ouvert, fem. ouverte (Fr.), open.

ouvrage (Fr.), a work.

ouvriers (Fr.), operatives, workpeople.

Oxonia (L.), Oxford.

pace (L.), by leave of;—pace tuâ, by your leave.

pactum illicitum (L.), an illegal compact.

padrone (It.), ruler: protector: master.

pallida mors (L.), pale death.

palmam qui meruit ferat (L.), let him who has won the palm wear it.

panem et circenses! (L.), [give us] bread and circus-games! [the cry of the Roman populace]: beer and skittles.