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 ( Spondias dulcis), 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 (uth"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. rad.180. 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. Other is a correlative adjective, or adjective pronoun, often in contrast with one, some, that, this, etc.
"The one shall be taken, and the other left." Matt. xxiv. 41.
"And some fell among thorns … but other fell into good ground." Matt. xiii. 7, 8. It is also used, by ellipsis, with a noun, expressed or understood.
"To write this, or to design the other." Dryden. It is written with the indefinite article as one word, another; is used with each, indicating a reciprocal action or relation; and is employed absolutely, or eliptically for other thing, or other person, in which case it may have a plural.
"The fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others." Ps. xlix. 10.
"If he is trimming, others are true." Thackeray. Other is sometimes followed by but, beside, or besides; but oftener by than.
"No other but such a one as he." Coleridge.
"Other lords beside thee have had dominion over us." Is. xxvi. 13.
"For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid." 1 Cor. iii. 11.
"The whole seven years of … ignominy had been little other than a preparation for this very hour." Hawthorne. Other some, some others. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] — The other day, at a certain time past, not distant, but indefinite; not long ago; recently; rarely, the third day past.
"Bind my hair up: as’t was yesterday? No, nor t’ other day." B. Jonson.

Other
Oth´er, adv. Otherwise. "It shall none other be." Chaucer. "If you think other." Shak.

Othergates
Oth´er•gates, adv. [ Other + gate way. See wards.] In another manner. [Obs.]
"He would have tickled you othergates." Shak. { Oth´er•guise•, Oth´er•guess• }, a. & adv. [A corruption of othergates.] Of another kind or sort; in another way. "Otherguess arguments." Berkeley.

Otherways
Oth´er•ways, adv. See Otherwise. Tyndale.

Otherwise
Oth´er•wise, adv. [ Other + wise manner.]
1. In a different manner; in another way, or in other ways; differently; contrarily. Chaucer.
"Thy father was a worthy prince, And merited, alas! a better fate; But Heaven thought otherwise." Addison.
2. In other respects.
"It is said, truly, that the best men otherwise are not always the best in regard of society." Hooker.
3. In different circumstances; under other conditions; as I am engaged, otherwise I would accept. Otherwise, like so and thus, may be used as a substitute for the opposite of a previous adjective, noun, etc.
"Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me." 2 Cor. xi. 16.
"Her eyebrows … rather full than otherwise." Fielding.

Othman
Oth´man, n. & a. See Ottoman.

Otiose
O´ti•ose, a. [L. otiosus, fr. otium ease.] Being at leisure or ease; unemployed; indolent; idle. "Otiose assent." Paley.
"The true keeping of the Sabbath was not that otiose and unrofitable cessation from even good deeds which they would enforce." Alford.

Otiosity
O•ti•os´ity, n. [L. otiositas.] Leisure; indolence; idleness; ease. [R.] Thackeray.

Otis
O´tis, n. [L., a kind of bustard, Gr. .] (Zoöl.) A genus of birds including the bustards.

Otitis
O•ti´tis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. o’y^s, ’wto•s, the ear + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the ear.

Oto-
O´to- [Gr. o’y^s, ’wto•s, the ear.] A combining form denoting relation to, or situation near or in, the ear.

Otoba fat
O•to"ba fat (Chem.) A colorless buttery substance obtained from the fruit of Myristica otoba, a species of nutmeg tree.

Otoconite
O•toc´o•nite, n. [ Oto- + Gr. dust.] (Anat.) (a) A mass of otoliths. (b) An otolith.

Otocrane
O´to•crane, n. [ Oto- + Gr. skull.] (Anat.) The cavity in the skull in which the parts of the internal ear are lodged.

Otocranial
O•to•cra´ni•al, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the otocrane.

Otocyst
O´to•cyst, n. [ Oto- + cyst.] (Zoöl. & Anat.) An auditory cyst or vesicle; one of the simple auditory organs of many invertebrates, containing a fluid and otoliths; also the embryonic vesicle from which the parts of the internal ear of vertebrates are developed.

Otography
O•tog´ra•phy, n. [ Oto- + -graphy.] A description of the ear. { O´to•lith, O´to•lite } n. [ Oto- + -lith, -lite.] (Anat.) One of the small bones or particles of calcareous or other hard substance in the internal ear of vertebrates, and in the auditory organs of many invertebrates; an ear stone. Collectively, the otoliths are called ear sand and otoconite. { O•to•lith´ic, O•to•lit´ic } a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to otoliths.

Otological
O•to•log´ic•al, a. Of or pertaining tootology.

Otologist
O•tol´o•gist, n. One skilled in otology; an aurist.

Otology
O•tol´o•gy, n. [ Oto- + - logy.] The branch of science which treats of the ear and its diseases.

Otopathy
O•top´a•thy, n. [ Oto- + Gr. to suffer.] (Med.) A diseased condition of the ear.

Otorrhœa
O•tor•rhœ"a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. o’y^s, ’wto•s, the ear + to flow.] (Med.) A flow or running from the ear, esp. a purulent discharge.

Otoscope
O´to•scope, n. [ Oto- + - scope.] An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.

Otoscopeic
O•to•scope´ic, a. Of or pertaining to the otoscope or to otoscopy.

Otoscopy
O•tos´co•py, n. (Med.) The examination of the ear; the art of using the otoscope.

Otosteal
O•tos´te•al, n. [ Oto- + Gr. a bone.] (Anat.) An auditory ossicle. R. Owen.

Otozoum
O•to•zo´um, n. [NL., fr. Gr., a fabled giant + zo^,on an animal.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of huge vertebrates, probably dinosaurs, known only from four-toed tracks in Triassic sandstones.

Ottar
Ot´tar, n. See Attar.

Otter
Ot´ter, n. [OE. oter, AS. otor; akin to D. & G. otter, Icel. otr, Dan. odder, Sw. utter, Lith. udra, Russ, vuidra, Gr. "y•dra water serpent, hydra, Skr. udra otter, and also to E. water. rad.137, 215. See Water, and cf. Hydra.]
1. (Zoöl.) Any carnivorous animal of the genus Lutra, and related genera. Several species are described. They have large, flattish heads, short ears, and webbed toes. They are aquatic, and feed on fish. Their fur is soft and valuable. The common otter of Europe is Lutra vulgaris; the American otter is L. Canadensis; other species inhabit South America and Asia.
2. (Zoöl.) The larva of the ghost moth. It is very injurious to hop vines. Otter hound, Otter dog (Zoöl.), a small breed of hounds, used in England for hunting otters. — Otter sheep. See Ancon sheep, under Ancon. — Otter shell (Zoöl.), very large bivalve mollusk ( Schizothaerus Nuttallii) found on the northwest coast of America. It is excellent food, and is extensively used by the Indians. — Sea otter. (Zoöl.) See in the Vocabulary.

Otter
Ot´ter, n. A corruption of Annotto.

Otto engine. An engine using the Otto cycle.

Ottoman
Ot´to•man, a. [F. ottoman: cf. It. ottomano, ottomanno; — from Othoman, Othman, or Osman, the name of a sultan who assumed the government of Turkey about the year 1300. Cf. Osmanli, Ottoman a stuffed seat.] Of or pertaining to the Turks; as the Ottoman power or empire.

Ottoman
Ot´to•man, n. ; pl. Ottomans .
1. A Turk.
2. [F. ottomane, from ottoman Turkish.] A stuffed seat without a back, originally used in Turkey.

Ottomite
Ot´to•mite, n. An Ottoman. [R.] Shak.

Ottrelite
Ot´trel•ite, n. [From Ottrez, on the borders of Luxembourg.] (Min.) A micaceous mineral occurring in small scales. It is characteristic of certain crystalline schists.