Ostracísmo, a kind of banishment of the best men in Athens, vsed not so much for punishment of any offence, as to abate the immoderate power of Noble men, it was for ten yeares, and was done by deliuering of certaine shels, with the names of the condemned persons written in them.
Ostracíte, as Ostrácia. Also a kind of grose, foule, and blacke base Ore.
Ostracizzáre, to practise Ostracismo.
Ostréa, as Ostrácia. Also the Oysterfish.
OTI Óstreca, any oyster-fish.
Óstrega, any oyster-fish.
Ostregáro, a seller or dragger of oysters.
Óstria, an oyster-fish. Also a kind of solitary tree growing about Moistrochs.
Óstrica, an oyster-fish.
Óstriga, any kind of oyster-fish.