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The grampus. [Written also ork and orch.] Milton.

Of or pertaining to the Orkney Islands.

A reddish brown amorphous dyestuff,

See Archil.

Same as Alkanet, 2. Ainsworth.

erries, plums, or the like, less frequently of nutbearing trees and of sugar maple trees. Orchard grass (Bot.), a tall coarse grass (Dactylis glomerata), introduced into the United States from Europe. It grows usually in shady places, and is of value for forage and hay. -- Orchard house (Hort.), a glazed structure in…

The cultivation of orchards.

One who cultivates an orchard.

Archil.

A treatise upon dancing. [R.]

See Orchestra.

Any species of amphipod crustacean of the genus Orchestia, or family Orchestidæ. See Beach flea, under Beach.

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

Of or pertaining to an orchestra; suitable for, or performed in or by, an orchestra.

The arrangement of music for an orchestra; orchestral treatment of a composition; -- called also instrumentation.

See Orchestra.

Orchestral.

A large music box imitating a variety of orchestral instruments.

Any plant of the order Orchidaceæ. See Orchidaceous.

Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order (Orchidaceæ) of endogenous plants of which the genus Orchis is the type. They are mostly perennial herbs having the stamens and pistils united in a single column, and normally three petals and three sepals, all adherent to the ovary. The flowers are curiously shaped, often…