Webster's Dictionary 1828

784

ORGAN

OR'GAN, noun [Latin organum; Gr.]1. A natural instrument of action or operation, or by which some process is carried on. Thus the arteries and veins of animal bodies are organs ...

785

ORGAN-BUILDER

OR'GAN-BUILDER, noun An artist whose occupation is to construct organs.

786

ORGAN-LOFT

OR'GAN-LOFT, noun The loft where an organ stands.

787

ORGAN-PIPE

OR'GAN-PIPE, noun The pipe of a musical organ.

788

ORGAN-STOP

OR'GAN-STOP, noun The stop of an organ, or any collection of pipes under one general name.

789

ORGANIC

ORGAN'IC,ORGAN'ICAL, adjective [Latin organicus.]1. Pertaining to an organ or to organs; consisting of organs or containing them; as the organic structure of the human body or o...

790

ORGANICAL

ORGAN'ICAL, a. [l. organicus.]1. Pertaining to an organ or to organs; consisting of organs or containing them; as the organic structure of the human body or of plants.2. Produce...

791

ORGANICALLY

ORGAN'ICALLY, adverb1. With organs; with organical structure or disposition of parts. The bodies of animals and plants are organically framed.2. By means of organs.

792

ORGANICALNESS

ORGAN'ICALNESS, noun The state of being organical.

793

ORGANISM

OR'GANISM, noun Organical structure; as the organism of bodies.

794

ORGANIST

OR'GANIST, noun1. One who plays on the organ.2. One who sung in parts; an old musical use of the word.

795

ORGANIZATION

ORGANIZA'TION, noun1. The act or process of forming organs or instruments of action.2. The act of forming or arranging the parts of a compound or complex body in a suitable mann...

796

ORGANIZE

OR'GANIZE, verb transitive1. To form with suitable organs; to construct so that one part may cooperate with another.Those nobler faculties of the soul organized matter could nev...

797

ORGANIZED

OR'GANIZED, participle passive Formed with organs; constructed organically; systemized; reduced to a form in which all the parts may act together to one end. Animals and plants ...

798

ORGANIZING

OR'GANIZING, participle present tense Constructing with suitable organs; reducing to system in order to produce united action to one end.

799

ORGANOGRAPHIC

ORGANOGRAPH'IC,ORGANOGRAPH'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to organography.

800

ORGANOGRAPHICAL

ORGANOGRAPH'ICAL, a. Pertaining to organography.

801

ORGANOGRAPHY

ORGANOG'RAPHY, noun [Gr.]In botany, a description of the organs of plants, or of the names and kinds of their organs.

802

ORGANY

ORGANY. [See origan.]

803

ORGANZINE

ORGAN'ZINE, noun Silk twisted into threads; thrown silk.

804

ORGASM

OR'GASM, noun [Gr. to swell; to irritate.]Immoderate excitement or action; as the orgasm of the blood or spirits.

805

ORGEAT

OR'GEAT, noun A liquor extracted from barley and sweet almonds.

806

ORGEIS

OR'GEIS, noun A fish, called also organ-ling; supposed to be from Orkneys, on the coast of which it is taken.

807

ORGIES

OR'GIES, nounplural [Gr. to swell; fury; Latin orgia.]Frantic revels at the feast in honor of Bacchus, or the feast itself. This feast was held in the night; hence nocturnal orgies

808

ORGILLOUS

ORGIL'LOUS, adjective [Gr. to swell.] Proud; haughty. [Not used.]

809

ORGUES

OR'GUES, noun1. In the military art, long thick pieces of timber, pointed and shod with iron and hung over a gateway, to be let down in case of attack.2. A machine composed of s...

810

ORICHALCH

OR'ICHALCH,ORICHAL'CUM, noun [Latin orichalcum, mountain brass; Gr. aurichalcum, gold-brass.]A metallic substance resembling gold in color, but inferior in value; the brass of t...