Obelisk
Obelisk, A Word Derived From The Greek Obelos And Obeliskos, Signifying A Spit, Applied To Prismatic Monuments Of Stone And Other Materials, Terminating With A Pyramidal Or Pointed Top. These Monuments, Called Tekhen, Were Placed Upon Bases Before Gateways Of The Principal Temples In Egypt, One On Each Side Of ...
Oberlin
Oberlin, Joilann Ertsemucn, Distinguished For His Active Benevolence And Useful Ness, Was B. At Strasburg, Aug. 31, 1740; And In 1766 Became Protestant Pastor Of Wald Ban, In The Ban De In Roche Or Steinthal, A Wild Mountainous District Of Alsace. Here He Spent The Remainder Of His Life, Combining ...
Oberlin Theology
Oberlin Theology, Designates The Peculiar Views Generally Supposed To Have Been Taught At Oberlin College During The Earlier Years Of Its By Its President The Rev. Charles G. Finney And His Colleagues. Many From Without On The One Hand Looked At The Institution Through The Mists Of Prejudice And Misapprehension; ...
Object
Object, In The Language Of Metaphysics, Is That Of Which Any Thinking Being Or Sub Ject Can Become Cognizant. This Subject Itself, However, Is Capable Of- Transmutation Into An Object, For One May Think About His Thinking Faculty. To Constitute A Motaphys Icad Object, Actual Existence Is Not Necessary; It ...
Obligation Of Contracts
Obligation Of Contracts, The Legal Bond Which Demands That The Contract Ing Parties Shall Carry Out Their Agreement, And Including The Right To Enforce The Contract By Legal Procedure. This Extension Of The Word Obligation To Include The Legal Effect And Remedy Is Important, And Upon The Subject The United ...
Observation And Experiment
Observation And Experiment Are The Leading Features Of Modern Science, As Contrasted With The Philosphy Of The Ancients. They Are Indispensable As The Bases Of All Human Knowledge, And No True Philosophy Has Ever Made Progress Without Them, Either Consciously Or Unconsciously Exercised. Thus, By Socrates, Plato, And Aristotle, No ...
Observatory
Observatory, An Institution Supplied With Instruments For The Regular Observation Of Natural Phenomena. Whether Astronomical, Meteorological, Or Magnetical. In Sonic Observatories All Three Classes Of Observation Are Carried On, But In Most Cases Special Attention Is Paid To Astronomy Alone, And Only Such Meteorological Observations Are Taken As Are Required ...
Occultations
Occultations (lat. Occultatio, A Concealment) Are Neither More Nor Less Than " Eclipses:" But The Latter Term Is Confined By Usage To The Obscuration Of The Sun By The Moon, And Of The Moon By The Earth's Shadow, While The Former Is Restricted To The Eclipses Of Stars Or Planets ...
Occupancy
Occupancy, In Law, The Taking Possession Of An Unappropriated Corporeal Thing, With The Intention Of Becoming Its Owner. This Mode Of Acquiring Property Came To The Common From The Roman Law, Which Considered Occupancy A Mode Of Acquiring Property Belonging To No One, Hut Subject To Appropriation By The First ...
Octavia
Octa'via, The Sister Of The Roman Emperor Augustus, And Wife Of Mark Antony. She Was Distinguished For Her Beauty, Her Noble Disposition, And Womanly Virtues. Her First Husband Was C. Marcellus, To Whom She Was Married 50 B.c. He Died 41 B.c., Shortly After Which She Consented To Marry Antony, ...
Octroi
Octroi (lat. Auctoritas, Authority), A Term Which Originally Meant An Ordinance Authorized By The Sovereign, And Thence Came To Be Restrictively Applied To A Toll Or Tax In Kind Levied From A Very Early Period In France, And Other Countries Of Northern Europe, On Articles Of Food Which Passed The ...
Odd Fellows
Odd-fellows, The Name Assumed By One Of The Most Extensive Self-governed Provi Dent Associations In The World. The Institution Was Originated In Manchester In 1812, Although Isolated "lodges" Had Existed In Various Parts Of The Country For Some Time Previously. These Latter Were Generally Secret Fraternities, Humble Imitations Of Free ...
Odeon
Odeon, A Musical Theater Among The Ancient Greeks, Built On The Same Plan As The Theater, But Smaller, And Covered With A Roof. The First Was Fit Sparta. About The Middle Of The 7th C. B.c. It Was Called The Skins, And Was Designed By Theodorus, An Archi Tect Of ...
Odessa
Odessa, An Important Seaport And Commercial City Of S. Russia, In The Government Of Kherson, Stands On An Acclivity Sloping To The Shore, On The N.w. Coast Of The Black Sea, 32 M. N.e. Of The Mouth Of The Dniester. Lat. 46° 29' N., Long. 30° 44' East. The Har ...
Odin
O'din, The Chief God Of Northern Mythology. According To The Sagas, Odin And His Brothers, Vile And Ve, The Sons Of Boer, Or The First-born, Slew Ymer Or Chaos, And From His Body Created The World, Converting His Flesh Into Dry Land; His Blood, Which At First Occasioned A Flood, ...
Odoacer
Odoa'cer (also Odovacer, Odobagar, Odovaciiar, °tamar, Etc., And, According To St. Martin, The Same As Orrocuan, A Name Frequent In Germany During The Middle Ages), The Ruler Of Italy From The Year 476 To 493, Was The Son Of Edecon, A Secretary Of Attila, And One Of His Ambassadors To ...
Odontornithes
Odontor'nithes, A Sub-class Of Birds Whose Fossils Have Been Found By Marsh In The Cretaceous Formation Of Kansas. They Include Two Orders, Odontolcte, And Odon Tormae. The Order Odontolcw Was Founded By Marsh For The Reception Of The Extraordi Nary Hesperornis Regalia. The Fossil Of This Gigantic Bird Indicates That ...
Oesel
Oe'sel, An Island Of Russia, In The Baltic, Belonging To The Government Of Livonia, And Lying Across The Mouth Of The Gulf Of Riga. It Is About 80 In. In Length From N.e. To S.w., And About 40 M. In Greatest Breadth, But The S.w. End Consists Of A Comparatively ...
Offertory
Offertory (let. Offeriorium, From Offero, I Offer) Is The Name Given To That Portion Of The Public Liturgy Of The Roman Catholic Church With Which The Eucharistic Service. Strictly So Called, Commences. In The Roman Liturgy It Consists Of One Or Two Verses From Some Book Of Scripture, Generally From ...
Office
Office, In Law, May Be Ministerial Or Judicial, And Is In Law The Right And Duty Of One Or More Persons To Discharge The Functions Of Some Position Of Trust Or Honor, And To Receive The Emoluments Appertaining Thereto. An Office Is Ministerial When Its Exercise Depends On The Command ...
Offsets
Offsets. Let Aef....b....d....0 Be A Field With Very Irregular Sides; Take The Points A, 0, M, Cat Or As Near The Corners As Convenient, The Object Being To Inclose As Much Of The Field As Possible Within The Quadrilateral Aomc; And For This Pose, It Is Sometimes Necessary, As In ...
Oghams
O'ghams, The Name Given To The Letters Or Signs Of A Secret Alphabet Long In Use Among The Irish And Some Other Celtic Nations. Neither The-origin Nor The Meaning Of The Name Has Been Satisfactorily Explained. The Alphabet Itself Is Called Bealuisnin, Or Bealuis, From Its First Two Letters, "b," ...
Ogygia
Ogy"gia, A Genus Of Trilobites Peculiar To The Llandeilo Flags Of The Lower Silurian Period. Six Species Have Been Described. 01ii0, One Of The United States, Lies Between Lat. 38° 17' To 41° 54' N., And Long. 80' 34' To 84° 49' W. • 225 M. In Extent From E. ...
Ohio River
Ohio River (ante). It Is Probably Incorrect To Name The Ohio River As The Largest Affluent Of The Mississippi Next To The Missouri. As The Arkansas River Lays Claim To That Position Both Length And The Volume Of Its.waters; The Distance From Where The Ohio Begins Ly The Confluence Of ...
Ohio Wesleyan University
Ohio Wesleyan University, At Delaware, Delaware Co.,ohio,was Founded In 1844. Tinder The Auspices Of The Methodist Church In Ohio. In 1877 The Ohio Wesleyan Female College. Founded In 1853, Was United With The University. Its Building Is Now Known As The Monnett Hall Of The University, And Is The Home ...
Oil Cake
Oil-cake, The Cake Which Remains In The Press When Seeds Are Crushed To Express The Oil Which They Contain. Oil-cake Still Retains A Portion Of The Oil Of The Seed, Along With Almost All Its Other Constituents, And Is Valuable Either For Feeding Cattle Or For Manure. Li Asee,d-cake Is ...
Oil Fuel
Oil-fuel. A Great Incentive Has Been Given By The Discovery Of Copious Wells Of 'petroleum (see Oil-wells And Oil-trade) To The Invention Of Some Mode Of Using Oil As A Fuel For Furnaces And Stoves. Such Attempts Had Often Been Made Before; But They Assume A New Aspect Now That ...
Oil Palm
Oil Palm, Elceis, A Genus Of Palms, Of The Same Tribe With The Cocoa-nut Palm. The Best Known Species, The Oil Palm Of Tropical Africa, Sometimes Attains A Height Of 60 To 80 Feet. The Sterns Arc Thickest In The Middle, Tapering Chiefly Upwards. The Leaves Are Pinnate, Their Footstalks ...
Oil Refining
Oil-refining. Several Oils, From The Mode Of Their Extraction, Are Necessarily Impure, And Various Means Are Taken For Refining Or Purifying Them: Thus, The So-called Fish-oils—that Is, Whale, Seal, Cod, Etc.—are Clarified Either By Mixing Them With A Chemi Cal Solution, Or By Passing Steam Through Them And Through Coarse ...
Oil Wells And Oil Trade
Oil-wells And Oil-trade. One Of The Most Remarkable Trades, Suddenly Sprung Up Into Importance In Modern Times, Is That In Oil Obtained From Subterranean Sources. See Naphtha. It Is Now Known That Oil-bearing Mineral Beds Exist In Various Parts Of America, As Well As In The Older Continent; But The ...
Oils In Their Commercial
' Oils In Their Commercial Relations.—the Solid Animal Oils Found In Commerce Arc Butter And Lard, Tallow, Mares' Grease, Gopse Grease, Nents-foot Oil, And Unrefined Yolk Of Egg Oils. The Two First Are Fully Described Under Their Names. See Butter, Lard. Tallow Is The Fat Of Oxen And Sheep, But ...
Okelly
O'kelly, Jars, 1757-1826; Of Irish Birth; A Noted Pioneer Preacher In The Metho Dist Episcopal Church, And The Leader In The First Secession From It. He Became A Local Preacher, And The People Flocked To Hear Him. In 1778 He Was Admitted Among The Traveling Ministers, And Soon Became Prominent ...
Olaf
Olaf, The Saint, One Of The Most Revered Of The Early Norwegian Kings, Was Born In 995; And After Having Distinguished Himself By His Gallant Exploits, And Made His Name A Terror In Several Warlike Expeditions On The Coasts Of Normandy And England, Suc Ceeded, In 1015, In Wresting The ...
Old Catholics
Old Catholics,. Those Members Of The Roman Catholic Church In Germany Who, In 1870, Took The Ground That The Dogma Of The Immaculate Conception Of 1854, The Encyclical And Syllabus Of 1864, And The Decree Of Papal Infallibility Had So Changed The Status Of The Roman Church That No Man ...
Old Red Sandstone
Old Red Sandstone, The Name Given To A Large Series Pakeozoic Rocks, Of Which Red Sandstones Are The Most Conspicuous Portions, But Which Contains Also White, Yellow, Or Gi'een Sandstones, As Well As Beds Of Clay And Limestone. The Group Lies Below The Ear Boniferious Strata, And Was Called " ...
Oldcastle
Oldcastle, Sir John, Once Popularly Known As The "good Lord Cobham," Whose Claim To Distinction Is That He Was The First Author And The First Martyr Among The Eng Lish Nobility, Was Born In The Reign Of Edward Iii.; The Exact Year Is Not Known. Lie Acquired The Title Of ...
Oldenburg
Oldenburg, A Grand-duchy Of Northern Germany, Consisting Of Three Distinct And Widely Separated Territories, Viz., Oldenburg Proper, The Principality Of Lilbeck. And The Principality Of Birkenfeld. The Collective Area Of These Districts Is Now 2,461 Square Miles. Pop. In 1875, 319,314. Oldenburg Proper, Which Comprises Seven-eighths Of This Area, And ...
Oleander
Oleander, .yerfon, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Arocynacetr, Having A 5-parted Calyx, Set Round On The Inside At The Base With Many Tooth-like Points Or Glands, A Salver-shaped 5-cleft Corolla, In The Throat Of Which Is A 5-parted And Toothed Or Lace Rated Corona, Five Stamens, The ...
Olefiant Gas 04114
O'lefiant Gas (04114) Is Transparent And Colorless, Possesses A Disagreeable Alliaceous Odor, And Acts As A Poison When Breathed. Its Specific Gravity Is 0.981. It Takes Fire When Brought In Contact With A Flame, And Burns With A Bright Clear Light. When This Gas Is Mixed With Oxygen Or Atmospheric ...
Oleic Acid
Oleic Acid (cs3lls303,h0), At Temperatures Above 57°, Exists As A Colorless Limpid Fluid, Of An Oily Consistence, Devoid Of Smell And Taste, And (if It Has Not Been Exposed To Air) Exerting No Action On Vegetable Colors. At 40° It Solidifies Into A Firm, White, Crys Talline Mass, And In ...
Oleomargarine
Oleomargarine, From The Latin Oleum, Oil, And Marga (the Latter From The Greek Margarete) A Pearl; Margarine Being The Solid Derived From Olive And Other Oils Under Pressure, And So-called From Its Pearl-like Appearance. The Name Is Applied To A Prod Uct Of Beef Fat, And Was Given To It ...
Olin
Olin, Sterrtmr, D.d., Ll.d. ; 1797-1851; B. Vt.; Oldest Son Of Henry, Who Was Judge Of The Supreme Court Of Vermont, Member Of Congress, And Lieut.-gov. The Son Graduated At Middlebury College In 1820, With The Highest Honors Of His Class. His Health Being Impaired By Intense Study, He Went ...
Oliotz
Oliotz, The Chief Fortress Of Moravia, Austria, Is The Capital Of A District Of The Same Name, And Is Situated In Let. 49' 36' N., And In Long. 17" 15' E., On An Island Of The River Moravia, Which, By Means Of Sluices, Can Be Opened Into The Moats, And ...
Oliva
Oliva. It Genus Of Gasteropod Mollusks Of The Family Buccinide, Order Prosobranchi Ata. See Lwertebrate Animals, Sub-kingdom Mollusea, Division B, Mollusca Proper, Class Ii., Gasteropoda, Section A, Order I., Family 3. They Are Sometimes Classed With The Volutida, See As Above, Family 5. The Genus Has The Following Characters: Animal ...
Olive
Olive, Olea, A Genus Of Trees And Shrubs Of The Natural Order Ofeacea; Having Oppo Site, Evergreen, Leathery Leaves, Which Are Generally Entire, Smooth, And Minutely Scaly; Small Flowers In Compound Axillary Racemes, Or In Thyrsi Ht The End Of The Twigs; A Small 4-toothed Calyx, A 4-cleft Corolla, 2 ...
Oliver Perry Morton
Morton, Oliver Perry, 1823-77; B. Ind.; The Family Name, Throckmorton, Was Shortened By His Father. Ile Was Educated At The Wayne Co. (ind.) Seminary, And Miami University. Oxford, Ohio; Studied Law, And Was Admitted To Practice At Centre Ville, Ind., In 1847. He Rose To Be A Leading Member Of ...
Olympia
Olympia, The Scene Of The Celebrated Olympic Games (q.v.), Is A Beautiful Valley In Elis, In The Peloponnesus, Through Whichruns The River Alpheus. As A National Sanctuary Of The Greeks, Olympia Contained, Within A Small Space, Many Of The Choicest Treasures Of Grecian Art Belonging To All Periods And States, ...
Olympias
Olympias, The Wife Of Philip Ii., King Of Macedon, And Mother Of Alexander The Great. She Was The Daughter Of Neoptolemus I., King Of Epirus. She Possessed A Vig Orous Understanding, But Was Of A Most Passionate, Jealous, And Ambitious Character. Philip Having, On Account Of Disagreements, Separated From Her ...
Olympic Games
Olympic Games, The Most Splendid National Festival Of The Ancient Greeks, Were Cele Brated Every Fifth Year In Honor Of Zeus, The Father Of The Gods, On The Plain Of Olympia (q.v.). Their Origin Goes Back Into Prehistoric Ages. According To The Myth Elaborated Or Preserved By The Elean Priests, ...
Olynthus
Olynthus, An Ancient City Of Macedonia, Situated On The Toronhic Gulf. It Was Founded By The Eubeean Etrurians And Chalcidians. At The Time Of The Second Persian Invasion The Town Was Captured And Sacked By Artabazus, One Of Xerxes's Gene Rals. When Brasidas Overthrew The Athenian Power In Chalcidice, Olynthus ...
Om Mani Padme Rum
Om Mani Padme Rum' Is The "formula Of Six Syllables" Which Has Acquired Much Celebrity From The Conspicuous Part Which It Plays In The Religion Of The Buddhists, And Especially In That Form Of It Called Lamaism (q.v.). It Is The First Subject Which The Thibetans And Mongols Teach Their ...
Omagh
Omagh (irish, Oigh " Seat Of The Chiefs"), An Ancient T., Capital Of The Co. Of Tyrone In Ireland, Situated On The River Strule, Distant 34 M. S. From Londonderry, And 110 M. N.n.w. From Dublin, With Both Which Cities It Is Connected By Railway. Omagh Grew Up Around An ...
Omaiia
O'maiia (ante), The Chief City Of Nebraska, Though Not Its Capital, On The W. Bank Of The Missouri River, Lat. 41° 30' N. And Long. 96° W. Of Greenwich. Its Site Is Upon A Hilly Plateau From 50 To 150 Ft. Above The River, And 950 Ft. Above The Level ...
Omar
Omar, Adt-itafsa-tbn-al-ktiettab. The Second Caliph Of The Moslems, Was H. About 581. His Early History Is Little Known, But Previous To His Conversion He Was An Ardent Persecutor Of Mohammed And His Followers. After His Conversion He Became As Zealous An Apostle As He Had Formerly Been A Persecutor, And ...
Omar Pasha
Omar Pasha, A Celebrated Turkish General, Was B. At Flask!, An Austrian Village In The Croatian Military Frontier, In 1806 (according To Some Authorities, In 1811). His Real Name Was Mikail Lattas, And His Father Being An Officer In The Austrian Army. Mikail Was Educated At The Military School Of ...
Ommiades Or 755 787
Ommiades Or (755-787), On Accepting The Spanish Throne, Which Was Offered Him By Tie Arab Chiefs, Assumed The Title Of Caliph And Emir-al-mumenia, And In Spite Of Numerous Revolts, Strengthened And Extended His Power In Spain, Till, With The Exception Of .asturias And The Country Ii. Of The Ebro, His ...
Omnibus
Omnibus (lat. Omnibus, "for All,"), Familiarly Contracted Into "bus," Is The Largest Kind Of Public Street Conveyance, And Is Appointed To Travel Between Two Fixed Stations, Starting At Certain Fixed Hours, And Taking Up Or Setting Down Passengers At Any Point On Its Route. Vehicles Of This Sort Were First ...
Onagrace1e
Onagrace1e (ante), A Natural Order Of Exogenous Herbs Constituting The Evening Primrose Family, Principally Found In America, But Also Inhabiting Temperate Latitudes , In The Eastern Continent. There Are Several Genera. The Principal Of \which Are Dram Epilobium Ecnothera, And Ludwigia. Cirefea, Or Enchanter's Nightshade, Named From Circe The Enchantress, ...
Oneidas
Onei'das, A Tribe Of American Indians Whose Name Signifies "tribe Of The Granite Rock." Originally Belonging To The :mohawks, They Were Set Off From Them And Formed Part Of The Iroquois Confederation Of Six Nations. Their Possessions Included The Sec Tion Of Country Between Deep Spring Near Syracuse, Onondaga Co., ...
Onion
Onion (fr. Oignon, From Lat. Vnio, A Pearl, But Found In Columella, Signifying Kind Of Onion), The Name Given To A Few Species Of The Genus Cilium (q.v.), And Particu Larly To A. Cepa (lat. Cepa), A Biennial Bulbous-rooted Plant, With A Swelling Stem, Leafy At The Base, Tapering Fistulae ...
Onmiades
Onmi'ades (omaiades, Or Ommeyades), A Dynasty (deriving Its Name From An Ances Tor, Ommeyah) Which Succeeded To The Arabian Caliphate On The Death Of Ali, The Fourth Caliph After Mohammed, And Possessed It Till Superseded By The Abbasides (q.v.) In 750. Moawiyali, The Founder Of The Dynasty, Was The Son ...
Onmos
Onmos, The Supposed Author Of An Aramaic Version (targura) Of The Pentateuch. The Name Seems A Corruption From That Of Akilas, One Of The Greek Translators Of The Old Testament (see Aquila). The Translation Said To Be By Onkelos, Is, In Its Present Shape At Least, Probably The Work Of ...
Onondngas
Onondn'gas, One. The Fire Tribes Of Iroquois Indians Whicihanhalaed And Gave Their Name To Thionagaotibty, N. Five Tribes Fcirraingzi Confederacy, Which Was Ruled Over Successively By 14 Great Sachems, The Atotarko, The Onondaga Chief, Being The First; They Had Charge Of The Wampum Belts, The Treaties, Arid The Council Tires, ...
Ontario
Ontario, The Easternmost And Smallest Of 'the Five Great Lakes Of North America, Lies In 42° 10' To 44° 8' N. Lat., And 76° 30' To 80° W Long. At Its S.w. Corner It Receives The Waters Of The Upper Lakes By The Niagara, And At Its N.e. Corner It ...
Ontario
Ontario, Puovrves: Of, Formerly Upper Canada Or Canada West, The Most Pope Lone Province In The Dominion Of Canada. On The N.e. And E. It Is Bounded By The Prov Ince Of Quebec; On The S.e. And S.s.w. By The St. Lawrence River, The Great Lakes. And The District Of ...
Oolite Or
Oolite Or .itinassrc Group (in Geology). An Extensive And Important Series Of Strata Of Secondary Age, Underlying The Chalk Formation, And Resting On The Trias. In Britain They Received The Name Oolite Because In The District Where They Were First Examined And Described By Dr. W. Smith, The Limestones Contained ...
Opal
O'pal, A Mineral Which Differs From Quartz In Containing From 5 To 13 Per Cent Of Water, Its Only Other Essential Constituent Being Silica, Although A Little Alumina, Oxide Of Iron, Etc., Is Often Present. It Is Never Found Crystallized, Mid Does Not Exhibit A Crystal Line Structure Like Quartz. ...
Opera
Opera, A Musical Drama, In Which Music Forms An Essential Part, And Not A Mere Accessory Accompaniment. As In The Higher Drama, Poetry Supersedes The Prose Of Ordi Nary Life, So In The Opera, With Perhaps As Great Artistic Right, The Language Of Music Is Introduced At A Considerable Sacrifice ...
Or American Ostrich Nanhii
Nanhii, Or American Ostrich (rhea), A Genus Of South American Birds Allied To The Ostrich, Cassawary, And Emu, And Most Nearly To The Ostrich, From Which It Differs In Having The Feet Three-toed, And Each Toe Armed Whit A Claw; Also In Being More Com Pletely Feathered On The Head ...
Or Chippewas Ojibways
Ojibways, Or Chippewas, A Tribe Of North American Indians Of The Algonquin Stock Inhabiting The States Of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, And The Shores Of Lake Huron And Lake Superior, With A Rendezvous At La Pointe. They Were Discovered By The French About 1610, To Which Nation They Were Friendly, But ...
Or Corpulence Obesity
Obesity, Or Corpulence, May Be Defined To Be " An Accumulation Of Fat Under The Integuments Or In The Abdomen, Or In Both Situations, To Such An Amount As To Embarrass The Several Voluntary Functions.," A Certain Degree Of Fatness Is Not Only Quite Compat Ible With Health, But, As ...
Or Masxat Muscat
Muscat', Or Masxat, An Independent Arab State, Forming The Sea-cost Of Oman, In Eastern Arabia. It Extends Front The Strait Of Ormus To The Island Of Moseirah, And Nowhere Exceeds 100 M. In Width. The Coast And Interior Are Both Sterile, But The Country Is Studded With Very Fertile Oases. ...
Or Miitaz Alites Motazilites
Motazilites, Or Miitaz Alites. A " Heretical " Mohammedan Sect, Dating A Few Generations After Mohammed, Of Which Brief Mention Has Been Made Under The Beading Moumstmenan Sects. Their Name Is Derived From An Arabic Word, Denoting To "sepa Rate One's Self," And Originally Applied To Any Special Sect Or ...
Or Mocking Bird
Mocking-bird, Or Moextgo-tuntsti (illimus Or Orpheus), A Genus Of Birds Of The Family Merulithe, Having A More Elongated Form Than The True Thrushes, A Longer Tail, Shorter Wings, And The Upper Mandible More Curved At The Tip. They Are All American. The Best Known Species, The Mocking-bird Of The United ...
Or Mombassa
Mombassa, Or Momnaz, A Seaport T. Of East Africa, In The Territory Of The Sultan Of Zanzibar, On A Small Coralline Island Off The Coast, In The Paddle Of An Estuary Formed By Two Small Rivers, In Lat. 4° 4' S.. And Long. 39° 43' E. About 150 In. U. ...
Or Montagnards
Montagnards, Or Simply " The The Name Given To The Extreme Democratic Politicians In The First French Revelution, Because They Seated Them Selves On The Higher Benches Of The Ball In Which The National Convention Met. Their Principal Members Were Hanlon, Ma•at, Robespierre, St. Just, And Collot D'herbois, The Men ...
Or Moray Murray
Murray, Or Moray, James Stewart, Earl Of, Sometimes Called The "good Regent," Was The Natural Son Of James V. Of Scotland, By Margaret, Daughter Of John, Fourth Lord Erskine, Afterwards Wife Of Sir Robert Douglas Of Lochleven. Ile Was B. About 1531. Made Eommendator Of The Priory Of St. Andrews ...
Or Morocco
Morocco, Or Maitoceo, Called By The Natives _magi/rib-el-abu, Extreme West," Or Briefly Maghrib, An Empire Or Sultanate In The N.w._of Africa, Is Bounded On The E. By Algeria, On The N. And W. By The Mediterranean Sea And Atlantic Ocean, And On The S. By A Line Which Runs From ...
Or Mosaic Wool
Mosaic Wool, Or Woof. Mosito, Is A Remarkable Application Of The Principle Of Mosaic-work To The Production Of Woolen Or Worsted Rugs And Carpets, Having A Definite Design Or Pattern, Independent Of The Ordinary Processes Of Printing, And Weaving. Many Attempts In This Direction Have Been Made, Chiefly On The ...
Or Moukden Miixden
Miixden', Or .moukden, In Lat. 41° 50' 30" N., Long. 123' 87' E., The Capital Of Sheng King, The Chief Province Of Manchuria. Its Chinese Name Is Tungtien-feo. Signifying Affluent Capital, A Translation Of The Manchu Moukden, Meaning Flourishing. It Lies On A Branch Of The River Liao, About 500 ...
Or Mouldiness Mould
Mould, Or Mouldiness, The Common Name Of Many Minute Fungi Which Make Their Appearance, Often In Crowded Multitudes, On Animal And Vegetable Substances. Either In A Decaying Or In A Living But Morbid State, To The Naked Eye They Often Seem Like Patches Or Masses Of Tine Cobweb, And Are ...
Or Mushroom
Mushroom, Or Agtnic Agaricus, A Genus Of Fungi, Of The Suborder Hymenomyeetes, Having A Hymenium Of Unequal Plates Or Gills On The Lower Side Of The Pilots. The Species Are Very Numerous. Many Of Them Are Poisonous, Many Are Edible, And Some Are Among The Most Esteemed Fungi. The Species ...
Or Musk Deer Musk
Musk, Or Musk Deer, Kroschus Moschatus, A Ruminant Quadruped, The Type Of The Family Moschick. This Family Differs From Cervida3 (deer) In The Want Of Horns, And In The Long Canines Of The Males, Projecting Beyond The Lips. The Musk Is An Inhabitant Of The Elevated Mountainous Regions And Table-lands ...
Or Musk Rat
Musk Rat, Or Desman (mygale Or Galemys), A Genus Of Insectivorous Qeadrupe Is Of The Shrew (q.v.) Family (sarecida), Differing From The True S'arews (sorer) In Having Two Very Small Teeth Between The Two Large Incisors Of The Lower Jaw, And The Upper Incisors Flattened And Triangular. Behind These Incisors ...
Or Mutual Instruction Monitorial
Monitorial System, Or Mutual Instruction. It First Occurred To Dr. Bell (q.v.), When Superintendent Of The Orphan Hospital, Madras, In 1;95, To Make Use Of The More Advanced Boys In The School To Instruct The Younger Pupils. These Youthful Teachers Were Called Monitors. The Method Was Eagerly Adopted By Joseph ...