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y. (a) In actual and constant service; statedly attending and serving; as, a physician or chaplain in ordinary. An ambassador in ordinary is one constantly resident at a foreign court. (b) (Naut.) Out of commission and laid up; -- said of a naval vessel. -- Ordinary of the Mass (R. C. Ch.), the part of the Mass which…

n to first principles; an orderly arrangement. The task of orientation undertaken in this chapter. L. F. Ward.

The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest. In orle, round the escutcheon, leaving the middle of the field vacant, or occupied by something else; -- said of bearings arranged on the shield in the form of an orle.

yden. We asked of God that some ostent might clear Our cloudy business, who gave us sign. Chapman.

To spread out in array. [Obs.] And now they outray to your fleet. Chapman.

To cover. [Obs.] Chapman.

or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber. [Obs.] Spenser. "The cave's inmost overture." Chapman.

The chaparral cock.

See Poise. Chapman.

A distinct part of a discourse or writing; any section or subdivision of a writing or chapter which relates to a particular point, whether consisting of one or many sentences. The division is sometimes noted by the mark

A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church. [Written also paraclose and perclose.] Hook.

sed in communities, confraternities, etc. Kiss the pax, and be quiet like your neighbors. Chapman.

Pervious. [Obs.] -- Per"vi*al*ly, adv. [Obs.] Chapman.

A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape. [Obs.] Chapman.

A fisherman; -- so called after the apostle Peter. [An obs. local term in Eng.] Chapman.

Pointed; sharp. "Picked and polished." Chapman. Let the stake be made picked at the top. Mortimer.

In pieces; in parts or fragments. "On which it piecemeal brake." Chapman. The beasts will tear thee piecemeal. Tennyson.

The head of an arrow or spear. [Obs.] Chapman.

Having a pile or point; pointed. [Obs.] "Magus threw a spear well piled." Chapman.

to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. [Obs.] He [the hound] pinched and pulled her down. Chapman.