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Of or pertaining to orismology.

That departament of natural history which treats of technical terms.

ayer; a supplication. [Poetic] Chaucer. Shak. Lowly they bowed, adoring, and began Their orisons, each morning duly paid. Milton.

Horizon. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A plant of the genus Iris (I. Florentina); a kind of flower-de- luce. Its rootstock has an odor resembling that of violets. Orris pea (Med.), an issue pea made from orris root. -- Orris root, the fragrant rootstock of the orris.

One of the principal divinities of Egypt, the brother and husband of Isis. He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal cap of Upper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull, called Apis. Cf. Serapis. -- O*sir"i*an, a.

A parish lying without the walls of, or in a remote part of, a town. Graunt.

To make excessive display or flourish of. Collier.

To garrison to excess.

issue, as of notes or bonds, exceeding the limit of capital, credit, or authority. An overissue of government paper. Brougham.

ual in temperate regions; -- called also castor-oil plant. [Sometimes corrupted into palmcrist.]

The palma Christi. (Jonah iv. 6, margin, and Douay version, note.)

Same as Panderism. Swift.

The employment, arts, or practices of a pander. Bp. Hall.

A festival; a public assembly. [Obs.] S. Harris.

ric; a eulogist; one who extols or praises, either by writing or speaking. If these panegyrists are in earnest. Burke.

A plant common in Europe (Paris quadrifolia); herb Paris; truelove. It has been used as a narcotic.

The same district, constituting a civil jurisdiction, with its own officers and regulations, as respects the poor, taxes, etc.

A parishioner. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial. [R.] Bp. Hall.