oracle 
When rank Thersttes opes his mastic jaws 
We shall hear music, wit, and erode. 
Shale., T. and C., i. 3. 74. 
6. Something that is looked upon as an infal- 
lible guide or standard of reference. 
Col Pray, ray lord, what 's n clock by your oracle > 
Lord Sp. Faith, I can't tell; I think my watch runs 
upon wheels. Sin'", Polite Conversation, Dial. i. 
Oiaclet (or'a-kl), /. i. [< oracle, .] To utter 
oracles. 
No more shalt thon by oraclimj abuse 
The entiles. Milton, P. E., i. 456. 
oraclert (or'a-kler), . One who utters oracles : 
the giver of an oracle or oracular response. 
Pyrrhus, whom the Delphian Oracler 
Deluded by his double-meaning Measures. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. e. 
oracular (6-rak'u-lSr), a. [< ML. oracular/.*, < 
L. waculit'm, oracle : see oracle."] 1. Of, per- 
taining to, or of the nature of an oracle or ora- 
cles. Hence (o) Obscure or ambiguous like the oracles 
of pagan deities, (fe) Positive ; authoritative ; not to be 
gainsaid ; wise beyond contradiction. 
that, whiles we sweate and bleede for the mainte- 
nance of these oracular truths, wee could bee perswaded to 
remit of our heat in the pursuit of opinions. 
Up. Hall, The Reconciler, Deci. 
(c) Wise as an oracle; expressing opinions with the mys- 
teriousness or dogmatism of an oracle. 
They have something venerable and oracular in that un- 
adorned gravity and shortness in the expression. Pope. 
2. Of or pertaining to one possessing the power 
of delivering oracular or divine messages; pos- 
sessing the power of uttering oracles : as, an 
oracular tongue. 
His gestures did obey 
The oracular mind that made his features glow. 
Shelley, Revolt of Islam, 1. 69. 
Where, in his own oracular abode, 
Dwelt visibly the light-creating God. 
Courper, Truth, 1. 3s9. 
oracularity (o-rak-u-lar'i-ti), n. [< oracular + 
-ity.~\ Oracularness ; mysterious dogmatism. 
Now Stanfteld has no mysticism or oracularity about 
him. You can see what he means at once. 
Thackeray, Early and Late Papers, Picture Gossip. 
oracularly (o-rak'u-lar-li), adv. In the manner 
of an oracle; authoritatively; sententiously. 
Oracularness (o-rak'u-lar-nes), n. The charac- 
ter of being oracular. 
oraculoust (o-rak'u-lus), a. [< L. oraculwm, an 
oracle : see oraofe.J Same as oracular. 
As for equivocations, or oraculous speeches, they cannot 
hold out long. 
Bacon, Simulation and Dissimulation (ed. 188"). 
Urini and Thummim, those oraculous gems 
On Aaron's breast. itttton, P. R., Hi. 14. 
oraculouslyt (o-rak'u-lus-li), adv. Same as 
oracularly. 
The genius of your blessings hath instructed 
Your tongue oraculmtsly. 
Fletcher (and another), Fair Maid of the Inn, iv. 1. 
oraculousness (o-rak'u-lus-nes), . Same as 
Oracularness. 
orad (6'rad), adv. [< L. os (or-), the mouth, + 
ad, to.] To or toward the mouth or oral region : 
opposed to aborad. 
orage (F. pron. o-razh'), [< OF. orage, F. 
orage = Pr. auratge = Sp. oraje, a storm, wind, 
< ore = Pr. Sp. Pg. aura = It. mira, ora, breeze, 
wind, < L. aura, air, breeze, wind, ML. storm, 
tempest: see aura.] 1. A storm; a tempest. 
Cotgrave. [Bare.] 
That orage of faction. 
Roger North, Examen, p. 632. (Daviet.) 
2. In organ-building, a stop constructed so as 
to produce a noise in imitation of the sound of 
a storm. 
oragious (o-ra'jus), a. [< F. orageux, stormy, < 
orage, a storm : see orage.'] Stormy; tempes- 
tuous. [Kare.] 
M. D'lvry, whose early life may have been rather ora- 
gious, was yet a gentleman perfectly well conserved. 
Thackeray, Newcomes, xxxi. 
oraisont, n. An obsolete form of orison. 
oral (6'ral), a. [= F. oral = Sp. Pg. oral = It. 
oralc, < NL. oralis, of the mouth, < L. os (or-), 
the mouth, = Skt. asya, the mouth.] 1. Of or 
pertaining to the mouth or ingestive opening: 
as, the oral orifice; oral surgery; oral gesta- 
tion. 2. Uttered by the mouth or in words; 
spoken, not written: as, oral traditions; oral 
testimony ; oral law. 
Savage rusticity is reclaimed by oral admonition alone. 
Goldsmith, Citizen of the World, Ixxv. 
Oral record, and the silent heart- 
Depositories faithful and more kind 
Than fondest epitaph. 
Wordsworth, Excursion, vi. 
4136 
The oral language of China has continued the same that 
it is now for thirty centuries. 
J. f. Clarice, Ten Great Religions, L 2. 
3. Using or concerned with speech only, and 
not writing; communicating instruction, etc., 
by word of mouth ; viva voee. [Bare.] 
The influence of simply Oral Teachers rests chiefly in 
the hearts and minds of the Taught. 
Ascham, The Scholemaster, p. (i. 
4. In zoiil., situated on the same part or side 
of the body as the mouth: opposed to aboral or 
arms, in acalephs, arm-like appendages of 
the wall of the stomach, which usually project s into folded 
membranes, between which the mouth is situated. Oral 
aspect. Wee ambulacral aspect, under ambulacral. Oral 
cavity, in haustellate insects, the hollow on the lower 
surface of the head, from which the proboscis or sucking- 
mouth protrudes. Oral contract, disk, evidence, ges- 
tation, etc. See the nouns. Oral pleading, in (air. 
pleading by word of mouth in presence of the judges : su- 
perseded by written pleading in the reign of Edward III. 
Oral Skeleton, in echinoderms, the whole dentary ap- 
paratus or hard parts about the mouth. See lantern <>.f 
Aristotle, under lantern. Oral valves, in crinoids, the 
processes of the perisome about the mouth, projecting over 
the orifice and capable of closing it by coming together 
like valves. Oral whiff, a whiff heard during expiration 
from the open mouth, following the cardiac rhythm. It is 
developed in health by exertion, and also appears during 
complete rest in cases of thoracic aneurism, when it may 
be double. When thus appearing during rest, it is of diag- 
nostic value, and is called Drummond's whiff. 
orale (o-ra'le), n. [ML., neut. of (NL.) oralis, 
of the mouth : see oral.] A veil worn by the 
Pope at solemn pontifical celebrations; the 
fanon. See/awow, 3 (e). 
orally (6'ral-i), adv. 1. In an oral manner; by 
word of mouth ; in words, without writing ; vo- 
cally; verbally: as, traditions derived orally 
from ancestors. 2. By means of the mouth ; 
through, in, or into the mouth. 
The priest did sacrifice, and orally devour it whole. 
Bp. Hall, Epistles, To Sir T. Challouer. 
"Morphinomania," by Dr. Seymour J. Starkey, gives a 
striking but quite credible account of the influence of 
the unscientific use of morphia, either snbcutaneously or 
orally. N. and Q., 7th ser., IV. 219. 
orang (6-rang'), . Same as orang-utan. 
orange 1 (or'anj), n. and a. [Formerly also or- 
enge; (. ME. orenge (= D. oranje = G. orange), < 
OF. orenge, F. orange (= Pr. orange), an accom. 
form (simulating or, s L. aurum, gold, in allu- 
sion to the yellow fruit) for "arenas. < It. aran- 
cia, f., arancio, m. (ML. arangia, also accom. 
aurantia, NL. aurautum, simulating L. aurum, 
gold), orig. with initial n, as in It. dial, naranza, 
naranz = Sp. naranja = Pg. laranja (with orig. 
n changed to I, appar. in simulation of the def. 
art.) = Wall, neranze = MGr. vepavr&av, NGr. 
vtp&vr^i, < Ar. ndranj = Hind, narangi, narangi 
= Pali ndrango = late Skt. ndranga, ndgaranga, 
appar. < Pers. ndranj, ndrinj, ndrang, an orange; 
cf. Pers. ndr, a pomegranate. Cf. lemon and 
lime 9 , also of Pers. origin.] I. n. 1. The fruit 
of the orange-tree, a large globose berry of eight 
or ten membranous cells, each containing sev- 
eral seeds which are packed in a pulp of fusi- 
form vesicles, distended with an acidulous re- 
freshing juice. There are three principal varieties of 
the orange the sweet or China orange, Citrus Aurantium 
proper, including the ordinary market sorts; the bitter 
or Seville orange or bigarade, variety Biyaradia, used for 
making marmalade, its peel being specially valued ; and 
the bergamot orange, variety Berycmia, classed by some, 
however, as a variety, Citrus Sledica (see beryamotl, 1). 
2. A rather low branching evergreen fruit-tree. 
Citrus Aurantium, with greenish-brown bark, el- 
liptical or ovate coriaceous leaves, the petiole 
often winged, and fragrant white flowers. It is 
long lived and extremely prolific. When no longer fruit- 
ful, its hard, tine-grained, yellowish wood is valued for 
inlaid work and fine turnery. Its flowers are prized when 
fresh (see orange-Uoisoms\ and (chiefly those of the bitter 
orange) yield neroli-oil and orange-water. The varieties 
of the orange are very numerous, distinguished most ob- 
viously by their fruit. Its origin is referred to India, 
whence it spread to western Asia, thence reaching Spain 
and Italy, through the agency of the Moors and the cru- 
saders, between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries. It 
is now cultivated in nearly all tropical and subtropical 
lands, including China and Japan, Ihe whole Mediterra- 
nean basin, the West Indies, and the southern borders of 
the United States, having, indeed, become thoroughly wild 
in Florida. 
The gourde is goode nygh this orenge ysowe, 
Whoos vynes brent maath askes for hem sete. 
Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. I2n. 
3. A reddish-yellow color, of which the orange 
is the type. 4. In her., a roundel tenne. See 
roundel Blenheim orange, a golden-colored variety 
of apple. Blood-orange, a sweet orange with the pulp 
mottled with crimson and the rind reddish, grown in Malta, 
and hence also called Maltese orange. Cadmium-or- 
ange, a deep-orange shade of cadmium-yellow. Clove- 
orange. SameasmaHdarmortmi/e. Coolie orange. See 
coolie. DlphenYlamine-qrange, a coal-tar color used 
in dyeing. It is the potassium salt of a phenylated acid- 
orangeat 
yellow, and dyes an orange color. Also known as tropce- 
olin Oo, uranye IV, orange JV. Frosted orange, a moth 
of the genus Gortyna. Gold orange, a coal-tar color: 
same as helianthin. Horned orange, a monstrous form 
of the orange in which the carpels are separated. Mad- 
der-orange. See madder lakes, under madderl. Mal- 
tese orange, same ns Woud-aranye. Mandarin or- 
ge, a small flattened variety of oiange in which the 
, 
rind separates very readily from the pulp, the latter sweet 
and deliciously flavored. See Tauijtrine orange. Mars 
Orange, an artificially prepared iion ocher, of a color 
similar to burnt sienna without the brown tinge of the 
latter. It is used as an artists' color. Native orange. 
Same as oranye-thorn. Navel orange, a very large and 
sweet, usually seedless variety, of biazil, etc.: so called 
from a peculiar navel-like foimalion at the summit, 
which is somewhat oval in shape. Noble orange. Same 
as mandarin orange. Orange G, a coal-lar color used in 
dyeing, being the beta-disulphonate sodium salt of ben- 
zene-azo-beta-naphthol. It dyes o bright orange, vei y fast 
to light. Orange 1, a coal-tar color used in dyeing, being 
the sodium salt of alpha-naphihol-azobenzene. It dyes 
reddish-orange. Also called tropamlm GOO No. 1, and 
alpha- naphthol orange. Orange II, a coal-tar color used 
in dyeing, the sodium salt of beta-naphthol-azobenzene: 
same as mandarin, 5. Also called trop&Mn OOO iNo. 2, 
and beta-napthol orany. Orange 111. Same as heli- 
anthin. Orange IV. Same aaaiphenylamine-oranye. 
Orange lake. . c ame as madder-orange. Orange N. 
Same as diphenylamine-cramje. Osoge orange. See 
Madura. otaheite oral ge, a hardy shrubby \ ai iety of 
orange, an ornamental plant. It is also used as a stock for 
dwarfing the varieties of the orar.ge. Palatine orange, 
a coal-tar color used in dyeing, bting the ammonium fait 
of tetranitro-diphenol. It is applicable 1o w<;ol and silk 
in an acid bath. Quito oranges, the berries of Sdamim 
Quitoense. St. Michael's orange, a rather tmall, thin- 
skinned, seedless variety of orange, the pulp very sweet and 
the tree extremely productive. Sumatra orange. See 
Murraya. Sweet-skinned orange, a variety of orange 
with thick soft rind, in Paris cttUea forbidden fruit, while 
in London that name applies to a email sort of shaddock. 
Tangerine orange, a subvaiiely of the mandaiin, in- 
dining to a pear shape, its smallest form not laigerlhan an 
English walnut. Wild orange, (a) 'I he common oiange 
in its spontaneous forms, (b) The Carolina cherry-laurel, 
Prunus Caroliniana. It is a small tree with glossy cori- 
aceous leaves, wild and cultivated for ornament in the 
southern United States. Its foliage, baik. and fruit con- 
tain prussic acid, and the leaves are often fatal to animals 
browsing upon them. Also called mock-orange and uild 
peach, (c) See toothache-tree. 
II. a. Of or belonging to an orange; specifi- 
cally, being of the reddish-yellow color of the 
orange. 
The ideas of orange colour and azure. Locke. 
Yon orange sunset waning slow. 
Tennyson, Move eastward, happy earth. 
Orange bat, Rhinonycteris aurantia: so called from the 
coloration. Orange bird, Phimipara zena, a West Indian 
tanager, having an orange breast. Orange chrome, a 
chrome-yellow of a deep-orange shade. Orange cowry, 
Cypraea aurora, the morning-dawn cowry. Grange dove, 
Chrysoenas victor, the male of which is orange. Orange 
footman, Lithosia aureola, a British moth. Orange 
fruit-worm. See fruit-worm.- Orange gourd. Same 
as egg gourd (which see, under gourd). Orange miner- 
al, an oxid of lead similar to red lead in composition, but 
much brighter and clearer in color. It is formed by oxi- 
dizing white lead on the hearth of a reverbeiatory furnace. 
It is largely used in paints, principallyasabasefor artificial 
or eosin vermilion. Orange motb, Anyerona prunaria, 
a British geometrid moth, so called from its color. Or- 
ange ocher. Same as (burnt) licman ccher (which see, 
under ocher). Orange paste, fee paste. Orange sal- 
low, Xantltia citrago, a British moth. Orange-skin 
surface, a name given to the glaze of certain vaneties of 
Oriental porcelain, from the slight roughnesses of the sur- 
face, without reference to color. Orange-slip clay, a 
clay used in Staffordshire, chiefly in making slip, of a gray 
color, having mixed with it reddish nodules, which give 
an orange color to the tempered mass. Orange under- 
wing, Brephos parthenais, a common noctuid moth of 
Europe : an English collectors' name. Orange upper- 
wing, Hoporina croceago, a common noctuid moth of Eu- 
rope: an English collectors' name. Orange vermilion, 
a mercury vermilion, red with an orange hue. 
Orange 2 (or'anj), a. [Attrib. use of Orange, < 
F. Orange (> D. Oranje, G. Oranien), a city and 
principality in France, orig. (L.) Arausio(n-), 
the capital of the Cavari, in Gallia Narbonen- 
sis.] 1. Of or pertaining to the principality 
of Orange in France, or the line of princes 
named from it: often with special reference 
to William III. of England, Prince of Orange, 
who was regarded as the champion of Protes- 
tantism against Louis XIV. on the continent, 
and against James II. in Ireland. 2. Of or 
pertaining to the Society of Orangemen, or Or- 
angeism : as, an Orange lodge ; an Orange em- 
blem. See Orangeman. 
orangeade (or-an-jad'), n. [= F. orangeade = 
Sp. naranjada = Pg. larunjada = It. aranciata; 
as orange^ + -ade 1 as in lemonade, etc. Cf. or- 
angeat.] A drink made of orange-juice and 
water sweetened. 
Orangeade, a cooling Liquor made of the Juice of Or- 
anges and Lemmons, with Water and Sugar. 
E. Phillips, 1706. 
orangeat (or-an-zhaf), . [< F. orangeat, < 
orange, orange: see orange^-."] 1. Sugared or 
candied orange-peel, a sweetmeat. Imp. Diet. 
2. Orangeade. Imp. Dirt. 
