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Oc"to*gild (?), n. [Octo- + AS.
gild payment.] (Anglo-Saxon Law) A pecuniary
compensation for an injury, of eight times the value of the
thing.

Oc*tog"o*nal (?), a. See
Octagonal. [Obs.]

||Oc`to*gyn"i*a (?), n. pl. [NL., from
Gr. &?; eight + &?; a woman, female.] (Bot.) A Linnaean
order of plants having eight pistils.

{ Oc`to*gyn"i*an (?), Oc*tog"y*nous (?), }
a. (Bot.) Having eight pistils;
octagynous.

Oc*to"ic (?), a. [See Octo-.]
(Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling,
octane; -- used specifically, to designate any one of a group of
acids, the most important of which is called caprylic
acid.

Oc`to*loc"u*lar (?), a. [Octo- +
locular.] (Bot.) Having eight cells for
seeds.

Oc`to*naph"thene (?), n. [Octo-
+ naphthene.] (Chem.) A colorless liquid
hydrocarbon of the octylene series, occurring in Caucasian
petroleum.


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