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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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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.Ōs-trā'çi-on, n. p. 925(Ichth.) A genus of rough-skinned fishes having the body covered with an armor of solid, immovable, bony plates, the tail, fins, &c., passing, as it were, through holes in the coat of mail…Ŏs'tra-cĭsm, n. p. 925(Gr. Antiq.) Banishment, by the people of Athens, of a person whose merit and influence gave umbrage to them. It takes this name from the shell or tablet on which the name or the note of acquittal or…Ŏs'tra-cīze, v. t. p. 925To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as from Athens, or some other city. 2. Hence, to banish from society; to put under the ban; to cast out from social or private favor.ŏs'tra-nīte, n. p. 925(Min.) A grayish-brown variety of zircon. Dana.Ōs'tre-ā'ceoüs, a. p. 925Of, or pertaining to, an oyster, or to a shell; shelly. “The crustaceous or ostreaceous body.” Cudworth.ŏs'tre-ōph'a-ğist, n. p. 925One who feeds upon oysters.Ōs'trich, n. p. 925(Ornith.) A large bird, nearly ten feet high (Struthio camelus), having a long, and nearly bare, neck, stout, long legs, with only two toes, and short wings, with long, soft plumes in the place of…Os-trif'er-oŭs, a. p. 925Producing oysters; containing oysters.Ōs'tro-gōth, n. p. 925One of the eastern Goths, as distinguished from the Visigoths, or western Goths.Ŏt/a-cous'tic, a. p. 925Assisting the sense of hearing; as, an otacoustic instrument.Ōt/a-cous'tic or Ōt/a-cous'ti-cŏn, n. p. 925An instrument to facilitate hearing, as an ear-trumpet.O-täl'gi-ä, n. p. 925(Med.) A pain in the ear.O-tāl'gie, n. p. 925(Med.) A remedy for pain in the ear. Dunglison.O-tăl'gy, n. p. 925Pain in the ear; otalgia.O-tā'rĭ-a, n. p. 925(Zoöl.) A genus of seals; the otary.Ō'ta-ry, n. p. 925(Zoöl.) Eared seal;—a name given to all those animals of the seal family which have external ears.ŏth'er, pron. & a. p. 925Different from that which has been specified; not the same; not identical; additional; second of two. Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. Matt. v. 39. A distaff…Ōth'er-gātes, adv. p. 925In another manner. [Obs.]ŏth’er-guīse, adv. p. 925Of another kind or way. This word is often corruptly pronounced other-guess, and is not unfrequently so written. “This world contains otherguess sorrows than yours.” C. Reade.Ŏth'er-ness, n. p. 925The state or quality of being other or different; alterity; difference; separateness.