| Name | Term description |
|---|---|
| NameOeconimus |
Term description Steward or manager |
| NameOeconimus of St Salvator's College |
Term description Steward or manager |
| NameOfficer |
Term description One employed in an official capacity, often in the Customs or in local administration |
| NameOfficer in the Salt |
Term description One employed in an official capacity, often in the Customs or in local administration |
| NameOil leather-dresser |
Term description One who prepares leather for use |
| NameOptician |
Term description One who tends eyes and makes and sells spectacles, etc. |
| NameOrganist |
Term description One who plays the organ |
| NameOrmond pursevand/ormond-pursuivant |
Term description A member of the Lyon court |
| NameOrraman |
Term description A farm odd-job man |
| NameOslair/ostler |
Term description Innkeeper |
| NameOursman |
Term description Overseer. One in charge of a factory or worksite |
| NameOutworker |
Term description A person engaged in outdoor work, field work or work away from the shop or factory |
| NameOverman/oversman |
Term description One in charge of a factory or worksite |
| NameOverseer |
Term description Person in charge of a factory or worksite |
| NameOye |
Term description Oe, grandchild, niece or nephew, descendant |
| NameO |
Term description Occupier who is not a tenant |
| NameORS |
Term description Others |
| NameOf |
Term description Indicates a landowner, e.g. John Baxter of Idvies. [See also 'at' and 'in'.] |
| NameOmissa |
Term description Items which had been originally omitted from the deceased's estate. |
| NameOutsight plenishing |
Term description Moveable property kept or lying out of doors; it would include livestock and implements like ploughs, but not corn or hay, which were not reckoned as 'plenishings'. |
| NameOxgang |
Term description A measure of land which, like Scottish measures in general, varied from place to place. It was typically about 13 acres. |
| NameOunce |
Term description A unit of weight. In Scots Troy weight, an ounce was equivalent to 16 drops (or draps). For more information, see our guide to <a href="/guides/weights-and-measures">weights and measures</a>. |
| NameOvergrowth |
Term description Engorgement of the heart. |
| NameOverlaid |
Term description Referring to an infant accidentally smothered while in bed with an adult. |
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