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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Oc-clū'sion, n. p. 905The act of occluding, or shutting up; the state of being shut up. “Constriction and occlusion of the orifice.” Howell. 2. The transient approximation of the edges of a natural opening; also…Oc-cŭlt’, a. p. 905Hidden from the eye or understanding; invisible; secret; unknown; undiscovered; undetected. “Occult guilt.” Shak. It is of an occult kind, and is so insensible in its advances as to escape…Oc'cul-ta'tion, n. p. 905The act of rendering occult, or the state of being occult. “The re-appearance of such an author after those long periods of occultation.” Jeffrey. 2. (Astron.) The hiding of a heavenly body from…Oc-cùlt'ed, a. p. 905Hid; secret. [Obs.] Shak. 2. (Astron.) Hidden or concealed by the intervention of some other heavenly body, as a star by the moon.Oc-cult'ing, n. p. 905The same as OCCULTATION.Ŏc-cŭlt'ly, adv. p. 905In an occult manner.Ŏc-cŭlt'ness, n. p. 905The state of being occult; secretness.Ŏc'cu-pan-cy, n. p. 905The act of taking or holding possession; possession. Title by occupancy (Law), a right of property acquired by taking the first possession of a thing, or possession of a thing which belonged to…Ŏc'cu-pant, n. p. 905One who occupies, or takes possession; one who has the actual use or possession, or is in possession, of a thing. ☞ This word, in law, sometimes signifies one who takes the first possession of a…Ōc'cu-pāte, v. t. p. 905To hold; to possess; to take up. [Obs.] Bacon.Ŏc'cu-pā'tion, n. p. 905The act of occupying or taking possession. 2. The state of being occupied; possession; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, lands in the occupation of a tenant. 3. That which occupies or engages…Ŏc'cu-pī'er, n. p. 905One who occupies, or has possession. 2. One who follows an employment; hence, a tradesman. [Obs.] Also for coffins or coronets to lap spices and fruits in, and thereupon merchants and occupiers gave…ŏc'cu-pȳ, v. t. p. 905To take or hold in possession; to hold or keep for use; to possess. The better apartments were already occupied. W. Irving. 2. To hold, or fill, the dimensions of; to take up; to possess; to cover or…ŏc'cu-py, v. i. p. 905To hold possession; to be an occupant; to follow business; to negotiate. Occupy till I come. Luke xix. 13.Oc-cûr', v. i. p. 905— [Lat. occurrere, from prefix ob and currere, to run; It. occorrere, Sp. occurrir, Pr. occorrer, occorre, O. Fr. occurrir.] 1. To meet; to clash. [Obs.] “The resistance of the bodies they occur…Oc-cür'rençe, n. p. 905A coming or happening; hence, any incident or accidental event; that which happens without being designed or expected; any single event; as, an unusual occurrence, or the ordinary occurrences of…Oc·cur'rent, a. p. 905Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.Oc-cür'rent, n. p. 905One who meets; an adversary. “The weak parts of their occurrents, by which they may assail and conquer them sooner.” Holland. 2. Any thing that happens; an incident; an occurrence. Although these…Oc-cŭrse', n. p. 905A meeting or impact of bodies; occursion. [Obs.] Bentley.Oc-cûr'sion, n. p. 905A meeting of bodies; a clash. [Obs.] Boyle.Ō’cean, n. p. 905The water, considered as one vast body, which covers more than three fifths of the surface of the globe; — called also the sea, or great sea. 2. One of the large bodies of water into which the great…Ō'cean, a. p. 905Pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean wave; ocean stream.Ō'ce-ăn'ic, a. p. 905Pertaining to the ocean; found or formed in the ocean.Ō'cean-ōl'o-gy, n. p. 905That branch of science which relates to the ocean; a treatise upon the ocean.O-cēl'a-nūs, n. p. 905(Myth.) The god of the sea.O·cĕl'la-ry, a. p. 905Pertaining to ocelli. See OCELLUS.Ō'çel-lā'ted or Ō-çēl'la-ted, a. p. 905Resembling an eye. 2. Formed with the figures of little eyes; having spots of one color within, or bordered by, another color.O-çēl'lus, n. p. 905A little eye; a minute simple eye found in many articulate and other inferior animals. Carpenter.Ō'çe-lōt, n. p. 905(Zoöl.) A digitigrade carnivorous mammal, of the cat kind, found in Mexico. It is the Felis pardalis of Linnæus. It is likewise the French popular name of several other nearly allied American species…Ō'cher or Ō'chre, n. p. 905(Min.) A variety of fine clay, containing iron. The common colors are yellow and red; the latter variety being colored by the sesquioxide of iron, and the yellow by the hydrous sesquioxide. Green…O'cher-oŭs or O'chre-oŭs, a. p. 905Consisting of ocher; containing ocher; as, ocherous matter. 2. Resembling ocher; as, an ocherous color.Ō'cher-y, a. p. 905Pertaining to ocher; containing or resembling ocher. [Written also ochrey and ochry.]Oeh'i-my, n. p. 905See OCCAMY.Och-lē'sis, n. p. 905(Med.) A morbid condition induced by the crowding together of sick persons under one roof—so called by Dr. G. Gregory. Dunglison.O·chlōc'ra·cy, n. p. 905A form of government in which the multitude or common people rule. An ochlocracy is no more than a noisy prelude to anarchy. Hare.Ŏch'lo-crăt'ic or Ŏch'lo-crăt'ic-al, a. p. 906Pertaining to ochlocracy; having the form or character of an ochlocracy; as, an ochlocratic government.Ōch'lo-crăt'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 906In an ochlocratic manner.O-chrā'ceoŭs, a. p. 906Of an ocherous color, or yellow running into brown.O'chre-ā, n. p. 906(Bot.) A kind of sheath formed by two stipules united round a stem.Ō'chre-ate, a. p. 906(Bot.) Provided with ochreæ, or sheath-formed stipules. Gray.Ō'chrey, a. p. 906See OCHERY.Ŏch'ro-ite, n. p. 906(Min.) Cerite. See CERITE.Ŏch'ro-leu'cous, a. p. 906Yellowish white; having a faint tint of dingy yellow.Ō'chry, a. p. 906See OCHERY.Ōck'e-my, n. p. 906See OCCAMY.Ō'era, n. p. 906(Min.) See OKRA.Ō'chre-ā'ted, a. p. 906Furnished with, or wearing, a boot or legging.Ōc'ta-chōrd, n. p. 906(Mus.) An instrument, or system, of eight sounds. Busby.Ŏc'ta-gŏn, n. p. 906(Geom.) A plane figure of eight sides and eight angles. Regular octagon, one in which the sides are all equal, and the angles also are all equal.Ŏc-tāg'o-nal, a. p. 906Having eight sides and eight angles.Oe-tăg'y-noŭs, a. p. 906(Bot.) Having eight pistils or styles; octogynous.ŏc'ta-hē'dral, a. p. 906Having eight equal faces or sides.Ōc'ta-hē'drīte, n. p. 906(Min.) An ore of titanium, occurring in octahedral crystals; anatase. Dana.ŏc'ta-hē'dron, n. p. 906(Geom.) A solid contained by eight equal and equilateral triangles.Ŏc-tăm'er-oŭs, a. p. 906(Bot.) Having the parts in eights. Gray.Ōe-tān'der, n. p. 906(Bot.) A plant belonging to the class Octandria.Oc-tān'dri-ā, n. p. 906(Bot.) A class of plants, according to the system of Linnæus, in which the flowers have eight stamens not united to one another, or to the pistil.Oc-tān'dri-an or Oc-tān'droŭs, a. p. 906(Bot.) Pertaining or belonging to the class Octandria; having eight distinct stamens.Oc-tān'gu-lar, a. p. 906Having eight angles.Oc-tān'gu-lar-ness, n. p. 906The quality of having eight angles.