Part 9

OFF, of, _adv._ from: away from: on the opposite side of a question.--_adj._ most distant: on the opposite or farther side: on the side of a cricket-field right of the wicket-keeper and left of the bowler: not devoted to usual business, as an OFF DAY.--_prep._ not on.--_interj._ away! depart!--_adj._ and _adv._ OFF'-AND-ON', occasional.--_adj._ OFF'-COL'OUR, of inferior value: indisposed.--_n._ OFF'-COME (_Scot._), an apology, pretext: any exhibition of temper, &c.--_adv._ OFF'-HAND, at once: without hesitating.--_adj._ without study: impromptu: free and easy.--_adj._ OFF'ISH, reserved in manner.--_ns._ OFF'-PRINT, a reprint of a single article from a magazine or other periodical--the French _tirage à part_, German _Abdruck_; OFF'-RECK'ONING, an allowance formerly made to certain British officers from the money appropriated for army clothing.--_v.t._ OFF'SADDLE, to unsaddle.--_ns._ OFF'SCOURING, matter scoured off: refuse: anything vile or despised; OFF'-SCUM, refuse or scum; OFF'SET (_in accounts_), a sum or value set off against another as an equivalent: a short lateral shoot or bulb: a terrace on a hillside: (_archit._) a horizontal ledge on the face of a wall: in surveying, a perpendicular from the main line to an outlying point.--_v.t._ (_in accounts_) to place against as an equivalent.--_n._ OFF'SHOOT, that which shoots off from the main stem, stream, &c.: anything growing out of another.--_adv._ OFF'SHORE, in a direction from the shore, as a wind: at a distance from the shore.--_adj._ from the shore.--_ns._ OFF'SIDE, the right-hand side in driving: the farther side; OFF'SPRING, that which springs from another: a child, or children: issue: production of any kind.--OFF ONE'S CHUMP, HEAD, demented; OFF ONE'S FEED, indisposed to eat.--BE OFF, to go away quickly; COME OFF, GO OFF, SHOW OFF, TAKE OFF, &c. (see COME, GO, SHOW, TAKE, &c.); ILL OFF, poor or unfortunate; TELL OFF, to count: to assign, as for a special duty; WELL OFF, rich, well provided. [Same as _Of_.]

OFFAL, of'al, _n._ waste meat: the part of an animal which is unfit for use: refuse: anything worthless. [_Off_ and _fall_.]

OFFEND, of-fend', _v.t._ to displease or make angry: to do harm to: to affront: (_B._) to cause to sin.--_v.i._ to sin: to cause anger: (_B._) to be made to sin.--_n._ OFFENCE', any cause of anger or displeasure: an injury: a crime: a sin: affront: assault.--_adjs._ OFFENCE'FUL (_Shak._) giving offence or displeasure: injurious; OFFENCE'LESS (_Milt._), unoffending: innocent.--_ns._ OFFEND'ER, one who offends or injures: a trespasser: a criminal:--_fem._ OFFEND'RESS; OFFENSE', &c., same as OFFENCE, &c.--_adj._ OFFENS'IVE, causing offence, displeasure, or injury: used in attack: making the first attack.--_n._ the act of the attacking party: the posture of one who attacks.--_adv._ OFFENS'IVELY.--_n._ OFFENS'IVENESS.--OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE, requiring all parties to make war together, or to defend each other if attacked.--GIVE OFFENCE, to cause displeasure; TAKE OFFENCE, to feel displeasure, be offended. [Fr.,--L. _ob_, against, _fend[)e]re_, to strike.]

OFFER, of'[.e]r, _v.t._ to bring to or before: to hold out for acceptance or rejection: to make a proposal to: to lay before: to present to the mind: to attempt: to propose to give, as a price or service: to present in worship.--_v.i._ to present itself: to be at hand: to declare a willingness.--_n._ act of offering: first advance: that which is offered: proposal made.--_adj._ OFF'ERABLE, that may be offered.--_ns._ OFF'ERER; OFF'ERING, act of making an offer: that which is offered: a gift: (_B._) that which is offered on an altar: a sacrifice: (_pl._) in Church of England, certain dues payable at Easter; OFF'ERTORY, act of offering, the thing offered: the verses or the anthem said or sung while the offerings of the congregation are being made and the celebrant is placing the unconsecrated elements on the altar: the money collected at a religious service: anciently a linen or silken cloth used in various ceremonies connected with the administration of the eucharist. [L. _offerre_--_ob_, towards, _ferre_, to bring.]

OFFICE, of'is, _n._ settled duty or employment: a position imposing certain duties or giving a right to exercise an employment: business: act of worship: order or form of a religious service, either public or private: that which a thing is designed or fitted to do: a place where business is carried on: (_pl._) acts of good or ill: service: the apartments of a house in which the domestics discharge their duties.--_ns._ OFF'ICE-BEAR'ER, one who holds office: one who has an appointed duty to perform in connection with some company, society, &c.; OFF'ICER, one who holds an office: a person who performs some public duty: a person entrusted with responsibility in the army or navy.--_v.t._ to furnish with officers: to command, as officers.--_adj._ OFFIC'IAL, pertaining to an office: depending on the proper office or authority: done by authority.--_n._ one who holds an office: a subordinate public officer: the deputy of a bishop, &c.--_ns._ OFFIC'IALISM, official position: excessive devotion to official routine and detail; OFFICIAL'ITY, OFFIC'IALTY, the charge, office, or jurisdiction of an official: the official headquarters of an ecclesiastical or other deliberative and governing body.--_adv._ OFFIC'IALLY.--_n._ OFFIC'IANT, one who officiates at a religious service, one who administers a sacrament.--_v.i._ OFFIC'I[=A]TE, to perform the duties of an office: (with _for_) to perform official duties in place of another.--_n._ OFFIC'I[=A]TOR.--GIVE THE OFFICE (_slang_), to suggest, supply information; HOLY OFFICE, the Inquisition. [Fr.,--L. _officium_.]

OFFICINAL, of-fis'i-nal, _adj._ belonging to, or used in, a shop: denoting an approved medicine kept prepared by apothecaries. [Fr.,--L. _officina_, a workshop--_opus_, work, _fac[)e]re_, to do.]

OFFICIOUS, of-fish'us, _adj._ too forward in offering services: overkind: intermeddling.--_adv._ OFFIC'IOUSLY.--_n._ OFFIC'IOUSNESS. [Fr.,--L. _officiosus_--_officium_.]

OFFING, of'ing, _n._ the part of the sea more than half-way between the shore and the horizon.

OFT, oft, OFTEN, of'n, _adv._ frequently: many times.--_adj._ OFT'EN (_B._), frequent.--_n._ OFT'ENNESS, frequency.--_advs._ OFT'TIMES, OFT'ENTIMES, many times: frequently. [A.S. _oft_; Ger. _oft_, Goth. _ufta_.]

OGEE, [=o]-j[=e]', _n._ a wave-like moulding formed of a convex curve continued or followed by a concave one. [Fr. _ogive_.]

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OGHAM, OGAM, og'am, _n._ an ancient Irish writing, in straight lines crossing each other; one of the characters, twenty in number, of which it is formed.--_adjs._ OGH'AMIC, OG'AMIC.

OGIVE, [=o]'jiv, _n._ (_archit._) a pointed arch or window.--_adj._ OG[=I]'VAL. [Fr.,--Sp.,--Ar. _áwj_, summit.]

OGLE, [=o]'gl, _v.t._ to look at fondly with side glances.--_v.i._ to cast amorous glances.--_ns._ O'GLE; O'GLER; O'GLING. [Dut. _oogen_--_ooge_, the eye.]

OGRE, [=o]'g[.e]r, _n._ a man-eating monster or giant of fairy tales:--_fem._ O'GRESS.--_adj._ O'GREISH. [Fr. _ogre_--Sp. _ogro_--L. _orcus_, the lower world.]

OGYGIAN, [=o]-jij'i-an, _adj._ pertaining to the mythical Attic king _Og[)y]ges_, prehistoric, primeval.

OH, [=o], _interj._ denoting surprise, pain, sorrow, &c.

OHM, [=o]m, _n._ the unit by which electrical resistance is measured, being nearly equal to that caused by a thousand feet of copper wire one-tenth of an inch in diameter.--OHM'S LAW (see LAW). [Georg Simon _Ohm_, a German electrician, 1787-1854.]

OIDIUM, [=o]-id'i-um, _n._ a genus of parasitic fungi, including the vine-mildew, &c. [Gr. _[=o]on_, an egg.]

OIL, oil, _n._ the juice from the fruit of the olive-tree: any greasy liquid.--_v.t._ to smear or anoint with oil.--_ns._ OIL'BAG, a bag or cyst in animals containing oil; OIL'CAKE, a cake made of flax seed from which the oil has been pressed out; OIL'CLOTH, a painted floorcloth; OIL'-COL'OUR, a colouring substance mixed with oil; OIL'ER, one who, or that which, oils: an oil-can: (_coll._) a coat of oilskin; OIL'ERY, the commodities of an oil-man; OIL'-GAS, illuminating gas or heating gas made by distilling oil in closed retorts; OIL'INESS; OIL'-MAN, one who deals in oils; OIL'-MILL, a grinding-mill for expressing oil from seeds, nuts, &c.; OIL'NUT, the butter-nut of North America; OIL'-PAINT'ING, a picture painted in oil-colours: the art of painting in oil-colours; OIL'-PALM, a palm whose fruit-pulp yields palm-oil; OIL'-PRESS, a machine for expressing oils from seeds or pulp; OIL'SKIN, cloth made waterproof by means of oil: a garment made of oilskin; OIL'-SPRING, a spring whose water contains oily matter: a fissure or area from which petroleum, &c. oozes; OIL'STONE, a fine-grained kind of stone used, when wetted with oil, for sharpening tools; OIL'-WELL, a boring made for petroleum.--_adj._ OIL'Y, consisting of, containing, or having the qualities of oil: greasy.--STRIKE OIL (see STRIKE). [O. Fr. _oile_ (Fr. _huile_)--L. _oleum_--Gr. _elaion_--_elaia_, the olive.]

OINTMENT, oint'ment, _n._ anything used in anointing: (_med._) any greasy substance applied to diseased or wounded parts: (_B._) a perfume. [O. Fr.,--L. _unguentum_--_ung[)e]re_, to smear.]

OKAPI, [=o]'ka-pi, _n._ a giraffe-like animal of the Semliki forests of Central Africa.

OKE, [=o]k, _n._ a Turkish weight of 2¾ lb. avoirdupois.

OLD, [=o]ld, _adj._ advanced in years: having been long in existence: worn out: out of date, old-fashioned: ancient, former, antique, early: (_coll._) great, high: having the age or duration of: long practised: sober, wise.--_n._ OLD-CLOTHES'MAN, one who buys cast-off garments.--_v.i._ OLD'EN, to grow old, to become affected by age.--_adj._ old, ancient.--_adj._ OLD-FASH'IONED, of a fashion like that used long ago: out of date: clinging to old things and old styles: with manners like those of a grown-up person (said of a child).--_n._ OLD-FASH'IONEDNESS.--_adjs._ OLD-F[=O]'GYISH, like an old fogy; OLD-GEN'TLEMANLY, characteristic of an old gentleman; OLD'ISH, somewhat old; OLD'-LIGHT, denoting those of the Seceders from the Church of Scotland who continued to hold unchanged the principle of the connection between church and state--the position maintained by the first Seceders in 1733.--_n._ one of this body.--_ns._ OLD-MAID'HOOD, OLD-MAID'ISM.--_adj._ OLD-MAID'ISH, like the conventional old maid, prim.--_ns._ OLD'NESS; OLD'STER (_coll._), a man getting old: a midshipman of four years' standing, a master's mate.--_adj._ OLD'-TIME, of or pertaining to times long gone by: of long standing: old-fashioned.--_n._ OLD'-TIM'ER, one who has lived in a place or kept a position for a long time.--_adjs._ OLD-WOM'ANISH, like an old woman; OLD'-WORLD, belonging to earlier times, antiquated, old-fashioned.--_n._ the Eastern Hemisphere.--OLD AGE, the later part of life; OLD BACHELOR, an unmarried man somewhat advanced in years; OLD ENGLISH (see ENGLISH): the form of black letter used by 16th-century English printers; OLD GOLD, a dull gold colour like tarnished gold, used in textile fabrics; OLD HARRY, NICK, ONE, &c., the devil; OLD HUNDRED, properly OLD HUNDREDTH, a famous tune set in England about the middle of the 16th century to Kethe's version of the 100th Psalm, marked 'Old Hundredth' in Tate and Brady's new version in 1696; OLD MAID, a woman who has not been married, and is past the usual age of marriage: a simple game played by matching cards from a pack from which a card (usually a queen) has been removed; OLD MAN, unregenerate human nature: (_coll._) one's father, guardian, or employer (usually with 'the'); OLD RED SANDSTONE (see SAND); OLD SALT, an experienced sailor; OLD SCHOOL, of, or resembling, earlier days, old-fashioned; OLD SONG, a mere trifle, a very small price; OLD SQUAW, a sea-duck of the northern hemisphere--also OLD WIFE; OLD STYLE (often written with a date O.S.), the mode of reckoning time before 1752, according to the Julian calendar or year of 365¼ days; OLD TESTAMENT (see TESTAMENT); OLD TOM, a strong kind of English gin; OLD WIFE, a prating old woman, or even a man: a chimney-cap for curing smoking.--OF OLD, long ago, in ancient times, or belonging to such. [A.S. _eald_; Dut. _oud_; Ger. _alt_.]

OLEAGINOUS, [=o]-l[=e]-aj'in-us, _adj._ oily: (_bot._) fleshy and oily: unctuous, sanctimonious, fawning.--_n._ OLEAG'INOUSNESS. [L. _oleaginus_--_oleum_, oil.]

OLEANDER, [=o]-l[=e]-an'd[.e]r, _n._ an evergreen shrub with lance-shaped leathery leaves and beautiful red or white flowers, the _Rose Bay_ or _Rose Laurel_. [Fr., a corr. of Low L. _lorandrum_. Cf. _Rhododendron_.]

OLEASTER, [=o]-l[=e]-as't[.e]r, _n._ the wild olive. [L.,--_olea_, an olive-tree--Gr. _elaia_.]

OLECRANON, [=o]-l[=e]-kr[=a]'non, _n._ a process forming the upper end of the ulna.--_adj._ OLECR[=A]'NAL. [Gr.]

OLEIN, [=o]'l[=e]-in, _n._ a natural fat, found in the fatty oils of animals and vegetables.--_n._ O'LE[=A]TE, a salt of oleic acid.--_adj._ OLEF[=I]'ANT, producing oil.--_ns._ OLEF[=I]'ANT-GAS, ethylene; O'LEFINE, any one of a group of hydrocarbons homologous with ethylene.--_adjs._ O'LEIC; OLEIF'EROUS, producing oil, as seeds.--_ns._ OLEOMAR'GARINE, artificial butter at first made from pure beef-fat, now from oleo-oil, neutral lard, milk, cream, and pure butter, worked together, with a colouring matter; OLEOM'ETER, an instrument for determining the density of oils; O'LEON, a liquid obtained from the distillation of olein and lime; OLEORES'IN, a native compound of an essential oil and a resin: a preparation of a fixed or volatile oil holding resin in solution; OLEOSAC'CHARUM, a mixture of oil and sugar.--_adjs._ O'LE[=O]SE, O'LEOUS, oily. [L. _oleum_, oil.]

OLENT, [=o]'lent, _adj._ smelling. [L. _ol[=e]re_, to smell.]

OLEOGRAPH, [=o]'l[=e]-[=o]-graf, _n._ a print in oil-colours to imitate an oil-painting.--_n._ OLEOG'RAPHY, the art of preparing such. [L. _oleum_, oil, Gr. _graphein_, to write.]

OLERACEOUS, ol-e-r[=a]'shus, _adj._ of the nature of a pot-herb, for kitchen use. [L.]

OLFACTORY, ol-fak'tor-i, _adj._ pertaining to, or used in, smelling. [L. _olfact[=a]re_, to smell--_ol[=e]re_, to smell, _fac[)e]re_, to make.]

OLIBANUM, [=o]-lib'a-num, _n._ a gum-resin flowing from incisions in several species of _Boswellia_ in Somaliland and southern Arabia--the _Lebonah_ of the Hebrews, _Libanos_ and _Liban[=o]tos_ of the Greeks.

OLIGÆMIA, ol-i-j[=e]'mi-a, _n._ abnormal deficiency of blood.

OLIGARCHY, ol'i-gärk-i, _n._ government by a small exclusive class: a state governed by such: a small body of men who have the supreme power of a state in their hands.--_n._ OL'IGARCH, a member of an oligarchy.--_adjs._ OLIGARCH'AL, OLIGARCH'IC, -AL, pertaining to an oligarchy. [Fr.,--Gr., _oligos_, few, _archein_, to rule.]

OLIGIST, ol'i-jist, _n._ a crystallised variety of hematite.

OLIGOCENE, ol'i-g[=o]-s[=e]n, _adj._ (_geol._) pertaining to a division of the Tertiary series, the rocks chiefly of fresh and brackish water origin, with intercalations of marine beds. [Gr. _oligos_, little, _kainos_, new.]

OLIGOCHROME, ol'i-g[=o]-kr[=o]m, _adj._ and _n._ painted in few colours. [Gr. _oligos_, few, _chr[=o]ma_, colour.]

OLIGOCLASE, ol'i-g[=o]-kl[=a]s, _n._ a soda-lime triclinic feldspar.

OLIO, [=o]'li-[=o], _n._ a savoury dish of different sorts of meat and vegetables: a mixture: a medley, literary miscellany. [Sp. _olla_--L. _olla_, a pot.]

OLIPHANT, ol'i-fant, _n._ an ancient ivory hunting-horn: an obsolete form of elephant.

OLITORY, ol'i-t[=o]-ri, _adj._ and _n._ pertaining to kitchen-vegetables:--_pl._ OL'ITORIES. [L. _olitor_, gardener.]

OLIVE, ol'iv, _n._ a tree cultivated round the Mediterranean for its oily fruit: its fruit: peace, of which the olive was the emblem: a colour like the unripe olive.--_adj._ of a brownish-green colour like the olive.--_adjs._ OLIV[=A]'CEOUS, olive-coloured: olive-green; OL'IVARY, like olives.--_ns._ OL'IVENITE, a mineral consisting chiefly of arsenic acid and protoxide of iron; OL'IVE-OIL, oil pressed from the fruit of the olive; OL'IVE-YARD, a piece of ground on which olives are grown; OL'IVINE, chrysolite.--OLIVE BRANCH, a symbol of peace: (_pl._) children (Ps. cxxviii. 4; _Pr. Bk._). [Fr.,--L. _oliva_--Gr. _elaia_.]

OLIVER, ol'i-v[.e]r, _n._ a forge-hammer worked by foot.

OLIVERIAN, ol-i-v[=e]'ri-an, _adj._ an adherent of the great Protector, _Oliver_ Cromwell (1599-1658).

OLIVET, ol'i-vet, _n._ an imitation pearl manufactured for trade with savages.

OLIVETAN, ol'i-vet-an, _n._ one of an order of Benedictine monks founded in 1313, the original house at Monte _Oliveto_, near Siena.

OLLA, ol'la, _n._ a jar or urn.--_n._ OL'LA-PODRIDA (-po-dr[=e]'da), a Spanish mixed stew or hash of meat and vegetables: any incongruous mixture or miscellaneous collection. [Sp.,--L. _olla_, a pot.]

OLLAM, ol'am, _n._ a doctor or master among the ancient Irish.--Also OLL'AMH. [Ir.]

OLOGY, ol'[=o]-ji, _n._ a science whose name ends in -ology, hence any science generally.

OLPE, ol'p[=e], _n._ a small Greek even-rimmed spoutless vase or jug. [Gr.]

OLYMPIAD, [=o]-lim'pi-ad, _n._ in ancient Greece, a period of four years, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games to another, used in reckoning time (the date of the first Olympiad is 776 B.C.).--_adjs._ OLYM'PIAN, OLYM'PIC, pertaining to Olympia in Elis, where the Olympic games were celebrated, or to Mount Olympus in Thessaly, the seat of the gods.--_n._ a dweller in Olympus, one of the twelve greater gods of Greek mythology.--_ns.pl._ OLYM'PICS, OLYM'PIC GAMES, games celebrated every four years at Olympia, dedicated to Olympian Zeus; OLYM'PUS, the abode of the gods, supposed to have been Mount Olympus in Thessaly. [Gr. _olympias_, _-ados_, belonging to _Olympia_ in Elis.]

OMADHAUN, om'a-dawn, _n._ a stupid, silly creature. [Ir.]

OMASUM, [=o]-m[=a]'sum, _n._ a ruminant's third stomach, the psalterium or manyplies.--_adj._ OM[=A]'SAL.

OMBRE, om'b[.e]r, _n._ a game of cards played with a pack of forty cards, usually by three persons. [Fr.,--Sp. _hombre_--L. _homo_, a man.]

OMBROMETER, om-brom'e-t[.e]r, _n._ a rain-gauge.

OMEGA, [=o]'meg-a, or [=o]-m[=e]'ga, _n._ the last letter of the Greek alphabet: (_B._) the end.--ALPHA AND OMEGA, the beginning and the end: the chief point or purpose (Rev. i. 8). [Gr. _[=o] mega_, the great or long _O_.]

OMELET, OMELETTE, om'e-let, _n._ a pancake chiefly of eggs, beaten up with flour, &c., and fried in a pan. [O. Fr. _amelette_ (Fr. _omelette_), which through the form _alemette_ is traced to _alemelle_, the O. Fr. form of Fr. _alumelle_, a thin plate, a corr. of _lemelle_--L. _lamella_, _lamina_, a thin plate.]

OMEN, [=o]'men, _n._ a sign of some future event, either good or evil: a foreboding.--_v.i._ and _v.t._ to prognosticate: to predict.--_adj._ O'MENED, containing omens, mostly with prefixes, as ill-_omened_. [L. for _osmen_, that which is uttered by the mouth--L. _os_; or for _ausmen_, that heard--_aud[=i]re_, to hear.]

OMENTUM, [=o]-men'tum, _n._ a fold of peritoneum, proceeding from one of the abdominal viscera to another:--_pl._ OMEN'TA.--_adj._ OMEN'TAL.--GREAT OMENTUM, the epiploon. [L.]

OMER, [=o]'m[.e]r, _n._ a Hebrew dry measure containing about half a gallon, 1/10 ephah.

OMICRON, [=o]-m[=i]'kron, _n._ the short _o_ in the Greek alphabet.

OMINOUS, om'in-us, _adj._ pertaining to, or containing, an omen: foreboding evil: inauspicious.--_adv._ OM'INOUSLY.--_n._ OM'INOUSNESS.

OMIT, [=o]-mit', _v.t._ to leave out: to neglect: to fail: to make no use of:--_pr.p._ omit'ting; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ omit'ted.--_adj._ OMISS'IBLE, that may be omitted.--_n._ OMISS'ION, act of omitting: the neglect or failure to do something required: that which is left out.--_adj._ OMISS'IVE, omitting or leaving out.--_n._ OMIT'TANCE, the act of omitting: the state of being omitted: forbearance. [L. _omitt[)e]re_, _omissum_--_ob_, away, _mitt[)e]re_, to send.]

OMLAH, om'la, _n._ a staff of native clerks or officials in India. [Ar.]

OMNI-, om'ni, from L. _omnis_, all, a combining form, as in _adjs._ OMNIF[=A]'RIOUS, of all varieties or kinds; OMNIF'EROUS, bearing or producing all kinds; OMNIF'IC, all-creating; OM'NIFORM, of, or capable of, every form.--_n._ OMNIFORM'ITY.--_v.t._ OM'NIFY (_rare_), to make universal.--_adj._ OMNIG'ENOUS, consisting of all kinds.--_n._ OMNIPAR'ITY, general equality.--_adjs._ OMNIP'AROUS, producing all things; OMNIP[=A]'TIENT, enduring all things.--_ns._ OMNIP'OTENCE, OMNIP'OTENCY, unlimited power--an attribute of God.--_adj._ OMNIP'OTENT, all-powerful, possessing unlimited power.--_adv._ OMNIP'OTENTLY.--_n._ OMNIPRES'ENCE, quality of being present everywhere at the same time--an attribute of God.--_adj._ OMNIPRES'ENT, present everywhere at the same time.--_n._ OMNISC'IENCE, knowledge of all things--an attribute of God.--_adj._ OMNISC'IENT, all-knowing: all-seeing: infinitely wise.--_adv._ OMNISC'IENTLY.--_adj._ OMNIV'OROUS, all-devouring: (_zool._) feeding on both animal and vegetable food.--THE OMNIPOTENT, God.

OMNIBUS, om'ni-bus, _adj._ including all: covering many different cases or objects, as 'an _omnibus_ clause.'--_n._ a large four-wheeled vehicle for passengers, chiefly between two fixed points:--_pl._ OM'NIBUSES. [Lit. 'for all,' L. dative pl. of _omnis_, all.]

OMNIUM, om'ni-um, _n._ a Stock Exchange term for the aggregate value of the different stocks in which a loan is funded.--_n._ OM'NIUM-GATH'ERUM (_coll._), a miscellaneous collection of things or persons. [L., 'of all;' gen. pl. of _omnis_, all.]

OMOHYOID, [=o]-m[=o]-h[=i]'oid, _adj._ pertaining to the shoulder-blade, and to the lingual or hyoid bone--also OMOHYOI'DEAN.--_n._ OMOI'DEUM, the pterygoid bone. [Gr. _[=o]mos_, the shoulder.]

OMOPHAGOUS, [=o]-mof'a-gus, _adj._ eating raw flesh--also OMOPHAG'IC.--_n._ OMOPH[=A]'GIA. [Gr. _[=o]mos_, raw, _phagein_, to eat.]

OMOPHORION, [=o]-m[=o]-f[=o]'ri-on, _n._ an eastern ecclesiastical vestment like the western pallium, worn over the phenolion by bishops and patriarchs at the eucharist, &c. [Gr. _[=o]mos_, the shoulder, _pherein_, to carry.]

OMOPLATE, [=o]'m[=o]-pl[=a]t, _n._ the shoulder-blade or scapula.--_n._ OMOPLATOS'COPY, scapulimancy. [Gr. _[=o]moplat[=e]_.]

OMOSTERNUM, [=o]-m[=o]-ster'num, _n._ a median ossification of the coraco-scapular cartilages of a batrachian. [Gr. _[=o]mos_, the shoulder, _sternon_, the chest.]

OMPHACITE, om'fa-s[=i]t, _n._ a grass-green granular variety of pyroxene, one of the constituents of eclogite.--_adj._ OM'PHACINE, pertaining to unripe fruit.

OMPHALOS, om'fal-us, _n._ the navel: a raised central point: a boss.--_adj._ OMPHAL'IC.--_ns._ OM'PHALISM, tendency to place the capital of a country at its geographical centre, or to increase the powers of central at the expense of local government; OMPHAL[=I]'TIS, inflammation of the umbilicus; OM'PHALOCELE, umbilical hernia.--_adj._ OM'PHALOID.--_ns._ OM'PHALOMANCY, divination from the number of knots in the navel-string as to how many children the mother will bear; OMPHALOP'AGUS, a double monster united at the umbilicus; OMPHALOT'OMY, cutting of the umbilical cord at birth. [Gr., the navel.]

ON, on, _prep._, in contact with the upper part of: to and toward the surface of: upon or acting by contact with: not off: at or near: at or during: in addition to: toward, for: at the peril of: in consequence: immediately after: (_B._) off.--_adv._ above, or next beyond: forward, in succession: in continuance: not off.--_interj._ go on! proceed!--_adj._ denoting the part of the field to the left of a right-handed batter, and to the right of the bowler--opp. to _Off._ [A.S. _on_; Dut. _aan_, Ice. _á_, Ger. _an_.]

ON, on, _prep._ (_Scot._) without.

ONAGER, on'[=a]-j[.e]r, _n._ the wild ass of Central Asia. [L.,--Gr. _onagros_--_onos_, an ass, _agros_, wild.]

ONANISM, [=o]'nan-izm, _n._ self-pollution.--_n._ O'NANIST.--_adj._ ONANIST'IC. [See Gen. xxxviii. 9.]

ONCE, ons, _n._ Same as OUNCE, the animal.

ONCE, wuns, _adv._ a single time: at a former time: at any time or circumstances.--_n._ one time.--ONCE AND AGAIN, more than once: repeatedly; ONCE FOR ALL, once only and not again; ONCE IN A WAY, on one occasion only: very rarely.--AT ONCE, without delay: alike: at the same time; FOR ONCE, on one occasion only. [A.S. _ánes_, orig. gen. of _án_, one, used as adv.]

ONCIDIUM, on-sid'i-um, _n._ a widely-spread American genus of orchids. [Gr. _ogkos_, a hook.]

ONCOLOGY, ong-kol'o-ji, _n._ the science of tumours.--_n._ ONCOT'OMY, incision into, or excision of, a tumour.

ONCOME, on'kum, _n._ (_prov._) a sudden fall of rain or snow: the beginning of attack by some insidious disease.--_n._ ON'COMING, approach.

ONCOMETER, ong-com'e-t[.e]r, _n._ an instrument for recording variations in volume, as of the kidney, &c.--_n._ ON'COGRAPH, an apparatus for recording such. [Gr. _ogkos_, bulk, _metron_, measure.]

ONCOST, on'kost, _n._ all charges for labour in getting mineral, other than the miners' wages: payment to the collier in addition to the rate per ton.--_n.pl._ ON'COSTMEN, men who work in or about a mine at other work than cutting coal. [_On_ and _cost_.]

ONDINE, on'din, _n._ a water-spirit, an undine.

ONDING, on'ding, _n._ a sudden fall of rain or snow.

ONE, wun, _pron._ a person (indefinitely), as in 'one says:' any one: some one.--_n._ a single person or thing: a unit. [A special use of the numeral _one_; not conn. with Fr. _on_--L. _homo_, a man.]

ONE, wun, _adj._ single in number, position, or kind: undivided: the same: a certain, some, implying a name unknown or denoting insignificance or contempt, as '_one_ Guy Fawkes, a Spaniard!'--_adjs._ ONE'-EYED, having but one eye: limited in vision; ONE'-HAND'ED, single-handed; ONE'-HORSE, drawn by a single horse: petty, mean, inferior; ONE'-IDEA'D, entirely possessed by one idea.--_ns._ ONE'NESS, singleness, unity; ONER (wun'[.e]r), one possessing some special skill, an adept (_slang_).--_pron._ ONESELF', one's self: himself or herself.--_adj._ ONE'-SID'ED, limited to one side: partial: (_bot._) turned to one side.--_adv._ ONE'-SID'EDLY.--_n._ ONE'-SID'EDNESS.--ONE ANOTHER, each other; ONE BY ONE, singly: in order; ONE DAY, on a certain day: at an indefinite time.--ALL ONE, just the same: of no consequence; AT ONE, of one mind. [A.S. _an_; Ice. _einn_, Ger. _ein_.]

ONEIROMANCY, [=o]-n[=i]'r[=o]-man-si, _n._ the art of divining by dreams.--_ns._ ONEIROCRIT'IC, ONIROCRIT'IC, one who interprets dreams.--_adjs._ ONEIROCRIT'IC, -AL.--_ns._ ONEIRODYN'IA, nightmare; ONEIROL'OGY, the doctrine of dreams; ONEI'ROSCOPIST, an interpreter of dreams. [Gr. _oneiros_, a dream, _manteia_, divination.]

ONELY, [=o]n'li, _adv._ (_Spens._) only.

ONEROUS, on'[.e]r-us, _adj._ burdensome: oppressive.--_adj._ ON'ERARY, fitted or intended for carrying burdens: comprising burdens.--_adv._ ON'EROUSLY.--_n._ ON'EROUSNESS. [L. _onerosus_--_onus_.]

ONEYER, wun'y[.e]r, _n._ (1 _Hen. IV._, II. i. 84) probably a person that converses with great ones--hardly, as Malone explains, an accountant of the exchequer, a banker. [No doubt formed from _one_, like law_yer_, saw_yer_, &c. Malone over-ingeniously refers to the mark _o.ni._, an abbreviation of the Latin form _oneretur, nisi habeat sufficientem exonerationem_ ('let him be charged unless he have a sufficient discharge'), or explains as a misprint for _moneyer_.]

ONGOING, on'g[=o]-ing, _n._ a going on: course of conduct: event: (_pl._) proceedings, behaviour.

ONICOLO, [=o]-nik'[=o]-l[=o], _n._ a variety of onyx for cameos, a bluish-white band on the dark ground. [It.]

ONION, un'yun, _n._ the name given to a few species of genus _Allium_, esp. _Allium cepa_, an edible biennial bulbous root.--_adj._ ON'ION-EYED (_Shak._), having the eyes full of tears.--_n._ ON'ION-SKIN, a very thin variety of paper.--_adj._ ON'IONY. [Fr. _oignon_--L. _unio_, _-onis_--_unus_, one.]

ONLOOKER, on'l[=oo]k-[.e]r, _n._ a looker on, observer.--_adj._ ON'LOOKING.