Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Ochraceous

O‐chra″ceous (?), a. Ocherous.

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Ochre (2)

O″chre (?), n.(Min.) See Ocher.

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Ochrea

‖O″chre‐a (?), n.; pl.Ochreæe (#). 1. (Antiq.) A greave or legging.2. (Bot.) A kind of sheath formed by two stipules united round a stem.

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Ochreate

{ O″chre‐ate (?), O″chre‐a′ted (?), } a. 1. Wearing or furnished with an ochrea or legging; wearing boots; booted.A scholar undertook... to address himself ochreated unto the vi...

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Ochreous (2)

O″chre‐ous (?), a. See Ocherous.

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Ochrey

O″chrey (?), a. See Ochery.

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Ochroleucous

Och′ro‐leu″cous (?), a. Yellowish white; having a faint tint of dingy yellow. Gray.

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Ochry

O″chry (?), a. See Ochery.

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Ochymy

Och″y‐my (?), n. See Occamy.

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Ocra

O″cra (?), n.(Bot.) See Okra.

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Ocrea

‖O″cre‐a (?), n. See Ochrea.

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Ocreate

{ O″cre‐ate (?), O″cre‐a″ted (?), } a. [See Ochrea.] Same as Ochreate, Ochreated.

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Octa-

Oc″ta– (?). A prefix meaning eight. See Octo-.

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Octachord

Oc″ta‐chord (?), n. [Gr. � with eight strings; οκτἀ- (for οκτὤ eight) + � string, chord: cf. F. octacorde.] (Mus.) An instrument of eight strings; a system of eight tones. [Also...

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Octad

Oc″tad (?), n.(Chem.) An atom or radical which has a valence of eight, or is octavalent.

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Octaedral

Oc′ta‐e″dral (?), a. See Octahedral.

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Octaemeron

‖Oc′ta‐em″e‐ron (?), n.(Eccl.) A fast of eight days before a great festival. Shipley.

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Octagon

Oc″ta‐gon (?), n. [Gr. � eight-cornered; οκτἀ- (for οκτὤ eight) + � an angle: cf. F. cctogone.] 1. (Geom.) A plane figure of eight sides and eight angles.2. Any structure (as a ...

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Octagonal

Oc‐tag″o‐nal (?), a. Having eight sides and eight angles.

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Octagynous

Oc‐tag″y‐nous (?), a. [Octa- + Gr. γυνή wife.] (Bot.) Having eight pistils or styles; octogynous.

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Octahedral

Oc′ta‐he″dral (ŏk′tȧ‐hē″dral), a. [See Octahedron.] Having eight faces or sides; of, pertaining to, or formed in, octahedrons; as, octahedral cleavage.Octahedral borax(Chem.), b...

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Octahedrite

Oc′ta‐he″drite (–drīt), n.(Min.) Titanium dioxide occurring in acute octahedral crystals.

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Octahedron

Oc′ta‐he″dron (–drŏn), n. [Gr. οκτἄεδρον, fr. οκτἄεδροσ eight-sided; οκτἀ- (for οκτὤ eight) + ἕδρα seat, base, from ἕζεσθαι to sit.] (Geom.) A solid bounded by eight faces. The ...

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Octamerous

Oc‐tam″er‐ous (?), a. [Octa- + Gr. μέροσ part.] (Biol.) Having the parts in eights; as, an octamerous flower; octamerous mesenteries in polyps.

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Octameter

Oc‐tam″e‐ter (?), n. [Cf.L. octameter in eight feet. See Octa-, and meter.] (Pros.) A verse containing eight feet; as, —Deep″ in|to″ the | dark″ness | peer″ing, | long″ I | stoo...

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Octander

Oc‐tan″der (?), n. One of the Octandria.

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Octandria

‖Oc‐tan″dri‐a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. οκτἀ- (for οκτὤ eight) + �, �, male, man.] (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants, in which the flowers have eight stamens not united to one an...