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ocivity 
a crowd, mob.] In med., a morbid condition ochroleUCOUS (ok-ro-lu'kus), a. [< Gr. i> X p&s, 
Llucld by the J crowding together of sick per- pale, pale-yellow, + , white : see , btceitj) .] 
sons under one roof, or even of persons not In tool, and^*., yellowish-white, or of a color 
suffering from disease, 
ochletic (ok-let'ik), . 
between yellow and white. 
f< ochlesis, after Gr. ochrolite (ok'ro-lit), n. [< Gr. i> X p6c, pale-yel- 
6 r /./^f" of or belonging to a mob, < o X teh; dis- low, + Xifloc, stone.] An antimoniate of lead 
turb as by a mob: see oe/ifesi*.] In met?., of, occurring in tabular orthorhombic^ crystals, 
pertaining to, or affected with ochlesis. 
ochlocracy (ok-lok'ra-si), H. [Also ochlocraty; 
pertaining to, or affected with ochlesis. having a sulphur-yellow color and adamantine 
'- luster, found at Pagsberg m Sweden. 
<F 
mob-rule, < W-S, the mob, + -aparta, < Kpareiv, 
rule 1 The rule or ascendancy of the multitude 
or common people ; mobocracy ; mob-rule. 
worst forms 'of "government, a Democracy or Ochlocracy. 
Warburton, Divine Legation, in. 1. 
Ochroma (ok-ro'mB), n. [NL. (Swartz, 1788), 
so named from the color of the flowers; < Gr. 
uxpufta, paleness, < i> X povv, make pale, < u x poc, 
pale, pale-yellow; see ocher. ,] A genus of trees 
lower oroduces of the polypetalous order Mah-aceai, the tribe 
\eJSSSSrSrtS Bombaoea, and the subtribe Matisiece, marked 
by the fact that the anthers cover the nearly 
unbroken column of stamens. There is but one 
Ocelot (Felis fardalis). 
ochlocratic (ok-lo-krat'ik), o. [As ochlocracy 
(-crut-) + -ic.] Relating to ochlocracy, orgov- 
' 'thi 
species, 0. Lagopus, from tropical America, with angled 
leaves, and large flowers at the ends of the branch 
ches, fol- 
... n i \ 1*1 wv-/ i -n/.j *v UMBQ > *? 7 o lowed ny a lonK cupsuit: uciisuiy WIHJUJ* wimui. .ni "[", 
class of natural earths consisting ot mixtures emmen t by the mob; having the character or j corkwood, silk-cotton (under cottoni), doim-tree, hare's- 
of the hydrated sesquioxids of iron with van- f orm of an oc i)i oerac y. foot, 2, Lagopus, 2. 
ous earthy materials, principally silica and ochlocratical (ok-lo-krat'i-kal), a. [< ochlo- ochropyra (ok-ro-pi'rii), n. [< Gr. u X p<k, pale- 
alumina. These mixtures occur in many localities and cr atic + -al.~\ Same as ochlocratic . yellow, + iriip, fever : see fire."] Yellow fever. 
mThey Ochlocraty (ok-lok'ra-ti), w. Same as ochloe- ochrOUS, a. See ocherous. 
form a series of valuable and important pigments, used 
extensively alike by house-painters and artists both in oil 
nicy 
ochry, a. See ochery. 
and in water-colors. The most usual and common type of 
ocher-color is a yellow turning neither to red on the one 
If it begin to degenerate into an ochlocraty, then it turns Ochsenheimeria (ok"sen-hi-me'ri-a), 
-------- "-*- 
(Htibner, 1816), named after P. Ochsenheimer, 
a German entomologist (1767-1822).] The typi- 
into a most headstrong intolerable tyranny. 
Damning, The State Ecclesiastick (133X p. 16. 
(ForTrieties^el ochlotic (ok-lot'ik), . [< Gr. fcfcf, a crowd.] cal genus of the family * Ochsenheimfriidce nav- 
below.) Ochers in general have much body and are very Notine a kind of fever, apparently as occa- ing the head and palpi with long thick hairs, 
permanent. Most ochers on burning become redder and 
darl 
2. 
allusion 
If you want to cheek us, pay your ochre at the doors. 
antenn short, eyes very small, and fore wings 
; and of uniform width. There are 8 spe- 
, all European ; their larvee live in the stems 
plants, type of the order Ochuaceai and the tribe Ochsenheimeriidse (ok-sen-hl-me-ri'i-de), n. pi. 
Bismuth ocher. See bismuth. Black ocher, a variety 
of mineral black combined with iron and alluvial clay. 
See mineral Mack, under mineral. Blue ocher, a hy- 
drated iron phosphate, the mineral vivianite, found na- 
tive in Cornwall, England, and elsewhere. It has been used 
as a pigment. It is durable, but rather dull in tone. Also 
called native Prussian blue. Brown ocher, spruce 
ocher, or ocher de rue, a dark brownish-yellow ocner. 
Dickens,^ Hard Times, i. 6. Q c ) tne ^ characterized by its numerous stamens [NL., < Ochsenlieimeria + -idee] A family of 
and lateral panicles. There are about 25 species, na- tiueid moths, represented by the genus Ochsen- 
tives of Africa and tropical Asia. They are smooth trees ] le i mer i a Also Ochsenheimeridce. Heinemann, 
or shrubs, bearing yellow flowers with colored rigid sepals 1 
and numerous stamens, followed by drupes clustered on a _*'"' , . , ., ,, - \ rMT ,. 
broad receptacle. They are ornamental in cultivation. 0. OchthodromuS (ok-thod ro-mus), n. [NL,., < 
arborea of the Cape of Good Hope, called roodhout or red- Q r . o X Oof, a hill, bank, + -opopof, < Spafielv, inf. 
, 
id, becomes a tree 20 or 30 feet high, which affords a 
aor. of rptxeiv, run.] A genus of ringed plovers 
hard wood, used for furniture, wagon-work, etc. O. t Sfau- 
of the family Charadriidce, characterized by the 
Ocimoidese (os-i-moi'de-e), n. pi. 
Red ocher, a name common to a variety of pigments, 
rather than designating an individual color, and compre- 
hending Indian red, light red, Venetian red, scarlet ocher, 
Indian ocher, reddle, bole, and other oxids of iron. As a 
They have very smooth, rigid, shining, alternate leaves, ovary, four perfect declined stamens, and oiie- 
cotnmonly toothed, but undivided, with a strong midrib -V ^ T A = _i.. j or, ^_;-i_ 
and many parallel veins. Their flowers are usually large 
ce u e( j an thers. It includes 22 genera, mainly 
. , , . , />;,, j g the tvne and Zrt- 
tropical, Ot \\mcn Uc IS tD 
vandula (lavender) the best-known. 
. 
nan ocer, ree, oe, an oer oxs o ron. s a nd showy, and in panicles, followed by a capsule, berry, 
mineral it designates a soft earthy variety of hematite.- or circle of drupes. 
Roman ocher, a pigment of a rich, deep, and powerful Ochne8B (ok'ne-e), n. pi. [NL. (Bartling, 1830), Ocimum (os'l-mum). n. [NL. (lournetort, 
orange-yellow color. It is used, both raw and burnt, in oil < Oc/m + -ecei] A tribe of plants of the order 1700), < L. ocimmn, <. Gr. bia/iov, an aromatic 
^^^v'ta^i'Ste.^nMtoAtf SameS Oehnacete, typified by the genus Uchna, having plant, basil.] A genus of labiate herbs and 
Ozfwd ocher. Transparent gold ocher, an ocher tend- only one ovule in each ovary-cell, and including shrubs, type of the tribe Ocimouleoe, known by 
ing toward raw sienna but more yellow in tone. Tung- 5 genera and about 112 species, mainly South the short corolla-tube and the deflexed fruiting 
stic ocher. Hee tunffstite. _ _ American. 
X Of, 
am j LMji-u.fi Liiai iiujiua y.^ e /t ctl ' uuiuij -i- HcTaAoV, 
ing ocher: as, ocherous matter. Also ochrous. peta i.] Possessing or characterized by broad 
M. Daubree, who has so thoroughly studied the metal- or capacious petals, 
lie portion of this meteorite, mentions an ochreous crust. oc j, ra fi ee o J T a 
A^r. Jour SAM ., XXIX. 33. ochra ^ eous (<MfM ^ a . [< ocher, ochre, + 
To prevent an ochrous deposit from the action of the air, .,,, i 1 Oherons- oohprv Loudon 2 
the solution should be boiled in a long-necked flask. -aceous.\i. ^ ""'* 
Campin, Mech. Engineering, p. 388. In ~ool., brownish-yellow ; of the color of ocher. 
2. Resembling ocher in color; specifically in ^rla''ochieate!''' False speUings of ocrea, 
zool. and hot., of a brownish-yellow color; light- OU " B > "i-" 1 
yellow with a tinge of brown. ochreous, a. See ocherov*. 
The wake looks more and more ochremis, the foam ropier -_!..,-., ,, KKR nftfmi 
and yellower. Harper's Mag., LXXVII. 816. ocnrey, . ow 
ochro (o kro), n. Same as okra. 
ochery, ochry (6'ker-i, -kri), a. [Also ochrey; ochrocarpOUS (ok-ro-kar'pus), a. [< Gr. o X p6(, 
< ocher, ochre, H- -yi.] 1. Like ocher; consist- pa l e -yellow, + Kapjr6c, fruit.] In lot., having 
mg of ocher. 2. In 6ot., same as ocherous. yellowish fruit. 
Ochetodon (o-ket'6-don), w. [NL., < Gr. o, v . 
a channel, + Move; (6oW-) = E. tooWf.] A 
genus of small sigmodont rodents of the fam- 
ily Murid<e, founded by Coues in 1877, eharac- ~n~ t ~i~ 1 ' x "ian\ 
terized by the grooved upper incisors, whence J 
the name. 0. humttie is the American harvest-mouse, 
the southern United States. 0. inexicanus and 0. longi- 
cauda are other species. 
och hone. See hone, under 02. 
ochidore (ok'i-dor), n. [Origin obscure.] A 
shore-crab. 
An ochrocarp[i]oua form occurs commonly in Sweden. 
Tuckerman, N. A. Lichens, p. 253. 
Ochrocarpus 
iste?'s k po?e*" e I^arfoif^e ^nea'tlv 9 hroid (o'kroid), a. [< Gr. axpoerffc, pale, pal- 
ped forward, between his neck'and his lld - also llke ocher, < wjpof, pale, pale-yellow, 
" ! the ochidore ! look to the blue 
put ochidore to mail 
inserted, as he stool 
collar, was a large live shore-crab, holding on tight with 
both hands. 
ochimyt, . 
ochlesis (ok-1 
turbance, < b x 
ir'pus), n. [NL. (Du 
Gr. u X p6c,, pale-yellow, 
.,, fruit.] A genus of trees of the poly- 
petalous order Guttiferce, classed with the tribe 
GarcinietB, known by the two valvate sepals, 
united until flowering. There are about 8 species, 
natives of tropical Asia and of Africa and the Mascarene 
Islands, with opposite or whorled leaves, many stamens, 
and the flowers in axillary cymes, followed by berries. 
See nagkassar. 
The Upper Part of Ocimitnt Basilicum, with flowers. 
a, the calyx ; tr, a flower ; c , the upper part of the style with two 
stigmas. 
>M iind 
^ _ widely dis- 
persed over warmer regions, especially Africa and Brazil. 
They bear simple or branched terminal racemes of small 
flowers, usually whitish and six in a whorl, with projecting 
pistil and stamens. 0. viride is called fever-plant in Sierra 
Leone, where a decoction of it is used as an atitiperiodic. 
The species in general are called basil (which see). Also 
spelled Ocymum. 
"Xp&t ocher, + cirfof, form.] Resembling oeher ocivityt (o-s:v'i-ti), . [Irreg. < F. oisivete, inoc- 
ti __ - . ., 
v, disturb as by a mob, < b'x/.of, mycetoma 
sloth. [Bare.] 
