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Ol"i*ver, n. A small tilt hammer,
worked by the foot.

Ol`i*ve"ri*an (?), n. (Eng.
Hist.) An adherent of Oliver Cromwell.
Macaulay.

Ol`ive*wood" (?), n. (Bot.)
(a) The wood of the olive.
(b) An Australian name given to the hard white
wood of certain trees of the genus Elæodendron, and also
to the trees themselves.

Ol`i*vil (?), n. [Cf. F.
olivile.] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance,
obtained from an exudation from the olive, and having a bitter-sweet
taste and acid proporties. [Written also olivile.]
Gregory.

Ol"i*vin (?), n. (Chem.) A
complex bitter gum, found on the leaves of the olive tree; -- called
also olivite.

Ol"i*vine (?), n. [Cf. F.
olivine.] (Min.) A common name of the yellowish
green mineral chrysolite, esp. the variety found in eruptive
rocks.

Ol"i*vite (?), n.


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