3. Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye
or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as, an obvious meaning; an
obvious remark.
Apart and easy to be known they lie, Amidst the heap, and obvious
to the eye.
Pope.
Syn. -- Plain; clear; evident. See Manifest.
-- Ob"vi*ous*ly, adv. -- Ob"vi*ous- ness, n.
{ Ob"vo*lute (?), Ob`vo*lu"ted (?), } a. [L. obvolutus, p. p. of
obvolvere to wrap round; ob (see Ob-) + volvere to roll.] Overlapping;
contorted; convolute; -- applied primarily, in botany, to two opposite
leaves, each of which has one edge overlapping the nearest edge of the
other, and secondarily to a circle of several leaves or petals which
thus overlap.
O"by (?), n. See Obi.
||O"ca (?), n. [Sp.] (Bot.) A Peruvian name for certain species of
||Oxalis (O. crenata, and O. tuberosa) which bear edible tubers.
Oc"ca*my (?), n. [A corruption of alchemy.] An alloy imitating gold or
silver. [Written also ochimy, ochymy, etc.]
Oc*ca"sion (k*k"zhn), n. [F. occasion, L. occasio, fr. occidere,
occasum, to fall down; ob (see Ob- ) + cadere to fall. See Chance, and
cf. Occident.] 1. A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence,
that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident.
The unlooked-for incidents of family history, and its hidden
excitements, and its arduous occasions.