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One. [Obs.] Chaucer.

One of the special zooids, or cells, of Bryozoa, destined to receive and develop ova; an ovicell. See Bryozoa.

The development, or mode of origin, of the ova.

A special cell in certain cryptogamous plants containing oöspheres, as in the rockweeds (Fucus), and the orders Vaucherieæ and Peronosporeæ.

Shaped like an egg.

Oak. [Obs.] "A branched ook." Chaucer.

A variety of limestone, consisting of small round grains, resembling the roe of a fish. It sometimes constitutes extensive beds, as in the European Jurassic. See the Chart of Geology.

Of or pertaining to oölite; composed of, or resembling, oölite.

Of or pertaining to oölogy.

One versed in oölogy.

The science of eggs in relation to their coloring, size, shape, and number.

A fragrant variety of black tea having somewhat the flavor of green tea. [Written also oulong.]

A long, broad boat used by the Eskimos.

One. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Once. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To bind with a thread or cord; to join; to unite. [Scot.] Jamieson.

A kind of black tea.

An alternately produced form of certain cryptogamous plants, as ferns, mosses, and the like, which bears antheridia and archegonia, and so has sexual fructification, as contrasted with the sporophore, which is nonsexual, but produces spores in countless number. In ferns the oöphore is a minute prothallus; in mosses it…

Ovariotomy.

Having the nature of, or belonging to, an oöphore.