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An instrument of eight strings; a system of eight tones. [Also written octochord.]

See Octachord.

The monetary unit of Nicaragua, equivalent to the United States gold dollar.

One who is lord over another or others; a superior lord; a master. Freeman.

Lordship or supremacy of a person or a people over others. J. R. Green.

To say in too many words; to express verbosely. Hales.

Of or pertaining to the city or university of Oxford, England. Oxford movement. See Tractarianism. -- Oxford School, a name given to those members of the Church of England who adopted the theology of the so-called Oxford "Tracts for the Times," issued the period 1833 -- 1841. Shipley. -- Oxford tie, a kind of shoe, l…

Situated on either side of the notochord; -- applied especially to the cartilaginous rudiments of the skull on each side of the anterior part of the notochord. -- n.

A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a watchword; a countersign. Macaulay.

An order or system of five sounds. Busby.

Around the notochord; as, a perichordal column. See Epichordal.

A pie made of truffles, much esteemed by epicures.

Having many strings.

s remarkable for its simplicity of structure and want of parapodia. It is the type of the order Archiannelida, or Gymnotoma. See Loeven's larva.

The front part of the thoracic region; the epigastrium.

Same as Precordial.

Situated in front of the heart; of or pertaining to the præcordia.

To ordain or appoint beforehand: to predetermine: to foreordain. Milton.

To order to arrange beforehand; to foreordain. Sir W. Hamilton.

Antecedent decree or determination. Shak.