Osculate

os'kti-lat, v.t. to ki , to touch, as two — curves. n. Oscula'tioa. [L oscular, -a tun osculum a little mouth, a kins, dim. of os, mouth.] Oscillatory, OS'kQ-la-tor adj of or pertaining to ki ing: \geom.) having the same curvature at the point of contact. Osier, o'zhi-er, n the water-willow, used in making baskets —adj. made of or like osiers. [Fr, perh. from Gr. oisos akin to L. vitex Osiered, O'zhi-erd, adj adorned with Osmium, oz'mi-um, n a gray-coloured tnetal found with platinum, the oxide of which has disagreeable smell. [Low L. — Gr. os ml’, smell, orig od-tnl conn with root of Odour Osiiaburg, 02'na-burg, n a coarse kind of linen, originally brought from Osnaburg in Germany Osprey, Oapray, os'pra, v. the fish-hawk, a species of eagle very common on the const of N. America. [Corr. from O ifrage, which see