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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'na-tūre, n.p. 922The art of decoration; decoration; ornament. [Obs.] Holinshed.
  2. Or'nis-cōp'ies, n. sing.p. 922The art of divination by the observation of birds. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.] [Obs.] Bailey.
  3. Or-nĭs'co-pĭst, n.p. 922One who views the flight of birds in order to foretell future events by their manner of flight. [Obs.] Johnson.
  4. Or-nith'ic, a.p. 922Of, or pertaining to, birds; as, ornithic fossils. R. Owen.
  5. Or-nith'ich-nite, n.p. 922(Palæon.) The foot-mark of a bird, occurring in strata of stone. E. Hitchcock.
  6. Or-nith'ich-nōl'o-gy, n.p. 922(Palæon.) A treatise on ornithichnites; the branch of science which treats of ornithichnites. E. Hitchcock.
  7. Or/nĭ-tho-dĕlp'hĭd, a.p. 922Pertaining to animals like the ornithorhynchus. Dana.
  8. Ŏr'nĭ-thoid-ich'nite, n.p. 922(Palæon.) A fossil track resembling that of a bird; a fossil track or mark resembling an ornithichnite. E. Hitchcock.
  9. Or-nĭth'ō-līte, n.p. 922(Palæon.) (a.) The fossil remains of a bird. (b.) A stone of various colors bearing the figures of birds. Buchanan.
  10. Ŏr/nī-tho-lōg'ie or Ŏr/nī-tho-lōg'ie-al, a.p. 922Pertaining to ornithology.
  11. Ŏr/nī-thōl'o-gĭst, n.p. 922One who is skilled in ornithology; one who describes birds.
  12. Ŏr'nĭ-thŏl'o-gy, n.p. 922That branch of natural science which investigates and treats of the form, structure, and habits of birds.
  13. Or-nith'o-măn'cy, n.p. 922A species of divination by means of birds, their flight, &c. Ornithomancy grows into an elaborate science. De Quincey.
  14. Or'nī-thōn, n.p. 922A building for the keeping of birds. Elmes.
  15. Ŏr'ni-tho-rhŷnch'us, n.p. 922(Zoöl.) A mammal of the shape and size of the otter, with a horny beak resembling that of a duck, with paws webbed and formed for swimming. The animal is covered with a brown fur, lives in burrows…
  16. Ŏr'nĭ-thŏs'co-py, n.p. 922The art or practice of closely observing birds and their habits. De Quincey.
  17. Or'o-grāph'ic or Or'o-grāph'ic-al, a.p. 922Of, or pertaining to, orography.
  18. O-rŏg'ra-phy, n.p. 922An account of mountains.
  19. Ŏr'o-lōg'ie-al, a.p. 922Pertaining to a description of mountains.
  20. O-rŏl'o-gĭst, n.p. 922A describer of mountains.
  21. O-rŏl'o-ġy, n.p. 922The science or description of mountains.
  22. Ō'ro-tŭnd, n.p. 922A mode of intonation directly from the larynx, having a fullness, clearness, strength, smoothness, and ringing or musical quality, which form the highest perfection of the human voice. Rush.
  23. Ō'ro-tŭnd', a.p. 922Characterized by fullness, clearness, strength, and smoothness; ringing and musical; — said of the voice or manner of utterance.
  24. Ôr'pha-lĭne, n.p. 922An orphan. [Obs.] Orphalines . . . wept for the loss of their parents. Bp. Hall.
  25. Ôr'phan, n.p. 922A child who is bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living. Orphans' court (Law), a court, in some of the States of the Union, having jurisdiction over…
  26. Ôr'phan, a.p. 922Bereaved of parents.
  27. Ôr'phan, v. t.p. 922To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents. Young.
  28. Ôr'phan-aġe, n.p. 922The state of being an orphan; orphanism.
  29. Ōr'phaned, a.p. 922Bereft of parents or friends.
  30. Or'phan-ēt, n.p. 922A young orphan. [Rare.] Drayton.
  31. Or'phan-hōod, n.p. 922The state or condition of being an orphan.
  32. Or'phan-īsm, n.p. 922The state of being an orphan.
  33. Or'phan-ŏt'ro-phĭsm, n.p. 922The care and support of orphans. [Very rare.] “Orphan-otrophism; or, Orphans well provided for. An Essay. By Cotton Mather, D. D. 1711.”
  34. Or'phan-ōt'ro-phy, n.p. 922A hospital for orphans. [Rare.] Chalmers.
  35. Or-phā'ri-on, n.p. 922(Mus.) A kind of musical instrument, in the form of a lute. Halliwell.
  36. Or-phē'an or Ôr'phe-an, a.p. 922Pertaining to Orpheus, the poet and musician; as, Orphean strains.
  37. Ôr'phe-lĭne, n.p. 922The same as ORPHALINE. [Obs.]
  38. Ôr'phe-ŭs, n.p. 922(Myth.) A poet who is represented as having had the power of moving inanimate bodies by the music of his lyre.
  39. Ôr'phic, a.p. 922Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns.
  40. Ōr'phrey, n.p. 922A band, or bands, of gold and rich embroidery affixed to vestments, especially those of ecclesiastics. Pugin,
  41. Or'pi-ment, n.p. 922The trisulphide of arsenic, occurring in crystals of a lemon-yellow color, and having a resinous taste. It occurs in nature, as an ore of arsenic, and usually in combination with realgar. Orpiment is…
  42. Ōr'pin, n.p. 922A yellow color of various degrees of intensity, approaching also to red. Brande.
  43. Or’pīne, n.p. 922(Bot.) A low plant with fleshy leaves (Sedum telephium), having bunches of purple flowers. It is found on dry, sandy places, and in old walls, in England, and has become naturalized in…
  44. Ŏr'rach, n.p. 922See ORACH.
  45. Ŏr're-ry, n.p. 922A piece of apparatus designed to illustrate, by the revolution of small balls mounted on rods and moved by wheel-work, the relative size, periodic motions, positions, orbits, &c., of the bodies of…
  46. Or'ris, n.p. 922(Bot.) A plant of the genus Iris (I. Florentina); flower-de-luce, or fleur-de-lis. Its root has an agreeable odor, resembling that of violets. 2. [Contracted from orfrays, q. v.] A sort of gold or…
  47. Horse'dew, n.p. 922
  48. Or'se-düe, n.p. 922Dutch gold. See under DUTCH.
  49. Ōrt, n.p. 922A fragment; refuse;—commonly used in the plural. “A buzzard idol, fit to be worshiped . . . with the orts and refuse of Arcadias and romances.” Milton.
  50. Ôr'thite, n.p. 922(Min.) A brown ore of iron, occurring in acicular crystals, and also massive, and consisting of the silicate of iron, alumina, cerium, &c. Dana.
  51. Ōr’tho-cĕr’a-tite, n.p. 922(Zoöl.) A cephalopod having a straight, many-chambered shell, with even, simple partitions. It is found only in the fossil state. Dana.
  52. Ōr'tho-clāse, n.p. 922(Min.) Common feldspar, including the sub-translucent varieties. Dana.
  53. Ōr’tho-di-ăg’o-nal, n.p. 922(Crystallog.) The diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic solid which is at right angles with the vertical axis. Dana.
  54. Ôr'tho-dŏx, a.p. 923Sound in the Christian faith; believing the genuine doctrines taught in the Scriptures;—opposed to heretical; as, an orthodox Christian. 2. According with the doctrines of Scripture; as, an orthodox…
  55. Ŏr'tho-dŏx'al, a.p. 923Pertaining to, or evincing, orthodoxy. Fuller.
  56. Ôr'/tho-dox-ăl'i-ty, n.p. 923The quality of being orthodoxal; orthodoxness. [Obs.] Cudworth.
  57. Ôr'tho-dŏx'al-ly, adv.p. 923In an orthodoxal manner; orthodoxly. [Obs.] Milton.
  58. Ôr'tho-dox-ăs'tic-al, a.p. 923Orthodox. [Obs.] Foxe.
  59. Ôr'tho-dŏx'ic-al, a.p. 923Pertaining to, or evincing, orthodoxy; orthodox.
  60. Ôr'tho-dŏx'ly, adv.p. 923In an orthodox manner; with soundness of faith.