||O"bi (?), n. [Jap.] A sash, esp. the long broad sash of soft material worn by women.[Japan]
Over this is bound the large sash (obi) which is the chief article of feminine adornment.
B. H. Chamberlain.
O"bi*ism (?), n. Belief in, or the practice of, the obi superstitions and rites.
Ob`ser*va"tion car. A railway passenger car made so as to facilitate seeing the scenery en route; a car open, or with glass sides, or with a kind of open balcony at the rear.
Ob*tain", v. i. To gain or have a firm footing; to become recognized or established; to become or be prevalent or general; as, the custom obtains of going to the seashore in summer.
Ob"tu*rate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obturated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Obturating (?).] [L. obturatus; p.p. of obturare.] To stop or close, as an opening; specif., (Ordnance), to stop (a gun breech) so as to prevent the escape of gas in firing.
Ob"tu*ra`tor, n. 1. (Ordnance) Any device for preventing the escape of gas through the breech mechanism of a breech-loading gun; a gas check.