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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Ō'ro-tŭnd', a. p. 922Characterized by fullness, clearness, strength, and smoothness; ringing and musical; — said of the voice or manner of utterance.Ôr'pha-lĭne, n. p. 922An orphan. [Obs.] Orphalines . . . wept for the loss of their parents. Bp. Hall.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…Ôr'phan, a. p. 922Bereaved of parents.Ôr'phan, v. t. p. 922To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents. Young.Ôr'phan-aġe, n. p. 922The state of being an orphan; orphanism.Ōr'phaned, a. p. 922Bereft of parents or friends.Or'phan-ēt, n. p. 922A young orphan. [Rare.] Drayton.Or'phan-hōod, n. p. 922The state or condition of being an orphan.Or'phan-īsm, n. p. 922The state of being an orphan.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.”Or'phan-ōt'ro-phy, n. p. 922A hospital for orphans. [Rare.] Chalmers.Or-phā'ri-on, n. p. 922(Mus.) A kind of musical instrument, in the form of a lute. Halliwell.Or-phē'an or Ôr'phe-an, a. p. 922Pertaining to Orpheus, the poet and musician; as, Orphean strains.Ôr'phe-lĭne, n. p. 922The same as ORPHALINE. [Obs.]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.Ôr'phic, a. p. 922Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns.Ōr'phrey, n. p. 922A band, or bands, of gold and rich embroidery affixed to vestments, especially those of ecclesiastics. Pugin,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…Ōr'pin, n. p. 922A yellow color of various degrees of intensity, approaching also to red. Brande.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…Ŏr'rach, n. p. 922See ORACH.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…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…Horse'dew, n. p. 922Or'se-düe, n. p. 922Dutch gold. See under DUTCH.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.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.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.Ōr'tho-clāse, n. p. 922(Min.) Common feldspar, including the sub-translucent varieties. Dana.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.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…Ŏr'tho-dŏx'al, a. p. 923Pertaining to, or evincing, orthodoxy. Fuller.Ôr'/tho-dox-ăl'i-ty, n. p. 923The quality of being orthodoxal; orthodoxness. [Obs.] Cudworth.Ôr'tho-dŏx'al-ly, adv. p. 923In an orthodoxal manner; orthodoxly. [Obs.] Milton.Ôr'tho-dox-ăs'tic-al, a. p. 923Orthodox. [Obs.] Foxe.Ôr'tho-dŏx'ic-al, a. p. 923Pertaining to, or evincing, orthodoxy; orthodox.Ôr'tho-dŏx'ly, adv. p. 923In an orthodox manner; with soundness of faith.Or'tho-dox/ness, n. p. 923The state of being sound in the faith, or of according with the doctrines of Scripture.Ōr'tho-dŏx'y, n. p. 923Soundness of faith; a belief in the genuine doctrines taught in the Scriptures. Basil bears full and clear testimony to Gregory's orthodoxy. Waterland. 2. Consonance to genuine scriptural doctrines…Ôr'tho-drōm'ic, a. p. 923Pertaining to orthodromy.Ôr'/tho-drōm'ies, n. sing. p. 923The art of sailing in a direct course, or on the arc of a great circle, which is the shortest distance between any two points on the surface of the globe; great-circle sailing; orthodromy. [See Note…Or'tho-drōm'y, n. p. 923The act or art of sailing on a great circle.Or'tho-ēp'ie or Or'tho-ēp'ie-al, a. p. 923Pertaining to orthoëpy.Ortho-ēp'ie-al-ly, adv. p. 923In an orthoëpical manner; with correct pronunciation.Ôr’tho-e-pĭst, n. p. 923One who is skilled in orthoëpy.Ôr'tho-e-py, n. p. 923The art of uttering words with propriety; a correct pronunciation of words.Ŏr’thog-nā’thous, a. p. 923Having a skull in which the bones of the front of the head are above the jaws, or do not recede backward from them. See PROG-NATHOUS. Retzius.Ôr'tho-gōn, n. p. 923(Geom.) A rectangular figure, or one which has all its angles right angles.Or-thŏg'o-nal, a. p. 923Right-angled; rectangular; at right angles; as, an orthogonal intersection of one curve with another. Orthogonal projection. See ORTHOGRAPHIC.Or-thŏg'o-nal-ly, adv. p. 923Perpendicularly; at right angles; by perpendicular lines; as, a curve cuts a set of curves orthogonally; a circle projected orthogonally.Or-thŏg'ra-pher, n. p. 923One who spells words correctly or properly, according to common usage.Ortho-grāph'ic or Ortho-grāph'ic-al, a. p. 923Pertaining to orthography; as, orthographical rules, or correctness. 2. (Geom.) Pertaining to right lines or angles. Orthographic or orthogonal projection, that projection which is made by drawing…Ôr/tho-grāph'ie-al-ly, adv. p. 923In an orthographical manner; according to the rules of proper spelling. 2. In the manner of an orthographic projection.Or-thŏg'ra-phĭst, n. p. 923One who spells words correctly; an orthographer.Or-thōg'ra-phize, v. i. p. 923To use correct orthography; to spell words correctly. [Rare.]Or-thŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 923The art or practice of writing words with the proper letters, according to common usage; spelling. 2. The part of grammar which treats of the nature and properties of letters, and of the art of…Or-thŏl'o-ġy, n. p. 923The right description of things. [Obs.] Fotherby.Ôr'tho-mĕt'ric, a. p. 923(Crystallog.) Having the axes at right angles to one another;—said of crystals or crystalline forms. Dana.