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wer of smelling; hence, scent. We are not offended with a dog for a better nose than his master. Collier.

- Now . . . now, alternately; at one time . . . at another time. "Now high, now low, now master up, now miss." Pope.

Of or pertaining to Nubia in Eastern Africa. -- n.

A carnivorous mannual (Helictis moscatus, or H. orientalis), native of Eastern Asia and the Indies. It has a dorsal white stripe, and another one across the shoulders. It has a strong musky odor.

A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior.

persons, especially in the Middle Ages, who offered themselves and their property to a monastery. Addis & Arnold.

obsequies. [Obs.] Whilst I a while obsequiously lament The untimely fall of virtuous Lancaster. Shak.

-- with of, as, to be observant of rules. We are told how observant Alexander was of his master Aristotle. Sir K. Digby.

festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival. "The octaves of Easter." Jer. Taylor.

odd things. Arbuthnot. Locke's Essay would be a very odd book for a man to make himself master of, who would get a reputation by critical writings. Spectator.

ould be offering at the shepherd's voice. L'Estrange. I will not offer at that I can not master. Bacon.

) Personal tithes payable according to custom, either at certain seasons as Christmas or Easter, or on certain occasions as marriages or christenings. [None] to the offering before her should go. Chaucer. Burnt offering, Drink offering, etc. See under Burnt. etc.

A suffix or combining form meaning like, resembling, in the form of; as in anthropoid, asteroid, spheroid.

The wood of Diospyros ebenaster, a kind of ebony found in Ceylon.

See Opiniaster. [Obs.].

See Opiniaster. [Obs.] Locke.

A kind of plaster, said to have been invented by Mindererus, -- used for external injuries. [Obs.]

Eastern; oriental. "The orient part." Hakluyt.

Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned with the East or Orientalism; -- opposed to occidental; as, Oriental countries. The sun's ascendant and oriental radiations. Sir T. Browne.

An inhabitant of the Eastern parts of the world; an Oriental.