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free and uncombined, as gold, copper, etc., or combined, as iron, lead, etc. Usually the ores contain the metals combined with oxygen, sulphur, arsenic, etc. (called mineralizers).

One of the nymphs of mountains and grottoes. Like a wood nymph light, Oread or Dryad. Milton.

A group of butterflies which includes the satyrs. See Satyr, 2.

Of or pertaining to the desires; hence, impelling to gratification; appetitive.

An evergreen species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), of Oregon and California; also, its roundish, blue-black berries.

See Oroide.

ct herbivorous mammals, abundant in the Tertiary formation of the Rocky Mountains. It is more or less related to the camel, hog, and deer.

Resembling, or allied to, the genus Oreodon.

Of or pertaining to oreography.

The science of mountains; orography.

bstance which is obtained indirectly from the root of an umbelliferous plant (Imperatoria Oreoselinum), and yields resorcin on decomposition.

A genus of small oceanic fishes, remarkable for the large conical tubercles which cover the under surface.

Same as Oarweed.

Same as Oarweed.

A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi.

nvoice, - - in opposition to a specific sum upon a given quantity or number; as, an ad valorem duty of twenty per cent.

nor as deity or as divine. Bishops and priests, . . . bearing the host, which he [James adored. Smollett.

The act of adoring; adoration. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

One who adores; a worshiper; one who admires or loves greatly; an ardent admirer. "An adorer of truth." Clarendon. I profess myself her adorer, not her friend. Shak.

To convert into a forest; as, to afforest a tract of country.