oct of oil (oktofoil)

[L. octo, = E. eight, E. foill.] In her., a figure having eight lobes eight subdivisions, like separate leaflets. It is used as the mark of cadency for the ninth son. octogamy (ok-tog'a-mi), n. [ME. octogamye, Gr. as if *ὀκτωγαμία, *ὀκτώγαμος (> LL. octoga mus ), married eight times, Eek wel I woot he seyde myn housbonde Sholde lete fader and mooder, and take me; But of no nombre mencioun mad he, Of bigamye, or of octogamye . Chaucer, Prol. to Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 33. octogenarian (ok"tō-je-nā'ri-an), a . and n. [ age. But you talk of not living, Audley! Pooh! - Your frame is that of a predestined octogenarian. Bulwer , My Novel, xi. 5. octogenary (ok-toj'e-nā-ri), a. [= F.octogénaire = Sp. Pg. octogenario = It. ottogenario, ottua genario, L. octogenarius, of eighty, eighty years old, Being then octogenary . Worcester. E. eight, + loculus, dim. of locus, a place: see loculus.] In bot., having eight cells, as certain capsules. octomeral (ok-tom'e-ral) 'e-ral), a. [