See also:

• OTTER
• OTTER (0. Eng. ate, otor, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch and Ger. Otter, Dan. odder, Swed. utter; it is to be referred to the root seen in Gr. 6&ep, water)
• OTTER, SEA

OTTER (0. Eng. See also:

• ATE

ate, otor, a See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic word, cf. Dutch and Ger. Otter, See also:

• DAN

Dan. odder, Swed. utter; it is to be referred to the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root seen in Gr. 6&ep, See also:

• WATER

water)  , a name properly given to the well-known See also:

• EUROPEAN

European carnivorous aquatic mammal (Lutra vulgaris, or L. lutra), but also applicable to all the members of the lutrine See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section of the See also:

• FAMILY

family Mustelidae (see See also:

• CARNIVORA

CARNIVORA) . The See also:

• OTTER
• OTTER (0. Eng. ate, otor, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch and Ger. Otter, Dan. odder, Swed. utter; it is to be referred to the root seen in Gr. 6&ep, water)
• OTTER, SEA

otter has an elongated, See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low See also:

• BODY

body, See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short limbs, short broad feet, with five toes on each, connected together by webs, and all with short, moderately strong, compressed, curved, pointed claws . See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

Head rather small, broad and See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat; muzzle very broad; whiskers thick and strong; eyes small and See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black; ears short and rounded . Tail a little more than See also:

• HALF

half the length of the body and head together, broad and strong at the See also:

• BASE

base, and gradually tapering to the end, somewhat flattened horizontally . The See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur is of See also:

• FINE

fine quality, consisting of a short soft whitish See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey under-fur, See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown at the tips, interspersed with longer, stiffer and thicker hairs, shining, greyish at the base, See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich brown at the points, especially on the upper-parts and See also:

• OUTER

outer See also:

• SURFACE

surface of the legs; the See also:

• THROAT (O. Eng. protu, prote or }Prota, possibly from preotan, to press, whence threat, or, with loss of initial s, connected with strut, to swell)

throat, cheeks, under-parts and inner surface of the legs brownish grey throughout . Individual otters vary in See also:

• SIZE

size . The See also:

• TOTAL

total length from the See also:

• NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the Aix in Provence. Both at Aix and at Lyons he acquired great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the plague. In nostrils,

nose to the end of the tail averages about 31 ft., of which the tail occupies 1 ft . 3 or 4 in . The See also:

• WEIGHT

weight of a full-sized male is from 18 to 24 lb, that of a See also:

• FEMALE

female about 4 lb less . As the otter lives almost exclusively on See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish, it is rarely met with far from See also:

• WATER

water, and usually frequents the shores of See also:

• BROOKS, CHARLES WILLIAM SHIRLEY (1816-1874)
• BROOKS, PHILLIPS (1835-1893)

brooks, See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers, lakes and, in some localities, the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea itself . It is a most See also:

• EXPERT (Lat. expertus, from experiri, to try)

expert swimmer and See also:

• DIVER

diver, easily overtaking and seizing fish in the water; but when it has captured its See also:

• PREY (0. Fr. preie, mod. proie, Lat. praeda, booty, from prae and the root hed—seen in prehendere, prendere, to grasp)

prey it brings it to See also:

• SHORE

shore to devour . When lying upon the See also:

• BANK

bank, it holds the fish between its fore-paws, commences at the head and then eats gradually towards the tail, which it is said to leave .

The female produces three to five See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young ones in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March or See also:

• APRIL

April, and brings them up in a See also:

• NEST

nest formed of grass or other herbage, usually placed in a hollow See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the bank of a See also:

• RIVER

river, or under the shelter of the roots of some overhanging See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree . The otter is found in localities suitable to its habits throughout See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain and See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, though less abundantly than formerly, for, being destructive to fish, it is rarely allowed to live in See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace when its haunts are discovered . Otter-See also:

• HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

hunting with packs of hounds of a See also:

• SPECIAL

special breed, and trained for the purpose, is a pastime in many parts of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . It was formerly the practice to kill the otter with See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long spears, which the huntsmen carried; now the See also:

• QUARRY

quarry is picked up and " tailed, or run into by the See also:

• PACK (apparently from the root pak-, paq-, seen in Lat. pangere, to fasten; cf. " compact ")
• PACK, OTTO VON (c. 1480-1537)

pack . The otter ranges throughout the greater See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe and . See also:

• ASIA

Asia; and a closely allied but larger See also:

• SPECIES

species, L. canadensis, is extensively distributed throughout See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICA

America, where it ispursued for its fur . An See also:

• INDIAN

Indian species, L. pair, is trained by the natives of some parts of See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal to assist in fishing, by See also:

• DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

driving the fish into the nets . In See also:

• CHINA

China otters are taught to catch fish, being let into the water for the purpose attached to a long See also:

• CORD (derived through the Fr. corde, from the Lat. chorda, Gr. xop(5rt, the string of a musical instrument)

cord . Otters are widely distributed, and, as they are much alike in size and coloration, their specific distinctions are by no means well defined . Besides those mentioned above, the following have been described, L. californica, North America; L. felina, Central America, See also:

• PERU
• PERU (apparently from Biru, a small river on the west coast of Colombia, where Pizarro landed)

Peru, and Chili; L. brasiliensis, See also:

• BRAZIL
• BRAZIL, or BRASIL

Brazil; L. maculicollis, See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa; L. whiteleyi, See also:

• JAPAN

Japan; L. chinensis, China and See also:

• FORMOSA
• FORMOSA (called Taiwan by the Chinese, and following them by the Japanese, into whose possession it came after their war with China in 1895)

Formosa, and other species . Some, with the feet only slightly webbed, and the claws exceedingly small or altogether wanting on some of the toes, and also with some difference in dental characters, have been separated as a distinct genus, Aonyx . These are L. inunguis from South Africa and L. cinerea from See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, See also:

• JAVA

Java, and See also:

• SUMATRA

Sumatra .

More distinct still is the sea-otter (Latax, or Enhydra, lutris) . The entire length of the See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal from nose to end of tail is about 4 ft., so that the body is considerably larger and more massive than that of the See also:

• ENGLISH

English otter . The skin is peculiarly loose, and stretches when removed from the animal . The fur is remarkable for the preponderance of the beautifully soft v . ()oily under-fur, the longer stiffer hairs being scanty . The See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour is deep See also:

• LIVER (O. Eng. lifer; cf. cognate forms, Dutch lever, Ger. Leber, Swed. lefver, &c.; the O. H. Ger. forms are libara, lipora, &c.; the Teut. word has been connected with Gr. i'prap and Lat. jecur)

liver-brown, silvered or frosted with the hoary tips of the longer stiff hairs . These are, however, removed when the skin is dressed for commercial purposes . Sea-otters are only found upon the rocky shores of certain parts of the North Pacific Ocean, especially' the Aleutian Islands and See also:

• ALASKA

Alaska, extending as far south on the See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast as The Sea-Otter (Latax, or Enhydra, lutris) . From See also:

• WOLF
• WOLF (Canis lupus)
• WOLF, FRIEDRICH AUGUST (1759-1824)
• WOLF, HUGO (1860-1903)
• WOLF, JOSEPH (1820-1899)

Wolf . See also:

• OREGON

Oregon; but, owing to the persecution to which they are subjected for the See also:

• SAKE

sake of their valuable skins, their See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers are greatly diminishing . The otters are captured by spearing, clubbing, nets and bullets . They do not feed on fish, like true otters, but on clams, mussels, sea-urchins and crabs; and the female brings forth but a single young one at a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, apparently at any See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season of the See also:

• YEAR

year .

They are excessively shy and wary; young cubs are often captured by the hunters who have killed the See also:

• DAM

dam, but all attempts to See also:

• REAR

rear them have hitherto failed . See See also:

• ELLIOTT, EBENEZER (1781–1849)

Elliott See also:

• COUES, ELLIOTT (1842—1899)

Coues, Monograph on North American Fur-bearing Animals (1877) . (W . H . F.; R . L.*) OTTERY ST See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

MARY, a See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market See also:

• TOWN

town in the See also:

• HONITON

Honiton See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

• DEVONSHIRE (DEvoN)
• DEVONSHIRE, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Devonshire, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, 15 M . E. by N. of See also:

• EXETER
• EXETER, EARL, MARQUESS AND DUKE OF

Exeter, on a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

• LONDON

London & South-Western railway . Pop. of See also:

• URBAN
• URBAN (Urbanus)

urban See also:

• DISTRICT

district (19o1) 3495 . It is pleasantly situated in the rich valley of the small river Otter . The See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, the finest in the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, is cruciform, and has the unique feature of transeptal towers, imitated from Exeter See also:

• CATHEDRAL

Cathedral . The See also:

• NORTHERN

northern has a low See also:

• SPIRE

spire . The church, which is See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early English, with Decorated and Perpendicular additions, contains several See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient tombs .

The See also:

• MANOR

manor of Ottery belonged to the See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey of See also:

• ROUEN

Rouen in the time of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward the See also:

• CONFESSOR

Confessor . The church was dedicated in 126o by See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter Bronescombe, See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of Exeter; and c . 1335 Bishop See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Grandisson, on See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding a See also:

• SECULAR (Lat. saecularis, of or belonging to an age or generation, saeculum)

secular See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college here, greatly enlarged the church; it has been thought that, by copying the Early English See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, he is responsible for more of the See also:

• BUILDING

building than is apparent . The town has a large agricultural See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade . It is the birthplace of See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• TAYLOR
• TAYLOR, ANN (1782-1866)
• TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
• TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
• TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
• TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
• TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
• TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
• TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
• TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
• TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
• TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
• TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
• TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
• TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)

Taylor See also:

• COLERIDGE, HARTLEY (1796-1849)
• COLERIDGE, JOHN DUKE COLERIDGE, 1ST BARON
• COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR (1772-1834)
• COLERIDGE, SARA (1802–1852)
• COLERIDGE, SIR JOHN TAYLOR (1790-1876)

Coleridge (1772); and W . M . See also:

• THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE (1811-1863)

Thackeray stayed in the vicinity in youth, his knowledge of the locality appearing in Pendennis .