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The form of Neo-Kantianism developed by French idealists, following C. Renouvier. It rejects the noumena of Kant, restricting knowledge to phenomena as constituted by a priori categories.

ings good, and some things ill, do seem, And neutral some, in her fantastic eye. Sir J. Davies.

be, and thrown at right angles toward one side of the tube, where the image is formed and viewed through the eyeplace. -- Newtonian theory of light. See Note under Light.

One whose business is emptying privies by night.

The return of a sheriff on a writ, when the defendant is not found in his county. Bouvier.

plied to the art of reading numbers written in the scale of tens, by the Arabic method. Davies & Peck.

To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources.

, which is toward the object. Its office is to form an image of the object, which is then viewed by the eyepiece. Called also objective. See Illust. of Microscope. -- Object lesson, a lesson in which object teaching is made use of. -- Object staff. (Leveling) Same as Leveling staff. -- Object teaching, a method of i…

ficial ignoring of offenses; amnesty, or general pardon; as, an act of oblivion. Sir J. Davies.

Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing of presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene language; obscene pictures. Words that were once chaste, by frequent use grew obscene and uncleanly. I. Watts.

bscure bird Clamored the livelong night. Shak. The obscure corners of the earth. Sir J. Davies.

Taking notice; viewing or noticing attentively; watchful; attentive; as, an observant spectator; observant habits. Wandering from clime to clime observant stray'd. Pope.

The result of an act, or of acts, of observing; view; reflection; conclusion; judgment. In matters of human prudence, we shall find the greatest advantage in making wise observations on our conduct. I. Watts.

A place, as an elevated chamber, from which a view may be observed or commanded.

A tax levied in money or kind at the gate of a French city on articles brought within the walls. [Written also octroy.]

To view or look at with side glances, as in fondness, or with a design to attract notice. And ogling all their audience, ere they speak. Dryden.

Smoothly subservient; supple; compliant; plausible; insinuating. "This oily rascal." Shak. His oily compliance in all alterations. Fuller. Oily grain (Bot.), the sesame. -- Oily palm, the oil palm.

one side prominent; hence, limited to one side; partial; unjust; unfair; as, a one-sided view or statement. "Unguarded and one-sided language." T. Arnold.

Free or cleared of obstruction to progress or to view; accessible; as, an open tract; the open sea.

manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc.