Emily Dickinson Lexicon

O-RI'ON, n. [Gr. {foreign}; unfortunately accented by the poets on the second syllable.]

A constellation in the southern hemisphere, containing seventy-eight stars. Encyc.

O-RIS-MOL'O-GY, n. [Gr. {foreign}, a term, and {foreign}, a discourse.]

In natured history, that department which treats of terms, whether descriptive or denominative.

OR'I-SON, n. [Fr. oraison, from L. oratio, from oro.]

A prayer or supplication. Lowly they bowed adoring, and began Their orisons, each morning duly paid. Milton.

ORK, n. [L. orca.]

A whale.

ORLE, n. [infra.]

In heraldry, an ordinary in the form of a fillet, round the shield. [An inescutcheon voided.—E. H. B.]

OR'LOP, n. [D. overloop, a running over or overflowing, an orlop, that is, a spreading over.]

In a ship of war, a platform of planks laid over the beams in the hold, on which the cables are usually coiled. It contains also sail-rooms, carpenters' cabins and other apartments. Mar. Dict. Also, a tier of beams below the lower deck for a like purpose. Cyc.

OR'NA-MENT, n. [L. ornomentum, from orno, to adorn Varro informs us that this was primitively osnamentum; bu this is improbable. See Adorn.]

1. That which embellishes; something which, added another thing, renders it more beautiful to the eye. The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, the bonnet and the ornaments of the legs. Is. iii.
2. Ia architecture, ornaments are sculpture or carved work.
3. Embellishment; decoration; additional beauty. The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. 1 Pet. iii.

OR'NA-MENT, v.t.

To adorn; to deck; to embellish. Warburton.

OR-NA-MENT'AL, a.

Serving to decorate; giving additional beauty; embellishing. Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets a their wrists; others about their ankles. Brown.

OR-NA-MENT'AL-LY, adv.

In such a manner as to add embellishment.

OR-NA-MENT-ED, pp.

Decorated; embellished; beautified. Shenstone.

OR-NA-MENT-ING, ppr.

Decorating; embellishing.

OR'NATE, a. [L. ornalus.]

Adorned; decorated, beautiful. Milton.

OR'NATE, v.t. [L. orno.]

To adorn.

OR'NA-TED, pp.

Adorned; ornamented.

OR'NATE-LY, adv.

With decoration. Skelton.

OR'NATE-NESS, n.

State of being adorned.

OR'NA-TING, ppr.

Embellishing.

OR'NA-TURE, n.

Decoration. [Little used.]

OR-NIS-COP'ICS, n.

Divination by the observation of fowls. Bailey.

OR-NIS'CO-PIST, n. [Gr.{foreign}, a bird, and {foreign}, to view.]

One who views the flight of fowls in order to foretell future events by their manner of flight. [Little used.] Johnson.

OR-NI-THO-LOG'IC-AL, a.

Pertaining to ornithology.

OR-NI-THOL'O-GIST, n. [See Ornithology.]

A person who is skilled in the natural history of fowls, who understands their form, structure, habits and uses; one who describes birds.

OR-NI-THOL'O-GY, n. [Gr. {foreign}, a fowl, and {foreign}, discourse.]

The science of fowls, which comprises a knowledge of their form, structure, habits and uses.

OR-NITH'O-MAN-CY, n. [Gr. {foreign}, a fowl, and {foreign}, divination.]

Augury, a species of divination by means of fowls, their flight, &c. Encyc.