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Ottawa University – Overlap

Ottawa University

a coeducational institution in Ottawa, Kan.; founded in 1865 under the auspices of the Baptist Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 22; students, 186; president, S. E. Price, D. D.

Otterbein University

a coeducational institution in Westerville, O.; founded in 1847 under the auspices of the United Brethren; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 25; students, 474; president, W. G. Clippinger.

Outcrop

in mining and geology, a term used by miners, but now adopted by geologists, for the exposure of any portion of a stratum which comes out upon the surface, or for the part of the stratum thus exposed. general of Rome in

Outworks

all works of a fortress which are situated without the principal line of fortification.

Ouzel

or OUSEL, an old name of the blackbird; but also applied to other birds. Thus, one British thrush (Turdus torquatus) is called the ring ouzel, and the dipper is very generally known as the water ouzel.

OVAL

Oval

an egg-shaped curve or curve resembling the longitudinal section of an egg.

Ovarian Cysts

in pathology, one of the three kinds of tumors occasionally arising in the ovary. It consists in the conversion of the gland, or parts of it, into cysts. Ovarian cysts tend to grow to a great size. They are often fatal within four years unless healed by a successful operation.

Ovariotomy

the operation of removing the ovary, or a tumor in the ovary; a surgical operation first performed in 1809, and long considered exceedingly dangerous, but latterly performed with great and increasing success, especially since the adoption of the antiseptic treatment inaugurated by Lister.

Oven

a close chamber in which substances are baked, heated, or dried; a chamber in a stove or range in which food is baked.

Oven Birds

birds belonging to the family Certhidæ, or creepers, found in South America; typical genus, Furnarius. They are all of small size, and feed upon seeds, fruits, and insects. Their popular name is derived from the form of their nest, which is dome-shaped, and built of tough clay or mud with a winding entrance.

Ovens River

a river in the N. E. of Victoria, Australia; a tributary of the Murray. The district is an important gold mining and agricultural one.

Overlap

a term of geology. When the upper beds of a conformable series OVIPAROUS of strata extend beyond the bottom beds of the same series, ies, the former are said to overlap the latter.