ossein, osseine (ose in)

[ IMG:content-1897.jpg:[blocks in formation] of os, + ferre = E. bear1.] Producing or furnishing bones; containing bones; o eous: as, o ifer ous breccia; an o iferous cave. The o iferous caverns of Devons hire are famous in geological history. Encyc. Brit., VII. 140. making bone; causing o ification, or converting connective or cartilaginous ti ue into bone: as, an o ific proce . See o ification. IMG:content-1898.jpg:[graphic] o eously (os'e-us-li), adv. As regards bones; in respect of bones. The elbow is o eously strong. Encyc. Brit ., VII. 258. o eter (os'e-ter), n. [ jesetra = Pol. jesiotr = OPru . esketres = Lith. ershketras , asetras , a sturgeon.] A large European sturgeon, Aci penser güldenstädti . See Acipenser .