Chapter 1072

Spain had no other wars save those which were grown into an ordinary . Bacon.

4. Anything which is in ordinary or common use.

Water buckets, wagons, cart wheels, plow socks, and other ordinaries . Sir W. Scott.

5. A dining room or eating house where a meal is prepared for all comers, at a fixed price for the meal, in distinction from one where each dish is separately charged; a table d'h\'93te; hence, also, the meal furnished at such a dining room.

Shak.

All the odd words they have picked up in a coffeehouse, or a gaming ordinary , are produced as flowers of style. Swift.

He exacted a tribute for licenses to hawkers and peddlers and to ordinaries . Bancroft.

6. (Her.) A charge or bearing of simple form, one of nine or ten which are in constant use. The bend , chevron , chief , cross , fesse , pale , and saltire are uniformly admitted as ordinaries. Some authorities include bar , bend sinister , pile , and others. See Subordinary .

In ordinary . (a) In actual and constant service; statedly attending and serving; as, a physician or chaplain in ordinary . An ambassador in ordinary is one constantly resident at a foreign court . (b) (Naut.) Out of commission and laid up; -- said of a naval vessel. -- Ordinary of the Mass (R. C. Ch.) , the part of the Mass which is the same every day; -- called also the canon of the Mass .

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Or"di*na*ry*ship (?) , n. The state of being an ordinary. [R.]

Fuller.

Ordinate <Xpage=1010>

Or"di*nate (?) , a. [L. ordinatus , p. p. of ordinare . See Ordain .] Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical. "A life blissful and ordinate ."

Chaucer.

Ordinate figure (Math.) , a figure whose sides and angles are equal; a regular figure.

Ordinate <Xpage=1010>

Or"di*nate , n. (Geom.) The distance of any point in a curve or a straight line, measured on a line called the axis of ordinates or on a line parallel to it, from another line called the axis of abscissas , on which the corresponding abscissa of the point is measured.

&hand; The ordinate and abscissa, taken together, are called co\'94rdinates , and define the position of the point with reference to the two axes named, the intersection of which is called the origin of co\'94rdinates . See Coordinate . <-- in a typical two-dimensional plot, viewed on a plane graph in its normal orientation with perpendicular axes, the ordinate is the vertical axis; when the axes are labeled as x and y, it is the y-axis -->

Ordinate <Xpage=1010>

Or"di*nate (?) , v. t. To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize.

Bp. Hall.

Ordinately <Xpage=1010>

Or"di*nate*ly (?) , adv. In an ordinate manner; orderly.

Chaucer. Skelton.

Ordination <Xpage=1010>

Or`di*na"tion (?) , n. [L. ordinatio : cf. F. ordination .] 1. The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc.

The holy and wise ordination of God. Jer. Taylor.

Virtue and vice have a natural ordination to the happiness and misery of life respectively. Norris.

2. (Eccl.) The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.

3. Disposition; arrangement; order. [R.]

Angle of ordination (Geom.) , the angle between the axes of co\'94rdinates.

Ordinative <Xpage=1010>

Or"di*na*tive (?) , a. [L. ordinativus .] Tending to ordain; directing; giving order. [R.]

Gauden.

Ordinator <Xpage=1010>

Or"di*na`tor (?) , n. [L.] One who ordains or establishes; a director. [R.]

T. Adams.

Ordnance <Xpage=1010>

Ord"nance (?) , n. [From OE. ordenance , referring orig. to the bore or size of the cannon. See Ordinance .] Heavy weapons of warfare; cannon, or great guns, mortars, and howitzers; artillery; sometimes, a general term for all weapons and appliances used in war.

All the battlements their ordnance fire. Shak.

Then you may hear afar off the awful roar of his [Rufus Choate's] rifled ordnance . E. Ererett.

Ordnance survey , the official survey of Great Britain and Ireland, conducted by the ordnance department.

Ordonnance <Xpage=1010>

Or"don*nance (?) , n. [F. See Ordinance .] (Fine Arts) The disposition of the parts of any composition with regard to one another and the whole.

Their dramatic ordonnance of the parts. Coleridge.

Ordonnant <Xpage=1010>

Or"don*nant (?) , a. [F., p. pr. of ordonner . See Ordinant .] Of or pertaining to ordonnance.

Dryden.

Ordovian <Xpage=1010>

Or*do"vi*an (?) , a. & n. (Geol.) Ordovician.

Ordovician <Xpage=1010>

Or`do*vi"cian (?) , a. [From L. Ordovices , a Celtic people in Wales.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to a division of the Silurian formation, corresponding in general to the Lower Silurian of most authors, exclusive of the Cambrian. -- n. The Ordovician formation.

Ordure <Xpage=1010>

Or"dure (?) , n. [F. ordure , OF. ord filthy, foul, fr. L. horridus horrid. See Horrid .]

1. Dung; excrement; f\'91ces.

Shak.

2. Defect; imperfection; fault. [Obs.]

Holland.

Ordurous <Xpage=1010>

Or"dur*ous (?) , a. Of or pertaining to ordure; filthy.

Drayton.

Ore <Xpage=1010>

Ore (?) , n. [AS. \'ber .] Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augry. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Ore <Xpage=1010>

Ore , n. [AS. <?/ra ; cf. \'ber brass, bronze, akin to OHG . <?/r , G. ehern brazen, Icel. eir brass, Goth. ais , L. aes , Skr. ayas iron. <?/210. Cf. Ora , Era .]

1. The native form of a metal, whether 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 ).

2. (Mining) A native metal or its compound with the rock in which it occurs, after it has been picked over to throw out what is worthless.

3. Metal; as, the liquid ore . [R.]

Milton.

Ore hearth , a low furnace in which rich lead ore is reduced; -- also called Scotch hearth .

Raymond.

Oread <Xpage=1010>

O"re*ad (?) , n. [L. Oreas , -adis , Gr. <?/, <?/, fr. <?/ mountain: cf. F. or\'82ade .] (Class. Myth.) One of the nymphs of mountains and grottoes.

Like a wood nymph light, Oread or Dryad. Milton.

Oreades <Xpage=1010>

O*re"a*des (?) , n. pl. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) A group of butterflies which includes the satyrs. See Satyr , 2.

Orectic <Xpage=1010>

O*rec"tic (?) , a. [Gr. <?/, fr. <?/, yearning after, from <?/ to reach after.] (Philos.) Of or pertaining to the desires; hence, impelling to gratification; appetitive.

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Oregon grape <Xpage=1011>

Or"e*gon grape` (?) . (Bot.) An evergreen species of barberry ( Berberis Aquifolium ), of Oregon and California; also, its roundish, blue-black berries.

Oreide <Xpage=1011>

O"re*ide (?) , n. See Oroide .

Oreodon <Xpage=1011>

O"re*o*don (?) , n. [Gr. <?/, <?/, mountain + <?/, <?/, tooth.] (Paleon) A genus of extinct herbivorous mammals, abundant in the Tertiary formation of the Rocky Mountains. It is more or less related to the camel, hog, and deer.

Oreodont <Xpage=1011>

O"re*o*dont (?) , a. (Paleon.) Resembling, or allied to, the genus Oreodon.

Oreographic <Xpage=1011>

O`re*o*graph"ic (?) , a. Of or pertaining to oreography.

Oreography <Xpage=1011>

O`re*og"ra*phy (?) , n. [Gr. <?/, <?/, mountain + -graphy .] The science of mountains; orography.

Oreoselin <Xpage=1011>

O`re*os"e*lin (?) , n. (Chem.) A white crystalline substance which is obtained indirectly from the root of an umbelliferous plant ( Imperatoria Oreoselinum ), and yields resorcin on decomposition.

Oreosoma <Xpage=1011>

O`re*o*so"ma (?) , n. pl. [NL., from Gr. <?/, <?/, mountain + <?/ body.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of small oceanic fishes, remarkable for the large conical tubercles which cover the under surface.

Oreweed <Xpage=1011>

Ore"weed` (?) , n. Same as Oarweed .

Orewood <Xpage=1011>

Ore"wood` (?) , n. Same as Oarweed .

Orf, Orfe <Xpage=1011>

Orf (?) , Or"fe (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A bright-colored domesticated variety of the id. See Id .

Orfgild <Xpage=1011>

Orf"gild` (?) , n. [AS. orf , yrfe , cattle, property + gild , gield , money, fine.] (O. Eng. Law) Restitution for cattle; a penalty for taking away cattle.

Cowell.

Orfray <Xpage=1011>

Or"fray (?) , n. [F. orfraie . Cf. Osprey , Ossifrage .] (Zo\'94l.) The osprey. [Obs.]

Holland.

Orfrays <Xpage=1011>

Or"frays (?) , n. [OF. orfrais , F. orfroi ; F. or gold + fraise , frise , fringe, ruff. See Fraise , and cf. Auriphrygiate .] See Orphrey . [Obs.] Rom . of R .

Orgal <Xpage=1011>

Or"gal (?) , n. (Chem.) See Argol . [Obs.]

Organ <Xpage=1011>

Or"gan (?) , n. [L. organum , Gr. <?/; akin to <?/ work, and E. work : cf. F. organe . See Work , and cf. Orgue , Orgy .]

1. An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government .

2. (Biol.) A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function ), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc ., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants.

&hand; In animals the organs are generally made up of several tissues, one of which usually predominates, and determines the principal function of the organ. Groups of organs constitute a system . See System .

3. A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc ., are organs of the steam engine.

4. A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc.

5. [Cf. AS. organ , fr. L. organum .] (Mus.) A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ.

The deep, majestic, solemn organs blow. Pope.

&hand; Chaucer used the form orgon as a plural.

The merry orgon . . . that in the church goon [go].

Barrel organ , Choir organ , Great organ , etc. See under Barrel , Choir , etc. -- Cabinet organ (Mus.) , an organ of small size, as for a chapel or for domestic use; a reed organ. -- Organ bird (Zo\'94l.) , a Tasmanian crow shrike ( Gymnorhina organicum ). It utters discordant notes like those of a hand organ out of tune. -- Organ fish (Zo\'94l.) , the drumfish. -- Organ gun . (Mil.) Same as Orgue (b) . -- Organ harmonium (Mus.) , an harmonium of large capacity and power. -- Organ of Gorti (Anat.) , a complicated structure in the cochlea of the ear, including the auditory hair cells, the rods or fibers of Corti, the membrane of Corti, etc. See Note under Ear . -- Organ pipe . See Pipe , n. , 1. -- Organ-pipe coral . (Zo\'94l.) See Tubipora . -- Organ point (Mus.) , a passage in which the tonic or dominant is sustained continuously by one part, while the other parts move.

Organ <Xpage=1011>

Or"gan , v. t. To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs; to organize. [Obs.]

Thou art elemented and organed for other apprehensions. Bp. Mannyngham.

Organdie, Organdy <Xpage=1011>

Or"gan*die , Or"gan*dy (?) , n. [F. organdi .] A kind of transparent light muslin.

Organic <Xpage=1011>

Or*gan"ic (?) , a. [L. organicus , Gr. <?/: cf. F. organique .] 1. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to an organ or its functions, or to objects composed of organs; consisting of organs, or containing them; as, the organic structure of animals and plants ; exhibiting characters peculiar to living organisms; as, organic bodies, organic life, organic remains . Cf. Inorganic .

2. Produced by the organs; as, organic pleasure . [R.]

3. Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end. [R.]

Those organic arts which enable men to discourse and write perspicuously. Milton.

4. Forming a whole composed of organs. Hence: Of or pertaining to a system of organs; inherent in, or resulting from, a certain organization; as, an organic government; his love of truth was not inculcated, but organic .

5. Pertaining to, or denoting, any one of the large series of substances which, in nature or origin, are connected with vital processes, and include many substances of artificial production which may or may not occur in animals or plants; -- contrasted with inorganic .

&hand; The principles of organic and inorganic chemistry are identical; but the enormous number and the completeness of related series of organic compounds, together with their remarkable facility of exchange and substitution, offer an illustration of chemical reaction and homology not to be paralleled in inorganic chemistry.

Organic analysis (Chem.) , the analysis of organic compounds, concerned chiefly with the determination of carbon as carbon dioxide, hydrogen as water, oxygen as the difference between the sum of the others and 100 per cent, and nitrogen as free nitrogen, ammonia, or nitric oxide; -- formerly called ultimate analysis , in distinction from proximate analysis . -- Organic chemistry . See under Chemistry . -- Organic compounds . (Chem.) See Carbon compounds , under Carbon . -- Organic description of a curve (Geom.) , the description of a curve on a plane by means of instruments. Brande & C. -- Organic disease (Med.) , a disease attended with morbid changes in the structure of the organs of the body or in the composition of its fluids; -- opposed to functional disease . -- Organic electricity . See under Electricity . -- Organic law &or; laws , a law or system of laws, or declaration of principles fundamental to the existence and organization of a political or other association; a constitution. -- Organic stricture (Med.) , a contraction of one of the natural passages of the body produced by structural changes in its walls, as distinguished from a spasmodic stricture , which is due to muscular contraction.

Organical <Xpage=1011>

Or*gan"ic*al (?) , a. Organic.

The organical structure of human bodies, whereby they live and move. Bentley.

Organically <Xpage=1011>

Or*gan"ic*al*ly , adv. In an organic manner; by means of organs or with reference to organic functions; hence, fundamentally.

Gladstone.

Organicalness <Xpage=1011>

Or*gan"ic*al*ness , n. The quality or state of being organic.

Organicism <Xpage=1011>

Or*gan"i*cism (?) , n. (Med.) The doctrine of the localization of disease, or which refers it always to a material lesion of an organ.

Dunglison.

Organific <Xpage=1011>

Or`gan*if"ic (?) , a. [ Organ + L. -ficare (in comp.) to make. See fy .] Making an organic or organized structure; producing an organism; acting through, or resulting from, organs.

Prof. Park.

Organism <Xpage=1011>

Or"gan*ism (?) , n. [Cf. F. organisme .]

1. Organic structure; organization. "The advantageous organism of the eye."

Grew.

2. (Biol.) An organized being; a living body, either vegetable or animal, compozed of different organs or parts with functions which are separate, but mutually dependent, and essential to the life of the individual.

&hand; Some of the lower forms of life are so simple in structure as to be without organs, but are still called organisms , since they have different parts analogous in functions to the organs of higher plants and animals.

Organist <Xpage=1011>

Or"gan*ist , n. [Cf. F. organiste .] 1. (Mus.) One who plays on the organ.

2. (R. C. Ch.) One of the priests who organized or sung in parts. [Obs.]

Organista <Xpage=1011>

Or`ga*nis"ta (?) , n. [Sp., an organis.] (Zo\'94l.) Any one of several South American wrens, noted for the sweetness of their song.

Organity <Xpage=1011>

Or*gan"i*ty (?) , n. Organism. [R.]

Organizability <Xpage=1011>

Or`gan*i`za*bil"i*ty (?) , n. Quality of being organizable; capability of being organized.

Organizable <Xpage=1011>

Or"gan*i`za*ble (?) , a. Capable of being organized; esp. (Biol.) , capable of being formed into living tissue; as, organizable matter .

Organization <Xpage=1011>

Or`gan*i*za"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. organisation .]

1. The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body . "The first organization of the general government."

Pickering.

2. The state of being organized; also, the relations included in such a state or condition.

What is organization but the connection of parts in and for a whole, so that each part is, at once, end and means? Coleridge.

3. That wich is organized; an organized existence; an organism; specif. (Biol.) , an arrangement of parts for the performance of the functions necessary to life.

The cell may be regarded as the most simple, the most common, and the earliest form of organization . McKendrick.

Organize <Xpage=1011>