2. [F. olivier.] An olive tree. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ol"i*ver, n. A small tilt hammer, worked by the foot.

Ol`i*ve"ri*an (?), n. (Eng. Hist.) An adherent of Oliver Cromwell.

Macaulay.

Ol`ive*wood" (?), n. (Bot.) (a) The wood of the olive. (b) An

Australian name given to the hard white wood of certain trees of the

genus Elæodendron, and also to the trees themselves.

Ol`i*vil (?), n. [Cf. F. olivile.] (Chem.) A white crystalline

substance, obtained from an exudation from the olive, and having a

bitter-sweet taste and acid proporties. [Written also olivile.]

Gregory.

Ol"i*vin (?), n. (Chem.) A complex bitter gum, found on the leaves of

the olive tree; -- called also olivite.

Ol"i*vine (?), n. [Cf. F. olivine.] (Min.) A common name of the

yellowish green mineral chrysolite, esp. the variety found in eruptive

rocks.

Ol"i*vite (?), n. (Chem.) See Olivin.

Ol"la (?), n. [See Olio.] 1. A pot or jar having a wide mouth; a

cinerary urn, especially one of baked clay.

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