Octopodidse 
tarns little connected by membranes ; the mantle is united 
to the head by a broad dorsal commissure, and has no 
Iv in 
4080 Ocymum 
France and certain other countries of fhe oculiferOUS (ok-u-lif 'e-rus), a. [< L. oculus, eye, 
- 
[< oetopod 
complex connection with the siphon. 
OCtopodOUS (ok-top'o-dus), a 
-os.] Same as oetopod, 
Octopus (ok-to'pus), . [NL., < Gr. 
eight-footed: see oetopod.] I. The typical ge- 
European continent, on articles brought in.- 
3 The barrier or place where such duties are 
levied and paid; also, the service by which they 
live collected 
When at the ^ ... our driver g,ve. out his dest, 
+ ferrc = E. hear*.-] Bearing an eye or eyes: 
as, the oculiferoiis tentacles ot a snail ; tne o< 
liferwi* ophthalmites of a crustacean. Also 
oculiijcrous. 
^,. s _ .. r>'ri i" nation, the whole arrangement produced the same effect 
nus of Octopodidai and Octopoda. 2. [. c.; pi. jn my min( j as if Sa j,,t Augustine had asked me to have a 
octoni f-Di) 1 A species or an individual of the g i a98 O f soda-water, or Saint Jerome to procure for him a 
third-class ticket. E. A. Freeman, Venice, p. 55. 
OCtuor (ok'tu-6r), n. Same as octet. 
octuple (ok''tu-pl), a. [< L. octuplus (= Gr. 
buTcnr'Aovc), eightfold, < oc<o, = E. eight, + -plus, 
-fold; cf. duple, etc.] Eightfold. 
octuplet (ok'tu-plet), . [< L. octuplus, eight- 
fold, + -et.] In music, a group of eight notes 
intended to take the place of six. 
mole. 
OCtyl (ok'til). n. [<L. octo, = E. eight, + -yl.] A 
hypothetical alcohol radical (C 8 H 17 ), the best- 
known compound of which is octyl hydrid 
(C 8 Hi 8 ), one of the constituents of American 
petroleum. Also called capryl. 
' lamine (ok-til-am'in), n. [< octyl + a mine.] 
olorless, bitter, very caustic liquid (C 8 Hi 7 
a ocu ljgeroUS (ok-u-lij'e-rus) 
Octopus bairdi. 
genus Octopus; an oetopod; apoulpe; a devil- 
fish. See also cut under cuttlefish. 
A real octopus, in a basket, with its hideous body in the llu _,, v 
center, and its eight arms, covered with suckers, arranged A.. la _i_ , nk t j] 
in the form of a star, is worth from a dollar to a dollar and OCtylamine (.OK-I 
a half. Lady Braney, Voyage of Sunbeam, II. xix. A ' 
octoradial (ok-to-ra'di-al), a. [< L. octo, = E. 
eight, + radius, ray: see radial.] Same asocto- 
radiate. 
The first order, Disconecta;, contains three families ; the 
first of these, with a circular and regular octoradial um- 
brella, ... is called Discalidre. Nature, XXXIX. 409. 
octoradiate (ok-to-ra'di-at), a. [< L. octo, = E. 
eight, + radius, ray: see radiate, a.] Having 
eight rays. 
octoradiated (ok-to-ra'di-a-ted), a. [< octora- 
diate + -co" 2 .] Saine as octoradiate. 
octoroon (ok-to-roV), . [Also octaroon; < L. 
octo, = E. eight, + -roon, as in quadroon, quint- ocub, n. Same as oak-web. 
roon, etc.] The offspring of a quadroon and a ocuba-wax (o-ku'ba-waks), n. 
white person ; a person having one eighth negro 
blood. 
OCtOSepalOUS (ok-to-sep'a-lus), a. [< Gr. o/iru, 
= E. eight, + NL. ' sepalum, a sepal.] In bot., 
having eight sepals, 
octospermous (ok-to-sper'mus), o. [< Gr. OKTU, 
= E. eight, + airepua, seed.] Containing eight 
seeds. 
octospore (ok'to-spor), . [< Gr. OKTU, = E. 
eight, + oir6pof, 'seed.] A name employed by 
Janczewski for one of the eight carpospores 
produced by certain florideous algae of the 
family Porphyraceee. W. B. Carpenter, Micros., 
$328. 
octosporous (ok'to-spo-rus), a. [< octospore + 
-ous.] In bot., eight-spored; containing eight 
spores, as the asci of many fungi and lichens. 
See ascus. 
OCtOSticflOUS (ok-tos'ti-kus), a. [< Gr. OKTU, = 
E. eight, + arixof, line, row. Cf. octastich.] In 
bot., eight-ranked: a term employed in phyl- 
lotaxy to indicate those plants in which the 
leaves are arranged on the stem in eight ver- 
tical ranks, as in the holly and aconite, and the 
radical leaves of Plantago. The leaves are separated 
by three eighths of the circumference, the ninth leaf be- 
ing over the first at the completion of the third turn of the 
spiral. See phyllotaxis. 
OCtostyle (ok'to-stil), a. See octastyle. 
octosyllabic (ok"to-si-lab'ik), a. and n. [< oc- 
tosyuab(le) + -ic.] I. o. Consisting of eight 
syllables. 
The grave dignity of Virgil's style, its continuous flow 
and stately melody, are misrepresented in the octosyllabic 
lines of "Mawiion." Edinburgh Rev., CXLVII. 467. 
II. n. In pros., a line consisting of eight syl- 
lables. 
shape or appearance of an eye. 
i-Terous (ok-ii-lij'e-rus), a. [< L. oculus, 
eye, + gcrere, carry.] Same as oeuliferous. 
OCUlimotor (ok'u-li-mo''tor), a. and n. [< L. 
<iri<l HX, eye, + motor, mover.] I. a. Ocular and 
motory ; furnishing motor power to muscles of 
the eyeball, as a nerve. See oculomotor, and 
cuts under brain and Petromyzontida;. 
II. . The oculomotor nerve. See oculomotor. 
Also otta- Ocu li mo tory(ok // u-li-m6'to-ri),a. Sameasoc- 
limntor. 
Oculina (ok-ii-li'- 
na), n. [NL., <L. 
oculus, eye : see 
oculus.] The typi- 
cal genus of the 
family Oeulinidte. 
Lamarck. 
NH 2 ), having an ammoniacal, fishy odor, ob- Qculinidse (ok-u- 
tained by heating alcoholic ammonia with oc- ]i n 'j.,jg) . pi, 
tyl iodide. It is insoluble in water, precipi- r NL < Oculina + 
tates metallic salts, and dissolves silver chlorid. - J 
OCtylene (ok'ti-len), . [< octyl + -ene.] A 
hydrocarbon (CoH 16 ) obtained by heating oc- 
tylic alcohol with sulphuric acid or fused zinc 
chlorid. It is a very mobile oil, lighter than water, in 
which it is insoluble, but very soluble in alcohol and ether. 
It boils without decomposition at 125, and burns with a 
very bright flame. 
octylic (ok-til'ik), . [< octyl + -ic.] Of or 
pertaining to octyl : as, octylic alcohol. 
Ocuit'tta varfcosa 
[< S. Amer. 
A family 
of aporose sclero- 
dermatons corals, 
typified by the genus Oculina, founded by Ed- 
wards and Haime in 1849. They hare compound 
corallum with copious and compact coenenchyma, imper- 
forate walls with scanty dissepiments, and few or no syn- 
apticulEe. The genera are numerous, including some of 
the present epoch and a few fossil ones. The corallites 
are in colonies irregularly branched from a thick stock, 
or massive, or incrusting. These corals increase by gem- 
mation, which is usually lateral and often symmetrical, 
ttssiparity being rare. 
~ _ 111 -i iiBaipuiitv MI jn- laic. 
ocuba + E. >az2.] A concrete vegetable oil, ocu li s t (ok'u-list), . [= F. oculiste = Sp. Pg. 
il__ Al_,.J. J I ,3 JL- ~_- 4l. , 4.. II..... ..,, WW***MW \ II U - tJ 
apparently that derived from the tallow-nut- 
meg (see virola-tallow), though by some it has 
been identified with the becuiba- or bicuhiba- 
wax obtained from the seeds of Myristica Sicu- 
hyba in Brazil, there used in making candles. 
See becuiba-nut. 
ocular (ok'u-lar), a. and n. [= F. oculaire = 
Sp. Pg. ocular "= It. oculare, < LL. ocularis, also 
It. oculista, < L. oculus, eye: see oculus and -ist.] 
A physician whose specialty is diseases or de- 
fects of the eye ; one skilled in treatment of the 
eyes ; an ophthalmologist. 
The subject we talk of is the eye of England ; and if there 
be a speck or two in the eye, we endeavor to take them off ; 
but he were a strange oculist who would pull out the eye. 
Bacon, Apophthegms. 
, ocularius, of or belonging to the eyes, < oculus oculofrontal (ok'u-lo-fron' / tal), . [< L. oculus, 
?= Gr. dial. OKKOMO(, SffaMat), the eye, dim. of e y e , + E. frontal.'] 'Pertaining to the eyes and 
*ocus = Gr. dKof, oKKOf, the eye (dual bane, the 
eyes), akin to AS. edge, etc., eye : see eye 1 .} I. 
a. 1. Of or pertaining to the eye; ophthalmic ; 
tne forehead Oculofrontal rugae, the vertical wrin- 
kles running up the forehead fromthe root of the nose, 
caused by the contraction of the corrugator supercilii. 
optic: as, ocular movements ; the ocular (optic) oculomotor (ok'u-lo-mo'tor), a. and n. [< L. 
ncidits, eye, + motor, mover: see motor.} I. a. 
nerve. 2. Depending on the eye; known by 
the eye ; received by actual sight or seeing ; op- 
tical; visual: as, ocular proof; ocular demon- 
stration or evidence. 
Be sure of it ; give me the ocular proof, 
Or thou hadst better have been born a dog. 
SAo*., Othello, iii. 3. 360. 
Thomas was an ocular witness of Christ's death and 
burial. South, Sermons, V. iv. 
Moving the eyeball: applied to the third cranial 
nerve, which supplies the muscles moving the 
eyeball, except the superior oblique and exter- 
nal rectus External oculomotor nerve, the abdu- 
cens nerve. Oculomotor sulcus, the groove from which 
the oculomotor roots issue, on the median side of the crus 
cerebri. Also called inner peduncular sulcus. 
II. . The oculomotor nerve. See I. 
3. In entom., pertaining to the compound eyes: oculus (pk'i>lus) L . ; pi. oc*i (-11). [L., the eye: 
distinguished from ocellar Ocular cone. See cone. 
Ocular cup, the cupped part of an ocular vesicle ; such 
a vesicle when part of it is pushed in upon the rest to form 
the hollow back of an eye. Ocular lobe, in entom., a pro- 
jection of the side of the prothorax, more or less complete- 
ly covering the eye when the head is retracted, found in 
many beetles. Ocular plate, of echinoderms, a perfo- 
rated plate which supports the eye-spot, as in a sea-urchin. 
- Ocular tentacle, the tentacle which in some mollusks 
bears the eye. Ocular tubercle. Same as eye-eminence. 
Ocular vertigo, vertigo due to disorder of the organs 
of vision, including the muscles, nerves, and nerve-centers 
see ocular.] 1. In anat., the eye ; an eye ; spe- 
cifically, a compound eye. 2. In bot., an eye; 
a leaf -bud, Motor oculi. See oculomotor. Oculi 
cancrorum, crabs' eyes. Seeero&i. Oculi Sunday, the 
third Sunday in Lent : so called from the first word, Oevli 
(eyes), in the Latin text of the officium or introit, beginning 
with the 1.1 th verse of the 25th Psalm, "Mine eyes are ever 
toward the Lord." Oculus cati, a variety of sapphire: 
same as a^teria. Oculus Christi. (a) See clary 1 *, (b) A 
European plant, Inula Oculus-Christi, having astringent 
properties. Oculus mundi, a variety of opal : same as 
lydrophane. 
A new liking for the Georgian heroics and octosyllabics 
is queerly blended with our practice. 
E. C. SUdman, The Century, XXIX. 608. 
octosyllabical (ok'to-si-lab'i-kal), a. 
syllabic + -al.~\ Same as octosyllabic. 
octosyllable (ok'to-sil-a-bl), a. and n. 
related immediately to vision. Ocular vesicle, a hollow ocumt. " An obsolete spelling of oakum. 
ation from the cerebral vesicle which is to form A/I^^ ;, 
prolongai 
the greater part of an eye. ow . 
II. n. In optics, the eyepiece of an optical ; 
instrument, as of a telescope or microscope. 
[< octo- See eyepiece. 
Ocularly (ok'u-lar-li), adv. In an ocular man- 
[< LL. ner; by the use of the eyes; by meansof sight. OCydrome (os i-drom), n. 
octoiyllabus, < Gr. bKTaai'faa/ioc, < Gr. OKTU, = E. OCularyt (ok'u-la-ri), a. [< L. ocularius, of the <>ci/dr<iiiiit*. 
eight, + av'A/.af}>i, a syllable.] I. a. Consisting eye: see ocular.] Of or pertaining to the eye ; ocydromme (o-sid ro-min), a. [< ocyarome (< 
_*'linV. , 7 j . . . - fj- ., ,' f\ ^ I y~v* 1_ i_i x_ 4.1. 
ocular: as, ' oculary medicines," Holland. 
An imitation of the cry of 
I dar wel sey he is worthy for to sterve 
And for that skille "ocy, ocy," I grede. 
Cuckoo and Nightingale, 1. 135. 
A bird of the genus 
of eight syllables. 
In the octosyllable metre Chaucer has left several com- OCUlate (ok'u-lat), a. [< L. oculaius, having eyes, 
positions. 
Tyrwhitt, Language and Vereiflcation of Chaucer, 8. 
II. . A word of eight syllables. 
Octoteuch (ok'to-tuk), . Same as Octateuch. 
octroi (ok-trwo'), n. [P., < octroyer, grant, < 
< oculus, eye : see ocular.] 
provided with eyes. 2. Having spots resem- 
bling eyes; specifically, in bot., ocellate. 
OCUlated (ok'u-la-ted)j a. [< oculate + -ed 2 .] 
Same as oculate. 
ML. as if "auctoricare, authorize, < L. auctor, oculauditory (ok-u-la'di-to-ri), a. [< L. oculus, 
an author, one who gives authority: see au- eye, + anditorius', of hearing: see auditory.] 
tlior.] 1. A concession, grant, or privilege, Representing an eye and an ear together ; hav- 
partieularly a commercial privilege, as an ex- ing an ocular and an auditory function, as some 
elusive right of trade, conceded by government of the marginal bodies or sense-organs of aca- 
to a particular person or company. 2. A tax lephs or jelly-fishes. See oculieyst, lithocyst. 
or duty levied at the gates of cities, particular- oculi, . Pliiral of oculus. 
iiri/droinus) + -inc 1 .] Of or pertaining to the 
ocydromes. 
1. Having" eyes; Ocydromus (o-sid'ro-mus), H. [NL., < Gr. UKV- 
dpouoc, swift-running, < aavf, swift. + fpouri-(, 
runner, (. fipa/itiv, inf. aor. of rpexe/v, run.] 1. 
In oniith.. a genus of birds of the family Kalli- 
dce, founded by Wagler in 1830, having the 
wings too short to fly with. They are swift-footed, 
whence the name. 0. australis is known as the u-eka rail; 
there are several other species, all inhabitants of the' New 
Zealand subregion. The genus gives name with some au- 
thors to a subfamily Ocydrvminte. 
2. In entom., a genus of coleopterous insects. 
Dejran, 1837. 
Ocymum, See Ociiiiinn. 
