. (a) The color of the olive, a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green. (b) One of the tertiary colors, composed of violet and green mixed in equal strength and proportion.

4. (Anat.) An olivary body. See under Olivary.

5. (Cookery) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked; as, olives of beef or veal.

Olive is sometimes used adjectively and in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, olive brown, olive green, olive-colored, olive-skinned, olive crown, olive garden, olive tree, olive yard, etc.

Bohemian olive (Bot.), a species of Elæagnus (E. angustifolia), the flowers of which are sometimes used in Southern Europe as a remedy for fevers. -- Olive branch. (a) A branch of the olive tree, considered an emblem of peace. (b) Fig.: A child. -- Olive brown, brown with a tinge of green. -- Olive green, a dark brownish green, like the color of the olive. -- Olive oil, an oil expressed from the ripe fruit of the olive, and much used as a salad oil, also in medicine and the arts. -- Olive ore (Min.), olivenite. -- Wild olive (Bot.), a name given to the oleaster or wild stock of the olive; also variously to several trees more or less resembling the olive.

Ol"ive, a. Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.

Ol"ived (?), a. Decorated or furnished with olive trees. [R.] T. Warton.

O*liv"en*ite (?), n. (Min.) An olive-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of copper; olive ore.

Ol"i*ver (?), n. 1. [OF. oliviere.] An olive grove. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. [F. olivier.] An olive tree. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ol"i*ver, n. A small tilt hammer, worked by the foot.

Ol`i*ve"ri*an (?), n. (Eng. Hist.) An adherent of Oliver Cromwell. Macaulay.

Ol`ive*wood" (?), n. (Bot.) (a) The wood of the olive. (b) An Australian name given to the hard white wood of certain trees of the genus Elæodendron, and also to the trees themselves.

Ol`i*vil (?), n. [Cf. F. olivile.] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance, obtained from an exudation from the olive, and having a bitter-sweet taste and acid proporties. [Written also olivile.] Gregory.

Ol"i*vin (?), n. (Chem.) A complex bitter gum, found on the leaves of the olive tree; -- called also olivite.

Ol"i*vine (?), n. [Cf. F. olivine.] (Min.) A common name of the yellowish green mineral chrysolite, esp. the variety found in eruptive rocks.

Ol"i*vite (?), n. (Chem.) See Olivin.

Ol"la (?), n. [See Olio.] 1. A pot or jar having a wide mouth; a cinerary urn, especially one of baked clay.

2. A dish of stewed meat; an olio; an olla- podrida.

||Ol`la-po*dri"da (?), n. [Sp., lit., a rotten pot. See Olio.] 1. A ||favorite Spanish dish, consisting of a mixture of several kinds of ||meat chopped fine, and stewed with vegetables.

2. Any incongruous mixture or miscellaneous collection; an olio. B. Jonson.

Ol"o*gy (?), n. [See -logy.] A colloquial or humorous name for any science or branch of knowledge.

He had a smattering of mechanics, of physiology, geology,
mineralogy, and all other ologies whatsoever.

De Quincey.

||Ol"pe (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;.] Originally, a leather flask or ||vessel for oils or liquids; afterward, an earthenware vase or pitcher ||without a spout.

||O*lu"sa*trum (?), n. [L. holusatrum, olusatrum; olus garden herb + ||ater black.] (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant, the common Alexanders of ||Western Europe (Smyrnium Olusatrum).

O*lym"pi*ad (*lm"p*d), n. [L. olympias, -adis, Gr. 'olympia`s, -a`dos, fr. 'O`lympos Olympus, a mountain in Macedonia: cf. F. olympiade.] (Greek Antiq.) A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of Corœbus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the olympiads.

{ O*lym"pi*an (-an), O*lym"pic (- pk), } a. [L. Olympius, Olympicus, Gr. 'Oly`mpios, 'Olympiko`s, fr. 'O`lympos: cf. F. olympique. See Olympiad.] Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods, or to Olympia, a small plain in Elis.

Olympic games, or Olympics (Greek Antiq.), the greatest of the national festivals of the ancient Greeks, consisting of athletic games and races, dedicated to Olympian Zeus, celebrated once in four years at Olympia, and continuing five days.

O*lym`pi*on"ic (?), n. [Gr. &?; a conqueror in the Olympic games.] An ode in honor of a victor in the Olympic games. [R.] Johnson.

-o"ma (?). [Gr. &?;, &?;.] A suffix used in medical terms to denote a morbid condition of some part, usually some kind of tumor; as in fibroma, glaucoma.

||Om"a*gra (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; shoulder + &?; seizure.] (Med.) ||Gout in the shoulder.

O"ma*has" (?), n. pl.; sing. Omaha (&?;). (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who inhabited the south side of the Missouri River. They are now partly civilized and occupy a reservation in Nebraska.

O*man"der wood` (?). [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) The wood of Diospyros ebenaster, a kind of ebony found in Ceylon.

||O*ma"sum (?), n. [L.] (Anat.) The third division of the stomach of ||ruminants. See Manyplies, and Illust. under Ruminant.

{ Om"ber, Om"bre} (?), n. [F. hombre, fr. Sp. hombre, lit., a man, fr. L. homo. See Human.] A game at cards, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually played by three persons. Pope.

When ombre calls, his hand and heart are free, And, joined to two,
he fails not to make three.

Young.

Om"bre, n. [F., of uncertain origin.] (Zoöl.) A large Mediterranean food fish (Umbrina cirrhosa): -- called also umbra, and umbrine.

Om*brom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. &?; rain + -meter: cf. F. ombrométre.] (Meteorol.) An instrument for measuring the rain that falls; a rain gauge.

O*me"ga (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, i.e., the great or long o. Cf. Mickle.] 1. The last letter of the Greek alphabet. See Alpha.

2. The last; the end; hence, death.

"Omega! thou art Lord," they said.

Tennyson.

Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending; hence, the chief, the whole. Rev. i. 8.

The alpha and omega of science.

Sir J. Herschel.

O*me"goid (?), a. [Omega + - oid.] Having the form of the Greek capital letter Omega ().

Om"e*let (?), n. [F. omelette, OF. amelette, alumete, alumelle, perh. fr. L. lamella. Cf. Lamella.] Eggs beaten up with a little flour, etc., and cooked in a frying pan; as, a plain omelet.

O"men (?), n. [L. omen, the original form being osmen, according to Varro.] An occurrence supposed to portend, or show the character of, some future event; any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; a foreboding; a presage; an augury.

Bid go with evil omen, and the brand Of infamy upon my name.

Milton.

O"men, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Omened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Omening.] To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents; to have omens or premonitions regarding; to predict; to augur; as, to omen ill of an enterprise.

The yet unknown verdict, of which, however, all omened the tragical
contents.

Sir W. Scott.

O"mened (?), a. Attended by, or containing, an omen or omens; as, happy-omened day.

O*men"tal (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to an omentum or the omenta.

O*men"tum (?), n.; pl. Omenta (#). [L.] (Anat.) A free fold of the peritoneum, or one serving to connect viscera, support blood vessels, etc.; an epiploön.

The great, or gastrocolic, omentum forms, in most mammals, a great sac, which is attached to the stomach and transverse colon, is loaded with fat, and covers more or less of the intestines; the caul. The lesser, or gastrohepatic, omentum connects the stomach and liver and contains the hepatic vessels. The gastrosplenic omentum, or ligament, connects the stomach and spleen.

O"mer (?), n. [Cf. Homer.] A Hebrew measure, the tenth of an ephah. See Ephah. Ex. xvi. 36.

Om`i*let"ic*al (?), a. Homiletical. [Obs.]

Om"i*nate (?), v. t. & i. [L. ominatus, p. p. of ominari to presage, fr. omen.] To presage; to foreshow; to foretoken. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Om`i*na"tion (?), n. [L. ominatio.] The act of ominating; presaging. [Obs.] Fuller.

Om"i*nous (?), a. [L. ominosus, fr. omen. See Omen.] Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous dread.

He had a good ominous name to have made a peace.

Bacon.

In the heathen worship of God, a sacrifice without a heart was
accounted ominous.

South.

-- Om"i*nous*ly, adv. -- Om"i*nous*ness, n.

O*mis"si*ble (?), a. Capable of being omitted; that may be omitted.

O*mis"sion (?), n. [L. omissio: cf. F. omission. See Omit.] 1. The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.

The most natural division of all offenses is into those of omission
and those of commission.

Addison.

2. That which is omitted or is left undone.

O*mis"sive (?), a. [See Omit.] Leaving out; omitting. Bp. Hall. -- O*mis"sive*ly, adv.

O*mit" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Omitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Omitting.] [L. omittere, omissum; ob (see Ob- + mittere to cause to go, let go, send. See Mission.] 1. To let go; to leave unmentioned; not to insert or name; to drop.

These personal comparisons I omit.

Bacon.

2. To pass by; to forbear or fail to perform or to make use of; to leave undone; to neglect.

Her father omitted nothing in her education that might make her the
most accomplished woman of her age.

Addison.

O*mit"tance (?), n. The act of omitting, or the state of being omitted; forbearance; neglect. Shak.

O*mit"ter (?), n. One who omits. Fuller.

Om`ma*te"al (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to an ommateum.

||Om`ma*te"um (?), n.; pl. Ommatea (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, the ||eye.] (Zoöl.) A compound eye, as of insects and crustaceans.

||Om`ma*tid"i*um (?), n.; pl. Ommatidia (#). [NL., dim. of Gr. &?;, ||&?;, the eye.] (Zoöl.) One of the single eyes forming the compound ||eyes of crustaceans, insects, and other invertebrates.

Om"ni- (?). [L. omnis all.] A combining form denoting all, every, everywhere; as in omnipotent, all-powerful; omnipresent.

Om"ni*bus (?), n. [L., for all, dat. pl. from omnis all. Cf. Bus.] 1. A long four-wheeled carriage, having seats for many people; especially, one with seats running lengthwise, used in conveying passengers short distances.

2. (Glass Making) A sheet-iron cover for articles in a leer or annealing arch, to protect them from drafts.

Omnibus bill, a legislative bill which provides for a number of miscellaneous enactments or appropriations. [Parliamentary Cant, U.S.] -- Omnibus box, a large box in a theater, on a level with the stage and having communication with it. [Eng.] Thackeray.

Om`ni*cor*po"re*al (?), a. [Omni- + corporeal.] Comprehending or including all bodies; embracing all substance. [R.] Cudworth.

Om*ni"e*ty (?), n. That which is all-pervading or all-comprehensive; hence, the Deity. [R.]

Omniety formed nullity into an essence.

Sir T. Browne.

Om`ni*fa"ri*ous (?), a. [L. omnifarius; omnis all + -farius. Cf. Bifarious.] Of all varieties, forms, or kinds. "Omnifarious learning." Coleridge.

Om*nif"er*ous (?), a. [L. omnifer; omnis all + ferre to bear.] All- bearing; producing all kinds.

Om*nif"ic (?), a. [Omni- + L. -ficare (in comp.) to make.] All-creating. "The omnific word." Milton.

Om"ni*form (?), a. [L. omniformis; omnis all + forma form: cf. F. omniforme.] Having every form or shape. Berkeley.

Om`ni*for"mi*ty (?), n. The condition or quality of having every form. Dr. H. More.

Om"ni*fy (?), v. t. [Omni- + -fy.] To render universal; to enlarge. [R.]

Omnify the disputed point into a transcendent, and you may defy the
opponent to lay hold of it.

Coleridge.

Om*nig"e*nous (?), a. [L. omniqenus; omnis all + genus kind.] Consisting of all kinds. [R.]

Om"ni*graph (?), n. [Omni- + -graph.] A pantograph. [R.]

Om`ni*pa"ri*ent (?), a. [L. omniparens all-producing; omnis all + parere to bring forth.] Producing or bringing forth all things; all- producing. [R.]

Om`ni*par"i*ty (?), n. [Omni- + -parity.] Equality in every part; general equality.

Om*nip"a*rous (?), a. [See Omniparient.] Producing all things; omniparient.

Om`ni*pa"tient (?), a. [Omni- + patient.] Capable of enduring all things. [R.] Carlyle.

{ Om`ni*per*cip"i*ence (?), Om`ni*per*cip"i*en*cy (?), } n. Perception of everything.

Om`ni*per*cip"i*ent (?), a. [Omni- + percipient.] Perceiving everything. Dr. H. More.

{ Om*nip"o*tence (?), Om*nip"o*ten*cy (?), } n. [L. omnipotentia: cf.F. omnipotence.] 1. The state of being omnipotent; almighty power; hence, one who is omnipotent; the Deity.

Will Omnipotence neglect to save The suffering virtue of the wise
and brave?

Pope.

2. Unlimited power of a particular kind; as, love's omnipotence. Denham.

Om*nip"o*tent (?), a. [F., fr.L. omnipotens, -entis; omnis all + potens powerful, potent. See Potent.] 1. Able in every respect and for every work; unlimited in ability; all-powerful; almighty; as, the Being that can create worlds must be omnipotent.

God's will and pleasure and his omnipotent power.

Sir T. More.

2. Having unlimited power of a particular kind; as, omnipotent love. Shak.

The Omnipotent, The Almighty; God.

Milton.

Om*nip"o*tent*ly, adv. In an omnipotent manner.

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Om`ni*pres"ence (?), n. [Cf. F. omniprésence.] Presence in every place at the same time; unbounded or universal presence; ubiquity.

His omnipresence fills Land, sea, and air, and every kind that
lives.

Milton.

Om`ni*pres"en*cy (?), n. Omnipresence. [Obs.]

Om`ni*pres"ent (?), a. [Omni- + present: cf.F. omniprésent.] Present in all places at the same time; ubiquitous; as, the omnipresent Jehovah. Prior.

Om`ni*pre*sen"tial (?), a. Implying universal presence. [R.] South.

Om`ni*prev"a*lent (?), a. [Omni- + prevalent.] Prevalent everywhere or in all things. Fuller.

Om*nis"cience (?), n. [Cf. F. omniscience.] The quality or state of being omniscient; - - an attribute peculiar to God. Dryden.

Om*nis"cien*cy (?), n. Omniscience.

Om*nis"cient (?), a. [Omni- + L. sciens, -entis, p. pr. of scire to know: cf. F. omniscient. See Science.] Having universal knowledge; knowing all things; infinitely knowing or wise; as, the omniscient God. -- Om*nis"cient*ly, adv.

For what can scape the eye Of God all-seeing, or deceive his heart
Omniscient?

Milton.

Om*nis"cious (?), a. [L. omniscius. See Omniscient.] All-knowing. [Obs.] Hakewill.

Om`ni*spec"tive (?), a. [Omni- + L. spectus, p. p. of specere, spicere, to view.] Beholding everything; capable of seeing all things; all- seeing. [R.] "Omnispective Power!" Boyse.

Om"ni*um (?), n. [L., of all, gen. pl. of omnis all.] (Eng.Stock Exchange) The aggregate value of the different stocks in which a loan to government is now usually funded. M'Culloch.

Om`ni*um-gath"er*um (?), n. [A macaronic compound of L. omnium, gen.pl. of omnis all, and E. gather.] A miscellaneous collection of things or persons; a confused mixture; a medley. [Colloq. & Humorous] Selden.

Om*niv"a*gant (?), a. [Omni + L. vagans, p. pr. of vagari to wander.] Wandering anywhere and everywhere. [R.]

||Om*niv"o*ra (?), n. pl. [NL. See Omnivorous.] (Zoöl.) A group of ||ungulate mammals including the hog and the hippopotamus. The term is ||also sometimes applied to the bears, and to certain passerine birds.

Om*niv"o*rous (?), a. [L. omnivorus; omnis all + vorate to eat greedily. See Voracious.] All-devouring; eating everything indiscriminately; as, omnivorous vanity; esp. (Zoöl.), eating both animal and vegetable food. -- Om*niv"o*rous*ness, n.

O"mo- (?). [Gr. &?; the shoulder.] A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the shoulder or the scapula.

O`mo*hy"oid (?), a. [Omo- + hyoid.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the shoulder and the hyoid bone; as, the omohyoid muscle.

O"mo*phag"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?;; &?; raw + &?; to eat.] Eating raw flesh; using uncooked meat as food; as, omophagic feasts, rites.

Om"o*plate (?), n. [F., from Gr. &?;. See Omo-, and Plate.] (Anat.) The shoulder blade, or scapula.

O*mos"te*gite (?), n. [Omo- + Gr. &?; a roof.] (Zoöl.) The part of the carapace of a crustacean situated behind the cervical groove.

O`mo*ster"nal (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the omosternum.

O`mo*ster"num (?), n. [Omo- + sternum.] (Anat.) (a) The anterior element of the sternum which projects forward from between the clavicles in many batrachians and is usually tipped with cartilage. (b) In many mammals, an interarticular cartilage, or bone, between the sternum and the clavicle.

Om"pha*cine (?), a. [Gr. &?;, from &?; an unripe grape or olive: cf.F. omphacin.] Of, pertaining to, or expressed from, unripe fruit; as, omphacine oil.

Om*phal"ic, a. [Gr. &?; having a boss, bossy, fr. &?; the navel. See Navel.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the umbilicus, or navel.

Om"pha*lo- (?). [Gr. &?; the navel.] A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, the umbilicus, or navel.

Om"pha*lo*cele` (?), n. [Gr. &?; the navel + &?; a tumor: cf.F. omphalocéle.] (Med.) A hernia at the navel.

Om"pha*lode (?), n. [Omphalo- + Gr. &?; form.] (Bot.) The central part of the hilum of a seed, through which the nutrient vessels pass into the rhaphe or the chalaza; -- called also omphalodium.