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Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned with the East or Orientalism; -- opposed to occidental; as, Oriental countries. The sun's ascendant and oriental radiations. Sir T. Browne.

Any system, doctrine, custom, expression, etc., peculiar to Oriental people.

An inhabitant of the Eastern parts of the world; an Oriental.

The quality or state of being oriental or eastern. Sir T. Browne.

to render Oriental; to cause to conform to Oriental manners or conditions.

A soft, resinous wood (Aquilaria Agallocha) of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is called also agalwood and aloes wood. The name is also given to some other species.

or; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster.

An oriental shrub (Lawsonia inermis) from which henna is obtained.

probably due to a specific bacillus. Called also Aleppo ulcer, Biskara boil, Delhi boil, Oriental sore, etc.

purple or bluish violet color, of different shades. It is much used as a jeweler's stone. Oriental amethyst, the violet-blue variety of transparent crystallized corundum or sapphire.

A wagon or cart, usually heavy and without springs, and often covered. [Oriental]

led, in English, milk vetch and licorice vetch. Gum tragacanth is obtained from different oriental species, particularly the A. gummifer and A. verus.

o cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug. [Colloq.] Addison. What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you J. H. Newman.

ibatidæ, parasitic on beetles. -- Black beetle, the common large black cockroach (Blatta orientalis).

The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and S. indicum), originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil is expressed, called benne oil, used mostly for making soap. In the southern United States the seeds are used in candy.

The wood of the oriental Cæsalpinia Sapan; -- so called before the discovery of America.

wavy appearance, used for ladies' scarfs, shawls, bonnet trimmings, etc.; -- called also Oriental crape. De Colange.

The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for pickles.

The small olive-shaped berry of the European and Oriental caper, said to be used in pickles and as a condiment.

nd native in a crystalline state, including sapphire, which is the fine blue variety; the oriental ruby, or red sapphire; the oriental amethyst, or purple sapphire; and adamantine spar, the hair-brown variety. It is the hardest substance found native, next to the diamond.