ottoman2 (otoman)

[= G. ottomane, room. (a) A large piece of furniture like a divan, usually circular or many-sided (so that the persons occupying it turn their backs to one another), and commonly having a raised conical center for the back, upon which is frequently a vase, as for flowers, the seat and back being upholstered with springs and stuffing. (b) A small and movable seat like a chair without back or arms. My seat, to which Be ie and the bitter Mi Abbot had left me riveted, was a low ottoman near the marble chimney-piece. Charlotte Brontë , Jane Eyre, ii. 2. A corded silk having large cords; a kind of gros-grain. Compare faille, 3.- Box ottoman, an ottoman the body of which is made hollow, usually of wood, with a top which can be lifted so that it can be used as a box.-Double-pouffe ottoman, an ottoman made to resemble two cushions or "pouffes" laid one upon another. If the seeming cushions are square, it is common to lay the upper one at an angle with the lower; if both are round, they are often covered with different materials. Ottomitet (ot'ō-mit), n. [As Ottom ( an ) + -ite2.] IMG:content-1934.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-1935.jpg:[graphic] An Ottoman. I do agnize A natural and prompt alacrity I find in hardne , and do undertake These present wars against the Ottomites. Shak., Othello, i. 3. 235.