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OROIDE n.
An alloy, chiefly of copper and zinc or tin, resembling gold in color and brilliancy. [Written also oreide.]
OROLOGICAL a.
Of or pertaining to orology.
OROLOGIST n.
One versed in orology.
OROLOGY n.
The science or description of mountains.
OROMETER n.
An aneroid barometer having a second scale that gives the approximate elevation above sea level of the place where the observation is made.
OROTUND a. 2 definitions
fullness, clearness, strength, and smoothness; ringing and musical; -- said of the voice or manner of utterance. -- n.
OROTUNDITY n.
The orotund mode of intonation.
ORPHALINE n.
See Orpheline. [Obs.]
ORPHAN n. 3 definitions
reaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living. Orphans' court (Law), a court in some of the States of the Union, having jurisdiction over the estates and persons of orphans or other wards. Bouvier.
ORPHANAGE n. 2 definitions
The state of being an orphan; orphanhood; orphans, collectively.
ORPHANCY n.
Orphanhood. Sir P. Sidney.
ORPHANET n.
A little orphan. Drayton.
ORPHANHOOD n.
The state or condition of being an orphan; orphanage.
ORPHANISM n.
Orphanhood. [R.]
ORPHANOTROPHISM n.
The care and support of orphans. [R.] Cotton Mather (1711).
ORPHANOTROPHY n. 2 definitions
A hospital for orphans. [R.] A. Chalmers.
ORPHARION n.
An old instrument of the lute or cittern kind. [Spelt also orpheoreon.]
ORPHEAN a.
Of or pertaining to Orpheus, the mythic poet and musician; as, Orphean strains. Cowper.
ORPHELINE n.
An orphan. [Obs.] Udcll.
ORPHEUS n.
The famous mythic Thracian poet, son of the Muse Calliope, and husband of Eurydice. He is reputed to have had power to entrance beasts and inanimate objects by the music of his lyre.
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