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O"sar (?), n. pl. (Geol.)
See 3d Os.

Os"can (?), a. Of or pertaining to
the Osci, a primitive people of Campania, a province of ancient
Italy. -- n. The language of the
Osci.

Os"cil*lan*cy (?), n. The state of
oscillating; a seesaw kind of motion. [R.]

||Os`cil*la"ri*a (?), n. [NL., fr. L.
oscillare to swing.] (Bot.) A genus of dark green,
or purplish black, filamentous, fresh-water algæ, the threads
of which have an automatic swaying or crawling motion. Called also
Oscillatoria.

Os"cil*late (?), v. i. [imp. &
p. p. Oscillated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Oscillating (?).] [L. oscillare to swing,
fr. oscillum a swing, a little mask or puppet made to be hung
from trees and swing in the wind, prob. orig., a little mouth, a dim.
from os mouth. See Oral, and cf. Osculate.]

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