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~nd llyr~nteries, and p;'olluvia of t!lC mcnres, :in.:i
Ih", tluor albus. lis cure is fl 9m t.:n p,rlins 10 a (ilachOl.
I! isdreemed hy m.lOy a rp~c:{jc 10 pic"i'i(jes~ '[pe–
ci~d ly whcn fpidemic.
Externally it is ufcd in fumigations fo r dir.)rdcrs of
the head, and againll catarrhs; t\nd is fin ingr::dient
in fúme pl;¡(l-ers. h is 3 noblt! lulf.m in con[umptiolls,
given io fubllance, or diffalved with the yolk of an
cgg into [he form of 30 emulfion. Tllt:re is 3n cil
flI.tde of ir per dtliquium, in the Carne m;.¡nner as lhac
of my rrli. : this is dOlie by puning the powder of it in
lhe white of a boilt!d egg, in a cellar, till it ruas ¡'nto
a tiqueT; this is eOeemed a great cofmctic, and de–
IIroyer of pimples in ,he face.
OLIGAEDRA, in natural hiflary. the oame of a gen"s
of • nd expreff<s that whieh is eompaf<d of
ooly a few pIanes.
The bodies of this are eryflals of tbe imperfeét
kind, being eampafed of eolumos aflixed irreg~larly
to fome folid body at one end, aod lhe olher termi–
n.ted 'by a pyramid ; but the eolumn . nd pyr.mid
being both pemaogul.r, the whole confifls only of ten
planes, aDd oot, as lhe common kind, of twelve.
OLIGARCHY, • farm of government, wherein the
admioitlratian of .ffairs is lodged in the hands of a
few perfan._
OLINDA, a city .od port·town of Brafil: ' ".fI long.
"35°• •nd fouth lat. 8°.
OLIO, in eaokery, denotes a favaury difh compofed af
a great v.riety ofingredients, ehiefiy ufed by the Spa
niards.
OLIVA, a pOrt_tolVn of P oland, in the provinee af regal
Prllflia. only fix miles wefl of Da.ntzi~k.
OLIVARIA CORPOR A, in aoatomy . See ANATOMY,
p. 28 7.
OLIVE, in See O LEA .
OLIV E'CO LOUR, a yellow mingled with . See
QpTI CS.
OLIVENZA, a tawn of Alentejo, in Portugal, teo
miles fouth af Elvas.
OLMUTS, a eity of Moravia, feventy- five miles oortb
or Vienna.
OLYMPIA, a port. towo of the Marea, at prefent ealled
Longinico: ean long. ~ . o 35', and nerth lat. 37° 40',
OLYMPIAD, the fpace ar period of fou r , where–
bythe Greeks reckoned time. See AST RON OM Y, p. 493.
OLYMPIC GAMi.S were felernn games, fameus among
the aneient Greek. , fa ealled fram Olympian J upiter,
ta wham ,hey IVere dedicated; aod by fome faid to
be lirfi infiiluted by Jupiter. ",(ter his vitlory oyer
(he fons of Tit2n j otliers alcribe their inflitution to
Hercule~t oot the fon of AJcmcna, but one of much
grcater antiquilY; othen, to Pelops j, and olhen,
to Hercules the fao of Alemena. Thefe games were
fa eonfidcrable. that ,he G reeks made tbem their epa–
eha, diflinguifhing their yeo.. by the returo of the 0-
Iympics.
The eare and management af thefe games belonged,
for the moO pan , tO the E leans, who, on that accoum,
cojay<d their po!feílions without moldlatioo, or fear of
4'3 o M E
WJr or \'iolcncc . They arpoinu.d a cc,!;¡:n nc;ub.: r
01' ju¿&~s. who were to taJ~'! care lhat d,ore who cf–
fcr~'J lh::mfdves as ccmpui:ors perl'crrm: J their Vrc–
parat.ory e.xcrcife~ ; ~nJ th'!rc:: jl.:=gcs, dUI illg lhe 10-
lt:mnuy, I:u naked, havín; c.clurc them a clown of
vi801 y, furOlcJ of wild-oliv~, which w.!s prtrcntecl to
whomfúever thcy <,.djudged it. rl'hprc wllo wcrc con–
querol's, wCrc called OIYOlpioniccs, and Wi:rc load d
with IJonours Ly their countrymen. At lhere ~all1cs
women wcre nOl allowed tO be prerent; and if any
woman \Vas fou ad tOhave pa(fed lhe r¡ver AlphelJ:3,
during the falemnity, {h~ was tO be throwo headlong
(rom a rock.
OLYMPUS, the name of t\Va mauntains, the one in
Bythinia in the Lelfer Afia, anJ tbe other in the
of Cyprus.
OMAN, a provinee or kingdom in the fouth·eafl parts
of Arabia Felix.
OMBRE , • celcbrated game at eards, borrawed fram
the Spaniards, and played by two, by three, or by 6\'e
perfans, b"t geoerally by three.
QM"BRE DE SOLEIL, SHADOW OE THE SUN, iD heral–
dry, is when the fuo is borne in armory. (o as thu lhe
eyes, nore, and moulh, which at other times are re–
preCeoted. do not appear; and the: coJouring is thiD,
fo that the field coo appear through it.
OMBIUA, the ancient name af a province of Italy, in
the territory of the pope, oow ealled Spoleuo aad Pe–
rugia.
OMIlRO, or LOMB Ra, • to\Vo ofItaly, in the duchy of
Tufcany, and terratory of the Siennoist~ fituated near
the Tufeao fea, a liule (outh af the lake of C.fligliao.
farty.five mile. fouth ..wetl: of Sienna.
OMELET, or AMLET, a kiod of paoeake or fricalfee
of efgs, with other eogredieots, very ufual io Spain
and Fnnce~
OMEN", a eertaio aceident and eafual oeeurreoce that
was thaught te prefage <ither goad or evil. Tbere
were three fons of omeos among the anci~nts. Qne was
of thing> ioternal, or thafe which affeéted the perfa...
themfelves; the feeaod, of thiAg. exteroal, that only
appeared to meo, but did nat any impreflioo on
them ; (he third were ominous words. Of the 6dl
fort were thafe fudd<o eaofleroatians, ealled panic
fears, (hat fdzed upon men wíthout, any vifible cauCe, '
and were thcrerore imputcd tO the dremons, efpecially
the god P.o : of thefe panics there is fre'luent mention
in hiflory. The feeood fart af omeos were of (uel>
things as appeared tO meo, but Werc DOt COntaiDed in
,heir own badic.. Of ,hefe there were (everal for" :
the beginning af things were thaught tn eont¡¡j. fome–
thiog ominous: it was thought a direful omeo. whell
any thing uoufual befel the temples, a1tars, or !latues
of the gad.. U nder the h ead of exteroal omeo. are ta
be plaeed thafe which offered themfdv.. in tbe way;
fuch were the, meeting oC ao eunucb, a black. a bitch
with whelps, a fnake Iying io the ro.d, <be; Word.
were oOlinous; and as they were good or bad, wcre
believed ta . eeardí.gly.
OMENTUM, in anatomy. See A ~ATO"'Y . p. 266.
OMERS.