from octo eight, it having been originally the October, Octobre

& a. [Latin October, eighth month of the Roman year; Fr. octobre; Ital. ottobre; Sp. octubre.] A. As substantive : thirty-one days. 1. The tenth month of the year; it contains "Green rye in September, when timely thou past, October for wheat sowing calleth as fast." Tu er: Points of Husbandry; October. 2. Ale or cider brewed in October; hence, good oc-ta-roôn', s. [OCTOROON.] and Gr. stylos a pillar, a column.] oc-ta-style, oc-to-style, s . [Pref. octa- , octo-, ale. Arch.: A building, as a temple having eight columns in front. IMG:content-0229.jpg:[blocks in formation] October-bird October-bird, s. Ornith.: (See extract.) 'The most delicious bird in the West Indies is the Ortalan, or October-bird. It is the Emberiza oryzivora of Linnæus, or Rice-bird of South Carolina."-B. Edwards : British West Indies (ed. 1819), 124.