Ob*tru"sion*ist, n. One who practices or excuses obtrusion. [R.] Gent.
Mag.
Ob*tru"sive (?), a. Disposed to obtrude; inclined to intrude or thrust
one's self or one's opinions upon others, or to enter uninvited;
forward; pushing; intrusive. -- Ob*tru"sive*ly, adv. - -
Ob*tru"sive*ness, n.
Not obvious, not obtrusive, but retired.
Milton.
Ob*tund" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obtunded; p. pr. & vb. n. Obtunding.]
[L. obtundere, obtusum; ob (see Ob-) + tundere to strike or beat. See
Stutter.] To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to dull;
to blunt; to deaden; to quell; as, to obtund the acrimony of the gall.
[Archaic] Harvey.
They . . . have filled all our law books with the obtunding story
of their suits and trials.
Milton.
Ob*tund"ent (?), n. [L. obtundens, p. pr. of obtundere.] (Med.) A
substance which sheathes a part, or blunts irritation, usually some
bland, oily, or mucilaginous matter; -- nearly the same as demulcent.
Forsyth.
Ob*tund"er (?), n. (Med.) That which obtunds or blunts; especially,
that which blunts sensibility.
Ob`tu*ra"tion (?), n. [L. obturare to stop up: cf.F. obturation.] The
act of stopping up, or closing, an opening. "Deaf by an outward
obturation." Bp. Hall.
Ob"tu*ra`tor (?), n. [NL., fr. L. obturare to stop up: cf.F.
obturateur.] 1. That which closes or stops an opening.
2. (Surg.) An apparatus designed to close an unnatural opening, as a
fissure of the palate.
Ob"tu*ra`tor, a. (Anat.) Serving as an obturator; closing an opening;
pertaining to, or in the region of, the obturator foramen; as, the
obturator nerve.
Obturator foramen (Anat.), an opening situated between the public and
ischial parts of the innominate bone and closed by the obturator
membrane; the thyroid foramen.
Ob*tus"an`gu*lar (?), a. See Obstuseangular.
Ob*tuse" (?). a. [Compar. Obtuser (&?;); superl. Obtusest.] [L.
obtusus, p. p. of obtundere to blunt: cf. F. obtus. See Obtund.] 1. Not
pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right
angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.
2. Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as,
obtuse senses. Milton.