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OSTENT'OUS, a. Fond of making a show. [Little used.]
OS'TEOCOL, OSTEOCOL'LA, n. [Gr. a bone, and glue.] A carbonate of lime, a fossil...
OS'TEOCOPE, n. [Gr. a bone, and labor, uneasiness.] Pain in the bones; a violent...
OSTEOL'OGER, OSTEOLOG'IC, OSTEOLOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to a description of the b...
OSTEOLOG'ICALLY, adv. According to osteology.
OSTEOL'OGIST, n. [See Osteology .] One who describes the bones of animals.
OSTEOL'OGY, n. [Gr. a bone, and discourse.] 1. A description of the bones; that ...
OS'TIARY, n. [L. ostium, mouth.] The mouth or opening by which a river discharge...
OSTLER. [See Hostler .]
OSTLERY. [See Hostlery.]
OST'MEN, n. plu. East men; Danish settlers in Ireland, so called.
OSTRACISM, n. [Gr. from a shell, or potter's ware.] 1. In Grecian antiquity, ban...
OS'TRACITE, n. [Gr. from a shell.] An oyster shell in its fossil state, or a sto...
OS'TRACIZE, v.t. [See Ostracism .] To banish by the popular voice, particularly ...
OS'TRICH, n. [L. struthio-camelus; Gr. a sparrow, and an ostrich. The meaning of...
OTACOUS'TIC, a. [Gr. ears, and to hear.] Assisting the sense of hearing; as an o...