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Newness; novelty. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

One who deals in numbers. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Brown as a nut long kept and dried. "The spicy nutbrown ale." Milton.

European bird (Nucifraga caryocatactes), allied to the magpie and crow. Its color is dark brown, spotted with white. It feeds on nuts, seeds, and insects.

The act or manner of feeding. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

horns, a black mane, and a bunch of long hair on the throat. The general color is grayish brown. [Written also neelghau, nilgau, and nylghaie.]

To draw over; to cover. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

g oblique; a turning to one side; obliquity; as, the obliquation of the eyes. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

A becoming dumb; loss of speech. Sir T. Browne.

Worthy or capable of being observed; discernible; noticeable; remarkable. Sir. T. Browne. The difference is sufficiently observable. Southey. -- Ob*serv"a*ble*ness, n. -- Ob*serv"a*bly, adv.

Produced by accident; as, the occasional origin of a thing. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. Occasional cause (Metaph.), some circumstance preceding an effect which, without being the real cause, becomes the occasion of the action of the efficient cause; thus, the act of touching gunpowder with fire is the occasional, but not the…

To shut up; to close. Sir T. Browne.

an occurrence. [Obs.] These we must meet with in obvious occurrents of the world. Sir T. Browne.

See Octahedral. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

hat od force of German Reichenbach Which still, from female finger tips, burnt blue. Mrs. Browning.

Having a brownish red color; -- used esp. of light-colored red wine.

an office or function. [Obs.] The stomach and other parts official unto nutrition. Sir T. Browne.

Scented. [R.] R. Browning.

o pot herbs; of the nature or having the qualities of herbs for cookery; esculent. Sir T. Browne.

Having a strong, disagreeable smell; fetid. [Obs.] Boyle. Sir T. Browne.