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The acid, olive-shaped, drupaceous fruit of a species of tupelo (Nyssa capitata) which grows in swamps in Georgia and Florida.

Having the form of the Greek capital letter Omega (

Open or free admission to all; hospitable welcome; free opportunity.

A hospital for orphans. [R.] A. Chalmers.

n, or, in general, of the human body at any age; as, orthopedic surgery; an orthopedic hospital.

A patient who is outside a hospital, but receives medical aid from it.

, or done, in the open air; being or done outside of certain buildings, as poorhouses, hospitals, etc.; as, outdoor exercise; outdoor relief; outdoor patients.

Too hasty; precipitate; rash. -- O"ver*has"ti*ly, adv. -- O`ver*has"ti*ness, n.

An excessive issue; an issue, as of notes or bonds, exceeding the limit of capital, credit, or authority. An overissue of government paper. Brougham.

Too prompt; too ready or eager; precipitate. -- O`ver*prompt"ness, n.

To trade beyond one's capital; to buy goods beyond the means of paying for or seleng them; to overstock the market.

To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart. Spenser.

With palpitation or rapid breathing. Shak.

Situated beside, or near, the mastoid portion of the temporal bone; paroccipital; -- applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.

bones, which form the upper and middle part of the cranium, between the frontals and occipitals.

A native or inhabitant of Paris, the capital of France.

animals, wagons, pontoons, and materials of all kinds, as ammunition, ordnance stores, hospital stores, provisions, etc., when brought together; also, the objects themselves; as, a park of wagons; a park of artillery.

t Was aptly fitted and naturally performed. Shak. It was a brute part of him to kill so capital a calf. Shak. Honor and shame from no condition rise; Act well your part, there all the honor lies. Pope.

ot liable for the debts of the partnership beyond the amount of cash they contribute as capital. -- Partnership in commendam, the title given to the limited partnership (F. société en commandité) of the French law, introduced into the code of Louisiana. Burrill. -- Silent partnership, the relation of partnership sust…

One skilled in pathology; an investigator in pathology; as, the pathologist of a hospital, whose duty it is to determine the causes of the diseases.