ovule (ovul)

[ IMG:content-2072.png:[graphic] In mother Eve, according to the evolutionists called Ovulists, were contained the miniature originals of the entire human race. Bibliotheca Sacra , XLV. 349. ovulite (ō'vū-līt), n. [ ovulum , a little egg (see ovule ), + -ite2 .] A fo il egg. Imp . ovulum (ō'vū-lum), n.; pl. ovula (-la). [NL., ML. ovulum , a little egg, dim. of L. ovum , an egg: see ovule , ovum .] 1. An ovule; an ovum.- 2. [cap.] In conch., the typ- ical genus of Ovulida . O. ovum is the egg-shell or chi- na-shell. O. ( Radius ) volva is the shuttle-shell or weaver- shell.-Ovula Nabothi, small retention-cysts formed by the mucous follicles of the cervix uteri. Also called Nabothian glands. Egg-shell (Ovulum ovum). cuts under diphyzoöid , gastrulation , gonophore , and ovo- 2. [ cap .] In conch ., same as Ovulum . Martini , 1774.-3. [ cap .] In ichth ., a genus of fishes. Bloch and Schneider , 1801.-4. In arch ., an or- nament in the shape of an egg. Ephippial ovum. See ephippial.- Ova Graafiana, Graafian follicles. See follicle , 2. ovum-cycle (ō'vum-sī"kl), n. An ovum-pro- duct. The genealogical individual of Gallesio and Huxley, com- mon also to all the categories, may be designated with Haeckel the ovum-product or ovum -cycle. ovum-product (ō'vum-produkt), n . The whole product of an ovum; an individual animal in the widest po ible sense; an ovum-cycle. owl (ou), interj . [ oh , ah , etc. Cf. ouch2.] An interjection expre ing surprise, pain, or other feeling, according to circumstances. " Owh ! how!" quath ich tho;... "ze fare lik the wou- What this mountein be-meneth and this derke dale, And this feire feld, ful of folk feire, I schal ow schewe. Piers Plowman (A), i. 2. owbet, n. Same as oubit . owchet, n. An obsolete form of ouch1 . v .; pret. owed (formerly ought ), pp. owed (formerly own ), ppr. owing . [ owen , ozen, awen, azen (pret. ought , aught , ahte , etc., pp. owen , awen , azen, etc.), āgan (pres. ind. āh , pret. āhte , pp. āgen ), have, po e , = OS. ēgan = OFries. āga = OHG. eigan , MHG. eigen = Icel. eiga = Sw. äga = Dan. eie = Goth. aigan (pres. aih ), have, po e ; akin to Skt. ✓ iç, po e . From this verb, from the pret. (AS. āhte ), comes the E. ought , now used as an auxiliary; from the pp. (AŠ. agen ), the E. adj. own1, and from that the verb own1, which has taken the place of owe in its orig. sense 'pos- se , owe having become restricted to the sense of obligation. See own1 , a ., own1, v.] I. trans . 11. To po e ; have; own; be the owner or rightful po e or of. And of thys towne was Joseph of Aramathia, that awght the new Tumbe or Monyment that our Savir Crist was buryed in. Torkington, Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 25. And I pray you tell the lady... that owes it that I will direct my life to honour this glove with serving her. Sir P. Sidney , Arcadia, ii. This is no mortal busine , nor no sound That the earth owes . Shak ., Tempest, i. 2. 407. 21. To be bound (to do something); be under obligation; ought: followed by an object infini- tive. Ye owen to encyne and bowe youre herte to take the pa- cience of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. IMG:content-2073.jpg:[blocks in formation] To be owing, to be due, as a debt; also, to be due, ascrib- able, or imputable. For strength of nature in youth pa eth over many ex- ce es which are owing a man till his age. Bacon , Regimen of Health. Your Happine is owing to your Constancy and Merit. Steele, Conscious Lovers, v. 1. Such false impre ions are owing to the abandoned writ- Steele , Spectator, No. 6. ings of men of wit. owest (0), v. t. [A var. of own2, by confusion Owenia (ō-ē'ni-ä), n. [NL., named in all senses after Richard Öwen .] 1. A genus of trees of the polypetalous order Meliaceæ and the tribe Trichilicæ , characterized by the short style, ex- serted anthers, three- (in one species twelve-) celled ovary, and drupaceous fruit. There are 5 species, all Australian. They are smooth trees, covered with gummy particles. They bear pinnate leaves, axillary panicles of small greenish flowers, and acid edible fruit. 0. cerasifera and O. venosa are in Queensland called respec- tively sweet and sour plum . Both have hard wood, that of the latter highly colored and very strong, used in cabinet- making and wheelwrights' work. O. venosa is called tulip- wood . 2. A genus of saccate ctenophorans of the fam- ily Mertensiidæ .-3. A genus of marine anne- lids of the family Clymenida . Also called Am- mochares . Owenite (ō'en-it), n. [ Owen (see def.) + -ite2 .] A follower of Robert Owen (1771-1858), a Brit- ish reformer, and the father of English social- ism, who advocated the formation of social communities. owennet. An Old English form of own . ower1 (ō'er), n. [ owere ; IMG:content-2074.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-2075.jpg:[blocks in formation] And that same kirk gert scho make Coriosly for that cros sake, For men suld hald that haly tre In honore als it aw to be. ovum (ō'vum), n.; pl. ονα (ō'vä). [L., = Gr. ᾠόν , an egg: see egg1 .] 1. An egg, in a broad biological sense; the proper product of an ovary; the female germ or seed, which when fer- tilized by the male sperm, and sometimes with out such fecundation, is capable of developing into an individual like the parent. There is a great similarity in the ova of different animals throughout the metazoic series, from the sponge to the human being, no ova in their early stages being distinguishable from one an- other in their e ential characters. All true ova, as dist in- guished from spores and products of fi ion or gemmation, are referable to the single morphological type of the cell ; and they are furthermore indistinguishable from unicellu- lar animals, and from many of the cells composing the bodies of the higher animals. An ovum consists of a quan- tity of protoplasm or cell-substance called the vitellus or yolk, inclosed in a cell-wall or vitelline membrane, and provided with a nucleus and usually a nucleolus; it is en- gendered in the ovarium, usually in an ovisac or so-called Graafian follicle, is discharged from its matrix, usually then meeting with the male element, and proceeds to develop within or without the body of the parent. The ovum prop- er, like most cells, is usually of microscopic size; but its bulk may be enormously increased by the addition of ex- trinsic or adventitious protoplasmic or albuminous sub- stance, and it may be further protected by various kinds of egg-pod or egg-shell, all without losing its e ential charac- ter as a cell. The largest ova, relatively and absolutely, are birds' eggs, these being by far the largest cells known in the animal kingdom. Here the quantity of food-yolk which does not undergo transformation into the body of the chick is out of all proportion to the formative yolk proper, which makes only a speck in the great ball of "yellow" and "white." Such ova are called meroblastic , in distinction from holoblastic . The human ovum is very minute, relatively and absolutely, averaging about δο of an inch in diameter. It is said to have been first rec- ognized by K. E. von Baer in 1827. The parts of the ovum have been badly named, without reference to its mor- phology as a cell. Thus, the cell-wall is called the zona pellucid a ; the nucleus is named the germinal vesicle or vesicle of Purkinje , and its nucleolus the germinal spot or spot of Wagner. The phrases germinal vesicle and ger- minal spot are misleading. The first stages of devel- opment of an ovum, consequent upon fertilization, con- sist in the segmentation of the vitellus , or yolk-division, by which the cell-substance becomes a mulberry-ma of to our kings, as well as to the meanest of their subjects. Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 123. Therby may we knowe that I owe to haue Rome by her i- tage as I haue Bretaigne. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 642. Thanne som me of yow for water owe to goo. 3. To be indebted for; be or feel bound or un- der obligation for; of a debt, to be under ob- ligation to pay: followed by to , it often ind i- cates origin or cause: as, to owe a you sand dollars; to owe some one a grudge; to owe suc- ce to family influence. "How?" quath alle the comune, "cons a i lest thou ous to zelde Al that we owen eny wyght er we go to housele?" The injuries I receiv'd, I must confe , Made me forget the love I ow'd this country. Fletcher, Double Marriage, v. 3. Christian charity and beneficence is a debt which we owe Bp . Atterbury , Sermons, I. viii. owerby (ou'er-bi), adv . A Scotch form of overby . owerloup (our'loup), n. 1. The act of leaping over a fence or other obstruction.-2. An oc- casional trespa of cattle.-3. The stream- tide at the change of the moon. [Scotch in all uses.] owheret, adv . [ME., also oughwhere , owghwhere; āhwær , anywhere, ā , ever, a generalizing prefix, + hwær , where: see where .] Anywhere. And if thou se a was tour owher , y thee pray, His felowschip fayn y wolde that thou left. The debtor owes his liberty to his neighbour, as much as the murderer does his life to his prince. Steele , Spectator, No. 82. I have no debt but the debt of Nature, and I want but patience of her, and I will pay her every farthing I owe her. Sterne , Tristram Shandy, vii. 7. He says but little, and that little said Owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead. Cowper , Conversation, 1. 302. debt. IMG:content-2076.png:[blocks in formation] are about 200 species, a igned to some 50 modern genera, and now usually considered as constituting 2 families, Alu conide and Strigidæ, or barn-owls and other owls. See cuts under barn - owl, Bubo, Glaucidium, hawk-owl, Nyctala, Otus, snow-owl, and Strix. The oule eek that of dethe the bode bryngeth. Chaucer, Parliament of Fowls, 1. 343. The owl shriek'd at thy birth - an evil sign. Shak . , 3 Hen. VI., v. 6. 44. And euen this did Adam seeke, if God had not brought him out of his Owles nest. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 26. 2. A variety of the domestic pigeon: so called from its owl-like physiognomy. The head is round, and the beak very short. There are several strains of owls, known as English, African, and Chinese. All run in various colors. The owls are African, English, and Chinese. The African is at home in Tunis, whence many you sands have been sent to England, and of which scarcely dozens remain. The bird is the smallest of the family, and so delicate that its term of life out of African air is very limited. The English owl is fair in size, with eye round and prominent, the dewlap well developed, and the frill extending to the lower point of the breast. In the Chinese this frill feathering is exce ive, even extending up about the throat to the eyes. The Century, XXXII. 107. 3. A person whose pleasure or busine it is to be up or about much at night. [Colloq.]-An owl in an ivy-busht, a stupid, blundering fellow. Lord Sp . Prithee, how did the fool look? Col. Look! egad, he look'd for all the world like an owl in an ivy bush. Swift , Polite Conversation, i. Burrowing owl, a small owl which burrows in the ground in many parts of North and South America and the West Indies, the Speotyto cunicularia and its varieties. It is 9 Burrowing Owl ( Speotyto cunicularia). or 10 inches long; grayish-brown, profusely spotted with white; with the head smooth, without plum i corns; the facial disk incomplete; and with the ear-parts small and Nest of Burrowing Owl (Speotyto cunicularia). not operculate, and the legs long and partly bare. This is the owl well known on the western prairies in connection with the prairie-dogs, in the deserted burrows of which it makes its nest, and on the pampas of South America in similar relations with the viscachas. There is a colony in Florida, and there are several in the West Indies. These owls are diurnal, and feed upon insects and small mammals and reptiles. See Speotyto. - Gray owl, one of sundry owls of a gray color. One of the species to which the name applies is the common European Strix stridula. The great gray owl of North America is Strix cinerea, or Surnium ci nereum, one of the largest and most boreal species of the family. Hi ing owl, the barn-owl, Strix flammea or Aluco flammeus. Montagu. - Horned owl, horn-owl, any owl with horns in the shape of plum i corns or feathery egrets on the head; an eared owl; a cat-owl. There are many species, of such genera as Otus or Asio, Scops, Bubo, etc. The great horned owl of Europe is Bubo maximus; that of America is B. virginia nus. See cut under Bubo. Long-eared owl. See long-eared and Otus. - Short eared owl. See short-eared.--To bring or send owls to Athens, to perform unnece ary labor; "carry coals to Newcastle"; take a commodity where it already abounds. A small brown owl (probably Scops giu ) is especially common on the Acropolis and about Athens, and was hence taken as the emblem of the city, and of its patron godde , Athene or Pallas (Minerva). of owling; a smuggler, especially of wool. To gibbets and gallows your owlers advance, That, that's the sure way to mortify France, For Monsieur our nation will always be gulling, While you take such care to supply him with woollen. Tom Brown , Works, I. 134. ( Davies .) owler2+ (ou'ler), n. [A dial. var. of alder1 .] An alder-tree. [Prov. Eng.] He advises that you plant willows or owlers . 1. Walton , Complete Angler, p. 198. owlery (ou'ler-i), n.; pl. owleries (-iz). [ owll + -ery1.] 1. An abode or haunt of owls. Imp . Dict .-2. An owlish or owl-like character or habit. Man is by birth somewhat of an owl. Perhaps, too, of all the owleries that ever po e ed him, the most owlish, if we consider it, is that of your actually existing Motive Millwrights. Carlyle, Sartor Resartus, p. 152. owlet (ou'let), n. [Also howlet , q. v.; As faulcon fares to bu arde's flight, As egles eyes to owlatts sighte. Putten ham, Par then i a des, xvi. 2. A young owl; a little owl.-3. Same as ow let - moth.