ldi Cinthio (died 1573).

Addison says of Thomas Betterton (1635-1710): "The wonderful agony which
he appeared in when he examined the circumstance of the handkerchief in
the part of 'Othello,' and the mixture of love that intruded on his mind
at the innocent answers of 'Desdemona,' ... were the perfection of
acting." Donaldson, in his _Recollections_, says that Spranger Barry
(1719-1777) was the beau-ideal of an "Othello;" and C. Leslie, in his
_Autobiography_, says the same of Edmund Kean (1787-1833).

=Otho=, the lord at whose board Count Lara was recognized by Sir Ezzelin.
A duel was arranged for the next day, and the contending parties were to
meet in Lord Otho's hall. When the time of meeting arrived, Lara
presented himself, but no Sir Ezzelin put in his appearance; whereupon
Otho, vouching for the knight's honor, fought with the count, and was
wounded. On recovering from his wound, Lord Otho became the inveterate
enemy of Lara, and accused him openly of having made away with Sir
Ezzelin. Lara made himself very popular, and headed a rebellion; but
Lord Otho opposed the rebels, and shot him.--Byron, _Lara_ (1814).

=Otnit=, a legendary emperor of Lombardy, who gains the daughter of the
soldan for wife, by the help of Elberich, the dwarf.--_The Heldenbuch_
(twelfth century).

=Otranto= (_Tancred, prince of_), a crusader.

_Ernest of Otranto_, page of the prince of Otranto.--Sir W. Scott,
_Count Robert of Paris_ (time, Rufus).

_Otranto_ (_The Castle of_), a romance by Horace Walpole (1769).

=O'Trigger= (_Sir Lucius_), a fortune-hunting Irishman, ready to fight
every one, on any matter, at any time.--Sheridan, _The Rivals_ (1775).

=Otta'vio= (_Don_), the lover of Donna Anna, whom he was about to make his
wife, when Don Giovanni seduced her and killed her father (the
commandant of the city) in a duel.--Mozart, _Don Giovanni_ (opera,
1787).

=Otto=, duke of Normandy, the victim of Rollo, called "The Bloody
Brother."--Beaumont and Fletcher, _The Bloody Brother_ (1639).

=Ot'uel= (_Sir_), a haughty and presumptuous Saracen, miraculously
converted. He was a nephew of Ferragus or Ferracute, and married a
daughter of Charlemagne.

=Ouida=, an infantile corruption of Louisa. The full name is Louise de la
Ram['e]e, authoress of _Under Two Flags_ (1867), and many other novels.

=Outalissi=, eagle of the Indian tribe of Onei'da, the death-enemies of
the Hurons. When the Hurons attacked the fort