4116 
oorial 
onyx 
color or in degree of translucency: in the bet^ OOgonS (o'o-g6n), n 
tlTe ^tK^S^^E^ S^tf+''gea * 
anolento valued tfceonyxveij highly, ttl g f erna l e sexual organ'in certain cryptogamic oometer (6-om'e-ter), re. [< Gr. $ov, an egg, + 
la]ltg It is usua u y a mor e or less spherical sac, with- jUtrpov, a measure : 
[< ****.] Same as oolong Or long) [< ^in 
" * 
and used it much for cameos, many of the finest cameos 
in existence being of this stone, a 
And the Degrees to gon up to his Throne, where he sit- 
tethe at the Mete, on is of 
ut ( u fferen tiation into neck and venter as in the arche- 
g 0n ium, and contains one or more oospheres, which alter 
*"* 
The no <,oniu m is the female reproductive organ, and the 
antheridium the male. Bessey, Botany, p. 243. 
Lying am i ( ist the filamentous mass ... are seen nu- 
merous dark pear-shaped bodies, which are the oogmia, or 
parent-cells of the germ-cells. 
W. B. Carpenter, Micros., 328. 
2. An infiltration of pus between the layers of 
the cornea, resembling a nail -3 .In conch. : 
(a) The piddock. Pholas ilactyliis. (b) A razor- 
shell ; a bivalve of the family Solenidai.- Onyx 
marble a translucent whitish, and partially iridescent 
?irtv of carbonate of lime having a stalagmitic or more 
or less concentric structure, and hence bearing some re- ,,-, . f , r< .. + 
semblance to onyx whence the name. It is a material of OOgrapfl (O o-grai;, n. |> .* Jy i" 
great beauty, and is used for cases of clocks, and for vases, y/Mijieiv, write.] A mechanical device tor draw- 
table-tops, etc. It was known in ancient times and highly jug accurately the outline of a bird's egg. There 
valued, especially for making small vases or cups for hold- are var j O us forms of the machine, consisting essentially 
ing precious ointments. It was the alabastntes of the 
Romans, and is often called Oriental alabaster, although a 
carbonate and not a sulphate of lime. The ancient quar- 
ries of this material, of which knowledge had long been 
lost, were rediscovered in Egypt about 1850, and furnish a 
, , 
highly prized ornamental stone. The chief supply at the 
, 
ot mme 8U jt a ble device for holding the egg steadily upon 
t ] le paper wn ji e a perpendicular pencil with its point on 
tne p a p cr travels around the egg, and thus traces a line. 
The penc j] j s adjusted vertically against the egg, during 
itg tra n g jt, by a light pressure, such as that of an elastic OomyceteS (o"o-mi-se'tez), n.pl. [NL.,< Gr. I 
AB apparatus 
for measuring eggs ; a mechanical contrivance 
f or t, a ]jj n cr exact measurements of eggs. 
OOmetriC (o-o-met'rik), a. [As oometer + -,>.] 
* or verting to ^ewMmrv 
of or per amin^to an oometei.^^ + 
m, IjLiJwiimant nt ram 
J^S^TfJ^S 1 ff ^ imo -, * laree boat 
OOmiaK (o mi-aK;, n. L^SKimo.j Ala 
made of skin, used by the Eskimos. It is almost 
always manned by women and is hence frequently called 
the women 's boat. It is from 20 to 30 feet long, and is 
rowed with shovel-shaped oars, and sometimes helped on 
by the aid of a small sail. Also spelled oomiac. 
During the return voyage after my rescue, the Bear was 
V i 8 it e d by an oamuOt and kayak filled with Eskimo, one of 
Wn0 m was tattooed. 
^ jp g ree fy Arctic Service App. vi , p. 355. 
ban( j 
> idal f^w- t< *<f d f R 
an egg, < A6v, an egg, + <Jof , form) + -aZ.] Re- 
gembling an egg in form; egg-shaped; ovoid, 
^ p Burton, El-Medinah, p. 319. 
A Middle English form of oak. 
known as Mexican onyx or Tecalli marble, has been dis- 
covered within the past few years in Mexico, and has al- 
ready come into somewhat extensive use in the United 
States and elsewhere. 
onyxis (o-nik'sis), . An ingrowing nail. 
onza de 6ro (on'za da 6'ro). [Sp. : onga, ounce ; 
dt, of; oro, gold: see ounce 1 , de%, or 3 .] A large 
gold coin struck during the nineteenth century "^.^ t iy~ B ^ XXXIX. 89. 7 Also oolahan. oonest adv. 
OOlak (o'lak), n. [E. Ind. ulak (?).] A freight- oonhedt, n. 
j t canoe of the Hoogly and central Bengal, which head. 
an egg __ ,/. p]. uinarrtc. a mushroom.] A 
class . f p&<weetouB f r gi> includi ^ tho -r 
fu ng i i n which the sexual process attains its 
highest development. It embraces, according to the 
most recent authorities, the four orders Peranogpareae, 
Ancylistece, tfmoMepharideat, and Saproleyniev. 
A Middle English form of one*. 
A Middle English form of one- 
and beginning of the nineteenth century 
was 
doubloon 
6 Al ISlW Sm See surpasses most other river-boats in its speed oonin (6'6-nin), . [Irreg. < Gr. $fo, 
j worth about |1G. Also called doblon. See un( f er sail It hag a sharp stem, and the sides + -in*.] Same as albuminin. 
4 slightly rounded, and is easily steered with an oonlit, and adv. A Middle English 
a. oame as o . /,, /!,# /vw/ 
an egg, 
form of 
f- 
t L 
O61eim^r(66-lem'a), n. 
[NL., < Gr. 
O61ite (6'6-Ht). and a. [< Gr. u6 v , an egg, 
+ , a stone.] I.n. A granular limestone 
each ^am of which is more or less oomplete- 
an oS, wterj. 
(up) , . , 
ro ; und 
Same as sounds. 
>t enough of them? 
Sheridan, School for Scandal, iv. 1. 
A dial, form of whip.'] 1. To 
i thread or cord, whip: as, to 
thread. 
oocymba (6-6-sim'ba), n.; pi. oocymbw (-be), 
[Mr < Gr ^ (= L ovu m), an e|g, + W? 
(= L. cymba), a boat: see cymbal A ptero- 
cymba whose opposed pleural and proralpteres 
4e conjoined, pricing a spicule of two me- 
ndional bands. Sollas. 
OOCymbate (6-o-sim'bat), a. [< oocymba + 
-atel 1 Having the character of or pertaining 
to an onovmba ' 
oocyst (6'Hist), . [< Gr. & V (= L. ovum), an 
egg (see ovum), + lAari;, bladder: see eyst.~\ 
1 In zool., an ovicell; a sac or pouch serving 
as a receptacle of the eggs of certain polyzo- 
ans, to the cells of which it is attached ; a kind 
of ob'theca or oostegite. 2. In bot., same as 
oogonium. [Rare.] 
a lice . to oop it 
ly spherical, and made up of concentne coats H ence-2. To unite; join. 
of C , arbona 1 te f . lime fo ,^ med ar< ? und . a ml , nute oopak (o'pak), n. [Chinese : a Cantonese pro- 
n n S ne iation of Hupeh, < hu, lake (referring to 
the Tung . T ing Lake), + peh, north.] A va- 
, 1 . , . , 
nfeus, which is usually a gram of sand: so 
lled from the resemblance of the rock to 
English and the Jurassic of Continental and American 
geologists. Oolitic as thus employed is, however, obso- 
lescent in England. The series was called ooJitic from 
tlle fact that il ' 8 lai el y made U P ' limestone hav- 
Sfejrt SSoSu&o" jlfraS 
system in England: the Upper or Portland Oolite, com- 
prising the Purbeckian, Portlandian, and Kimmeridgian ; 
Middle o r Oxford Oolite, compri s 
i, central 
odphoralgia (6*o-fo-rarji-&), . [NL.,< oopho- 
ron + Gr. aAyo'f, pain.] In pathol., same as 
ovarialgia. 
oophore (6'6-for), n. [< Gr. (jMj>, an egg, -I- -tyopot, 
< ijiepciv = E. bear 1 . Cf. oophoron.] The seg- 
ment or stage of the life-cycle of the Pteri- 
dophyta and Bryophyta that bears the sexual 
organs. Compare sporopliore, or that stage in 
which non-sexual organs of reproduction are 
borne. 
NL. 
excision of an ovary, 
oophoridium (6"o-fo-rid'i-um), n.; pi. oopho- 
ridia (-a). [NL., < Gr. ijriv, an egg, + -^w/jof 
(< ijieptiv = E. bear 1 ) + -i&iov, dim. suffix.] In 
bot., one of those sporanges of Lycopodiacea; 
, 
ertain- it leaves the melting-pot, especially of Wootz which contain the larger or female spores. 
steel. oophoritis (6"o-fo-ri'tis), re. [NL., < oophoron 
.,<Gr. oologic (6-o-loj'ik), a. [< oolog-y + -ic.] Same + -itis.] Inpatkol., inflammation of an ovary; 
rior Oolite. Beneath this comes the Lias. See Jurassic. 
m L _, II, a. Same as oolitic. 
OOCystic (6-o-sis'tik), a. [< oocyst + -ic.] Per- oolitic (6-o-lit'ik), a. [< oolite + -4c.] Pertain- oophorectomy (6"o-fo-rek'to-mi), n. [< 
taining to an oocyst : as, an oocystic chamber, ing to oolite; composed of oolite; resembling oophoron + Gr. iKTOfiij, excision.] In 
oodles, OOdlins (o'dlz, od'linz), . [Origin ob- oolite.-OBlitic series. See oolite. 
scure.] Abundance ; a large quantity. [Ten- oolitiferous (6"o-li-tif 'e-rus), a. [< oolite + 
nessee.] -ferous.] Producing oolite or roe-stone. 
All you lack 's the feathers, and we've got oodles of 'em OOlly (o'li), n. ; pi. oollies (-liz). [E. Ind.] In 
right here. The Century, xxxill. 846. Indian metal-working, a small lump of steel as 
Official (o-e'si-al), a. [< otecium + -al.] Pertain- 
ing to an ooecium. 
0(BCium(o-e'si-um),H.; pl.ocraa(-a). [NL,, , . ,, 
< $>ov, egg, + okof, house.] One of the bud-like as oological. ovaritis. 
cells or cysts of some polyzoans, as the marine oological (6-o-loj'i-kal), a. [< oologic + -al.] Oophoro-epilepsy (o-of'o-ro-ep'i-lep-si), . In 
gymnolsematous forms of the order, which are Of or pertaining to oology. pathol., epilepsy dependent on ovarian irrita- 
specially formed to receive the ova, and in which odlogically (6-o-loj'i-kal-i), adv. By means of tion. 
the ova are fecundated; the kind 
oocyst which a moss-animalcule n 
OOgamous (o-og'a-mus), a. [< oogan. ., _, vv -- T . L -. 
In bot., exhibiting or being reproduced by One who is versed in oology. 2. A collector oophoron (o-of o-ron), n. [NL., < Gr. IMV, an 
oogamy. of birds' eggs. egg, + -0opo?, < tyiptiv = E. bear 1 .] Same as 
The leaves and the protective coloring of most nests ovarium, ovary. 
baffle them [the crows and jays and o;*ier enemies of the oophyte (66 -fit), w. [< Gr. uov, an egg, + 
song-birds] as effectually, no doubt, as they do the profes- rttmiv, a plant.] Same as oophore. 
sional oologist. J. Burroughs, The Century, XXVI. 683. " -' 
[< Gr. $6v , an egg, + -/lo- 
It is evident that we have before us an intermediate 
case between the ordinary forms of oogamous and isoga- 
mous conjugation. De Bary, Fungi (trans.), p. 164. 
(o-og'a-mi), n. [< Gr. $&, an egg, + 
marriage.] In bot., the conjugation of Oology (9-ol'o-ji), n 
' 
two gametes of dissimilar form: contrasted with 
isogamy. 
OOgenesis (6-o-jen'e-sis), n. [NL., < Gr. $Av, an 
egg, + yeveatf, origin: see genesis.'] The gene- 
sis or origin and development of the ovum. 
oogenetic (o"o-je-net'ik), a. [< oogenesis, after 
genetic.] Of or pertaining to o6genesis. 
OOgeny (o-oj'e-ni), . [< Gr. $6v, an egg, + 
-yeveia, < -yevw, producing: see-geny.] Oogen- 
osis. 
OOgloea (6-o-gle'a), [NL < Gr. ^ an egg, 
* 7 Ao(a , glue : see jrtea.] Same as egg-fjhte. 
n egg, 
. The 
oopoda (o-op'o-da), n. pi. 
egg, + TroiJf (7to6-) = E. foot.] The elements 
[NL., < Gr. $ov, an 
o-da), . jil 
'nod'-) = E. . 
of the sting or modified "ovipositor of insects, 
mostly composed of three pairs of blade-like 
parts chiefly concerned in egg-laying. They 
are regarded by some as homologous with 
limbs, whence the name. 
' Of 
y'a, \ M^tiv, speak : see-ology.] 1. The study 
of birds' eggs ; the department of ornithology 
which treats of the nidification and oviposition 
of birds, the specific characters of egg-shells, 
and the classificatory conclusions which may 
be deduced therefrom. Seecaliology. 2. In a oopodal (o-op'o-dal), a. [< oo'poda + -al.] 
wider sense, the ontogeny of birds. or pertaining to tne oopoda. 
All that relates to . . . both the structure and function OOrt, A Middle English form of ore 1 . 
of the reproductive organs, and to the maturation of the oorali (o-'-ii'li), . Same as cuntri. 
product of conception, is properly oology; though the term oorial (o'ri-al), re. [Native name.] A kind of 
M9Sti Srf&'^i KWlt ftft '" B hee P ,"f>,. ojcloceros, or 0. Wafo ft li, a 
invested. Cones, Key to N. A. Birds, p. 216. native of Asia. 
