These we must meet with in obvious occurrents of the world.
Sir T. Browne.
Oc*curse" (?), n. [L. occursus.] Same as Occursion. [Obs.] Bentley.
Oc*cur"sion (?), n. [L. occursio. See Occur.] A meeting; a clash; a
collision. [Obs.] Boyle.
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O"cean ("shan), n. [F. océan, L. oceanus, Gr. 'wkeano`s ocean, in
Homer, the great river supposed to encompass the earth.] 1. The whole
body of salt water which covers more than three fifths of the surface
of the globe; -- called also the sea, or great sea.
Like the odor of brine from the ocean Comes the thought of other
years.
Longfellow.
2. One of the large bodies of water into which the great ocean is
regarded as divided, as the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and
Antarctic oceans.
3. An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent
limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an ocean of affairs.
Locke.
O"cean ("shan), a. Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the
ocean waves; an ocean stream. Milton.
O`ce*an"ic (?), a. [Cf.F. océanique. See Ocean.] 1. Of or pertaining to
the ocean; found or formed in or about, or produced by, the ocean;
frequenting the ocean, especially mid- ocean.
Petrels are the most aërial and oceanic of birds.
Darwin.