OVERSAIL Oversail (ō-vér-sal'), v.i. In arch. to project beyond the general face. Over-saturate (ō-vér-sat'ū-rāt), v.t. To saturate to excess. Oversay (ō-ver-să'), v.t. To say over; to repeat. Ford. [Rare.] Overscent (ō-vér-sent), v. t. 1. To scent excessively.-2. To scent so as to cover or conceal the original odour. Sanders himself having the stink of his railing tongue overscented with the fragrant ointment of the prince's memory. Fuller. Over-scrupulosity (ō-ver-skrö'pu-los'i-ti), Over-scrupulousness (ō-vér-skrö'pu-lusnes), n. The state of being over-scrupulous; excess of scrupulousness; over-scrupulosity. Oversea (ō'ver-se), a. Foreign; from beyond Fuller. The most expert gamesters may sometimes oversee. Overseer (ō-vér-sēr), n. One who overlooks; a superintendent; a supervisor; an officer who has the care or superintendence of any matter.-Overseers of the poor are officers appointed annually in all the parishes of England and Wales, whose primary duty it is to rate the inhabitants for the poor-rate, collect the same, and apply it towards the relief of the poor. The office is compulsory, and entirely gratuitous, but several classes of persons are exempt from serving. Numerous miscellaneous duties, over and above their original duty of relieving the poor, are now imposed, by statute, on overseers; such as making out the lists of voters, those of persons qualified to serve as jurors, and burgess lists, where the parish is situated in a borough, &c. In some parishes, especially in large towns, the duty of administering relief to the poor is performed by boards of guardians or select vestries, but in all cases of sudden and urgent necessity the duty devolves on the overseer. Assistant overseers are paid officers, whose services have generally been found necessary in the larger parishes, in order to relieve the annual overseers of their burdensome office to some extent. Overseership (ō-vér-sēr′ship), n. The office or station of an overseer. Overset (ō-vér-set'), n. 1. An upsetting; overturn; ruin.-2. An excess; superfluity. This overset of wealth and pomp.' Burnet. Overset (ō-vér-set'), v. t. 1. To turn from the proper position or basis; to turn upon the side, or to turn bottom upward; as, to overset a coach or a ship. The tempests met, The sailors master'd, and the ship o'erset. Dryden. 2. To subvert; to overthrow; as, to overset the constitution of a state; to overset a scheme of policy. We might.. overset the whole power of France. Addison. Overset (ō-vér-set), v.i. To turn or be turned over; to turn or fall off the basis or bottom; as, a crank vessel is liable to overset. Overshade (ō-vér-shād'), v.t. To cover with shade; to cover with anything that causes darkness; to render dark or gloomy. Dark cloudy death o'ershades his beams of life, 345 Overshadower (ō-vér-sha’dō-ér), n. One that throws a shade over anything. 'Overshadowers of the crown.' Bacon. Overshake (ō-vér-shāk'), v. t. 1. To shake excessively.-2.† To shake away; to disperse. Chaucer. Overshine (ō-vér-shin'), v. t. 1. To outshine; to surpass in brightness. Shak.-2. To shine upon; to illumine. Shak. Overshoe (o'vèr-shö), n. A shoe worn over another; specifically, an outer waterproof shoe. Overshoot (ō-vér-shöt'), v.t. 1. To shoot over, as water on a wheel.-2. To shoot beyond. Every inordinate appetite defeats its own satisfac. tion by overshooting the mark it aims at. Tillotson. 3. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. 'O'ershoots the valley which beneath him lies.' W. Harte.-4.t To defeat; to foil. Shak.5. To make intoxicated; to fill drunk. [Colloq.] Death! Colonel, I knew you were overshot. Chapman. -To overshoot one's self, to venture too far; to assert too much. Overshot (ō-ver-shot), p. and a. Shot over or beyond.-Overshot water-wheel, a wheel that receives the water shot over the top on the descent. The circumference of the wheel is furnished with buckets, so fashioned Overshot Water-wheel. and disposed as to receive the water at the top of the wheel, and retain it, until they reach, as nearly as possible, the lowest point. The water acts principally by its gravity, though some effect is of course due to the velocity with which it arrives. Oversight (ö'vér-sit), n. 1. Superintendence; watchful care. 2 Ki. xli. 11; 1 Pet. v. 2.2. Mistake of inadvertence; an overlooking; omission; error. He marked this oversight And then mistook reverse of wrong for right. Pope. SYN. Superintendence, supervision, inspection, inadvertence, inattention, neglect, mistake, error, omission. Oversize (ō-vér-siz), v. t. To surpass in bulk or size. Sandys. [Rare.] Oversize (ō-ver-siz), v.t. [Over, and size, glue.] To cover with viscid matter. 'O'ersized with coagulate gore.' Shak. [Rare.] Overskip (ō-vér-skip'), v.t. 1. To skip or leap over; to pass by leaping. Presume not, ye that are sheep, to make yourselves guides of them that guide you; neither seek ye to Hooker. overskip the fold. 2. To pass over. Donne.-3. To escape. Shak. Overskipper (ō'vèr-skip-ér), n. One who overskips. Overslaugh (ō-vér-sla'), v.t._ [D. overslaan, to skip over, to pass by.] To pass over in favour of some one else; also, to obstruct; to stop or hinder; as, to overslaugh a military officer; to overslaugh a bill in a legislature. [United States.] Oversleep (ō-vér-slēp'), v.t. To sleep too long; as, to oversleep the usual hour of rising: often used reflexively; as, to oversleep one's self. Overslide (ō-vér-slid'), v.t. To slide over or by. Too slight or To slip or pass without notice; to pass undone, unnoticed, or unused; to omit; to neglect; as, to overslip time or opportunity. Overslight (ō-vér-slīt'), a. unsubstantial. Overshadow (ō-vér-sha'dō), v.t. 1. To throw Overslip (ō-ver-slip'), v.t. a shadow over; to overshade. Weeds choke and overshadow the corn. Bacon. Enid started waking, with her heart All overshadow'd by the foolish dream. Tennyson. 2. To shelter; to protect; to cover with protecting influence. On her should come The Holy Ghost, and the Power of the Highest O'ershadow her. Milton, Wotton. It were injurious to overslip a noble act in the duke during this employment. Overslow (ō'vér-slō), a. Too slow. OVERSTREAM Oversman (ö'vėrz-man), n. An overseer; a superintendent; specifically, in Scots law, an umpire appointed by a submission to decide where two arbiters have differed in opinion, or he is named by the arbiters themselves, under powers given them by the submission. Oversnow (ō-vér-snõ^), v. t. 1. To cover with snow. Shak. Hence-2. To cover and whiten as with snow; to make hoary. Ere age unstrung my nerves, or time o'ersnowed my head.' Dryden. Oversold (õ-vér-sōld'), pp. Sold at too high a price. Life with ease I can disclaim, And think it oversold to purchase fame. Dryden. Oversoon (ō-vér-sön'), adv. Too soon. Sir P. Sidney. Oversorrow (õ-vér-sor'ō), v.t. To grieve or afflict to excess. Milton. Overspan (ō-vér-span'), v.t. To reach or extend over. Overspeak (ō-vėr-spēk′), v.i. To speak too much; to use too many words. Overspeak (ō-vér-spēk'), v. t. To speak more than; to express in too many words. Hales. Overspent (ō-vér-spent'), pp. Harassed or fatigued to an extreme degree. Dryden. Over-spin (ō-ver-spin'), v.t. To spin out to too great length; to protract to too great a degree. Overspread (ō-ver-spred'), v.t. 1. To spread over; to cover over; as, the deluge overspread the earth.-2. To scatter over. Overspread (ō-vér-spred'), v.i. To be spread or scattered over. Overspring (ō-vér-spring), v.t. To spring or leap over. Overstand (ō-vér-stand'), v. t. To stand too much on the price or conditions of; to lose by making extravagant demands or conditions. Hers they shall be if you refuse the price; What madman would o'erstand his market twice? Dryden. Overstare (ō-vér-stār′), v.t. To outstare. Shak. Overstaret (ō-vér-stār'), v.i. To stare wildly. Some warlike sign must be used, either a slovenly buskin or an overstaring frounced head. Ascham. Overstate (ō-vér-stat), v.t. To exaggerate in statement; to state in too strong terms. Overstatement (ō'ver-stat-ment), n. exaggerated statement; an overcharged account. An Overstay (ō-vér-stā), v.t. To stay too long for; to stay longer than; to stay beyond the limits or duration of; as, to overstay one's time. Overstock (o'ver-stok), n. Superabundance; more than is sufficient. Overstock (ō-vér-stok'), v.t. To stock to too great an extent; to fill too full; to crowd; to supply with more than is wanted; as, to overstock the market with goods, a farm with cattle, or land with seed. Had the world been eternal, it must long ere this have been overstocked. Bp. Wilkins. Overstore (ō-vér-stōr′), v.t. To store with too much; to supply or fill with superabundance. Sir M. Hale. Overstory (ō'vèr-stō-ri), n. In arch. the clere-story or upper story. Overstrain (ō-vér-strān'), v.i. To strain to excess; to make too violent efforts. Dryden. Overstrain (ō-ver-strān'), v.t. To stretch too far; to exert too much. And then you overstrain yourself, or so, And tumble downward like the flying fish Gasping on deck. Byron. Overstrained (ō'ver-strand), a. Stretched or strained beyond the limit of elasticity; overstretched; hence, exaggerated overdone. Tennyson. Some wild turn of anger, or a mood Of overstrain'd affection, it may be, To keep me all to your own self. Over-straitly (ō-vér-strāt'li), v. t. With too great strictness or rigour; too straitly. He found himself over-straitly tied up by them with hard conditions. Raleigh. Overstrawt (ō-ver-stra'), v.t. To overstrew. "The bottom poison, and the top o'erstrawed with sweets." Shak. Overslowt (ō-vér-slo), v.t. To render slow; Overstream (ō-vér-strēm), v. t. To stream to check; to curb. Hammond. over; to traverse as a river or brook. 'Over OVERSTRETCH streamed and silvery-streaked with many a rivulet.' Tennyson. Overstretch (ō-ver-strech'), v. t. To stretch or strain excessively; to overstrain; to exaggerate in statement. Overstrew (ō-vér-strö ́), v.t. To spread or scatter over. Over-strict (ō'ver-strikt), a. Excessively or unnecessarily strict. Prynne. Overstrike (ō-ver-strik), v. t. To strike beyond. Spenser. Over-strong (o'ver-strong), a. Unduly or excessively strong; too powerful. O, lastly over-strong against thyself!' Milton. Overstrow (ō-vér-strō'). Same as Over strew. Overstrown (ō-vér-strōn'), pp. Spread or scattered over. Over-studious (ō'vėr-stũ-di-us), a. Excessively studious. Over-studiousness (ō-vér-stū’di-us-nes), n. Excessive studiousness. Johnson. Over-subtile, Over-subtle (ō-vér-sut'l), a. Too subtile; excessively cunning or sly. Oversumt (o'ver-sum), n. A sum or quantity over; surplus. Holinshed. Over-superstitious (o'ver-su-per-stish"us), a. Excessively superstitious. Hales. Oversupply (o'ver-sup-li”), v.t. To supply in excess of demand. Oversupply (ō'ver-sup-li), n. An excessive supply; a supply in excess of demand. A general oversupply or excess of all commodities above the demand, so far as demand consists in means of payment, is thus shown to be an impossibility. F. S. Mill Over-sure (ō'ver-shür), a. Too sure; excessively confident. 'Lest confidence. deceive you to persuasion over-sure.' Milton. Overswarming (ō-ver-swarm'ing), a. Swarming to excess. Oversway (ō-ver-swā'), v.t. To overrule; to bear down; to control. 'Great command o'ersways the order.' Shak. Overswell (ō-ver-swel'), v.t. To swell or rise above; to overflow. When his banks the prince of rivers, Po, Doth overswell, he breaks with hideous fall. Fairfax. Over-swift (ō'ver-swift), a. Too swift; excessively quick. Bacon. Overt (ō'vert),a. [O. Fr. overt, Fr. ouvert, from ouvrir, to open; O. Fr. ovrir, Pr. obrir, ubrir, It. obrire, from L. aperire, to open. Ágainst this etymology is the fact that L. a does not pass into o or u in the Romance languages. Littré suggests that a confusion may have arisen between L. operire, to close, to cover, and aperire, to disclose.] 1. Open to view; public; apparent. Overt and apparent virtues bring forth praise. Bacon. 2. In law, not covert; open; manifest.— Overt act, an open or manifest act from which criminality is implied. An overt act of treason is distinguished from secret de sign or intention not carried into effect, and even from words spoken.-Market overt, a place where goods are publicly exposed for sale.-Pound overt, a pound open overhead, as distinguished from a pound covert or close.-Overt word, an open plain word, not liable to be misunderstood.-3. In her. a term applicable to the wings of birds, &c., when spread open on either side of the head, as if taking flight. It is likewise applied to inanimate things in the sense of open, as a purse overt. Overtake (õ-vėr-tāk'), v. t. 1. To come up within a course, pursuit, or progress; to catch; as, to run after and overtake a person.-2. To come upon; to fall on afterward. I shall see The winged vengeance overtake such children. Shak. 3. To take by surprise. Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness. Gal, vi. 1. Over-talk (ō-věr-tak'),v.i. To talk too much; to talk excessively. Over-talk (ō-ver-tak'),v.t._To persuade by talking; to talk over. 'For Merlin, overtalked and overworn, had yielded.' Tenny son. Overtask (ō-vér-task'), v. t. To impose too heavy a task, toil, or duty on; as, to overtask a person; to overtask the memory. That office is performed by the parts with difficulty, because they were overtasked. Harvey. Overtax (ō-vér-taks), v. t. To tax too heavily. Not only we have loved the people well, and loathed to see them overtax'd.' Tennyson. 346 Overtedious (ō-vér-tē'di-us),a. Too tedious. 'Overtedious and dilatory counsels.' Donne. Over-tempt (ō-ver-temt), v. t. To tempt beyond the power of resistance. Milton. Overthrow (ō-vér-thrō'), v. t. 1. To overset; to turn upside down. His wife overthrew the table when he had invited his friends. Fer. Taylor. 2. To throw down; to demolish. When the walls of Thebes he overthrew.' Dryden. 3. To defeat; to conquer; to vanquish; as, to overthrow an army or an enemy. 'Like a warrior overthrown.' Tennyson.-4. To subvert; to destroy; as, to overthrow the constitution or state. Here's Gloster that seeks to overthrow religion.' Shak. SYN. To overturn, prostrate, demolish, destroy, ruin, subvert, overcome, conquer, defeat, discomfit, vanquish, rout. Overthrow (o'ver-thrō), n. The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrown; ruin; destruction; subversion; defeat; discomfiture; as, the overthrow of a tower, of a city, of hopes. My country's overthrow.' Dryden. Poor reason's overthrow.' Sir P. Sydney. Shak. His overthrow heaped happiness upon him. For then, and not till then, he felt himself; And found the blessedness of being little. Overthrower (ō-ver-thrō'èr), n. One that overthrows, defeats, or destroys. Overthwart (ō-vér-thwart'), adv. Across ; over against. For when a giant's slain in fight, And mow'd o'erthwart, or cleft downright. Hudibras. Overthwart (ō-ver-thwart'), prep. Across; from side to side. Laid a plank overthwart the brook.' Johnson. Overthwart the bourn.' Cowper. Overthwart (o'vèr-thwart'), v.t. To oppose. All the practice of the church rashly they break Stapleton. and overthwart. Overthwart (ō'vér-thwart), n. 1. A cross or adverse circumstance. Surrey.-2. Contradiction; opposition; quarrelling. Lyly. Overthwart (o'ver-thwart), a. 1. Opposite; being over the way or street. We whisper for fear our overthwart neighbours should hear us.' Dryden.-2. Cross; perverse; adverse; contradictious. That overthwart humour was found to rule in the breasts of many. Clarendon. Overthwartly (ō'ver- thwart -li), adv. 1. Across; transversely. Peacham.-2. Crossly; perversely. Overthwartnesst (ō'ver- thwart -nes), n. 1. The state of being athwart or lying across. 2. Perverseness; pervicacity. Ld. Herbert. Over-tilt (ō-vér-tilt'), v.t. To tilt over; to overturn or overset. Overtime (ō'ver-tim), n. Time during which one works beyond the regular hours; as, to work overtime. Overtimely† (ō-vér-tim'li), adv. Too early; prematurely. Unseason Overtimely† (ō-vér-timʼli), a. Pile your dust upon the quick and dead, Shak. 2. To excel; to surpass. As far as the soul o'ertops the body.' Harvey.-3. To obscure; to make of less importance by superior excellence. Bacon. Whereas he had been heretofore an arbiter of Europe, he should now grow less, and be overtopped by so great a conjunction. Overtower (ō-vèr-tou′èr), v.i. To soar too high. Fuller. Overtower (ō-vér-tou'èr), v. t. To tower over; to overtop. Overtrade (ō-ver-trād'), v.i. To trade beyond capital; to purchase goods beyond the means of payment; to overstock a market. Overtreat (ō-ver-trēt), v. t. To prevail upon as by treating or entreaty; to over-persuade; to overtalk. Surrey. OVER-WASTED Overtrip (ō-vér-trip'), v.t. To trip over; to walk nimbly over. In such a night, Shak. To trust too Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew. Overtrow (ō-vér-trō'), v.i. much. Wickliffe. Overtrue (ō-vér-trö'), a. Too true; unfortunately true; sadly true. 'Overtrue a tale.' Tennyson. Overtrust (ō-ver-trust'), v.t. To trust with too much confidence. Bp. Hall. Too much trust Overtrust (ō'vĕr-trust), n. or confidence. Wink no more in slothful overtrust.' Tennyson. Overture (o'vér-tür), n. [O.Fr. overture, Mod. Fr. ouverture, an opening, a proposal, an overture. See OVERT.] 1. An aperture; an open place; a hole. Spenser. Near the upper region of that great body, where any overture is made, there is a kind of imperfect twilight. Bp. Hall. 2. Opening; disclosure; discovery. [Rare.] I wish You had only in your silent judgment try'd it, 3. Proposal; something offered for consideration, acceptance, or rejection; as, the prince made overtures of peace, which were accepted. MacMurugh moved Henry to invade Ireland, and made an overture unto him for obtaining of the sove reign lordship thereof. Sir F. Davies. 4. In Scots eccles. law, a proposal to make a new general law, or to repeal an old one; to declare the law; to enjoin the observance of former enactments; or generally, to take any measure falling within the legislative or executive functions of the General Assembly. No new law can be enacted by the Assembly, nor can an existing one be rescinded, without the consent of a majority of the presbyteries.-5. In music, a long prelude or introductory symphony, chiefly used to precede important compositions, as oratorios, operas, &c., written for a full orchestra, and intended to prepare the hearer for the piece which is to follow, often by concentrating its chief musical ideas, so as to give a sort of outline of it in instrumental music. Overture (ō'vėr-tūr), v.t. In Scots eccles. law, to propose as an overture; as, to overture the General Assembly on some subject. Overturn (ō-vér-têrn'), v.t. 1. To overset; to turn or throw from a basis or foundation; as, to overturn a carriage or a building.2. To subvert; to ruin; to destroy; to bring to nought. 'Overturns his whole hypothesis." Locke.-3. To overpower; to conquer. And there, poor cousin, with your meek blue eyes Behold me overturn and trample on him. Tennyson. Overturn (över-tern), n. State of being overturned or subverted; the act of overturning; overthrow. Chesterfield. Overturnable (ō-vér-tèrn'a-bl), a. Capable Overturner (ō-ver-tern'èr), n. of being overturned. Hist. Royal Society. One that overturns or subverts. I have brought before you a robber of the public treasure, an overturner of law and justice. Swift. Overtwine (ō-ver-twin'), v.t. To entwine over; to enwreathe. 'Golden spears with tyrant-quelling myrtle overtwined.' Shelley. Overvail (ō-vér-val'), v.t. Same as Overveil. Overvaluation (o'vér-val-ü-a"shon), n. Too high valuation; an over-estimate. Bp. Hall. Overvalue (ō-vêr-val'ū), v.t. To set too great value on; to rate at too high a price; as, to overvalue a house; to overvalue one's self. Overveil (ō-vèr-vāl′), v.t. To cover or conceal as with a veil; to obscure; to veil. The day begins to break, and night is fled; Whose pitchy mantle overveil'd the earth. Shak. Thou mak'st the night to overveil the day Sir H. Wotton. Overviewt (ō'vėr-vü), n. An overlooking; inspection. Are we betray'd thus to thy overview } Shak. Over-violent (ō-vér-vi'ō-lent), a. Excessively violent or passionate; prone to violence or abuse. Dryden. Overvote (ō-vér-võt'), v.t. outnumber in votes given. Overwalk (ō-ver-wak'), v.t. or upon. Sir T. More. Overwart (ō-ver-war'), v.t. war; to conquer. Warner. Over-wary (ō-vér-wā'ri), a. cessively cautious or vigilant. Over-wash (ō-vér-wosh'), v.t. flow over; to overflow. Over-wasted (ō-ver-wast'ed), a. Too much wasted; worn-out; spent. Drayton. To outvote; to OVER-WATCH Over-watch (ō-ver-woch'), v.t. 1. To watch to excess.-2. To exhaust or fatigue by long want of rest. What, thou speak'st drowsily? Poor knave, I blame thee not; thou art o'erwatch'd. Shak Over-weak (o'ver-wek), a. Too weak; too feeble. Raleigh. Overwear (ō-vér-wār′), v.t. To wear too much. Dryden. Overweary (ō-vér-wē'ri), v.t. To exhaust with fatigue; to tire out. Might not Palinurus fall asleep and drop into the sea, having been overwearied with watching? Dryden. Overweather (ō-ver-weтH'èr), v.ť. To bruise or batter by the violence of weather. Shak. [Rare.] Overween (ō-ver-wēn'), v.i. [See WEEN.] To think too highly or too favourably; to think arrogantly or conceitedly. My eye's too quick, my heart o'erweens too much, Unless my hand and strength could equal them. Shak. Overweening (ō-ver-wen'ing), p. and a. Thinking too highly or conceitedly, especially of one's self; arrogant; proud; conceited. Oft have I seen a hot o'erweening cur Run back and bite because he was withheld. Shak. Now enters overweening pride, And scandal ever gaping wide. Swift. Overweeningly (ō-ver-wēn'ing-li), adv. With too much vanity or conceit. Milton. Overweigh (ō-ver-wa), v.t. To exceed in weight; to preponderate over; to outweigh; to overbalance. The austereness of my life will so your accusation overweigh.' Shak. Overweight (o'vér-wāt), n. 1. Greater weight than is required by law or custom.-2. Preponderance. Overweightt (ō-ver-wat), a. Preponderating; excessive. Of no overweight worth.' Fuller. Overwent (ō-vér-went'), pp. Overgone. Spenser. Overwet (o'ver-wet), n. Excessive wetness or moisture. Another ill accident is over wet at sowing time. Bacon. Overwhelm (ō-vér-whelm'), v.t. 1. To whelm entirely; to swallow up; as, the waves overwhelmed the ship.-2. To bear down, in a figurative sense; to crush; to overcome; as, to be overwhelmed with cares, afflictions, or business. His sorrows have so overwhelmed his wits.' Shak.-3. ↑ To overlook gloomily. [Rare.] Let the brow o'erwhelm it As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base. Shak 4. To put over. Then I overwhelm a broader pipe about the first. Dr. Papin. SYN. To whelm, submerge, sink, drown, overbear, overpower, overcome, subdue. Overwhelm (o'ver-whelm), n. The act of overwhelming; an overpowering degree. Young. Overwhelmingly (ō-vér-whelmʼing-li), adv. In an overwhelming manner. Dr. H. More. Over-whelve, tv.t. To overwhelm. Chaucer. Overwind (ō-vér-wind'), v.t. To wind too far; as, to overwind a watch, so as to snap the chain. Cornhill Mag. Overwing! (ō-ver-wing), v. t. To outflank; to extend beyond the wing of an army. Agricola, doubting to be overwinged, stretches out his front, though somewhat of the thinnest. Milton. Overwise (ō'vèr-wiz), a. Wise to affectation. Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise. Eccl. vii. 16. Overwisely (ō-vér-wīz'li), adv. In an affectedly wise manner; wisely to affectation. Overwiseness (over-wiz-nes), n. Pretended or affected wisdom. 347 2. Spoiled by time; trite; threadbare. "The overworn theme and stuffing of his discourse.' Milton. Over-wrest (ō-vèr-rest'), v.t. To wrest or force out of its proper position. Shak. Overwrestle (õ1vér-res1), v.t. To subdue by wrestling. Spenser. Overwrought (ō-vér-rat'), p. and a. 1. Laboured to excess. Dryden.-2. Worked all over; as, overwrought with ornaments. Pope. 3. Worked on or excited to excess; excessively stirred; as, an overwrought brain; overwrought feelings. Overyearedt (ō'vér-yērd), a. Too old. Among them dwelt A maid, whose fruit was ripe, not overyeared. Fairfax Over-zeal (ō'vėr-zēl), n. Excessive or undue zeal; zeal to imprudence. King Olaf has been harshly blamed for his overzeal in introducing Christianity; surely I should have blamed him far more for an under-zeal in that. Carlyle. Overzealed (ō'ver-zēld), a. Too much excited with zeal; ruled by too much zeal. Fuller. Overzealous (ō'ver-zel-us), a. Too zealous; eager to excess. 'Overzealous for or against the immateriality of the soul.' Locke. Ovibos (o'vi-bos), n. [L. ovis, a sheep, and bos, an ox.] A genus of ruminant animals of the ox tribe, according to some zoologists, but more closely allied to the sheep in the opinion of others. The only known species is the musk-ox (0. moschatus). See MUSKOvicell (o'vi-sel), n. [L. ovum, an egg, and cella, a cell.] Same as Oocyst. Ovicular (ō-vik'ü-lèr), a. [From L. ovum, an egg.] Pertaining to an egg. Ovida (o'vi-de), n. pl. [L. ovis, a sheep, and Gr. eidos, likeness.] A family or sub-family of cavicorn ruminants comprising the sheep and goats. OX. Ovidian (ō-vid'i-an), a. Belonging to or resembling the Latin poet Ovid. Oviduct (ō'vi-dukt), n. [L. ovum, an egg, and ductus, a duct.] A passage for the ovum or egg from the ovary of animals. Oviferous (ō-vif'èr-us), a. [L. ovum, an egg, and fero, to bear.] A term applied to certain receptacles in some animals in which the eggs are received after having been excluded from the ordinary formative organs of the ovum, as in parasitic crustaceans. Oviform (o'vi-form), a. [L. ovum, an egg, and forma, form.] Having the form or figure of an egg; as, an oviform leaf. Ovigerous (ō-vij'èr-us), a. [L. ovum, an egg, and gero, to bear.] Bearing ova or ovules; oviferous. Ovina (ō-vi'na), n. pl. [L. ovis, a sheep.] A division of animals comprising the sheep and goats; the Capride. Ovine (ō'vin), a. [L. ovinus, from ovis, a sheep.] Pertaining to sheep; consisting of sheep. Ovipara (ō-vip'a-ra), n. pl. [L. pl. neut. of oviparus, egg-producing-ovum, an egg, and pario, to produce.] That division of animals which bring forth eggs, as birds, reptiles, fishes, &c.: opposed to Vivipara, or animals which produce their young alive. Oviparous (o-vip'a-rus), a. [L. ovum, an egg, and pario, to produce.] Producing eggs, or producing young from eggs. An animal is said to be oviparous when the ovum or egg is excluded from the body entire, and hatched after such exclusion. Birds, reptiles, and fishes are oviparous animals. Oviposit (ō-vi-poz'it), v.i. To deposit eggs: specifically said of insects furnished with an ovipositor. Oviposition (ō'vi-pō-zi”shon), n. [L. ovum, an egg, and positio, a depositing.] The laying or depositing of eggs, especially by insects. Ovipositor (ō-vi-poz'it-ér), n. An organ o, Ovipositor of Field-cricket. with which many insects, especially of the orders Hymenoptera, Orthoptera, Coleoptera, and Diptera, are furnished, for depos OWE iting their eggs in a position suitable for their development, this being sometimes in bark or leaves, or even in the bodies of other animals. It forms the termination of the abdomen, of the last rings of which it is a modification, and in some of these orders it is as long as, or even longer than the body. The sting of bees is a modified ovipositor. Ovis (o'vis), n. [L.] The name by which Linnæus and Cuvier distinguish the sheep as a genus from the goats and antelopes. Ovisac (o'vi-sak), n. [L. ovum, an egg, and saccus, a sack.] The cavity in the ovary which immediately contains the ovum. Ovoid, Ovoidal (ō'void, ō'void-al), a. [L. ovum, an egg, and Gr. eidos, form.] Having a shape resembling that of an egg. Ovolo (ō'vō-lō), n. [It., from L. ovum, an egg.] In arch. a round moulding, the quarter of a circle; called also the Quarter Round. In Greek archit. however, there is a deviation from the exact quadrantal form, which is most apparent at the upper portion where it resembles the form of an egg (ovum), whence the moulding derives its name. Ovolo. Ovology (ō-vol'o-ji), n. Same as Oology. Ovoviviparous (o'vō-vi-vip"a-rus), a. [L. ovum, an egg, vivo, to live, and pario, to produce.] A term applied to an animal in which the eggs are hatched within the body, not being discharged from the female after leaving the ovary, but being retained till the young issue from them, as is the case in some fishes and reptiles (as sharks and vipers). Ovulary (o'vu-la-ri), a. Pertaining to ovules. Ovulation (ō-vu-la'shon), n. In physiol. the act or process of an egg or ovulum leaving the ovary; the formation and discharge of ova from the ovary, which in the human female takes place at menstruation. Ovule (ō'vül), n. [L. ovum, an egg.] Lit. a little egg; a small vesicle; specifically, in bot. a young or rudimentary seed; a small pellucid pulpy body borne by the placenta of a plant, and gradually changing into a seed. (See OVARY.) It is inclosed or naked. It is composed of two sacs, one within another, which are called primine and secundine, and of a nucleus within the sacs. In both (plants and animals) the cycle of life is begun by a small round dot of living matter, which we call in the plant an ovule, in the animal an ovum. Quart. Rev. Ovuliferous (ō-vu-lif'ėr-us), a. Producing ovules. Ovulite (ō'vu-līt), n. A fossil egg. Ovulum (o'vu-lum), n. pl. Ovula (ō'vū-la). [L., dim. of ovum, an egg.] Lit. a little egg; a small vesicle, such as are found in the ovary of mammiferous animals; an ovule. Ovum (ō'vum), n. pl. Ova (o'va). [L., an egg.] 1. A small vesicle within the ovary of a female animal, when impregnated becoming the embryo or rudiments of the fetus.-2. In arch. a term applied to ornaments in the shape of an egg, into which the echinus or ovolo is often carved. Owche,t n. Same as Ouch. Owe (0), v.t. pret. & pp. owed; ppr. owing. [O.E. owe, awe, owen, awen, from A. Sax. agan, to own, to possess, to have (with common change of g to w), Sc. aich or aigh, to own (from the Scandinavian), Icel. eiga, Sw. äga, ega, O.H. G. eigan, Goth. aigan, to have or possess. The pret. in A. Sax. was ahte, whence ought (which see); the pp. was agen, whence (one's) own, which again has produced the verb to own. To owe a person money is to have it for him, to have to pay it to him.] 1. To possess; to have; to be the owner of. The following example happily illustrates the word in this sense as well as in its ordinary sense of indebtedness. Be pleased then To pay that duty, which you truly owe To him that owes it; namely, this young prince. Shak. 2. To be indebted; to be obliged or bound to pay. One was brought unto him which owed him ten thousand talents. Mat. xviii. 24. Owe no man any thing, but to love one another. 3. To be obliged to ascribe; to be obliged for. OWE 4. To be due or owing: used in passive forms. 'To give obedience where 'tis truly owed.' Shak. 'Which is not owed to you.' Shak. O deem thy fall not ow'd to man's decree. Pope. Owe,t v.i. To be bound or obliged; ought. Chaucer. See OUGHT. Owelty + (o'wel-ti), n. [Barbarously formed from owe.] Equality. In law, a kind of equality of service in subordinate tenures. Wharton. Owenite (ō'en-it), n. A follower of Robert Owen, who attempted to reorganize society on socialist or co-operative and anti-religious principles. Ower (our), prep. Over; beyond; above. [Scotch.] Ower (our), adv. Over; too; too much; excessively. [Scotch.] Owerby (our bi), adv. Over the way; a little way across. [Scotch.] Ower-come (our'kum), n. Same as O'er come. Owerlay (our la), n. Same as O'erlay. Owerloup (our-foup), v.t. To overleap; to jump over, as a fence or other obstruction; to trespass on another's property. [Scotch.] Owerloup (our'loup), n. [Scotch.] 1. The act of leaping over a fence or other obstruction.-2. An occasional trespass of cattle.3. The stream-tide at the change of the moon. Owerword (our werd), n. An oft-repeated word or phrase; the burden of a song; the refrain. Burns. [Scotch.] Owhere, t adv. [A. Sax. ahwar.] Anywhere. Chaucer. Owing (o'ing), ppr. [This is used in the passive sense of owed, being due; comp. the house is building.] 1. Required by obligation to be paid; due; as, the money owing to a labourer for services, or to another country for goods.-2. Ascribable, as to a cause; resulting; due; as, misfortunes are often owing to vices or miscalculations.3. Imputable, as to an agent; as, his recovery from sickness is owing less to his physician than to the strength of his constitution. Owl (oul), n. [O.E. oule, ule, A. Sax. ûle; L.G. ale, D. uil, Icel. ugla, Dan. ugle, Sw. uggla, O.H.G. úla, G. eule. These names were no doubt derived from a root imitative of its cry; as also O. H. G. húwo, and L. ulula, an owl. Comp. L. ululo, Gr. ololuzo, to lament, to howl, E. howl.] 1. One of a group of birds forming the family Strigidæ, which in itself represents the nocturnal section of the order Raptores or birds of prey. These birds are found in every country, but their headquarters may be said to Barn-owl (Strix flammea) They be in northerly and cold climates. feed, for the most part, upon small mammalia, little birds, and insects. The head is large, and the ears are furnished with external conchs, which exist in no other birds; the eyes are very large, directed to the front, and surrounded by two conical disks of feathers. The irides expand to a great size during the night, which enables the owl to see better during the night than diurnal birds. During the day the irides are contracted to a very small size. The voice of the owl is harsh and screeching. One of the most common species is the barn-owl (Strix flammea), which frequents barns, towers, churches, old ruins, &c. Though the greater part of the owl tribe are adapted to the pursuit of their prey either by night or in the twilight, there are some members of it in which this character is much less developed, and in which the habits are rather diurnal than nocturnal; some of these are known by the names hawk-owl and eagle-owl, indicating their resemblance to the diurnal birds of prey. Some owls are furnished with tufts of feathers rising above the eyes, and known 348 as horns or ears. The owl has from early times been generally considered a bird of evil omen, and has been an object of dislike Horned Owl (Strix otus). and dread to the superstitious, though with the ancient Athenians the appearance of the bird was deemed favourable. It was sacred to Minerva, and its image was stamped on Athenian coins.-2. A fancy variety of the domestic pigeon. Owl (oul), v.i. 1. To carry wool or sheep out of the country, at one time an offence at law.-2. To carry on a contraband or unlawful trade; to skulk about with contraband goods. Owler (oul'ér), n. One who was guilty of the offence of owling. Owlery (oul'ér-i), n. 1. An abode or haunt of owls.-2. A quality of an owl, or like that of an owl. Carlyle. owl's. Owlet (oul'et), n. [Dim. of owl.] An owl; an howlet; sometimes, a young owl. Owl-eyed (oulid), a. Having eyes like an Owling (oul'ing), n. The obsolete offence of transporting wool or sheep out of the country, formerly punished by fine or banishment. Owlish (oul'ish), a. Resembling an owl; owl-like. Owl-light (oullit), n. Glimmering or imperfect light. The benighted days of monkish owl-light.' Warburton. Owl-like (oul'lik), a. Like an owl in look and habits. Now like an owl-like watchman he must walk.' Donne. Own (on), a. [A. Sax. agen, the part. of agan, to possess. (See OWE.) So also L.G. égen, Dan. and Sw. egen, Icel. eiginn, D. and G. eigen, own.] Belonging to; possessed; peculiar; proper to; domestic; not foreign: usually expressing ownership or exclusive ownership with emphasis. It always follows a possessive pronoun, or a noun in the possessive, as my own, his own, their own, John's own. Knit thee gloves made of her own spun yarn.' Gay. There's nothing sillier than a crafty knave outwitted, and beaten at his own play. Sir R. L'Estrange. A woman's face with Nature's own hand painted Hast thou, the master-mistress of my passion. Shak. Sometimes used not so much denoting property as imparting a peculiar tenderness to an expression. Thine own true knight.' Shak. 'My own child,' he said, as soon as his tears would let him speak; 'my own, own child.' Trollope. In this sense it has occasionally the superlative form. My bride to be, my evermore delight, My own heart's heart and ownest own farewell. Tennyson. Sometimes fixed, settled, or arranged by a person for himself; as, name your own day; take it at your own price.-To hold one's own, to be able to maintain one's own cause; to come off at least equal to an adversary; not to lose ground. Own (on), v.t. [From the adjective: A. Sax. agnian, Icel. eigna, Dan. egne, G. eignen, to own.] 1. To have the legal or rightful title to; to have the right of property in; to hold or possess by right.-2. To acknowledge to belong to; to avow or admit the possession of. OXALIC Many own the gospel of salvation more from custom than conviction. F. M. Mason. 4. To recognize; to admit with a formal acknowledgment. I rode to church, and met my lord chamberlaine upon the walls of the garrison, who owned and spoke to me. Pepys. The wakeful bloodhound rose and shook his hide; But his sagacious eye an inmate owns. Keats. Own (on), v.i. To confess: with to. 'May did not own to the possession of the bond.' Mrs. Crowe. Owner (ōn'èr), n. One who owns; the rightful proprietor; one who has the legal or rightful title, whether he is the possessor Isa. i. 3. or not. The ox knoweth his owner. A freehold though but in ice and snow, will make the owner pleased in the possession and stout in the defence of it. Addison. Ownership (ōn'êr-ship), n. The state of being an owner; the right by which a thing belongs to some person or body to the exclusion of all others; proprietorship. Owret (our), n. An aurochs. Owse (ouz), n. Same as Ooze. Owsellt (ou'zl), n. [From owse, ooze.] A slough; a quagmire. I am verily perswaded that neither the touch of conscience, nor the sense and seeing of any religion, ever drewe these into that damnable and untwineable traine and owsell of perdition. F. Melton. Owsen (ous'en), n. Oxen. Burns. [Scotch.] Owser (ouz'èr), n. Tanner's ooze. Ox (oks), n. pl. Oxen (ok'sn). [A. Sax. oxa, pl. oxan, Fris. oxa, Icel. oxi, uxi, Sw. and Dan. oxe, D. os, G. ochs, ochse, O.H.G. ohso, Goth. auhsa, auhsus, an ox. More remote connections are L. vacca, a cow, Skr. uksha, an ox. Root meaning doubtful. Oxen is now almost the only representative of the numerous A. Sax. plurals in -an; comp. also shoon, hosen, eyne, kine.] The general name for the different species of animals of the genus Bos (which see). The common ox is one of the most valuable of our domestic animals. Its flesh is the principal article of animal food; and there is scarcely any part of the animal that is not useful to mankind; the skin, the horns, the bones, the blood, the hair, and the very refuse of all these, have their separate uses. Having been specially domesticated by man from a stock which it is probably impossible to trace, the result has been the formation of very many breeds, races, or permanent varieties, some of which are valued for their flesh and hides, some for the richness and abundance of their milk, while others are in great repute both for beef and milk. Among the first class may be mentioned the Durham or Short-horn, the Polled Aberdeen or Angus, and the West Highland or Kyloe. Among the most celebrated for dairy purposes are the Alderney, the Ayrshire, and the Suffolk Dun. For the purposes both of the dairyfarmer and the grazier the Hereford and a cross between a Short-horn and an Ayrshire are much fancied. The ox is used in many parts of the world, and in a very few districts of Britain, as a beast of draught. The North Devon breed is well adapted for draught, and in Devonshire much agricultural labour is still performed by teams of oxen of this breed. The 'wild ox,' now existing only in a few parks, as at Hamilton, seems, whatever its origin, to have been formerly an inhabitant of many forest districts in Britain, particularly in the north of England and the south of Scotland. The name is used in a more restricted sense to signify the male of the bovine genus (Bos Taurus) castrated, and full-grown, or nearly SO. The young castrated male is called a steer. He is called an ox-calf or bull-calf until he is a year old, and a steer until he is four years old. The same animal not castrated is called a bull. Besides the European ox there are several other varieties, as the Indian or zebu, with a hump on its back, the Abyssinian, Madagascar, and South African.-To have the black ox tread on one's foot, to know what sorrow or adversity is. Ray. Ox-acid (oks'as-id), n. An acid containing Oxalate (oks'al-at), n. In chem, a salt formed OXALIDACEÆ It also exists in the roots of rhubarb, bistort, gentian, &c., combined with potash; in several kinds of lichens it is found in union with lime. It forms the juice sold under the erroneous name of salt of lemons. It is a violent poison. Oxalidaces, Oxalideæ(oks'al-i-dā"sē-ē,oksal-id'ē-ē), n. pl. A nat. order of polypetalous exogenous plants, with a superior ovary, a small number of hypogynous stamens, and distinct styles; now sometimes combined with Geraniacea. The species are natives of all the hotter and temperate parts of the world, and most abundant in America and the Cape of Good Hope. The genus Oxalis, which is the type, is called wood-sorrel, from the acidity of the leaves, and the natural habitation of the European species in a Oxalis Acetosella (Wood-sorrel). wild state. The genus is, however, most abundant at the Cape of Good Hope, where the species are extremely ornamental. In the East Indies the genus Averrhoa produces a fruit (the carambola or blimbing) used for pickling and preserving. The British Oxalis Acetosella, or common wood-sorrel, has been supposed to be the true shamrock of the Irish. In the tropical parts of India is the Oxalis sensitiva, so named in consequence of its pinnated leaves being irritable like the sensitive plant. The European trefoil-leaved species have been ascertained to have the same property, only in a more feeble degree. Oxalis (oks'a-lis), n. A genus of plants of the nat. order Oxalidaceae. There are two British species, O. Acetosella, or common wood-sorrel, and O. corniculata, or yellow procumbent wood-sorrel. See OXALIDACEÆ. Oxalite (oks'a-lit), n. A native oxalate of iron protoxide, found in the brown-coal of Germany; humboldtine. Oxaluria (oks-a-lû'ri-a), n. In pathol. a morbid condition of the system, in which a prominent symptom is the presence of crystallized oxalate of lime in the urine. Called also Oxalic Acid Diathesis. Oxaluric (oks-a-lü'rik), a. Applied to an acid (CHN204) produced by the decomposition of parabanic acid. It is a white or slightly yellow crystalline powder of an acid taste. It forms salts with the alkalies and alkaline earths. Oxalyl (oks'a-lil), n. In chem. the hypothetical radical of oxalic acid. Called also Carbonic Oxide. Oxamate (oks'a-mat), n. In chem. a salt of oxamic acid. Oxamic (oks-am'ik), a. Applied to a monobasic acid produced by the dehydration of oxalate of ammonium.-Oxamic acid (C2H3 NO) is a white crystalline powder, sparingly soluble in cold water, still less soluble in alcohol, and insoluble in ether. Oxamide (oks'a-mid), n. (C2 H4 N2 O2.) white substance produced during the destructive distillation of oxalate of ammonia: hence its name, compounded of oxalis and ammonia. Called also Oxalamide. Ox-bird (oks'bėrd), n. The sanderling (Arenaria vulgaris), a small wading bird which frequents many of our shores. Oxbiter (oks'bi-tér), n. Molothrus pecoris, an American bird of the bunting group. Ox-bow (oks'bō), n. 1. A curved piece of wood encircling an ox's neck when yoked. 2. Naut. the bend or reach of a river. Admiral Smyth.-3. In arch.an oval dormerwindow. Oxer (oks'ér), n. Same as Ox-fence. 'Over an orer 'like a bird." Cornhill Mag. Ox-eye (oks'i), n. 1. In bot. a name common 349 to plants of the genus Buphthalmum. The name is also given to Anthemis arvensis and to Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum. Called also the Ox-eye Daisy.-2. In zool. a name given to the larger titmouse (Parus major) and to the blue titmouse (P. caruleus).—3. A nautical term for a cloudy speck or weather gall, often seen on the coast of Africa, which presages a storm. Ox-eyed (oksid), a. Having large full eyes, like those of an ox. Homer useth that epithet of ar-eyed in describing Juno, because a round black eye is the best. Burton. Ox-fence (oks'fens), n. A fence to keep oxen from straying; specifically, in foxhunting, a fence consisting of a wide ditch, bordered by a strong hedge, beyond which is a railing. Oxfly (oks fli), n. A species of bott (Estrus bovis) hatched under the skin of cattle. Ox-foot (oks'föt), n. In farriery, a term applied to the feet of horses when the horn of the hindfoot cleaves just in the middle of the forepart of the hoof, from the coronet to the shoe. Oxford-chrome (oks'förd-krōm), n. An oxide of iron used in oil and water-colour painting. Called also Oxford-ochre. Oxford-clay (oks'fōrd-klā), n. [From its being well developed in Oxfordshire.] In geol. a bed of dark-blue clay, sometimes attaining a thickness of from 200 to 500 feet, interposed between the lower and middle oolites. It abounds in ammonites and belemnites. Same as Oxford-mixture (oks'förd-miks-tūr), n. Woollen cloth of a very dark gray colour. Called also Oxford-gray, Pepper-and-salt, and Thunder-and-lightning. Oxford-ochre (oks'fōrd-ō-kér), n. Oxford-chrome. Oxford-school (oks'fōrd-sköl), n. A name given to that portion of the Church of England who adopted the principles of the Tracts for the Times. Called also Tractarians and Puseyites. Ox-gall (oks'gal), n. The bitter fluid secreted by the liver of the ox, much used in the arts. [Or, and gang, Oxgang (oks 'gang), n. going. In anc. law, as much land as an ox can plough in a year, generally from 15 to 20 acres. The oxgang, however, was contracted or expanded according to the quality of the land, 40 acres constituting the maximum and 6 the minimum of the measure. In Scotland it is termed oxgate. Oxgate (oks'gat), n. See OXGANG. Ox-goad (oks'gōd), n. A long rod, with a sharp point or goad, for driving oxen. Ox-head (oks'hed), n. The head of an oxa term contemptuously applied to a stupid fellow, and equal to blockhead, dolt. Dost make a mummer of me, ox-head?' Marston. Oxheal, Oxheel (oks'hēl), n. A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus). Ox-hide (oks'hid), n. 1. The skin of an ox. 2. A hide of land. See HIDE. Ox-hoof (oksʼhöf), n. The name given to the leaves of a species of Caulotretus and Bauhinia, used in Brazil as mucilaginous remedies. Oxidability (oks'id-a-bil”i-ti), n. The capability of being converted into an oxide. Oxidable (oks'id-a-bl), a. Capable of being converted into an oxide. The first section is the metals of the earths; the second the metals of the alkalies; the third the easily oxidable metals, as iron; the fourth metals less oxidable, as copper and lead. Whewell. Oxidate (oks'id-āt), v. t. pret. & pp. oxidated; ppr. oxidating. To convert into an oxide, as metals and other substances, by combination with oxygen. Oxidate (oks'id-at), v.i. To become oxidized; to become an oxide. Iron oxidates rapidly when introduced in a state of Graham. ignition into oxygen gas. Oxidation (oks-id-a'shon), n. The operation or process of converting into an oxide, as metals or other substances, by combining with them a certain portion of oxygen; oxidisement. Oxidator (oks'id-at-ér), n. A contrivance for throwing a stream of oxygen into the flame of a lamp; an oxygenator. Oxide (oks'id), n. [Gr. oxys, acid, sharp.] In chem. a compound of oxygen with a more electro-positive element. The first, second, third, &c., oxides of one element are designated by the terms protoxide, dioxide, trioxide, &c.; the highest oxide is termed a peroxide. OXYGEN Oxidizable, Oxidisable (oks'id-iz-a-bl), a. Oxidizement, Oxidisement (oks'id-izment), n. Oxidation. Oxidizer, Oxidiser (oks'id-iz-ér), n. That which oxidizes. Oxidulated (oks-id'u-lāt-ed), a. In chem. As cowslip unto oxlip is, Tennyson. So seems she to the boy. Oxonian (oks-o'ni-an), n. A native or inhabitant of Oxford; a member or a graduate of the University of Oxford. Oxpecker (oks'pek-ér), n. Another name for the Beef-eater, a bird of the genus Buphaga (which see). Ox-pitht (oks'pith), n. Marrow. Marston. Ox-reim (oks'rim), n. [D. riem, a thong or strap.] A narrow strip of prepared ox-hide, used in the Cape Colony for horse-halters, and, twisted, for ropes, traces, &c. Ox-stall (oks'stal), n. A stall or stand for oxen. Oxter (oks'ter), n. [A. Sax. oxta, the armpit.] The armpit; also, the embrace of the arms. [Scotch.] Oxter (oks'ter), v.t. To support under the arm. [Scotch.] -6 Oxtongue (oks'tung), n. The common name of Helminthia, a plant belonging to the genus Picris, nat. order Composite, so called from the shape and roughness of the leaves. Oxyacid (oks'i-as-id), n. An acid containi oxygen. Called also Ox-acid. Oxycalcium-light (oks-i-kal'si-”...-lit), n. Same as Drummond Light. Oxychloride (oks-i-klō'rid), n. A compound of a metallic oxide with a chloride; as, oxychlorides of iron, tin, &c. Oxycoccus (oks-i-kok'us), n. [Gr. oxys, sharp, and kokkos, a berry.] The cranberry, a genus of plants of the nat. order Vacciniaceæ, comprising three species. O. palustris is the common cranberry, O. macrocarpus is the large-fruited American cranberry. The third species is the O. erectus, so named from not creeping like the two others. Oxycrate (oks'i-krāt), n. [Gr. oxys, acid, and keraō, to mix.] A mixture of water and vinegar. [Rare.] Apply a mixture of the same powder, with a compress prest out of oxycrate, and a suitable bandage. Wiseman. Oxyfluoride (oks-i-flū’ō-rīd), n. A compound of an oxide and a fluoride; as, the oxyfluoride of lead. Oxygen (oks'i-jen), n. [Gr. oxys, acid, and gennaō, to generate.] 1. Sym. O. At. wt. 16. In chem, a gaseous element discovered by Priestley in 1776, by whom it was named dephlogisticated air; by Scheele it was named empyreal air, and by Condorcet vital air. It constitutes about one-fifth of the total volume of the atmosphere, and is the supporter of ordinary combustion. It was named oxygen because it was supposed to be present in all acids: modern experiments, however, prove that it is not necessary in all cases to acidity or to combustion. Oxygen may be prepared by heating manganic dioxide or potassic chlorate; it is usually obtained from a mixture of these two salts. Oxygen is a permanently elastic fluid, invisible, inodorous, and a little heavier than atmospheric air. In mechanical mixture with nitrogen it forms atmospheric air. Water contains about 89 per cent of it, and it exists in most vegetable and animal products, acids, salts, and oxides. It is soluble in water to the extent of 30 centimetres of the gas to 1 litre of water, and this property is of great importance in relation to plants, and still more to water animals, the greater number of which are dependent on this dissolved oxygen for the support of respiration and life. It has a powerful attraction for most of the simple substances, especially for the electro-positive bodies, the act of combining with which is called oxidation. The compounds thus formed are called oxides. Oxidation is often attended with the evolution of heat and light, as in all processes of combustion in atmospheric air; sometimes the oxidation is slow and unattended with such phenomena, as in the gradual rusting of metals. Combustion is the union of inflammable matter with oxygen. (See COMBUSTION.) 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