ocarina (okarena)

[It.] A musical instrument, hardly more than a toy, consisting of a Ocarinas. fancifully shaped terra-cotta body with a whis- tle-like mouthpiece and a number of finger- holes. Several different sizes or varieties are made. The tone is soft, but sonorous. Occamism (ok'am-izm), n . [ Occam (see def.) +-ism.] The doctrine of the great nominal- ist William of Occam (or Ockham) (died about 1349), now sometimes called doctor invincibilis , but in the ages following his own venerabilis inceptor , as if he had not actually taken his de- 21. Open; exposed to danger or accident. Why was the sight To such a tender ball as the eye confined, So obvious and so easy to be quench'd? Milton , S. A., 1. 95. 3t. Coming in the way; presenting itself as to be done. I mi thee here, Not pleased, thus entertain'd with solitude, Where obvious duty erewhile appear'd unsought. Milton , P. L., x. 106. the Francis can oruer, to which he belonged, and a strong defender of the state against the pretensions of the papacy. All his teachings depend upon the logical doctrine that generality belongs only to the significations of signs (such as words). The conceptions of the mind are, according to him, objects in themselves individual, but naturally significative of cla es. These principles are carried into every department of logic, metaphysics, and theology, where their general result is that nothing can be discovered by reason, but all must rest upon faith. Occamism thus prepared the way for the overthrow of scholasticism, by arguing that little of importance to man could be learned by scholastic methods: yet the Occam is tic writings exhibit the scholastic faults of triviality, prolix other school. IMG:content-1605.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1606.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-1607.jpg:[blocks in formation] The winde enlarged vpon vs, that we had not occasion to goe into the harborough. Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 275. He is free from vice, because he has no occasion to imploy it, and is aboue those ends that make men wicked. Bp. Earle , Micro-cosmographie, A Contemplatiue Man. Look 'ee, Sir Lucius, there's no occasion at all for me to fight; and if it's the same to you, I'd as lieve let it alone. Sheridan, The Rivals, v. 3. (d) In the abstract, convenience; opportunity: not referring to a particular act. He thought good to take Occasion by the fore-lock. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 236. (e) Need; nece ity: in the abstract. Courage mounteth with occasion. Shak ., K. John, ii. 1. 82. 4. An accidental cause. (a) A person or something connected with a person who unintentionally brings about a given result. O! wae be to thee, Blackwood, And an ill death may ye die, For ye've been the haill occasion Of parting my lord and me. Laird of Blackwood (Child's Ballads, IV. 291). Dryden. Her beauty was th' occasion of the war. (b) An event, or series of events, which lead to a given result, but are not of such a nature as generally to produce such results: sometimes used loosely for an efficient cause in general, as in the example from Merlin. Telle me all the occasion of thy sorowe, and who lith here in this sepulture. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 646. Have you ever heard what was the occasion and first beginning of this custom? Spenser, State of Ireland. Others were diverted by a sudden [shower] of rain, and others by other occasions . Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 15. 5. An incident cause, or cause determining the particular time when an event shall occur that IMG:content-1608.png:[blocks in formation] By your occasion Toledo is risen, Segovia altered, Medina burned. Guevara, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 268. For a time ye church here wente under some hard censure by his occasion. Bradford , Plymouth Plantation, p. 311. (b) Chance; occurrence; incident. 7. A consideration; a reason for action, not nece arily an event that has just occurred. You have great reason to do Richard right; Especially for those occasions At Eltham Place I told your majesty. Shak., 1 Hen. VI., iii. 1. 156. 8. Busine ; affair: chiefly in the plural. Mr. Hatherley came over againe this year, but upon his owne occasions. Bradford, Plymouth Plantation, p. 301. After he had been at the Eastward and expedited some occasions there, he and some that depended upon him returned for England. N. Morton, New England's Memorial, p. 108. 9. A high event; a special ceremony or celebration; a function. Keep the town for occasions, but the habits should be formed to retirement. Emerson, Conduct of Life. 10. pl. Nece ities of nature. Hall i well.-By occasiont, incidentally; as it happened. Mr. Peter by occasion preached one Lord's day. Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 26. By occasion oft, by reason of; on account of; in case IMG:content-1609.png:[blocks in formation] On or upon occasion, according to opportunity; as opportunity offers; incidentally; from time to time. - Το 4071 From long-continued habit, and more especially from the occasional birth of individuals with a slightly different constitution, domestic animals and cultivated plants become to a certain extent acclimatised, or adapted to a climate different from that proper to the parent-species. Darwin, Var. of Animals and Plants, p. 346. No ordinary man, no occasional criminal, would have shown himself capable of this combination. R. L. Stevens on, Treasure of Franc hard. 2. Called forth, produced, or used on some special occasion or event; suited for a particular occasion: as, an occasional discourse. What an occasional mercy had Balaam when his a catechised him! Donne , Sermons, ii. Milton's pamphlets are strictly occasional , and no longer interesting except as they illustrate him. Lowell , Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 271. 3t. That serves as or constitutes the occasion or indirect cause; causal. The ground or occasional original hereof was probably the amazement and sudden silence the unexpected appearance of wolves does often put upon travellers. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iii. 8. Doctrine of occasional causes, in the hist. of philos., the doctrine of Arnold Geulinex and other Cartes i ans, if not of Des cartes himself, that the fact of the interaction of mind and matter (which from the Cartes i an point of view are absolutely antagonistic) is to be explained by the supposition that God takes an act of the will as the occasion of producing a corresponding movement of the body, and a state of the body as the occasion of producing a correspond ing mental state; occasionalism. - Occasional chair, a chair not forming part of a set; an odd chair, often ornamental, sometimes having the seat, back, etc., of fancy needlework.-Occasional contraband, office, etc. See the nouns.-Occasional table, a small and portable table, usually ornamental in character, forming part of the furniture of a sitting-room, boudoir, or the like. = Syn.. 1. Occasional differs from accidental and casual in excluding chance; it means irregular by some one's selection of times: as, occasional visits, gifts, interruptions. II.t n. A production caused by or adapted to some special occurrence, or the circumstances of the moment; an extemporaneous composition. sented by some incident or juncture of circumstances. The Bashaw, as he oft used to visit his granges, visited him, and tooke occasion so to beat, spurne, and revile him that, forgetting all reason, he beat out the Tymors braines Capt. John Smith , True Travels, I. 41. with his threshing bat. To take occasion by the forelock. See forelock2 . = Syn. 2 and 3. Opportunity , Occasion . See opportunity . -2,3, and 9. Occurrence, etc. (see exigency ), conjuncture, nece ity. occasion (o-kā zhon), v. t. [= F. occasionner = Pr. ocaisonar, ochaisonar, acaizonar = Sp. oca sionar = Pg. occasionar = It. occasion are, Full of doubt I stand, Whether I should repent me now of sin By me done and occasion'd . Milton, P. L., xii. 475. They were occasioned (by ye continuance & encrease of these troubls, and other means which ye Lord raised up in those days) to see further into things by the light ye word of God. Bradford, Plymouth Plantation, p. 8. Let doubt occasion still more faith. Browning, Bishop Blougram's Apology. 21. To lead or induce by an occasion or opportunity; impel or induce by circumstances; impel; lead. Being occasioned to leave France, he fell at the length upon Geneva. Hooker , Eccles. Polity, Pref., ii. I have stretched my legs up Tottenham Hill to overtake you, hoping your busine may occasion you towards Ware. I. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 19. He, having a great temporal estate, was occasioned thereby to have abundance of busine upon him. N. Morton , New England's Memorial, p. 279. =Syn. 1. To bring about, give rise to, be the cause of. occasion able (o-ka'zhon-a-bl), a . [ This practice will fence us against immoderate displeasure occasion able by men's hard opinions, or harsh censures pa ed on us. Barrow, Works, III. xiii. occasional (o-kā'zhon-al), a. and n. [= F. occasionnel = Sp. ocasional = Pg. occasional = It. occasion ale, There was his ordinary residence, and his avocations were but temporary and occasional . Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 168. Hereat Mr. Dod (the flame of whose zeal turned all accourse (as none better at occasion als ) of what power men have more than they know of themselves to refrain from sin. Fuller , Ch. Hist., XI. v. 87.