(Harl. MS.)
Hence, a wafer-cake, sweetened with honey, and made of the finest wheaten bread.
Oboe or Hautboy (from Fr. haut, high, and bois, wood). A wind instrument like a flute, sounded through a reed.
Obolo, Mod. A copper coin, worth about a halfpenny, circulated in the Ionian Islands.
Obolos, Gr. (derived from ὀβολὸς, a brooch, originally). A small copper coin worth the sixth part of a drachm. The obolos in later times was of bronze; but in the best times of Athens it was of silver. Its value in the Æginetan standard was 1·166 of a penny.
Obscœna, Chr. Obscene representations frequently met with in Christian iconography, which, according to De Canmont, are “to warn the faithful that they ought to enter the temple with pure hearts, leaving outside all the passions that soil the soul.”
Obsidian. A volcanic glass found near volcanoes, used in antiquity for the manufacture of mirrors, axes, knives, &c. (See Glass.)
Obstragulum, R. A long leather strap (amentum) worn as a fastening to the crepida.
Obstrigillum, R. A shoe, the sides of which were lengthened into a lappet over the instep.
Obturaculum, Obturamentum, R. (obturo, to stop up). A stopper for the neck of a bottle or the mouth of a vessel.