organoplastic 
tissues of the organs of animals and plants : as, 
nrnanoplastic cells. 
org'anoplasty (or'gan-o-plas-ti), . [< Gr. i>p- 
yavov, organ, + irXnorof, verbal adj. of K/.doaen>, 
form, mold, + -y.~] In biol., the origination or 
development of the tissues of organs in plants 
and animals. 
Organoscopy (or'gan-o-sko-pi), . [< Gr. dpya- 
vm>, organ, + -aKO-rriaj < ancmctv, view.] Phre- 
nology. 
organ-piano (or'gan-pi-an'6), n. Same as melo- 
/>i<ow. 
organ-pipe (or'gan-pip), n. [< ME. organ-pype.'] 
1. A pipe of a pipe-organ. See pipe. 
And the thunder, 
That deep and dreadful organ-pipe, pronounced 
The name of Prosper. Shah., Tempest, iii. 3. 98. 
Near gilded organ-pipes, her hair 
Wound with white roses, slept St. Cecily. 
Tennyson, Palace of Art. 
2. Figuratively, the throat; the windpipe; 
hence, the voice. 3. In costume, a large pip- 
ing; a rounded flute Organ-pipe coral. See coral. 
organ-point (or'gan-point), n. In music, a sin- 
gle tone, usually tie tonic or the dominant, held 
or sustained by one of the voice-parts while the 
other parts progress freely without reference to 
the sustained tone, except at the beginning and 
end of the passage. It is a favorite effect in the 
climaxes of contrapuntal compositions. When an organ- 
point occurs in any other than the lowest voice, it is said 
to be inverted. Also pedal-point, pedal harmony, pedal. 
organ-rest (or'gan-rest), n. In her., same as 
clarion, J. Gibbons. 
organ-screen (6r'gan-skren), n. Eccles., an or- 
namental screen of stone or timber on which a 
Organ-screen. 
Choir of Lincoln Cathedral, England, looking toward the nave. 
church organ, usually a secondary organ, small- 
er than the great organ, is placed in cathedrals. 
In English churches it is often placed at the western ter- 
mination of the choir, in the normal position of the rood- 
loft; it is often found, however, as invariably in French 
cathedrals, on one side of the choir. 
organ-seat (6r'gan-set), . Same as organ- 
bench. 
organ-Stop (or'gan-stop), n. The stop of an 
organ. See organ 1 and stop. 
organum (or'ga-num), re. [L., LL., < Gr. bp- 
yavov, an instrument, organ, etc. : see organon, 
on/arc 1 .] 1. Same as organon. 2. Inm#tc: (a) 
An organ, (b) Same as diapliony, 2. 
organy/t (6r'ga-ni), . ; pi. organies (-niz). [Also 
organic; < ME. "organye, orgonye, < OF. organic, 
organ (musical instrument), an extended form 
of organe, organ: see organ 1 .} An organ; in- 
strument; means. 
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Youth and love 
Were th' vnresisted organies to seduce you. 
Chapman, All Fools, ii. 1. 
Of gerlis and of gloria laus gretly me dretned, 
And how osanna by orgonye olde folke songen. 
Piers Plowman (B), xviii. 9. 
organy 2 t (6r'ga-ni), n. [Also organic; a var. of 
organ 2 , origan.] Same as origan. 
Eosemarie, Basil, Saverie, Organie, Marjoram, Dill, Sage, 
Baulme, etc. 
Touchstone of Complexions (1575), p. 66. (Davies.) 
The storke having a bunch of orgamy 
Can with much ease the adders sting eschew. 
Heywood, Troia Britanica (1609). (Nares.) 
organzine (or'gan-zin), n. [< F. organsin, OF. 
organnin, orgasin = Pg. organsim, < It. organ- 
zino, organzine.] 1. A silk thread made of sev- 
eral singles twisted together ; thrown silk. The 
warp of the best silk textiles is made of it. 2. 
Silk fabric made of such thread. 
organzine (or'gan-zin), v. i. ; pret. and pp. or- 
ganzined, ppr. organzining. [< organzine, .] In 
silk-making, to twist single threads together, 
forming thrown silk or organzine. Brande and 
Cox. 
orgasm (or'gazm), n. [= F. orgasme= Sp. Pg. It. 
orgasmo, < Gr. *bpyaa[t6f, swelling, excitement, 
< op-ydv, swell, be excited ; cf . bpyii, passion, im- 
pulse, propension ; akin to bptyeiv, stretch after, 
desire : see orexis.] 1. Immoderate excitement 
or action. 
With the ravenous orgasm upon you, it seems imperti- 
nent to interpose a religious sentiment. 
Lamb, Grace before Meat. 
His friend started at the disordered appearance of the 
bard [Gray], whose orgasm had disturbed his very air and 
countenance. I. D Israeli, Lit. Char., p. 189. 
2. In med., a state of excitement in an organ : 
applied chiefly to the acme of venereal excite- 
ment in sexual intercourse. 
orgastic (6r-gas'tik), a. Characterized by or 
exhibiting orgasm; turgid, as an organ. 
orgeat (6r'zhat), n. [< F. orgeat, < orge, < L. 
hordeum, barley : see Hordeum. ] A syrup made 
from almonds (originally barley), sugar, and 
orange-flower water. It is much used by confection- 
ers, and medicinally as a mild demulcent and an agreeable 
vehicle for stronger remedies. 
orgeis (or'je-is), n. [Origin not ascertained; no 
obvious connection with organ-ling.] A large 
kind of ling. Also called organ-ling. 
orgelt, See orgul. 
Orgiastic (6r-ji-as'tik), a. [< Gr. bpyiaariKOf, of 
or pertaining to orgies, <6pym, orgies: see orgy.'] 
Pertaining to or characteristic of the orgies or 
mystic festivities of the ancient Greeks, Phry- 
gians, etc., especially those in honor of Bac- 
chus or of Cybele; characterized by or consist- 
in g in wild, unnatural, impure, or cruel revelry ; 
frantically enthusiastic : as, orgiastic rites ; or- 
giastic worship. See orgy^. 
The religion of the Greeks in the region of Ida as well 
as at Kyzikus was more orgiastic than the native worship 
of Greece Proper, just as that of Lampsacus, Priapus, and 
Parium was more licentious. Grote, Hist. Greece, I. 338. 
orgic (6r'jik), a. [< org-y + -ic.] Orgiastic. 
[Rare.] 
They [Egyptian pilgrims] landed at every town along 
the river to perform orgic dances. Encyc. Brit., XIX. 91. 
orglet, . [ME.: seeorganl.] Same as organl. 
orgont, orgonet, Middle English forms of 
organ l. 
orgonyet, n. A Middle English form of organyl. 
orguinette (6r-gi-nef), n. [A French-like 
spelling, < organ + -ette.~\ A mechanical mu- 
sical instrument, consisting of one or more 
sets of reeds with an exhaust-bellows. The ori- 
fices to the reeds are covered with a movable strip of paper 
in which holes are cut at intervals, so that, when a crank 
is turned and the bellows put in operation, the paper is 
revolved from one roller to another, and the air is admit- 
ted to the reeds through the holes. The melodic and har- 
monic effects depend upon the position and size of the 
holes. The tone is light and pleasant, and the music pro- 
duced is often accurate and effective. 
orgult, orgelt, . [ME., also orguil, orgel, or- 
hel, pride (cf., in comp., orgel-mod, orgel-pride, 
pride), partly < AS. orgol (in deriv. orgel-), 
pride, partly < OF. orgoil, orgoel, orguel, or- 
gueil, F. orgueil = Pr. orguelh, erguelh, orguoil, 
orgoil, argull = Sp. orguilo = Pg. orgulho = It. 
orgoglio, pride ; the Rom. forms prob. of Teut. 
origin: cf. OHG. urgilo, excessively, oppres- 
sively; appar. < or- (= QHG. r-), out, + -gel, 
of unknown origin.] Pride. 
Woreldes richesse wecheth orgel on mannes heorte. 
Old Eng. Bom., ii. 43, 17. 
orgnloust, a. [Also orgueilous; < ME. orgulous, 
orgeilous, < OF. orgueilleus, orguiltus, orgoillos, 
orgoillns, F. orgueillcux (= Pr. orgueliios, er- 
guelhos, orgoillos = Sp. orgulloso = Pg. orgu- 
orgyia 
Utoso = It. orgoglioso; cf. AS. orgcllic), proud, < 
orgoil, orgoel, orguel, orgueil, pride : see orgul.] 
1. Prouil; haughty. 
\Vbert<> repaired thys cruel geant, 
Called Guedoii, that so tmjulows was, 
Gret, thikke, longe, stronge, meruelous to se. 
Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.\ 1. 2955. 
In Troy there lies the scene. From isles of Greece 
The princes orgulous, their high blood chafed, 
Have to the port of Athens sent their ships. 
Shale., T. and (i, Prol., 1. 2. 
2. Ostentatious; showy. 
His atyre was oryulous. 
Romaiwe of Rwh., quoted by Steevens. (Nares.) 
3. Swollen; augmented; excessive; hence, 
threatening; dangerous. 
But they wyst nat how to passe y e ryuer of Derne, 
whiche was fell and ortjulowt at certayne times, and espe- 
cially rather in Somer than in Winter. 
Berners, tr. of Froissart's Chron., II. cii. 
orgulouslyt, adv. [ME., < orgulous + -fy 2 .] In 
an orgulous manner ; proudly ; haughtily. 
Off a f era behold [with a fierce look], argvlvudy wrought. 
Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), L 3543. 
orgy (or'ji), n. ; pi. orgies (-jiz). [< F. orgies = 
Sp. orgias = Pg. orgias = It. orgie, < L. orgia, 
pi., < Gr. bpyia, pi., secret rites, prob. < *ipyeiv, 
do, perform; cf. tpyov, work, performance. Con- 
nection with op-yj/, passion (see orgasm), is not 
probable. The singular is not used in L. or 
Gr., and is rare in mod. use (E. and F.).] 1. 
Secret rites or ceremonies connected with the 
worship of some of the deities of classical my- 
thology, as the mysteries of Ceres; particular- 
ly, the revels at the festivals in honor of Diony- 
sus or Bacchus, or the festival itself, which was 
celebrated with boisterous songs and dancing 
(see bacchante and mcenad) : generally plural in 
this sense. 
Pentheus and Orpheus were torn to pieces by the frantic 
women at his orgies. Bacon, Fable of Dionysus. 
It would have resembled an orgy to Bacchus. 
Sir T. Herbert, Travels in Africa, p. 118. (Latham.) 
Hence 2. A wild or frantic revel; a noctur- 
nal carousal ; drunken revelry. 
Amid the orgies of weary and satiated profligacy arose 
first a spirit of scoffing, then of savage, vindictive, and ag- 
gressive scepticism. W. R. dreg, Misc. Essays, 2d ser., p. 17. 
Hired animalisms, vile as those that made 
The mulberry-faced Dictator's orgies worse 
Than aught they fable of the quiet Gods. 
Tennyson, Lucretius. 
= Syn. 2. Revel, Debauch, etc. See carousal! . 
orgyia (6r-ji'ia), n. ; pi. orgyia' (-ie). [NL., < Gr. 
b/ryvia, the length of the outstretched arms, a 
fathom, < bpcyem, stretch out: see orexis.~\ 1. 
An ancient Greek measure of length, equivalent 
to about 6 feet. Encyc. Brit., II. 387. 2. [cap.] 
A genus of arctiid moths of the restricted family 
Liparidai, the males of which fly by day with a 
vaporing kind of motion, and hence are called 
raporers or vaporer-motlis. They are also known as 
tussock-moths, from the long tufts of hair with which the 
caterpillars are furnished. The females are incapable of 
flight, having only rudi- 
mentary wings. In the 
male the body is slender ; 
the proboscis is short ; the 
palpi are short and very 
hairy, with the third joint 
shortest ; the antennae are 
broadly pectinate ; the 
hind tibiae have two short 
apical spurs, or four long 
ones; and the wings are 
broad, extending beyond 
the end of the abdomen. 
The larvae are elongate and 
tuberculate, usually with 
White-marked Tussock-moth (Orgyia teucostigma). 
a, wingless female upon her egc-tnass ; b, newly hatched larva 
or caterpillar, hanging by a threat! ; c f mature caterpillar on a leaf; 
rf, winged male moth ; e, male pupa ; /, female pupa. (All natural 
size.) 
