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The instruments employed by a full band, collectively; as, an orchestra of forty stringed instruments, with proper complement of wind instruments.

The state of being an orphan; orphanhood; orphans, collectively.

ernal ear of vertebrates, and in the auditory organs of many invertebrates; an ear stone. Collectively, the otoliths are called ear sand and otoconite.

The pagan lands; pagans, collectively; paganism. [R.]

Scenic shows or spectacles, taken collectivelly; spectacular guality; splendor. Such pageantry be to the people shown. Dryden. The pageantry of festival. J. A. Symonds.

A collective name for the Indians of Nicaragua and Honduras.

An ancient manner of writing; ancient writings, collectively; as, Punic paleography.

The collective gods of a people, or a work treating of them; as, a divinity of the Greek pantheon.

The popes, collectively; the succession of popes.

tuent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; -- usually in the plural with a collective sense. "Men of considerable parts." Burke. "Great quickness of parts." Macaulay. Which maintained so politic a state of evil, that they will not admit any good part to intermingle with them. Shak.

Passenger miles collectively; the total number of miles traveled by passengers on a railroad during a given period.

In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a peafowl. Peacock butterfly (Zoöl.), a handsome European butterfly (Hamadryas Io) having ocelli like those of peacock. -- Peacock fish (Zoöl.), the European blue-striped wrasse (Labrus variegatus); -- so called on account of its brilliant colors. Called also co…

Peasants, collectively; the body of rustics. "A bold peasantry." Goldsmith.

A pebble; also, pebbles collectively. "Chains of pebblestone." Marlowe.

The body of peers; the nobility, collectively. When Charlemain with all his peerage fell. Milton.

Pelts or skins, collectively; skins with the fur on them; furs.

The first five books of the Old Testament, collectively; -- called also the Law of Moses, Book of the Law of Moses, etc.

Collectively, in a broader sense, all the products resulting from the solution of albuminous matter in either gastric or pancreatic juice. In this case, however, intermediate products (albumose bodies), such as antialbumose, hemialbumose, etc., are mixed with the true peptones. Also termed albuminose.…

A series of piles; piles considered collectively; as, the piling of a bridge. Pug piling, sheet piles connected together at the edges by dovetailed tongues and grooves. -- Sheet piling, a series of piles made of planks or half logs driven edge to edge, -- used to form the walls of cofferdams, etc.

Pipes, collectively; as, the piping of a house.