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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ŏr'a-tōr'ie-al-ly, adv. p. 918In a rhetorical manner.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.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.ŏr'a-tō'ri-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 918In an oratorious manner. The fathers often speak oratoriously. Selden.Ōr'a-tor-ize, v. i. p. 918To play the orator. [Obs.]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…Ŏr'a-tress or Ŏr'a-trix, n. p. 918A female orator.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.…Ôrb, n. p. 918(Arch.) A blank window or panel. Oxf. Gloss.Ōrb, v. t. p. 918To form into an orb; to surround. The wheels were orbed with gold. Milton.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.Ōr'bate, a. p. 918Bereaved; fatherless; childless. [Obs.]Or-bā'tion, n. p. 918The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or children; privation in general; bereavement. [Obs.]Ôrbed, a. p. 918Having the form of an orb; round; circular; orbicular. The orbed eyelids are let down. Trench.Ŏrb'-fĭsh, n. p. 918See ORBIS.Ŏrb'ic, a. p. 918Ōrb'ic-al p. 918Spherical; orbicular. [Rare.] Bacon.Ōrb'i-cle, n. p. 918A small orb. [Obs.] Such watery orbicles young boys do blow Out from their soapy shells. G. Fletcher.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…Or-bic'ŭ-lar-ly, adv. p. 918Spherically.Or-bie'ü-lar-ness, n. p. 918The state of being orbicular; sphericity.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.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.Or-bi-eu-lā′tion, n. p. 918The state of being made in the form of an orb; orbicularness. [Obs.]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.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…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…Ôrb'it-al, a. p. 918Belonging or pertaining to an orbit. “Orbital revolution.” J. D. Forbes.Ôrb'it-ar, a. p. 918The same as ORBITAL. [Rare.]Ôrb'it-a-ry, a. p. 918Around the orbit; as, orbitary feathers.Or-bĭt'ū-a-ry, a. p. 918Of, or pertaining to, an orbit; orbital. [Rare.]Orb’i-tūde or Orb’i-ty, n. p. 918Bereavement by loss of parents or children; orbation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.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.Ôre, n. p. 918(Ichth.) A kind of fish; the grampus. See GRAMPUS. [Written also ork.]Or-cēa'di-an, a. p. 918(Geog.) Pertaining or belonging to the Orkney Islands.Orch, n. p. 918The same as ORC, q. v.Or'chal, n. p. 918See ARCHIL.Ōr'cha-nēt, n. p. 918(Bot.) A plant; Anchusa tinctoria. Ainsworth.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…Ôr'chard-ing, n. p. 918The cultivation of orchards. 2. Orchards in general.Ôr'chard-ĭst, n. p. 918One who cultivates orchards.Ôr'chel, n. p. 918The same as ARCHIL. See ARCHIL.Ôr'che-sŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 918A treatise upon dancing.Ôr'ches-ter, n. p. 918The same as ORCHESTRA.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…Ôr'ches-tral, a. p. 918Pertaining to an orchestra; suitable for, or performed in, the orchestra.Or'ches-trā'tion, n. p. 918(Mus.) The arrangement of music for an orchestra; the orchestral treatment of a composition; — called also instrumentation.Ôr'ches-tre, n. p. 918The same as ORCHESTRA.Or-chē'stric, a. p. 918Belonging to an orchestra; as, the orchestric accompaniments.Ōr'chid, n. p. 918(Bot.) A species of orchis; any orchidaceous plant. Gray.Ōr'chi-dā'ceous, a. p. 918Pertaining to, or resembling, a certain group of plants of which the orchis is the type.Or-chĭd'e-ous, a. p. 918Of, or pertaining to, the orchis.Ôr'chid-ōl'o-gīst, n. p. 918One versed in the science of orchidaceous plants.Ôr'kid-ōl'o-gy, n. p. 918The science of orchidaceous plants.Ōr'chil or Or-chil'il'ā, n. p. 918The same as ARCHIL. See ARCHIL.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…Ōr'cine, n. p. 919(Chem.) A crystallizable coloring matter obtained from a species of lichen.Ord, n. p. 919An edge or point; also, a beginning. [Obs.] Ord and end, the beginning and end. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]Or·dāin′, v. t. p. 919To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish. 2. To appoint; to decree; to enact; to institute. Let them be for lights, as I ordain. Milton. And doth the power…Or-dāin'a-ble, a. p. 919Capable of being ordained; worthy to be ordained or appointed.