Ossetinadj.n.

1788 G. Ellis Mem. Map Countries between Black Sea & Caspian 34 Makal, in the Ossetin language Komoiti.

1902 Times 28 July 6/6 Don = river in the Ossetine language.

1942 Times 13 Oct. 3/4 Heavy snow on the higher levels of the Caucasus bids fair to close the Daryal and Mamison passes to German attack by way of the Georgian and Ossetin military roads.

1961 W. Kolarz Relig. In Soviet Union iii. 102 The place of the Christian Church had been taken by the cult of the old Ossetin gods.

1991 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 16 Nov. 20 The delegates of the Caucasian Mountainpeoples' Congress, representing the Abaza, Abkhaz,..Lak, Ossetin, Cherkes, and Shapsug nationalities have proclaimed their intention to set up an independent North Caucasian Mountain Republic.

1869 C. Engel Mus. Instruments S. Kensington Mus. 4 The..Ossetines, are an Indo-Germanic race dwelling in Central Caucasus. They call themselves Irôn; Oseti is the name given to them by the Georgians and other neighbouring nations.

1898 Amer. Anthropologist 11 234 A Tscherkessian, an Osetin, the Mountain Tartar, and the Adige of the steppe pass their time in..idleness.

1902 Times 28 July 6/6 The Ossetines of the neighbourhood soon found out the healing properties of the water.

1927 R. L. Garis Immigration Restriction v. 126 A group of Russian Ossetins, a Caucasus Mountain people, who came to New York, destined to Portland, Oregon, were denied admission.

1966 M. S. Anderson Eastern Question i. 13 The Russian government..gave weight to the threat by raising considerable forces from the Caucasian peoples under its control—the Ingushes, Ossetins and inhabitants of Greater and Little Kabarda.

2004 Biotech Week (Nexis) 21 Jan. 379 Comparison of the genetic structure of the populations examined with the other Iranian-speaking populations (Persians and Kurds from Iran, Ossetins, and Tajiks) [etc.].