Webster's Dictionary 1828

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ORBICULATION

ORBICULA'TION, noun The state of being made in the form of an orb.

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ORBIS

ORB'IS,ORB'-FISH, noun A fish of a circular form. It is covered with a firm hard skin full of small prickles, but is destitute of scales. It is unfit for food.

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ORBIT

ORB'IT, noun [Latin orbita, a trace or track, from orbis, a wheel.]1. In astronomy, the path of a planet or comet; the curve line which a planet describes in its periodical revo...

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ORBITAL

ORB'ITAL,ORBIT'UAL, adjective Pertaining to the orbit. [Orbital is the preferable word.]

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ORBITUAL

ORBIT'UAL, a. Pertaining to the orbit. [Orbital is the preferable word.]

735

ORBITUDE

ORB'ITUDE,ORB'ITY, noun [Latin orbitas.] Bereavement by loss of parents or children. [Little used.]

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ORBITY

ORB'ITY, n. [L. orbitas.] Bereavement by loss of parents or children. [Little used.]

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ORBY

ORB'Y, adjective [from orb.] Resembling an orb.

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ORC

ORC, noun [Latin orea; Gr.] A sea-fish, a species of whale.The Delphinus orca is the grampus.

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ORCHAL

ORCHAL,OR'CHANET, noun A plant, [Anchusa tinctoria.]

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ORCHARD

OR'CHARD, noun [See Yard.]An inclosure for fruit trees. In Great Britain, a department of the garden appropriated to fruit trees of all kinds, but chiefly to apple trees. In Ame...

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ORCHARDING

OR'CHARDING, noun1. The cultivation of orchards.2. Orchards in general.

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ORCHARDIST

OR'CHARDIST, noun One that cultivates orchards.

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ORCHEL

ORCHEL,OR'CHESTER,OR'CHESTRA, noun [Latin orchestra; Gr. a dancer, to dance; originally, the place for the chorus of dancers.]1. The part of a theater or other public place appr...

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ORCHESTER

OR'CHESTER,

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ORCHESTRA

OR'CHESTRA, n. [L. orchestra; Gr. a dancer, to dance; originally, the place for the chorus of dancers.]1. The part of a theater or other public place appropriated to the musicia...

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ORCHESTRAL

OR'CHESTRAL, adjective [supra.] Pertaining to an orchester; suitable for or performed in the orchester.

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ORCHIL

ORCHIL, [See Archil.]

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ORCHIS

OR'CHIS, noun [Latin orchis; Gr.] A genus of plants, called fool-stones.

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ORD

ORD, noun An edge or point; as in ordhelm.ORD signifies beginning; as in ords and ends.

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ORDAIN

ORDA'IN, verb transitive [Latin ordino, from ordo, order.]1. Properly, to set; to establish in a particular office or order; hence, to invest with a ministerial function or sace...

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ORDAINABALE

ORDA'INABALE, adjective That may be appointed.

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ORDAINED

ORDA'INED, participle passive Appointed; instituted; established; invested with ministerial or pastoral functions; settled.

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ORDAINER

ORDA'INER, noun One who ordains, appoints or invests with sacerdotal powers.

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ORDAINING

ORDA'INING, participle present tense Appointing; establishing; investing with sacerdotal or pastoral functions.

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ORDEAL

OR'DEAL, noun [The last syllable is deal, to divide or distribute. The sense of the prefix is less obvious. But the real sense is not obvious. The practice of ordeal however see...

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ORDER

OR'DER, noun [Latin ordo.]1. Regular disposition or methodical arrangement of things; a word of extensive application; as the order of troops or parade; the order of books in a ...