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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. ōr'a-tor, n.p. 918A public speaker; one who delivers an oration; especially, one who is distinguished for his skill as a public speaker; one who is eloquent; as, a great orator. I am no orator, as Brutus is. Shak.…
  2. ŏr'a-tō'ri-al, a.p. 918Belonging or pertaining to an orator or to oratory; oratorical.
  3. ōr'a-tō'ri-al-ly, adv.p. 918In an oratorial manner; oratorically.
  4. ŏr'a-tŏr'ie-al, a.p. 918Pertaining to an orator or to oratory; rhetorical; becoming an orator; as, oratorical flourishes; an oratorical way.
  5. Ŏr'a-tōr'ie-al-ly, adv.p. 918In a rhetorical manner.
  6. Ōr'a-tō'ri-o, n.p. 918(Mus.) A sacred composition consisting of airs, recitatives, duets, trios, choruses, &c., the subject of which is generally taken from the Scriptures. 2. A place of worship; an oratory.
  7. ŏr'a-tō'ri-oŭs, a.p. 918Of, or pertaining to, an orator; oratorical. [Obs.] What error is so rotten and putrid which some oratorious varnish hath not sought to cover over? Bp. Taylor.
  8. ŏr'a-tō'ri-oŭs-ly, adv.p. 918In an oratorious manner. The fathers often speak oratoriously. Selden.
  9. Ōr'a-tor-ize, v. i.p. 918To play the orator. [Obs.]
  10. Ōr'a-to-ry, n.p. 918The art of an orator; the art of public speaking in an eloquent or effective manner; the exercise of rhetorical skill in oral discourse; eloquence. “The oratory of Greece and Rome.” Milton. When a…
  11. Ŏr'a-tress or Ŏr'a-trix, n.p. 918A female orator.
  12. Ŏrb, n.p. 918A solid or hollow body of a round form; a globe; a sphere. 2. Especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star. Whether the prime orb, Incredible how swift, had thither rolled.…
  13. Ôrb, n.p. 918(Arch.) A blank window or panel. Oxf. Gloss.
  14. Ōrb, v. t.p. 918To form into an orb; to surround. The wheels were orbed with gold. Milton.
  15. Ōrb, v. i.p. 918To become transformed like an orb. [Po-et. and rare.] Or that the past will always win A glory from its being far, And orb unto the perfect star We saw not, when we moved therein. Tennyson.
  16. Ōr'bate, a.p. 918Bereaved; fatherless; childless. [Obs.]
  17. Or-bā'tion, n.p. 918The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or children; privation in general; bereavement. [Obs.]
  18. Ôrbed, a.p. 918Having the form of an orb; round; circular; orbicular. The orbed eyelids are let down. Trench.
  19. Ŏrb'-fĭsh, n.p. 918See ORBIS.
  20. Ŏrb'ic, a.p. 918
  21. Ōrb'ic-alp. 918Spherical; orbicular. [Rare.] Bacon.
  22. Ōrb'i-cle, n.p. 918A small orb. [Obs.] Such watery orbicles young boys do blow Out from their soapy shells. G. Fletcher.
  23. Or-biē'ū-lar, a.p. 918Resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular. “Orbicular as the disk of a planet.” De Quincey. 2. (Anat.) Having a spherical or circular form or arrangement; as, the orbicular bone…
  24. Or-bic'ŭ-lar-ly, adv.p. 918Spherically.
  25. Or-bie'ü-lar-ness, n.p. 918The state of being orbicular; sphericity.
  26. Or-biē'ū-late, n.p. 918That which is orbicular; especially, a thing having a figure the vertical section of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular.
  27. Or-bi'cū-lāte or Or-bi'cū-lā'ted, a.p. 918Made or being in the form of an orb. Orbiculate or orbicular leaf (Bot.), a leaf whose outline is nearly circular.
  28. Or-bi-eu-lā′tion, n.p. 918The state of being made in the form of an orb; orbicularness. [Obs.]
  29. Or-bĭc'ŭ-lus, n.p. 918(Bot.) (a.) A thick mass covering the ovarium of a flower, and adherent to the stamens. Lindley. (b.) A round, flat organ, which contains the gills within the capsules of some fungi.
  30. Orb'is, n.p. 918(Ichth.) A fish of a circular form (the Chætodon orbis of Gmelin), inhabiting the Indian seas. It is covered with a firm, hard skin, full of small prickles, but is destitute of scales. It is unfit…
  31. Ōrb'it, n.p. 918(Astron.) The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution; as, the orbit of Jupiter or Mercury. 2. A small orb. [Rare.] “Roll the lucid orbit of an eye.” Young. 3. (Anat.) The…
  32. Ôrb'it-al, a.p. 918Belonging or pertaining to an orbit. “Orbital revolution.” J. D. Forbes.
  33. Ôrb'it-ar, a.p. 918The same as ORBITAL. [Rare.]
  34. Ôrb'it-a-ry, a.p. 918Around the orbit; as, orbitary feathers.
  35. Or-bĭt'ū-a-ry, a.p. 918Of, or pertaining to, an orbit; orbital. [Rare.]
  36. Orb’i-tūde or Orb’i-ty, n.p. 918Bereavement by loss of parents or children; orbation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  37. Orb'y, a.p. 918Resembling an orb; having the motion of an orb. [Obs.] And orby hours Had gone the round again through herbs and flowers. Chapman.
  38. Ôre, n.p. 918(Ichth.) A kind of fish; the grampus. See GRAMPUS. [Written also ork.]
  39. Or-cēa'di-an, a.p. 918(Geog.) Pertaining or belonging to the Orkney Islands.
  40. Orch, n.p. 918The same as ORC, q. v.
  41. Or'chal, n.p. 918See ARCHIL.
  42. Ōr'cha-nēt, n.p. 918(Bot.) A plant; Anchusa tinctoria. Ainsworth.
  43. Or'chard, n.p. 918An inclosure or assemblage of fruit-trees; especially, of apples, peaches, pears, or cherries; — rarely of nut-bearing trees. Orchard-grass (Bot.), a tall grass (Dactylus glomerata), with long…
  44. Ôr'chard-ing, n.p. 918The cultivation of orchards. 2. Orchards in general.
  45. Ôr'chard-ĭst, n.p. 918One who cultivates orchards.
  46. Ôr'chel, n.p. 918The same as ARCHIL. See ARCHIL.
  47. Ôr'che-sŏg'ra-phy, n.p. 918A treatise upon dancing.
  48. Ôr'ches-ter, n.p. 918The same as ORCHESTRA.
  49. Ôr'ches-trȧ or Or-chĕs'trȧ, n.p. 918The space in a theater between the stage and the audience; — originally appropriated by the Greeks to the chorus and its evolutions, afterward by the Romans to persons of distinction, and by the…
  50. Ôr'ches-tral, a.p. 918Pertaining to an orchestra; suitable for, or performed in, the orchestra.
  51. Or'ches-trā'tion, n.p. 918(Mus.) The arrangement of music for an orchestra; the orchestral treatment of a composition; — called also instrumentation.
  52. Ôr'ches-tre, n.p. 918The same as ORCHESTRA.
  53. Or-chē'stric, a.p. 918Belonging to an orchestra; as, the orchestric accompaniments.
  54. Ōr'chid, n.p. 918(Bot.) A species of orchis; any orchidaceous plant. Gray.
  55. Ōr'chi-dā'ceous, a.p. 918Pertaining to, or resembling, a certain group of plants of which the orchis is the type.
  56. Or-chĭd'e-ous, a.p. 918Of, or pertaining to, the orchis.
  57. Ôr'chid-ōl'o-gīst, n.p. 918One versed in the science of orchidaceous plants.
  58. Ôr'kid-ōl'o-gy, n.p. 918The science of orchidaceous plants.
  59. Ōr'chil or Or-chil'il'ā, n.p. 918The same as ARCHIL. See ARCHIL.
  60. Or'chis, n.p. 919(Bot.) An endogenous plant having the stamens and pistils united in a single column, around which the petals are irregularly arranged. The flowers are usually fragrant, of great beauty, and singular…