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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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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.Or-dāin'er, n. p. 919One who ordains, appoints, or invests with sacerdotal powers.Or-dāin'ing, a. p. 919Performing the ceremony of ordination, or having the right or power to ordain; as, an ordaining council.Or-dāin'ment, n. p. 919The act of ordaining. [R.] Burke.Or-dā'li-an, a. p. 919Of, or pertaining to, trial by ordeal. [Obs. and rare.] To make the sword arbiter of such differences, were no better than to revive the old ordalian trial used by our heathen ancestors. Bp. Hall.Or'de-al, n. p. 919An ancient form of trial to determine guilt or innocence, practiced by the rude nations of Europe, and still practiced in many parts of the East. ☞ In England, the ordeal was of two sorts—ordeal by…Ôr'de-al, a. p. 919Of, or pertaining to, trial by ordeal.Ōr'der, n. p. 919Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession; as, (a.) Of material things, like the books in a library; (b.) Of intellectual notions, like the topics of a discourse; (c.) Of periods…ôr'der, v. t. p. 919To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to arrange in a series, or with reference to a definite end; to systematize; to adjust; as, to order domestic affairs with prudence. “Warriors…Ōr'der, v. i. p. 919To give command or direction.Ōr'der-a-ble, a. p. 919Capable of being ordered. “Being very orderable in all his sickness.” Fuller.Ōr'der-er, n. p. 919One who orders, methodizes, or regulates; one who gives orders.Ŏr'der-ing, n. p. 919Disposition; distribution; management.Ōr'der-less, a. p. 919Without order or regularity; disorderly; out of rule.Ōr'der-li-ness, n. p. 919The state of being orderly or methodical; regularity.Ōr′der-ly, a. p. 919Conformed to order; methodical; regular. Orderly proceeding will divide our inquiry into our forefathers’ day, and into our own time. Milton. 2. Observant of order, method, or rule; hence, quiet…Ôr′der-ly, adv. p. 919According to due order; regularly; methodically. You are too blunt; go to it orderly. Shak.Ôr'der-ly, n. p. 919(Mil.) A non-commissioned officer who attends a superior officer for the purpose of bearing his orders, or rendering other service; an orderly officer. 2. A street-sweeper. Simmonds.Ŏr'/di-na-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 919Capability of being appointed. [Obs.] Bp. Bull.Ôr′di-na-ble, a. p. 919Capable of being appointed. [Obs.] Hammond.Ôr'di-nal, a. p. 919Indicating the established order or succession; as, the ordinal numbers, first, second, third, &c.Ôr'/di-nal, n. p. 919A number noting order. 2. A book containing the service, as prescribed in the English church, for the ordination of deacons, &c.; an order. Hook.Ôr'di-nal-ism, n. p. 919The state or quality of being ordinal. [Rare.] Latham.Ŏr'di-nance, n. p. 919An ordaining or establishing by authority; appointment. Thou'lt die by God's just ordinance. Shak. 2. A rule established by authority; a permanent rule of action; a statute, law, edict, decree…Ôr'di-nănd', n. p. 919One about to be ordained.Ôr'di-nant, n. p. 919One who ordains.Or'di-nant, a. p. 919Ordaining; decreeing. [Obs.] Shak.Ôr′di-na-ri-ly, adv. p. 919According to established rules or settled method; hence, commonly; usually; in most cases; as, a winter more than ordinarily severe. “Those who ordinarily pride themselves not a little upon their…Ôr' di-na-ry, a. p. 919According to established order; methodical; regular; customary; as, the ordinary forms of law or justice. 2. Of common rank; not distinguished by superior excellence; as, an ordinary reader; men of…Ōr'di-na-ry, n. p. 919(Law.) (a.) (Civil Law.) An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right, and not by deputation. (b.) (English Law.) One who has immediate jurisdiction in matters ecclesiastical; an…Ōr'/di-na-ry-shĭp, n. p. 920The state of being an ordinary. As to the second exception, the same, saith he, doth not destroy his ordinaryship, but only showeth that he was made an ordinary in an extraordinary manner. Fuller.Ŏr'di-nāte, v. t. p. 920To appoint. [Obs.]Ŏr'di-nate, a. p. 920Regular; methodical. Ordinate figure (Math.), a figure whose sides and angles are equal.Ōr′di-nate, n. p. 920(Geom.) The distance of any point in a curve measured on a line called the axis of ordinates, or on a line parallel to it, from another line called the axis of abscissas, on which the corresponding…Ōr'di-nate-ly, adv. p. 920In a regular, methodical manner. [Rare.] Skelton.Ŏr'/di-nā'tion, n. p. 920The act of ordaining. 2. Especially, the act of setting apart to an office of the Christian ministry. 3. The state of being ordained or appointed; tendency. Virtue and vice have a natural ordination…Ōr′-di-nā′tive, a. p. 920Tending to ordain; directing; giving order. [Rare.]Ŏr′-di-nā′-tor, n. p. 920One who ordains or establishes. [Obs.]Ôrd'nance, n. p. 920Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, and howitzers; artillery. All the battlements their ordnance fire. Shak. Then you may hear afar off the awful roar of his rifled ordnance. E.…Ōr'/don-nănçe, n. p. 920(Fine Arts.) The disposition of the parts either in regard to the whole piece or to the several parts. He attempted to imitate their artificial construction of the whole work—their dramatic…Ōr'don-nant, a. p. 920Of, or pertaining to, ordonnance; tending or serving to dispose in proper order; arranging; ordering. “Acting as the impregnant, distinctive, and ordonnant power.” Coleridge.Ōrd′ūre, n. p. 920Dung; excrements; feces. 2. Defect; imperfection. [Obs. and rare.] All the sort of these beryls have these faults, to wit, white hairy streaks or lines, yea, and other filthy ordure. Holland.Ord'ür-oüs, a. p. 920Pertaining to, or consisting of, ordure or dung; filthy. [Obs.] Drayton.Ōre, n. p. 920The compound of a metal and some other substance, as oxygen, sulphur, or arsenic, called its mineralizer, by which its properties are disguised or lost. Metals found free from such combination, and…Ō're-ăd, n. p. 920A mountain nymph. Milton.Ō/re-o-grāph'ic, a. p. 920Of, or pertaining to, oreography.Ō/re-ŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 920The science of mountains.Ore'-weed or Ore'-wood, n. p. 920Sea-weed. [Obs.] Carew.