Osyris 
Osiris.'] A genus of smooth shrubs, of the 
order Xnntitlnrrn; type of the tribe Osyriih-n , 
known by its alternate leaves, distinct anther- 
cells, undivided di>k, :iml dioecious flowers. 
There are 5 or species, natives of southern Europe, Af- 
rica, and eastern India. They bear small Dowers and round- 
ish drupes in the typical European plant, 0. alba, on 
ereet broom-like brnin-hes with narrow dry leaves, in the 
others on spreading branches with broail fleshy leaves. 0. 
alba has bivn Dlllnl <ini-'li'ut>,', //ur/'x n/xv/a, ftr. 0. COT/l- 
prem of South Africa, which furnl.Hhes a valuable tan for 
tine Icuthrr, is now referred to the genus Colpovn. 
-Ot 1 . [< f. -of, a var. of -ct : see -ef 1 .] A dimin- 
utive suflix equivalent to -//. It occurs in Iml- 
lot, billot, parrot, etc. It is not felt as an Eng- 
lish formative. 
-of 1 *. See -otc. 
0. T. An abbreviation of Old Ti*/<niti i<t. 
Otacoustic (6-ta-kos'tik), . and 11. [< Gr. ura- 
KovoriK, a listener (see. otacuxt), < vraitmxrrtlv, 
listen, < oi f (UT-), ear, + axobeiv, hear, > dicowmor, 
pertaining to hearing: see acnxxNc.] I. a. As- 
sisting the sense of hearing: as, an otacoiixtif 
instrument. 
II. it. An instrument to facilitate hearing; 
especially, an ear-trumpet. 
It [a hare] is supplied with a bony tube, which as a nat- 
ural otacoustidi is so directed backward as to receive the 
smallest and most distant sound that comes behind her. 
S. Orew, Cosmologia Sacra, i. s. 
otacousticont (6-t.ii-kiis'ti-kon), . [NL.: see 
otacoustic.'] Same" as otneoustie. 
Here, to my great content, I did try the use of the Ota- 
cotiiticon, which was only a great glass bottle broke at the 
bottom, putting the neck to my eare, and there I did plain- 
ly hear the dancing of the oares of the boats In the Thames 
to Arundel gallery window, which, without it, I could not 
in the least do. . Pepyt, Diary, III. 416. 
otacustt, a. [< LL. otaciistes, < Gr. ura/an*myf, 
a listener, a spy: see otacoimtic.] A scout; a 
spy. Holland. 
Otaheite apple, gooseberry, myrtle, salep, 
walnut. See tmpte, etc. 
otalgia (o-tal'ji-ft), n. [NL.,< Gr. araby'ia, ear- 
ache, < ovf (ur-)", ear, + a'A-jaf, pain.] Pain in 
the ear ; earache. 
otalgic (o-tal'jjik), a. and . [< ntalg-ia + -te.] 
1. a. Pertaining to earache. 
II. n. A remedy for earache. 
otalgy (o-tal'ji), . Same as otalgia. 
Otaria (o-taVi-il), . [NL., < Gr. urapof, large- 
eared, < ovs (ur-), ear : see ear 1 ."] The typical 
genus of Ottiriidce. See cut under otary. Peron, 
Otariidae (ot-a-ri'i-de), n.pl. [NL., < Otaria + 
ida;.'] A family of marine pinniped carnivorous 
mammals, of the order Fer<e and the suborder 
Piitnipedia, typified by the genus Otaria; the 
otaries or eared seals. They have small but evident 
external ears. The fore and hind limbs are of proportion- 
ate lengths, and the latter are flexible forward. The di- 
gits of the fore flippers are clawless and rapidly graduated 
in length ; those of the hind Dippers are of equal lengths 
and provided with long flaps of skin, and the second, third, 
and fourth bear claws. The incisors are 6 above and 4 be- 
low, the former notched. The skull has strong salient 
mastoid processes distinct from the auditory bulls, ali- 
sphenoid canals, and postorbital processes. Otaries are 
found on most sea-coasts and islands, excepting those of 
the North Atlantic. There are several good genera besides 
Otaria, as Zalophwt, Eumetopian, Arctocephalus, and Col- 
lorhinus. The several species are known as sea-elephants, 
tea-lions, and Kea-bfar, and most of them furnish valuable 
pelts. Callorhimw ursinus, the sea-bear of the North Pa- 
cific, furnishes the material for sealskin garments. See 
cut under fur-seal. 
Otariinse (6-ta-ri-i'ne), n. pi. [NL., < Otaria 
+ -(;.] The eared seals rated as a subfamily. 
otarine (ot'a-rin), a. Pertaining or relating to 
otaries or eared seals: distinguished from pho- 
cine, and from ronmarine or trichechine. 
otarioid (o-ta'ri-oid), a. and n. [< Otaria, otary, 
+ -old.] I. . Of or having characteristics of 
the Otariiila-; relating to otaries. 
II. n. An otary or eared seal. 
Otary (6'ta-ri), . ; pi. oturics (-riz). [< NL. 
Otariidu: 
An cared seal; a seal of the family 
4173 
-Ote. [F. -ntr = Sp. Pg. It. -ota, < L. -ota, -otes, 
< Gr. -ur!?r, a patrial suffix.] A suffix, of Greek 
origin, indicating country or nativity. It oc- 
curs in Cypriote, Camlinti . /;/.//(,/<. AtHofe, etc. 
It occurs also as -ot, as in Cypriot, Kpirot, etc., 
and in imti-int. 
othelcosis (6-thel-ko'sis), . [NL., < Gr. oi>c, 
(<Jr-),ear, -f- i'/Kuaif, ulceration, < t'/Kof, a wound, 
ulcer: see ulcer.} Ulceration of the ear. 
othematoma, othaematoma (o-the-ma-to'mii), 
a. [NL.,< Gr. orj (UT-), ear, + NL. kamatoma: 
see heinatoma.~] Effusion of blood beneath the 
perichondrium of the pinna of the ear. AN., 
called liiriiiiituiHii aurix, and, from its frequency 
in the insane, inxane car. 
otheoscope (o'the-o-skop), n. [< Gr. i&iv, push, 
tlivnst, + axoirriv, view.] An instrument akin 
to the radiometer. 
Other 1 (uTH'er), o. and prow. [< ME. other, < 
AS. other (in inflexion often syncopated othr-) 
= OS.othar, odkar, odher, ddhar, andar= OFries. 
other,odtr, or, Also ander = MD. D. ander = MLG. 
LG. ander = OHG. andar, ander, MHG. G. ander 
= Iee}.aHnarr=Svr.annan= Dan.flde=Goth. 
author, other, second, different, = L. alter (for 
"nnterf assimilated to alius, other: see elue) 
(> It. altro = Sp. otro = Vg.outro = Pr. altrc, 
autre = OF. altre, autre, F. autre), other, = 
OBulg. vittorii = Bohem. litery = Pol. wtory = 
Kuss. vtorno-, second, = Lith. antras = Lett. 
otrs = OPruss. antars = Skt. antara, anyatuni. 
other; with compar. suffix -ther = L. -ter = Gr. 
-repot, etc., from a base seen in OBulg. onii = 
Serv. Bohem. Pol. on = Buss, onu, he, that, 
= Skt. anya, *ana, that.] I. a. 1. Second: as, 
every other day ; every other week. 
Nece, I have so grete a pyne 
For love that everych odi/rday I faste. 
Chaucer, Troilus, ii. 1168. 
Ac specialllche and propreliche of the rote of auarice 
guoth out manye smale roten. Thet byeth wel great dyad- 
lichezennes[slns]. The uerste is gauelinge (usury). The 
other thyefthe [theft]. The thrldde roberye. 
Ayenbiteo/Inuryt (E. E. T. S.), p. 34. 
In particular (o) Second of two : hence with singular 
substantives only, and regularly preceded by the. The an- 
tecedent correlative to the other Is one or the one. In these 
combinations a possessive pronoun may take the place of 
the. Also used absolutely without repetition of the noun 
referred to. 
Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to 
him the other also. Mat. v. 89. 
What next I bring shall please thee, be assured, 
Thy likeness, thy fit help, thy other self, 
Thy wish exactly to thy heart's desire. 
Miltim. P. L., viiL 460. 
My other dearer life in life. 
Tennyson, Miller's Daughter. 
When the Christians in Albania beheld their enemies 
retreating on one side, and their friends advancing on the 
other, they uttered shouts of joy and hymns of thanksgiv- 
ing- Irttng, Granada, p. 56. 
The matter of the Declaration of Indulgence exasperated 
one half of [the king's] subjects, and the manner the other 
half. Macaulay, Sir William Temple. 
(M ) Second of a pair ; hence, left (as opposed to rightX 
Him beh) ml a wicked Hag did stalke, 
In ragged robes and filthy dlsaray; 
Her other leg was lame, that she no'te walke, 
But on a stafle her feeble steps did stay. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. IT. 4. 
(c) Second of two opposltes; opposite; contrary: as, the 
other side of the street. 
On the other side of this plain, the Pilgrims came to a 
place where stood an old Monument hard by the high- 
way-side. Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress, p. 170. 
Let us be thankful that those old apes [male dancers) 
have almost vanished off the stage, and left It in posses- 
sion of the beauteous bounders of the other sex. 
Thackeray, Philip, Iv. 
(d) Second In order of thought, though first or previous 
in order of fact ; hence, next preceding, or (taken substan- 
tively) that which immediately preceded. 
He put It by thrice, every time gentler than other. 
Shat.,J. C., 1. 2. 230. 
Why do you mock God so of ten, and pretend every year 
to repent, and yet are every year as bad, if not worse than 
other? Staiingflect, Sermons, II. III. 
2. Additional; further; hence, besides this (or 
these, that or those) : with or without a clause 
with than or but following, expressed or under- 
stood. 
For alle other Naclouns, the! seyn, ben hut blynde in 
conynge and worchynge, in comparisoun to hem. 
ManderMf, Travels, p. 219. 
Other tales they had, as that Minerua killed therea fire 
breathing beast Purcha*, Pilgrimage, p. 324. 
Come on, my noble Hearts, this is the Mine we come 
for; and they who think there is any other are Fools. 
Raleigh, quoted in Howell s Letters, ii. 81. 
But for other Buildings, there is nothing now left in it 
except a Church. Maundrell, Aleppo to Jerus'em, p. 19. 
Heaven be their resource who have no other but the 
charity of this world. 
Sterne. Sentimental Journey, The Monk. 
other 
Art no ullter sanction needs 
T/nin buautv fur its own fair take. 
H'hittier, Tent on the Beech. 
3. Different from this (the person or thing in 
view or under consideration or just specified) ; 
belonging to a class ; category, or sort outside 
of, or apart and distinct in identity or charac- 
ter from (that which has been mentioned or is 
implied): not the same: used with or without a 
dciiniiive or indefinite word (tin; Hint, <nt, any, 
Kiinn; etc.) preceding, and often followed (as a 
comparative) by a clause wit Ii tlirm: frequently 
used also as correlative to this, one, or .tome pre- 
ceding: as, he was occupied with other reflec- 
tions; this man I know, the other man I never 
saw before; some men seek wealth, otlur men 
seek fame. When preceded by an, the, or that, the two 
words were formerly often written together on other at 
another (a usage now Invariable), the other a* thother, that 
(thet) other as thetother (whence tothir). 
"Thurh me men gon," than spak that othir syde, 
' I'nto the mortal strokU of the spare." 
Chaucer, Parliament of Fowls, 1. 134. 
Than Arthur asked yef he wolde declare enu othir wise 
to thelre vndlrstondinge, and he seide " Nay. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), Ui. 417. 
Let one eye his watches keep, 
Whilst the t'other eye doth sleep. 
Fletcher, Faithful Shepherdess, it 1. 
Fast we found, fast shut, 
The dismal gates, and barricadoed strong; 
But, long ere our approaching, heard within 
Noise other than the sound of dance or song . 
Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. 
Milton. P. L., vilL 243. 
I would not have him in one jot or tittle other than he 
la. /.,/,. My Relations. 
The English Constitution was not, indeed, without a 
popular element, but other elements generally predomi- 
nated. Maeaulay, William Pitt. 
Bethink ye, Gods, Is there no other wift 
M. Arnold, Balder Dead. 
On this theme Klesmer's eloquence, gestlculatory and 
other, went on for a little while. 
Oeorye Eliot, Daniel Deronda, xxii. 
Because we cannot explain how we know that which Is 
other than ourselves, shall we deny that we do know things 
and being other than ourselves? 
Bibliotheca Sacra, XLV. 103. 
Every other, each alternate. One or other. See on. 
The other day. See dayi.-The other world, the 
world of the dead ; the world to come. 
She 's dead ; and what her entertainment may be 
In the other world without me is uncertain. 
Beau, and Ft., Thierry and 1 heodoret, Iv. 2. 
To have other fish to fry. see ftihi . 
H. pron. 1. The second of two reciprocally, 
either of the two being considered subject or 
object in turn : as, each and other; either and 
other; the one and the other. See each. 
And ayther hateth other in alle manere werkes. 
Piers Pltnmtan (B\ xiv. 223. 
l-.'rl* of hem at otherei sinne lough. 
Chaucer, Pardoner's Tale, L 14. 
Eke whit by blak, eke shame by worthynes, 
Bche, set by other, more for other semeth. 
Chaucer, Troilus, L 64.1. 
Strike dead the whole weak race of venomous worms 
That sting each other here in the dust 
Tennyton, Maud, xxlii. 
2. An additional person or thing: in construc- 
tions as in def . 3. 
That he myght be in erthe conuersant with these other 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.X L 2. 
3. A different person or thjng from the one in 
view or under consideration or just specified: 
in the same constructions as the adjective, the 
difference being in the fact that with the ad- 
jective a noun is always expressed or obviously 
implied in the context. As a pronoun other takes a 
plural, which Is properly (as with the pronouns any, tome, 
etc.) the same in form as the singular ; but a plural In -*, 
after the analogy of nouns, namely othen, is now the usual 
form. 
And euer whyl that oon hir sorwe tolde, 
That other weep as she to water wolde. 
Chaucer, Squire's Tale, 1. 496. 
Wise men also die, and perish together, as well as the 
Ignorant and foolish, and leave their riches for other. 
Boot of Common Prayer, Psalter, xlix. 10. 
For his part, he excused himself to be innocent as well 
of the one as of the other. 
Capt. John Smith, True Travels. I. S. 
Nor can he fear so much the offence and reproach of oth- 
ert as he dreads and would blush at the reflection of his 
own severe and modest eye upon himselfe. 
Milton, Church-Government, II. 3. 
And while these made their liberal contributions, either 
to the edifice or to the revenue of the Colledge [ Harvard], 
there were other that enriched its library by presenting of 
choice books with mathematical instruments thereunto. 
C. Mather, Mag. Chris., iv., Int. 
While othen yet doubted, they were resolved ; where 
tithert hesitated, they pressed forward. 
D. Webfter, Speech In Commemoration of Adams and Jef- 
[fereoii, Aug. 2, 1880. 
