Webster's Dictionary 1913

1432

Ordinate (3)

Or″di‐nate (?), v. t. To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize. Bp. Hall.

1433

Ordinately

Or″di‐nate‐ly (?), adv. In an ordinate manner; orderly. Chaucer. Skelton.

1434

Ordination

Or′di‐na″tion (?), n. [L. ordinatio: cf. F. ordination.] 1. The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc.The holy and wise ord...

1435

Ordinative

Or″di‐na‐tive (?), a. [L. ordinativus.] Tending to ordain; directing; giving order. Gauden.

1436

Ordinator

Or″di‐na′tor (?), n. One who ordains or establishes; a director. T. Adams.

1437

Ordnance

Ord″nance (?), n. [From OE. ordenance, referring orig. to the bore or size of the cannon. See Ordinance.] Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, and howitzers...

1438

Ordonnance

Or″don‐nance (?), n. [F. See Ordinance.] (Fine Arts) The disposition of the parts of any composition with regard to one another and the whole.Their dramatic ordonnance of the pa...

1439

Ordonnant

Or″don‐nant (?), a. [F., p. pr. of ordonner. See Ordinant.] Of or pertaining to ordonnance. Dryden.

1440

Ordovian

Or‐do″vi‐an (?), a. & n.(Geol.) Ordovician.

1441

Ordovician

Or′do‐vi″cian (?), a. [From L. Ordovices, a Celtic people in Wales.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to a division of the Silurian formation, corresponding in general to the Lower Silu...

1442

Ordure

Or″dure (?), n. [F. ordure, OF. ord filthy, foul, fr. L. horridus horrid. See Horrid.]1. Dung; excrement; fæces. Shak.2. Defect; imperfection; fault. Holland.

1443

Ordurous

Or″dur‐ous (?), a. Of or pertaining to ordure; filthy. Drayton.

1444

Ore

Ore (ōr), n. [AS. ār.] Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augury. Chaucer.

1445

Ore (2)

Ore, n. [AS. ōra; cf. ār brass, bronze, akin to OHG. ēr, G. ehern brazen, Icel. eir brass, Goth. ais, L. aes, Skr. ayas iron. √210. Cf. Ora, Era.]1. The native form of a metal, ...

1446

Oread

O″re‐ad (?), n. [L. Oreas, -adis, Gr. Ορειἄσ, -άδοσ, fr. ὄροσ mountain: cf. F. oréade.] (Class. Myth.) One of the nymphs of mountains and grottoes.Like a wood nymph light,Oread ...

1447

Oreades

‖O‐re″a‐des (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) A group of butterflies which includes the satyrs. See Satyr, 2.

1448

Orectic

O‐rec″tic (?), a. [Gr. ορεκτικὄσ, fr. ὄρεξισ, yearning after, from ορἔγειν to reach after.] (Philos.) Of or pertaining to the desires; hence, impelling to gratification; appetit...

1449

Oregon grape

Or″e‐gon grape′ (ŏr″ē̍‐gŏn grāp′). (Bot.) An evergreen species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), of Oregon and California; also, its roundish, blue-black berries.

1450

Oreide

O″re‐ide (?), n. See Oroide.

1451

Oreodon

O″re‐o‐don (?), n. [Gr. ὄροσ, -εοσ, mountain + οδοὔσ, οδὄντοσ, tooth.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct herbivorous mammals, abundant in the Tertiary formation of the Rocky Mountain...

1452

Oreodont

O″re‐o‐dont (?), a.(Paleon.) Resembling, or allied to, the genus Oreodon.

1453

Oreographic

O′re‐o‐graph″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to oreography.

1454

Oreography

O′re‐og″ra‐phy (?), n. [Gr. ὄροσ, -εοσ, mountain + -graphy.] The science of mountains; orography.

1455

Oreoselin

O′re‐os″e‐lin (?), n.(Chem.) A white crystalline substance which is obtained indirectly from the root of an umbelliferous plant (Imperatoria Oreoselinum), and yields resorcin on...

1456

Oreosoma

‖O′re‐o‐so″ma (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ὄροσ, -εοσ, mountain + σω̑μα body.] (Zoöl.) A genus of small oceanic fishes, remarkable for the large conical tubercles which cover the ...

1457

Oreweed

Ore″weed′ (?), n. Same as Oarweed.

1458

Orewood

Ore″wood′ (?), n. Same as Oarweed.