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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. O·cĕl'la-ry, a.p. 905Pertaining to ocelli. See OCELLUS.
  2. 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.
  3. O-çēl'lus, n.p. 905A little eye; a minute simple eye found in many articulate and other inferior animals. Carpenter.
  4. 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…
  5. 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…
  6. O'cher-oŭs or O'chre-oŭs, a.p. 905Consisting of ocher; containing ocher; as, ocherous matter. 2. Resembling ocher; as, an ocherous color.
  7. Ō'cher-y, a.p. 905Pertaining to ocher; containing or resembling ocher. [Written also ochrey and ochry.]
  8. Oeh'i-my, n.p. 905See OCCAMY.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Ōch'lo-crăt'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 906In an ochlocratic manner.
  13. O-chrā'ceoŭs, a.p. 906Of an ocherous color, or yellow running into brown.
  14. O'chre-ā, n.p. 906(Bot.) A kind of sheath formed by two stipules united round a stem.
  15. Ō'chre-ate, a.p. 906(Bot.) Provided with ochreæ, or sheath-formed stipules. Gray.
  16. Ō'chrey, a.p. 906See OCHERY.
  17. Ŏch'ro-ite, n.p. 906(Min.) Cerite. See CERITE.
  18. Ŏch'ro-leu'cous, a.p. 906Yellowish white; having a faint tint of dingy yellow.
  19. Ō'chry, a.p. 906See OCHERY.
  20. Ōck'e-my, n.p. 906See OCCAMY.
  21. Ō'era, n.p. 906(Min.) See OKRA.
  22. Ō'chre-ā'ted, a.p. 906Furnished with, or wearing, a boot or legging.
  23. Ōc'ta-chōrd, n.p. 906(Mus.) An instrument, or system, of eight sounds. Busby.
  24. 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.
  25. Ŏc-tāg'o-nal, a.p. 906Having eight sides and eight angles.
  26. Oe-tăg'y-noŭs, a.p. 906(Bot.) Having eight pistils or styles; octogynous.
  27. ŏc'ta-hē'dral, a.p. 906Having eight equal faces or sides.
  28. Ōc'ta-hē'drīte, n.p. 906(Min.) An ore of titanium, occurring in octahedral crystals; anatase. Dana.
  29. ŏc'ta-hē'dron, n.p. 906(Geom.) A solid contained by eight equal and equilateral triangles.
  30. Ŏc-tăm'er-oŭs, a.p. 906(Bot.) Having the parts in eights. Gray.
  31. Ōe-tān'der, n.p. 906(Bot.) A plant belonging to the class Octandria.
  32. 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.
  33. Oc-tān'dri-an or Oc-tān'droŭs, a.p. 906(Bot.) Pertaining or belonging to the class Octandria; having eight distinct stamens.
  34. Oc-tān'gu-lar, a.p. 906Having eight angles.
  35. Oc-tān'gu-lar-ness, n.p. 906The quality of having eight angles.
  36. Ōc'tant, n.p. 906(Geom.) The eighth part of a circle; an arc containing forty five degrees. 2. (Astron. & Astrol.) The position or aspect of a heavenly body, as the moon or a planet, when half way between…
  37. ŏc'ta-plā, n.p. 906A polyglot Bible printed in eight languages. Crabb.
  38. Ŏc'tar-chy, n.p. 906Government by eight persons. [Rare.]
  39. Ōe'ta-rōon', n.p. 906See OCTOROON.
  40. Ōe'ta-style, n.p. 906See OCTOSTYLE.
  41. Ōc'ta-teūch, n.p. 906A collection of eight books; especially, the first eight books of the Old Testament. [Rare.] Hammer. ☞ The latter application of the word is improper, there being no alliance in the first eight books…
  42. Ōc'tave, a.p. 906Consisting of eight; eight. Dryden.
  43. Ŏc'tave, n.p. 906The eighth day after a church festival, the festival itself being included; hence, also, the week immediately following a church festival. “The power of remitting and retaining sins in the octaves of…
  44. Octave flutep. 906a small flute, the tones of which range an octave higher than those of the German or ordinary flute;—called also piccolo.
  45. Ŏc-tā'vo, a.p. 906Formed of sheets folded so as to make eight leaves; of, or equal to, the size of one leaf of a sheet of printing paper folded so as to make eight leaves; as, an octavo book.
  46. Ŏc-tā'vo, n.p. 906A book composed of sheets folded so as to make eight leaves; an octavo book. 2. The size of a book thus composed;—usually indicated thus: 8vo., or 8°.
  47. Ŏc-tēn'nĭ-al, a.p. 906Happening every eighth year. 2. Lasting eight years.
  48. Oc-tēn'ni-al-ly, adv.p. 906Once in eight years.
  49. Ŏc'tet, n.p. 906(Mus.) A musical composition for eight parts. [Rare.]
  50. Oc′tile, n.p. 906The same as OCTANT.
  51. Oc-till'ion, n.p. 906According to the English method of numeration, the number produced by involving a million to the eighth power; the number expressed by a unit with forty-eight ciphers annexed. According to the French…
  52. Oc-tō'ber, n.p. 906The tenth month of the Julian year, containing thirty-one days. 2. A kind of ale, also a kind of cider, jocosely so called.
  53. Ŏc'to-dĕc'i-mal, a.p. 906(Crystallog.) Having eighteen faces:—a term designating a crystal whose prism, or the middle part, has eight faces, and the two summits together ten faces.
  54. Ŏc'to-dĕs'i-mo, a.p. 906Formed of sheets folded so as to make eighteen leaves; of, or equal to, the size of one leaf of a sheet of printing paper folded so as to make eighteen leaves; as, an octodecimo book.
  55. Ŏc'to-dĕc'ĭ-mo, n.p. 906A book composed of sheets folded so as to make eighteen leaves; an octodecimo book. 2. The size of a book thus composed;—usually indicated thus: 18mo., 18°.
  56. ŏc'to-dĕn'tate, a.p. 906Having eight teeth.
  57. Ŏc'to-ēd'rie-al, a.p. 906The same as OCTAHEDRAL. [Obs.] Browne.
  58. Ŏc'to-fĭd, a.p. 906(Bot.) Cleft or separated into eight segments, as a calyx.
  59. Ōc-tŏg'-a-my, n.p. 906The marrying eight times. [Rare.]
  60. ŏc-tō-ge-nā'ri-an, n.p. 906A person eighty years of age.