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One versed in orchidology.

The branch of botany which treats of orchids.

See Archil.

The lichen from which archil is obtained. See Archil.

A genus of endogenous plants growing in the North Temperate zone, and consisting of about eighty species. They are perennial herbs growing from a tuber (beside which is usually found the last year's tuber also), and are valued for their showy flowers. See Orchidaceous.

Inflammation of the testicles.

The operation of cutting out or removing a testicle by the knife; castration.

A colorless crystalline substance, C6H3.CH3.(OH)2, which is obtained from certain lichens (Roccella, Lecanora, etc.), also from extract of aloes, and artificially from certain derivatives of toluene. It changes readily into orcein.

An edge or point; also, a beginning. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Chaucer. Ord and end, the beginning and end. Cf. Odds and ends, under Odds. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Chaucer. Halliwell.

To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish. "Battle well ordained." Spenser. The stake that shall be ordained on either side. Chaucer.

Capable of being ordained; worthy to be ordained or appointed. Bp. Hall.

One who ordains.

Ordination. [R.] Burke.

Ordeal. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Of or pertaining to trial by ordeal. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

An ancient form of test to determine guilt or innocence, by appealing to a supernatural decision, -- once common in Europe, and still practiced in the East and by savage tribes.

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system; as:

Capable of being ordered; tractable. [R.] Being very orderable in all his sickness. Fuller.

One who puts in order, arranges, methodizes, or regulates.

Disposition; distribution; management. South.