n. [ Turk. okkah, fr. Ar. ūkīyah, wakīyah, prob. fr. Gr. o'yggi`a, o'ygki`a, an ounce, fr. L. uncia. Cf. Ounce a weight. ] 1. A Turkish and Egyptian weight, equal to about 23/4 pounds. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. An Hungarian and Wallachian measure, equal to about 21/2 pints. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Prob. from Lorenz Oken, a German naturalist. ] (Min.) A massive and fibrous mineral of a whitish color, chiefly hydrous silicate of lime. [ 1913 Webster ]
(n) German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851), Syn.Lorenz Okenfuss, Lorenz Oken, Okenfuss
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