Olive

ol'iv, n. a tree cultivated round the Mediter- ranean for its oily fruit its fruit peace, of which the olive was the emblem a colour like the unripe olive. [Fr. — L. oliva—Gr. eiaia.] Olla-podnda, ulda-po-dre'da, «. a mixed stew or hash of meat and vegetables in common use in Spam: any in congruous mixture or miscellaneous collection [Sp ‘putrid or rotten pot’—L. olla a pot, and puter putrid.] Olympiad, o-lim'pi-ad, V. in ancient Greece, a period of four yea being the interval between ti.e Olympu games, used in reckoning tune (the date of the Olympiad 776 c.). [Gr. olyinputs -ados, belonging to Olympia a district in Flis m am lent Greece. Olympian, 0 bm'pi-an, Olympic, 0-hm'pik, adj. pertaining to Olympia, where the Olympic games were celebrated, or to Ml. Olympus the fabled seat of the gods. -Olym'pics, Olym'pic Games, games celebrated every four years, dedicated to Olympian Jupiter. Ombre, om'hcr, n a game of .] Omelet, Omelette, om'e-h n a pancake chiefly of ee,g-- [Fr. omelettt, of which the O. Fr. a me let to, which through the form alemette is u. cid to alemtlle, the O Fr. form of Fr. nu a thin plate, a curr. ’with the prep, d) of lamelie, dun. of lame— lamina a thin plate Omen, o'men, n a sign of some future event. [L, for osmen, that uliuh is uttered by the mouth, L w, or for auswen, ‘that which is heard’ audo', to heat Omened, fi'nu nd, adj containing omens. Omer,