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nce, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident. The unlooked-for incidents of family history, and its hidden excitements, and its arduous occasions. I. Taylor.

Of or pertaining to the Octodontidæ, a family of rodents which includes the coypu, and many other South American species.

eoples, esp. Scandinavians, the heritable land held by the various odalmen constituting a family or kindred of freeborn tribesmen; also, the ownership of such land. The odal was subject only to certain rights of the family or kindred in restricting the freedom of transfer or sale and giving certain rights of redemption…

That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree.

Origin; lineage; family. [Obs.] Fairfax.

A beautiful evergreen shrub of the Dogbane family, having clusters of fragrant red or white flowers. It is native of the East Indies, but the red variety has become common in the south of Europe. Called also rosebay, rose laurel, and South-sea rose.

. Knight. -- Opera girl (Bot.), an East Indian plant (Mantisia saltatoria) of the Ginger family, sometimes seen in hothouses. It has curious flowers which have some resemblance to a ballet dancer, whence the popular name. Called also dancing girls. -- Opera glass, a short telescope with concave eye lenses of low powe…

nating, a substance (called ophelic acid) extracted from a plant (Ophelia) of the Gentian family as a bitter yellowish sirup, used in India as a febrifuge and tonic.

Of or pertaining to the Ophidiidæ, a family of fishes which includes many slender species. -- n.

tudent of Eton College, England, who is not a King's scholar, and who boards in a private family.

A genus (Atriplex) of herbs or low shrubs of the Goosefoot family, most of them with a mealy surface. Garden orache, a plant (Atriplex hortensis), often used as a pot herb; -- also called mountain spinach.

Any species of amphipod crustacean of the genus Orchestia, or family Orchestidæ. See Beach flea, under Beach.

Any plant of the same family with the orchis; an orchid.

Any one of various species of Old World singing birds of the family Oriolidæ. They are usually conspicuously colored with yellow and black. The European or golden oriole (Oriolus galbula, or O. oriolus) has a very musical flutelike note.

Any one of numerous small two-winged flies of the family Ortalidæ. The larvæ of many of these flies live in fruit; those of others produce galls on various plants.

A brachiopod shell of the genus Orthis, and allied genera, of the family Orthidæ.

Any one of numerous species of dipterous files of the family Oscinidæ.

Any one of a family of bivalves, of which the oyster is the type.

side, as of a door, walk, or boundary. I threw open the door of my chamber, and found the family standing on the outside. Spectator.

Any cpecies of raptorial birds of the family Strigidæ. They have large eyes and ears, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits.