Definition for OR'I-FICE

OR'I-FICE, n. [Fr. from L. orificium; os, oris, mouth, and facio, to make.]

The mouth or aperture of a tube, pipe or other cavity; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound. The orifice of Etna. Addison.

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