1000000031

468 / 868

OFF ( 4" ) o 'F F
of nflfur.!, in the gencrJtion, nutrition, and l1rCrc!fva.
tion of animals. See GENERATIOl't, NU'rRITloN,
ce.
'fhe doétriRe cf Ihe aoirn:¡1 oc~onomy is ncarly con·
nclkd wi,h pl, yr.olo~y, \Vh,eh e"pl.ins ,he leveral
pitrlsofthe hUrdrin body, thcir lln.:tlurc, ure, 6c. Sec
ANATOMY .
OECUMENICAL, figllir.<s ,he fame wi,h general, or
unlverfal; as occuOlenical cCHlnciJ, bifhop, Oc.
OEDEMA, in medicine anJ furge,y. See MED 'C' NB
ano SURGERY.
OEDENHURG, or EnENBURG, a 'own of Hungary
lhiny miles fomh uf Vienna.
OEL_\ND, a SwediOl iOand io ,he B.hie fea, belw«n
,he eon,ineo, or Go,hl.,J, and ,he in. or Go,hland:
E . lonl:. ,6°, N . 1.<. be,w«n 56° and 57° 30'.
OELFELD, a , ol\"n in ,he duehy of M agdeburg and
cicele: of Lower S.lxony in Germany, twcnty miJes
<al~ o( Brunfwiek.
OENANTH E, in bOlaoy, a genus o( the pentandria di–
gyoia eI.fs_ The Rofeules .re f.(!jle, dil1i",i1ar, and
barren in (he di!l,; and the (ruit is crowned with a ca·
lix. There art five fpecies . lhrce of them oadves of
Brítítin, viz . the fiílulofa, or w3ter.dropwort; the
pimpinelloides, or pimperocl_dropwon ¡ and ,he ero–
cata, or yellow dropwort.
OE lths 'rHE, in orni,húlogy, a fpeeies of motacilla. See
M OTAC ILLA .
OENAS. See COLUMBA.
O ENOI in Greeian aotiquity, a kind of eenfors
at Alheos, who regulated entertainmenu , and took care
that none dnnk toOmuch or too linle.
OENOTHERA, in bOlany, a genu. of the oélandria
monogynia elaCs. The eali" eonfills o( four fegm ents,
and ,he eorolla of four pe,als; ,he eapfule is eylindri–
cal, and the foed, are nakeJ. There are f"ven fpe–
cíes, none of them natives of Urit:lin.
OESEL, an iOand al ,he enlraneeor,he b.y o( Livooia,
in ,he Haltie fea; ("uat<d in 22° of E _ loog. and 58"
.
O ESOPHAGUS, in "o.tomy_ See ANATO>lY, p.
282 _
OESTRUS, in zoology, a genus ofinr"éls b.longing 'u
the order of dipter.. It h,. no mou,h, but th, poinl
appears in place of it, without any probofcis or Cnout.
There are (jve fpeci es, dillinguiO\ed by their colour.
OETING, the eapi,al o( ,he eounty of ,he fa me Dame,
in ,he eirele of Swabia, in : E. loog. ' 0°
as', and N . lat. 49'.
OFfENHURG, a free imperial ei,y or,he ei rele ofSwa–
bia, in Germany, (jtu"ted 0 0 the river KintZig: E .
long. 7° 40" aod N I.d.t. 4S'" ;0'.
OFFENCE in law. an aél cont01iued againfi the law, or
omiued wherc the law rcqulres It.
OFFICE. a ch<lrg~ or truff, or a dignity at–
tended wirh 'a pO:lllc funélIQ:l. Tht> word is prllnari–
Iy ufed in fpeaking of ,he niTie.. o( jodoc.,ure and po–
licy; as lhe ofTi~'.! nf a fccr\!tary of Hate, the oOice of
a fherifF, of el jufiicc (J f pCitCC, tic
{)rr¡ CE alCo fign¡(i cs él L,lacc or ¡tp:tlt:nent ::lpFoinred ror
dJicers lO altenn io. io Oldtr to diICharge thcir re–
V OC. 111. 1\0 S6.
fpeélil'. ~uti .. . r.d employments: as the feerel>ry',
(¡nicc, oince of orJnance, excire· oflice. Jignet-liffi¡;t',
paper-oflicc, pi pe-officc, fix-clelks officf'. CJe.
OFrlC E, in :l.rchiteélure. denotes all the aparlmcn;::¡ lP–
poin lcd for lhe necefl"Jry OCC¡ UOOS of a p,dacc or grc.~t
houre. as kitchfns, pantries, confeltionarlcs. &c.
OFFIC!, in the canon_law. is urcu for fl benelice that
hfls no ¡on cmnexect to ir.
OFFlCER, a perfoo po/Tdr<d of a poll or ofliec. S~e
the prec~ding anicle.
C'.t11l1JlijJion-OrF I CEk,S, ::Ife thoretlppointcd by theking'!J
cornmiffivn: {uch ftre all from lhe gener.,1 tO the cor_
net inclufivc, who are ahus denomioatcd in cont radir–
tina.ion to warram_officers, who are appoinlcd by lhe
colooeJ's or cilPtain's warrant, as quarter.m"Oers, fer.
je301S, , and even chaplaius and (urgeons .
Fí~/d OFF! CE R5 a¡'e {uch as command a \Vhole regiment,
as lhe eolonel, Ilcutl!nant_colonel, aud major.
F/"J: OFFlcrRs. See FL AG-OrFI CER ., anJ A,»,,-
RAL.
C,nera/ OFFICERS are ,hofe whoCe command i. no, li–
miltd to a tingle;: company. troop, or regimenc; but
extends 'O a body o( forees, eompofed oi" f<voral ro–
gimcnu; fuch are the general, JIC'IItC'nant-general, ma..
jor-geoerals, and brigadien.
OFFleEks if Ih, See HOUOEHOLI> .
SlaffOfFICER.S are fuc:} as. ¡othe kicg's p:c{l!nc!, beH
a whitc: Uaff. or wand; and at other times, on their
goiog abroad, have it carried before them by a (OOl–
man bare-headed: fu eh are the lord Iteward, 10rJ
chamberlain. lord trearurer, 6e.
The white naff is taken for a commiffion. and at die
king's death eaeh of ,hefe or.ieer. breaks his IhH' ova
the hearfe for lhe king', body , .nd by ,his mean,
b y, down hís eOOlmiffion. and diCcharties all his lO·
ferior oflicers.
Suba/lern·O¡,'vl CE 1.5 are all "",ha admini!lH juOice in rhe
name of fubjeél. ¡ as ,hofe who aél uoder the
munlal, admiral, él,. In the army. lhe fub"hern of·
flcers are lhe lieutenants, corneu, en(jens, ferj eanu,
and eorporals.
OFFlCIAL, in the e.non-Iaw, an eeeler..fiie.1 judge,
appointed by a bifhop, ehapter, abuo" 6c. wi,h eharge
of ,he fpiri,ual jurifdiélion of ,he dioeefe.
OrFlcIA L , is alCo a depuly appointcd by <In archdeacon,
as his affiUant, who (itS as judge in (he archcleacon's
enurt.
OFFlCINAL. in pharmaey, an appell"ion gil'en to fu eh
medicines. whether Cimple or cOOlpound, ¡ts are re·
~"ired 'o be eonfi.n")" kep' in lhe .po,heea".. fhops.
OFFIDA, a town of ltaly (ubjeél 10 ,he popo, tW<Olí –
!ix miles routh of Lorctto.
OFF/NG, or OFFIS, in ,he rea , thot pan oC
the lea a good difhnce from (hore. where (k:rt= is o.!cl"
water. and no neect of a pilot to condutl the lhip:
11',115, if a fll1p from 010re be r~en r .. ilioS out lo t~.\ ward, lhey fa y, (he /lands for the cío ng : and ifa Ih i?
h:wing the (hore near her, have aoothcr a l!0od w ..y
wilhom her, or towards litio! fea. they lay, thal Ihip is
in the (l1iog.
OFF·SE'rS, io gardcning, are the young nlOC't~. Ih~t
T 5 L 2 fr' :"J;