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[ Every conceited opinionist sets up an infallible chair in his own brain. Glanville, To Albius. 2. [ cap.] One of a religious body in the fifteenth century which rejected the Pope because he did not conform to the poverty of Jesus Christ. IMG:content-1758.jpg:[blocks in formation] opiparously (o-pip'a-rus-li), adv. Sumptuously. Water house, Apology for Learning, p. 93. opisometer (op-i-som'e-ter), n. [ hind, backward, again, + μέτρον, measure.] An instrument for measuring curved lines upon a map. The instrument consists of a wheel turning as a nut upon a screw. The wheel, being brought hard up to a stop, or to a mark indicated by a pointer, is rolled over the line on the map so as to unscrew it, and is then rolled back over the scale to its former position. The contents of Mr. Stanford's shop seemed to have been scattered about the room, and Bell had armed herself with an opisometer , which gave her quite an air of importance. W. Black , Phaeton, iii. Opistharthri (op-is-thärʼthri), n. pl . [NL., όπισθεν , behind, + άρθρον , joint.] A suborder of Squali or sharks, having the pal a to quadrate apparatus connected with the postorbital proce es of the skull, the mouth inferior, the branchial apertures six or seven in number, and only one dorsal fin. They are represented by the cow-sharks or Notidanida . opistharthrous (op-is-thär'thrus), a. [ opisthion (ō-pis'thi-on), n.; pl. opisthia (-a). [NL., II. a. Having posterior gills; specifically, of or pertaining to the Opisthobranch i at a . Opisthobranch i a (ō-pis-tho-brang'ki-ä), n. pl. [NL., ὄπισθεν , behind, + βράγχια , gills.] Same as Opisthobranch i at a . Opisthobranch i at a (ō-pis-tho-brang-ki-a'tä), n. pl. [NL., as Opisthobranch i a + -ata2.] An An 4128 shoulder-girdle. The keel of the sternum is cut away in front, and the sides of the bone are double-notched behind; the clavicle is ankylosed with the coracoid and with the sternal manubrium.