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Inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end downward; as, an obovate leaf.

y of an electrical current is directly proportional to the electro-motive force, and inversely proportional to the resistance of the circuit.

A peculiar mammal (Okapia johnostoni) closely related to the giraffe, discovered in the deep forests of Belgian Kongo in 1900. It is smaller than an ox, and somewhat like a giraffe, except that the neck is much shorter. Like the giraffe, it has no dewclaws. There is a small prominence on each frontal bone of the male.…

Closely bound together; undivided; united; constituting a whole. The church is therefore one, though the members may be many. Bp. Pearson

To act adversely or in opposition; -- with against or to; as, a servant opposed against the act. [Obs.] Shak.

In a situation to face each other; in an opposite manner or direction; adversely. Winds from all quarters oppositely blow. May.

Loosely: A band of instrumental musicians performing in a theater, concert hall, or other place of public amusement.

An ornamental tree of the genus Maclura (M. aurantiaca), closely allied to the mulberry (Morus); also, its fruit. The tree was first found in the country of the Osage Indians, and bears a hard and inedible fruit of an orangelike appearance. See Bois d'arc.

Adhering closely; embracing; -- applied to certain creeping animals, as caterpillars.

To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2.

A Turkish official; one of the dominant tribe of Turks; loosely, any Turk.

To gird too closely. [R.]

Excessively logical; adhering too closely to the forms or rules of logic.

To people too densely.

Across; crosswise; transversely. "Y'clenched overthwart and endelong." Chaucer.

In an overthwart manner;across; also, perversely. [Obs.] Peacham.

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

reek, from the Phonician, its probable origin being Egyptian. Etymologically P is most closely related to b, f, and v; as hobble, hopple; father, paternal; recipient, receive. See B, F, and M.

To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as to pack goods in a box; to pack fish. Strange materials packed up with wonderful art. Addison. Where . . . the bones Of all my buried ancestors are packed. Sh…

Loosely, any unusually magnificent or stately house. Palace car. See under Car. -- Palace court, a court having jurisdiction of personal actions arising within twelve miles of the palace at Whitehall. The court was abolished in 1849. [Eng.] Mozley & W.