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Wccn,

Se.rlet iO:md, b<twee?" t!le OCCUP:\.TION, in a legal fenfe, ,i. Ilkcn for ofe

o?-

eo, lh of Sehonen and Zdand , io the Bahie.

Itnur. ; as in d«ds il is frequently raid, Ih" rueb I.ncl.

\Yas creéted and fu rnifhed with íollruments at his

are or

latcly

\Vere:

the tenure or

occupalion

fueh

own e"penee, anu ealled by him Ulaniu\lrg .

• pOI ron.

is likewife \lfed for

trade or myllery.

He«

he rpent twenly

ye.rs

io obCerviD:: Ihe (lars: OCCUPlERS of WALLING, • !Crm in ,he

f.lt

.",orlr..

- the refult is his catalogue.

for the

pel

fons who are the

r\Yoro. officers

that aUot

Pckio obl.rvalo,y. F.ther Le Compte defcribes

io partieul.r plaees what qu.olity of Calt i.

a very magnificeo. obferv.tory, ereél, d and fu.niO\d

made, tha! the marketS may not be overOoeked, aod

by tlle lare emperor of China, in his e'pil,I, ar Ihe

foe that all i. earried fairly and equally be.ween .be

interccffion of

fome

Jtfuits, miffionaries, chítfly Ca·

lord and the tenant.

Iher V«bien, whom he made his ehief oufervor.

OCEAN, in geography, that v.1I eollcélion offalt and

Thc: inHruments are cxceedingly brge;

bUl

(he di·

Davigable

waters,

iD ·

which the two

contincan,

the

vifion. lefs .e.;urate, aod Ihe contrivanee in fome re-

fi,lI

inc\uding Europe, AGa, and Afriea, aod the laft

fp, él, lefs eommodiou. Ihan Ihofe of Ih. Europeans :

Ame,ie•• are inclofed like iíland •.

the ehief are,'o armillary, 20diaeal fpbere, of lix Pa· OCHLOCRACY, tha! form of governmeot wherein

ris feot diamel«; an equinoélial fphere , of fix fee!

Ihe populace has the ehief .dmioiílralion 01

alf.in

diametcr ; an azimulhal

hOflZOD,

fix (eet

diamc(er¡

OCHNA, in

botan

a geous of

lhe

polyandria

mOnD_

a lorge quadranl, fix f<el radius; a fextanl, eiehl

gynia clafs. The eorolla eonfills of five pelall, aod

fcet radius: and

ccIdli,,1globe, íix

(cel

diameter.

lhe

c...lix of 6,'c

leaves

;

and the bcrry coouins cne

OllSTRUCT\ON, in medicine, fu eh an obturation of

feed. There are tw<! rpeeies, both oalives of Ih.

(he vdTds, as prcycnts the

circuladon

of the

fluids,

Iodies .

whether of Ihe round and vital, or of Ihe mo,bid and OCHRE, in natural hillory, a genus of earth., llightly

peeeanl kind. Ibrough Ihem.

eOherenl, and eompoCed of fine, fmoolh, foft, argilla-

OIlTURATOR. in aDatOmy. See ANATOMV; p

205.

eeous partides, rough to the loueh, and readily

'diff~-

OIlTU SE, fi gnifie. bluOI, dull,

&e.

in oppoGlioo lO

lible in wa ler.

aCUle, Ibarp,

be.

lhus we ray obtufe angle, obluCe-

Oehres are of various eolou.., as red, yeJlow, blue,

anglcd triange,

6c.

brown, grecn,

ec.

OBU LARlA, in bOlany, a genus of Ihe didynamia an- OCYMUM, in botaoy, a genu. of the·didynamia gym-

giofpermi. cia.. . The ea\¡x has IWO fegmenu; Ihe

nofpermia claf.. The ruperior lip of the ealix i.

carolla

¡S'campanulated. and divided

intofourCcgmenu

round, and the inferior is divjded ioto foue

fegmcDu.

the eapfule has one eell, two valves, and many feeds.

There aro eighl fpeeies, nooe of them nati.e. of Bri-

There

bUI

ene Cpeeícs, a native

of Virginia.

tain.

ODY, a great river of Ru/lia, whieh lifes in Kalmuek OCKER,. river of Germany, whieh, rifing in Ihe fou-

Tau.ry.

and forms Ihe booodary betwcen Europe .nd

thern part of Ihe duelly of Brunfwiek, runo oortb ,.

Afi., lill il f. lls inlo lite frouo oeeao, .fter it has run

and paffi ng by Wolfembutlle and BruoCwiek,

faU.

in~

courre of aboye

t \\lO

thourand

miles .

to the

river Aller.

OCClDENT, in geography" the wellward quarter of OCKINGHAM. a market-town of Berklhire,

f..

e",

Ihe hori2on, or ,hat pan of the horizon where Ihe e-

miles ean of Readillg.

c1iptic, or lhe fuo Ih"reio, defeend. into Ihe lower he- OCTAETERIDES, in ehronology, denoles

eycle of

mifphere, in contradiUin(tion to oriento Hence

eight years,

the

end of

which three

entire lunar

ufe the word oeeid,nt.l, for .ny Ihing belonging lO

monlh, were added .

lhe wen ; as, oeeiden!>1 bezoard, occidental pe. r!,

&c.

Thi. eycle wa, in ufe at Athens, till Meton difcn-

O CC IPITAL, io an..omy, a term applied lO Ihe parts

vered the.golden numuer.

of the oeeipUl, or back par! of Ihe Olull. S.. ANA- OCTAGON, or Oc rOGON, in geometry, i. a 6gúre

TOMY.

OCCIPITIS O" Ihe OCC'PITA" RO NE, iD anatomy .

Se< ANATO..,V, p.

156.

OCCULT fom«hinn fee

re! ,

hidoeo. o, invifi ble. The

occult reiences. are magie,

nccromdncy,

cabbala,

&c.

OCCULT, in

gcomctry,

is ul,,=d

fUf

line that

is fc.irce

perceivcable, drawn

wilh

the point

of·the

compalft!s.

Or • I..deo penei\. Thef. lines are uCed in f.veral

operations, as Ihe raifin g of plans, defigns of build,ng,

picces of perfi'<élive.

&0:.

They are

be elf..ed

when

the

nrk is linlÍhcd.

OCCULTATIO N, in . ll,oRomy, the lime a (lar or pla_

n«

hid

C,om

ou r fight. by Ihe inl. rpofition of lbe

body of Ihe moon,

0 '-

of fome olher plane'. See A_

.JIIO NO MY .

OCl-U P ANT, in lalll, lhe perfoD tbat

lirO

fei2cs, or

te" polfeilioD

thiog.

uf eighl fideo and angl e.; and this, wben all Ihe údes

and angles are equal, i, e .Jled a

re~ular

oélagoo, or

one which may

inrcribed in a

cirde.

OCTACON .

in forci6cation, denote, a p}¡cc that hu

ei(!.ht

baninos .

S(e

FOtlTIFI CATION.

O CT AH E DRON, or OCTAEDRON, in geometry, ooe

of Ihe fi v. regular bodie., eonfilling of eigbl equal

. nd equilaleral triangles.

O CTAN ORlA, iD bOlany. one of Ihe e1alre. of plantl

endblilbed by L ion",us, Ihe eighlh iD order. See Bo–

T ANY .

O CT ANT, or OCTILE, in allronomy, that afpeél of

t\Vo

plineu ,

wherein (hey are diO:ant an eir.,hth part

of a cirele, or 45° (rorn cacho

other.

OCTAI'LA, in matlers of f.ered literalure, denote.

polyglol bibl", eonfining of

ei~h1

eolumns, aod as ma–

ny d,ffcrcDI verGons

lhe [.ered texti

,·iz.

tbe ori –

Siual'