Oajaca, or Oaxaca (wäHä'kä)

1. A maritime state in the southern part of Mexico, bordering on the Pacific Ocean. certain, but is probably about 585 B. C. Of his personality nothing is known. His prophecy is a denunciation of the Edomites. Obadiah. 1. A canting Quaker in Mrs. Cent livre's "Bold Stroke for a Wife." The name is frequently conventionally given to Quakers. Steady, in Dibdin's opera "The Quakers," is called Obadiah in the introduction; and Clever, in Knowles's "Woman's Wit," when disguised as a Quaker, calls himself by the same name. 2. A servant in Sterne's "Tristram Shandy." -3. A "drinking nincompoop" in Sir Robert (1892), estimated, 815,460. 2. The capital of the state of Oajaca, situated on the Rio Verde, or Atoyac, 210 miles southeast of Mexico. It has manufactures of chocolate, etc., and the center of the cochineal trade. Population (1894), Oak Bluffs (ok blufs). A summer resort in Edgar town, Martha's Vineyard, Ma achusetts. It is noted for its camp-meetings. Oakboys (ōk'boiz). A body of insurgents in the north of Ireland in the year 1763. They are said to have risen in resistance to an act which required house holders to give personal anti the ads of thether of grievances was the resumption by some clergy of a stricter exaction of tithes. The movement was soon repre ed. The Oakboys received their name from oak sprays which they wore in their hats. Oakeley (ōk'li), Sir Herbert Stanley. Born at Ealing, July 22, 1830. An English composer and organist. He was profe or of music in the University of Edinburgh 1865-91, and was knighted in 1876. Oakham (ōk'am). The capital of the county of Rutland, England, 17 miles east of Leicester. It has an old castle. Population (1891), 4,134. Oakland (ok'land). A city, capital of Alameda County, California, situated on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay, opposite San Francisco, It has flourishing manufactures and trade, and is the seat of the Congregational "Pacific Theological Seminary" and other institutions. Population (1890), 48,682. Oakley, Mrs. The "jealous wife" in Colman's play of that name. Her jealousy and hysterical violence threaten to overpower Oakley until he forces her to sue for pardon. Oakley was a favorite part with Mac ready, Garrick, Knight, and others. Oak Openings. A novel by Cooper, published in 1848. Oaks (oks), The. A race for three-year-old fillies, run annually at Epsom, England, on the Friday after the Derby (which see). The distance is 14 miles. It was established in 1779 by the Earl of Derby. The first Oaks was won by the Earl of Derby's Bridget. Oamaru (ō-äm-ä-rö'). A seaport on the eastern coast of the South Island, New Zealand, 57 miles north-northeast of Dunedin. Oannes (ō-an'nēz). In Babylonian mythology, an animal having the body of a fish and the head and feet of a man, and endowed with human reason, which appeared out of the Persian Gulf and taught the Babylonians letters, science, and civilization: identified with Ea of the cuneiform inscriptions. Oates (ōts), Titus. Born at Oakham, 1649: died at London, July 12, 1705. An English impostor. He studied at Cambridge, and took orders in the Anglican Church, but was deprived of his living for bad conduct. He was expelled from the Jesuit college at St.-Omer in 1678. In the same year he submitted first to Charles II. and afterward to Parliament forged documents and other alleged proofs of a conspiracy devised by Don John of Austria and Père la Chaise, Louis XIV.'s confe or, for the murder of Charles II. and the establishment of Catholicism in England. (See Popish Plot .) A number of persons were convicted and executed on his evidence, and he was granted a pension of either £600 or £900. He was convicted of perjury at the instance of James II. in 1685. He was pardoned in 1689 on the acce ion of William III., and got a pension of £300. Oath of John Ziska, The. A painting by Rembrandt, one of his largest works, in the National Museum at Stockholm. Oath of Strasburg, The. See Strasburg . Oaxaca. See Oajaca .