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of Overiflel, fituated on the river Dinckel: nine miles 
north of Oldenzeel. 
OTODI'NI, or Ottadini, in ancient geography, a people 
of Britain, north-eaft of the Brigantes, who inhabited the 
countries now called Northumberland, Merfe, and the Lo- 
thians. As the Otodini are not mentioned by any of the 
Roman hiftorians, but only by Ptolemy, it is uncertain 
whether they formed a diftindt independent Hate, or were 
united with the Brigantes. They were, however, aconfi- 
derable people, and poflefled a long tra£t of the fea-coaft, 
from the river Tine to the Firth of Forth. Their name 
is derived by Baxter from the old Britifh words Ot o dineu , 
which fignify “ a high and rocky fhore,” defcriptive 
enough of their country. They were probably reduced 
by Agricola at the fame time with their more powerful 
neighbours, the Brigantes; but, as they lived without 
the walls of Severus, they w'ere, like the reft of the 
Mreatse, engaged in frequent revolts. In the moft perfect 
ftate of the Roman government in this iflar.d, the country 
of the Otodini made a part of the Roman province called 
Valentia, which comprehended all that large traft be¬ 
tween the two walls. As this province was never long 
together in the peaceable poffeflion of the Romans, they 
had but few ftations in the country of the Otodini, ex¬ 
cept thofe on the line of the wall of Severus. Befides 
thefe, there were two or three Roman towns without the 
wall, fituated on or near the military way w'hich ran 
through their country into Caledonia, w'hich are men¬ 
tioned both by Ptolemy, and in the Itinerary of Anto¬ 
ninus. Thefe towns were Barmenium, now Riechefter, 
and Curia or Corfvpitum, now Corbridge. Between thefe 
two towns, and at a little diftance from the military way, 
at a place now called Rifingham, there are very confpi- 
CUOUS veftiges of a Roman ftation 5 which, from the in 
fcription of an altar found there, appears to have been 
named Habitancum. 
OTOG'AMIES, a tribe of Indians in the north-weft 
territory, who inhabit between the Lake of the Woods 
and Mifliffippi-river. Its number of warriors is 300. 
OT'OMACKS, or Otomaoues, favages of America, 
on the Oroonoko. See vol. xvii. p. 789. 
OTOO'RACITE, a fmall ifland in the South Pacific 
Ocean, near the eaft coaft of Otaheite. 
OT'OORACKS, J'. [Arab, fignifying to fet down.] 
The fuperannuated janizaries. Phillips. 
OTO'QUE, a fmall ifland in the bay of Panama : thirty 
miles fouth-fouth-weft of Panama. Lat. 8. 30. N. Ion. So. 
20. W. 
OTORO'WA, a town of the duchy of Warfaw: fix- 
teen miles weft of Polen. 
OTOULIN'GOU, a town of Chinefe Tartafy. Lat.43. 
54. N. Ion. 128. 16. E. 
OTRAIIER'MANA, a fmall ifland in the Eaftern In¬ 
dian Sea, near the weft coaft of Lu$on. Lat. 15. 55. N. 
Ion. 120. 6. E. 
OTRAN'TO, or Terra d’OtranTo, a province of 
Italy, in the kingdom of Naples ; bounded on the north 
by the Terra di Bari and the Gulf of Venice, on the 
eaft by the fame gulf, and on the fouth and weft by a 
great bay which is between that and the Bafilicata. It is 
about fixty miles in length, and from twenty to twenty- 
five in breadth. The principal productions are olives, 
figs, and grapes. To prevent the incurfion of the Turk- 
ifh corfairs, towers are erefted at fmall diftances all along 
the coaft. Some authors call it The Country of Lecce, 
from a town of that name, where the governor refides. 
Befides Lecce and Otranto, the principal towns are Ta- 
rento, Brindifi, Matera, Caftro, Gallipoli, Motala, Santa 
Maria de Leuca, Aleflany, Ugento, Nardo, Oftuni, and 
Caftellaneta. 
OTRAN'TO, a city and fea-port in the kingdom of 
Naples, and capital of the above province ; with a com¬ 
modious harbour, an archbifhop’s fee, and a ftrong cita¬ 
del, where the archbifhop refides. Mr. Swinburne gives 
this account of it^ “ It is (fays he) fmall, ftands on a 
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hill, and contains only 3000 inhabitants. Its little har¬ 
bour is not fo bad but it might induce more people to 
fettle here, as no port on the coaft lies fo convenient 
for traffic with Greece. The Adriatic Gulf is here but 
fixty miles wide. I climbed to the top of a tower, to get 
a fight of the Acroceraunian mountains; but a vapour 
hanging over the fea, along the horizon, hid them from 
my view : in a clear morning, their fnowy tops are faid 
to be very vifible. The cathedral of Otranto is Gothic, 
and, according to the Puglian fafhion, has its fubterra- 
neous fanCfuary. The columns are of beautiful marble 
and granite; the pavement, a rude fpecies of mofaic,com¬ 
monly called Saracenic: as it is to be met with in all 
churches founded by the Norman kings of Sicily, the ar- 
tifts who laid it were probably Saracens, or at leaft Greeks, 
their fcholars. Thefe mofaics are compofed of pieces of 
porphyry, ferpentine, and cubes of gilt glafs, diipofed in 
ftars, circles, or chequers. The compartments of the 
ftalls are bordered with them; and the fmall twifted co¬ 
lumns, which fupport the pulpits and canopies, are orna¬ 
mented with a fpiral ftripe of the fame work. It is a pity 
fo much durability, compadtnefs, and beauty, of ma¬ 
terials, fliould have been lavifhed on fuch barbarous 
defigns. Otranto vvas a Roman colony, as is certified by 
an infcription, almoft the only monument of antiquity 
left there. In the tenth century it was made an arch¬ 
bifliop’s fee. In 1480, Laurence de Medici, to deliver 
himfelf from the attacks of the king of Naples, perfuaded 
Mahomet II. to invade the realm ; and Otranto was the 
unfortunate piace where the Turks landed. It was in- 
vefted, ftormed, and pillaged. Its prelate was flain at the 
door of his church ; 800 principal citizens dragged out 
of the gates and butchered ; their bodies left unburied, 
till the duke of Calabria retook the city, and committed 
them to hallowed earth. About a hundred years after, a 
devout perfon affirmed that thefe bones had appeared to 
him in a dream ; and, upon the ftrength of his vilion, 
they became, for the vulgar, objedls of almoft equal Vene¬ 
ration with the relics of the primitive martyrs.” Swin¬ 
burne’s Travels in the Two Sicilies, vol. i. 
This city, or town, is fituated on a rocky ifland, joined 
to another ifland by a bridge, which by another bridge 
communicates with the continent; furrounded by walls 
and ramparts, and defended by a citadel on a rock. The 
harbour is good, and the trade is conliderable. It is 
94 miles fouth-eaft of Bari, and 206 eaft of Naples. Lat. 
40. 30. N. Ion. 18. 20. E. 
OT'RAQUE, f. A kind of drink made of a nut in the 
Eaft Indies. AJh. 
OTRAR', or Farab', a town of Turkeftan, on the 
Arfch ; formerly a place of extenfive trade, and great 
importance. It was'taken by Jenghis Khan, after a brave 
defence. Here died the celebrated Timur Bee. Fifty-five 
miles weft of Taraz, and no north-weft of Toncat. 
OTRAU', a town of Moravia, in the circle ofPrerau : 
twenty miles north-eaft of Prerau, and twenty-eight 
north-eaft of Olmutz. 
O'TREUS, in ancient hiftory, a king of Phrygia, fort 
of Cifl’eus, and brother to Hecuba. 
OTRICO'LI, a town of Italy, in the Sabina, near the 
Tiber, formerly the fee of a bilhop. Here are the ruins 
of a theatre, and other magnificent buildings: twemty- 
four miles fouth-weft of Spoleto, and thirty-three north 
of Rome. 
OTROKOT'SKI-FO'RIS (Francis), an Hungarian, 
who completed his ftudies at Utrecht, and became mi- 
nifter in his native country. He afterwarc[s renounced 
the Proteftant religion, and obtained fome preferment in 
the ftate. He died at Tirnau in 1718. His works are, 
1. Origines Hungaricae, 2 vol. 8vo. 2. Antiqua Religio 
Hungarorum vere Chriftiana et Catholica, 8vo. 
OTSE'GO, a county of New-York, bounded on the 
north by the counties of Oneida, Herkemer, and Mont¬ 
gomery ; on the eaft by the county of Schoharie; on the 
fouth by the county of Delaware; and on the weft by the 
1 county 
