Osteology
a discourse or treatise on the bones; that branch of anatomy which describes the bones and their uses. See ANATOMY: BONE
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These 13 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Osteology, Osterhaus, Osterode.
Osterhaus
PETER JOSEPH, an American military officer; born Coblenz, Germany, about 1820; emigrated to the United States, and was made a major of Missouri volunteers early in the Civil War; commanded a brigade under Fremont, and a division in the battle of Missionary Ridge. He was promoted to Major-General of volunteers in 1864. After the war he was appointed United States consul at Lyons, France, and finally returned to Germany. He died in 1914.
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Osterhaus (HUGO A rear-admiral)
HUGO. A rear-admiral in the United States Navy. He was born in Belleville, Ill., in 1851 and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1870. He commanded the battleship "Connecticut" in the voyage of the American Fleet around the world in 1907. A rear-admiral's commission was given him in 1909. In 1911 he was commander-in-chief of the Atlantic Fleet, He retired at the age limit in 1913.
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Osterode
in East Prussia, on Drewenz, 77 miles N. E. of Thorn, has a castle of the Teutonic knights (1270) and iron manufactures. Pop. about 8,500.
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Osterode
a town of Hanover, Prus- bred for sia, at the W. base of the Harz Mount- the wings ains, on the Söse, an affluent of the Leine, principally 30 miles N. W. of Nordhausen. Its church of St. Giles (724; rebuilt 1578) contains the graves of the dukes of Grubenhagen, and there are also a fine town hall, baths, large grain stores, and cotton, woolen, and linen factories. the
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Ostiaks
2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about other peoples, religions, or nationalities that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) or OSTYAKS, a Ural-Altaic people living along the lower course in 479 of the river Ob in Western Siberia, where quered they struggle against chronic poverty, of Italy drunkenness, frequently famine, to get his reign a living by fishing and hunting fur- pel these bearing animals. They dwell in wretched was and very dirty huts, eat flesh raw, use bows and arrows, and weapons of bone and stone; and are still in great part heathens. They are decreasing in numbers, and are estimated now at about 20,- 000. Their language belongs to the Finnish division.
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Ostrich
in ornithology, Struthio camelus, from the deserts of Africa and Arabia. It is the largest of all living birds, standing from six to eight feet in height, and has been known from remote antiquity. The ostrich is hunted and the sake of the quill feathers of and tail, now used by women , though formerly ostrich plumes decked the helmets of knights, still later, the hats of the cavaliers, and the fashion came in again for a time at the Restoration. The ostrich is a vegetable feeder, but swallows stones, bits of iron, and other hard substances to aid the gizzard in its functions. The head and neck are nearly naked, body black, quill feathers of wings and tail white. The wings are useless for flight, but of so much assistance in running that the bird can outstrip the fleetest horse. Ostriches are polygamous, the hens lay their eggs in a common nest-a hole scratched in the sand, and the cockbird relieves the hens in the task of incubation, which is aided by the heat of the sun.
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Ostrogoths
the E. branch of the Gothic race that, in a very early day, lived in Southern Russia near the Valley of the Don. Here in A. D. 375 they were attacked and conquered by the Huns. In 378 many of them settled in Pannonia. Theodoric became their king in 474, and led them over the Julian Alps, con- Odoacer in 493 and became King . The country prospered under . Belisarius endeavored to expeople and in 552 the kingdom taken from them and they gradually became incorporated with other nations.
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Ostrolenka
Poland, formerly in Russian Poland, when it was a district town in the government of Lomza, on the River Narew, and on the Ostrolenka-Piljava railways. During the great World War it was the center of almost continuous fighting for over a year, being held alternately by both Russians and Germans. Pop. about 17,500.
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Ostuni
a city of Italy, in the province of Lecce, about 20 miles N. W. of Brindisi. The city has a cathedral built in the 15th century, a library and a . Pop. about 25,000.
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Ostwald
WILHELM. German . Born at Riga, Prussia, he at Dorpat, and taught chemthere and at Riga and then for years at Leipzig University, act- Harvard exchange professor in In 1909 the Nobel prize for chemistry was awarded him, as a result of his discoveries in respect to the color of ions, the conductivity of organic acids, and their chemical reaction. His works include several text-books on general chemistry as well as "Elektrochemie"; and "Vorlesungen über Naturphilosephie." He edited numerous scientific reprints and " Zeitschrift für physikalische Chemie."
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Oswald
ST., king of Northumbria, son of the conquering Ethelfrith of Bernicia and of Acha, sister of the brave Edwin of Deira. He fought his way to the throne by the defeat, at Heavenfield near Hexham (635), of Cædwalla, the Welsh king, who had aided Penda to crush Edwin at Hatfield two years before. Under the reign of Edwin he had found shelter in Scotland, and been converted to Christianity at Hii or Iona; and now, when he was hailed king of the whole of Northumberland, he established Christianity with the help of St. Aidan, who settled on Holy Island. Oswald was acknowledged as overlord by all the kingdoms save those subject to . Penda He fell fighting against his enemy at Maserfield (Oswestry) in 642.
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Oswego (City and county-seat of Oswego)
a city and county-seat of Oswego co., N. Y.; on the Oswego river, the Oswego canal, and the New York, Ontario and Western, the Lackawanna, and the New York Central railroads: 36 miles N. of Syracuse. The city has two harbors, one at the immediate mouth of the river and one in Lake Ontario. It is a terminus of the New York State Barge Canal. It contains a State Normal School, United States Government building, Gerritt Smith library, orphan asylum, public hospital, high school, electric light and street railroad plants, National and savings banks, and several daily and weekly newspapers. There are manufactories of boilers and engines, tools, pumps, automobile parts, hosiery, matches, starch, etc. Oswego has regular steamboat communication with the cities of the Great Lakes; imports about $1,400,000, and exports, $4,000,000. Pop. (1910) 23,368; (1920) 23.626.
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