Obsidional crown(Rom.Antiq.), a crown bestowed upon a general who raised the siege of a beleaguered place, or upon one who held out against a siege.

Obsigillation
(Ob*sig`il*la"tion) n. [L. ob (see Ob-) + sigillum a seal.] A sealing up. [Obs.] Maunder.

Obsign
(Ob*sign") v. t. [See Obsignate.] To seal; to confirm, as by a seal or stamp. [Obs.] Bradford.

2. To make a remark; to comment; — generally with on or upon.

I have barely quoted . . . without observing upon it.
Pope.

Syn. — To remark. See Remark.

Observer
(Ob*serv"er) n.

1. One who observes, or pays attention to, anything; especially, one engaged in, or trained to habits of, close and exact observation; as, an astronomical observer.

The observed of all observers.
Shak.

Careful observers may foretell the hour,
By sure prognostic, when to dread a shower.
Swift.

2. One who keeps any law, custom, regulation, rite, etc.; one who conforms to anything in practice. "Diligent observers of old customs." Spenser.

These . . . hearkend unto observers of times.
Deut. xviii. 14.

3. One who fulfills or performs; as, an observer of his promises.

4. A sycophantic follower. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Observership
(Ob*serv"er*ship) n. The office or work of an observer.

Observing
(Ob*serv"ing), a. Giving particular attention; habitually attentive to what passes; as, an observing person; an observing mind.Ob*serv"ing*ly, adv.

Obsess
(Ob*sess") v. t. [L. obsessus, p. p. of obsidere to besiege; ob (see Ob-) + sedere to sit.] To besiege; to beset. Sir T. Elyot.

Obsession
(Ob*ses"sion) n. [L. obsessio: cf.F. obsession.]

1. The act of besieging. Johnson.

2. The state of being besieged; — used specifically of a person beset by a spirit from without. Tylor.

Whether by obsession or possession, I will not determine.
Burton.

Obsidian
(Ob*sid"i*an) n. [L. Obsidianus lapis, so named, according to Pliny, after one Obsidius, who discovered it in Ethiopia: cf.F. obsidiane, obsidienne. The later editions of Pliny read Obsianus lapis, and Obsius, instead of Obsidianus lapis, and Obsidius.] (Min.) A kind of glass produced by volcanoes. It is usually of a black color, and opaque, except in thin splinters.

In a thin section it often exhibits a fluidal structure, marked by the arrangement of microlites in the lines of the flow of the molten mass.

Obsidional
(Ob*sid"i*o*nal) a. [L. obsidionalis, from obsidio a siege, obsidere to besiege: cf.F. obsidional. See Obsess.] Of or pertaining to a siege.


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