ORLE — OSTENTATIOUSLY NWAD ORLE.1
ORLE, n. [infra.] In heraldry, an ordinary in the form of a fillet, round the shield. NWAD ORLE.1
ORLET, ORLO, n. [Heb.] In architecture, a fillet under the ovolo of a capital. NWAD ORLET.1
ORLOP, n. NWAD ORLOP.1
In 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 other apartments. NWAD ORLOP.2
Also, a tier of beams below the lower deck for a like purpose. NWAD ORLOP.3
ORNAMENT, n. [L. ornamentum, from orno, to adorn. Varro informs us that this was primitively osnamentum; but this is improbable. See Adorn.] NWAD ORNAMENT.1
1. That which embellishes; something which, added to another thing, renders it more beautiful to the eye. NWAD ORNAMENT.2
The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, the bonnets and the ornaments of the legs - Isaiah 3:19-20. NWAD ORNAMENT.3
2. In architecture, ornaments are sculpture or carved work. NWAD ORNAMENT.4
3. Embellishment; decoration; additional beauty. NWAD ORNAMENT.5
- The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit which is in the sight of God of great price. 1 Peter 3:4. NWAD ORNAMENT.6
ORNAMENT, v.t. To adorn; to deck; to embellish. NWAD ORNAMENT.7
ORNAMENTAL, a. Serving to decorate; giving additional beauty; embellishing. NWAD ORNAMENTAL.1
Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others about their ankles. NWAD ORNAMENTAL.2
ORNAMENTALLY, adv. In such a manner as to add embellishment. NWAD ORNAMENTALLY.1
ORNAMENTED, pp. Decorated; embellished; beautified. NWAD ORNAMENTED.1
ORNAMENTING, ppr. Decorating; embellishing. NWAD ORNAMENTING.1
ORNATE, a. [L. ornatus.] Adorned; decorated; beautiful. NWAD ORNATE.1
ORNATELY, adv. With decoration. NWAD ORNATELY.1
ORNATENESS, n. State of being adorned. NWAD ORNATENESS.1
ORNATURE, n. Decoration. [Little used.] NWAD ORNATURE.1
ORNISCOPICS, n. Divination by the observation of fowls. NWAD ORNISCOPICS.1
ORNISCOPIST, n. [Gr. a bird, and to view.] NWAD ORNISCOPIST.1
One who views the flight of fowls in order to foretell future events by their manner of flight. [Little used.] NWAD ORNISCOPIST.2
ORNITHOLITE, n. A petrified bird. NWAD ORNITHOLITE.1
ORNITHOLOGICAL, a. Pertaining to ornithology. NWAD ORNITHOLOGICAL.1
ORNITHOLOGIST, n. [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. NWAD ORNITHOLOGIST.1
ORNITHOLOGY, n. [Gr. a fowl, and discourse.] NWAD ORNITHOLOGY.1
The science of fowls, which comprises a knowledge of their form, structure, habits and uses. NWAD ORNITHOLOGY.2
ORNITHOMANCY, n. [Gr. a fowl, and divination.] NWAD ORNITHOMANCY.1
Augury, a species of divination by means of fowls, their flight, etc. NWAD ORNITHOMANCY.2
OROLOGICAL, a. [See Orology.] Pertaining to a description of mountains. NWAD OROLOGICAL.1
OROLOGIST, n. A describer of mountains. NWAD OROLOGIST.1
OROLOGY, n. [Gr. a mountain, and discourse.] The science or description of mountains. NWAD OROLOGY.1
ORPHAN, n. [Gr.] NWAD ORPHAN.1
A child who is bereaved of father or mother or of both. NWAD ORPHAN.2
ORPHAN, a. Bereaved of parents. NWAD ORPHAN.3
ORPHANAGE, ORPHANISM, n. The state of an orphan. NWAD ORPHANAGE.1
OROHANED, a. Bereft of parents or friends. NWAD OROHANED.1
ORPHANOTROPHY, n. [Gr. orphan, and food.] A hospital for orphans. NWAD ORPHANOTROPHY.1
ORPHEAN, ORPHIC, a. Pertaining to Orpheus, the poet and musician; as Orphic hymns. NWAD ORPHEAN.1
ORPHEUS, n. A fish found in the Mediterranean, broad, flat and thick, and sometimes weighing twenty pounds. The orpheus of the Greeks is said to have been a different fish. NWAD ORPHEUS.1
ORPIMENT, n. [L. auripigmentum; aurum, gold, and pigmentum.] NWAD ORPIMENT.1
Sulphuret of arsenic, found native and then an ore of arsenic, or artificially composed. The native orpiment appears in yellow, brilliant and seemingly talcky masses of various sizes. The red orpiment is called realgar. It is more or less lively and transparent, and often crystallized in bright needles. In this form it is called ruby of arsenic. NWAD ORPIMENT.2
ORPINE, n. A plant of the genus Sedum, lesser houseleek or live-long. The bastard orpine is of the genus Andrachine; the lesser orpine of the genus Crassula. NWAD ORPINE.1
ORRACH. [See Orach.] NWAD ORRACH.1
ORRERY, n. A machine so constructed as to represent by the movements of its parts, the motions and phases of the planets in their orbits. This machine was invented by George Graham, but Rowley, a workman, borrowed one from him, and made a copy for the earl of Orrery, after whom it was named by Sir Richard Steele. similar machines are called also planetariums. NWAD ORRERY.1
ORRIS, n. NWAD ORRIS.1
1. The plant iris, of which orris seems to be a corruption; fleur de lis or flag-flower. NWAD ORRIS.2
2. A sort of gold or silver lace. NWAD ORRIS.3
ORT, n. A fragment; refuse. NWAD ORT.1
ORTALON, n. A small bird of the genus Alauda. NWAD ORTALON.1
ORTHITE, n. [Gr. straight.] A mineral occurring in straight layers in felspath rock with albite, etc. It is of a blackish brown color, resembling gadolinite, but differs from it is fusibility. NWAD ORTHITE.1
ORTHOCERATITE, n. [Gr. straight, and a horn.] NWAD ORTHOCERATITE.1
The name of certain fossil univalve shells, straight or but slightly curved, arranged by Cuvier in the genus Nantilus. NWAD ORTHOCERATITE.2
ORTHODOX, a. [See Orthodoxy.] NWAD ORTHODOX.1
1. Sound in the christian faith; believing the genuine doctrines taught in the Scriptures; opposed to heretical; as an orthodox christian. NWAD ORTHODOX.2
2. According with the doctrines of Scripture; as an orthodox creed or faith. NWAD ORTHODOX.3
ORTHODOXLY, adv. With soundness of faith. NWAD ORTHODOXLY.1
ORTHODOXNESS, n. The state of being sound in the faith, or of according with the doctrines of Scripture. NWAD ORTHODOXNESS.1
ORTHODOXY, n. [Gr. right, true, and opinion, from to think.] NWAD ORTHODOXY.1
1. Soundness of faith; a belief in the genuine doctrines taught in the Scriptures. NWAD ORTHODOXY.2
Basil bears full and clear testimony to Gregory’s orthodoxy. NWAD ORTHODOXY.3
2. Consonance to genuine scriptural doctrines; as the orthodoxy of a creed. NWAD ORTHODOXY.4
ORTHODROMIC, a. [See Orthodromy.] Pertaining to orthodromy. NWAD ORTHODROMIC.1
ORTHODROMICS, n. The art of sailing in the arc of a great circle, which is the shortest distance between any two points on the surface of the globe. NWAD ORTHODROMICS.1
ORTHODROMY, n. [Gr. right, and course.] The sailing in a straight course. NWAD ORTHODROMY.1
ORTHOEPIST, n. [See Orthoepy.] One who pronounces words correctly, or who is well skilled in pronunciation. NWAD ORTHOEPIST.1
ORTHOEPY, n. [Gr. right, and word, or to speak.] NWAD ORTHOEPY.1
The art of uttering words with propriety; a correct pronunciation of words. NWAD ORTHOEPY.2
ORTHOGON, n. [Gr. right, and angle.] A rectangular figure. NWAD ORTHOGON.1
ORTHOGONAL, a. Right angled; rectangular. NWAD ORTHOGONAL.1
ORTHOGRAPHER, n. [See Orthography.] One that spells words correctly, according to common usage. NWAD ORTHOGRAPHER.1
1. Correctly spelled; written with the proper letters. NWAD ORTHOGRAPHIC.2
2. Pertaining to the spelling of words; as, to make an orthographical mistake. NWAD ORTHOGRAPHIC.3
Orthographic projection of the sphere, a delineation of the sphere upon a plane that cuts it in the middle, the eye being supposed to be placed at an infinite distance from it. NWAD ORTHOGRAPHIC.4
A projection in which the eye is supposed to be at an infinite distance; so called because the perpendiculars from any point of the sphere will all fall in the common intersection of the sphere with the plane of the projection. NWAD ORTHOGRAPHIC.5
1. According to the rules of proper spelling. NWAD ORTHOGRAPHICALLY.2
2. In the manner of orthographic projection. NWAD ORTHOGRAPHICALLY.3
ORTHOGRAPHY, n. [Gr. right, and writing.] NWAD ORTHOGRAPHY.1
1. The art of writing words with the proper letters, according to common usage. NWAD ORTHOGRAPHY.2
2. The part of grammar which treats of the nature and properties of letters, and of the art of writing words correctly. NWAD ORTHOGRAPHY.3
3. The practice of spelling or writing words with the proper letters. NWAD ORTHOGRAPHY.4
4. In geometry, the art of delineating the fore right plane or side of any object, and of expressing the elevations of each part; so called because it determines things by perpendicular lines falling on the geometrical plane. NWAD ORTHOGRAPHY.5
5. In architecture, the elevation of a building, showing all the parts in their true proportion. NWAD ORTHOGRAPHY.6
6. In perspective, the fore right side of any plane, that is, the side or plane that lies parallel to a straight line that may be imagined to pass through the outward convex points of the eyes, continued to a convenient length. NWAD ORTHOGRAPHY.7
7. In fortification, the profile or representation of a work in all its parts, as they would appear if perpendicularly cut from top to bottom. NWAD ORTHOGRAPHY.8
ORTHOLOGY, n. [Gr. right, and discourse.] The right description of things. NWAD ORTHOLOGY.1
ORTHOMETRY, n. [Gr. right, and measure.] NWAD ORTHOMETRY.1
The art or practice of constructing verse correctly; the laws of correct versification. NWAD ORTHOMETRY.2
ORTHOPNY, n. [Gr. right, erect, and breath; to breathe.] NWAD ORTHOPNY.1
1. A species of asthma in which respiration can be performed on in an erect posture. NWAD ORTHOPNY.2
2. Any difficulty of breathing. NWAD ORTHOPNY.3
ORTIVE, a. [L. ortivus, from ortus, orior, to rise.] NWAD ORTIVE.1
Rising, or eastern. The ortive amplitude of a planet is an arc of the horizon intercepted between the point where a star rises, and the east point of the horizon, the point where the horizon and equator intersect. NWAD ORTIVE.2
ORTOLAN, n. [L. hortulanus, from hortus, a garden.] NWAD ORTOLAN.1
A bird of the genus Emberiza, about the size of the lark, with black wings. It is found in France and Italy, feeds on panic grass, and is delicious food. NWAD ORTOLAN.2
ORTS, n. Fragments; pieces; refuse. NWAD ORTS.1
ORVAL, n. The herb clary. NWAD ORVAL.1
ORVIETAN, n. An antidote or counter poison. [Not used.] NWAD ORVIETAN.1
ORYCTOGNOSTIC, a. Pertaining to oryctognosy. NWAD ORYCTOGNOSTIC.1
ORYCTOGNOSY, n. [Gr. fossil, and knowledge.] NWAD ORYCTOGNOSY.1
That branch of mineralogy which has for its object the classification of minerals, according to well ascertained characters, and under appropriate denominations. NWAD ORYCTOGNOSY.2
Oryctognosy consists in the description of minerals, the determination of their nomenclature, and the systematic arrangement of their different species. It coincides nearly with mineralogy, in its modern acceptation. NWAD ORYCTOGNOSY.3
ORYCTOGRAPHY, n. [Gr. fossil, and to describe.] NWAD ORYCTOGRAPHY.1
That part of natural history in which fossils are described. NWAD ORYCTOGRAPHY.2
ORYCTOLOGY, n. [Gr. fossil, and discourse.] That part of physics which treats of fossils. NWAD ORYCTOLOGY.1
OSCHEOCELE, n. [Gr. the scrotum, and a tumor.] A rupture in the scrotum; scrotal hernia. NWAD OSCHEOCELE.1
OSCILLATE, v.i. [L. oscillo, from ant. cillo, Gr. to move.] NWAD OSCILLATE.1
To swing; to move backward and forward; to vibrate. NWAD OSCILLATE.2
OSCILLATION, n. [L. oscillatio.] Vibration; a moving backward and forward, or swinging like a pendulum. NWAD OSCILLATION.1
OSCILLATORY, a. Moving backward and forward like a pendulum; swinging; as an oscillatory motion. NWAD OSCILLATORY.1
OSCITANCY, n. [L. oscito, to yawn, from os, the mouth.] NWAD OSCITANCY.1
1. The act of gaping or yawning. NWAD OSCITANCY.2
2. Unusual sleepiness; drowsiness; dullness. NWAD OSCITANCY.3
It might proceed from the oscitancy of transcribers. NWAD OSCITANCY.4
OSCITANT, a. NWAD OSCITANT.1
1. Yawning; gaping. NWAD OSCITANT.2
2. Sleepy; drowsy; dull; sluggish. NWAD OSCITANT.3
OSCITANTLY, adv. Carelessly. NWAD OSCITANTLY.1
OSCITATION, n. The act of yawning or gaping from sleepiness. NWAD OSCITATION.1
OSCULATION, n. [L. osculatio, a kissing.] In geometry, the contract between any given curve and its osculatory circle, that is, a circle of the same curvature with the given curve. NWAD OSCULATION.1
OSCULATORY, a. An osculatory circle, in geometry, is a circle having the same curvature with any curve at any given point. NWAD OSCULATORY.1
OSCULATORY, n. In church history, a tablet or board, with the picture of Christ or the virgin, etc. which is kissed by the priest and then delivered to the people for the same purpose. NWAD OSCULATORY.2
OSIER, n. o’sher. A willow or water willow, or the twig of the willow, used in making baskets. NWAD OSIER.1
OSMAZOME, n. [Gr. odor, and juice.] NWAD OSMAZOME.1
A substance of an aromatic flavor, obtained from the flesh of the ox. NWAD OSMAZOME.2
OSMIUM, n. [Gr. odor.] A metal recently discovered, and contained in the ore of platinum. A native alloy of this metal with iridium is found in grains along the rivers in South America. Osmium has a dark gray color; it is not volatile when heated in close vessels, but heated in the open air, it absorbs oxygen and forms a volatile oxyd. It is insoluble in the acids, readily soluble in potassa and very volatile. It takes its name from the singular smell of its oxyd. NWAD OSMIUM.1
OSMUND, n. A plant, or a genus of plants, osmunda, moonwort. The most remarkable species is the osmund royal or flowering fern, growing in marshes, the root of which boiled, is very slimy, and is used in stiffening linen. NWAD OSMUND.1
OSNABURG, n. oz’nburg. A species of coarse linen imported from Osnaburg, in Germany. NWAD OSNABURG.1
OSPRAY, n. [L. ossifraga; as, a bone, and frango, to break; the bone-breaker.] NWAD OSPRAY.1
The sea-eagle, a fowl of the genus Falco or hawk, of the size of a peacock. This is our fish hawk. It feeds on fish which it takes by suddenly darting upon them, when near the surface of the water. NWAD OSPRAY.2
OSSELET, n. [L. os, osis, a bone.] NWAD OSSELET.1
A hard substance growing on the inside of a horse’s knee, among the small bones. NWAD OSSELET.2
OSSEOUS, a. [L. osseus, from os, a bone.] Bony; resembling bone. NWAD OSSEOUS.1
OSSICLE, n. [L. ossiculum.] A small bone. NWAD OSSICLE.1
OSSIFEROUS, a. [L. os, a bone, and fero, to produce.] Producing or furnishing bones. NWAD OSSIFEROUS.1
OSSIFIC, a. [L. os, a bone, and facio, to make.] NWAD OSSIFIC.1
Having power to ossify or change carneous and membranous substances to bone. NWAD OSSIFIC.2
OSSIFICATION, n. [from ossify.] NWAD OSSIFICATION.1
1. The change or process of changing from flesh or other matter of animal bodies into a bony substance; as the ossification of an artery. NWAD OSSIFICATION.2
2. The formation of bones in animals. NWAD OSSIFICATION.3
OSSIFIED, pp. Converted into bone, or a hard substance like bone. NWAD OSSIFIED.1
OSSIFRAGE, n. [L. ossifraga. See Ospray.] NWAD OSSIFRAGE.1
The ospray or sea-eagle. In Leviticus 11:13, it denotes a different fowl. NWAD OSSIFRAGE.2
OSSIFY, v.t. [L. os, bone, anf facio, to form.] NWAD OSSIFY.1
To form bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, or convert into a substance of the hardness of bones. This is done by the deposition of calcarious phosphate or carbonate on the part. NWAD OSSIFY.2
OSSIFY, v.i. To become bone; to change from soft matter into a substance of bony hardness. NWAD OSSIFY.3
OSSIVOROUS, a. [L. os, bone, and voro, to eat.] NWAD OSSIVOROUS.1
Feeding on bones; eating bones; as ossivorous quadrupeds. NWAD OSSIVOROUS.2
OSSUARY, n. [L. ossuarium.] A charnel house; a place where the bones of the dead are deposited. NWAD OSSUARY.1
OST, OUST, n. A kiln for dying hops or malt. NWAD OST.1
OSTENSIBILITY, n. [See Ostensible.] The quality or state of appearing or being shown. NWAD OSTENSIBILITY.1
OSTENSIBLE, a. [L. ostendo, to show.] NWAD OSTENSIBLE.1
1. That may be shown; proper or intended to be shown. NWAD OSTENSIBLE.2
2. Plausible; colorable. NWAD OSTENSIBLE.3
3. Appearing; seeming; shown, declared or avowed. We say, the ostensible reason or motive for a measure may be the real one, or very different from the real one. This is the common, and I believe the only sense in which the word is used in America. NWAD OSTENSIBLE.4
One of the ostensible grounds on which the proprietors had obtained their charter - NWAD OSTENSIBLE.5
OSTENSIBLY, adv. In appearance; in a manner that is declared or pretended. NWAD OSTENSIBLY.1
An embargo and non-intercourse which totally defeat the interests they are ostensible destined to promote. NWAD OSTENSIBLY.2
OSTENSIVE, a. [L. ostendo.] Showing; exhibiting. Ostensive demonstration, is one which plainly and directly demonstrates the truth of a proposition. NWAD OSTENSIVE.1
OSTENT, n. [L. ostentum, from ostendo.] NWAD OSTENT.1
1. Appearance; air; manner; mien. [Little used.] NWAD OSTENT.2
2. Show; manifestation; token. [Little used.] NWAD OSTENT.3
3. A prodigy; a portent; any thing ominous. [Little used.] NWAD OSTENT.4
OSTENTATE, v.t. [L. ostento.] To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly. [Not used.] NWAD OSTENTATE.1
OSTENTATION, n. [L. ostentatio.] NWAD OSTENTATION.1
1. Outward show or appearance. NWAD OSTENTATION.2
2. Ambitious display; vain show; display of any thing dictated by vanity, or intended to invite praise or flattery. Ostentation of endowments is made by boasting or self-commendation. Ostentation often appears in works of art and sometimes in acts of charity. NWAD OSTENTATION.3
He knew that good and bountiful minds are sometimes inclined to ostentation. NWAD OSTENTATION.4
The painter is to make no ostentation of the means by which he strikes the imagination. NWAD OSTENTATION.5
3. A show or spectacle. [Not used.] NWAD OSTENTATION.6
1. Making a display from vanity; boastful; fond of presenting one’s endowments or works to others in an advantageous light. NWAD OSTENTATIOUS.2
Your modesty is so far from being ostentatious of the good you do - NWAD OSTENTATIOUS.3
2. Showy; gaudy; intended for vain display; as ostentatious ornaments. NWAD OSTENTATIOUS.4
OSTENTATIOUSLY, adv. With vain display; boastfully. NWAD OSTENTATIOUSLY.1