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the banks of feveral rivers whieh fall ioto
Jenira.
the Oby and OXUS. a river wh;eh rifes in the Olounla;ns on ,he nonh
OUTL:\ vr, figniGes one ,hJ' i, depriv<d of lhe bene"l of
lhe I,w, and lherefore held 10 be out of lhe king's pro.
tcélion. See lhe next anicle.
OUTLAWRY, is where aperron is outlawed, and 00 tbat
aeeounl lores lh~ bene61 of a fubjell,
The proeers of outlawry lies in indillments of trearon
nr f<lony. and alrooftrefpars vi &armis, eonrpiraey, &c.
And by tlalule, perrons may be outlawed in maoy civil
aétions, as debt, care, covenant, 6(,
OUTWORKS, in fortifieation, all thore work, made Wilh.
out·fide the dileh of a fortiJiéd place, lO eover ana de·
feod ¡t. See FORTIFlCATION.
OUZEL. iD ornilhology. See MOTACtLLA.
OWL. in ornithology. See STR'X .
OX. in zoology. See Bos.
OXALIS. in botany, a geous of the decandria pentagynia
clars . The calix confiCl:s of (ive leaves; lhe petdls are con·
"eéted by Ihe claws; and Ihe eaprule hJS five fides . There
are 14 fpecies, on]y one of them, viz. the acelofella, or
wood· forrel, is a native of Britain.
OXFORD, the capital of Oxfordthire. and lhe fee of a
binlop ; il is filuated al the eonfluenee of lhe Ifis and
Cherwell, fifty.five mile. wefi of Loodon: "\V. long. ID
15'. and N . la!. pO 45'.
Oxfold is mofl remarkable'on account of its univedity,
whieh eonfifis of Iwenly eolleges and five . halls: lhi,
city feods l wo members lO parliament. and lhe univer(j.
ly as many.
OXGANG, or OXGATS, is generally laken, io our old
law·books. for fifleen acres, or as mueh ground as afiogle
ox can plough in a ye.,.
OXUCLJE, in nalural hifiory, lhe name of a genu. of
foflils of lhe ciar, of Ihe releoilO:, bot of the eolumoar,
nol lhe rhombaidal kiod.
Of this genlls Ihere are only two koown rpeeies. l.
A 6ne kind, Wilh Ihin Jlakes and Iranrverfe filamenlS,
found in the clayey banks of the river Neo, near Peter.
borough, in NorLhamplOnthire; and, 2. A dull kind,
\Vith thiek plales and longitudinal filaments. This is not
uneommon in Yorkthire, aod lies fometimes io a y<llow,
fometimes iD a blue clay.
of India; and running no·th·\Vefi, Ihrough Ulbec Tarta.
ry. afrerw"ds fepJrales P<rfia from Ulb:c T.,lary, and
f.lls inlo the Carpi.n ·(eJ. in 44° N . lat.
OXYCOCCUS. in botany. St e VAc cINruM.
OXYCRATE, in Oc. a mixture of vinegar
and water, proper lO af1\Y'age, cool , a¡'ld refrelh: they
make fomentations of oxycratc, c1yClcrs of oxycrate, 6 c.
The urual proportion i. one fpuonful of v:oegar to or
fix rpoonfuls of w.ler.
OXYCROCEUM, in pharmaey, 6c. a prrparation mueh
ufed'in planers for frallures, 6c. made as follows:
Take yellow w.x, one pound; pireh and galbanum,
a pouad : meh lhem over • genll< fire; and Iheh add
of venice-turpentine, myrrh, and olib.lOunl, eaeh three
ounees; fafflon, t wo (lunces: make them ioto a plafier.
OXYGLYCU, a rpeeies of drink prepared of Ihe (we«d!
honey combs, maceratt:d and boiJed . The combs from
which all Ihe honey has been exprdfd , are pUl inlo a
pOI with pure water. and boiled ,ill they f« m to have
depofited all lheir eontaioed honey in the water. Thi.
Jiquor is to be kept, and, when dduted with cold water,
is to be draok in the fummer.time, in arder l O reml""c
thirn..
OXYMEL, in pharmaey, a co"'poúlion of v:negar aod ho.
ney.
TItere are feveral fom of oxymel. whereof the Gmple
kind is made by boiling, in a glazed earthern venel, aod
with a gentle fire, I\YO pounds of clarified honey, in ' .
pint ofvinegar, to the eoofiflenee ofa ryrup.
OYER, in law.books. reems tO have beeo ancieotly ured
for what is now ealled a!lireo.
Qy'ER ANO TER.MJNER, a cornnliffion diretled to thejuJge
of aflire, and other gentlemen, impoweriDg them to hear
- and determine all criminal eaores. and lO try all olfeode",
whelher for treafon, felony, or trerpars. .
OYES, or OYEZ, fignifies H,ar 1'; and is frequentlyufed
by the criers in our coures, 00 making proclamatioDS, or
to enjoin filenee.
OYSTER, in zoology. See O'TREA.
OZJENA, a foul and malignant ulcer of .h~ nofe, diain.
guithed by its f",!O r, and ofleo accompaoied with a carie.
of tbe bODes of the nofe.
p .
P A e
P ABULUM. S.. FUEL aod Fr RE.
PACA, in zoology. See Mus .
PACE, a mearure takeo from the [pace the t"o
fcel of a man, in walkiog; urually rcekoned two fcet nnd
a half, and in {ame meo a yard or three feec
The geomelrical pace is five feel ; and 60000 fueh pa·
ces mak~ one degree of the equator.
P ACE. in the maoege, is ofth ree kinds, viz. walk, trot, and
g. lIop; to which may be added no amble, betau[e fome
horres have it oaturall y.
P A C
H orres whieh go thuffiing or mixed paces, between .h.
walk and amble, are for the mofi part of no value;
whieh eommonly proeeerls froOl lheir fiery temper, and
fometimes from a weakne(s in their reíos or legs.
PACHAMAC, a temple of Peru, in Soulh America. ~e.
dieated by Ih_ Indiaos lO Ihe fupreme being: it gives ,ti
tO the adjacent couuntry.
PACHODECARHOMBIS, in natural hinory. the n'01.
of a genus of fo!li ls. of lhe ciar, of rhe relenita:. expre!ling
a tbick rhomboid.1 body, eompo[ed oE ten planes.PACme