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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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Ŏs'prāy or Ŏs'prey, n. p. 924(Ornith.) A long-winged eagle (Pandion haliæëtus), of a yellow-brown, or brown color, above, and of a white color below; — called also bald buzzard, fishing-eagle, and fish-hawk. It lives on fish…Ŏss, v. i. p. 924To prophesy; to presage. [Obs.] Edgeworth.Ŏss or Ŏsse, n. p. 924Something proceeding from the mouth; especially, words or sounds interpreted as omens; hence, an omen; a prophecy. [Obs.] By the power of words and osses, the destinies and prodigies of great…Ŏs'se-an, n. p. 924(Ichth.) A fish having a bony skeleton. Brande.Ŏs'se-īne, n. p. 924(Physiol.) (a.) The soft, glue-like substance of a bone, left by the removal of the earths, or the embryo-tissue in which they are deposited to form bone. (b.) Bone-tissue, in general.Ŏs'se-lĕt, n. p. 924A hard substance growing on the inside of a horse's knee, among the small bones.Ŏs'se-oŭs, a. p. 924Composed of bone; resembling bone; bony. Osseous breccia, a breccia made up of fragments of bone, found in certain caverns and fissures of rocks.Ŏs'si-cle, n. p. 924A small bone. Holder.Os-sĭc'ū-lā'ted, a. p. 924Having small bones.Os-sĭf'er-oŭs, a. p. 924Containing or yielding bone.Os-sĭf'ic, a. p. 924Having power to ossify or change carneous and membranous substances to bone.Ŏs'si-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 924The change, or process of changing, into a bony substance; as, the ossification of an artery. 2. The state of being changed into a bony substance.Ŏs'si-frage, n. p. 924(Ornith.) The young of the sea-eagle or bald eagle; — formerly so called. ☞ In Lev. xi. 13 it denotes a different bird, supposed to be the lammergeir.Os-sĭf'ra-goŭs, a. p. 924Serving to break bones; fracturing the bones.Ŏs'si-fȳ, v. t. p. 924To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, or convert into a substance of the hardness of bones.Os'si-fy, v. i. p. 924To become bone; to change from soft matter into a substance of bony hardness.Ŏs-siv'ō-rous, a. p. 924Feeding on bones; eating bones; as, ossivorous quadrupeds. Derham.Ŏs'si-ā'rĭ-ŭm, n. p. 924A charnel-house; an ossuary. [Obs.] H. Walpole.Ŏs'su-ă-ry, n. p. 924A place where the bones of the dead are deposited; a charnel-house.Ōst, n. p. 924A kiln for drying hops or malt. See OAST.Ōs-tēnd', v. t. p. 924To exhibit; to manifest. [Obs.] Mercy to mean offenders we'll ostend. J. Webster.ŏs'te-ine, n. p. 924The organic matter of bone, after the earthy matter has been removed. It is converted into gelatine by boiling. See OSSEINE. Dunglison.Ōs-tēn'si-bil'i-ty, n. p. 924The quality or state of being ostensible.Os-tĕn′si-ble, a. p. 924Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown. [Rare.] 2. Shown, declared, or avowed; manifest; apparent; as, an ostensible reason or motive. “One of the ostensible grounds on which the…Ŏs-tĕn'sĭ-bly, adv. p. 924In an ostensible manner. An embargo and non-intercourse which totally defeat the interests they are ostensibly destined to promote. Weld.Ŏs-tēn’sive, a. p. 924Showing; exhibiting. Ostensive demonstration (Math.), a demonstration which concludes with the plain and direct proof of the truth of a proposition, as opposed to the apagogical or indirect method; a…Ōs-tēn'sive-ly, adv. p. 924In an ostensive manner; in the way of exhibiting openly.Ōs'tent or Ōs-tēnt', n. p. 924Appearance; air; manner; mien. Shak. 2. Show; manifestation; token. We asked of God that some ostent might clear Our cloudy business, who gave us sign. Chapman. 3. A portent; any thing ominous.…Ōs'ten-tāte or Ōs-tēn'tāte, v. t. p. 924To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly. [Rare.] Bp. Taylor.Ōs'ten-tā'tion, n. p. 924The act of ostentating, or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade;—usually in a detractive sense. “Much ostentation vain, of fleshly arm.” Milton. He knew that good and…ŏs'ten-tā'tiŏŭs, a. p. 924Fond of excessive or offensive display; boastful. Your modesty is so far from being ostentatious of the good you do. Dryden. 2. Evincing ostentation; pretentious. “The ostentatious professions of…Ōs'ten-tā'tioŭs-ly, adv. p. 924In an ostentatious manner; with vain display; boastfully.Ŏs'ten-tā'tioŭs-ness, n. p. 924The state or quality of being ostentatious; vain display; boastfulness; vanity.ŏs'ten-tā'tor, n. p. 924One who makes a vain show; a boaster. [Obs.] Sherwood.Ŏs-tĕn′tĭve, a. p. 924Ostentatious. [Obs.] Stirling.Ōs-tēn′toŭs, a. p. 924Fond of making a show; ostentatious. [Obs.] Feltham.ŏs'te-o-cēle', n. p. 924(Med.) (a.) A hernia in which the sac is cartilaginous and bony. (b.) Osseous induration of one or both testicles. Dunglison.Ōs'te-o-cōl'īlā, n. p. 924A deposited carbonate of lime which occurs in some fountains, and incrusts the stems of plants. It takes its name from an opinion that it has the quality of uniting fractured bones. 2. An inferior…Ōs'te-o-cōpe, n. p. 924(Med.) Pain in the bones; a violent, fixed pain in any part of a bone.Ōs'te-o-dēn'tine, n. p. 924(Odontology.) The portion of the structure of teeth which is distinct from the cement, and resembles in part bone, and in part dentine. R. Owen.Ōs'te-ōg'e-ny, n. p. 924The formation or growth of bone.Ŏs'te-ŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 925The same as OSTEOLOGY.ŏs'te-o-lite', n. p. 925(Paleon.) A petrified or fossil bone.Ōs'te-ōl'o-ğer, n. p. 925One who describes the bones of animals.Ŏs'te-o-lŏġ'ic or Ŏs'te-o-lŏġ'ic-al, a. p. 925Pertaining to a description of the bones.Ŏs'te-o-lŏġ'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 925According to osteology.Ŏs'te-ŏl'o-ġĭst, n. p. 925One versed in osteology; an osteologer.Ŏs'te-ŏl'o-ġy, n. p. 925That part of anatomy which treats of the nature, arrangement, and uses of the bones.ŏs'te-o-măn'cy, n. p. 925Divination or prophecy by means of bones. [Rare.]Ŏs'te-o-plās'ty, n. p. 925(Med.) An operation by which the total or partial loss of a bone is remedied. Dunglison.Ŏs'te-ŏp'ter-ўg'i-oüs, a. p. 925Having bones in the fins.Ōs'te-ŏt'o-my, n. p. 925That part of practical anatomy whose object is the dissection of bones. Dunglison.Ōs-thēx'y, n. p. 925The ossification of soft parts of the body. [Obs.]Ŏs'ti-a-ry, n. p. 925(Geog.) The mouth or opening by which a river discharges its waters into the sea, or into a lake; an estuary. [Rare.] Browne. 2. One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a porter.…Ŏs'tie, a. p. 925Belonging, pertaining to, or designating, the language of the Tuscaroras, Iroquois, Wyandots, Winneba-goes, and a part of the Sioux. Schoolcraft.Ŏst'ler, n. p. 925The same as HOSTLER.Ŏst'ler-ess, n. p. 925A female ostler. [Rare.] Fuller.Ŏst'ler-y, n. p. 925The same as HOSTELRY.Ŏst'men, n. pl. p. 925East men; Danish settlers in Ireland, so called. Lyttleton.Ōs-trā'cean, n. p. 925(Zool.) One of a family of bivalve shell-fish, of which the oyster is the type. Brande.