orgyia 
two ICIIIK pencils of hair mi the; prothoraclc and anal Beg- 
inrnts: they spin a slight cocoon boVSVgnNUUt, The 
'.THUS is rr[iir-riitr'l in all tin- Old \Vorlil round i. 
ll:lH Home .North Alllfl-irall mi'mlHTH. Tlh- mill*- "f tl ,,n 
h'lii.i tin- common vaporer, Is a small brown moth with 
a ullitr s|n.l till the nl^c of thr forr wings. 0. CCentHUl 
i* tin- irnl In-Mirk moth. O, fi/wliiia is the dark tus- 
Kork-motli. " / i/r...-7/ /,"", thr whilr marked Ins-irk 
moth, is vt-ry troublesome- in tin- *tin-ts ut' many ritics of 
tin- I nitnl statfs, injniiim shailrti 
1M10. 
Oribates(i.>-rib'a,-tez),H. [ML. 
< Ur. lifui, iiiTi/r, mountain-ra 
, 1804), 
-ranging, < opof, a 
mountain, + fiaivtiv, go.] A genus of beetle- 
niitcs, typical of the family Orihiitiilii; having 
the eephalothorax with lanirllar appendages, 
the vertex with bristly hairs, ami the miilillo 
claw larger than the others. There are probably 
many more species than have thus fur heen drtri minni. 
O. nviwru* la a useful mite, which feeds on the eggs of 
the cunkerworm-iiioth in the United States. Also Oro- 
batf*. 
Oribatidae (or-i-bat'i-de), n. pi. [NL.,< Oribatcx 
+ -irffc.] A family of tracheato acarids, tyi)ified 
by the genus Oribaten. They are known as beetle- 
mites, from the hard homy Integument, and also as wood- 
miten. The ocelli are almost obsolete, the mandihles che- 
late, the short palpi four-jointed, and the legs five-jointed, 
all ambulatory. None is parasitic at any age, or specially 
injurious, and some are beneficial. About 12 genera are 
described. The Oribatidte are sometimes divided into 2 
subfamilies, Pterogasterinas or Oribatiiux proper, and Opo- 
terof/anteriiice, the latter containing 9 genera. 
oribi, " Same as ourebi. 
orichalc (or'i-kalk), n. [Formerly also ori- 
i-linlche; = F. orirlml//>ir = Sp. Pg. It. oricalco, 
< L. orichalcitin (also erroneously aurichalfii/ii, 
simulating auriim, gold), < Or. opeixaAnof, rarely 
bpixalMof, yellow copper ore, brass, lit. ' moun- 
tain-copper,' < opof, mountain, + ^o//5c, cop- 
per: see chalcitis.] The equivalent in English 
of the Greek opfi'^a/Uof, the name of a metallic 
alloy or metal of brilliant luster, mentioned by 
Greek authors of a very early date, and con- 
sidered by them as worthy to be classed with 
gold and silver in respect of value. Plato, while 
often speaking of it, admits that orichalc waa no longer to 
be had in his time ; and some (Aristotle, it is Said, among 
them) deny that any such metal ever existed. The word 
passed into Latin under the form of orichalcum, and later 
that of aurichalcujn. Although sometimes used as the 
name of brass (as by Strain), who, with as near an approach 
to accuracy as was possible in those days, describes the 
method of manufacturing that metal and calls the alloy 
orichalcum), it had in general even down to the middle 
ages a more or less uncertain meaning, standing some- 
times for an entirely ideal and very precious substance 
and sometimes for an ordinary metal or alloy (as copper 
or bronze), but having a peculiar value on account of the 
manner in which it was made, or the locality whence it 
came. 
The metall was of rare and passing price ; 
Not Bilbo steele, nor brasse from Corluth fet, 
Nor costly Oricalche from strange Phojnice, 
Kut such as could both Phoebus nrrowes ward, 
And th hayling darts of heaven beating hard. 
Spenser, Muiopotmos, 1. 78. 
orichalceous (or-i-kal'shius), a. [< orichalc + 
-eons.] Of or pertaining to orichalc ; having a 
luster or color between that of gold and that 
of brass. 
orichalcum (or-i-kal'kum), n. Same as orichalc. 
oriel (6'ri-el), . [Formerly also orial; < ME. 
oryd, oriol, oryall, < OF. oriol, < ML. oriolum, 
a small room, a recess, a porch ; perhaps orig. 
a gilded room, for L. "aureolum, neut. of au- 
reolus, of gold, golden, gilded, < aureus, of 
Oriel. Castle of llci.lellien;, Baden. 
4153 
so,, itiirnilr, itiimiiin, and of. oriole."] A 
portico, recess, or small room forming a pro- 
jection I'rotn a room or building, as a ball or 
chapel, in the form of a large bay or reecssoil 
window, and often more richly furnished or 
more private than the rest of the room or 
building, formerly used as a boudoir, closet, 
and separate apartment for various purpose-. 
It projects from the outer face of the wall, being In plan 
semi-hexagonal, semi-octagonal, or rectangular, etc., and 
Is supported on brackets, corbels, or rorbflintf. When 
such a projecting feature rests upon the ground, or di- 
rectly upon the foundation of the building, it is called a 
bay-inndow, or a botc-uindow. Also called oriel windmc. 
Sure I am that small excursion out of gentlemen's halls 
In Dorcetshire (respect it East or West) Is commonly called 
an orial. Fuller, Ch. KM., VI. 285. 
At St. Alban's was an Oriel, or apartment for persons 
not so sick as to retire to the Infirmary. 
Fosbrooke, Brit. Monachism, xxxix. 
And thro' the topmost Oriel*' colored flame 
Two godlike faces gazed below. 
Tennyson, Palace of Art. 
All In an oriel on the summer side, 
Vine-clad, of Arthur's palace toward the stream 
They met. Ttnnynon, Lancelot and Elaine. 
A small church too strikes us, with its windows project- 
ing like oriels, one of them indeed rising from the ground. 
E. A. Freeman, Venice, p. 49. 
oriencyt (6'ri-en-si), n. [< orien(t) + -cy.] 
Brightness or strength of color. 
Black and thorny plum tree Is of the deepest oriency. 
Evelyn, III. Iv. 12. 
orient (6'ri-ent), a. and n. [< ME. orient, n., < 
OP. orient, F. orient = Sp. Pg. It. oriente, < L. 
orien(t-)s, rising; as a noun (so. sol, sun), the 
quarter where the gun rises, the east, day ; 
ppr. of oriri, rise, = Gr. \/ op in bpvivai, rise, = 
Skt. / or, rise.] I. a. 1. Rising, as the sun; 
ascending; arising. 
Let us feare lest the Snnne for ever hide himselfe, and 
turn his orient steps from our ingrateful Horizon, justly 
condemn'd to be eternally benight'd. 
Hilton, On Def. of Humb. Kemonst. 
Moon, that now meet'st the orient sun, now fly'st, 
With the flx'd stars, flx'd in their orb that flies. 
MUtan, P. L, v. 176. 
The songs, the stirring air, 
The life re-orient out of dust. 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, cxvi. 
2. Eastern. Also oriental. 
Now morning from her orient chamber came, 
And her first footsteps touch'd a verdant hill. 
Keats, Imit. of Spenser. 
3. Resembling the dawn in brilliancy, bright- 
ness, or purity of coloring; bright; shining; 
pellucid ; especially, as applied to pearls, of a 
delicate speckless texture, and clear, almost 
translucent, white color with subdued irides- 
cence: opposed to occidental. 
If he should loue an Orient stone, it is for the propertie 
or beautie thereof. 
Guevara, Letters (tr. by Uellowes, 1577X P- 862. 
These unjust and insolent positions I would not men- 
tion, were it not thereby to make the countenance of truth 
more orient. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, vlll. 2. 
I would not hear of blacks, I was so light, 
But chose a colour orient like my mind. 
Middleton, Maxtinyer, and Rowley, Old Law, ii. 1. 
Is your pearl orient, sir? B. Jonton, Volpone, I. 1. 
Thick with sparkling orient gems 
The portal shone, inimitable on earth. 
Milton, P. L., ill. 607. 
H. . 1. The east; the part of the horizon 
where the sun first appears in the morning : op- 
posed to accident. 
Mom in the white wake of the morning star 
Came furrowing all the orient into gold. 
Tennyson, Princess. 
2. [cap. or I. c.] With the definite article, the 
East; Eastern countries; specifically [cop.], the 
region to the east and southeast of the lead- 
ing states of Europe: a vague term, including 
Turkey, Persia, Egypt, India, etc. 
They conquered manye regnes grete 
In the Orient. Chaucer, Monk's Tale, 1. 324. 
3. The peculiar luster of a pearl; a delicate 
speckless texture, with pellucid color and sub- 
dued iridescence, as in pearls of the first water. 
A pearl of the first water should possess, in jewellers' 
language, a perfect " skin " and a fine orient 
Sneyc. Brit., XVIII. 446. 
4. A pearl possessing such qualities; a pearl 
of the first water. 
Prof. Teufelsdrockh's Book ... is indeed ... a very 
Sea of Thought, . . . wherein the toughest pearl-diver 
may dive to his utmost depth, and return not only with 
sea-wreck, but with true orients. 
Carlyle, Sartor Resartus, I. 2. 
Orient equinoctial, that part of the eastern horizon 
which Is cut by the equinoctial circle. Orient estival, 
orientalism 
the eastern intersection of the horizon by thr tropic of 
Cancer. - Orient hibernal, the eastern inl. i-s. .-ti,,ii ,,f 
Hi' 1, MM/'. n by the tropic of Capricorn. 
Orient (o'ri-ent), f. /. [< V.orii nil r = Sp. IV. 
oricntar = It. orienUin 1 , < .ML. 'orii-ntnre, get 
toward the oast, set with regard to the cardinal 
points, < L. ni -a n< /-).*, the east: see orient, u. 
and M.J 1. To define the position of in respect 
to the cast; ascertain the position of relative 
to the points of the compass; hence, to find the 
bearings of, in general; figuratively, to adjust 
or correct by referring to first principles or 
recognized facts or truths; take one's proper 
bearings mentally. 2. To place or arrange so 
as to face the east that is, with its length 
from west to east; specifically, of a church, to 
place so that the chief altar is at the east end 
that is, to place with the long axis east and 
west, the apse being toward the east, and the 
chief entrance at the west end; or, of a corpse, 
to place with the feet toward the east. 
The coffins were of plank or stone, and were not ori- 
ented. Science, III. tea. 
Hence 3. To place or arrange, as a building, 
in any definite position with reference to the 
points of the compass : as, the episcopal cathe- 
dral of New York will be oriented north and 
south. 
Oriental (6-ri-en'tal), a. and n. [< ME. orien- 
tal, < OF. oriental, F. oriental = op. Pg. orien- 
tal = It. orientate, < L. orientalia, of or belong- 
ing to the orient or east, < orien(t-)s, the east: 
see orient.] I. a. 1. Of the orient or east; 
situated in or proceeding from the east; east- 
ern: as, oriental seas or countries. Also orient. 
Strait to the East 
The Spirit flies, and In Aurora's cheeks 
The best of Oriental sweetness seeks. 
J. Beaumont, Psyche, I. 51. 
We may note the Positure and Position of the Corps, 
which among the Christians hath always been to turn the 
Feet to the East, with the Head to the West ; that so they 
may be ready to meet the Lord, whom the Ancients did 
believe should appear in the oriental part of Heaven. 
Durand, quoted in Bourne's Pop. Antiq. (1777), p. 47. 
Some ascribing hereto the generation of gold; . . . con- 
ceiving the bodies ... to receive . . . some appropriate 
Influence from his [the sun's] ascendent and oriental radia- 
tions. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., vL 7. 
2. Of superior quality; precious; valuable; 
possessing orient qualities: applied to gems 
as a mark of excellence : opposed to occidental, 
which applies to the less valuable kinds. The 
word oriental is also frequently applied as an epithet to the 
names of certain stones to which the stone so described 
has no relation except that of color or some other resem- 
blance : thus, oriental emerald Is not emerald, but sap- 
phire of a greenish-yellow color ; oriental topaz 1s not to- 
paz, but sapphire of a yellow color, or yellow mixed with 
red ; and so on. Oriental is also applied to several supe- 
rior or prized varieties of the domestic pigeon. 
For of o perle, fyne, oriental, 
Hire white coroune was imaked al. 
Chaucer, ProL to Good Women, 1. 221. 
Some dozen of very faire Emeraulds orientall. 
UaUuyft Voyages, II. 279. 
If this oceanic jade be recognized as a distinct variety 
the ordinary nephrite may be distinguished as " oriental 
jade." Bncyc. Brit., XIH. Ma 
3. [cap. or I. c.~] Of, pertaining to, or charac- 
teristic of the East, or Eastern, especially Asi- 
atic, countries ; hence, exuberant ; profuse ; 
sumptuous; gorgeous; magnificent. 
His services were rewarded with Oriental muniflcence : 
and we believe that he received much more than Hastings 
could conveniently spare. Macaulay, Warren Hastings. 
I know not for he spoke not, only shower'd 
His oriental gifts on every one, 
And most on Edith. Tennyton, Aylmer's Field. 
4. In astrol., rising between the fourth house 
and the mid-heaven: applied to the planets. 
Lilly, Introd. to Astrol., App., p. 344 Oriental 
amethyst, cashew-nut, elemi, etc. See the nouns 
Oriental-pearl essence. See eaence. Oriental plane- 
tree. See plane-tree, Platanus, and chinar-tree. Orien- 
tal region, in zoogeog., a division of the earth's surface 
with reference to the distribution of animals and plants, 
comprising all of continental Asia not included in the 
Falearctlc region, and the islands zoologically related 
thereto. Oriental shagreen. See shagreen. Oriental 
sore. Same as Aleppo ulcer (which see, under ulcer). 
U. ii. [cap. or I. <.] A native or an inhabi- 
tant of some eastern part of the world; an 
Asiatic. 
orientalise, '. t. See orientalize. 
orientalism (6-ri-eu'tal-izm), n. [= F. orien- 
talisme = Pg. oriental i>mo ; as oriental + -im.] 
1. A characteristic of Eastern nations, as a 
mode of thought or expression, or a custom; 
also, such characteristics collectively; Eastern 
character or characteristics. 
Dragons are a sure mark of Orientalism. 
T. Warton, Hist Eng. Poetry, Dlss. L 
