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The Ounce Avoirdupois is divided into eight Drachms, motion awarded thereupon) contemptuoufly refufe to

and the Drachm into three Scruples. The Ounce Troy appear.

into twenty Penny Weights, and the Penny Weight into He muft alfo be cali'd at five Csunty-Court-Days, a

twenty-four Grains. See Drachm, Penny-Weight, Month between each one* and if he appear not in that

££c. time, Pro Ex-lege tenebitur, cum Princift non obediat, nee

The Ounce makes the eighth Part of the French Mark, Legi, & extunc exlegabitur ; i. e. he /hall be pronounced

and is divided into three Gros, or Drachms ; the Drachm to be out of the King's Protection, and deprived of the

into three Penny Weights, or Scruples ; and the Scru- Benefit of the Law.

pie into twenty-four Grains: each Grain computed to weigh a Grain of Wheat. See Grain, ££?c.

All precious Merchandizes, as Gold, Silver, Silk, ££?c. are fold by the Ounce. See Gold, Silver, Standard, £5>c.

Ounce Pearls, are thofe too fmall to be fold by Tale j ufually cali'd Seeds of Pearl. See Pearl.

Ounce Cottons, are certain Cottons brought from Da- mafcus, of a Quality fuperior to the reft. See Cot- ton.

The Word Ounce is deriv'd from the Latin Uncia, the twelfth Part of any Whole ; particularly in Geome- trical Meafures, an Inch, or the twelfth Part of a Foot. See Inch.

Whence, Uncial Letters, large Letters ufed in In- fcriptions, fuppofed to be an Inch high. See Un- cial.

OURAN, or Ouran Soangues; the Title of a Seel of Magicians, in the Ifland Gromboccanore, in the Eaft-Indies.

The Word implies Men-Devils ; thefe People, it feems, having the Art of rendring themfelves invifible, and pafllng where they pleafe, and by that means, doing infinite mifchief: for which reafon the People hate and fear them mortally, and always kill them on the fpot, when they can take them.

In the Portuguefe Hittory, printed 1 581, Folio ; mention is made of a Prefent made by the King of the liland, to

The EffecT: of which is, if he be out-law'd at the Suit of another, in a Civil Caufe, he /lull forfeit all his Goods and Chattels to the King : If on Felony, all his Lands and Tenements, which he has in Fee, or for Life, and all his Goods and Chattels. And then, according to Braffon, he may perifh. without Law, &c, A Minor, or a Woman, cannot be out-law'd. A Woman is faid to be waiv'd, where a Man is out-law'd.

OUT-Works, in Fortification, thofe Wotks made without fide the Ditch of a fortify'd Place, to cover and defend it. See Works and Fortification.

The moft ordinary of thefe are Ravelins, or Half- Moons, form'd between the two Baitions, on the flan- quant Angle of the Counterfcarp, and before the Cur- tain, to cover the Gates and Bridges. See Ravelin.

OUT-RIDERS, are Bailiffs Errant, employ'd by Sheriffs, or their Deputies, to fummons People in the remorefl Parts of their Hundreds, to the County or Hundred Courts. See Bailiff,

OUT-PARTERS, in our antient Writers, were a fort of Thieves, or Highway-men, on the Frontiers of Scotland, who rode about to fetch in fuch things as they could lay hold on. See In takers.

OUVERTURE, or OVERTURE, Opening, or Preluding 5 a Term ufed for the Solemnities at the be- ginning of a public Aft, or Ceremony ; as of an Opera, Tragedy, Concert of Mufic,^.

The Overture of the Theatre, or Scene, is a piece of

Brittio, a Portuguefe Officer, confifting of twelve of thefe Mufic, ufually ending with a Fugue,

Ourans ; with whom he made Incurfions on the People of Ttdore, kill'd great Numbers, £5?c

To try whether, in effect, they had the Faculty a- fcribed to them, one of them was tied by the Neck with a Rope, without any poffibility of difengaging

The Overture of the Jubilee is a general Proceffion,

&c,

OVUM Thihfophicum, or Chymicum, is a glafs Body, of an oval Form, and refembling an Egg. See Body. OWLER, a Matter of a Ship, or other Perfoh, that himfelf by Natural means \ yet in the Morning" 'twas conveys Wool, or other prohibited Goods in the Night, found he had flipp'd his Collar. to the Sea-fide, in order to fhip them off, contrary to

That the King of Tidore might not complain, Brittio Law. made war on him with Devils, he difmifs'd them at The Name is derived hence, that, like Owls, they length into their own Ifland. only Air abroad in the Night-time.

OUSTED, in our antient Law-Books, a being re- OWSE, among Tanners, is Oaken Bark beaten, or moved, or put out of pofieflion. From the French ground fmall ; to ferve in the Preparation of Leather. Ojier, to remove, takeaway. See Bark andTANNiNG.

Ouster le Main, or Oter le Main, to remove or take OXGANG of Land, is ordinarily taken, in our old off the Hand, in Law, denotes a Livery of Lands out of Law-books, for fifteen Acres ; in Latin, Bovatus Terr*, the King's Hands ; or a Judgment given for him that q,d. quantum fufjicit ad iter vel aftum minis Bovis traverfed or fued aMonftrans le Droit. See Monstrans le Droit.

When it appear'd upon the Matter difcufs'd, that the King had no Right or Title to the Land he had feiz'd 5 Judgment was given in Chancery, that the King's Hands be amoved. And hereupon, Jmaveat Manum was awarded

much as an Ox will plow. In Liiicoltijhire they flill corruptly call it Osk'm of Land.

OXY CRATE, in Pharmacy, &c. a Mixture of Wa- ter and Vinegar.

The ufual Proportion is one Spoonful of Vinegar to five or fix of Water.

to the Efcheator to reftore the Land, £S?c. Oxycrate is proper to afluage and refrefh. They

But now all Wardfhips, Liveries, Oufier le Mains, make Fomentations of Oxycrate, Clyfters of Oxycrate, l$c. are taken away and difcharg'd by Statute 12 Car. 2. &c.

Ouster le Uer, in Law, a Caufe of Excufe or Ef- foinj where a Man not appearing in Court upon Sum- mons, it is alledg'd that he was then beyond the Seas.

The Term is compounded of the French Oultre, and le Mer, q. d. beywtd the Sea.

OUTFANGTHEF, a Privilege whereby a Lord is enabled to call any Man (dwelling in his Fee, and ta- an d

The Word is form'd from the Greek o%v$, Jharp, four, and ni^a.vvvfAa.1, 1 mix.

OXYCROCEUM, in Pharmacy, a Preparation much ufed in Plailters, for Fractures, and to form Callus's 5 compofed chiefly of Saffron, with Gums diffolved in Vinegar.

The Word is form'd from the Greek o%v$, fharp, four,

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ken for Felony in another place) to Judgment in his own Court.

The Word is form'd from the Saxon ut, extra, with- out ; fang, capo vel captus; and deof, Thief : q. d. Fur extra-captus.

OUT-LAW, Utlegatus, one depriv'd of the Benefit of the Law 5 and left out of the King's Proteaion. See Out-lawry. _

BraBon fays, an Out-Law forfeits every thing he has ; and that from the time of his Outlawry, he wears a Wolf's Head; and any body may kill him Imfum : especially if he defend himfelf, or fly. But in the be- ginning of King Edward the Third's Reign, it was re-

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OXYGALA, Sour-Milk. The Turks ufe this as a popular Drink, and call it Igur. Vigenere fays, they drink four Milk diluted with Water, which is found to cool and nou'rifh, much better than the Milk alone.

The Word is form'd from the Greek o%v$ and ya.\a..

OXYGONOUS, in Geometry, acute-angled; fome- thing with an Angle lefs than 90 Degrees. See Acute.

The Word is chiefly apply'd to Triangles, where the three Angles are all acute, or lefs than 90 Degrees each. See Triangle.

OXYMEL, in Pharmacy, a Mixture of Honey and

folv'd by the Judges, that it fhould not be lawful for Vinegar.

any Man-, but the Sheriff alone (having lawful Warrant There are two kinds of Oxymels; the one fimple,

therefore) to put to death a Man out-lawed. the other compound.

OUTLAWRY, or Utlawry, the Punifhment of Thefimple Oxymel is compofed of two parts of good

him who being cali'd into Law, and lawfully fought, Honey, and one of White-Wine Vinegar, boil'd into

does' (after an Original Writ with a Nihil habet, three the confidence of a Syrup ; proper to incide and fcour

Writs of Capias, alias £5? f lurks, return'd by the Sheriff, any Phlegm adhering to the Throat and Breaft. with a Now eft Inventus, and an Exigent with a Prock-

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