ther, Nerestan, then four years old. After twenty years'
captivity, Nerestan was sent to France for ransom, and on his return
presented himself before the sultan, who fancied he perceived a sort of
intimacy between the young man and Zara, which excited his suspicion and
jealousy. A letter, begging that Zara would meet him in a "secret
passage" of the seraglio, fell into the sultan's hands, and confirmed
his suspicions. Zara went to the rendezvous, where Osman met her and
stabbed her to the heart. Nerestan was soon brought before him, and told
him he had murdered his sister, and all he wanted of her was to tell her
of the death of her father, and to bring her his dying benediction.
Stung with remorse, Osman liberated all his Christian captives, and then
stabbed himself.--Aaron Hill, _Zara_ (1735).

[Asterism] This tragedy is an English adaptation of Voltaire's _Za[:i]re_
(1733).

=Osmand=, a necromancer, who, by enchantment, raised up an army to resist
the Christians. Six of the champions were enchanted by Osmand, but St.
George restored them. Osmand tore off his hair, in which lay his spirit
of enchantment, bit his tongue in two, disembowelled himself, cut off
his arms, and died.--R. Johnson, _Seven Champions of Christendom_, i. 19
(1617).

=Osmond=, an old Varangian guard.--Sir W. Scott, _Count Robert of Paris_
(time, Rufus).

_Osmond_ (_Gilbert_), the incarnation of polished selfishness. He
deserts one woman, who has sacrificed everything for him, and marries
Isabel Archer for her money; eyes his only child as he might a pretty
puppet, and sends her back to her convent upon finding that she will not
increase his social consequence by marrying an English nobleman.--Henry
James, Jr., _Portrait of a Lady_ (1881).

=Osmyn=, _alias_ ALPHONSO, son of Anselmo, king of Valentia, and husband
of Alme'ria, daughter of Manuel, king of Grana'da. Supposed to have been
lost at sea, but in reality cast on the African coast, and tended by
Queen Zara, who falls in love with him. Both are taken captive by
Manuel, and brought to Granada. Here Manuel falls in love with Zara, but
Zara retains her passionate love for Alphonso. Alphonso makes his
escape, returns at the head of an army to Granada, finds both the king
and Zara dead, but Almeria, being still alive, becomes his acknowledged
bride.--W. Congreve, _The Mourning Bride_ (1697).

=Osric=, a court fop, contemptible for his affectation and finical
dandyism. He is made ump