Webster's Dictionary 1913

1567

Orlop

Or″lop (?), n. [D. overloop the upper deck, lit., a running over or overflowing, fr. overloopen to run over. See Over, and Leap, and cf. Overloop.] (Naut.) The lowest deck of a ...

1568

Ormazd

{ Or″mazd (?) orA′hu‐ra–Maz″da }, n. [Zend Ahuramazda.] (Zoroastrianism) The supreme deity, the principle of good, creator of the world, and guardian of mankind. He is the oppon...

1569

Ormer

Or″mer (ôr″mẽr), n.(Zoöl.) An abalone.

1570

Ormolu

Or′mo‐lu″ (ôr′mō̍‐lṳ″), n. [F. or moulu; or gold (L. aurum) + moulu, p. p. of moudre to grind, to mill, L. molere. See Aureate, and Mill.] A variety of brass made to resemble go...

1571

Ormuzd

‖Or″muzd (ôr″mŭzd), n. [Zend Ahuramazda.] The good principle, or being, of the ancient Persian religion. See Ahriman.

1572

Orn

Orn (ôrn), v. t. To ornament; to adorn. Joye.

1573

Ornament

Or″na‐ment (?), n. [OE. ornement, F. ornement, fr. L. ornamentum, fr. ornare to adorn.] That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decorat...

1574

Ornament (2)

Or″na‐ment (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Ornamented; p. pr. & vb. n.Ornamenting.] To adorn; to deck; to embellish; to beautify; as, to ornament a room, or a city.Syn. — See Adorn.

1575

Ornamental

Or′na‐men″tal (?), a. [Cf. F. ornemental.] Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing.Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on the...

1576

Ornamentally

Or′na‐men″tal‐ly, adv. By way of ornament.

1577

Ornamentation

Or′na‐men‐ta″tion (?), n. 1. The act or art of ornamenting, or the state of being ornamented.2. That which ornaments; ornament. C. Kingsley.

1578

Ornamenter

Or″na‐ment‐er (?), n. One who ornaments; a decorator.

1579

Ornate

Or‐nate″ (?), a. [L. ornatus, p. p. of ornare to adorn.] 1. Adorned; decorated; beautiful. “So bedecked, ornate, and gay.” Milton.2. Finely finished, as a style of composition.A...

1580

Ornate (2)

Or‐nate″, v. t. To adorn; to honor.They may ornate and sanctify the name of God. Latimer.

1581

Ornately

Or‐nate″ly, adv. In an ornate manner. Sir T. More.

1582

Ornateness

Or‐nate″ness, n. The quality of being ornate.

1583

Ornature

Or″na‐ture (?), n. [L. ornatura.] Decoration; ornamentation. Holinshed.

1584

Ornithic

Or‐nith″ic (?), a. [Gr. ὄρνισ, ὄρνιθοσ, a bird.] Of or pertaining to birds; as, ornithic fossils. Owen.

1585

Ornithichnite

Or′nith‐ich″nite (?), n. [Ornitho- + Gr. ἴχνοσ track.] (Paleon.) The footmark of a bird occurring in strata of stone. Hitchcock.

1586

Ornithichnology

Or′nith‐ich‐nol″o‐gy (?), n. [Ornitho- + ichnology.] (Paleon.) The branch of science which treats of ornithichnites. Hitchcock.

1587

Ornitho-

Ornitho–. [Cf. Ern.] A combining form fr. Gr. ὄρνισ, ὄρνιθοσ, a bird.

1588

Ornithodelphia

‖Or‐ni′tho‐del″phi‐a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ὄρνισ + δελφύσ the womb.] Same as Monotremata. — Or′ni‐tho‐del″phid (#), a.

1589

Ornithoidichnite

Or′ni‐thoid‐ich″nite (?), n. [Ornitho- + -oid + Gr. ἴχνοσ footstep, track.] (Paleon.) A fossil track resembling that of a bird. Hitchcock.

1590

Ornitholite

Or‐nith″o‐lite (?), n. [Ornitho- + -lite.] (Paleon.) (a) The fossil remains of a bird. (b) A stone of various colors bearing the figures of birds.

1591

Ornithologic

{ Or′ni‐tho‐log″ic (?), Or′ni‐tho‐log″ic‐al (?), } a. [Cf. F. ornithologique.] Of or pertaining to ornithology.

1592

Ornithologist

Or′ni‐thol″o‐gist (?), n. [Cf. F. ornithologiste.] One skilled in ornithology; a student of ornithology; one who describes birds.

1593

Ornithology

Or′ni‐thol″o‐gy (?), n. [Ornitho- + -logy: cf. F. ornithologie.] 1. That branch of zoölogy which treats of the natural history of birds and their classification.2. A treatise or...