lation situated in the southern 
with respect to the ecliptic, but the equinoc- 
tial crosses it nearly in the middle. This con- 
stellation is represented by the figure of a giant with a 
sword by his side. It contains seven stars which are very 
conspicuous to the naked eye ; four of these form a quad- 
rangle, and the other three are situated in the middle of 
it in a straight line, forming what is called the Belt or Girdle 
of Orion. They are also popularly called Jacot's-sta/, Our 
Lady's wand, the Yard-wand, etc. Orion also contains a 
remarkable nebula. See cut in preceding column. 
oriole 4156 orn 
golden, < L. aureolim, golden, gilded: see mire- Oriolns galbula and closely related species, typi- Orleanism (or'le-an-izm), . [< F. (Mennimm-; 
ole, and cf . oriel. The F. loriot, OF. loriot, In- cal of the Oriolidce. See first cut under oriole, as Orleun-s + -ism".'] The political principles or 
now, are variant forms, with the attracted def . Orion (o-ri'ou), . [< L. Orion, < Ga.'Qpluv, tlie ambitions of the Orleanists ; adherence to the 
article le, I'.] 1. A bird of Europe, Oriolns constellation Orion, in myth, a hunter of this dynastic claims of the Orleanists. 
galbula, so called from its rich yellow color name transferred to the sky.] 1. A constel- Orleanist (6r'le-an-ist), n. and a. [< F. Orlea- 
hemisphere niste; as Orlcan-s + -ist,} I. n. In French poli- 
tics, an adherent of the princes of the Orleans 
family. The family is descended from a younger brother 
of Louis XIV., and has furnished one sovereign. Louis 
Philippe (who reigned 1830-48). 
II. a, Favorable to the Orleans family and 
their dynastic claims. 
The price of the surrender of an Orleanist alliance with 
the Queen was the promise of England to support a Bour- 
bon alliance. Quarterly Rev., CXLVI. 117. 
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose orleget, n. A Middle English form of horologe. 
the bands of Orion? Jobxxxviii. 31. orlegert, . [< orlege + -erl. Cf. horologer.} A 
2. In entom., a genus of cerainbycid beetles, horologer. 
with two South American species, founded by orlet (or'let), n. [< OF. orlet, ourlet, dim. of orle, 
Guerin in 1843. ourle, a border: see orle.} 1. A boss, stud, or 
Oriskany sandstone. See sandstone. some similar protuberance. 2. Specifically, in 
orismologic (o-ris-mo-loj'ik), a. [< orismolog-y arch,, a fillet under the ovolo of a capital. Also 
+ -ic.} Pertaining to orismology. orle. When the fillet is at the top or bottom of 
massed with black; also, any bird of the fam- orismological (o-ris-mo-loj'i-kal), a. [< orix- a shaft, it is called a cincture. 
ily Oriohda: The common Indian oriole is 0. kundoo, mo lomc + -al,} ' Same as orisniolomc. orloget, n. A Middle English form of horologe. 
pia1,,Tn7ruraHarr:gtonl OUndlnthe " ental>Eth10 - orismology (or-is-mol'o-ji), . [Prop. *horis- orlop (or'lop), . [Formerly orlope, orelop, and 
2. Any American haugnest of the family Icte- mol 9y, tfie form orismology being due to F. overlope; <. U. overloop, an orlop, deck of a ship, 
ridw and subfamily leterinee, as the Baltimore orismologie, prop, horismologie, < Gr. jpttprff, a a running over, < over, over, + loopen, run : 
oriole and orchard-oriole. These birds belong to an bounding, defining (< 6pi&iv, bound: see hori- see over and leajA, lopel and cf. overleap.} 
entirely different family from orioles property so called, zon), + -Myia, < %fyttt>, speak : see -ology.} The *""*( tne deck below the berth-deck m a ship, 
science of defining or explaining technical where the cables were formerly coiled. 
terms; lexicography applied to scientific no- Ormazd, Ormuzd (or'mazd, -muzd), n, [Pers. 
European Oriole (Oriolus 
menclature and terminology. 
orison (or'i-zon), n. [Early mod. E. also orai- 
Ormazd, Ormuzd, OPers. Auramazda, < Zend 
Ahuro-Mazdao (= Skt. *Asura-Medhas), Ahura- 
Mazda, wise lord.] In the Zoroastriai religion 
of ancient Persia, the spirit of good : opposed 
to Ahriman, the spirit of evil. He is life and light, 
the representative of order, law, and purity. He wages an 
unceasing warfare with Aliriman. Also Oromasdes, Oro- 
mazdes. 
Baltimore Oriole I Icterus galbula). 
and indeed to a different series of passerine birds, and they 
mostly of beautiful yellow or orange and black coloration' Orizaba-root, . See jalap. 
See orchard-oriole. OrkH, n. ' 
The oriole drifting, like a flake of fire 
Rent by a whirlwind from a blazing spire. 
0. W. Ilolmts, Spring 
Hooded oriole. See hooded. 
oriole-tanager (6'ri-61-tan*a-jer), n. A tana- 
geT of the genus Tacltyphonits. 
Oriolidae (6-ri-ol'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Oriolns 
+ -ida!.} A family of corviform oscine passe- 
rine birds, typified by the genus Oriolus; the 
Old World orioles or golden thrushes : so called 
son, oraizon; < ME. orisoun, oresun, oreisoun, 
oreisun, ureisun, < AF. oreison, ureisun, oraisun, 
OF. oraison, F. oraison, speech, prayer, oration, 
< L. oratio(n-), speech, prayer, oration: see 
oration.'} A prayer. 
Whan the gode man was come to the awter, he turned ormer (6r'mer), n. [< F. ormier, an ormer ear- 
to the peple,and seide, " Feire lordes, now may ye se that shell, sea-ear, < ML. auris marts, sea-ear, eauiv 
some of yow be goode men, when thourgh youre prayers , ,;- '. >, oca rui, cqui v . 
and orisowHfourelorde hath shewde this Tgrete myracle." * F - retlle de nur < sea-ear': oreille, ear; de, 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.X i. 98. of > wer, sea: see auricle, de%, mere 1 .} An ear- 
shell or sea-ear ; an abalone or haliotid ; a large 
marine shell of the family Haliotidai : formerly 
a local English (Channel Islands) name of H. 
tiiberculata, more fully called Guernsey ormer, 
or Guernsey ear-shell, which is abundant there 
and is used as food. See cut under abalone. 
form of horizon, ormolu (6r'mo-16), n. [Also, as F., or moulu ; < 
F. or moulu, lit. 'ground gold': or, gold; moulu, 
pp. of moudre, < L. molere, grind: see or 3 and 
mill*.} I. Gold-leaf preparedforgilding bronze, 
brass, or the like. Hence 2. Gilded bronze 
prepared for metal mountings of elegant furni- 
ture and similar decorative purposes. 3. Fine 
brass, sometimes colored and teeated with lac- 
quer to give it brilliancy: used for imitation 
jewelry, chandeliers, and similar fine metal- 
Nymph, in thy orisons 
Be all my sins remember'd. 
Shak., Hamlet, iii. 1. 88. 
Lowly they bow'd adoring, and began 
Their orisons, each morning duly paid. 
Milton, P. L., v. 145. 
See ore. 
Ork' 2 t, n. [< L. area (> OF. orce), a butt, tun: 
see orca 2 .] A pitcher. [Rare.] 
One bad them nil an orke of Bacchus water. 
orkynt, 
[Rare.] 
Historic of Albino and BeUama (1838). (Nare.) 
n, [For *orkin (f), < ork 2 .} A pitcher. 
They that goo about to bye an yerthen potte or vessell 
for ail orkyn dooe knocke vpon it with their knuccle. 
work. 
from the characteristic yellow color of the plu- orlaget, n. 
mage. ^The Om*Vte are almost^ exclusively a tropical horology. 
1), n. 
Udatt, tr. of Apophthegms of Erasmus, p. 91. Orrnolu-vamish (or ' mo -lo - var * nish), n. An 
family of Old World birds, related to the crows. They orle (orl), n. [X < 
are specially numerous in the Oriental, Australian, and or Zo. a hem Tt 
E 1 '^!! 1 "^ 8 ' onjy one occurring in Europe. There , "' a ,"T'^., 
A Middle English form of orloge, imitation gold-varnish. 
Ormonde (or mund), n. 
are about 40 species, of several genera besides Oriolus. The 
family is divisible into two subfamilies, Oriolitue and Ptilo- 
norhynchina, or orioles proper and bower-birds. 
Oriolus (o-ri'o-lus), n. [NL.,< OF. oriol, oriole: 
see oriole.'} A genus of orioles: formerly ap- 
plied with little discrimination to many yellow 
birds of both hemispheres, now restricted to 
Argent, an Orle 
vert. 
[< OF. orle, ourle, F. orle = Sp. Pg. 
It. orlo, ahem, border/ ML. orlus, 
m., orla, f., for "orulus, m., "orula, f., dim. of L. 
o-a,border, margin, coast.] 1. InAer.:(o)Abear- 
ing, usually considered as a subor- 
dinary, like a border but not reach- 
ing the edge of the escutcheon, so 
that the field is seen outside of it 
as wellas within. It is usually half the 
width of the border. It may be considered 
as an inescutcheon voided of the field, and in 
some early treatises is called A false escuteh- 
eon - (6) A band of small objects 
taking the form of an orle : as, an orle of mul- 
lets. It is more commonly blazoned in orle 
(which see, below), (c) A circlet set upon a 
helmet, which supports 
the crest and is often 
used in modern herald- 
ry without the helmet, 
furnishing the only 
support or base for the 
crest. It is supposed to be 
a bourrelet of sil k, twisted of 
the two tinctures, the prin- 
cipal metal and the princi- 
pal color of the escutcheon. 
2. The rim of a shield; 
especially, the metal 
rim of a shield composed of wood, osier, or the 
like, and visible as a projecting rim on its face. 
H. Knight. 
One of certain Irish 
silver coins, collectively called Ormonde money, 
rudely struck, chiefly from plate, and issued in 
July, 1643, by the authority of Charles I. pieces 
of the value of 58., 2s. 6d., Is., ed. (figured in cut), 4d., 3d., 
Reverse. 
(Size of the original.) 
and 2d. were coined. The name is current among numis- 
matists because these coins were formerly supposed to 
have been issued during the Irish viceroyalty of the Duke 
of Ormonde ; but the coins, though current during his 
term of office, were actually issued before it. 
Onnosia (6r-m6'si-ii), w. [NL. (Jackson, 1810), 
so called from the shape of the pods ; < Gr. 'dp/iof , 
a chain, necklace.] A genus of trees of the or- 
der Leguminosa; and the tribe Sophore<e, having 
the style involute at the apex, the stigma in- 
trprsely lateral, and a compressed two-valved 
wingless pod. There are about 21 species, natives of 
tropical America and Asia. They bear pinnate leaves with 
rigid leaflets, white, lilac, or dark-purple flowers in termi- 
nal panicles, and shining scarlet or hicolored seeds, with 
tough curving stalks. From the use made of the seeds, the 
The Constellation Orion. 
occupied by something eiseT'said'of' a'nu'mber'orsmaii f ' orner = S P- P g' ornar = It. ornare, adorn, < 
bearings, always eight in number unless their number is " ornare, fit out, equip, adorn, ornament. Cf. 
otherwise stated. adorn, ornament, etc.] To ornament; adorn. 
