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An obsolete variant of osprey. Chapman. o uarium (os-u-ā'ri-um), n.; pl. o uaria (-a). [LL.: see o uary.] Same as o uary, 2. Among the large number of important sepulchral remains lately found by Mr. Taylor in New gate Street were several o uaria, or leaden ve els for the reception of the calcined bones of the dead. Encyc. Brit., XIV. 841. o uary (os ū-ā-ri), n.; pl. o uaries (-riz). [ What time the persons of these o uaries entered the famous nations of the dead, and slept with princes and counsellors, might admit a wide solution. Sir T. Browne, Urn-Burial, v. The o uaries are probably the most interesting remains we have. They consist of round symmetrical holes dug to the required depth, and into which the bodies were promiscuously deposited; some of the larger ones contain the remains of several you sand bodies. Nature , XXX. 587. 2. A vase, casket, or other ve el for the recep tion of the bones or calcined remains dead.