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Ostensibly (ŏstĕnsĭbl�), adv. In an ostensible manner; avowedly; professedly; apparently. Walsh.
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Ostensibly, we were intended to prevent filibustering into Texas, but really as a menace to Mexico. U. S. Grant.
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Ostension (?), n. [L. ostensio a showing: cf. F. ostension. See .] (Eccl.) The showing of the sacrament on the altar in order that it may receive the adoration of the communicants.
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Ostensive (?), a. Showing; exhibiting.
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Coloq. Ostensive demonstration (Math.), a direct or positive demonstration, as opposed to the apagogical or indirect method.
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Ostensively, adv. In an ostensive manner.
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{ Ostensorium (?), Ostensory (?), } n.; pl. L. -soria (#), E. -sories (#). [NL. ostensorium: cf. F. ostensoir. See .] (R. C. Ch.) Same as .
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Ostent (?), n. [L. ostentus, ostentum, fr. ostendere (p. p. ostensus and ostentus) to show. See .]
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1. Appearance; air; mien. Shak.
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2. Manifestation; token; portent. Dryden.
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We asked of God that some ostent might clear
Our cloudy business, who gave us sign. Chapman.
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Ostentate (?), v. t. [L. ostentatus, p. p. of ostentare, v. intens. fr. ostendere. See .] To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly. [R.] Jer. Taylor.
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Ostentation (?), n. [L. ostentatio: cf. F. ostentation.] 1. The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense. “Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm.” Milton.
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He knew that good and bountiful minds were sometimes inclined to ostentation. Atterbury.
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2. A show or spectacle. [Obs.] Shak.
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Syn. -- Parade; pageantry; show; pomp; pompousness; vaunting; boasting. See .
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Ostentatious (?), a. Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful.
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Far from being ostentatious of the good you do. Dryden.
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The ostentatious professions of many years. Macaulay.
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-- Ostentatiously, adv. -- Ostentatiousness, n.
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Ostentator (?), n. [L.] One fond of display; a boaster. Sherwood.
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Ostentive (?), a. Ostentatious. [Obs.]
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Ostentous (?), a. Ostentatious. [Obs.] Feltham.
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osteo- pref. A combining form of Gr. 'osteon a bone.
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Osteoblast (?), n. [Osteo- + -blast.] (Anat.) One of the protoplasmic cells which occur in the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum, and from or around which the matrix of the bone is developed; an osteoplast.
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osteoclasis (?), n. [NL. See .] (Surg.) The operation of breaking a bone in order to correct deformity.
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osteoclast (?), n. [Osteo- + Gr. kla^n to break.] 1. (Physiol.) Same as , a large multinucleate cell within the bone, which functions in the absroption and removal of bone tissue.
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☞ The osteoclasts occur usually in pits or cavities which they appear to have excavated, and are supposed to be concerned in the absorption of the bone matrix.
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2. An instrument for performing osteoclasis.
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osteocolla (?), n. [Osteo- + Gr. � glue.]
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1. A kind of glue obtained from bones. Ure.
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2. A cellular calc tufa, which in some places forms incrustations on the stems of plants, -- formerly supposed to have the quality of uniting fractured bones.
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Osteocomma (?), n.; pl. L. Osteocommata (#), E. Osteocommas (#). [NL. See , and .] (Anat.) A metamere of the vertebrate skeleton; an osteomere; a vertebra. Owen.
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Osteocope (?), n. [Gr. �; 'osteon a bone + � a striking, pain: cf. F. ostéocope.] (Med.) Pain in the bones; a violent fixed pain in any part of a bone. -- Osteocopic (#), a.
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Osteocranium (?), n. [Osteo- + cranium.] (Anat.) The bony cranium, as distinguished from the cartilaginous cranium.
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Osteodentine (?), n. [Osteo- + dentine.] (Anat.) A hard substance, somewhat like bone, which is sometimes deposited within the pulp cavity of teeth.
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Osteogen (?), n. [Osteo- + -gen.] (Physiol.) The soft tissue, or substance, which, in developing bone, ultimately undergoes ossification.
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{ Osteogenesis (?), Osteogeny (?), } n. [Osteo- + genesis, or the root of Gr. gignesqai to be born: cf. F. ostéogénie.] (Physiol.) The formation or growth of bone.
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Osteogenetic (?), a. (Physiol.) Connected with osteogenesis, or the formation of bone; producing bone; as, osteogenetic tissue; the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum.
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Osteogenic (?), a. (Physiol.) Osteogenetic.
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Osteographer (?), n. An osteologist.
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Osteography (?), n. [Osteo- + -graphy.] The description of bones; osteology.
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Osteoid (?), a. [Osteo- + -oid: cf. Gr. �.] (Anat.) Resembling bone; bonelike.
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Osteolite (?), n. [Osteo- + -lite.] (Min.) A massive impure apatite, or calcium phosphate.
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Osteologer (?), n. One versed in osteology; an osteologist.
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{ Osteologic (?), Osteological (?), } a. [Cf. F. ostéologique.] Of or pertaining to osteology. -- Osteologically, adv.
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Osteologist (?), n. One who is skilled in osteology; an osteologer.
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Osteology (?), n. [Osteo- + -logy: cf. F. ostéologie.] The science which treats of the bones of the vertebrate skeleton.
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Osteolysis (?), n. [NL. osteo- + Gr. lysis a loosing.] Softening and absorption of bone. -- Osteolytic (#), a.
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Osteoma (?), n.; pl. Osteomata (#). [NL. See , and .] (Med.) A tumor composed mainly of bone; a tumor of a bone.
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Osteomalacia (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'osteon bone + � softness.] (Med.) A disease of the bones, in which they lose their earthy material, and become soft, flexible, and distorted. Also called malacia.
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Osteomanty (?), n. [Osteo- Gr. manteia divination.] Divination by means of bones. [R.]
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Osteomere (?), n. [Osteo- + -mere.] (Anat.) An osteocomma. Owen.
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Osteopath (?), n. A practitioner of osteopathy.
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Osteopathic (?), a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to osteopathy. -- Osteopathically (#), adv.
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Osteopathist (?), n. One who practices osteopathy; an osteopath.
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osteopathy (?), n. [Osteo- + Gr. paqos suffering.] (Med.) (a) Any disease of the bones. [R.] (b) A system of treatment based on the theory that diseases are chiefly due to deranged mechanism of the bones, nerves, blood vessels, and other tissues, and can be remedied by manipulations of these parts. Modern practitioners use the therapeutic and diagnostic techniques of modern medicine as well as manipulative procedures.
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Osteoperiostitis (?), n. [NL.; osteo- + periosteum + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of a bone and its periosteum.
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Osteophone (?), n. [Gr. 'osteon bone + fwnh voice.] An instrument for transmission of auditory vibrations through the bones of the head, so as to be appreciated as sounds by persons deaf from causes other than those affecting the nervous apparatus of hearing.
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Osteoplast (?), n. [Osteo- + Gr. plassein to form.] (Anat.) An osteoblast.
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Osteoplastic (?), a. [Osteo- + -plastic.]
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1. (Physiol.) Producing bone; as, osteoplastic cells.
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2. (Med.) Of or pertaining to the replacement of bone; as, an osteoplastic operation.
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Osteoplasty (?), n. [Osteo- + -plasty.] (Med.) An operation or process by which the total or partial loss of a bone is remedied. Dunglison.
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Osteoporosis (?), n. [NL.; osteo- + Gr. poros pore.] (Med. & Physiol.) An absorption of bone so that the bone tissue becomes unusually porous. It occurs especially in elderly men and postmenopausal women, and predisposes the elderly to fractures of the bones.
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Osteopterygious (?), a. [Osteo- Gr. � a fin.] (Zoöl.) Having bones in the fins, as certain fishes.
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Osteosarcoma (?), n.; pl. Osteosarcomata (#). [NL. See , and .] (Med.) A tumor having the structure of a sarcoma in which there is a deposit of bone; sarcoma connected with bone.
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Osteosclerosis (?), n. [NL.; osteo- + sclerosis.] Abnormal hardness and density of bone.
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Osteotome (?), n. [Osteo- + Gr. temnein.] (Surg.) Strong nippers or a chisel for dividing bone.
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Osteotomist (?), n. One skilled in osteotomy.
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Osteotomy (?), n. 1. The dissection or anatomy of bones; osteology.
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2. (Surg.) The operation of dividing a bone or of cutting a piece out of it, -- done to remedy deformity, etc.
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Osteozoa (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'osteon a bone + zo^,on an animal.] (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Ostiary (?), n.; pl. -ries (#). [L. ostium door, entrance. See .] 1. The mouth of a river; an estuary. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
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2. One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a porter. N. Bacon.
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Ostic (?), a. [From North American Indian oshtegwon a head.] Pertaining to, or applied to, the language of the Tuscaroras, Iroquois, Wyandots, Winnebagoes, and a part of the Sioux Indians. Schoolcraft.
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Ostiole (?), n. [L. ostiolum a little door, dim. of ostium a door: cf. F. ostiole.] (Bot.) (a) The exterior opening of a stomate. See . (b) Any small orifice.
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Ostitis (?), n. [NL.] (Med.) See .
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Ostium (?), n.; pl. Ostia (#). [L.] (Anat.) An opening; a passage.
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Ostler (?), n. See .
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Ostleress, n. A female ostler. [R.] Tennyson.
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Ostlery (?), n. See . [Obs.]
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Ostmen (?), n. pl.; sing. Ostman. [See , and .] East men; Danish settlers in Ireland, formerly so called. Lyttelton.
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Ostosis (?), n. [NL., from Gr. 'osteon a bone.] (Physiol.) Bone formation; ossification. See , and .
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Ostracea (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ostrakon shell of a testacean.] (Zoöl.) A division of bivalve mollusks including the oysters and allied shells.
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Ostracean (?), n. [L. ostrea an oyster. See .] (Zoöl.) Any one of a family of bivalves, of which the oyster is the type.
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Ostracion (?), prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ostrakion small shell.] (Zoöl.) A genus of plectognath fishes of the family Ostraciontidae having the body covered with solid, immovable, bony plates. It includes the trunkfishes (also called boxfish).
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Ostraciont (?), n. (Zoöl.) A fish of the genus Ostracion and allied genera.
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ostracise (?), v. t. Same as . [Chiefly Brit.]
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ostracism (?), n. [Gr. 'ostrakismos, fr. 'ostrakizein to ostracize. See .] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage.
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2. Banishment; exclusion; as, social ostracism.
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Public envy is as an ostracism, that eclipseth men when they grow too great. Bacon.
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Sentenced to a perpetual ostracism from the . . . confidence, and honors, and emoluments of his country. A. Hamilton.
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Ostracite (?), n. (Paleon.) A fossil oyster.
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Ostracize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ostracized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ostracizing (?).] [Gr. 'ostrakizein, fr. 'ostrakon a tile, a tablet used in voting, a shell; cf. 'ostreon oyster, 'osteon bone. Cf. , .] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens. Grote.
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2. To banish from society, by a general consent; to exclude from social, political, or private favor; to exclude from conversation or friendship; to shun; as, he was ostracized by his former friends. A person may be ostracized by a formal vote or by a widespread but informal agreement. Marvell.
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ostracod n. A member of the Ostracoda, an order of tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimplike body enclosed in a bivalve shell.
Syn. -- seed shrimp, mussel shrimp.
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Ostracoda (?), prop. n. pl. (Zoöl.) An order of Entomostraca possessing shrimplike bodies enclosed in hard bivalve shells; called also seed shrimp and mussel shrimp. They were formerly referred to as Ostracoidea. They are of small size, and swim freely about; many are less than 1 mm in length. Microfossils of certain extinct orders have been found extending back to the Cambrian age.
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ostracodan n. Same as .
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ostracoderm n. Any of several extinct fishlike jawless vertebrates having a heavily armored body; of the Paleozoic.
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Ostracodermi (?), prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ostrakon shell of a testacean + � skin.] (Zoöl.) A suborder of fishes of which Ostracion is the type.
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ostracoid (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Ostracoidea (now Ostracoda). -- n. One of the Ostracoidea (now Ostracoda).
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Ostracoidea (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ostrakon shell of a testacean + -oid.] (Zoöl.) An order of Entomostraca possessing hard bivalve shells. They are of small size, and swim freely about. Now usually written Ostracoda. [archaic]
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Ostrea (?), n. [L., an oyster.] (Zoöl.) A genus of bivalve Mollusca which includes the true oysters.
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Ostreaceous (?), a. [L. ostrea an oyster. See .] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to an oyster, or to a shell; shelly.
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The crustaceous or ostreaceous body. Cudworth.
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Ostreaculture (?), n. The artificial cultivation of oysters.
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Ostreophagist (?), n. [Gr. 'ostreon an oyster + fagei^n to eat.] One who feeds on oysters.
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ostrich (ŏstrich), n. [OE. ostriche, ostrice, OF. ostruche, ostruce, F. autruche, L. avis struthio; avis bird + struthio ostrich, fr. Gr. �, fr. � bird, sparrow. Cf. , .] [Formerly written also estrich.] (Zoöl.) A large bird of the genus Struthio, of which Struthio camelus of Africa is the best known species. It has long and very strong legs, adapted for rapid running; only two toes; a long neck, nearly bare of feathers; and short wings incapable of flight. The adult male is about eight feet high.
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☞ The South African ostrich (Struthio australis) and the Asiatic ostrich are considered distinct species by some authors. Ostriches are now domesticated in South Africa in large numbers for the sake of their plumes. The body of the male is covered with elegant black plumose feathers, while the wings and tail furnish the most valuable white plumes.
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Coloq. Ostrich farm , a farm on which ostriches are bred for the sake of their feathers, oil, eggs, etc. -- Coloq. Ostrich farming , the occupation of breeding ostriches for the sake of their feathers, etc. -- Coloq. Ostrich fern (Bot.) a kind of fern (Onoclea Struthiopteris), the tall fronds of which grow in a circle from the rootstock. It is found in alluvial soil in Europe and North America.
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Ostriferous (?), a. [L. ostrifer; ostrea oyster + ferre.] Producing oysters; containing oysters.
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Ostrogoth (?), prop. n. [L. Ostrogothi, pl. See , and .] One of the Eastern Goths. See .
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Ostrogothic (?), prop. a. Of or pertaining to the Ostrogoths.
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Oswego tea (?). (Bot.) An American aromatic herb (Monarda didyma), with showy, bright red, labiate flowers.
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otacoustic (?), a. [Oto- + acoustic: cf. F. otacoustique.] Assisting the sense of hearing; as, an otacoustic instrument.
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{ otacoustic (?), otacousticon (?), } n. An instrument to facilitate hearing, as an ear trumpet.
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Otaheite apple (?). [So named from Otaheite, or Tahiti, one of the Society Islands.] (Bot.) (a) The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree (Spondias dulcis), also called vi-apple. It is rather larger than an apple, and the rind has a flavor of turpentine, but the flesh is said to taste like pineapples. (b) A West Indian name for a myrtaceous tree (Jambosa Malaccensis) which bears crimson berries.
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Otalgia (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �; o'y^s, 'wtos, the ear + 'algos pain: cf. F. otalgie.] (Med.) Pain in the ear; earache.
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Otalgic (?), a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to otalgia. -- n. A remedy for otalgia.
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Otalgy (?), n. Pain in the ear; otalgia.
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Otary (?), n.; pl. Otaries (#). [Gr. � large-eared, fr. �, �, ear: cf. F. otarie.] (Zoöl.) Any eared seal.
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Otheoscope (?), n. [Gr. � to push + -scope.] (Physics) An instrument for exhibiting the repulsive action produced by light or heat in an exhausted vessel; a modification of the radiometer. W. Crookes.
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Other (ŭ�ẽr), conj. [See .] Either; -- used with other or or for its correlative (as either . . . or are now used). [Obs.]
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Other of chalk, other of glass. Chaucer.
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Other, pron. & a. [AS. ōðer; akin to OS. āðar, ōðar, D. & G. ander, OHG. andar, Icel. annarr, Sw. annan, Dan. anden, Goth. anþar, Skr. antara: cf. L. alter; all orig. comparatives: cf. Skr. anya other. √180. Cf. .] [Formerly other was used both as singular and plural.]
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1. Different from that which, or the one who, has been specified; not the same; not identical; additional; second of two.
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Each of them made other for to win. Chaucer.
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Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. Matt. v. 39.
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2. Not this, but the contrary; opposite; as, the other side of a river.
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3. Alternate; second; -- used esp. in connection with every; as, every other day, that is, each alternate day, every second day.
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4. Left, as opposed to right. [Obs.]
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A distaff in her other hand she had. Spenser.
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☞ Other is a correlative adjective, or adjective pronoun, often in contrast with one, some, that, this, etc.

The one shall be taken, and the other left. Matt. xxiv. 41.

And some fell among thorns . . . but other fell into good ground. Matt. xiii. 7, 8.

It is also used, by ellipsis, with a noun, expressed or understood.

To write this, or to design the other. Dryden.

It is written with the indefinite article as one word, another; is used with each, indicating a reciprocal action or relation; and is employed absolutely, or eliptically for other thing, or other person, in which case it may have a plural.

The fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. Ps. xlix. 10.

If he is trimming, others are true. Thackeray.

Other is sometimes followed by but, beside, or besides; but oftener by than.

No other but such a one as he. Coleridge.

Other lords beside thee have had dominion over us. Is. xxvi. 13.

For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid. 1 Cor. iii. 11.

The whole seven years of . . . ignominy had been little other than a preparation for this very hour. Hawthorne.
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