ordinary 
I think my Eagle Is so Justly styled .love's scrvantinnr. 
iliinifii. ' H'"i Complete Angler, p. 25. 
(h) sec ( lef. 10 (b). Lord of appeal In ordinary, Sec 
lord. Ordinary of arms, in Mr, . a imok or table of ref- 
rlrliri- ill ullirll la-Dllilir I " :ll ill^s n!' aril if vr incuts, nr blltll, 
are arrant 'I in MlpliahrticHl nr other regular oriliT " ill' 
the naiiieH ofpenonawho l>c;u- (hi-m attarliril : the reverse 
,,r :>M iirinorii. Ordinary of the mass. Seedef. :i. 
,\h|p|r\ i;ltcd nfd. 
Ordinaryship (or'ili-na-ri-ship), H. [<<n///y 
+ -xhii>.\ The itate ill' being mi ordinary; the 
ollice of au ordinary, l-'iilli-r. 
ordinate (OrMl-ntt), n. and . [< ME. ordinal 
(also unli in . q. v.j = It.orilii/nln, < L. ordinal"*, 
well-ordered, tt))|ioiiit"d, ordained, pp. of r</i- 
imir, order, ordain: see i/rdnin, urili r, .] I. 
. 1. Kc^iilar. 
I 01 !>< that atondoth clere and ordinate, 
Anil pnmde happta sutfreth undcrslide. 
li'H'tiilx, MS. Sue. Anllq. 184, f. (Ilalliwell.) 
Ordinatc figures arc such as have all their sides anil all 
their angles equal. Ray, Works of Creation. 
2f. Well-regulated; orderly; proper; due. 
A wedded man. in his estaat, 
Lyvetha lyf blisful and ordinaat. 
Chaucer, Merchant's Tale, 1. 40. 
3. In entom., placed in one or more regular 
rows : as, orditnitc spines, punctures, spots, etc. 
Ordinate eyes, eyes arranged in definite order, as the 
simple eyes of a spider. 
II. n. In iniii/i/l. i/coin., a line used to deter- 
mine the position of a point in space, drawn 
from the point to the axis of abscissas and par- 
allel to I In' axisof ordinates. Sec nlm-i<ii, and 
Curtcsian riM'irdintiti'n (under Cartesian). Appll- 
cate ordmate. See applicate. 
ordinatet (or'di-nat), r. t. [< L. orditiatus, pp. 
of orfliiiiire, ordain, order, etc.: see order, v.] 
1. To ordain ; appoint. 
With full consent this man did orilinate 
The heir apparent to the crown and land. 
Daniel, Civil Ware, iv. 22. 
2. To direct; dispose. 
Look up to that over-ruling hand of the Almighty, who 
oriliinitfx all their [thy spiritual enemies'] motions to his 
own holy purposes. /;/<. Hall, Balm of Gilead, ill. 8 3. 
ordinatelyt (dr'di-nat-li), adv. Regularly; ac- 
cording to an established order ; in order. 
I wyll ordinately treate of the two paries of a publlke 
weale. Sir T. Klyot, The Goveniour, i. 2. 
ordination (6r-di-na'shon), . [< OF. ordinit- 
tion, also ordinaison, F. ordination = Sp. orditia- 
ci'in = Pg. ordenacSo = It. ordinazione, < L. or- 
iliniitio(n-), a setting in order, ordering, ordain- 
ment, ordinance, rule, < ordiuare, order, or- 
dain: see ordain.'] 1. Disposition as in ranks 
or rows; formal arrangement ; array. 
Cyrus . . . disposing his trees, like his armies, in regu- 
lar ordination. Sir T. Browne, Garden of Cyrus, i. 
2. The act of admitting to holy orders, or to 
the Christian ministry; the rite of conferring 
holy orders or investing with ministerial or 
sacerdotal power and authority. In episcopal 
i -li n rehes, including the Roman Catholic Church, the Greek 
and other Oriental churches, and the Anglican Church, or- 
dination consists in imposition of hands by a bishop upon 
the candidate, thus admitting him to one of the holy or- 
derB,andconferringon him the powersof that order and au- 
thority to perform its functions. The act of elevation to 
the episcopate is in strict technical use called consecration, 
not ordination. Ordination in its wider sense includes ad- 
mission to the minor orders, which are usually conferred 
in the Roman Catholic Church by a bishop, but can be be- 
stowed by an abbot, the act of admission consisting in 
tin 1 tradition (delivery) of the instruments. In Presbyte- 
rian churches the power of ordination rests with the pres- 
bytery, who appoint one or more of their number to con- 
duct the ordination ceremonies, which include laying on 
of hands. In Congregational and Baptist churches ordi- 
nation is customarily pL-rfonned by the pastors of other 
churches (of the same denomination), but is regarded as 
necessary only for the preservation of church order ; and 
the siTvire is regarded as conferring no special religious 
authority. Sec institution, induction, installation. 
As for Ordination, what is it but the laying on of hands, 
ail outward signe or symbol of admission? 
Milton, On Def. of Humb. Remonst. 
3f. Arrangement of parts so as to form a con- 
sistent whole; organization; prearrangemeut ; 
constitution. 
Every creature is good, partly by creation, and partly by 
ordination. I'frkiiix. 
4. Assignment of proper place in an order or 
series; hence, suitable relation; due propor- 
tion. 
Virtue and vice have a natural ordination to the happi- 
ness and misery of life respectively. tiorris. 
5. Appointment; enactment; decree; ordi- 
nance. 
They worship their own gods according to their own or- 
dination. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 630. 
By the holy and wise ordination of God, cither and both 
of them are appointed for the chief stay of the people. 
Bp. Hall, Hard Texts of Scripture, Ps. cxviii. 22. 
4147 
ordinativet (6r'di-na-tiv), it. [= Sp. It. iii-ili- 
nutirn, < l.lj. iiriliniiiii'ii.'i. signifying or indicat- 
ing order, < L. orilniin-i; order, ordain: set- nf- 
-'; r.] Directory; administrative. 
Episcopal! power and precedency . . . immediately 
succeeded the Apostles In that urdinatict and gnbernat h 
cinincnuy. 
Bp. Uauden, Tears of the Church, p. 269. (Dames.) 
ordinato-liturate (or-di-na'to-lit'u-rat), a. [< 
L. ordinatn.t, arranged in a row, + lituniiii*. 
blurred: see ordinntt: and lit it rate.] Having 
rows of lituraa or indeterminate spots, etc. 
ordinato-maculate (6r-di-na't6-mak*u-lat), . 
[< L. iirdinatux, arranged in a row,+ nnn-i/lnliis. 
spotted: see ordiiiati- and inarulate.] Having 
rows of inarnhr or spots. 
ordinato-punctate (6r-di-na't6-puugk'tat), a. 
[< L. ordtnatus, arranged in a row, + pinu-tu- 
tus, punctate : see ordinals wa& punctate. ] Hav- 
ing rows of punctures. 
ordinatort (or'di-na-tqr), . [= OF. ordiua- 
ti-iir, < L. ordinator, Cordinare, ordain, order: 
see ordinate, v. Cf. ordainer.] A director; a 
ruler. Rev. T. Adams, Works, I. 424. 
ordinee (6r-di-ne'), [< F- 'ordine 1 , < L. ordi- 
iuilu.1, ordained: see ordinate.] A person or- 
dained; one on whom holy orders have been 
conferred. 
The abbot may choose a monk for ordination as priest 
or deacon ; but the ordinee is to rank in the house from 
the date of his admission. Eneyc. Brit., XVI. 70S. 
ordines, Plural of ordo. 
ordnance (drd'nans), H. [An old form of ordi- 
nance: see ordinance, 5. Ct.ordonnance.] Can- 
non or great guns collectively, including mor- 
tars and howitzers ; artillery. Asa technical term, 
it designates all heavy pieces flred from carriages. Mod- 
ern ordnance may be divided into two classes, smooth-bore. 
and rifled. The former are all muzzle-loaders; the latter 
are subdivided into muzzle-loaders and breech-loaders. 
Most guns of modern construction are breech-loading ri- 
fled anus. Classified according to the material used, can- 
non are bronze, cast-irim, u-rimyht-iron, steel, or mixed cast 
(wroutjht-iron and steel) guns ; according to the method of 
construction, they are called solid or built-up guns. The 
most modern type of heavy gun is an all-steel built-up 
breech-loading gun, with a Krupp or interrupted-screw 
fermeture. formerly sometimes used in the plural. 
Behold the ordnance on their carriages 
With fatal mouths gaping on girded Ilarfleur. 
Shalt., Hen. V., Prol., 1. 26. 
He built nine or ten forts and planted ordnances upon 
them. S. Clarice, Four Plantations in America (1870), p. 2. 
Board Of ordnance, (at) Formerly, in Great Britain, a 
board, consisting of a master-general, surveyor-general, 
clerk, and storekeeper (usually members of Parliament), 
which provided the army and navy with guns, ammunition, 
and arms of every description, and superintended the pro- 
viding of stores, equipment, etc. The Crimean disasters in 
1854 showed the defects of this board, which was shortly 
afterward dissolved. (6) A l>oard composed of t'nited States 
ordnance-officers distinguished for their attainments in the 
theory and practice of heavy ordnance, its construction 
and use, whose duty it is to conduct experiments, and test 
and report upon all ordnance subjects referred to it by 
the chief ef ordnance. This board is designated by the 
Secretary of War, and is advisory to the chief of ordnance 
of the army. Bureau Of Ordnance. See Department of 
the A'ary, under department. Master of the ordnance. 
See nuuferl. Ordnance corps. Same as ordnance de- 
partment. Ordnance department. See department, 
Ordnance storekeeper. See storelreejxr. Ordnance 
stores, a general phrase including everything pertaining 
to the manufacture, equipment, and service of ordnance 
or artillery. It comprises all projectiles and explosives, 
pyrotechnic stores, gun-carriages, caissons, limbers, mor- 
tar-beds, cavalry and artillery forges, battery- wagons, and 
all machines for mechanical maneuvers and for transpor- 
tation, tools and materials for fabrication, repair, or pres- 
ervation, all small-arms, accoutrements, and equipments 
for artillery, cavalry, and infantry. The phrase "ordnance 
and ordnance stores," covers everything in the form of a 
weapon that Is used in war, together with all the materials 
and appliances necessary for their construction, repair, 
preservation, and use.- Ordnance survey, the survey 
of Great Britain, undertaken by the government, and exe- 
cuted by select corps of the Royal Engineers and civilians. 
The charts exhibit, in addition to the ordinary features of 
a map, the extent and limits of properties ; and rivers, roads, 
houses, etc., are laid down on them in their just propor- 
tions, and not, as in ordinary maps, exaggerated. The 
scale adopted by the British government is, lor towns hav- 
ing 4,000 or more inhabitants, R ,',,-, of the linear measure- 
ment, which is equivalent to 126.72 inches to a mile, or 1 
inch loii feet : for parishes (in cultivated districts), f ,^0 
of the linear measurement* equal to 25.344 inches to a 
mile, or very nearly 1 square inch to an acre ; for counties, 
6 inches to a mile ; for the kingdom, a general map, 1 inch 
to a mile. The purposes to which these large plans may 
be applied are as estate plans, for managing, draining, and 
otherwise improving land, for facilitating its transfer by 
registering sales and inrurnbrances, and as public maps, 
according to which local or general taxes may be levied. 
and roads, railways, canals, and other public works laid 
out and executed. Rifled ordnance. See rifled cannon, 
under cannon. 
ordnance-office (ord'naus-of'is), n. The head- 
quarters of the chief of ordnance of the United 
States army ; the bureau of administration of 
the ordnance department of the army. 
ore 
Ordnance-officer (ord'nans-of i-srr), M. Tin 
line-oflirer tliird in rank on a I'nitril !~- 
man-of-war. Ho has general charge and -uper- 
vi-iun of the guns, small-arms, ammunition, 
I'd-., but not of the drill. 
ordnance-sergeant (ord'nans-.sih jenij, . A 
uon-commissioneil stalT-oflicer whose duty it is 
toreci-ivi . |.P ,M rv> .;IIH! i~sueallordnance,ann, 
ammunition, or other ordnance stores at a mili- 
tary post or station, under the regulations of 
the War Department. 
ordo (or'ilo), H.; pi. iirdinm (6r'di-nez). [L., 
order: see itriler, .] 1. In pros., a colon or 
series. 2. In some Latin school-books, r-| 
cially texts of poets, a rearrangement of lh. 
Latin words in English order. 3. Ecclen.: (a) 
A directory or book of rubrics. (l>) An office 
or service with its rubrics. Ordo misss, the ordi- 
nary or order of the mass. See ordinary, n., 3. 
ordonnance (6r'do-nans), n. [< F. ordontiinn'i . 
si-i- <>i ilnm >>!< . aii olilrr form of the same word.] 
1. Ordering; coordination; specifically, in the 
)\ in' nfts. tin' proper disposition of figures in a 
picture, or of the parts of a building, or of any 
work of art; ordinance. 
But in a history-piece of many figures, the general de- 
sign, the ordonnanee or disposition of It, the relation of one 
ngure to another, the diversity of the posture, habits, shad- 
owings, and all the other graces conspiring to an unifor- 
mity, are of ... difficult performance. 
Dryden, Plutarch. 
Language, by the mere collocation and ordonnanee of In- 
expressive articulate sounds, can inform them with the 
spiritual Philosophy of the Pauline epistles, the living 
thunder of a Demosthenes, or the material picturesque- 
ness of a Russell. Marsh, Lects. on Eng. Laug., xiil. 
2. An ordinance ; a law. specifically, in French 
law: (a) A partial code embodying rules of law upon a 
particular subject, such as constituted a considerable pro- 
portion of the civil and commercial legislation during the 
reigns of Louis XIV., XV., and XVI. (6) An order of court. 
ordonnant (or'do-nant), a. [< F. ordvunant, 
ppr. of ordinintr, arrange, ordain: seeorrfiiiant, 
a doublet of ordonnant.] Relating to or imply- 
ing ordonnance. Coleridge. 
Ordovician (6r-do-vish'ian), a. [Named from 
the (trdoviccK, an ancient British (North Welsh) 
tribe.] An epithet applied by C. Lapworth to 
a series of rocks not capable of exact separa- 
tion from those underlying or overlying them, 
either stratigraphically or paleontologically, 
but which have been the subject of much dis- 
cussion among English geologists. They form u 
part of the Lower Silurian of Murchlson, more or less of 
the Vpper Cambrian of Sedgwick, the Cambro-silurian of 
Jukes, the Siluro-Cambrlan of some authors, the second 
fauna of Barrande, etc. As limited in Wales, according 
to H. B. Woodward, the Ordovician may be said to extend 
from the base of the Arenig series to the base of the Llan- 
dovery. Graptolites and trllohites are the most abundant 
fossils, and there is a large amount of intercalated vol- 
canic material. The name Ordovician does not appear in 
the text-book of geology recently issued by the director of 
the Geological Survey of Great Britain, nor has It any place 
in American Silurian geology as worked out by the New 
York and Pennsylvania Surveys, nor can the strata thus 
named in England be strictly parallelized with any one or 
more divisions of the Silurian as established in the United 
States. 
ordure (or'dur), . [< ME. ordure, < OF. (and 
F.) ordure (= It. ortlura), filth, excrement, < ord 
= It. orrido, foul, dirty, nasty,< L. horridus, hor- 
rid: see horrid.] Dung; excrement; feces. 
Alias, alias, so noble a creature 
As is a man, shal dreden swlch ordure. 
Chaucer, Trollus, v. 385. 
As gardeners do with ordure hide those roots 
That shall first spring and be most delicate. 
Shot., Hen. V., u. 4. 39. 
orduroUS (or'du-rus), a. [< ordure + -ous.] 
Pertaining to or consisting of ordure or dung ; 
filthy. Drayton, Pastoral Eclogue, viii. 
ore 1 (or), . [Early mod. E. also oar; < ME. 
ore, or, < AS. ar, also Sr, ore, brass, copper, 
bronze (cf. ora, ore, ore, a mine), = OS. "cr 
(in adj. erin = G. them, of brass) = OHQ. 
MHG. er, brass, = Icel. eir, brass (cf. Sw. ore = 
Dan. tire, a copper coin, AS. ora : see ora, ore), 
= Goth, ais (air-), brass, copper coin, money, 
= L. <rs, copper ore, bronze (see ff) ; cf. Skt. 
ayas, metal.] 1. A metalliferous mineral or 
rock, especially one which is of sufficient value 
to be mined. A mixture of a native metal with rock 
or veinstone is not usually called ore, however, it being 
understood that in an ore proper the metal is in a miner- 
alized condition that is, exists in combination with some 
mineraUzer, as sulphur or oxygen. The ore and veinstone 
together constitute the mass of the metalliferous deposit, 
vein or lode. The ore as mined is usually more or less 
mixed with veinstone, and from this it is separated, as com- 
pletely as may be convenient or possible, by dressing. It 
then usually goes to the smelter, who, by means of a more 
or less complicated series of operations, frees it from the 
worthless material which still remains mechanically mixed 
with it, and also sets it free from its chemical combination 
with the substances by which it is mineralized. 
