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t fie whole inhabited, globe, and still prevails in a greater or le'ssdegree among the vulgar of all nations- That paving any regardto omens is contrary to every principle of sound philosophy, allphilosophers will readily acknowledge ; and whoever has studiedthe w ritings of St. Paid, must he convinced that it is inconsistentwith the spirit of genuine Christianity .
OMENTUM, [Lat.] the C awl, called also reticulum, fromits structure resembling that of a net. See Anatomy.
OMER, HOMER, COKUS, or CHOMER, in the Jewish antiquities, was a measure containing ten baths, or seventy-livegallons and five pints, as a measure of things liquid, and thirty-twopecks and one pint, as a measure for things dry. The corns, oromer, was most commonly a measure for things dry ; and thegreatest that was used among the Jews . It contained, accordingto the rabbins, ten ephalis, or thirty sata or seas. Corus is themost usual term in tlie historical writers, and omer or chomeramong the prophets.
Omer, St. a fortified, large, and populous town of France , inthe department of the straits of Calais and late province of Artois,8 miies N.W. of Aire. Lon. 2. 20. E. Lat. 54. 45. N.
OMEY, an island of Ireland, near the west coast of Galway .Lon. 10. 7. W. Lat. 53.31. N.
OMISCH, or ALMISSA, a territory in Venetian Dalmatia, onthe east bank of the Cettina, 18 miles square. It is mountainous,and produces vines, from which are made muscadine and proseccovines.
Omisch, or Almissa, an ancient town and fort in the aboveterritory.
OMMENBURG, a strong town of Germany , in the late elec-torate of Menlz, seated on the Olherii, 9 miles S.E. of Marpurg ,and 45 N.E. of Krancfort.
OMM ERL AND 8, or OMM ELAND, a lale territory of Hol-land, in the department of the Eems, and late province of Gron-ingen , of which it formed one half.
OMNIUM, a term in use among stock-jobbers, to express allthe articles included in the contract between government and theoriginal subscribers to a loan, which of late years lias generallyconsisted of different proportions of 3 and 4 percent, stork, with acertain quantity of terminable annuities. Those who dispose oftheir share soon after the agreement is concluded, generally get apremium of 2 or 3 percent, for it, which fluctuates wit h the cur-rent prices of the public funds ; and in a few instances the omniumhas been at considerable discount. Some of llie subscribers paytheir whole subscription at the time fixed for their first or secondpayment, and their shares become immediately transferrable stock:others dispose of the several articles which make up the terms ofthe loan separately; and in this state tile 3 or 4 per cent, consols,Sec. are distinguished by the name of scrip, till the whole sum liasbeen paid upon them.
OMOA, a Spanish town and fortification on the south side ofthe bay of Honduras . Lon. 89. 50. W. Lat. 15. 50. N.
OMOPHAGIA, an ancient Greek festival, in honour of Bac-chus Omophagos.
OMPHAC1NE OIL, a viscous brown juice extracted fromgreen olives. With this oil the ancient atldctir, when going towrestle, anointed themselves ; and when that gymnastic exercisewas over, they rolled themselves in the sand, which, mixing withthe oil and sweat of their bodies, constituted the slriinenta so highlyesteemed in the cure of several diseases.
OAIPHALE, infabulous history,a queen of Lydia, and daughterof Jardanus. She married Tmolus, who at his death left her mis-tress of his kingdom. Omphale had been informed of the great ex-ploits of Hercules , and wished to see so illustrious a hero. Herwish was soon gratified. After the murder ol Kurytus, Hercules ,by way of atonement, was ordered to be sold as a slave, that hemight recover the Use of his senses. Mercury was commissionedto sell him, and Omphale bought him, and restored him to liberty.The hero became enamoured of Ills mistress, and the queon fa-voured liis passion, and had two sons by him, Agelaus and La-moil; from whom were descended Gyges and Crcesus; thoughsome make these Lydian monarchs spring from Alcxtis, a son ofHercules, by one of the female servants ot Omphale . Herculesis represented by the poets as so desperately enamoured of thequeen, that, to conciliate her esteem; he spun by her side amongher women, while she covered herself with the lion’s skin, and
armed herself with the club of the hero, often striking him withher sandals for the uncouth manner with which he held the dis-taff, &c.
OMPIIALEA, in botaiuq a genus of the triaudria order, andmona’cia class of plants. Male calyx letraphyllous ; corolla nonereceptacle, into which the anthene are sunk, ovate : female calyxand corolla as in the male: stigma trifid ; capsule carnous and tri-locular, with one seed. Then: are four species, natives of Ja-maica .
OMPHALOMANTIA, a species of divination, pretended toby mid wives, of foretelling how many more children a woman is tohave from the knots on the umbilical cord.
OMPHALO M ESENTEllJC, in anatomy. All foetuses arewrapped up in at least two coats or membranes ; most of them havea third, called allantoides, or urinary. Some, as the dog, cat,hare, &c. have a fourth, which has two blood-vessels, viz. a veinand an artery, called omplialo-mesenterics, because passing alongthe string to the navel, and terminating in the mesentery.
OMPUALOPTIC, [S^rexo; and otIixo,-,] an optic glass that isconvex on botli sides, commonly called a convex lens.
OMPHALOS, an ancient town of Crete,sacred to Jupiter.
OMPOM PANOOSUCK, a rapid river of Vermont , which run-ning 8. E. falls into the Connecticut, above Dartmouth College .
OMHAfl, a man of the first rank in tlie Mogul empire; ano-bleinan. It is the plural of tlie Arabic ameer.
OM RAUTTY, a town of Hindostan, in Berar, 20 miies S.E.of Ellichpour. Lon. 78. lb. E. Lat. 20. 55. N.
OMSK, a town and fort of Russia, in Tobolsk , at the confluxof the Om and the Irtisch, 260 miles S. E. of Tobolsk .
ON, in ancient geography, a city of Egypt , sacred to tlie sun,and by tlie Greeks, on that account, called Heliopolis .
ONANCOCK, a town of Virginia . Lon. 75. 40. W. Lat. 37.45. N.
ONANIA, or ONANISM, terms lately framed to denote tliecrime of self-pollution, mentioned in scripture to have been com-mitted bv Onan. See Tissot ’s Onania.
ONATIAYO, an island in the South Pacific Ocean . Lon.138. 51. W. Lat. 9. 58. S.
ONCE, in zoology. See I’elis.
ONCIllDIUM. in natural history', a genus of the vermes mol-lusca class and order. Body oblong, creeping, flat beneath,mouth placed before ; two feelers, situated above tlie mouth ; twoarms at the side of the head ; vent behind and placed beneath.There is but one species, viz. O. typhffi, the oncli, a native ofBengal, on the leaves of the typha elephantina about an inch long.
ONEEIIOURA, and ONEEHOW.lwo small islands of thatcluster which was discovered by captain Cook, and by him calledthe Sandwich Islands . Oneehoura is very small, and its chief pro-duce is yams. Oneehow is considerably larger, being about tenmiles over. It is remarkable for the great quantity of excellentyams which it produces, and for a sweet root called tee, or tea,which is generally about the thickness of a man’s wrist, tliouehsometimes much larger.
ONEG, or ONEGA, a town of Russia, in Archangel , on theOnega, near the White Sea, 80 miles S.S.W. of Archangel .
Onf.ga, a river and lake of Russia , between Muscovite Carelia,the territory of Cargapol, and Swedish Carelia.
Onega, a territory of Russia, in Archangel , abounding witliwoods.
ONEGLIA, (ENEGDIA, or ONE1LLE, a late principallyof Italy, formerly belonging to the king of Sardinia . It consistsof three valleys, viz. Onegha, Maro, and Prela. It abounds withfruits, vines and olive-trees, from which excellent wines and olive-oil are made.
Oneglia, a sea-port of the Ligurian republic , formerly belong-ing to the king of Sardinia, capital of the above principality. Loi^,7. 51. E. Lat. 43. 58. N.
ONEIDA, a lake of New York , about 25 miles long, and 5broad ; situated between Onqiulago, Oneida and Herkeiner coun-ties. The middle part of it lies in about Lon. 76. 0. W. Lat.43. 5. N.
Oneida, a county and river of New York .
ONE1DAS, or ONEIDA INDIANS, one of the six nationsof North American Indians, who inhabit the country south of lakeOneida, in the above countv.
ONEHIOCRITICA,