Webster's Dictionary 1828

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ORLE

ORLE, noun [infra.] In heraldry, an ordinary in the form of a fillet, round the shield.

839

ORLET

OR'LET,OR'LO, noun [Heb.] In architecture, a fillet under the ovolo of a capital.

840

ORLO

OR'LO, n. [Heb.] In architecture, a fillet under the ovolo of a capital.

841

ORLOP

OR'LOP, nounIn a ship of war, a platform of planks laid over the beams in the hold, on which the cables are usually coiled. It contains also sail-rooms, carpenters' cabins and o...

842

ORNAMENT

OR'NAMENT, noun [Latin ornamentum, from orno, to adorn. Varro informs us that this was primitively osnamentum; but this is improbable. See Adorn.]1. That which embellishes; some...

843

ORNAMENTAL

ORNAMENT'AL, adjective Serving to decorate; giving additional beauty; embellishing.Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others about their ankles.

844

ORNAMENTALLY

ORNAMENT'ALLY, adverb In such a manner as to add embellishment.

845

ORNAMENTED

OR'NAMENTED, participle passive Decorated; embellished; beautified.

846

ORNAMENTING

OR'NAMENTING, participle present tense Decorating; embellishing.

847

ORNATE

OR'NATE, adjective [Latin ornatus.] Adorned; decorated; beautiful.

848

ORNATELY

OR'NATELY, adverb With decoration.

849

ORNATENESS

OR'NATENESS, noun State of being adorned.

850

ORNATURE

OR'NATURE, noun Decoration. [Little used.]

851

ORNISCOPICS

ORNISCOP'ICS, noun Divination by the observation of fowls.

852

ORNISCOPIST

ORNIS'COPIST, noun [Gr. a bird, and to view.]One who views the flight of fowls in order to foretell future events by their manner of flight. [Little used.]

853

ORNITHOLITE

ORNITH'OLITE, noun A petrified bird.

854

ORNITHOLOGICAL

ORNITHOLOG'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to ornithology.

855

ORNITHOLOGIST

ORNITHOL'OGIST, noun [See Ornithology.] A person who is skilled in the natural history of fowls, who understands their form, structure, habits and uses; one who describes birds.

856

ORNITHOLOGY

ORNITHOL'OGY, noun [Gr. a fowl, and discourse.]The science of fowls, which comprises a knowledge of their form, structure, habits and uses.

857

ORNITHOMANCY

ORNITH'OMANCY, noun [Gr. a fowl, and divination.]Augury, a species of divination by means of fowls, their flight, etc.

858

OROHANED

OR'OHANED, adjective Bereft of parents or friends.

859

OROLOGICAL

OROLOG'ICAL, adjective [See Orology.] Pertaining to a description of mountains.

860

OROLOGIST

OROL'OGIST, noun A describer of mountains.

861

OROLOGY

OROL'OGY, noun [Gr. a mountain, and discourse.] The science or description of mountains.

862

ORPHAN

OR'PHAN, noun [Gr.]A child who is bereaved of father or mother or of both.OR'PHAN, adjective Bereaved of parents.

863

ORPHANAGE

OR'PHANAGE,OR'PHANISM, noun The state of an orphan.

864

ORPHANOTROPHY

ORPHANOT'ROPHY, noun [Gr. orphan, and food.] A hospital for orphans.