ol1vet

[Etym. doubtful.) A kind of mock pearl, used as beads and in traffic with savage nations. Õ-liv-ět-ăn, s. (From Mount Olivet.] Eccles. & Church Hist . ( pl .); Monks of the order of Mount Olivet, a reform of the Benedictines, founded (1313) by Bernard Tolomei, of Siena. They wore a ca ock, scapular, cowl, and sleeved robe. õl-ive-wõrt, s. [Eng. olive , and wort .] 2907 8-liv-i-dæ, s. pl . [Lat. oliv (a); fem. pl. adj. suff. -idæ .] Zool.: A family of Gasteropodous Mollusks separated by Tate from Buccinide. Genera, Oliva and Ancilla ria. 01'-Iv-11, s . [Probably from oliv ( e o ) il .] Chem.: A neutral, crystalline substance, occur ring in the gum of the olive-tree. It is extracted by boiling alcohol, from which it may be purified by recrystallization. The crystals are inodorous, color le , and have a bitter-sweet taste. It is soluble in water, slightly in ether, and in all proportions in boiling alcohol. Strong sulphuric acid colors it blood-red. õl'-I-vîne, s . [Eng. oliv (e); suff. -ine ( Min .).) Min.: The same as CHRYSOLITE (q. v.). õl'-I-vin-ite, s . (OLIVENITE.) 81-1-vi-ru-tin, s. (Eng. olivi (l), and rutin .] Öl-Iv-ite, s . [Eng.oliv(e); -ite (Chem.).] Chem.: A bitter substance obtained from the unripe fruit and leaves of the olive. It separates from alcohol in neutral crystals, insoluble in alcohol, but soluble in dilute acids. õl-la (1), s. [Sp.=a dish, an olio, from Lat. olla =a dish; Port. olha.] [OLIO.] 1. A kind of cinerary urn or jar. 2. A dish of stewed meat; an olio, an ollapodrida. olla-podrida, s. [Sp., lit.=putrid or rotten pot or dish.] 1. Lit .: A dish much in favor all cla es Spain. it is composed of a mixture of all kinds of meat, cut up fine, and stewed with various kinds of vegetables. 2. Fig .: An incongruous mixture; a miscellaneous collection of any kind; a medley. ol-la (2), s. [Hind.] A palm-leaf used in the East Indies for writing on with a sharpened piece of wood or metal.