Occemyidæ (oksemiide)

pl. [NL., orient. The envious clouds are bent To dim his glory and to stain the track Of his bright pa age to the occident . Shak., Rich. II., iii. 3. 67. 2. [ cap. or l. c.] With the definite article, the west; western countries; specifically, those countries lying to the west of Asia and of that part of eastern Europe now or formerly constituting in general European Turkey; Christen dom. Various countries, as Ru ia, may be cla ed either in the Occident or in the Orient. Of Iglande, of Irelande, and alle thir owtt illes, That Arthure in the occedente ocupyes att ones. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2360. Occident equinoctial, the part of the horizon where the sun sets at the equinoxes; the true west. - Occident estival and occident hibernal, the parts of the horizon where the sun sets at the summer and winter solstices respectively. occidental (ok-si-dental), a. and n. [= F. oc cidental = Sp. Pg. occidental = It. occident ale, Ere twice in murk and occidental damp Moist Hesperus hath quench'd his sleepy lamp. Shak., All's Well, ii. 1. 166. Specifically [ cap . or l. c.)-(a) Pertaining to or character istic those countries of Europe defined above as the Occident (see occident, 2), or their civilization and its derivatives in the western hemisphere: as, Occidental climates; Occidental gold; Occidental energy and progre . (b) Pertaining to the countries of the western hemisphere; American as opposed to European. It [Spezia] wears that look of monstrous, of more than occidental newne which distinguishes all the creations of the young Italian state. H. James, Jr., Portraits of Places, p. 54. 2. Setting after the sun: as, an occidental planet.-3. Further to the west. For the marriage of woman regard the Sun, Venus, and Mars. If the [Sun] be oriental, they marry early, or to men younger than themselves, as did Queen Victoria; if the be occidental , they marry late, or to elderly men. Zadkiel (W. Lilly), Gram. of Astrol., p. 399. 4. As used of gems, having only an inferior degree of beauty and excellence; inferior to true (or oriental ) gems, which, with but few exceptions, come from the East. In all meanings opposed to oriental or orient . II. n. [ cap . or l. c.] A native or an inhabitant of the Occident or of some Occidental country: opposed to Oriental . Specifically - ( a ) A native or an inhabitant of western Europe. (b) A native or an inhabitant of the western hemisphere; an American. The hospital [at Warwick] struck me as a little museum kept up for the amusement and confusion of those inquiring Occidentals who are used to seeing charity more dryly and practically administered. H. James, Jr., Portraits of Places, p. 259. occidentalism (ok-si-dental-izm), n. [ dental + -ism .] The habits, manners, peculiarities, etc., of the inhabitants of the Occident. occidentalist (ok-si-den tal-ist), n. [ occiden tal + -ist.] 1. [ cap .] One versed in or engaged gaged in the study of the languages, literatures, institutions, institutions, etc., of western countries: opposed to Orientalist.-2. A member of an Oriental nation who favors the adoption of Occidental modes of life and thought. At that time [about 1840] the literary society of Moscow was divided into two hostile camps - the Slavophils and the Occidentalists . The former wished to develop an independent national culture, on the foundation of popular conceptions and Greek Orthodoxy, whilst the latter strove to adopt and a imilate the intellectual treasures of Western Europe. D. M. Wallace , Ru ia, xvi occidentalize occidentalize (ok-si-den tal-iz), v. t.; pret. and pp. occidentalized, ppr. occidentalizing. [ The hardest and most painful task of the student of to day is to occidentalize and modernize the Asiatic modes of thought which have come down to us closely wedded to med iæval interpretations. O. W. Holmes , Old Volume of Life, p. 309. occidentally (ok-si-dental-i), adv. In the occident or west: opposed to orientally. occiduous (ok-sid'u-us), a. [= Sp. Pg. It. oc ciduo, dent.] Western; occidental. Blount. occipital (ok-sip'i-tal), a. and n. [= F. Sp. Pg. occipital = It. occipitale, nected with the occiput or hindhead: opposed cerebellum, as a person or people; having the hind part of the head more developed than the to sincipital.-2. Having a comparatively large front. The occipital races: that is to say, those whose hinder part of the head is more developed than the front. Burnouf , Science of Religions (trans., 1888), р. 190. Maximum occipital diameter, in craniom ., the diameter from one aster i on to the other. - Occipital angle. See craniometry. - Occipital arc, the arc on the surface of the skull from the lambda to the opisthion. - Occipital artery, a branch of the external carotid, which mounts upon the back of the head. - Occipital bone. See II. Occipital condyle, a protuberance, or one of a pair of protuberances, usually convex, at the lower border or on each side of the foramen magnum, for the articulation of the occipital bone with the atlas. See II., and cuts under atlas, craniofacial, Felidæ, and skull ( A ).-Осcipital convolutions, the convolutions of the occipital lobe of the brain the superior, middle, and inferior, or first, second, and third. See cerebral hemisphere, under cerebral. - Occipital crest. See crest. - Occipital crotchet, in craniom., an instrument for the determination of the part of the face intersected by the plane of the occipital foramen. - Occipital fontanelle. See fontanelle, 2.-Occipital foramen. (a) The foramen magnum. See cut Cunder skull. (b) In entom. See foramen. Occipi tal See fo al. - Occipital groove, a groove in the under side of the mastoid proce for the occipital artery.-Occipital gyri. See gyrus. - Occipital lobe. See lobe, and cut under cerebral. - Occipital lobule, the cuneate gyrus. - Occipital nerve. (a) Great, the internal branch of the posterior division of the second cervical nerve, which ascends the hindhead with the occipital artery, and divides into two main branches, supplying much of the scalp as well as several muscles. Also called occipital is major. (b) Small, a branch of the second cervical nerve, supplying a portion of the back part of the scalp and the occipital is and attollens aurem muscles. Also called occipital is minor. - Occipital orbits, the upper posterior borders of the compound eyes of Diptera. IMG:content-1610.png:[blocks in formation] the mastoid, terminating above in the epicranial aponeurosis. Also called epic rani us occipital is. The occipital is and frontal is, with the intervening aponeurosis, are frequently described as the occipito-frontal is. By their alternate action the scalp may be moved backward and forward. occipitally (ok-sip'i-tal-i), adv. As regards the occiput; in the direction of the occiput. occipito-angular (ok-sip"i-to-ang'gu-lär), a. Pertaining to or common to the occipital lobe and the angular convolution.