Octometer line, may be reduced to tetrameter
    —­iambic, examples of
    —­trochaic, do
    —­dactylic, example of
    —­Octometer, trochaic, rhyme and termination of; its pauses, and how
      may be divided; the most common form of.

Of and on or upon, difference between.

Old English, characters of its alphabet, shown
    —­occasional use of do.

Omissions of words that are needful to the sense, Crit.  N. against.

Omitting, verbs of, with part. in stead of infin.

One, employment of, as a noun or as a substitute for a noun; how classed
by some grammarians
    —­may be preceded by the articles, or by adjectives
    —­like Fr. on or l’on, used indef. for any person; in this sense
      preferable to a pers. pron. applied indefinitely
    —­CHURCH., citation ridiculing the too frequent use of, for pers. pron.
    —­as pronom. adj., requires verb and pron. in the third pers. sing. to
      agree with it. One an other, see Other.  One, or a unit, whether
      it is a number.

Only, derivation of; class and meaning of, in its several different
relations
    —­strictures on the instructions of grammarians respecting the
      classification and placing of
    —­ambiguous use of, (as also of but,)
    —­use of, for but, or except that, not approved of by BROWN
    —­Not only, not merely
    —­but, &c., correspondents.

Onomatopoeia described and exemplified (extr. from SWIFT.)

Or, as expressing an alternation of terms, (Lat., sive.)
    —­in Eng., is frequently equivocal; the ambiguity how avoided
    —­Or, perh. contracted from other
    —­Or and nor discriminated
    —­Or, nor, grammarians dispute which of these words should be adopted
      after an other negative than neither or nor; MURR., following
      PRIESTL., teaches that either word may be used with equal propriety;
      BURN’S doctrine; BROWN, after revising CHURCH., attempts to settle
      the question,
    —­Or ever, ("OR EVER the earth was,”) the term explained.

Or or our, terminat., number of Eng. words in; how many of these may be written with our; BROWN’S practice and views in respect to this matter.

Oral spelling, the advantage of, to learners.

Order of things or events, the natural, PREC. directing the observance of, in the use of lang.

Orders of verse, see Verse.

Ordinal numeral, (see Numerals.)
    —­Ordinal adjectives may qualify card. numbers; cannot properly be
      qualified by do.