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OROL'OGY, n. [Gr. a mountain, and discourse.] The science or description of moun...
OR'PHAN, n. [Gr.] A child who is bereaved of father or mother or of both. OR'PHA...
OR'PHANAGE, OR'PHANISM, n. The state of an orphan.
ORPHANOT'ROPHY, n. [Gr. orphan, and food.] A hospital for orphans.
OR'PHEAN, OR'PHEUS, n. A fish found in the Mediterranean, broad, flat and thick,...
OR'PHIC, a. Pertaining to Orpheus, the poet and musician; as Orphic hymns.
OR'PIMENT, n. [L. auripigmentum; aurum, gold, and pigmentum.] Sulphuret of arsen...
OR'PINE, n. A plant of the genus Sedum, lesser houseleek or live-long. The basta...
OR'RACH, n. A plant of the genus Atriplex, used as a substitute for spinage. Wil...
OR'RERY, n. A machine so constructed as to represent by the movements of its par...
OR'RIS, n. 1. The plant iris, of which orris See ms to be a corruption; fleur de...
ORT, n. A fragment; refuse.
OR'TALON, n. A small bird of the genus Alauda.
OR'THITE, n. [Gr. straight.] A mineral occurring in straight layers in felspath ...
ORTHOCER'ATITE, n. [Gr. straight, and a horn.] The name of certain fossil unival...
OR'THODOX, a. [See Orthodoxy .] 1. Sound in the christian faith; believing the g...