Ofig
Ofig. Falmn, As. Foe. Ger. Fangen, To Seize. Take). The Name Given To The Insurrection Of The Peas Antry In Central And South Germany In The Year 1324-25. With The Decline Of The Feudal System The Lot Of The Peasantry Throughout Germany Had Greatly Deteriorated. They Were Still Sub Ject ...
Oliver Hazard 1785 1819 Perry
Perry, Oliver Hazard (1785-1819). A Distinguished American Naval Officer. He Was Born At South Kingston, R. I., And Received His Education Partly From His Mother And Partly In Private Schools In Newport And Elsewhere. Lie Entered The Navy As A Midshipman In 1799. Served In The War Against Tripoli. And ...
Onatas
Ona'tas (lat., From Gk. 'ovaras). A Greek Artist, Whose Activity Extended From About B.c. 400 To 460. He Was A Native Of I-egina And Son Of Micon. Among His Famous Works Were A Four Horse Chariot At Olympia Made For Hiero Of Syra Cuse To Commemorate A Victory In The ...
Oneida
Oneida, L-ni'da. A Central Tribe Of The Iroquois Confederacy (q.v.). The Name By Which They Arc Commonly Known Is A Corruption Of Their Proper Name, Oncyotka-ono, Commonly Rendered 'people Of The Stone.' Referring To The Tribal Palladium, The Celebrated 'oneida Stone,' A Large Granite Boulder Near The Site Of Their ...
Oneida Community
Oneida Community. A Communistic Settlement At Oneida, Aladison County, N. Y., Founded In 1847 By John Humphrey Noyes It Had A Religious Origin, Noyes Having Been Led By His New Testament Studies To Believe In The Possibility Of Christians Living A Sinless Life, And In Other Doctrines At Variance With ...
Oneill
O'neill, Sir Turlou(;11 1.11 Ne1ch (c.1530 95 . An Irish Chieftain, Lord Of Tyrone. In The County Of Lister. Where He Was Horn. He Was A Cousin Of The Notorious Shane O'neill. Whom He Tried Unsuccessfully To Oust From The Headship Of The Clan During The Latter's Compulsory Absence In ...
Oniass Temple
Oni'as's Temple. A Sanctuary Built At Lcontopolis In Egypt By The Jewish High Priest Onias, Probably Not Long After The Desecration Of The Temple At -jerusalem Antiochus 1v., Epiphanies, In December, A.e. 168. According To Josephus. This Leontopolis Was Situated In The Tleliopolitan None (ant., Xiii. 3, 2), 180 Stadia ...
Onion
Onion (fr. Oignon, Ognin. From Lat. Nnio, Pearl. Onion). Certain Species Of The Genus Al Lium (q.v.), Particularly .11lieni Cepa, A Biennia] Bulbous-rooted Vegetable With A Swelling Stem, Leafy At The Base And With Tapering Fir:whir Leaves. The Bulb Is Composed Of Thickened Leaf Elements In Concentric Layers. The Native ...
Onion Insects
Onion Insects. The Principal Insects Which Damage The Onion Crop Are The Onion-mag Got (larva Of Phorbia Eepareni). The Onion Thrips (thrips Tritici), And The Onion-cutworm (larva Of Agrotis Nicssoria ). The Adult Of The Onion-maggot Is A Fly Of The Family Anthonlyiid.e. The Eggs Are Laid Early In The ...
Onyx Marble
Onyx Marble. A Beautiful Ornamental Stone Composed Chiefly Of Carbonate Of Lime Col Ored By Iron Or Manganese. This Is The Commer Cial Variety Of Oynx, While True Onyx Is A Banded Variety Of Marble. Commercial Onyx Marble Really Includes Two Rock Types, Both Of Which Are Chemically Deposited. The ...
Oogonium
O'ogo'nium (neo-lat., From Gk. Kjo-yoveip, Ougonein, To Lay Eggs, From 436v, Don, Egg + Yovh, !low', Generation). An Organ In The Algae And Fungi (thallophytcs) Which Develops The Eggs (oospheres), Hence The Female Sex Organ. It Is Gen Erally A Single Cell, But May Hear Accessory Struc Tures. The 05gonium ...
Ooze
Ooze. The Fine Homogeneous Sediment. Like Mud, But Softer And More Sticky, Forming A Plas Tie Floury Substance, Which Constitutes A Large Portion Of The Bottom In The Deeper Parts Of The Ocean. As This Ooze Is Principally Made Up Of The Shells Of (11obigtritut Bulloides, A Surface Foraminifer, It ...
Opechancano
O'pechanca'no. A Chief Of The Pow Hatan Indian Confederacy Of Virginia. Succeed Ing The Famous Powbatan, Who Died In 1618. He Acted As Mediator In Preventing Hostili Ties In Consequence Of The Abduction Of Poca Hontas By The English In 1613, Hut On His Succession To Authority Soon Gave Indication ...
Opera
Opera (lt., Composition, From Lat. Opera, Work; Connected With Opus. Skt. Opus, Work ) . A I Form Of Stage-play. The Athenian Drama Was Grand-parent To The Opera. When That Ar Tistic Reform. The Renaissance, Swept Italy It Stamped Its Influence On Each One Of The Fine Arts; It Was ...
Opera Glass
Opera Glass. A Small Double Telescope. Used For Looking At Objects That Require To Be Seen Clearly And Distinctly Rather Than Greatly Magnified. The Opera Glass Is Short And Light. And Though It Has Usually Small Magnifying Power (varying In Most Instances From Two To Three Times), The Large Amount ...
Ophiuroidea
O'phiuroi'dea (neo-lat. Nom. Pl., From Ok. Four, ()phis. Serpent Apd, Our," Thin. 'rhe Class Of Brittle Stars. Or Sand Stars, Of Which Ophiura Is The Typical Genus. Ophiuroids (or Ophiurans I Are Star-shaped, Freely Moving Echino Berms (q.v.), With A Flat, Roundish Or Polygonal Disk, From Which Suddenly Arise Live ...
Ophthalmia
Ophthalmia (lat., Front Gk. Ockoaxp.la, Disease Of The Eyes, Front 60axp.6s, Oph(halmos, .ye: Connected With 6rwra, Opopa, I Have Seen, 'acme, Ossc, The Two Eyes, Lat. Oculus, ()church Slay. Oko, Skt. Akfan, Ohg. ()nip, Ger. ..lugc, Goth. (ingo, As. Ouye, Eng. Eye). A Term Origi Nally Used To Denote Inflammation ...
Ophthalmic Ganglion
Ophthalmic Ganglion. One Of The Four Ganglia Connected With The Branches Of The Fifth Cranial Nerve, And Thought To Be A Part Of The Great Sympathetic Nerve. It Is About The Size Of A Pin's Head, And Situated At The Back Part Of The Orbit, Between The Optic Nerve And ...
Ophthalmoscope
Ophthalmoscope From Gk. 600ax4s, Ophthal Mos, Eye ± Csoreip, Skopein, To View). An Instrument Invented By Helmholtz In 1551 For The Purpose Of Examining The Deep-seated Structures Of The Eye, And For Detecting Disease In It. It Is A Concave Circular Mirror, Of About 10 Inches Focus, Having A Hole ...
Opinion
Opinion (lat. ()pinto, From Opinari. To Sup Pose: Connected With Optare, To Hope, Apisci, Skt. De, To Obtain) (of A Court). A Statement Of The Principles Of Law And Legal Reasons, Which Govern The Court In Reaching Its Decision In An Action. It Is Usually Handed Down In Writing. But ...
Opium
Opium (lat.. From (:k. 8110v, Poppy-jtuee, From Dr6s, Epos. Juice, Sap). The Dried Juice Of The Unripe Capsules Of A Species Of Poppy (q.v.), Paperer So»iniferum, Sometimes Called The Eom Mon Poppy, And Sometimes The White Poppy, Al Though The Latter Name Is Really Appropriate Only To One Of Its ...
Opor70
Opor70, Port. Pron. U-ptieto (i'ortug. Porto, .0 Porto, The Port). The Second City Of Portugal In Population And Importance. It Is Situated On The North Bank Of The Douro About Three Miles From Its Mouth, In The Province Of Entre-minho-e-douro, District Of Oporto, And 172 Miles North By East Of ...
Opossum
Opossum (front The American Indian Name). The Opossum (didelphys N•irqiniamub Is Certainly The Most Distinctive And Characteristic Of American Mammals, For Not Alone Is It Found Only In America. Hut It Is With A Single Exception (see 1 Iabsltpialia ) The Only Marsupial Mammal Found In The States, And The ...
Oppian
Op'pian (lat. Oppianus, From Gk. 'orirtavfs, Oppinnos). Ill A Greek Didactic Poet, Who Flour Ished In The Reign Of Marcus Aurelius. Ile Was Born In Coryens In Cilicia Of A Wealthy And Dis Tinguished Family. When The Emperor Venus Vis Ited Corycus,oppian's Father Failed To Join In The General Manifestations ...
Opposition
Opposition. In Logic, The Name Applied To Express The Relation Bet An Veil Propo•it B Ins Which Have The Same Subject And The Same Predicate, But Which Differ In Quality Or In Quantity. Or In Both. Thus "all Cows Ruminate" And Cows Ruminate" Stand In Opposition Or Are Opposites, Because ...
Optic Neuritis
Optic Neuritis. Inflammation Of The Optic Nerve May Be (1) Papillitis, In Which The Optic Disk Is Affected, Or (2) Retrobulhar Neu Ritis: In Which The Disk Is Hut Slightly Involved And The Changes Are In The Nerve Fibres Behind The Eye. In Papillitis Both Eyes Are Usually Involved, Most ...
Optimism
Optimism (from Lat. Options, Best: Con. Netted With Optarc, To Choose, Apisci, Skt. 4p, To Obtain). The Name Given To The Doctrine Of Those Philosophers And Divines Who Hold That The Exist Ing Order Of Things, Whatever May He Its Seem Ing Imperfections Of Detail, Is Nevertheless, As A Whole, ...
Oracle
Oracle (lat. Oracalum, From Orare. To Pray, From Os. Skt. Usyn, Mouth). The Place Where A Deity Gives Responses To The Inquiries Of Votaries, Or The Response Itself. The Belief That The Gods Could And Would Reveal The Future Was Common Among The Nations Of Antiquity. And Few Under Takings ...
Oran
Oran, Teriin' Pr. Pron. (vriin'. A Depart Ment Of Algeria, Sometimes Called The Depart Ment Of The West, From The Fact Of Its Forming The Western Frontier Of The Country. It Is Bounded On The North By The Mediterranean, On The East By The Department Of Algiers, On The West ...
Orang Iitan
Orang'-iitan' (malay. Titan-of-the-woods1. One Of The Three Great Anthropoid Apes ( Satyrus). It Inhabits Borneo And Sumatra. And Differs In Several Important Respects From Its African Relatives. The Chimpanzee And Gorilla (qq.v.). Its Individual Features Are The Height Of The Skull, The Long Arms, Nine Bones In The Wrist And ...
Orange
Orange. A City In Essex County, N. J., Four Miles Northwest Of Newark; On The Lacka Wanna Railroad, A Branch Of The Erie, And Elec Tric Railroads Connecting With Newark, Mont Clair, Bloomfield, East Orange, South Orange, And Other Towns Of The Vicinity (slap: New .tersey. D 2). It Is ...
Orange Diseases
Orange Diseases. The Orange, In Com Mon With Many Of The Other Citrus Fruits, Is Sub Ject To A Number Of Injurious Diseases By Which The Trees Are Destroyed Or Stunted In Their Growth And The Fruit Injured Or Rendered Un Sightly. One Of The Widest Spread Diseases, Espe Cially ...
Orange Insects
Orange Insects. The Insects Which Affect The Orange. Also. As A Rule, Affect The Lemon And Other Trees Of The Genus Citrus. The Most Important And Injurious Are The Scale Insects Of The Family Coecid:c. Which Attack The Leaves, Twigs. Branches, And Trunk. The Long Scale (ifyti Laspis Glorcri) And ...
Orange River
Orange River (hottentot Gru•icp, Great Water). The Principal River Of The Extreme Southern Part Of Africa (\lap: Africa, F 7). Its Farthest Headstream Rises On The Slope Of Chain Pal.rne Castle. A Peak Of The Drakenberg, On The Boundary Between Natal And Basutoland, Scarcely More Than 100 Miles From The ...
Orange Of
Orange (of. Fr. From It. Araneia, Araneio, From Ar. Naranj, Orange. Front Hind. From Skt. Orange; Influenced By Popular Etymology With Fr. Or, Lat. Aurum, In Allusion To Its Yellow Color; With Loss Of Initial N As In Adder. Apron, Umpire. Ef. Dial. It. Naran:a. Naranz. Sp. Naranja. Wall. Mu ...
Oratorio
Or'ato'rio (ital., Oratory). A Form Of Sacred Music Chiefly (tic In Character, Consisting Of Elmoruse, And Soli Accompanied By The Or Chestra, And Generally Preceded By An Instill Mental Overture. The Name Is Derived From The Oratory Of Churches, Where The First Performances Took Place. The Full Title Of Such ...
Oratory
Oratory. A Chamber Or Building Designed For Worship Of A Private Or Domestic Character. From The Earliest Days Of The Church The Use Of Oratories Is Traceable; And Before The Regular Organization Of Parishes They Had Probably A Considerable Place In The Common, Although Not In The Public Worship. Until ...
Oratory
Oratory (lat. Aratorius, Relating To An Orator, Kom Orator, Orator, From Orare, To Pray, As A Legal Petitioner). The Art Or Net Of Speak Ing To An Audience, With Elevation Of Thought And Sentiment And Corresponding Ex Pression. The Art Of Speaking In Public In Such A Manner As To ...
Orbit
Orbit (from Hat. Orbita, Track Of A Wheel. Course. Orbit. From Orbis, Circle). In Astronomy, The Path Described In Space By A Heavenly Body. The Paths Described By The Different Planet. Are Of Elliptic Form, And Would Be Accurately An Ellipse. Were It Not For Distill-1611g Influences Of The Other ...
Orchard As
Orchard (as. Ortceard, Ortyeard. Goth. Alirtigrards, From Ort, Goth. Arirl1, Olcel. Art, Herb: Connected With As. Wild, Goth. Waarts, 011g. Icarz. Ger. War,:el. 01r. Freer, Lat. Radix, Gk. Rhadamenos +yeard, Goth. Yards, On:. (;,r. Uarren, Garden: Connected With 01r. Gort, Crop, Lat. Hortas, Garden, Gk. X6proc, Chortos, Yard). Any Plantation ...
Orchestra
Orchestra, Or'kes-tra (lat. Orchestra. From Ilk. 6pxticrpa, From Ore/u.182lai, To Dance, Faun Orchos, Row; Conmeted With Skt. To In The I:reek Theatres, The Allotted To The Chorus Of Dancers; In Mod Ern Theatres. The Part Of The Building Assigned To The Instrumeutalists, Also The Parquet ; And In The Modern ...
Orchestrion
Orchestrion, I:ir-kics'tri-ini (from Orches Tra). A Mechanical Instrument With Powerful Reed Pipes. By Skillful Devices Almost All The Wind Instruments Of The Orchestra Are Imitated. The Idea Was Originally Conceived By A French Man, M. De Saint-pern, In 1870. It Was Then Perfected By F. T. Kauffmann, And Is To-day ...
Orchid
Orchid, Iiekid (from Lit. Orchis, From Gk. Bpx(c, Testicle, Orchid, So Called From The Shape Of The Roots). The Common Name Of Members Of The Family Orchidaccie, Which Has The Most Highly Organized Flowers Among Monocotyledons. Al Though Beautiful Orchids Occur In The Temperate Regions, Such As Species Of Ilabenaria ...
Orchil
Orchil. See Arciiil. ( Hat.. From (:k. 'clpxogee6s, Orchonwnos). A Famous Ancient City Of Deotia, Situated On A Spur Of Mount Aeontium. On The Northwest Shore Of Lake Collis. It Seems To Have Played A Great R5le In Legendary Times As Capital Of The Minyte And Chief City Of Theotia. ...
Ordeal As
Ordeal (as. °iwo, Orda/, 01ig. Urteili, Ger. Urteil, Decision, Judgment, From As. A-, 011g. Or-, Ir-, Or-, Ger. Cr-, Out + As. Drel. Goth. Daila, 011g. Tell, Ger. Toil, Part, Connected With 01, Hureh Slay. (nil, Part). A Practice, Which Has Prevailed Among Various Widely Rated Nations, Of Referring Disputed ...
Orderly
Orderly. In The United States Army, The Term Applied To Officers Or Soldiers Engaged In The Transmission Of Orders From A Superior Officer To The Details Of His Command. Duty Rosters Are Kept By The Regimental Adjutant. Regarding The Detail Of Orderly Officers, And By The Regi Mental Serg,eant Major ...
Orders
Orders. Under The General Title Of Orders Are Usually Included Monastic Orders, Orders Of Chivalry. And Orders Of Merit. There Is A Certain Connection Bet Wren The First Two, As The Members Of The Earliest Orders Of Knights Took Monastic Vows. Again, There Is A Connection Bet Wren The Last ...
Ordnance
Ordnance (variant Of Ordinance, Of. Or Dinance, Ordon A Arc, Ardor Ma Nee, Fr. Ordon Na Ace, Ordinance, From Lat. Orditmrc, To Order). The Word Ordnance Is Now Commonly Understood To Comprise All Cannon Requiring A Support Or Mounting Of Sonic Form. The Early Projectile Machine., The Cross-bow. Sling, Catapult, ...
Ordnance Department Of The
Ordnance Department Of The U. S. Army. One Of The Divisions Of The United States Army, To Which Is Assigned The Duty Of By Purchase Or Manufacture The Ordnance And Ordnance Supplies Required By The Army And Distributing The Same. Accordingly Time Establishment And Maintenance Of Arsenals, Armories, And Depots ...
Ordnance Establishments
Ordnance Establishments. The United States Maintains Two Government Gun Fac Tories. One At Watervliet, N. Y., For The Army, And One At The Navy Yard, Washington, D. For The Naval Guns. Carriages For Naval Guns Are Made At Washington Navy Yard. And Those For The Army At The Watertown Arsenal. ...
Ordovician
Ordovician (from Lat. Ordorices, Name Of An Ancient British Tribe Of North Wales), Or Lower Silurian System. A Division Of Geologic Time Following The Cambrian And Preceding The Upper Silurian Or Silurian Proper. The Ordo Vician Comprises Rocks Originally Classed By Murchison As The Lower Portion Of His Silurian System. ...
Orell
O'rell' M.vx. A Name Assumed By Paul Blonet (1s48-1903). A French Satirist. He Served In The Franco-german War 11870). Went To England As A Newspaper Correspondent In 1872, And Taught French At Saint Paul's School (1876 84), Using Experiences Gathered Then, And (luring A Visit To The United States, For ...
Orenburg
Orenburg, Eir'en-lir. A Government Of Russia Partly In Europe And Partly In Asia, And Bounded By The Government Of Perm On The North, Tobolsk And Turgai On The East, Uralsk On The South, And Samara And Via On The West (map: Russia, .1 4). Area, About 73,900 Square Miles. It ...
Orestes
Orestes. A-rinswz (lat., From Gk. 'f/plarnc). In Greek Legend, A Son Of Agamemnon And Cly Temnestra. According To The Odyssey, He Was Sent From By His Mother When She Yielded To The Seductions Of -egisthus. Brought Up At Athens, He Returned Eight Years After The Murder Of His Father By ...
Organ
Organ. A Wind Instrument Of La•g Dimensions, Whose Earliest History Cannot Be Exactly Traced, Though It Is Safe To Assume That Its Predecessors Were The Bagpipes And Pan's Pipes. The Orgasms 1q/dont/learn Of Ctesibius, Native Of Alexandria (e.250 Me.), Has Been Described By His Pupil, Lleron, Also Of Alexandria, From ...
Organ Point
Organ-point. A Long Sustained Tone In One Voice While The Other Voices Proceed In In Tint Of An Organ-point In The Bass Are: (i) That The Sustained Note Shall Be Either The Tonic Or Dominant; (2) That It Shall Begin And End On A Strong Beat And Form An Essential ...
Organ As
Organ (as'. Oryttne,orattna. From La T. Orfmn Et, 11'0111 Gk. 4-yattott, Argil Non, I Rtunent Organ ; Connected With 4)yer, Croon, Work, Av. Rarez, To Work, Goth. 01-1o. Wereh, Weralt, Ger. 11"(r1:. As. To Ore, Eng. Work). In Biology, Any Part Of A Plant Or , Al That Has A ...
Organic Sensations
Organic Sensations. "sensations Ade Quately Stimulated By Changes In The Condition Of The Bodily Organs—muscles, Joints, Etc. In Every Case, The Adequate Stimulus Consists Of A Change In The Condition Of The Particular Organ, And The Organ Itself Is The Peripheral Seat Of Origin Of The Nervous Excitation Which Is ...
Organography
Or'ganog'raphy (from (;k.. Or Gonon, Organ Graphia, Writing. From To Write). That Of Biology Which Treats Of The Origin And Cause Of Form. Leaf : Stem: Root. Organo-metallic Compounds. An Interesting Group Of Chemical Compounds. In Maranie Tadieles, Such As Methyl. Cl . Ethyl. (' Ii . Etc.. Are United ...
Organotherapy
Or'ganother'apy (from Ftk. Ipyapnr, Or Fmnon, ?rgan Orpo7tia, Thf Rupcia, Attendance, Medical Treatment, From Fitpa7.ti.etr, Merapcnein, To Attend. Treat I. The Use Of :inimal Glands, Or Extract, Made From Them, As Medicines. Ln His Limited:in Lecture For 1 90•2 In London. Davie, Claims That The Use Of Animal Remedial Prepara ...
Orguinette
Orguinette, Un'gi'wn7•t' (pseudo-french Spelling Of "organelle, Diminutive Of Organ). A Mechanical Musical Instrument, With Sets Of Reeds. And An Exhaust Bellows, Ope•atoil By A Crank. A Perforated Strip Of Paper Passes Over The Ends Of The Reeds, And The Air (forced By The Bellows Through The Perforations And Into The ...
Oricin Of Parasitic Life
Oricin Of Parasitic Life. A Knowledge Of This Subject Film Best Be Gained By A Study Of Certain Groups Where All Gradations (went' From Free-living To Parasitic Forms. '1'lle First Ex Ample May Be Taken From The Group Copepods. :ilanv Of These Small Crustacea Swim Free In The Sea And ...
Oriel College
Oriel College. A College At Oxford, England. It Was Founded By Adam De Brome. Clerk In Chancery And Of Edward I I_ In 1324. But Almost Immediately Thereafter Came Into The Hands Of The King. And Was Refounded As The College Of Saint Mary In Oxford. This In Turn Gave ...
Oriental Region
Oriental Region (lat Once Falls, Relat Ing To The East, From Oricos, Pres Part. Of Oriri, To Rise: Connected With Gk. Oovivat, Ornynai, Skt. Or, To Rise). A Primary Division In Zoitgeog Raphy, Comprising Southeastern Asia And The Adjacent Islands As Far As Wallace's Line. (see Distribution Of Ammals.) This ...
Oriental Seminaries
Oriental Seminaries. The Name Ap Plied To Certain European Institutions Established For The Purpose Of Training Young Men For Dip Lomatic And Mercantile Positions In Oriental Countries. In These Schools Instruction Is Given, Partly By European Scholars Of Acknowledged Eminence And Partly By Native Teachers, In The Principal Languages Of ...
Orientation
Orientation. Belonging Partly To Psychology And Part] To Physiology. Which Signifies A Normal Adjust Ont Of The Organism To Its Spatial Environment We Are `orientated' When We Can Govern The,, Position Of Our Body (stand Lip. Sit Down) With Reference To Changing Spatial Requirements, And When We 'have Our Bearings' ...
Origen
Or'igen (lat. Orige..ies. From Gk. 'ilpeyivns, Probably Son Of Horn,.. Cn Egyptian God.). Also Called Adamantius ( E.185-c.254) . The Mo-t Famous Christian Writer Awl Teacher Of The Third Century. He Was Born In Alexandria About The Year 185. His Parent, Were Christian.. And His Father, A Martyr's Death Under ...
Origin
Origin. The Fact That The Deposits Occur As Masses Of Greater Or Less Concentration May Be Explained In Two Ways: That They Have Been Formed Contemporaneously With The Inclosing Rock. Or That They Have Been Formed By A Process Id Concentration At A Later Date. The Former Theory Involves A ...
Origin And Geological Occcrrence
Origin And Geological Occcrrence. The Geo Logical History Of Petroleum And Natural Gas Are Closely Connected, So That What Is Said Of One Practically Holds True Of The Other. Petroleum Is Always Found In Sedimentary Rocks. For Many Years It Was Known Only In Sandstones Or Shales, And The Term ...
Original Package Of
Original Package (of., Fr. Original, Original, From Lat. Originalis, Original, From Origo, Origin, From Oriri, To Arise: Connected With Gk. Apptivat, Ornynai, Skt. Ar, To Arise). With Refer Ence To Interstate Commerce, The Package In Which Goods Are Shipped. The Term Has A Special Significance Arising Out Of A Line ...
Original Sin
Original Sin. The Native Corruption Of Man, Resulting In Universal Sin. And Itself Con Ceived As Partaking Of The Nature Of Sin. The Period Of Elaborate Discussion Of This Subject, Eventuating In A Comprehensive Doctrine Of Sin. Fell In The First Third Of The Fifth Century: But The Elements Of ...
Orinoco
Orinoco, Ti'rt-nriki). The Smallest Of The Three Great Rivers Of South America (slap: Venezuela, D 2). The Main Stream Runs Ivi?01 Ly Within Venezuelan Territory, Except For A Short Distance In Its Middle Course, Where It Forms The Boundary Between Venezuela And Colombia. It Rises On The Parima Uplands Near ...
Or Belei Para
Para, Or Bele.)i. The Capital Of The State Of L'arn. Brazil, Situated On The Southeast Shore Of The Para Estuary (q.v.), 83 Miles From The I And I' 27' South Of The Fltlator (map: Brazil, Ii 4). Viewed From The Harbor It Present- A Picturesque Appearance With Its Numerous Churches ...
Or Eulachon Oolachan
Oolachan, Or Eulachon. See Candle-fisit. Oblite, 5'4-lit (from Gk. Oon, Egg Xleos, Lithos, Stone). A Term Formerly Used A, Synonymous With Jurassic, But Now Used To Designate The Middle And Upper Divisions Of The Jurassic Rocks, The Lower Division Being Called The Liss. In The United States The 061ite Is ...
Or Kingfisii Opah
O'pah, Or Kingfisii. A Beautiful And Pala Table Fish (lampribluna) Of The Mariposa Family (lampridw) And Related To The John Dory (q.v.). It Abounds In Most Northern Waters, But Is Rare On The Merican Atlantic Coast. It Grows To A Length Of Four Feet Or More, Is Of Oval Form ...
Or Mussel Picker Oyster Catcher
Oyster-catcher, Or Mussel-picker. A Long-b„ed Shore-bird Of The Stilt Family, Hav Ing A Long. Hard, Wedge-pointed Bill. One Spe Cies Inhabits The Northern Part Of The Old World, And Another North America, But The Term Is Occasionally Extended To Other Related Forms. The Common One In The United States (hama ...
Or Ormazd
Or'mazd, Or Orrhityzd (pers.. From Phl. Ailharmazd.opers.altromazda, Av. Ahura Mazda, Lord Wisdom). In The Zoroastrian Religion. The Supreme Being. In The Avesta (q.v.) Lie Is Repre Seated As The Head Of The Heavenly Host And As Sovereign Over The Realm Of Good, Light, And Truth. In The Old Persian Inscriptions, ...
Or Oxenstjerna Oxenstierna
Oxenstierna, Or Oxenstjerna, Scn-shanth (often Called Oxenstiern By English Writers), Axel, Count (1583-1654). A Swedish Statesman, Born At Ffinl;, In Upland, June 16, 1583. He Studied At Rostock, Jena, And Witten Berg, His Original Interest Being In Theology, To Which Lie Devoted His Attention. After Leaving The University, He Visited ...
Or Ozaka Osaka
Osaka, Or Ozaka, Oak, Contraction Of Otc-saku, The Great Estuary Hill, In Allusion To The Rising Ground On Which The Castle Stands). An Important Manufacturing And Trading Centre Of Japan, And One Of The Three Imperial Cities. It Is Situated On The Island Of Hondo, On Both Banks Of The ...
Or Panchatantra Pancatantra
Pancatantra, Or Panchatantra, ( Skt., Five Threads, Or Books). The Most Important Collection Of Sanskrit Beast Fables. Ha Date Is Uncertain, But Is Probably As Old As The Fifth Century A.d., Since It Was Translated Into Pahlavi In The Sixth Century By Barzoi. The Court Physician Of The Sassanian King ...
Or Pappos Pappus
Pappus, Or Pappos (let., From Gk. My Roc) (c.300 A.d.). An Alexandrian Mathema Tician. He Is Said To Have Written On Geography And Astrology, To Have Composed A Commentary On The Almoagest Of Ptolemy. And To Have Been The Head Of A School. His Principal Work, How Ever, Was A ...
Or Pennsyl Vania German
Pennsylvania Dutch, Or Pennsyl Vania German. The Language Of The Germans Who Emigrated To Pennsylvania Between 1683 (when Pastorius Settled In Germantown) And The Middle Of The Eighteenth Century. During This Time Some 100.000 Settled Principally In The Southeastern Counties Of The State, Such As Lan Caster. York, Franklin. Cumberland. ...
Or Pergamus Pergamon
Per'gamon, Or Pergamus (lat.. From Gk. Hipyapoe, Pergatnon, Ilip)aaoc, I'crgamos, Per Gaino,). An Ancient City Of Mysia, In Asia Mi Nor, The Capital Of The Kingdom Of The Same Name. The City Was Situated In The Valley Of The Caleus, About 15 Miles From The Coast. The Acropolis Is A ...
Or Pernambuco
Pernambuco, Or P,ecire. The Capital Of The State Of Pernambuco, Brazil, Situated (ni The Atlantic Coast At The Easternmost Point Of The Continent (nap: Brazil, I. 5). It Consists Of Three Parts Connected By Bridges And Causeways; The Oldest, Or Recife Proper, Is Built On An Out Lying Peninsula. Connected ...
Or Phallism Phallicism
Phallicism,. Or Phallism (from Phal Lie, From Gk. Dai.ialioc, Phallikos, Relating To The Male Organ, From Pa2.2.6c, Phallus, Male Organ). The Worship Of The Generative Power, As Expressed Most Strongly By Adoration Of The Male Organ. As A Cult, Phallicism Is Typical Of The Oriental Races, Especially Semitic And Dravidian. ...
Or Pheidias Phidias
Phid'ias, Or Phei'dias (lat., From Gk. The Greatest Sculptor Of Ancient Greece, Born In Attica, Probably Between S(a) And 490 N.e., The Son Of Charmides. His Master Seems To Have Been The Athenian Hegias. Famous For His Statues Of Divinities. And Some Late Authorities Also Connect Him With The Argive ...
Or Philip Philip Ii
Philip Ii., Or Philip Arcustus (1165 1223). King Of France From 1180 To 1223. He Was The Son Of Louis Vii. And Adele Of Cham Pagne, And Was Born On August 21, 1165. He Was Crowned On November 1, 1179, During The Life Of His Father, Succeeded Him In 110s, ...
Or Phipps Phips
Phips, Or Phipps, Sir William The First Royal Governor Of Massachusetts. He Was Born At A' Border Settlement, Since Called Woolwich, On The Kennebec River, In Maine, And Was One Of A Family Of Twenty-six Children, All Of The Same Mother. Till Eighteen Years Of Age He Was Employed In ...
Or Pippin Pepin
Pep'in, Or Pippin. The Name Of Several Frankish Mayors Of The Palace, Ancestors Of The Carolingian King?. Pepin Tiie Elder ( Died 639), Also Known As Pepin Of Landen, Was The First, Of The Name To Become Prominent. He Was Major Dom Us Of King Dagobert 1. Of The Franks, ...
Or Pros Phaturia Phosphatic
Phosphatic Diathesis, Or Pros Phaturia. The Excretion In Excessive Amounts Of The Earthy Salts Of Phosphoric Acid In The Urine. Phosphoric Acid Is Excreted In Com Bination With The Alkaline Bases, Sodium And Potassium, And The Earthy Bases. Calcium And Magnesium. The Alkaline Phosphates Form About Two-thirds Of The Whole, ...
Or States Of The
Papal States, Or States Of The Church. The Name Applied To The Territory In Central Italy, Varying In Extent. Which Until The Last Half Of The Nineteenth Century Was Under The Temporal Sovereignty Of The Pope. The Earliest Origin Of This Dominion Is Difficult To Assign To A Definite Year. ...
Or Wall Paper Paper Hangings
Paper-hangings, Or Wall Paper. A Name Applied To The Webs Of Paper, Papiers Points Of The French. Usually Decorated. With Which Interior Walls Are Often Covered. Paper Hangings Appear To Have Been Used By The Chinese At An Early Period, But Were Not Introduced Into Europe, To Any Extent, Before ...