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r'e voted a perron's banithmont, by wriling hi, name oc.
fhells. and canin~ thcrn into :\o uro. '
a STRACITES, in n..ural bitlory, !he by wbich au–
thors c.1I tbe (otlile oytler·thell.
O!haciu:s Ili\S lhe fa AJe medicinal virtoes with the be–
lemnites, alld lapis judaicu" only in a high:r degr«; be'
ing account ed by Dr. L iCler one of tbe grtatetl known
medicines in nc?h:itic cares : the dore, in powder, isfrom
hal f a dram to a dram, in whi te-wine; t\nd to prevent a
tickne(s al th: , that (ometimOs 'Hends the taking
ir, Qne third part of the quantity o( powdcred chamomile–
Aowers may be [\1ixed with it.
a STRE.'\ , the OVSTEIl, in 1Ooology, a gen',. belonging to
~he order of vermes te!hc.a. T he thelJ h.. tWO unequ.l
val ves; the carJo has no .teeth, bu t a (01.11 holJO\v ¡Jit,
with (e lateral tlr: aks. There are 3 I (pecies, prio
cipally dltlioguiOlOd by peculiariti. s in their thells. The
common oitler is ufed botb raw, aod v.riouay preparod a.
food .
aSTRICH, in ornithology . Seo S1· ~UTHIO.
OS\VEGO, a tOIO'O of ,he lroquois, in NOTlh Ameriea,
th ree hundred miles weCl of , iD New·York .
OSWESTRY, a O1arke'·town in ShropO\ire, fifteen mil«
nOTlh.weCl ofShrewtbury.
OSYRIS, in balany, a genus o( ,he d~a:eia triandria e1at•.
The c,lix of both male and femaJe confiCls of tbree feg–
ments; nei,her df them have any coroll.; the female has
no tlylu" bUl a roundith lfigma; and the drupa has but
one cell. T here is only one fpecies, a native of l,aly.
OTHONNA, in bouny, a genus of the fyngenefia polyga.
mia nece{faria clars. The reccplacle lS naked; ir has no
pappus; and the calix is (omewhat cylindrieal, and con(,CI,
of mar.y lcaves. T here are feven fpecies, t\Vo of rhem na–
tivesof Brit,in, t·iz . thepaluClris, or madh fieabane; and
the inl:griColicl, or mouDtain ragwort.
OTlS, in ornithology, a geous ofbirds belongiog to the or–
der of graB., . T he fuperior mandible of the biB is arcbed;
the noClrds are oyal; the tongue is bifid; the fee' are made
for running, being furniOted \Vith four toes. There are
four (pecies. prioci pally diClinguithedby their eolou r.
OTLEY, a market~towo, twenty-one miles wen of York.
OTOQ!jE, an tituated in \he bay 01" Panama, from
whence \he ci,y i, (urnithed with provir.ons: W. 10Dg.
S2°, N . la'. 7°.
'()TRANTO, a city and archbithop's fee of ,he kingdom of
Naples, r.,uated at lhe entrance of ,be gulph of Venice :
E. long. 19° IS', N . lat. 40° 12'.
OTTER, in 1Ooology. See MUSTELA.
OTTOM!\N, or O THOMA N, an appcllation given to ,he
'TurklOl empire, from Ochomannus, or Ofmanhus, the
(,rCl emperor of the prefent family.
OTTONA , or O'TONA, a city of the kingdom of Na ·
pies. fituated on the gulph of Venice : in E . long. I SO
30'. N. lato 42 ° 22'.
OVAL, an oblong curvilinear figure, otherwife ealled el·
lipfis, See CON l e SEenoN'.
OVARIES, in anatomy. See ANATOM V, P. 275.
OVATION, iDthe RomaDan,iqui,y, a lelfer triumph, al·
Jowed l O commanders for vitlories won without the elFu ..
tion of much blood : or for defea,inr, a meaD and incon.
líderable cnemy. The thow generally began at the Al.
banian mountain, whence the genera! wi lh his rt'tinue
f1'lde his entry ioto the city on (001, with many flules
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or pipes rounding in eonccrt as he patred along. and wear_
in? íl garlan~ ~~ mynle as ;) tClken of peacc. T he terlD
()/;a; ion, "ccordiul,; tOServius, 15 derived frl.!m 'JtIÍJ, Otcep.
bt!caufe en this occafion the cO:1qucror fclcrificed a Ottep.
~s In triumph he f"crifi..:eJ a bull.
OUDEN¡\R DE, a town of the AuClrian Netherl.nds, ia
th~ provincc of Fhnders, fituated 0 0 the Scheld.
thinecn miles fou\h o( Ghont.
O UDENHURG, a town ot !he AuClrian Netherlands, i.
\be provlOce of FI.nders, five miles (ou of 0t!en1.
OVERHALE, in the fca· languaRe. A rope is (aid tO be
overh"led ween . too fuff, or haled the contrary
way.
Ov E R· RA K E, among reJmen : \Vhen a fhip, riding at anchor.
fo overbeats herfcl( ioto an bigh fea, that the is l"alhed
by the waves breaking. in upon ber, tbey fay ,he wave.
oVl·r.rake hcr.
OVERSMAN, in SéOlS law; a perfon named by arbiteTl,
or by (he p.uties fubmiuers, tOdetermine the m2ner fub.
nllttcd, in care lhe pan ies difagreee in their opioioD.
0VE RT, the f.lme wi,h open: tbu. an overt aél r.gnifie. an
aa .which, in law, mu(\- be c1early proved; and fueh iJ
10 be alledged in every indiélment for high Irearon.
OVERTURE, or OUVERTURE, opening or preluding; a
term u(ed fo r ,he folemni ties at the beginning of a pu.
bJic aft or ceremony; aD opera, tragedy, CODcert of mil.
líck.. &c.
Thc overture of the lheatre, or fcene, is a pieee of mUo–
tick ufually cndi og w¡Ih a (ugue: the overlure of a jll>'
bilce is a general proceOíon, &c.
OVE RYSCHE, a towo of the AuClri.n N etherl.ods, in ,he
province of Brabilnt, fituated on the river Yfehe, oine
miles north ·eaCl ofBrutrels .
OVERYSSEL, one of the united provinee., bounded by
Groningen 00 the nOrlh, by Wdlphalia on the eatl, by
:Zutphen o. ,he routb, and by , ,he Zuyder'
fea, and FrieOand, on the \VdL
OVIEDA, in bOlany, a !l'.nus ofthe didyn.mia .ngiorper.
mi. glafs. The cali" conr.tls of five (egments; the co–
rolla is a long cylindrical tube; and the berry' is round,
containing two feeds. Thcn Are t\Vo fpecies, nODe of
them nat¡ves ofHrit~in .
OVIE DO, • city of Spain, capital of!he province of Atlu–
rias; lituated 00 the river Afia, fifty miles norrh· of
L eon. in W . long. 6° 40', N . lat. 4) o 30.
OVILl A, or SUTA. in aneient Rome, a in ,he
campus martius, al firll railed in like a fheep~peo, wheoce
its name. ACterwards it \Vas mounted with marble, aDd
beautified wi,h w:wks and galleries, as al(o wi,h a t,ri.
bunaJ, or feat of juflice. .Within this precina, or 10-
cJo(ure, the people \Vere ealled in 'o give their (u[roge.
for the eletlion of magiClr"cs. The aCcent in'o the 0-
vilia was not by fiairs, but by pontes, or narrow boards,
laid there for the occ:tfion ; on which aceount de pon"
¿,jici wa, to bedenied,he privilege of"oting; andperfon.
thus dealt with, were called depontani . .
OVIPAROUS, a term applied tO fuch animals as bnng
fOrlh their voul1g from eIjg'; as birds, inCetls. &c,
O"IS, in 1Ooology, a genus of the mamm. lia claC. , and o~
the order of pecora; the charatlers of which are thde .
Thc horos are concave, turned backwards, twitlt>d, and
rull of wrinkles ; Ihere, are eighl forereelh in Ihe u.n,
der j aw, no dos ·teclh. Tho fpecies are Ibree, ".,•.
1'• ./lnes,