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See Attar.

rom the cylinder. This is the cycle invented by Beau de Rochas in 1862 and applied by Dr. Otto in 1877 in the Otto-Crossley gas engine, the first commercially successful internal- combustion engine made.

An engine using the Otto cycle.

Of or pertaining to the Turks; as, the Ottoman power or empire.

An Ottoman. [R.] Shak.

latile and highly fragrant essential oil obtained from the petals of roses. [Also written otto and ottar.]

The governor of a province of the Ottoman empire, next in dignity to the grand vizier.

t her [his disgraced slave] to court, together with her pretty by-blow, the present Padre Ottomano. Evelyn.

Formerly, one of the administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- now called a vilayet.

A four-stroke cycle, as the Otto cycle, for an internal- combustion engine. -- Four"-cy`cle, a.

an air pump; -- used to illustrate the pressure of the air. So called because invented by Otto von Guericke at Magdeburg.

argely used for automobile vehicles, boats, etc. Most internal-combustion engines use the Otto (four-stroke) cycle, though many use the two-stroke cycle. They are almost universally trunk engines and single-acting. Because of the intense heat produced by the frequent explosions, the cylinders must be cooled by a water…

See Ottoman.

The Ottoman court; the government of the Turkish empire, officially called the Sublime Porte, from the gate (port) of the sultan's palace at which justice was administered.

A piece of furniture like an ottoman, generally circular and affording cushion seats on all sides.

An early form of antimated-picture machine, devised in 1889 by Otto Anschütz of Berlin, in which the chronophotographs were mounted upon the periphery of a rotating wheel.

One of the chief administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- formerly called eyalet.