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One versed in the history of names. Southey.

One who is versed in or treats of ontology. Edin. Rev.

One versed in oölogy.

One versed in the natural history of serpents.

Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic. Pope.

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.

being the work of God, is ordered for the best, or that the ordering of things in the universe is such as to produce the highest good.

Forbes. Orbital index (Anat.), in the skull, the ratio of the vertical height to the transverse width of the orbit, which is taken as the standard, equal to 100.

One versed in orchidology.

One versed in organography.

One versed in Eastern languages, literature, etc.; as, the Paris Congress of Orientalists. Sir J. Shore.

rocess of bringing or coming into existence; first production. "The origination of the universe." Keill. What comes from spirit is a spontaneous origination. Hickok.

One versed in orology.

g a long, straight, conical shell. The interior is divided into numerous chambers by transverse septa.

One versed in orthography; one who spells words correctly.

The art or practice of constructing verses correctly; the laws of correct versification.

One versed in oryctology. [Obs.]

One versed in osteology; an osteologist.

A stanza of eight lines of heroic verse, with three rhymes, the first six lines rhyming alternately and the last two forming a couplet. It was used by Byron in "Don Juan," by Keats in "Isabella," by Shelley in "The Witch of Atlas," etc.