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One who adheres to, or is skilled in, the objective philosophy. Ed. Rev.

One skilled in obstetrics; an accoucheur.

One skilled in treating diseases of the eye.

A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue. [Written also edema.]

Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice. Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old. Milton.

Leather made from sheep and calf skins by mechanically forcing ooze through them; esp., such leather with a soft, finely granulated finish (called sometimes velvet finish) put on the flesh side for special purposes. Ordinary ooze leather is used for shoe uppers, in bookbinding, etc. Hence Ooze calf, Ooze finish, etc.…

A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory.

r, wormlike body with regular annulations, and usually with minute scales imbedded in the skin. The limbs are rudimentary or wanting. It includes the cæcilians. Called also Gymnophiona and Ophidobatrachia.

One skilled in ophthalmology; an oculist.

One skilled in optics. [R.] A. Smith.

One who is skilled in or practices optometry.

A public speaker; one who delivers an oration; especially, one distinguished for his skill and power as a public speaker; one who is eloquent. I am no orator, as Brutus is. Shak. Some orator renowned In Athens or free Rome. Milton.

the art of public speaking in an eloquent or effective manner; the exercise of rhetorical skill in oral discourse; eloquence. "The oratory of Greece and Rome." Milton. When a world of men Could not prevail with all their oratory. Shak.

The skin which surrounds the eye of a bird.

seful knowledge in such a way. Macaulay. Ordinary seaman (Naut.), one not expert or fully skilled, and hence ranking below an able seaman.

One skilled in ornithology; a student of ornithology; one who describes birds.

One who is skilled in ornithotomy.

One who is skilled in orthoëpy.

One who is skilled in osteology; an osteologer.

One skilled in osteotomy.