His mind oscillated, undoubtedly; but the extreme points of the
oscillation were not very remote.
Macaulay.
Axis of oscillation, Center of oscillation. See under Axis, and Center.
Os"cil*la*tive (?), a. Tending to oscillate; vibratory. [R.] I. Taylor.
||Os`cil*la*to"ri*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Oscillatory.] (Bot.) Same as
||Oscillaria.
Os"cil*la*to*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. oscillatoire. See Oscillate.] Moving,
or characterized by motion, backward and forward like a pendulum;
swinging; oscillating; vibratory; as, oscillatory motion.
Os"cine (?), a. (Zoöl.) Relating to the Oscines.
||Os"ci*nes (?), n. pl. [L. oscen, -inis.] (Zoöl.) Singing birds; a
||group of the Passeres, having numerous syringeal muscles, conferring
||musical ability.
Os*cin"i*an (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Oscines, or singing birds.
Os*cin"i*an, n. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of dipterous files
of the family Oscinidæ.
Some, whose larvæ live in the stalks, are very destructive to barley,
wheat, and rye; others, as the barley fly (Oscinis frit), destroy the
heads of grain.
Os"ci*nine (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Oscines.