— Och`lo*crat"ic*al*ly, adv.
Ochraceous
(O*chra"ceous) a. Ocherous.
Ochre
(O"chre) n. (Min.) See Ocher.
Ochrea
(||O"chre*a) n.; pl. Ochreæe [L.]
1. (Antiq.) A greave or legging.
2. (Bot.) A kind of sheath formed by two stipules united round a stem.
Ochreate
(O"chre*ate O"chre*a`ted) a.
1. Wearing or furnished with an ochrea or legging; wearing boots; booted.
A scholar undertook . . . to address himself ochreated unto the vice chancellor.
Fuller. 2. (Bot.) Provided with ochrea, or sheathformed stipules, as the rhubarb, yellow dock, and knotgrass.
Ochreous
(O"chre*ous) a. See Ocherous.
Ochrey
(O"chrey) a. See Ochery.
Ochroleucous
(Och`ro*leu"cous) a. [Gr. ocher + white.] Yellowish white; having a faint tint of dingy
yellow. Gray.
Ochry
(O"chry) a. See Ochery.
Ochymy
(Och"y*my) n. [Obs.] See Occamy.
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ock
(-ock) [AS. -uc.] A suffix used to form diminutives; as, bullock, hillock.
Ocra
(O"cra) n. (Bot.) See Okra.
Ocrea
(||O"cre*a) n. [L.] See Ochrea.
Ocreate
(O"cre*ate O"cre*a"ted) a. [See Ochrea.] Same as Ochreate, Ochreated.
Octa-
(Oc"ta-) A prefix meaning eight. See Octo-.
Octachord
(Oc"ta*chord) n. [Gr. with eight strings; (for eight) + string, chord: cf.F. octacorde.] (Mus.)
An instrument of eight strings; a system of eight tones. [Also written octochord.]
Octad
(Oc"tad) n. [Gr. the number eight.] (Chem.) An atom or radical which has a valence of eight, or
is octavalent.
Octaedral
(Oc`ta*e"dral) a. See Octahedral.
Octaemeron
(||Oc`ta*em"e*ron) n. [NL., fr. Gr. neut. of of the eighth day.] (Eccl.) A fast of eight days
before a great festival. Shipley.
Octagon
(Oc"ta*gon) n. [Gr. eight- cornered; (for eight) + an angle: cf.F. cctogone.]
1. (Geom.) A plane figure of eight sides and eight angles.
2. Any structure (as a fortification) or place with eight sides or angles.
