Oise

(wawz,) a river of France, rising in Hainault, Belgium, and emptying into the Seine, 12 m. N.W. of Paris, after a S.W. course of 190 m.-A N. dept. of France, formerly included within the p. of Ile-de-Nance, b. N. by the dept. Somme, and S. by Seine-et-Marne and Seine-et-Oise. Area, 2,800 sq. m. Surface undulating, with a fertile soil. C. Beauvais. Pop. 401,274. [s. 662]