OETING, a county of Germany, in the circle of Suabia, bounded on the north and east by Franconia; on the south by the duchy of Neuburg; and on the west by that of Wirtemberg. It is about 40 miles from east to west, and 20 from north to south.
OFFA'S DYKE, an intrenchment cast up by Offa, a Saxon king, to defend England against the incursions of the Welsh. It runs through Hertfordshire, Shropshire, Montgomeryshire, Denbighshire, and Flintshire.