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A species of sorcery, probably of African origin, practiced among the negroes of the West Indies. [Written also obe and obeah.] De Quincey. B. Edwards.

Belief in, or the practice of, the obi superstitions and rites.

Imbricated, with the overlapping ends directed downward.

on the anniversary of the day of his death. The emoluments and advantages from oblations, obits, and other sources, increased in value. Milman. Post obit Etym: [L. post obitum]. See Post-obit.

In passing; incidentally; by the way. Obiter dictum (Law), an incidental and collateral opinion uttered by a judge. See Dictum, n., 2(a).

Of or pertaining to obits, or days when obits are celebrated; as, obitual days. Smart.

In the manner of an obituary.

Of or pertaining to the death of a person or persons; as, an obituary notice; obituary poetry.

rowing or thriving only in the presence of oxygen; also, pertaining to, or induced by, aërobies; as, aërobic fermentation. -- A`ër*o"bic*al*ly (#), adv.

Microörganisms which live in contact with the air and need oxygen for their growth; as the microbacteria which form on the surface of putrefactive fluids.

Related to, or of the nature of, aërobies; as, aërobiotic plants, which live only when supplied with free oxygen.

Dread of a current of air.

Anaërobic bacteria. They are called facultative anaërobia when able to live either in the presence or absence of free oxygen; obligate, or obligatory, anaërobia when they thrive only in its absence.

Relating to, or like, anaërobies; araërobiotic.

Microörganisms which do not require oxygen, but are killed by it. Sternberg.

Related to, or of the nature of, anaërobies.

Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English. -- An"glo*phobe, n.

A beetle which feeds on flowers.

Counteracting or preventing hydrophobia. -- n.

One who writers his own life or biography.