opiniatryt

Same as opiniastrety. opinicus (6-pin'i-kus), n. [A feigned name, dency, learned without opinion, and strange without her perhaps based on L. opinari, suppose: see opine.] A heraldic monster, half dragon and half lion. It is the crest of the London Company of Barber Surgeons, and is perhaps used only in this instance. IMG:content-1755.png:[blocks in formation] Very few examine the marrow and inside of things, but take them upon the credit of customary opinings . Jer . Taylor (?), Artif. Handsomene , p. 131. opinion (o-pin'yon), n. [ esy. Indagatory suspension of opiniont. See indagatory. - Oath of opinion, in Scots law, same as opinion evidence. Opinion evidence, in law, testimony which may be received from skilled witne es or experts to matters of fact the knowledge of which rests partly in opinion: as whether a person was sane, or whether a ship was seaworthy. Called in Scots law oath of opinion. - Per curiam opinion, in law, an opinion concurred in by the whole bench; more specifically, one expre ed as "by the court," or " per curiam," without indicating which judge drew it up. Public opinion, the prevailing view, in a given community, on any matter of general concern or interest; also, such views collectively. Our government rests in public opinion . Whoever can change public opinion can change the government practically just so much. Public opinion , on any subject, always has a "central idea," from which all its minor thoughts radiate. Lincoln , The Century, XXXIV. 109. = Syn. 1. Belief, Conviction, etc. (see persuasion ); sentiment, notion, idea, view, impre ion.