Oilstone Dust
A preparation of powdered oilstone, used for smoothing pivots and other steel parts.
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Each of these 14 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.
Ointment
a soft, unctuous substance used for smearing or anointing; an unguent.
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Ointment, Witches'
It was believed in medieval times that all the wonders performed by witches-i.e., changing themselves into animals, being transported through the air, etc.were wrought by anointing themselves with a potent salve. As ointments are still used in Oriental countries as a means of inducing visions, it is possible that something of the kind may account for the hallucinations which the witches seem to have experienced. Lord Verulam says, The ointment, that witches use, is reported to be made of the fat of children, digged out of their graves; of the juices of smallage, wolfebane, and cinque foil, mingled with the meal of fine wheat : but I suppose that the soporiferous medicines are likest to do it, which are hen-bane, hemlock, mandrake, moonshade, tobacco, opium, saffron, poplar leaves, etc." 66
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Oise
a department of France; separated from the English Channel by Seine-Inférieure; area, 2,272 square miles; pop. about 435,000. The principal rivers are the Oise, a tributary of the Seine, 150 miles in length, with the Aisne and Therain, affluents of the Oise. The soil is in general fertile, and agriculture advanced. The products are the usual grain crops, with an immense quantity of vegetables, which are sent to the markets of the metropolis. Before the World War there were extensive iron
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Ojibways
. See Chippewas
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Oka
an important navigable river of central Russia, the principle affluent of the Volga from the S., rises in the government of Orel, and flows in a generally N. E. direction, and joins the Volga at Nijni-Novgorod, after a course of 706 miles. Its basin comprises the richest and most fertile region of Russia. The principal towns on its banks are Orel, Bielev, Kaluga, Riazan, and Muron; the most important affluents are the rivers Moscow, Kliasma, Kliasma, and Tzna. During spring the Oka is navigable from Orel to the Volga; but in summer the navigation is obstructed by sandbanks.
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Okapi
. See Giraffe
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Okeechobee Lake
a large shallow lake in Southern Florida; about 40 miles in length by 25 in breadth, and with a maximum depth of 12 feet. Its waters are discharged through the Ever- Olean, New York to Bayonne, New Jer-glades, but there is no appreciable outlet 1 and a drainage company has been reclaiming land since 1881.
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Okey Sisters
(See Spiritualism .)
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Okhotsk
SEA OF, an extensive inlet of the North Pacific Ocean, on the E. coast of Russian Siberia, nearly enclosed by Kamchatka and the Kuriles and Saghalien. It is little navigated. On its N. shore, at the mouth of the Okhota, is the small seaport of Okhotsk.
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Okmulgee
a city of Oklahoma, the in one day with a population of 10,000. county-seat of Okmulgee co. It is on the Other lands have been opened from time St. Louis and San Francisco railroad. to time. The first Territorial governor It is the center of a rich coal, oil, and was appointed in 1890. In September, gas region, and its industries include the 1891, the Iowa, Sac, Fox, and Pottawamanufacture of window glass and bottomie lands of 1,000,000 acres were tles. It has a hospital, excellent public opened; in April, 1892, the Cheyenne and schools, and an old council house of the Arapahoe lands of 3,000,000 acres; on Creek Indians. Pop. (1910) 4,176; Sept. 16, 1893, the Cherokee Strip of (1920) 17,430. 6,000,000 acres; on May 23, 1895, a small
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Oku
YASUKATA, COUNT, a Japasection known as the Kickapoo lands; nese soldier. He was born in 1846 in the and on Aug. 6, 1901, the Kiowa, Comprovince of Chikuzen, and during the reanche, Apache, and Wichita reservations, representing over 3,000,000 bellion of 1877 warmly espoused the imacres. In June, 1890, the country known as No perial cause, winning distinction in sev eral battles. In the Chinese war of Man's Land was attached to Oklahoma 1894-1895 he commanded the Fifth Army by Act of Congress, being created into Beaver county. Division, and afterward helped in reorty. In 1896 Greer county, ganizing military affairs. During the in the extreme S. W. portion of the Terri- Russo-Japanese war he distinguished tory, was given to Oklahoma by decision himself as general in command of the of the Supreme Court. In 1907, with Second Army at Kinchow, Telissu, Liao- INDIAN TERRITORY, it was admitted to Yang and Mukden. Three years after being made general he was in 1906 OKLAHOMA AGRICULTURAL AND named chief of the general staff, an office MECHANICAL COLLEGE, an instituwhich he held for six years, becoming tion maintained by State and Federal field-marshal at the close. appropriations to encourage the study of
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Okuma
COUNT, a Japanese statesscientific agriculture and electrical and engineering. It is situated man 1837;; born took in part Kinshiu in the province Japanese, Japan revolu-, in .. of and over in twenty 1914-1915 - three tion In 1873 of 1868 he, was and through a it rose to office. addition to the university Finance, and held appointed that post Minister till 1881 of, where courses in home economics, science when through a disagreement with the and literature are given in addition to those already mentioned there are also premier, Marquis Ito, he resigned. In 1888 he became Minister for Foreign a summer school, a cotton school and a Affairs, but efforts to push the revision secondary school. The latter gives a of the treaties with foreign nations made three year course admitting to the unihim unpopular, and he had to resign. In 1881 he organized the Progressive
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Olaf
or ST. OLAF, one of the most celebrated of the Norwegian kings, son of Harald , chief of the district of Gränland; born about 995. He was a friend of the Normans, and fought as an ally of Ethelred's in England. He afterward established himself on the throne of Norway, and was a zealous supporter of landed in Norway with an army, Olaf fled to Russia, and in attempting to recover his dominions he was defeated and slain at the battle of Siklestad (1030). Since 1164 he has been honored as patron saint of Norway. The order of St. Olaf, a Norwegian order given in reward for services rendered to king and country or to art and science, was founded in 1847. ÖLAND. See OELAND.
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