Ostrogoth
(Os"tro*goth) n. [L. Ostrogothi, pl. See East, and Goth.] One of the Eastern Goths. See
Goth.
Ostrogothic
(Os`tro*goth"ic) a. Of or pertaining to the Ostrogoths.
Oswego tea
(Os*we"go tea") (Bot.) An American aromatic herb with showy, bright red, labiate flowers.
Otacoustic
(Ot`a*cous"tic) a. [Oto- + acoustic: cf. F. otacoustique.] Assisting the sense of hearing; as,
an otacoustic instrument.
Otacoustic
(Ot`a*cous"tic Ot`a*cous"ti*con) n. An instrument to facilitate hearing, as an ear trumpet.
Otaheite apple
(O`ta*hei"te ap"ple) [So named from Otaheite, or Tahiti, one of the Society Islands.]
(Bot.) (a) The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree also called vi-apple. It is rather larger than an
apple, and the rind has a flavor of turpentine, but the flesh is said to taste like pineapples. (b) A West
Indian name for a myrtaceous tree (Jambosa Malaccensis) which bears crimson berries.
Otalgia
(||O*tal"gi*a) n. [NL., fr. Gr. o'y^s, 'wto`s, the ear + pain: cf. F. otalgie.] (Med.) Pain in the
ear; earache.
Otalgic
(O*tal"gic) a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to otalgia. — n. A remedy for otalgia.
Otalgy
(O*tal"gy) n. Pain in the ear; otalgia.
Otary
(O"ta*ry) n.; pl. Otaries [Gr. large-eared, fr. ear: cf. F. otarie.] (Zoöl.) Any eared seal.
Otheoscope
(O"the*o*scope) n. [Gr. to push + -scope.] (Physics) An instrument for exhibiting the
repulsive action produced by light or heat in an exhausted vessel; a modification of the radoimeter. W.
Crookes.
Other
(Oth"er) conj. [See Or.] Either; — used with other or or for its correlative (as either . . . or
are now used). [Obs.]
Other of chalk, other of glass.
Chaucer. Other
(Oth"er), pron. & a. [AS. oðer; akin to OS. aðar, oðar, D. & G. ander, OHG. andar, Icel. annarr,
Sw. annan, Dan. anden, Goth. anþar, Skr. antara: cf. L. alter; all orig. comparatives: cf. Skr. anya
other. &radic180. Cf. Alter.] [Formerly other was used both as singular and plural.]
1. Different from that which, or the one who, has been specified; not the same; not identical; additional; second
of two.
Each of them made other for to win.
Chaucer.
Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Matt. v. 39. 2. Not this, but the contrary; opposite; as, the other side of a river.
3. Alternate; second; — used esp. in connection with every; as, every other day, that is, each alternate
day, every second day.
4. Left, as opposed to right. [Obs.]
A distaff in her other hand she had.
Spenser.
