OAK 
is fet on his head.— Upon which the ett become debtors 
to the fheriff, and are difcharged to ng. 
OACCO, in Geography, a town of Africa, in the king- 
dom of Benguela; the Ridieg of a province of the fame 
name, bordering on 
OACHATE, a harbour = the fouth oe i“ the ifland 
of Ulietea. S. = 16 Ge _ hak 
As ver of America, in ae which 
difcharges itfelf ta the Miffifippi, in N. lat. 39° 10’ 
miles N. of Riviere au Beu 
AHOONA, the northernmoft of the es of iflands 
called Ingraham ifles ; about two le of Noo- 
heeva ; le afhington by Capt. icin. and Maifa- 
chufetts by Capt. 
OAI IHA, or A A Bay, a bay near the N.E. 
leffer come of ie ifland of Otaheite, with 
S. lat. 17° 46’ 28”. 
end of the 
good anchorage in - ale fathoms. 
ong. I 
OAK, in Botany i ee QUERCUS. 
Oax of Jerufalem. See eben 
Oax-Tree, in Agriculture and Planting, the general name 
of a well-known hard-wooded foreft-tree, much cultivated 
for the purpofe of timber; particularly in fhip-building, 
and in other cafes bere much expofure to the weather 
is required. 
It has many fpecies, but that which is of moft import- 
ance as a timber-tree is the Englifh oak, which grows 
to a great ftature, and lives to a very great age; and 
which is deferibed as ang — Kae to a hundred ried 
runk, very 
es. 
Marfhall, that “* the root of 
It has been ft Mr. 
the oak ftrikes deep, efpecially the middle or tap-root, 
which has been to a depth nearly equal to the 
height of the tree itfelf: nor do the lateral roots run fo 
fhallow and horizontal as thofe of the afh and other 
wider than thefe of the oak. The flem of the oak is 
varieties : indeed, if we 
a 
the Lucombe, or 
the ty fecond | une of the Phi- 
lofophical Tranfadtions, a particular accou 
this oak ; t Mr. Lucom 
his own growth, and 
obferving that one of the feedling plants preferved its 
—— through the eat he paid particular attention a 
The 
fer altogether the defcription given in the account above- 
mentioned. 
Tf nb Vel <f. 
° Willow-1 t a ae 
Tt receives its name from its fees refembling very 
tree, 
OAK 
oak others fmaller, &c. allof which are included under 
he faa ation of willow-leaved oaks. 
he Chefnut-leaved Oak alfo grows to bea — timber-tree, 
an in North America, where it grows naturally, the wood 
of great fervice to the inhabitants. It is fo called becaufe 
i leaves greatly refemble thofe of the Spanith | chefnut-tree, 
They are about the fame fize, {mooth, and of a fine green 
colou 
There are likewife two or three varieties of it; but the 
leaves of all of them prove that they are of the fpecies called 
the chefnut-leaved oak ; fo that nothing more need be o 
erved, than t - ae leaves of fome forts are larger than 
t of other the acorns alfo differ in fize, 
and grow like thofe a our Englifh oak, on Tong or fhort 
footitalks, as it may happen in ialieoneli 
The Black Oak is a tree of low eeeeeil oe rifing 
to more than thirty feet in height. ‘The bark of this tree 
is of a very dark colour, which occafioned its being named 
the black oak. The leaves are fmooth, very large, narrow 
at theirbafe, but broad attheir top, being in fhape like a 
: they have indentures at the top, fo as to cccafion its 
€ are varie 
lour oi “ leaves, which in the autumn decline to a deep 
red aH 
a feveral varieties, the leaves of which differ i in fize 
hofe of the 
fubvarieties of it, which exhibit a mantiee difference in the 
fize of the leaves, acorns, and cups. ‘That is the beit 
which is commonly called the Virginian {carlet oak; and 
the bark is preferred for the tanners’ ufe before that of all 
the other forts. 
The White Oak does not grow to the fize of the former, 
feldom being found higher than forty feet, even in Virginia, 
where it grows naturally. But though the timber is not fo 
large, yet it is more durable, and confequently of greater 
value for building to the inhabitants of America, than any 
c 
with a whitifh bark ; the leaves alfo are of a light 
They are pretty large, being about fix inches long, and four 
broad: they hav ser tae obtufe finufes and angles, and are 
placed on hor nen 
T 
18 sali begs or on and the acorns are Itke thofe 
mon oak. 
talian Oak grows to about the height of thirty = 
the br spon are covered with a dark purplifh bark. 
leaves are fmooth, and fo deeply finuated as to have fame 
refemblance of pinnated leaves; and each has a very fhort 
footftalk. The fruit of this {pecies fits awe 1o the branches. 
he cups are in fome degree prickly and rough, and each 
contains a long flender acorn, that is eatable. In the ai 
