AS. 6ru 
ore 
2. Metal; sometimes, specifically, a precious 
metal, as gold. 
To draw apart the body he hath kill'd ; 
O'er whom his very madness, like some ore 
Among a mineral of metals base, 
Shows itseh pure : he weeps for what is done. 
Shalt., Hamlet, iv. 1 . 25. 
The liquid we he drain'd 
Into flt moulds prepared; from which he form'd 
First his own tools : then, what might else be wrought 
Fusil or graven in metal. MUlon, P. L., xi. 570. 
Bell-metal ore. See hell-metal. Clinton ore, a peculiar 
form of iron ore occurring in the Clinton group, in the 
United States, at numerous points, from Wisconsin through 
Canada into New York and down the eastern slope of the 
Appalachian range. It is a hematite, but often takes the 
form or small flattened grains or disks: hence occasional- 
I v called Jlaxieed ore. It is quite frequently more 'or less 
pulverulent, staining the hands deep red, and hence called 
il'ii'stone ore. The Clinton ore is of great economical im- 
portance, but has the defect of containing considerable 
phosphoric acid. Also called/uwnV ore. Coral ore. See 
coral Float-ore. Sameas/iortMm'/imiZ. Graphic ore 
.Same as graphic ijold (which see. under gold). Gray 
horse-flesh, morass, etc. , ore. See the qualifying words 
Mock ore, blende. Peacock ore. Same as erubescite 
Round ore. Same as leap-ore. (See also kidney-ore 
needle-ore.) 
ore' 2 t, A Middle English form of oar 1 . 
ore^t, [ME., also are, < AS. ur, grace, favor, 
honor, = 08. iira = OFries. ere = D. eer = MLG. 
ere = OHG. era, MHG. ere, G. ehre = Icel. cera 
= Sw. ara = Dan. cere, honor.] 1. Favor; 
grace; mercy; clemency; protection. 
I.emman. thy grace, and, swete bryd, thyn ore. 
Clmucer, Miller's Tale, 1. 640. 
They schall cry & syke sore, 
And aay, "lord, mercy, thyn ore!" 
Hymns to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 119. 
2. Honor; glory. 
ore* (or), n. [Appar. a dial, form of ware 2 in 
like sense.] A seaweed, especially Fucws vesi- 
culosus or Lnminaria digitata. Compare ore- 
weed. 
ore 8 (or), n. [Origin obscure.] A kind of fine 
wool. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
ore (e're), n. [Dan., = Sw. ore 
ODan.). Of. 
Icel. eyrir, the 
eighth part of a 
mark: see ore 1 .] 
A modern unit 
of value in Swe- 
den, Norway, 
and Denmark, 
the hundredth 
part of the 
crown (Danish krone, Swedish Icrona), and 
worth about one fourth of a United States 
cent; also, the coin corresponding to it. 
oread (6 're-ad), n. [< Gr. bpuai; (opciaS-), a 
mountain nymph, prop, adj., of a mountain, < 
opof, a mountain.] In Gr. myth., a mountain 
nymph. 
She, . . . like a wood-nymph light, 
Oread or Dryad, or of Delia's train, 
Betook her to the groves. Milton, f. L., ix. 387. 
Sunbeams upon distant hills 
Gliding apace, with shadows in their train, 
Might, with small help from fancy, be transformed 
Into tleet oreads sporting visibly. Wordsworth. 
orectic (o-rek'tik), a. [< Gr. 6pf JCT/KOO, of or per- 
taining to appetite (TO opeKTtnov, the appetites), 
<op;f if , propension, appetite, desire : see orexis.] 
1. Of or pertaining to appetite or desire; ap- 
petitive. Fallows. 2. Pertaining to the will. 
Monbodflo, Ancient Metaphysics, II. vii., ix. 
oredelfet, ' [< ore 1 + delf, delve, n.] 1. Ore 
lying under ground. 2. Eight or claim to ore 
from ownership of the land in which it is found. 
Oredelfe is a libertie whereby a man claimeth the Ore 
found in his soile. 
New Exposition of Termes of Law. (Mimheu, 1617.) 
ore-deposit (6r'de-poz"it), i. Any natural oc- 
currence of ore or of economically valuable 
metalliferous material, whatever may be its 
form or extent ; a metalliferous deposit. Both 
ore-deposit and metattiferaus deposit, have been used by 
authors with essentially the same meaning. Either desig- 
nation includes veins, whether "fissure" or "true," "seg- 
regated " or "gash ' ; flat masses, sheets, or blankets ; pipe- 
veins, pockets, impregnations, and carbonas ; irregularly 
disseminated and eruptive masses; stratified deposits in 
short, any one of the numerous varieties of form in which 
the ores of the various metals, or more rarely the metals 
themselves, are presented in nature, or are revealed by 
mining explorations. 
Oregon grape. See Serberis. 
Oregonian (or-e-go'ni-an), a. and . [< Oregon 
(see def.) + -ion.] I'.' a. Of or pertaining to 
Oregon, one of the United States, on the Pacific 
slope. 
n. n. A native or an inhabitant of Oregon. 
ore-hearth (or'harth), n. A small rectangular 
blast-furnace used in lead-smelting in the north 
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of England and in Scotland. The hearth is made 
of cast-iron. The so-called "American orc-hearl 
very different in form from the English, 
perimented with in various parts of Germany 
th" is not 
It has been ex- 
obverse. Reverse. 
Swedish Ore. 
I Size of the original. ) 
a, Oreillette (def. 2) in head- 
piece with movable and adjust- 
;ible face-guard ; i6th century. 
very am 
j>erimeu ! 
Oreide (6're-id), n. Same as oroide. 
oreillere (o-ra-lyar'), n. [F., < OF. oreittere, 
oreliere, an ear-piece, 
< oreille, ear : see )<>/- 
lette.] An ear-piece of 
a helmet. See ear-piece. 
Oreillette (o-ra-lyef), 
n. [F., < OF. orcilli-ti; 
< L. auricula, dim. of 
auris, ear: see aurirlr, 
ear 1 .] 1. In meilifral 
costume, a part of the 
head-dress covering 
the ears, or worn in 
front of the ears, (a) 
A part of the crespine, pro- 
jecting in this way. (&) An 
arrangement of braids of 
the hair. 
2. An ear-piece of a helmet. S.K.Cat. Spec. Ej-l/. 
orellin (o-rel'in), n. [< Orell(ana), the specific 
element in Bixa Orrllana, + -in 2 .] A yellow col- 
oring matter contained together with bixin in 
arnotto. It is soluble in water and in alcohol, 
slightly soluble in ether, and dyes alumed goods 
yellow. 
Orenburg gum. [So called from Orenburg in 
Russia. ] A resinous substance which exudes 
from the trunk of the European larch in Rus- 
sia while in the process of combustion. It is 
wholly soluble in water. 
Oreodaphne (6"re-o-daf'ne), n. [NL. (Nees von 
Esenbeck and Mar'tius, 1833), < Gr. opof (ope-), 
mountain, + Scujm], laurel.] A genus of aro- 
matic trees of the order Laurinea; and the tribe 
I'erKcacea!, now included in the genus Ocotea as 
a section distinguished by a less enlarged berry 
loosely inclosed in the cup-shaped perianth. 
Oreodon (o-re'o-don), n. [NL.,< Gr. bpof, moun- 
tain, + ttabf (bSovr-) = E. tooth."] 1. The typ- 
ical genus of Oreodontidw, named by Leidy in 
1851 from remains occurring in the Miocene of 
North America. 2. [I. c.] A species of this 
genus ; one of the so-called ruminating hogs. 
oreodont (6're-o-dont), a. Of or pertaining to 
the Oreodontidie. 
OreodontidsB (6"re-6-dou'ti-de), n. pi. [NL., < 
Oreodon(t-) + -idtc.] A family of fossil artio- 
dactyl mammals, typified by the genus Oreodon. 
They are related to the Anoplotheriidce and Dichobunidce, 
and constitute one of several ancestral types intermediate 
in character between the existing deer and deer-like ru- 
minants and the non-ruminant or omnivorous artiodac- 
tyls, as swine. The teeth are in uninterrupted series in 
both jaws, with enlarged upper canines and caniniform 
lower first premolars. The family has been divided into 
Oreodontince and Agriochferinw. 
oreodontine (6"re-o-don'tin), (i. Same as oreo- 
dont. 
ore odontoid (o're-o-don'toid), a. Of or per- 
taining to the Oreodontoidea. 
Oreodontoidea (6"re-o~don-toi'de-a), n. pi. 
[NL., < Oi-eodon(t-) 4- -oidea.] A superfamily 
of oreodont mammals conterminous with the 
family OreodoutidtK. 
Oreodoxa (6"re-o-dok'sa),. [NL. (Willdenow, 
1804), < Gr. opof, mountain, + <5df<z, glory.] A 
genus of palms of the tribe Areceoiand the sub- 
tribe OncospermecB, characterized by the petals 
beingunited at the base in the pistillate flowers. 
There are 6 species, of tropical America, all handsome 
trees, with tall, smooth, robust trunk, in some very tall, 
terminated by a crown of pinnately divided leaves, with 
small white flowers and small violet fruit on the slender 
drooping branches of a large spadix. 0. regia, a tree of 
90 feet, is found sparingly as far north as Florida. See 
cabbage-tree, 1. 
oreographic (6"re-o-graf'ik), a. Same as oro- 
i/raphic. 
oreography (6-re-og'ra-fi), n. Same as orog- 
raphy. 
Oreophasinae (6"re-o-fa-sl'ne), . pi. [NL., < 
Oreo/jhasis + -Mice.] A subfamily of Cracirta 1 , 
typified by the genus Oreojihasis, having the 
pelvis narrow behind, the head with a bony 
tubercle, and the nostrils feathered ; the moun- 
tain curassows. 
oreophasine (o^re-o-fa'sin), a. Pertaining to 
the Oreophaffina;, 'or having their characters. 
Oreophasis ( 6"re-o-f a'sis), n. [NL. , < Gr. opor, a 
mountain, + 4>a<Hf, a river in Colchis, with ref. 
to the 'Phasiau bird.' <j>aaiav6f, the pheasant: 
see pheasant.] The only genus of Oreophaxiim: 
There is but one species, 0. derbianus, almost as large as 
a turkey, inhabiting the wooded parts of Guatemala at an 
altitude of 10,000 feet, 
Oreortyx (6-re-6r'tiks), n. [NL., < Gr. opoc, a 
mountain, + 6prvf , a quail : see Ortyx.] A beau- 
orfever 
tit'ul genus of American partridges, of the sub- 
family Ortyginte or Odontophorintu, having the 
head adorned with a long arrowy crest com- 
posed of two slender keeled plumes ; the moun- 
tain quails. There ia but one species. 0. picta, the 
plumed partridge or mountain quail, about 11 inches 
long and ItiJ in extentof wings, inhabiting the mountain- 
ous parts of Oregon, California, and Nevada. In most of 
its range it is one of two leading gallinaceous game-birds, 
the other being the valley quail, Lophortyx califortiica. 
The eggs in this genus are spotted like those of grouse, 
not white, and there are other indications of relationship 
Mountain Quail (Oreortyx picta}. 
with grouse. The bird's plumage is olive-brown and blu- 
ish-slate, varied with black, white, and chestnut. Also 
written Onrtyx. 
Oreoscoptes(o"re-o-skop'tez),H. [NL.,<Gr.opof 
(opt-), a mountain, + ovcwnrw, a mimic, mock- 
er, < aKOTTTetv, mock, jeer, scoff at.] A peculiar 
genus of Mimliiai, comprising a single species, 
0. montamts, which inhabits the western United 
States and Territories ; the mountain mocking- 
birds. The wing is more pointed than in other Mimince, 
and about as long as the tail. The adults are speckled be- 
Mountain Mocking-bird (Oreoscoptrs montanus'-.. 
low. The bird is about 8 inches long (the wing and tail 
each about 4), of a grayish or brownish ash-color above, and 
white below with dusky spots, the wings and tail being 
fuscous marked with white spots. It is abundant in sage- 
brush, whence it is also calleu saye-thraeher. Also written 
Oroscoptes. 
Oreotrochilus (6"re-6-trok'i-lus), . [NL., < 
Gr. opoc , a mountain, -f- roo^filor, a wagtail, sand- 
piper: see Trochilus.] A genus of Trochilida; or 
humming-birds; the mountain-hummers. The 
species live at great heights, at or near the snow-line. 
1 here are several very beautiful species, as 0. estella of 
Bolivia, 0. leucopleurus of the Andes, and pichincha and 
O. chimborazo, respectively of the mountains whose names 
they bear. 
oreweed (or'wed), m. [< ore* + weed 1 .] Sea- 
weed ; sea-wrack, used as manure on the coasts 
of Cornwall and of Scotland, ete. J. Bay, Eng- 
lish Words (ed. 1691), p. 108. 
orewood (or'wud), . [Acormption of oreweed.] 
Same as oreweed. 
Those broad-leaved blacke weedes which are called ore- 
wood, and grow in great tufts and abundance about the 
shore. Martcham, Farewell to Husbandly. (Britten and 
[Holland, Eng. Plant-names.) 
orexis (o-rek'sis), n. [NL., < Gr. opel-if, desire, 
appetite, propension, < bpeyeiv, reach, reach out, 
stretch after, yearn for, desire.] In med., a de- 
sire or appetite. 
orey, a. See ory. 
orft,". [ME., < AS. orf, cattle, stock.] Cattle. 
Into the breris they forth kacche 
Here orf, for that they wolden lacche. 
Gower. (HattiweU.) 
orfe (orf), . [= F. orfc, orplie = Sp. orfo, < L. 
orphus, < Gr. op^oj, a kind of perch.] The gold- 
en variety of the ide. It has been introduced 
both into the United States and into England. 
Also called aland. 
orfevert, . [< OF. orfei-re, F. orffore, < L. auri 
faber, a worker in gold: auri, gen. of aurum, 
gold ; /after, a worker: see/erer 2 .] Agoldsmith. 
York Plays, p. xxi. 
