Webster's Dictionary 1913

1621

Orphanage

Or″phan‐age (?), n. 1. The state of being an orphan; orphanhood; orphans, collectively.2. An institution or asylum for the care of orphans.

1622

Orphancy

Or″phan‐cy (?), n. Orphanhood. Sir P. Sidney.

1623

Orphanet

Or″phan‐et (?), n. A little orphan. Drayton.

1624

Orphanhood

Or″phan‐hood (?), n. The state or condition of being an orphan; orphanage.

1625

Orphanism

Or″phan‐ism (?), n. Orphanhood.

1626

Orphanotrophism

Or′phan‐ot″ro‐phism (?), n. The care and support of orphans. Cotton Mather (1711).

1627

Orphanotrophy

Or′phan‐ot″ro‐phy (?), n. [L. orphanotrophium, Gr. �; � an orphan + � to feed, bring up.]1. A hospital for orphans. A. Chalmers.2. The act of supporting orphans.

1628

Orpharion

Or‐pha″ri‐on (?), n.(Mus.) An old instrument of the lute or cittern kind. [Spelt also orpheoreon.]

1629

Orphean

Or‐phe″an (?), a. [L. Orphēus, Gr. �.] Of or pertaining to Orpheus, the mythic poet and musician; as, Orphean strains. Cowper.

1630

Orpheline

Or″phe‐line (?), n. [F. orphelin. See Orphan.] An orphan. Udcll.

1631

Orpheus

Or″phe‐us (?), n. [L. Orpheus, Gr. �.] (Gr. Myth.) The famous mythic Thracian poet, son of the Muse Calliope, and husband of Eurydice. He is reputed to have had power to entranc...

1632

Orphic

Or″phic (?), a. [L. Orphicus, Gr. �.] Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns.

1633

Orphrey

Or″phrey (?), n. [See Orfrays.] A band of rich embroidery, wholly or in part of gold, affixed to vestments, especially those of ecclesiastics. Pugin.

1634

Orpiment

Or″pi‐ment (?), n. [F., fr. L. auripigmentum; aurum gold + pigmentum pigment. Cf. Aureate, Pigment, Orpin, Orpine.] (Chem.) Arsenic sesquisulphide, produced artificially as an a...

1635

Orpin

Or″pin, n. [F., orpiment, also, the plant orpine. See Orpiment.] 1. A yellow pigment of various degrees of intensity, approaching also to red.2. (Bot.) The orpine.

1636

Orpine

Or″pine (?), n. [F. orpin the genus of plants which includes orpine; — so called from the yellow blossoms of a common species (Sedum acre). See Orpiment.] (Bot.) A low plant wit...

1637

Orrach

Or″rach (?), n. See Orach.

1638

Orrery

Or″re‐ry (?), n.; pl.Orreries (#). [So named in honor of the Earl of Orrery.] An apparatus which illustrates, by the revolution of balls moved by wheelwork, the relative size, p...

1639

Orris

Or″ris (?), n. [Prob. corrupted from It. ireos iris. See Iris.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Iris (I. Florentina); a kind of flower-de-luce. Its rootstock has an odor resembling ...

1640

Orris (2)

Or″ris (?), n. 1. [Contr. from orfrays, or from arras.] A sort of gold or silver lace. Johnson.2. A peculiar pattern in which gold lace or silver lace is worked; especially, one...

1641

Orsedew

{ Orse″dew (?), Or″se‐due (?), } n. Leaf metal of bronze; Dutch metal. See under Dutch.

1642

Orseille

‖Or′seille″ (?), n. See Archil.

1643

Orsellic

Or‐sel″lic (?), a. [From F. orseille archil. See Archil.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in certain lichens, and called also lecanoric acid. [Formerly writ...

1644

Orsellinic

Or′sel‐lin″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained by a partial decomposition of orsellic acid as a white crystalline substance, and related to...

1645

Ort

Ort (ôrt), n.; pl.Orts (ôrts). [Akin to LG. ort, ortels, remnants of food, refuse, OFries. ort, OD. oorete, ooraete; prob. from the same prefix as in E. ordeal + a word akin to ...

1646

Ortalidian

Or′ta‐lid″i‐an (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any one of numerous small two-winged flies of the family Ortalidæ. The larvæ of many of these flies live in fruit; those of others produce galls on...

1647

Orthid

Or″thid (?), n.(Zoöl.) A brachiopod shell of the genus Orthis, and allied genera, of the family Orthidæ.