OIKOPHOBIA

(Lat.), n. f. Oik(o!l-ik)-o(o3 )-fob(fo2b)'ia-a3. From olicos, a house, and ofitlv, to fear. Ger., Oikophobie. Of Salemi-Pace, monomania in which a hospital patient has an unconquerable aversion to his home, and if forcibly taken home becomes worse. LA, 319 (a, 21).] OIKOSITE [Van Beneden], n. Oik'o-sit. An animal parasite that is fixed to its host. [L, 121 (a, 48).] Cf. COINOSITE. OIL,, n. Oil. Gr., eAaioi/. Lat., oleum. Fr., huile. Ger., Oel. It., olio. Sp., olen, aci-ite. 1. A more or le greasy liquid or viscous substance, of animal or vegetable origin, composed of glyceryl combined chemically with an animal or vegetable acid. In a more comprehensive sense the term includes, besides the fluid fixed o's and the volatile o's, the waxes, solid fats, tallows, and mineral hydrocarbons, all of which, though differing widely in physical and chemical characters, po e the property of ready inflammability and are compounds chiefly of carbon and hydrogen. They are also mostly insoluble in water. 2. Any substance of an oily consistence, such as sulphuric acid (o. of vitriol). [B, 5, 18, 77 (a, 35).] For many o's not here given see under the distinctive words. Adul o. The o. of Sarcostigma Kleinii. [B, 275 (a, 35).] Ajowan o. See OMUM o. Animal o. O. obtained by the destructive distillation of animal substances. [B.] Anthracene o. The portion of heavy o. (q. t>.) coming over between 270 and 400 C. [B, 3 (a, 38).] Artists' o. Kekune o. (a. v.); used as a drying o. by artists. [B, 19.] Bacaba o. A fixed o. obtained from (Enocarpus bacaba. [B, 19 (a, 35).] Balling a-kai o. A lemon-yellow o. sold in India, and making a grain soap. [B, 121.] Balm o. A volatile o. distilled from Meli a offlcinalis. [B, 19 (a, 35).] Banks o. Cod-liver o. obtained by allowing the livers to putrefy in barrels on the fishing ve els, and boiling with water after the ve els return to land. It has a darker color and more offensive taste and smell than other cod-liver o's. [B, 5 (o, 38).] Blown o's. Ger., oxydirte Oele. Fixed o's oxidized by heating and blowing in air. [B, 270 (a, 38).] Blue o. Fr., huile grise. A sort of liquid mercurial ointment made with o. instead of grease. ["Therap. Gaz.," Oct. 15, 1890 (a, 50).] Bone o. A blackish-brown tar forming one of the volatile products of the dry distillation of bones. [B, 81 (a, 38).] Camphorated o. Lat.. oleum camphor a tum. Fr., huile camphree. See Lin i mentum CAMPHOR*. Canadian o. O. of wintergreen. [B, 172 (c. 35).] Candle-fish o. See EULACHON o. Carroii o. An emulsion made up of lime-water and linseed-o. in equal.or nearly equal proportions; first employed at the iron-works at Carron, iii Scotland, for the treatment of burns. It forms the model of the lin i mentum calcis [U. S. Ph.]. [B.] Chlorinated o. See HUILE chloree. Creasote o. The portion of heavy o. coming over between 210 and 270 C. [B, 3 (a. 38).] Dead o. See Heavy n. Dippel's animal o. Lat., oleum animale Dippelii [Gr. Ph.] (seu cethereum [Ger. Ph., 1st ed., Belg. Ph., Swi Ph.], seu empyreumaticum depuratum [Netherl. Ph.], seu empi/reumaticum rectificatum [Ru . Ph.]), pyroleum animale [Dan. Ph., Finn. Ph.] (rectificatum [Norw. Ph., Swed. Ph.]). Fr., huile animale de Dippel, huile empyreumatique (ou pyrogenee, ou pyro an i male depuree). Ger., Dippels thierisches Oel, Hirschhornol. A very clear, light, inflammable o., of penetrating disagreeable smell and either colorle or of a light-yellow or brown color, obtained from crude animal o. by distillation with water, over the sand bath, and rectification. [B, 5 (a, 38).] Distilled o's. See Volatile o's. Drying o's. Linseed o. and other o's which, when drying, lose their unctuous feel and are converted into a transparent flexible solid. They are the bases of many paints and varnishes. [B, 5 (a, 35); L, 108.] Dutch o. See ETHYLENE dichloride.Eel o. See Adeps ANGUILI^E. E ential p. Fr., huile e entielle, oleule. A volatile o.; so-called because it contains, in a concentrated state, the active properties of the plant or part of the plant from which it is obtained. [B, 5 (a, 35).] Ethereal o. Lat., oleum cethereum. Fr., huile douce du vin (1st def.). 1. Heavy o. of wine; a product obtained by the action of an exce of sulphuric acid on alcohol. It consists of a mixture of ethyl sulphate and ethyl sulphite with ether in and etherol. According to others, it is the ethyl sulphate of a hydrocarbon radicle. It is a yellow oily liquid, heavier than water, having a pungent odor and a bitter, somewhat acrid taste. [B.] 2. See OLEUM cethereum (2d def.). 3. A volatile o. Expre ed o's, Fat o's, Fatty o's. See Fixed o's. Ferment o's. Lat., ferment olea. Ger., Ferment - Oele. Volatile o's (probably alcohols or compound ethers) produced in the fermentation of bruised vegetables or their expre ed juice. [B, 81 (a, 21).] Cf. HUILE fermentee. Fixed o's. Lat., olea fix a. Fr., huiles fixes (ou gra es). Ger., Fette. Also called simply o's. Non-volatile fats; peculiar compounds obtained by expre ion from various organic substances. They are insoluble in water, slightly soluble in cold alcohol, easily soluble, as a rule, in ether and in chloroform. When pure they are often without color, taste, or smell. [B, 9, 81 (a, 38).] Grain o. Amyl alcohol. [B.] Gray o. See OLEUM cinereum. Haarlem o. See Oleum (ligni) GUAIACI. Hamlin's wizard o. A proprietary medicine consisting of 1 part of o. of cloves, 2 parts each of chloroform, o. of turpentine, water of ammonia, and o. of sa afras. 3 of dilute alcohol, and 4 of spirit of camphor. [''Proc. of the Am. Pharm. A oc.," xxiv (o. 14).] Heavy o. The portion of o. coming over in the distillation of benzene between 210 and 40(1 C. It sinks in water. [B. 3 (a, 38).] Heavy o. of wine. See under WINE. Iloopay-o., Ilupai o. See under BASSIA long/folia. Infernal o. See CASTOR-O. (1st def.). Iodized o. See HUILE iodee. Joint o. See O, no, Oi, not; O, whole; Th, thin; Th. the; V, like oo in [s. 133]