otomy 
otomy (ot'o-mi), . A corruption of atomy 2 . 
She 's grown a mere otomy. 
Sti'i/t, Polite Conversation, i. 
4176 
Otosteal (o-tos'te-al), a. and i. [< Gr. oi\ (UT-), 
ear, + bdreov, bone.] I. a. Of or pertaining 
to an otosteon or otolith. 
II. n. An otosteon. 
Otomycosis (6"to-mi-ko sis), n. PSL., < Gr. ov; otosteon (6-tos'te-on), n.; pi. otostea (-a). [NL., 
(<Jr-), ear, + /*, mushroom.] The presence < G r oi'f '(ur-), 'ear, + mrreav, bone.] 1. An 
of fungi, such as Aspergillus mgncans, m the ear . gtone . an otolith; a hard concretion in the 
external auditory meatus cavit of the labyrin th of the ear as in the cod breed of sh . same as mwn - A ,_j Mua ot . 
Otomys (o to-mis), . [NL., < Gr. oi>; (UT-), ear, &Q& m other figheg . not to be confounded ter a fonner na m e of the mink. 
A genus ot gerbils or myo- - - "... - 
Otus 
of South America, Pteronura sandbachi. The fur of otters 
is valuable. One kind of it, from South America, is known 
as nutria. 
2. The sea-otter. SeeEitliydris. 3. The larva 
of the ghost-moth, Eplalus humuli, which is very 
destructive to hop-plantations. 4. A tackle 
with line and flies, used for fishing below the 
surface in lakes and rivers. [U. S.] 5. A 
; used by 
western 
... nearly. 1 ) 
feet wide, 18 inches deep, sharp at each end, with flaring 
sides, and but little sheer. It is an excellent sea-boat, and 
is especially adapted for landing through the surf. 
Otter-dog (ot'er-dog), 11. A variety of hound 
Knight. 
Otophthalmic (6-tof-thal'mik), a. [< Gr. 
(ur-), ear, 4- o00a/l/iof, eye.] Same as oculaiidi 
tory. 
otoplastic (o-to-plas'tik), a. [< otoplast-y + -ic.] 
Of or pertaining to otoplasty. 
Otoplasty (6'to-plas-ti), n. JX Gr. ovf (<Jr-), ear, 
+ v^aaTof, verbal adj. of rr'Kanauv, form, mold.] 
Plastic surgery of the ear. 
/\+sti\s\**m4 ( r\-i rt_iiAv'rva ^ 11 ' 
down. 
There are now to be sold for ready money only some 
from all other genera by a rounded auricle on 
the upper side of the base of each pinna or 
leaflet. More than 60 species have been described, all 
from Mesozoic strata, chiefly Jurassic, but ranging from 
the Buntersandstein to the Cenomanian, most abundant otter-hound(ot'er-hound),l. Same as otter-dog. 
in the Oolite, Lias, and Rhetic of Europe and India. otter-Bike (ot'er-plk), n. [Appar. a corruption 
Ottar (ot'gr), . .Samejis attar. of adder-pike.] *-- ~ J " --"-- 
Oliar (,ov ar;, . came as u MT. of adder-pike.] Same as adder-pike. 
;oporpa (o-to-por pa), 11 ; pi. otoporpa! (-pe). O ttava (ot-ta'vft), . [It,: see octave.] An oc- O tter-shell (ot'er-shel), n. A bivalve mollusk 
[NL., < Gr. ovf (UT-) ear, + Kopvr, a I tie. J J i tave . In mwi i c& i staff-notation, at ottava or 8m -at the f th f amil Maetridte an d g en us Lutraria. L. 
Hydrozoa, one of the hard cartilaginous pro- octave,' is prefixed above to a note or passage which is to maxima , kn wn on tbe nort hwSt coast of America as 
cesses of the marginal ring which proceed to be performed an octave higher than it is written, the con the armt clam an(J is much eaten ) )y t j, e natives, espe- 
an otocyst or tentaculicyst, as of a narcomedu- tinuance of the din ion being fur ther '^JJJJ^ 'toco 'in ciall y in winter, being preserved by smoking. See cut 
san; an ear-rivet. '-" * ---- a - 1 ' * *'- under Lutraria. 
pal process of the marginal cartilage. 
otopyorrhea, otopyorrnoea (6-to-pi-o-re'a), n. 
[NL. otopyorrh&a, < Gr. oi>? (WT-), ear, + KVOV, 
matter, pus (see pus), + ptiv, flow, run, stream.] 
Purulent otorrhea. 
otopyosis (6"to-pi-6'sis), n. [NL.,< Gr. o'vf (or-), 
ear, + Trtiwojf , suppuration, < TtvovaSat, suppurate, 
< iriiov, pus : see pus.] The presence of pus in 
the ear. 
otorrhagia (6-to-ra'ji-a), n. [NL., < Gr. ovf 
(OT-), ear, + -payia, < pr/i'viivat, break, burst. Of. 
hemorrhage.] Hemorrhage from the ear. 
tionjs simply to avoid the excessive use of leger or added O tter-spear (ot'er-sper), n. A spear for kill- 
octet.] Same 
[< F. ottoman 
ian form of versification consisting of eight ,_. 
lines, of which the first six rime alternately and Q c J> * 
Same as attar. 
Ottoman' (ot'o-man), a. and n. 
of ten syllables. 
ottavino (ot-ta-ve'no), n. [It., < ottava, octave : 
[NL. otor- gee octave.] Same as piccolo. 
is^f^^-if^sf&V^^^^S^eeauaffiieaft, 
from the ear. ntttr = OHG. ottar, otter, ottir, MHG. G. otter = flrst 8ultall) othman (reigned 1288-1326), they i 
otorrhea, otorrhpea (6-to-re'a), n. 
rhcea, < Gr. ovq (or-), ear, + poia, a 
empire in Asia: see Osmanli. Cf. Othman.] I. 
a. Pertaining to that branch of the Turks- to 
which belong the founders and ruling class of 
the Turkish or Ottoman empire. 
II. n. One of that branch of the Turks which 
TheOt- 
Under their 
iy founded a 
' net = \su-\j. VMWI , uwci , vw* tirst sultan, utnman (reigned !;&- 1320 j, tney rounueu a 
Otorrheal, Otorrnoeal (o-to-re al), a. [< otor- l ee ,\, O fr = Sw. utter = Dan. odder = Goth. *utrs realm to Asia Minor, which was soon extended into Eu- 
rhea + -al.] Of, pertaining to, or affected with 
otorrhea. 
otosalpinx (6-to-sal'pingks), n. [NL., < Gr. oi'c 
(ur-).ear, + o-d/tmyf, a trumpet: see salpinx.] 
The Eustachian tube. 
otoscope (6'to-skop), n. [< Gr. oiif (in-), ear, + 
OKOVCIV, view.] An ear-speculum. See speculum. 
otoscopic (o-to-skop'ik), a. [< otoscope + -ic.] 
Of, pertaining to, or made with the otoscope : 
as, an otoscopic examination. 
otoscopical (6-to-skop'i-kal), a. [< otoscopic + 
-al.] Same as otoscopic. 
OtOSCOpy (6'to-sko-pi), n. [< Gr. oi>f (ur-), ear, + 
-cuoTria, < anoneiv, view.] Inspection of the ear ; 
clinical examination of the ear. 
Otosema (p-to-se'ma), n. [NL. (Hubner, 1816), 
< Gr. ovf (ur-j, ear, + aij/ja, mark, sign.] A ge- 
nus of noctuid moths containing the largest 
species of the family, 0. (Erebus) odora, com- 
(not recorded) = OBulg. vydra = Pol. Bohem. 
wydra = Buss, vuidra = Lith. udra, otter, = 
Gr. iidpof, i>6pa, a water-snake (see hydra), = 
Skt. udra, otter: akin to Skt. udan, water, Gr. 
Map, water, E. water: see water.] 1. An aquat- 
ic digitigrade carnivorous mammal of the or- 
rope. With the capture of Constantinople in 1463 they 
succeeded to the Byzantine empire, and their rule, at its 
height in the sixteenth century, extended over the great- 
er part of southeastern Europe and much of western 
Asia and northern Africa. They have since lost Hungary, 
Rumania, Servia, Greece, etc., and practically Bulgaria, 
Egypt, etc. The Ottoman Turks are Sunnite Mohamme- 
dans, and regard the sultans as representatives of the for- 
mer califs. 
ottoman 2 (ot'6-man), n. [= G. ottomane, < F. 
ottomane (= Sp. otomana), a kind of couch or 
sofa, fern, of ottoman, Ottoman, Turkish: see 
Ottoman 1 .] 1. A piece of furniture forming a 
seat or seats, used in a drawing-room or sitting- 
room, (o) A large piece of furniture like a divan, usu- 
ally circular or many-sided (so that the persons occupying 
it turn their backs to one another), and commonly having 
a raised conical center for the back, upon which is fre- 
quently a vase, as for flowers, the seat and back being 
upholstered with springs and stuffing, (b) A small and 
movable seat like a chair without back or arms. 
My seat, to which Bessie and the bitter Miss Abbot had 
left me riveted, was a low ottoman near the marble chim- 
ney-piece. Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, ii. 
2. A corded silk having large cords; a kind of 
gros-grain. Compare faille, 3 Box ottoman, 
an ottoman the body of which is made hollow, usually of 
wood, with a top which can be lifted so that It can be used 
mnw. There are several genera, as Barangia (or Lep- as a box. Double-pouffe ottoman, an ottoman made to 
tonyx), Aonyx, Lontra (or Saricovia\ Lutra proper, By- resemble two cushions or "pouffes 1 ' laid one upon an- 
Canada Otter {Lutra canadensis). 
der Fera;, family Mvstelida:, and subfamily Lu- 
drogale, and Pteronura. They all have large flattish 
heads, short ears, webbed toes, crooked nails, and tails 
slightly flattened horizontally. The common river-otter, 
Otosenta odora, about one half natural size. 
mon along the coast of America from Maine 
to Brazil. 
otosis (6-to'sis), . [NL., < Gr. ovf (UT-), ear: 
see earl.] Mishearing; false impression as to 
sounds uttered by others, or a word-form so 
originated. 
Negro English is an ear-language altogether, a language 
built up on what the late Professor Haldeman of Pennsyl- 
vania called otosis, an error of ear, a mishearing, similar 
to that by which Siradyhu-d-daula, a viceroy of Bengal, 
became in the newspapers of the day Sir Roger Dowler. 
Trans. Amer. Philol. Ass., XVI., App., p. xxxi. 
other. If the seeming cushions are square, it is common to 
lay the upper one at an angle with the lower ; if both are 
. . . round, they are often covered with different materials. 
the Lutra mdgaris of Europe, is a quadruped adapted to Qttomitet (ot'6-m!t),l. [As Ottom(an) + -? 
amphibious habits by its short, strong, flexible, palmated 4 
feet, which serve as oars to propel it through the water, 
and by its long and strong tail, which acts as a powerful 
rudder, and enables the animal to change its course 
with great ease and rapidity. It inhabits the banks of 
rivers, and feeds principally on fish. "When its retreat 
is found, the otter instantly takes the water and dives, 
remaining a long time underneath it, and rising at a ottrelite (ot'rel-It), n. [< Ottrez (see def.) + 
considerable distance from the place where it dived. f~, >//! *-* " 
The weight of a full-grown male is from 20 to 24 pounds, "V ^"Jfi 
and its length is about 2 feet exclusive of the tail. In 
An Ottoman. 
I do agnize 
A natural and prompt alacrity 
I find in hardness, and do undertake 
These present wars against the Ottomites. 
Shak., Othello,!. 3. 235. 
many parts of England, and especially in Wales, the otter 
is hunted with dogs trained for this purpose. The other 
species of Lutra proper, which are found in different parts 
of the world, do not differ greatly from the European otter. 
] A mineral occurring in small 
mica-like scales in a schistose rock (ottrelite 
schist) near Ottrez, in the Ardennes. It is a sil- 
icate of aluminium and iron with some manganese. The 
ottrelite group includes ottrelite proper and several re- 
lated minerals, as chloritoid, Bismondine, and masonite ; 
>elong to the group of so-called brittle -micas. 
they be 
The American otter is a quite distinct species, Lutra {La- 
tax) canadcnsie. Some Asiatic otters with reduced claws 
constitute the genus Aonyx. There are South American """f V" ",';' "\ . ^VlT' TT'^ni 
otters, as Lutrabraxilieneis and L. chUensis. The most re- owl > < f? (<jr-), ear. i 
markable form is the winged-tailed or margin-tailed otter Stn<jifla>, containing owls of medium size, with 
